Hey guys someone pointed out that i haven t explained what the Daughter of a star is so I m gonna do a Phoenix/Martha Bonding session that will explain hopefully. So here goes, i don t own doctor who...

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Last time...

"You can't tell him though, please promise me Martha." I beg,

"I promise, but you re right it is a bit stressful." I felt a weight lift off my shoulders, and then I remember, the cupboard, the only place I haven't searched, I bolt off the bed and run to it, my hand shaking as I reach out to open it, slowly pulling it open I find...

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There, sitting on the bottom shelf was a necklace, but I knew what was inside, it was a pocket watch on a long chain, the watch itself was simply round but on the front there were 12 small rubies around a large circular one, picking it up and forgetting Martha was in the room, I walk to my bed and sit down just holding it and staring at it...

I was a time lord/lady, my life wasn't real, no maybe it was and just Phoenix was half star half... I shake my head,

"Wow, that s beautiful." my head snaps to the left and I see Martha, sitting next to me looking at the thing I held in my hand,

"You can't tell the doctor Martha please, I m begging you not a word to him about It." my voice is shaking, she looks confused, I shake my head

"But it's just a necklace..." she says sounding as confused as she looked, I shake my head,

"No it's not but, I can t tell you right now, you'll understand what I mean in the future, but just keep this quiet, please." I whimper, I wasn't ready to know all this, not for a long while, I shouldn't have known full stop, shouldn't be possible... my mind races with all the possibilities, I could be evil, twisted, I could be one of Rassilons followers, I could be someone's wife, friend and if I remembered they'd all be-

"Okay..." Martha says slowly, "I won t tell, but you need to calm down, deep breaths." I hadn't noticed I had started hyperventilating but I did as told taking deep breaths and calming down some. "Now since I know that you and the doctor are aliens let s try to distract you for a while hmm?" she asks I nod

"How though?" I ask

"I want to know the in's and outs of being the daughter of a star and what they are, or how they come to be? all of it I suppose." I nod

"Right I suppose I'll start off with how we are born, Some stars are living creatures alive if you will, and once in a very long time they will look over the planets and sometimes they weep, for loss, for love and sometimes for anger, this is a rare event as when they cry a tear of light falls, an even rarer occurrence when that tear falls on one of the planets inhabitancy, it's seen as a blessing and to those who can t control it a curse, different powers come with different emotions of the stars tears, Sadness, water, Anger, lightning and Love as you have seen gives the flame of passion, they are each linked to a person's emotions and show differently to an individual, I have only been able to control it through anger so far but as my mood changes so does the colour of the flame. Stars typically are allergic to morphine and in my case aspirin, they can also have trouble controlling their anger, I haven't experienced that side effect yet, I have a very calm temper but it is quick. Understand?" I ask Martha as she listened with rapt attention,

"So you were given the gift to be the daughter of a star because a tear of... love fell on you, which gave you the power over fire, your power is linked to your emotions and each power is different to any one person, because of this you have a calm but quick temper... your also allergic to morphine and aspirin." I flinch at the last one, but nod. "Okay what else is there?" she asks

"There are a few problems with being what I am, one being the length of my life, I have a very long life span because stars can live for eons, this can also be good, the down side is that I outlive my loved ones and watch the people I care about die, the good side though doesn't outweigh the bad but I have years to do all the things I want and see the things I couldn't as a human, another negative being allergic to the morphine and all, and if we lose our tempers completely we can t control ourselves, anything within a 4 mile radius is in potential danger, now let s get to the good things yeah?" she nods,

"Right, let's see, we can be mildly telepathic and in times depending on how good the control of your power is you can teleport I suppose, if you can't control your emotions well enough you shine I suppose is the best way to put it, for example..." I focus on something nice like playing my flute and let it take over slightly, I hear Martha gasp and open my eyes, looking down at my hand I see the luminescent quality it has and reign in the emotion letting my skin go back to normal, "We're mostly graceful and draw a lot of male attention, I personally see that as bad but it's listed as good. We are coveted, anyone who has a star doesn't necessarily want to let go. valuable I guess..." I say with a shrug

"Why were the Daleks afraid of you?" Martha asked,

"I'm not entirely sure on that question; you'd have to ask the doctor about it. I have to say though I'm curious as well." and then what I did too the Dalek flashed across my mind, I hadn't given it mercy, were stars not known for mercy towards enemies? I shrug. "That s all I can think of at this moment Martha, but I promise you that when you understand what this watch is, we'll talk about it. I'll try to make sense of it but until then the doctor cannot know I have this, matters are already complicated enough as it is." I say with a sigh. she gets up with a nod and walks to the door, looking back before she leaves,

