Thank you for sticking with this story after my awful hiatus.

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who, or Harry Potter. Which is obvious.


Mia woke early. She felt a terrible ache in her chest, not so much for Sarah-Jane, but for Luke and Sky. She whiled away some hours by writing in her diary, which she'd always been encouraged to do by her parents, and finally left the TARDIS when she found it a reasonable hour.

Luke and Rani were already awake. They were sitting at the table in a terrible silence, sipping tea.

There was a knock on the door. Luke rose to his feet and answered it.

"I came as soon as Jack told me then news. I'm so sorry to hear about it, Luke."

"That's Kelly!" Mia hissed to Rani.

"Yeah. She's been here a few times. Works for Torchwood."

Mia smiled, running to the door. "Kelly!"

"Easy! I'd like to breathe!" the older girl laughed, as Mia hugged her tightly.

"You two know each other?" Luke asked, confused.

"We grew up together," Mia explained. "In an orphanage in Cardiff."

Kelly nodded. "Close to Torchwood three."

"Oh," was all Luke seemed capable of saying in response.

"Are the rest of Torchwood here?" Mia asked curiously.

Kelly nodded. "Jack, Gwen, Martha, Owen, Tosh and Ianto. The whole gang."

The three of the entered the kitchen and sat down.

"Hi Kelly," Rani said with a smile.

"Hey Rani."

Sky appeared in the doorway, her eyes red and tired, wearing pyjama bottoms and a t-shirt that was far too big for her; it must have been Luke's.

She brightened when she saw Kelly, hugging her.

"Would anyone like to explain how you all met?" Mia asked.

"I phoned you from Torchwood already, didn't I?" Kelly asked.

"Yeah," Mia nodded.

"Jack wouldn't give me a job," Kelly continued. "And I wanted to be involved with aliens, so I came here."

"She helped us with a Dalek," Rani said.

"And Sarah-Jane talked to Jack," Kelly said. "And I got a job at Torchwood."

"She came back to thank us," said Luke. "And that's it basically."

"And when were you ever going to tell me any of this?" Mia asked, fishing her phone out of her pocket and waving it in the air. "Not one message since you last called. And that was months ago."

"Torchwood orders minimal contact."

They all looked around. The Doctor was standing in the doorway.

"Yeah," said Kelly. "I couldn't have called you very often even if I knew where you were."

"Right," Mia muttered.

"I did want to," Kelly said quickly. "I've missed you."

"I know," said Mia, smiling.


Mia hated funerals.

She decided that as soon as she set foot inside the church, in the middle of their group; her, Sky, Luke, River, Clyde, Rani and Kelly – the Doctor had disappeared again. The church was full of black-clothed people, all weeping for their loss. The exception was a group of six people seated near the front of the church. Five of them were wearing black, the sixth a blue coat. They were chatting happily enough. Kelly smiled at the sight of them.

"Mia, Sky, Luke, Cla—"

"Oi!"

"Clyde and Rani - you're rubbing off on me, Luke – River. Meet Torchwood."

The man in the blue coat had stood up, grinning.

"Well look at you, River Song!" he said, hugging her. "I still don't believe you're married."

"Well it was in an aborted timeline, in a world that never was, but apparently it still counts," River shrugged with a smile.

"Captain Jack Harkness everyone," Kelly said. "This is Mia – River's daughter – Luke and Sky – Sarah-Jane's kids – Clyde and Rani – to make up the Bannerman Road team."

"Meet the very best," said Jack, gesturing behind him. "Gwen, Ianto, Martha, Owen and Toshiko."

"Where's the Doctor?" Martha asked.

"Disappeared. Again," said Mia.

"He's not taking it very well," River sighed.

"Sarah-Jane meant to world to him," Jack nodded, understanding. "More than any of his companions."

"So we're second-best?" Martha asked. Her voice was light, but there was a note of accusation in it.

"He only takes the best," Jack corrected.

"Exactly."


The Doctor returned in time for the ceremony, the whole way through which Sky cried, and Jack tried to cheer her up with whispered jokes. He managed to tease a weak smile out of her, and disapproving looks from the black-clad people. Mia supposed jokes were out of place at a funeral.

All of them; Torchwood, Mia and her parents, Luke, Sky, Clyde and Rani, stood up to speak, together, giving each other support. The Doctor and Jack spoke the most, Luke became choked up before he could say much, and Sky's renewed sobs made her incoherent. Clyde and Rani talked about how Sarah-Jane had changed their lives for the better, and Mia, feeling pressured to talk, expressed her deep regret that she had never met her. The Torchwood team agreed with this, and Martha told everyone that they owed their lives to Sarah-Jane Smith, even if they didn't know it. None of them understood this, though of course, they weren't meant to.

Later, in the graveyard (which Mia quickly decided she hated too), while they were walking back to Bannerman Road, Sky laughed.

Mia caught Jack's eye, and mouthed "thank you". He nodded.

"What are you going to do?" Rani asked Luke, as they assembled in the kitchen, drinking tea.

"I don't know. I think I'm ok to go back to university, but who's gonna look after Sky?"

"You can't," Gwen pointed out.

"I don't want to leave, though," said Sky, wiping her red eyes with her sleeve. "What if someone finds out I'm an alien?"

River nodded. "We've got to protect you."

"How?"

"How about you come and live with me?" Martha asked, after a pause.

Sky looked hopefully up at the young woman.

"Could I?"

"Of course, I'd have to talk to Mickey, but he's met Sarah-Jane, I can't see how he'd object …"

Sky's red eyes lit up, and she flung her arms around Martha's neck, hugging her tightly. "Thank you thank you thank you!"

Mia smiled.


Sky just had to be raised by someone who'd travelled with the Doctor. She just had to. And Mickey did say, "Us Smiths gotta stick together," so …

I think this'll be the last chapter in this story, unless I can think of another plot bunny for any time in Mia's life between when she's thirteen and eighteen (I've already started a sequel set when she's eighteen). So, for the time being, this story is completed, but I'll let you know if it's status is going to change.