"You should really go to a doctor to make sure everything is alright."

"I would mother if my baby were human," River replied to Amy. "If you really want to find a doctor for me then why not try finding the group Sophia mentioned, see if any of them are doctors."

Amy gave her an incredulous look. "And how do you suppose we find them?"

River laughed. "Between the ones he and I talked about and the others I read about I know who most of his companions were. I can make a list of them for you if you'd like."

Amy agreed, and later that day the two women and Rory began searching for signs of people who knew the Doctor. It was hard at times to wade through the various speculation, rumors, stories, and completely unrelated articles that could be found on the internet. Though with the knowledge they had of previous TARDIS inhabitants they were able to track down a few leads.

A few days later Rory and Amy were driving up to a house on Bannerman road. They parked and went up the walkway to the door. A few minutes after ringing the bell a woman with graying brown hair answered the door.

"Can I help you?"

Amy smiled somewhat nervously. "Are you Sarah Jane Smith?"

Sarah Jane stepped outside, her eyes studying the young couple. "Yes, who are you?"

"Amy and Rory Williams, we traveled with the Doctor and were hoping to talk to others who knew him as well"

Sarah Jane thought for a few moments, trying to remember why their names sounded familiar. When she recalled the names she still regarded them with suspicion. "The last time I saw the Doctor he said that he was traveling with a newly married couple, Amy and Rory, but I believe he said Mr. and Mrs. Pond."

Amy burst into giggles but Rory sighed and rolled his eyes. Sarah Jane looked confused. "My wife met the Doctor when she was a little girl, her maiden name is Pond. He took to calling her that and after we married and traveled together on the TARDIS he liked to refer to us both as 'The Ponds'."

"I wonder when he came back during our honeymoon; it had to have been after the planet where we almost crashed."

"Probably when we were on the 'honeymoon' planet."

Sarah Jane's eyes lit up. "Yes, he said you were on a planet that was on a honeymoon, it's been several years since then. So your traveling days are done then?"

They both laughed a little. "It's hard to say some days," Amy said, trying to find the words for their current life with the Doctor.

Sarah Jane smiled. "Well come in then and we'll have tea and talk about the Doctor."

The three spent some time talking and laughing together, but it was over an hour before the reason behind Amy and Rory's visit was brought up. "Do you know any doctor's who knew the Doctor?" Rory asked.

Sarah Jane thought for a few moments before answering. "Yes, there's a woman named Martha, she lives in another part of London and travels frequently but we stay in touch. Why do you need a doctor who knows the Doctor?"

Amy and Rory shared a look, unsure of what exactly to say and what not to say, they had been very careful about avoiding the subject of their oldest daughter. "Our oldest daughter, Melody, is pregnant." Noticing Sarah Jane's look of shock Amy quickly continued explaining her story. "She's not a little girl, our other three children are still very young, but she's older than we are. Melody was born in the future, raised in the past and has spent most of her adult life traveling through time. She was taken from me the day she was born, from my arms." Amy's voice shook a little and Rory held her hands tightly, she would never be able to fully get over losing baby Melody, even though they loved her as River Song. "It's a very long story of how she came back to us, but in the end we grew up knowing her without knowing who she was, and later she came back to us as the woman we know now. Her child isn't human, and we want her to see a doctor that understands."

The older woman nodded. "I understand. I'll get see if I can get in touch with Martha for you, I'm sure she'd love to help out."

Rory and Amy thanked her for her time and for her willingness to help. They also exchanged numbers and other contact information before heading home.

A week later Sarah Jane gave them a call and Amy, Rory, and River returned to her house along with the children. Sarah Jane welcomed them warmly, and led them to her living room where Martha and her husband Mickey were sitting.

"Martha and Mickey Smith, this is Rory and Amy Williams and their four children."

Martha stood up to greet them, smiling. "Sarah Jane's told us all about you; you must be Melody," she said to River.

"Yes, and my sisters and brother. Traveling with the Doctor does make for an interesting life," River said lightly, and the laughter from everyone else in the room was in agreement.

"Well why don't we go see how your baby is doing? Sarah Jane let me set up a make-shift office down the hall."

River shrugged easily. "Sure, let's go." So the two women left everyone else to talk while they walked to the "doctor's office".

