The Doctor and Star stood, leaning against the TARDIS, in a giant crop circle, watching as an orange car sped towards them and stopping at the end of the circle.
Amy and Rory stepped out of the car, "Seriously?" the Doctor had to ask, pointing to the newspaper he was holding with the headline 'Leadworth's CROP Circle.' They'd spelt out 'Doctor' to grab their attention.
"You never answer you phone." Rory remarked.
"It's his fault," Star blamed, pointing at the Doctor accusingly, "He was trying to 'fix' the phones wiring but it exploded. And I have gotten around to fixing it because we were busy looking for you daughter."
"So you haven't found her then?" Amy looked to the ground.
The Doctor handed Rory the paper, "Permission?"
"Granted." Rory sighed, "Permission?"
"Granted." The Doctor pulled Amy into a hug as Rory hugged Star.
"You know who she grows up to be, so you know we WILL find her." The Doctor told her.
"But you haven't yet?" Amy pulled away.
"Hang on," Rory cut in, frowning at the paper, "What's this bit?" he showed them the newspaper with a line though the word ending at the second O.
"That wasn't us."
The Doctor snatched the paper back and tried to locate where it would be. He lowered the paper, with Amy and Rory standing behind him to hear and see a red Corvette heading straight at them. They gave a shout as they dove out of the way. Amy and Rory one way, the Doctor and Star the other.
The car stopped inches away from the TARDIS and a young black woman dressing a black boots, black tights, a black and pink dress and leather vest, stepped out. "You said he was funny, you never said he was hot."
"Mels?" Rory gaped, walking to the woman with Amy.
"What are you doing here?" Amy demanded.
"Following you, what do you think?" she answered with a rhetorical question.
"Um, where did you get the car?" Rory asked.
"It's mine…" she replied…when they heard sirens in the distance, "ish."
"Oh, Mels, not again?" Amy groaned.
"You can't keep doing this. You'll end up in prison." Rory added.
"Sorry, hello," the Doctor got up, "Doctor not following this. Doctor very lost. You never said I was hot?!"
"Never mind that," Star rolled her eyes, "Be a good boy and give us a hand."
He looked down to see Star lying perfectly happy on the ground, soaking in the sunlight, rolling his eyes at her he pulled her up.
"Is that the phone box?" Mels ignored the Doctor comment and pointed at the TARDIS, "the bigger-on-the-inside phone box?" she caressed the TARDIS, "Time travel, that's just brilliant." The Doctor leaned back on the TARDIS, looking at Mels, "Yeah, I've heard a lot about you. Im their best mate."
"Then why don't we know you?" the Doctor eyed her, "I danced with everyone at the wedding."
"I tried to stop him," Star commented.
"The woman were all brilliant, the men were a bit shy."
"I don't do wedding," Mels waved them off and the sirens sounds got closer, "and that's me out of time," she pulled out a gun and aimed it at Star.
"Mels!" Amy gasped.
"For god sake!" Rory cried.
"What are you doing?"
"I need out of here, now!"
Star pulled out her dagger and aimed it at Mels.
"Anywhere in particular?" the Doctor asked, knowing that if either of them made a move, the other would
~.~
The Doctor and Star were piloting the TARDIS and a shot ran out as chaos endured. The lights in the room turned red and stream escaped from the newly punctured hole in the rotor, gas invading the room.
"You shot her!" Star cried, trying to stop the gas from leaking.
The Doctor examined the hole, "You shot my TARDIS!"
"Our TARDIS!" Star corrected, she'd noticed that when he was angry or upset he tended to say it was his TARDIS.
"You shot the console!"
"It's your fault!" Mels blamed.
"How's it my fault!"
"You said guns didn't work in this place. You said were in a state of temporal grace."
The Doctor helped Star, both frantically working the controls, "That was a clever lie, you idiot! Anyone could tell that was a clever lie!"
There was a jolt as they crashed through a window and landed in a room.
"Out!" Star shouted, "Out! Out! Everyone!"
"Don't breathe the smoke, just get out!" the Doctor ushered them out.
"Where are we?" Amy looked around.
"A room." the Doctor answered.
"What room?" Rory asked.
"I don't know! I haven't memories every room in the universe. That's Stars job. And we had yesterday off."
"Well I don't know every room because someone left me behind for 200 years!" Star accused.
