"You mean the girl who I told sit still and not touch anything?" River scolded as she too entered the console room "I do believe her name is Anna or Ella, or something like that."

"It's Ayra" the girl said, turning off the game of Pac-Man she had on screen "And sorry about moving around, I got bored. By the way, you probably heard a loud beep earlier, don't worry, it was just the game. Forgot to hit mute."

"Right, then. Hello Ayra. Quick question, how did you get in my TARDIS?" The Doctor said, walking up to the stairs and leaning on the railing as Ayra sat down on the steps.

"Well, I used the vortex manipulator your wife is holding" she replied, gesturing to the arm River had behind her back "and when I tried to go back home, it blew up and fried my hair in the process."

"Shame because you have wonderful hair and it is definitely not in need of frying. Nice earrings, by the way, very cool."

"Thank you" she said, bopping the little bow-ties on her ears.

"Now back to business" he continued "Who exactly are you?"

"Spoilers" The two ladies replied in unison.

The Doctor stepped back and glanced back and forth at both of them in shock.

"River, you knew who she was and you didn't tell me?"

"No, I don't, sweetie." She answered "I asked the same question earlier and got the same answer."

"But how does she know spoi-"

"Asked her that too and she won't say a word, expect spoilers that is."

"Hm." The Doctor placed his hands on his hips and turned to face Ayra again. "So, what can you tell us that's not a spoiler?"

There was so much she couldn't say, and yet, that was all she wanted to tell them. I'm your daughter! You take me out to see the universe on weekends! The TARDIS blue nail polish I'm wearing was from my mom, who is standing right behind you! If she even hinted at any of that, she may not even exist by the time that River repaired the manipulator. She was torn as to what to let out and what to keep to herself.

"Well, I like to listen to music and I go to university." She finally let out

"What are you studying?"

"I'm in psychology right now, but I don't really like it. I'd much rather study something like, I don't know, anthropology or philosophy, or maybe even archaeology. You know, still working with people, but not so much their problems."

"Ah, yes, humany wumany things. I hear archaeology's a nice thing to study" he glanced at River, lightly smiling "Lots of tombs and old planets and digging and exploring and such. Ask River here, she can tell you more about that, she is an archaeologist after all. A doctor of archaeology, in fact."

"Oh, stop." River shot out, blushing

"Make me."

"Maybe when there aren't young and impressionable people around and maybe if you go back and wait, I will."

"Oi! You two!" Ayra snapped "There still is a young and impressionable person here so save the flirting for later, please and thank you."

"Right." He twirled back around to face her "So what can I, or we, help you with?"

"Well, there are two things, mainly." She said "One, I am horribly bored and would like something to occupy my time, preferably something fun."

A smile began to grow on the Doctor's face.

"I can most definitely help you with that." He answered excitedly "We've got a pool, a garden, a giant inflatable castle and ball pit, an anti-gravity chamber, an arcade, a bubble room; you name it, there's probably a room with it somewhere around here. Now, what's the other thing?"

"The person I borrowed the manipulator from wouldn't be too happy if I gave it back to them broken, not to mention I can't get back in the first place if it's not working, so if either of you could fix it, that would be awesome."

"I'm sure a good sonicing should do it. Riv-"

Ayra took her pink sonic out of jacket pocket "Already tried that. It's sort of the reason it's broken to begin with."

The Doctor's jaw dropped at the very sight of the gadget in her hand.

"Bu-wha, HOW? WHERE?" he stammered

"I didn't steal it if that's what you're thinking. It was a birthday present."

He ran a hand through his hair and let out a sigh. This girl was getting more complicated by the minute and he didn't like it at all.

"Right, so you get into my TARDIS using a vortex manipulator, say "spoilers" a lot, play games on my scanner, which is usually broken so you clearly know how things work around here, you also have a sonic and you like archaeology too. Judging from that and your hair, I'd say you were a young River, but seeing as I know what she looked like, I know you're not her."

"I most definitely am not River Song, that is true." She replied, tucking a couple loose curls behind her ear. "Speaking of her though, where is she? She was standing right over there a couple moments ago."

"Wait, she left?" The Doctor twirled around to examine the room "Where did she go? Did you see where she went off to?"

"I saw her go down a hallway, not sure whether it was left or right. I thought maybe she just needed to go to the bathroom, but considering it's been 20 minutes, I doubt that. Maybe she went to fix the manipulator?"

He twirled around a couple more times to double check, but River had definitely left the room.

"Right. Maybe she did. I'll just go check to find out where she is." He scratched his head nervously "Now, erm, you just sit and wait there until I get back. Sorry for all the sitting and waiting, by the way. Not very fun. I'll find something fun for you to do once I find River, but until then, just stay here."

He darted down the nearest hallway and Ayra lay down on the step behind her.

"I just want to go home." She sighed out, beginning to count the tiles on the ceiling.

-/-

The Doctor checked every room in that hallway and none of them had his wife in it. He crossed over to the next, which had the workshop and repairing tools in it, but again, no River in sight.

Where the hell could she be? He thought, his pace quickening.

He was leaving the kitchen when a most wretched noise echoed throughout the vicinity. His hearts dropped to his toes and their combined rhythm sped up to something faster than any rabbit could ever accomplish. He knew exactly where she was, and knew exactly what she was doing, and the very thought of it made him sprint towards that noise quicker than he thought possible.

He opened the bathroom door with great force, revealing a very washed-out and pale River. She was seated on the floor with her arm supporting her head, just above the toilet, and her other arm was wrapped tightly around her middle.

"River!" he exclaimed, rushing towards her.

She shot a hand up, as though to say "No, no, stay back" and brought her knees to her chest.

"River, I've been covered in alien bogeys and starwhale spit. Whatever you're about to do, or have done, does not scare me in the slightest." He added, sitting down next to her and beginning to rub her back soothingly. "Now, let me help you."

"There's nothing you ca-" she paused and put a hand over her mouth to avoid another unwanted outburst "There's nothing you can do, love. Just leave me be for a bit, this'll pass soon enough."

"Not a chance. I'm the Doctor, after all, here to help." He wrapped his arm around her waist and she leaned her head on his shoulder.

He hated seeing River like this. She was such a string woman, let absolutely nothing get in her way, and here she was, head hung low and no colour in her face.

"How long has this been happening?" he asked, kissing her lightly on the forehead

"Just this week. Kind of expected it to happen at some point, though." She said, closing her eyes and snuggling up into the crook of his neck.

"How did you expect this? You can't really predict spending unwanted time in the loo."

She looked up at his face with raised eyebrows. "Are you telling me you've never heard of morning sickness?"