Hello everyone! Sorry that I didn't update earlier but well, I had some problems to deal with. Plus as I'm working for the summer, I try to keep writing to be a few chapters ahead of the publishing but it's not easy to find the time!
Anyway, thank you for the recent faves and follows, and Turtle and Nancy B for their super-nice reviews! Thanks guys it helps me a lot!
And I thought maybe - as some are apparently reading me in guest mode - I'd give you my twitter so you guys can follow me there and I'll tweet when I update the fic, what do you think? So you don't have to always check on the website or anything. You guys can ask me for a follow back if you want, of course. I barely tweet so I won't be a nuisance ;) Tell me if you're interested!
Here comes Chapter 15, a "Meanwhile-in-the-TARDIS"-like chapter, rather short but plenty more is coming so don't worry.
Again do not hesitate to give me feedback and advice :)
Enjoy!
Melody - x.
Chapter 15
"How the TARDIS could feel so… empty without the Ponds." Melody thought. She was in a nightie, wandering along the corridors of the time machine, exploring her depths before going to sleep while the Doctor was fixing some things in the console room.
As she walked quietly, a golden light came floating next to her. She tilted her head seeing it: she would never have thought that the TARDIS would like so much to hang around as a little ball of light. She followed her as she was taking the lead. She stopped in front of a big wooden door, with an ancient design that bore Gallifreyan writings on it.
Melody opened the door to reveal a huge - even gigantic - library. She looked in awe at all the beautiful books and other strange forms of recording knowledge stored on the wooden shelves.
The light didn't let her much time to admire all the sources of knowledge, flying straight to another door. As soon as the girl opened it, her jaw dropped: hundreds, no, thousands of music instruments were stored there. She recognized some as they were from Earth. In the centre of the room was a big black piano. She sat on the little bench and lightly touched the ebony and ivory keys, making a light and pure note fly out of it.
A smile lightened her lips.
In the console room, the Doctor was looking anxiously at Melody's scanner and DNA. He couldn't find what she was for, except helping people with her foreknowledge, sometimes. He cleared the screen and looked around him. Where was she? It had been quite a long time since he saw her. She couldn't have got herself lost in the TARDIS since the time machine seemed to be pretty fond of the young girl and would have helped her to find her way out. He gave a look at the glass column.
"Where is she?" he asked. He listened to the answer. "Thank you, you sexy thing." he said with a smile.
He started to walk down the corridors and stopped when he arrived near the library. Was it a piano? He entered the library and silently walked to the music room. There she was: sitting on the bench at the piano, playing, and a little light floating next to her. The notes were regular and did not seem to be part of any symphony.
But soon, a voice rose. A soft, deep but light voice. Strong, but fragile at the same time.
All along it was a fever
A cold sweat hot-headed believer
I threw my hands in the air, I said show me something
He said, if you dare come a little closer
Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know
Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay
She held the last word for a moment, before making her voice fade. The Doctor had never heard that song and her voice, Melody's voice was giving him shivers and goosebumps.
It's not much of a life you're living
It's not just something you take, it's given
Round and around and around and around we go
Oh now tell me now tell me now tell me now you know
Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay
Once again she held the last word. He had heard many things, many songs in this universe, but none of them could match the feelings Melody's voice was giving him. It was like she was telling a kind of a story, something that touched her. And she was sharing her feelings with anybody that would listen to her.
Oh the reason I hold on
Oh 'cause I need this hole gone
Funny you're the broken one
But I'm the only one who needed saving
'Cause when you never see the light
It's hard to know which one of us is caving
Not really sure how to feel about it
Something in the way you move
Makes me feel like I can't live without you
It takes me all the way
I want you to stay
I want you to stay…
The last note of the song flew in the air.
Leaning against the door frame, he looked at her. He never imagined that she could sing. And he never imagined that her voice could be so touching.
The girl got up.
"Thank you." she whispered to the ball of light. She turned around, ready to get out of the music room and jumped in surprise when she saw him standing there, eyes lost. "How long have you been here?" she asked with a shy voice, wrapping her arms around herself.
"Long enough… You never told me you could sing."
"You never asked." she simply said, shrugging. "Plus it's not that good."
"It is good!" the Doctor exclaimed, outraged by her lack of self-esteem.
She laughed a bit seeing his face. He was funny when he was doing this face. He was such a child.
"Come here." he said, opening his arms wide with a smile. He didn't want her to be cross with him because he listened.
She couldn't resist an invitation to a hug. She step between his arms and wrapped hers around his chest. She loved to listen to his heartbeats: they reminded her that everything was real. He, the best friend she always dreamed of, was real. She closed her eyes as she snuggled between his arms.
She felt one of his hands rise to rest on her head. He made a psychic contact but, curiously, did not speak. It's like they were enclosed in a bubble. She could feel him, his mind, just next to hers, but he was not saying a word. His second hand rose and rested on her head as well. She looked up, quite curious. The Doctor moved his hand to her cheeks and locked his eyes on hers before giving her a soft smile. He closed his eyes, leaving her wondering about what he was doing. He moved his lips to her forehead and kissed it. As soon as he kissed, Melody's eyes shut and she fell between his arms, completely asleep.
The Doctor carried her to her room and put her into her bed before sitting at her side.
"You'll have to be very, very brave Melody, once again. Soon you'll lose me. It's going to be hard, but at least, I'll never see the end of you, you'll still be… breathing." he said with a trembling voice. "I won't be able to stay with you…" . For a second he hesitated to continue but said nothing. He got up, leaned in and once again kissed her forehead before leaving the room.
There you go! Let me know what you think :)