The Doctor winced, "I said I was sorry!" he noticed Mels standing at the open TARDIS doors, "Mels, don't go in there!" he grabbed her gun.
"Oi!" she glared at him.
"Bad smoke! Don't breathe the bad, bad smoke. Bad, deadly smoke, because somebody shot my TARDIS!"
"Our TARDIS!" Star corrected again.
"Doctor. Star." Rory called from where he knelt next to an older man in glasses lying in the floor, stiff, "This guy, I think he's hurt..." he began to frown, "No, hang on. No, he's...he's fine."
The Doctor placed the gun in the fruit bowl on the desk and a man appeared from behind the desk, his back to them, "Ooh, hello!" The Doctor blinked, "Is this your office? Had a sort of collision with my vehicle. Faults in both sides, let's say no more about..." the man turned to reveal Hitler, "it."
"Is that...?" Amy frowned as she and Rory walked over, "No, it can be, Doctor?"
"Thank you," Hitler told them, "Whoever you are, I think you have just saved my life."
"Believe us...it was an accident." Star breathed, staring at the man in disgust.
Hitler walked over to the TARDIS, "What is this thing?"
"What did he mean we saved his life?" Amy hissed to the Time lords, "We could not have saved Hitler."
"You see?" the Doctor stormed over to Mels, "You see, time travel. It never goes to plan."
"This box, what is it?" Hitler asked.
"It's a police telephone box from London, England." the Doctor walked over to him, "That's right Adolf the British are coming."
Hitler looked over, when he saw something from behind the Doctor, "No, stop him!" he pulled out a gun and fired, Star pulling the Doctor down as he hit the man who had just stood up.
Rory rushed over and punched Hitler on the chin, knocking him to the floor, he picked up the gun and aimed it at him, "Sit still, shut up." Hitler put his hands up in surrender.
"Are you okay?" Amy asked the man, helping him up.
"Yes, yes." He nodded, "I think he missed."
"He was going to kill me." Hitler defended.
"Shut up, Hitler!" Rory snapped.
"Rory, take Hitler and put him in the cupboard over there." Star told him.
"Right, putting Hitler in the cupboard. Cupboard, Hitler, Hitler, cupboard." He pulled Hitler to his feet, "Come on."
"But I am the Fuhrer!" he argued.
"Right, in you go!" he shoved him into the cupboard and slammed the door in his face.
"Are you okay?" the Doctor asked before the man fell backwards into a faint.
"I think he just fainted." Rory remarked.
"Fake!" Star called and Amy and Rory looked at her, "What? It was too stiff to be real." She frowned as she saw Mels clutching her stomach, "Mels, you okay?"
"Hitler…" she panted, "lousy shot." Her knees gave way and she fell to the floor.
"Mels!" Amy ran over, "Mels!"
"Rory!" Star shouted as they ran over.
"No, no, no! I've got to stop the bleeding!" he checked where she was shot and tried to stop the bleeding as Amy stroked her hair.
"How bad is it?" Amy asked, "Rory, what can we do?"
"Just keep her conscious! Stay with us, Mels."
"Hey, look at me." The Doctor tried comforting the woman, "Just hold on."
"I used to dream about you," Mels admitted, "all those stories Amy told me."
"What stories?" Star asked her, trying to distract her, "Tell us the stories. Vampires in Venice, that's a good one."
"When I was little, I was going to marry you."
The Doctor hesitated and looked at Star who gave a small, if sad, nod, it wasn't like it would happen, the woman was dying, "How about, if you live, I'll marry you, deal? Deal?"
"You'll have to put up with me though," Star tried to lighten the mood.
"You'll need to ask my parents permission." She told them.
"Soon as you're well." The Doctor agreed, "I'll get on the phone."
"Might as well do it know, since they're both right here."
The Doctor, Star, Amy and Rory exchanged a glance.
"Penny in the air," Mels smirked as he hands began to glow, "Penny drops."
The Doctor backed away.
"What the hells going on?" Rory shook his head.
"Keep back," Star warned, gently tugging him and Amy away from the woman.
Mels stood and looked at her glowing hands, "Last time I did this I ended up a toddler in the middle of New York..."
"Ok, Doctor, Star, explain what is happening?" Amy looked at them as they backed towards the desk, "Please!"