"Night Phoenix." she says softly

"Goodnight Martha..." the door closes and I lay on the bed,

'Please don t tell him sexy, please, this is- I I can t deal with this right now, it's too much I mean first the mark and then the necklace all I know is rumbling around me my life, was it ever real or was it just adoption, what was going to happen if I opened the watch, would I be psychotic could i only be filled with hate, who was I what was my name did I have any family?' I sigh

'I give you my word that I will not tell thief about the fob watch or the mark, but you will have to accept it sooner or later my child.' I sigh in response to her

"But not today." I whisper before closing my eyes and drifting into the dark oblivion that is sleep.

Doctor's P.O.V

I was working on the console wiring when I heard footsteps, I look up to see Martha and feel a little guilty that I had been hoping to see Phoenix and not her.

"You alright?" I ask out of politeness,

"Yeah, just have a few questions if you don t mind." she says I nod and sit up from under the console,

"Fire away."

"Why were the Daleks so scared of Phoenix when she said she was the daughter of a star?" whatever question she was going to ask I hadn't thought it would be that at all.

"Because she is of a rare species only a few were around during the, the time war, in the war the sons and daughters of stars they were ruthless, they would go into a Dalek base and then, from what I have heard they let their control go and, the ships bases they blow up as in there is nothing left but ash raining from the sky, it's why Phoenix lost control so much today I suppose, she already had a hate for them even in her world, but in our world she's the daughter of a star, her hate for them is ten times stronger than it was before, when she yelled at the Dalek the first time after she shot one, she lost control then, the fire consumed her and she couldn't feel anything but rage, the last time today was after she had run off I followed her, I went into the room and flames were pouring off her, her voice contorted in hate, she was talking about causing the genocide of the Daleks... she came back after a minute and she collapsed, I'm not sure what happened but I was so scared that we were gonna lose her, that she wouldn't come back..." I shake my head "But yeah I suppose the Daleks were afraid of her because of the part her species had in the Time War, but she's the last as well I didn't think any had survived the war at all..."

"Uh huh, have you found out anything from her about where she's from? Her world I mean." she asks,

"I know that in her world she had two friends, Grace I think she said she was the mother of the seven year old daughter, also one of her friends Alex, the one she was shot for, I also know that her mother, father and brother are dead, but beyond that I don't know much. And sometimes I feel so guilty because she knows more about me than I know about her." I look at Martha and see she looks thoughtful.

"Thanks doctor, I m gonna get some sleep." I nod and look at the console, I should sleep as well, I walk to my room not bothering to take in the decorated walls but as soon as I fell asleep I was plagued by nightmares of the time war, and Phoenix was there she was dying she blew up the Daleks. she was just about to get shot and I jolted into reality in cold sweat...

'Come thief follow the pull.' she whispers, so I do as I m told I get up and head down the corridor after a few minutes I find myself outside her door, Phoenix's, I shake my head,

'I can t go in there.' I say to her,

'She will help you sleep.' she says simply,

'I refuse.' I say my thoughts wavering, I wanted to but I shouldn't what if she woke up, the door swung open and I saw her outline there laying on the bed, she was so small, I felt myself walking in but didn't register it until it was too late and the door had closed,

'You must sleep thief, you will be better when you wake up.' she coaxs, I didn't want to give in, but then I heard it, Phoenix spoke in her sleep, calling out to me, but in a language long since lost, the bell like sound like a haunting melody, High Galliferyan, but what she said sent me into a well restrained darkness.

"Theta." she breathed, my name, my true name, how could she know it, how could she speak it, so many questions but I didn't dare to hope, so against my better judgment I climbed onto her bed and over to her, leaning over her and looking at her, she had the face of an angel, her lips pouting slightly, I stroke her face and she nuzzles into my hand. Climbing under the covers I pull her to me, I could be gone before she woke up, act like it never happened, her hair lay across the bed her hand curled under her chin. I wrapped and arm around her waist and entangled the other in her hair like I had woken not two days ago and drifted to sleep welcoming the black nothingness that seemed to come at holding her in my arms. The only thought in my mind was one word that the darkness of my Time lord instincts kept echoing, just one word that felt right.

'Mine.'

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Okay hope that explained everything, I should be getting the first part of Lazarus up soon as well, this was just the explanations and a little bit of fluff at the end, hope this clears everything up for you and I hope you all enjoyed it, leave reviews and let me know what you think...

Shadow OUT!

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