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Walking back into the hall the two of them looked over everything. It was all normal, everyone was still partying. "Where did it go?"

"I'm not sure."

"I hate to say it but when it laughed it sounded extremely playful. Maybe it's bored?"

"Well..." Doctor mused and looked at Phil who was waiting for him to answer. "Its sense of killing boredom is mean."

"What do we do now though? I mean whatever it is, its disappeared."

"Or has it?"

"What do you mean?"

Doctor pointed to a table, peeking out from underneath the table cloth was the girl. Phil couldn't help but laugh when she was trying to trip people up, and succeeded a few times. Doctor just gave her a look, "Sorry but it's rather funny."

"You'll encourage it you know."

"Oh come on," Phil huffed and walked near a table to the one she was under. "Like you don't find it funny. You know most people laugh at other peoples misfortunes."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"You lot are really mean at times," Doctor and Phil sat down at the table, looking at each other and then nodding they pulled up the table cloth. "Hello there yet again! What are you doing trying to trip people up? That's mean, although apparently funny."

The girl just looked up at them with wide eyes, lifting her hand up she took to sucking her thumb. Phil raised an eyebrow at her, she looked at least ten with scruffy black hair and large brown eyes. "Do you find tripping people up funny?" Doctor asked the girl nodded eagerly, "What's your name?" The girl looked confused and shook her head, grinning she crawled out and ran back towards the door.

"No one else notices her? Oh my god is she a ghost?"

"Well I don't know about that, she looked pretty solid."

"Solid? So ghosts are see-through?"

"I don't know Phil! Well...for the record I shall say yes they are." Doctor sat back up straight and took to playing with the table cloth. "Think we should follow her?"

"I think we should."

"I thought you'd agree." Doctor stood up Phil reached out for her shoes and noticed the straps were tied together. Pulling a face she sat back down and took to undoing them, "Maybe you were right Phil, maybe she's bored."

"Children are usually always bored, it doesn't surprise me. She seems to be a little trickster."

"Lets find this little trickster then shall we?"

"Don't we look slightly suspicious with keeping disappearing?"

"No one notices." Doctor said while Phil slipped her shoes on and did them up, the two walked back to the door and out into the corridor. The girl stood near the front door swinging to and fro on her heels.

"Maybe she doesn't have a name." Phil whispered while they looked her over, she was wearing a very baggy black jumper and trousers. Rubbing his hands together Doctor walked up to the girl, "You've been here a while haven't you?" The girl nodded, "Where's your home?" The girl looked confused, standing in thought for a moment Doctor clicked his fingers and pointed to Phil and then to himself. "We live in a shiny, awesome police box." Phil raised an eyebrow, shiny and awesome for a box was one way of describing it. The girl copied him and clicked her fingers, turning and opening the door she pointed up at the sky.

"Huh," Phil pottered over and stood beside him, "She seems to be pointing upwards."

"Nice observation there Phil, you live up?" He paused, "Oh I like living up there too!"

"You sound mad."

"Oh shush I don't see you doing any better."

"Hey," Phil crouched down beside the girl, "You live in the sky? Like...amongst the stars?" She asked, the girl clapped her hands together and grinned widely. "Did you fall to here?" The girl looked sad and nodded, "Family?" The girl shook her head, "You're all alone? Oh wow...you poor thing." Phil put a hand on her shoulder, "Doctor?"

"Yes Phil? I already know what you're going to ask before you've even asked it. Can we take her home? Well we could do if we knew where her home is."

"Can we go?"

"What about partying and...dancing?"

"I'm not one for either," Phil said while standing up and beside the girl, "And you can dance on the TARDIS there's nothing stopping you from doing that."

"True," Doctor nodded and ushered the two of them out of the door, "Wait, you're not saying bye?"

"No, if we do we won't be able to leave. And," Phil looked over her shoulder at him. "You do own a time machine." Smiling and holding the girl by her collar she tried to stop her from running around in the snow.

"Oh it's just the same as when Marco was here," Doctor muttered while watching a very excitable child run around the console room. Phil had disappeared to get changed and left him to look after her. Frowning Doctor put his hands on her shoulders and looked at her seriously, "Don't run around please." The girl just looked up at him with large brown eyes, the two of them looked up when Phil came running down the stairs. The girl ran over to her and looked up at her with a happy look. "I see you can't speak, or you can and don't want to. So," opening a lined pad up Phil turned it to her. "Maybe you can write?"

"Oh nice thinking Phil, yet another slight genius moment of yours!" Doctor rolled the sleeves of his shirt up and watched as the girl hesitantly took the pad from Phil, giving her a pen Phil sat her on the stairs and walked over to him. "She looks confused."

"Well wouldn't you be?"

"Yeah, be fair if I were her and got confronted with us two. I certainly wouldn't follow them."

"But we threw in a promise of taking her home." Doctor pointed out while clapping his hands together. The girl walked over and held the pad out to them, "Edyna Syradax."

"Edyna? It sounds like a boys name."

"Coming from the woman whose nickname is a male name."

"Oh shush!" Phil laughed and put her hands in her jumpers pockets. "It's good to meet you Edyna, where is your home?" She nudged Doctor to give her the pad back. The two stood waiting until she turned it around. But their expressions dropped though when the word written was "No where."

Looking at each other and then at Edyna they smiled sheepishly, "No where? You don't have a home? No parents either? Oh Edyna you seem to be an enigma don't you?"

Edyna just smiled widely and rocked on her heels, "Come on Ed lets get you cleaned up," Phil said while walking towards the stairs.

"Hold on a minute! A child isn't like a pet!" Doctor exclaimed and ran after the two of them, Edyna giggled and ran away from him while Phil just pushed open her bedroom door. "Come back here you!" Doctor exclaimed and naturally ran after the little girl, "No exploring! If you get lost no one will find you!"

Phil left them to it, opening her drawers she was trying to find something else for Edyna to wear, "Care to help?" Phil looked over at Doctor who looked a little worn out from running after the child. "Come on Phil please help me out here!"

Rolling her eyes Phil walked out into the corridor and watched Edyna cartwheel around, "Stop doing that Ed, look! I have new clothes for you." Phil held up some clothes, which although would be massive on her small frame, she could always alter them.