"Mels." the Doctor began, staring at the woman in shock, "Short for..."
"Melody." Mels nodded.
"Yeah, I named my daughter after her." Amy nodded.
"You named your daughter after your daughter." the Doctor said.
"Awkward." Star mumbled.
"Took me years to find you two." Mels remarked, "I'm so glad I did. And, you see, it all worked out in the end, didn't it? You got to raise me after all."
"You're Melody?" Amy blinked.
"But, if she's Melody," Rory frowned, "That means she's also..."
"Oh, shut up, dad!" Mels rolled her eyes, "I'm focusing on a dress size." Mels screamed, throwing her head back and arms out, the regeneration energy took over. The Doctor pulled Amy and Rory back as Star ran for the chair by the cupboard.
Mels shook violently, she hadn't really focused on a dress size, but more wanting to prove she was their daughter...River Song stood before them, "Right, let's see, then." she looked down at her new body, not noticing Star run back over, trying not to look suspicious, "it's all going on down there, isn't it? The hair!" she ran to a mirror, running her hands through her hair, "Oh, the hair, it just does stop, does it? Look at that! Everything changes! Oh, but I love it. I love it!" she turned back to them, "I'm all sort of...mature!" she placed her foot on a fallen table, "Hello Benjamin!"
"Who's Benjamin?" the Doctor whispered to Amy.
"The teeth!" Melody turned back to the mirror, "The teeth! The teeth!" she ran back over, "Oh, look at them!" she pushed herself on the Doctor, forcing him back against the desk, "Watch out that bow tie! Excuse me, you lot, I need to weigh myself!" she ran out the room, leaving Star, the Doctor, Amy and Rory, leaning against the desk, stunned.
"That's Melody?" Amy blinked.
"That's River song." Rory breathed.
Melody appeared in the doorway, "Who's River Song?"
They all looked over at her, Star offering, "...Spoilers?"
"Spoilers? What spoilers? Hang on, just something I have to check!" she ran back out the room.
"Is anyone else finding today just a tiny bit difficult?" Rory had to ask, "I'm getting a sort of banging in my head."
"Yeah, I think that Hitler in the cupboard." Amy muttered.
"That's not helping."
"This isn't the River Song we know yet," the Doctor remarked, walking to the centre of the room, Star joining him, Amy and Rory following them, "This is her right at the start..."
"She doesn't even know her name." Star added.
"Ah!" they heard Melody from the doorway, "That's magnificent!" they turned to see her leaning with her hand against the door jamb, "I'm going to wear lots of jumpers! Well, now, enough of all that!" she pulled out Hitler's gun and aimed at the Doctor, "Down to business."
"Oh, hello, I thought we were getting married." the Doctor offered her a smile.
"I told you," she walked over to them, "I'm not a wedding person."
"Doctor, what's she doing?" Rory asked.
"What's she programmed to do," Star replied, eying Melody carefully.
"But where'd she get the gun?"
"Hello Benjamin." the Doctor glanced over to the chair where the gun had been, where Melody examined herself.
"You noticed," Melody nodded and fired but the chambers were empty.
"Oh Melody," Star sighed, "I emptied the revolver as you were regenerating, as soon as I knew you were coming."
"We tidied up a bit." the Doctor nodded.
Melody tossed the gun away; "I know you did." she reached into her vest.
"We know you know," the Doctor smirked.
Melody pulled a banana out of her best, "Goodness is killing you going to take all day."
"Why?" he grabbed the banana, "Are you busy?" he handed Star the banana, "Bananas a good." he winked at her.
She laughed and gladly accepted the banana.
"Oh, I'm not complaining." Melody turned and took the letter opener from the desk, trying to swipe at the Doctor.
Star flashed her eyes causing her to drop it. "Why didn't you kill him back in the cornfield?"
"We'd only just met," Melody replied, slightly hurt as the remark, "I'm a psychopath. I'm not rude." she spun and grabbed the actual gun and fired at the Doctor who held up the clip.
"You're not a psychopath!" Amy walked over, "Why would she be a psychopath?"
"Oh, mummy, mummy, pay attention," Melody walking in a circle around the room, as the Doctor did the same, "I was trained and conditioned for one purpose. I was born to kill the Doctor."
"Demons Run, remember?" the Doctor reminded her, "This is what they were building, my bespoke psychopath."