"Sorry to hurry you out like that," Martha said as soon as she closed the door to the small room. "But I know that whenever conversations start about the Doctor it's hard to stop and Sarah Jane said that your parents want to make sure you're doing ok."

River smiled. "They worry too much. I was independent by they time they learned who I was. But knowing if the baby is healthy is important."

Martha smiled back. "They're right, plus being pregnant is scary even for the other family members. I'm two months along and my whole family is already giving advice." She rolled her eyes a bit and then became more serious. "How did you get to be older than your parents though; if you don't mind me asking?"

River thought for a moment before answering. "My mother was taken in between travels with the Doctor when she only thought she could be pregnant. The people who took her kidnapped me from her as soon as I was born. They experimented on me and changed me; they wanted me to become a weapon against the Doctor. But I fought against it and became someone else instead. I found my parents at different times in their lives but couldn't tell them who I was until they were ready to learn about me. It's a long complicated story. My native time is in the distant future, I'm just living here for now."

Martha's eyes threatened to leak tears. "I'm so sorry, that must have been awful."

"I think my parents suffered worse than I have. My mother barely slept when Hope was born. She was so terrified that her second child would be taken away. I stayed with them for the first month of her life so that they would remember that I'm ok. It was a lot for my grandparents to take as well I can assure you, but we've... adjusted."

Martha nodded sympathetically. "Well I think that covers the family history part of the exam, why don't we move on to seeing how you and the baby are doing?"

So River lay down on the exam bed that was set up in the room and submitted to the various tests Martha performed. The last part of the exam was the ultrasound to see how the baby was progressing.

"How far along are you?"

"About five months."

Martha nodded, taking note of that in her head. Shortly into her exam she kept looking between River, her belly, and the machine, as if what she was seeing made no sense at all.

River's eyebrows raised in alarm. "What's wrong?"

Martha cocked her head to the side. "I'm not sure. I've never seen readings like this before, which I expected because I was told the baby was a hybrid... but... this is impossible. Well... First thing you should know is that you're not having a baby..." The slight pause made River look positively terrified, but Martha smiled. "You're having twins."

River laughed. "That's wonderful news."

Martha nodded, she still seemed anxious though. "I'm just wondering, these readings. There are four heart beats other than your own. These babies... their father..."

River looked at the other woman and nodded very seriously and solemnly. "Timelords, the babies are Timelords. They are the Doctor's children."

Martha Jones was speechless.


There was a ding. A most decidedly clear and distinct ding was ringing through the TARDIS. Jack was the first person in the control room as the other two were actually sleeping for a change. He checked the sensors over and over again, just to make sure and then ran down the corridors screaming "Doctor" as loudly as he could manage.

"What," the Doctor yelled back finally, as he walked down the corridor in a long bathrobe. "I swear I've only been asleep for an hour and you come running down the hall screaming my name like you're a young man again."

Jack laughed, and for a moment he did look much younger again. "The alert, it's going off."

The Doctor seemed lost, unsure of what alert Jack was talking about. Then his eyes widened and he shook his head, not thinking it could be possible. "Not the..." Jack nodded emphatically and then the two of them ran off towards to control room. Along the way they nearly ran into Sophia who was on her way to find them. Together the three of them ran back to the control room and made sure that the reading was accurate.

The Doctor was so overwhelmed that he sank into the chair on the control deck, while Sophia cheered and spun around with Jack.

"Sixty years and finally, we've found one," she shouted. "I told you to have faith and finally, finally we've found one!"

The Doctor smiled, she was so much like her great-great grandmother at times, and at times so much like himself. He wouldn't let himself become too hopeful though, and chastened her softly. "We've found evidence of chameleon technology, which should lead us to another Time Lord but we should still be cautious. There's no knowing who or what we will find."

She pouted a little. "Aren't you happy we've found something?"

He stood up and gave her a big hug. "I'm amazed, so wonderfully amazed by this all, and so glad to have you to thank for it."

"This is nothing, now we need to find the Time Lord in hiding and convince him or her to join us," Jack interjected.

"We can do it, I know we can," Sophia said confidently. If it only took them sixty years to find their first Time Lord, surely it couldn't take that long to find others.


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