Kayla had found the Library at 1:00 AM. She had changed into her PJs, a tank top with sweat pants and fuzzy slippers. She walked through the vast library, thinking about all the files that she and an old friend of hers had study when they were at the Luna Academy. Oh that friend. They were roommates, and while Kyla had the same course as her friend, both were studying history for different reasons, she hadn't needed to stay up late, but her friend was always up. Looking up a famed figure, one that was always in the background. She remembered the first time that the girl had pushed her out of bed and pulled her through the college and pushed her into a seat at a dining table in the library where her friend had spread the files out and given her a stack.
"Now read these reports, the early days while I read the more recent ones." Her friend had commanded, and Kayla yawned before she answered.
"Riv, why do I have to read about this," she paused before answering, searching the file, "Doctor fellow? I've already looked him up, you know I had to." Her friend shook her head, making her mass of curly blond hair shake wildly.
"You don't know the man behind all those dark quotes from the final days of Gallifrey that the Time Agency got. Trust me Kayla, because you know my answer." Kyla smiled wanly.
"Spoilers." They chorused together. With a sigh, Kyla started to help her friend. Not that she would ever tell her, but Kyla was a little scared of the Doctor. The myths from Gallifrey and all the quotes, all the bad things he had ever done, had been pushed in front of her when she was 11. Since then, she hadn't looked up that man again, unlike all the others. He was just too dark, haunting her nightmares for weeks on end.
Kyla smiled softly as she remembered, thinking of all the late nights, all the stack of flies that her friend had come up with. And then she would be tested on him, like she was the one that had to study him.
"Who were his first travelers?" Her friend, River Song, asked one night. Kyla looked up; her hair showing how many times her fingers had raked through it, stumped. Not only was she studying the History of Earth for an exam tomorrow, she also was studying the Doctor, someone who she barely understood and it had been three long months since the first month.
"Uh, his granddaughter and her two teachers." Kyla answered, knowing that River didn't need nor want the names.
"Right, and where was he in his third self?" Kyla remembered, this one well, because he was in one of the ancient books on UNIT that was in the library.
"Earth." Kyla and River shared a smile. And the test was done for then night.
Kayla stopped her browsing on a shelf with a fat textbook that she recognized well, she had read it to River many nights. She pulled it off the shelf and flipped open the cover to find a note in a curly red script she knew from notes they had passed.
Kayla, if you are reading this then I have a lot of explaining to do. Though a brief word, and we both know what it is, could be my answer, I feel that you deserve more. I have been lying to you. Those nights that we've been pouring our souls out were in preparation for this amazing journey you were soon to start. I hope the knowledge will be of some help, and until we meet again, I will part with two words. A message, and the word we both fell in love with. YANA, and spoilers.
She ran my finger of the words, re-writing each letter. Without really trying, Kayla pulled herself into the past, the last night she was at the Luna Academy.
"Kyla, it's been a year, one full year!" River celebrated, giving her a quick hug. They had both passed, and with all their extra studying, Kayla felt like they should have been commended. Ah well, it was probably against some rule.
"So, what are you doing to celebrate?" Kayla asked, and River shrugged.
"Oh, maybe go to a bar, do you want to come?" She offered, and Kayla shook her head.
"I'd love too, but the Time Agency is calling me back. Might not be here next year." Kyla sighed softly, already missing their shared room and the freedom to do whatever she pleased. River gave her an apologetic smile.
"Sorry Kayla, I hope you come back." With a wave, River ran out of the library where they had had their last conversation.
Kayla felt tears come to her eyes, and she wiped them away roughly, not wanting to think about the three days later, when she had woken up to find her whole childhood gone. That was for a different day to recollect on, one when she had close access to liquor. With a soft sigh exactly like the one she had produced the last day at the Luna Academy, Kayla left the bookshelves and sat down in a comfy chair with the book still in hand. She propped it open and started to read the familiar stories that had survived Earth. Their many myths and religions that went hand-and-hand.
The book thumped out of her hand, and the Doctor figured she was asleep. He went over and checked, sure enough, she was out. He turned down the lights in the library and then grabbed a blanket from a shelf and put it over her sleeping body. The Doctor looked down at her fondly, and then sighed and walked off, leaving Kayla, a mystery he was intent on solving.
So, I have some explaining to do. I had to delete some stuff and I gave you guys the wrong chapter, sorry. Here's the interlude which will happen after every adventure. Hope you liked it. So, please review and see you next week.