Melody smirked, "I'm all yours sweetie," she leaned forwards and kissed him.
"Only River Song gets to call me that."
"And who is River Song?"
"An old friend of ours."
"Stupid name." she walked to the window, "Oh, look at that!" she stepped onto the sill, "Berlin on the eve of war. A whole world about year itself apart." she turned back to them, "Now that's my kind of town. Mum, dad, don't follow me. And yes, that is a warning."
"So, we don't get a warning then?" Star looked over.
"No need, my loves. The deed is done and so is he." she nodded to the Doctor as his legs wobbled, Star ran to his side as he gripped his chest in pain.
"Doctor," Amy ran over, "What's wrong?"
"What have you done?" the Doctor looked at her, "River..."
"Oh, River, River, River..." Melody rolled her eyes, "More than a friend i think..."
"What have you done?!" Star glared at her as the Doctor collapsed to the floor.
"It was never a good to kill you, Doctor, the man of peace who understands every kind of warfare except, perhaps, the cruellest," she smiled as the Doctors eyes widened and he ran a finger along his lips, "Kiss, kiss," she blew him a kiss and jumped out the window.
"What's wrong with you?" Rory asked, "What's she done?"
"Poisoned him..."Star breathed, holding the Doctor as he wheezed, "Poison of the Judas trees."
"But I'm fine," the Doctor waved of their concern.
"You are not fine!"
"Well, no, I'm dying, but I've got a plan."
"What plan?" Amy asked.
"Not dying. See I'll be fine." he looked up at Star who ran her hands through his hair, "I promise, Nova, I swear..."
She closed her eyes and nodded, not believing him one bit.
"What can we do to help?" Rory asked.
The Doctor handed Amy the sonic, "Take this! The TARDIS can home in on it. Now, go, get after her!"
Rory nodded and ran to the window as Amy helped Star get the Doctor to the TARDIS; "You said the smoke was deadly!" she reminded them.
"The smokes fine," the Doctor waved her off, "The poison will kill me first," he almost flinched as how much tighter Star was gripping his arm, "Now, get after River!" he shoved Amy off as Star unlocked the TARDIS doors, she was thankful that the old girl loved her so much that she didn't require a key, the doors would just open for her.
"Extractor fans on!" she called and the smoke began to be sucked away.
"That works?" the Doctor blinked in surprise before groaning, "ok, I'm shutting down...going to need an interface..."
"Voice interface," Star shouted.
A hologram of the Doctor appeared, "Voice interface enabled."
"No! No, no, no, no, no, let me see someone I like," the image changed to Rose, "oh thanks! Give me guilt," then Martha, "Also guilt," and Donna, "More guilt!" he clutched his chest in pain.
"Come on!" Star yelled, "Surely there is someone he hasn't screwed up yet," she looked at the Doctor, "No offence, daddy."
"Voice interface enabled," a little girl's voice called and they looked to see Star there, in her first regeneration, Nova Sigma, bright red hair in a ponytail on the top of her head, deep blue eyes, around 8 years old.
"Someone else!"
"No!" the Doctor cried, "This one! This one is perfect!" if he was going to die, he would make sure to die seeing the person he cared for the most. "Nova Sigma..."
"I am not Nova Sigma, I am a voice interface."
"Come one, let's run away, and see the universe."
"I am not Nova Sigma, I am a voice interface."
"Oh," Star rolled her eyes, "I really was that stubborn."
"How am I doing?" The Doctor asked.
"You're system has been contained by the poison of the Judas tree." the interface stated, "You will be dead in 32 minutes."
"Ok," the Doctor nodded, "So, basically, better regenerate, that's what you're saying?"
"Regeneration disabled. You will be dead in 32 minutes."
"But what if we find a cure?" Star asked, hopeful, even though she knew the likelihood was slim.
"There's is no cure. You will be dead in 32 minutes."
"Stop saying that!" Star cried, "why are you saying that?!"
"Because he will be dead in 32 minutes."
"You see," the Doctor groaned, "Basically skipping 32 whole minutes when I'm absolutely fine."
"River's just beginning," Star said softly, "She needs us, you can't die now."
"You will not die now," the interface repeated, "You will die in 32 minutes."
