Chapter 4 Legillimency

Snape pressed the wand harder into Taal's furry forehead. "Legillimens!" he cried. Taal's eyes rolled up into the back of her head, and her life flashed before her.

*Piloting school back on New Earth. Getting yelled at for pulling a maneuver banned in training.*

*Her ship crashing, falling. Her certainty that she was going to die. The jolt of the ship landing in the TARDIS. The Doctor's grinning face as he helped her out of the ruined cockpit*

*New piloting lessons. The functions of every button and lever of the TARDIS console. The Doctor letting her fly it for the first time. His accusations of leaving a dent in the 1980's*

*Running from monsters. Cybermen. Silurians. Krillitains. A very angry hot dog man*

*Sitting together in a darkened movie theatre, waiting for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to begin on its midnight premier*

"NO!" she shouted, managing to beak the connection before the instant replay of the movie in her head started, stopping it just after the previews ended.

She felt weak and powerless, tired and as hungry as if she hadn't slept or ate for a month. "No… she said weakly. "You can't see that… Spoilers…" the world swam before her eyes, and all went black to her.

"What have you done?" cried the Doctor. "Her biology is very different from yours; you could have killed her if you had gone too far!"

Snape looked back at Dumbledore and McGonagall. Harry had vanished sometime along the conversation, probably having gone back to class, and now all that was left was the Headmaster and the two Heads of House. McGonagall had an expression of deep disapproval on her face. It was obvious that she neither liked nor trusted Snape, and only remained because she didn't want any harm to come to the two travelers, should she leave them alone.

Snape turned back to the Doctor, leaving Taal slumped in her chair. "I was not aware that anything but her appearance was different than us mere mortals." He said greasily, causing the Doctor's face to begin to contort into a sneer of contempt. "Why would I have any reason to doubt that, given how helpful you've been lately?" He crouched down in front of the Doctor, and pointed his wand at him. "Let's see if her story conflicts with yours."

The Doctor squared his mental barriers around his mind, and met Snape's gaze. "Bring it." He said.

"Legillimens!" cried Snape. The Doctor felt Snape's mind bang in against his shields, and prepared for him to try to break in. Instead, it was as if Snape had vanished. The Doctor curiously lowered his barriers, then immediately regretted it. Snape rushed in, seizing the first memory he could get his hands on. The Doctor had just enough time to erect his best barriers around his knowledge of the Harry Potter canon, before he was swept away.

*Running away from the Time Lords. Finding the first TARDIS that was unlocked, and borrowing it. He had always meant to bring it back, but-*

*Susan-Polly-Jo-Sarah Jane-Leela-K9-Nyssa-Peri-Ace-Grace-Rose-*

"NO!" The Doctor fought as well as he could, but soon he was dragged back under.

*Rose-Jack-Mickey-Donna-Martha… Martha! Davros-Lumic-Autons-Nestine-Cassandra-Editor-Slitheen-Raxacoricofallapatorius-Sycorax-Werewolf-Daleks-Cybermen-Reapers-the Void-Plasmavore-Carrionites-Ood! Oh YES!*

The Doctor mentally grinned. He would feed Snape as many memories as he wanted.

*Running from giant rats with Sara Jane*

*Castrovalva- the Master- Concord Speedbird-*

*Saving Rose-Saving Donna-Saving Martha-*

*Are you my mummy? Are you my mummy? Are you my mummy? Running*

*Running. So many goodbyes. Running*

*Running. Torchwood. Battle of Canary Wharf. Rose gone. Running.*

*The last of the Time Lords. Alone in the universe. So very, very, alone*

*Running. Running. Running. Running-running-running-running. . Never stopping. Never looking back. Because you can't*

"NO!" cried the Doctor, finally breaking out of Snape's hold. "You can't see that. That is me. I am NOT Barty Crouch. I don't belong here. Let us GO!" When no one moved to unbind him or the still unconscious Taal, he shouted, "NOW!"

"Well, well." Said Snape, regarding him coolly. "The last of the Time Lords and his alien companion. Who both seem to know so much about us. But how?" He looked at the Doctor, and lifted up his with two fingers so Snape could look at him. The Doctor's face began to contort to an ugly expression of pain and rage.

The Doctor's voice became dangerously quiet. "Let us go. Now."