OK here it is, my third installation, I'm writing these quite quickly because I want to have done a lot by the time school starts... in two days. :( wah. Anyways, I do NOT own Doctor Who if I did I'd be starring in it ^^ Duh. Tweehwee, o-o ? Yeah... so urm enjoy and don't forget to REVIEW! xXx
Chapter 3
The Doctor watched in both curiosity and awe as the teen flickered and vanished before his eyes; only a few seconds passed before a large flash was seen not two feet away as the teen appeared once more cross legged on the commander's chair. She shrugged, looking at the startled Time Lord. "Well if you're not going to take my offer, I'll sit myself."
The Doctor's eyes darted to the console raising a brow; carefully he pointed his sonic towards the main console and scanned it. He stared at the readings for a few moments before narrowing his eyes towards the teen once more.
The girl's grin faltered slightly, her right hand lifting to scratch her head in confusion, "blimey you really don't trust me do you? How far back is this?"
The Doctor pointed directly at the console, his gaze not leaving the teen for a second, "What have you done to my TARDIS, she's losing power at the second, and at this rate she's going to programme herself for an emergency landing!" The Doctor was frantic and his chocolate eyes blazed with an anger that the girl seemed to understand well. She leant back on the seat, allowing her legs to fall forward against the chair. "Relax," she stated calmly, her hands lifting up in silent surrender, "it's not my fault, your precious TARDIS was worried. She's used a lot of power to get me here and she's not going to let me go until I've fixed your problems." The girl winked, leaning back in the chair and lifting her arms in the air, stretching dramatically. "Unless you want to make an undignified landing, you'll let me help you."
The Doctor's eyes flashed slightly, his arm reaching out to stroke one of the buttons on the TARDIS, "She always has been a stubborn old girl." He grinned, almost like normal. Almost.
The Doctor looked up to see the girl standing before him, her eyes sparkling with childish glee. "When you dream, do you think of the Master or perhaps it's River dying before your eyes as you're hand cuffed unable to do anything about it,"
The Doctor grinned, chuckling darkly, "are you finding this fun." He asked, turning on his heels as he walked away, pulling a few levers on the TARDIS to stabilise her further so she wouldn't end up falling out of orbit.
The girl smirked and opened her mouth, but before she could speak the Doctor turned back to her, his finger pointing angrily at her face, "because it's not." He growled glancing back at his TARDIS. "Why did you pluck this child out of my timeline? What is so special about her?" he muttered, rubbing his face tiredly.
"You know I am standing right here..."
The Doctor revolted on her dangerously, "YOU don't get to speak." He hissed fiercely.
"Doctor..." the girl sounded more distant this time and when the Doctor swept his fringe from his eyes he realised why. There was tears freely falling down her eyes, her arms were limply clinging to her abdomen. She was so... lost.
"I don't like this game." She whispered hoarsely, staring vacantly at the floor before biting her lip, "I want to help you. I know why you're so... angry all the time, so lost. You've seen so much death and now you know."
"Know what?" the Doctor asked more calmly, his voice softer as he took a hesitant step towards the girl.
"I'm not stupid," the girl scoffed as she swept her blonde locks from her face, "I know where I've been taken to... what time period... you've seen your death date and you're afraid."
The Doctor felt his hearts sink as he slumped against the console, "why are you telling me this?" he asked quietly, forcing himself to stay strong in front of this fragile child.
The girl glanced up again, humming a tune that sent shivers down his spine, "Tick tock goes the clock even for the Doctor." She sang calmly, her lips twitching... but not from happiness, no... not that again. "You saw Melody in Germany when you shouldn't have and you could have died but you didn't. You didn't because you knew you couldn't because your death is a fixed point in time and space." The girl's eyes were vacant as she stepped closer to the Time Lord, reaching closer... straightening his bow tie with tears freely flowing down her cheeks. "The Doctor lies remember?"
The Doctor pushed her away, causing her to once more turn to white noise before her body stabilised again. "How do you know this?" he muttered, holding her wrists tightly so she couldn't break free.
The girl smiled sadly, "stories passed down, the best stories you could ever imagine... ones plucked from the very mind." She blinked away the last of her tears as the Doctor let go of her. She stumbled backwards slightly and fell to her knees, looking up at him through damp locks, "Please," she whispered, "no more questions... let me help you."
After staring at the child long and hard the Doctor rubbed at his chin and grinned, "Fine." He surrendered, offering her his hand as she attempted to get back to her feet.
"I doubt you can actually help me though."
"Oh believe me I have had practice with your stubbornness." The girl grinned, "I know your past," she winked at him, circling him once more before grabbing at his hand, "I even know some of your future."
The Doctor frowned, "So..."
"So!" the girl grinned, "exactly, so!"
The Doctor's eyes sparkled in an ounce of humour trapped within his rigid form, "I'm not following, and I usually follow things like this."
"Really?" the girl's face seemed to glow with glee, "'Cause I heard you had trouble distinguishing who River was when you first met her."
The Doctor grinned, allowing the child to drag him along down the vast hallways of his TARDIS. The TARDIS seemed to purr joyfully as the girl giggled, but hushed herself as her eyes danced towards one lone closed door. She jerked her head towards it and put her fingers to her lips childishly, "Amy and Rory." She mouthed knowingly, dancing past their door silently as she guided the ancient Time Lord further and further still until finally they came across an open archway. An open archway that led them into the vast library of the TARDIS containing thousands of books, enough for a lifetime of enjoyment, well a human's lifetime that is.
The girl's eyes twinkled as she dragged the Doctor into the library, the smell of old pages and varnished oak hitting them with an open welcome.
They sat themselves near the back of the bookshelves where two lavish red leather sofas lay. The Doctor sat on one, the girl on the other.
After a few moments of silence, the teen's face fell, her arm hesitantly reaching out before she stopped herself and looked at the floor where a few books ranging of several different origins lay. "You're tired." She stated.
The Doctor smiled, "I'm allowed to be."
"You're over nine hundred years old... I think anyone would be tired at that age," the girl grinned.
The Doctor shrugged, straightening his bow tie subconsciously.
The girl shook her head, "you're hopeless at small talk, when was the last time you tried to speak to a kid?"
The Doctor froze slightly; his thoughts trailing back to the night he'd spent trying to calm down a terrified child. George.
It's been a while, it really had. Children were hard to entertain... and harder to think of. All the children that had been lost in the fires of Gallifrey. His hearts sank just thinking about it, and the teen could tell.
"You're haunted by so many things." She muttered, "But you don't need to be... trust me."
The Doctor looked up to her again, putting on a grin as always, his strength a mere facade. "How can I?"
"Spoilers," the girl smirked with a quick eye roll.
I know it ended in a wierd kind of way but it is supposed to get those eager minds of yours thinking. It isn't obvious who this kid is and no one as of yet has guessed it correctly so... MUAHAHAHAH! Soon the answer will be clear... sooooooooooon. More spoilers will ensue and please Review! Thanks to the person who reviewed my last chapter, considering I only uploaded it like five hours ago xD Haha, anyway GOOD DAY! xx