He let out a cry in pain and slid of the chair to the floor, Star tightened her grip on him, "Ok, need something for the pain. Come on, Nova. Please."
"I am not Nova Sigma." the interface argued, "I am a voice interface."
"You," he moaned, "you. You are so stubborn."
"I am not Nova Sigma, I am a voice interface."
"Come on...please...please..." he closed his eyes.
"No! Don't!" Star began panicking, "Don't do that! Don't close you eyes!"
"Ohana." the interface stated.
"What?" Star looked up at it.
The Doctors eyes opened and he too looked at the interface, "What did you say? Ohana." he pushed himself up.
"No," Star gently moved him onto the jump seat, "You stay there." she move to the console and pulled a lever, piloting them. "Ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind or forgotten!"
~.~
Star following the signal from the sonic, a restaurant of the sort. On the monitor they saw that Melody was stood near a mirror, trying on different clothes, Amy, standing too stiff and emotionless to really be her, stood behind her.
"You killed the Doctor," 'Amy' stated.
"Oh, yes, I know dear," Melody replied, "I hope you're not going to keep on about it," she tried on a captain's hat, "Oh, regeneration. It's a whole new colouring to work with," she took the hat back off.
'Amy' moved to stand before the mirror, "You killed the Doctor on the orders of the movement known as the Silence and Academy of the Question. You accept and know this to be true?"
Star and the Doctor exchanged a glance and silently made their way out of the TARDIS, unnoticed as Star turned the breaks off.
"Quite honestly." Melody continued, "I don't really remember. It was all a bit of jumble." 'Amy' moved the mirror out of the way and shot a beam of light from her mouth, striking Melody who cried out in pain, "No! No! Get of me!"
"Sorry," the Doctor called, "Did you say she killed the Doctor?"
'Amy' closed her mouth and faced the Doctor and Star who were leaning against the TARDIS.
"The Doctor? Doctor who?" Star tried to joke, but deep down was more worried and more scared as the minutes past.
Melody stared at them, more directed at the Doctor, "You're dying...and you stopped to change?"
Yes, they had. The Doctor was dressed in a black suit, top hat and cane, while Star had gotten changed into a deep purple ruffle skirt dress, a large bow tied around her waist at the back.
"You should always waste time when you don't have any," he told her.
"Time is not the boss of you," Star added.
"Rule 408," he glanced at 'Amy', "Amelia Pond, judgement death machine. Why am I not surprised?" he held the cane up, "Sonic cane!"
"Are you serious?" Melody gaped.
"Never knowingly. Never knowingly be serious. Rule 27. You might want to write these down," he checked the reading from the cane, "Oh, it's a robot! With 423 life forms signs inside. A robot...worked by tiny people. Love it!"
"How do you all get in there?" Star wondered, "It's not Time Lord technology. Basic miniaturisation sustained bus compression field, at a guess." she shrugged.
"Oh, watch what you eat, it'll get you every time. Amy, if you and Rory are ok, signal me," he glanced at the cane as it beeped, "thanking you..." he winced as he nearly fell to the floor, one of his legs giving out. Star rushed over and allowed him to lean on her for support, "Oops, sorry," Star led him to a small set of stairs leading to the TARDIS, "Leg went to sleep. Just had a quick left leg power nap, I forgot I had one scheduled. Actually, better sit down, I think I heard the right one yawning," Star helped him sit on the steps.
Melody made a break for the door but the robot shot a beam of light at her.
"Don't you dare touch her!" Star yelled, telepathically throwing a chair at the robot, "Do not harm her in any way!"
The robot Amy closed her mouth, keeping Melody in a containment field.
"Why would you care?" the robot asked, "She's the woman who kills the Doctor."
"I'm not dead," the Doctor removed his top hat.
"You're dying."
"Well, at least I'm not a time-travelling shape-shifting robot operates by miniaturised cross people, which, I have got to admit, I didn't see coming."
"What do you want with Melody?" Star demanded, "And beware there are plenty of chairs in the room."
"She's Melody Pond," the robot stated, "According to records, the woman who kills the Doctor."
"And I the Doctor," the Doctor told it, "What's it got to do with you?"
"Throughout history, many criminals have gone unpunished in their lifetimes. Time travel has...responsibilities."
The Doctor laughed, "What? You got yourselves time travel, so you decided to punish dead people?"
