Chapter 4
The Doctor said, "Its ok. The Tardis protects us."
Hermione asked, "Where are we?"
"Orbiting around Earth around the time of the First Human Italian Reinacance."
"We are in the Italian Reinacance?"
"You've never been?"
"Uh no"
"Oh the Reinacance was a brilliant time period. Leonardo Da Vinci is currently painting pictures that will pave the way for Tom Hanks' career in several hundred years. Casanova is running around."
The Doctor looked Hermione up and down and said, "Might want to avoid him. There is no telling what he'd do to a nice young pretty thing like you, and I owe him a pig."
"How and why are we here Doctor?"
"How, well…. In non technical terms my little blue box is a space ship that travels in time and space. Why, proving a point."
The Doctor pointed out of the door way and said, "Look out there on by the dark side of the moon."
Out on the horizon, Hermione could see a steak of light. The light raced across the cosmos and it entered the Earth's atmosphere.
The Doctor said, "Just as I thought. That was a Karia Knight Scout Ship. The impact will create a rip in time to speed up evolution. Molto bene. So in conclusion, you are part human and part Karia Knight. Well…. I say part. Probably more like a 5th Karia Knight."
He continued, "Now I'm going to ask you something."
She asked, "What?"
"Can I hug you right now?"
"Uh sure"
The Doctor gave Hermione a huge bear hug and said, "You humans are AMAZING. Always adapting. Always changing. You see when you're non magical humans…."
"Muggle"
"Muggle discover alien life they go out into the stars and create their own species. You humans, you're like rabbits. What I didn't know was that you had already had inter species mingling before. Brilliant"
Hermione asked, "Doctor why did the Karia Knight ship crash land?"
"Well….. you know what they say about female Karia Knight drivers." He laughed and continued, "I once heard a story. A Karia Knight walks into a bar…."
"Doctor!"
"Oh I'm sorry. Offensive. You wouldn't believe how many sensitivity training class I've had to take over the years."
Hermione said, "Doctor, you said you humans. What are you?"
"Nice catch. Very clever Hermione Granger. As you guessed I'm not human. I'm a Time Lord."
"There are more of you?"
Hermione caught a dark serious look from the Doctor, which he quickly changed to his usual happy go lucky self.
He said, "Well….not me personally. Well… there are other me's but we don't talk much."
Hermione asked, "And you can take us anywhere ever?"
"Yep"
"Can we go down to Earth right now? During the Reinacance?"
"Sure you've earned one free trip. But I've got some rules. #1 don't tell anyone who I am or where your from. B… uh #2, no magic what so ever. Really don't want to go thru the dunking test and burning again. Can you handle that?"
"Of course"
"In that case….. Allonz-y"