"We don't kill them. We extract them near the end of their established timelines."
"And then what?"
"Give them hell."
"I'll give you hell." Star threatened.
"I'd ask you who think you are," the Doctor remarked, "But I think the answer is pretty obvious. So, who do you think I am?" he pointed at Melody, "'The woman you killed the Doctor. It sounds like you've got my biography in there. I'd love a peek."
"Our records office is sealed to the public. Foreknowledge is dangerous."
"Yes, well, I'll be dead in 3 minutes. There isn't much foreknowledge left."
"Don't say that!" Star cried, making him wince.
"Sorry, can't do that." The robot said.
"No, you can and you will. The woman is the daughter of our companions and for something reason wanted to kill my DAD, so if you want to live I'd strongly advice you to…"
"Records available." The robot cut her off, making her blinking in surprise before smiling.
The Doctor groaned and used his cane to push himself up, leaning on it as he walked over, "Question. Im dying…who wants me dead?"
"The Silence."
"What is the Silence? Why is it called that? What does it mean?"
"The Silence is not a species. It is a religious order, or movement. Their core belief is that silence will fall when the question is asked."
"What question?"
"The first question. The oldest question in the universe, hidden in plan sight."
"Yes, but what is the question?"
There was a moment of silence before the robot answered, "Unknown."
"Well, fat lot of use that is, you big ginge! Call yourself a record…argh!" he fell to the floor.
"Dad!" Star shouted, rushing over, squeezing his hand, in comfort, not only for him, but for her as well.
"Kidneys," he gasped, "are always the first to quit. I've had better, you know."
The field around Melody tuned red and she screamed in agony.
"No!" Star screamed, "Rory! Amy! Stop them! I know you can hear us!"
"What do we do?" the robot asked, "This is me. This is me actually talking. What do we do?"
"She's your daughter, you have to stop them!"
"How, how? How?"
"Anything!"
Star let out a sigh of relief when Melody was set free.
"Please," the Doctor weakly to her, "now we have to save your parents. Don't run. Now, I know you're scared, but never run when you're scared. Rule 7. Please."
~.~
The Doctor laid on the floor, unconscious, Star crying into his shoulder, feeling his heartbeats slowing down, she didn't dare leave his side and it hurt to know that Melody was sat watching, watching the Doctor dying.
The Doctor opened his eyes hearing Amy cry for help inside the robot, struggling and with a lot of support from Star, he tried to get up to the TARDIS, but kept stumbling in pain.
"Look at you." Melody remarked, "You still care."
Amy continued shouting for help.
"Its impressive, I'll give you that."
"River, please…" the Doctor breathed.
"Again?" she stood up, "who is this River? She's got to be a woman, am I right?"
"Please," Star looked back at her, "At least save Amy and Rory. They're your parents!" she looked with begging eyes, "Please, there is not point in both of us loosing our parents on the same day. At least help me save them." Regretfully she stood up and let go of the Doctors hand.
"I can't pilot that thing!"
"Please…" the Doctor whispered.
"We'll be right back." Star promised and she and Melody entered the TARDIS. "I'll help you."
~.~
The TARDIS doors opened and Amy and Rory ran in, grinning, there grins quickly faded as they realised it wasn't Star and the Doctor, but a teary-eyed Star and Melody.
"I seem to be able to fly her." Melody remarked, "She showed me how, she taught me."
"You're the child of the TARDIS." Star explained.
"What do you mean?"
"Where is he?" Amy asked.
~.~
As soon as the TARDIS materialised, Star ran over to where the Doctor was lying on his back on the steps.
"You can't die now." Amy sniffed, kneeling next to him, "I know you don't die now."
"Oh, pond!" he groaned weakly, "you've got a schedule for everything."
"But it doesn't make any sense."
"Doctor, what can we do?" Rory asked, "Come on. How do we help you?"
"No, sorry, Rory," he shook his head, "you can't. Nobody can." He looked as Star as she blinked back her tears. They'd made an agreement after she'd regenerated that if they were to die and they couldn't regenerate, they wouldn't use their regeneration energy to save them, she regretted it now. "Pond, listen to me, I need to talk to your daughter."
Amy and Rory walked over to the daughter and Melody walked over and knelt besides him as Star continued holding his hand, not daring to let go, not wanting to.
"Find her." He told her, "Find River Song and tell her something from me."
"Tell her what?" Melody frowned. The Doctor tugged on her jacket and she bent down and whispered in her ear, "Well, im sure she knows."
Melody slowly stood and looked at the sadness on Stars face, still holding on to him, as though she was trying to send her energy into him.
"Who's River Song?" Melody asked no one in particular.
Amy looked at Rory who nodded, she then looked at Star who closed her eyes, sobbing and, walked over to the robot. "Are you still working because im still a relative?" she asked it, "access files on River Song."
"Records available." The robot replied.
"Show me her. Show me River Song."
The robot changed from looking like Amy and changed to River Song.
She looked over at the Doctors prone body and Star clutching him, as though if she let go he would disappear, she looked at them, tears in her eyes, realising that the Doctor hadn't confused her with someone else when he kept calling her River, but she was River. She was River Song.
She walked over, her hands beginning to glow as she approached the Doctor.
"River…" Star looked up.
"Just tell me. The Doctor, is he worth it?"
"More than anyone in the universe."
Melody put her hands on either side of the Doctors face. He sharply inhaled and opened his eyes.
"River?" he whispered, "No! What are you doing?"
"Hello, sweetie." She smiled, transferring her regeneration energy.
Star watched, she always knew that someday River would be close to them, the Doctor had told her that in the library she knew his name. But it was unlikely that they would have told her just because she was partly Time Lord, she must be more than that.
~.~
Amy and Rory leaned over Melody as she slowly awoke in a white hospital room. "Hey." Amy smiled at her.
"Hey. Where am I?" Melody replied.
"You're safe now. Apparently, you used all your remaining regenerations in one go. You shouldn't have done that."
"Mother, I had to try."
"I know."
"He said no one could save him but they must have known I could."
"Rule one," Star remarked, as she leaned into the Doctor, who had his arms wrapped around her, standing at the window.
"We lie." The Doctor finished.
"You know what they say…like father, like daughter."
"Um...it's actually like mother like daughter, like father like son." Rory corrected.
"What can I say, im a daddy's girl."
Melody smiled at them before drifting off back to sleep.
"She just needs to rest." One of the nurses walked over, "she'll be absolutely fine."
"No, she wont," the Doctor shook his head, pulling out a TARDIS diary and putting it down on the side table. "She will be…amazing."
"So that it?" Amy asked, back inside the TARDIS, "We leave her there?"
"Sisters of the Infinite Schism, greatest hospital in the universe." The Doctor reassured her.
"Yeah, but she's our daughter, Doctor, she's River and she's our daughter."
"Amy, we know. But we have to let her make her own way now."
"We have too much foreknowledge." Star added, looking at the monitor, on the screen showing the Doctor wearing a Stetson, by a lakeside, his time of death, place and date, glaring at them. "Dangerous thing, foreknowledge." The Doctor, along with Stars help of course, had managed to hack the robot, the Teselecta, to get that little bit of information.
"What's that?" Amy tried to look at the screen.
"Nothing," Star waved her off, quickly turning the screen of, "just some data from the Teselecta. Very boring." She faked yawned.
"Doctor, River was brainwashed to kill you?" Rory reminded him.
"Well, she did," the Doctor nodded, "and then used her remaining lives to bring me back. As first dates go, I'd say that was mixed signals."
"But that stuff that they put in her head, is that gone now? The River we know in the future, she is in prison for murder."
"Whose murder?" Amy asked. The Doctor just smiled, "will we see her again?"
"Oh, she's come looking for us." He assured her, heading up the stairs, Star following.
"Yeah, but how? How do people even look for you?"
"Haven't you figured that out yet?" Star laughed, jumping up the last couple of steps.
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The Doctor sighed as he entered his bedroom, Star following, she'd been sticking near him ever since they'd gotten back from the hospital, following him around like a lost puppy, it was a adorable but also annoying, she wasn't giving him any reasons why, so he headed to his room, where they'd be able to speak in privacy. Flopping down in his bed, Star curled up next to him, he wrapped his arms tightly around her, and just like that he knew exactly what had bothered her, she'd almost lost him and then…then she would have been the last Time Lord. River was only a half Time Lord and was now out of regenerations but Star, she was only on her 5th she had plenty more to get through and he would make sure that she wasn't wasting them.