Hello guys ! I'm alive ! The French dub is still horrible...(Nine and Rose are terrifying in French...) but let's say it was bearable. My niece was happy, that's what matters. But one day, ONE DAY, we'll watch it in English. I don't care if she isn't fast enough to read the subtitles or if she isn't able to understand them because they're talking English, I don't care, we'll watch every seasons in English...

Anyway, here's the new chapter that I hope you'll find interesting !

Enjoy !

Disclaimer : Yeah, I know I don't have to do it for each chapters but I need to do this to remember I don't own the characters...for now.

The Legend Of The Hybrid

Chapter 4 : The Library

They were tired. Like genuinely tired. They had travelled for two weeks non-stop looking for the Doctor. After so many times spent in the immensity of the Universe, they were sure they could become History teachers on Earth.

Bill was staring into space, thinking.

She had liked discovering new planets, new landscapes with the Doctor before, but mainly because they had been safe. During these last two weeks, they had been on 9 different planets, had avoided 2 wars and met 3 Doctors. It was beginning to take a toll on them.

Me had become really anxious recently. Her oncoming meeting with the Doctor was starting to worry her, even if she was hiding it very well. Bill had always been rather good at understanding people's behaviour.

It was surprising to see someone afraid of the Doctor. It had never been her case, she had trusted him, until the very end. She knew there was this part in him in which he hid so many secrets. He had killed before, that was a fact, but she couldn't imagine him doing it.

Yes, at the beginning, he had been completely unshaken. However, he had stayed a good man, in his own way. As long as she had been safe, she had been fine with whatever could happen. Until this event. Missy, the Master, the spaceship.

All of these, it had changed her. It had changed her way to see the Doctor but she hadn't been afraid of him for a second on that spaceship. She could have been, after all, she had been in this situation because of him. However, he had saved her, in his own way. He had always done things in his own way.

Me was afraid of him, but it didn't seem to be the case of Clara either. Did you see her eyes ? The same madness, the very same little spark when they were confronted to danger, two sides of the same coin.

Bill wasn't like them, she couldn't just laugh in the face of death. Clara wasn't afraid to die, she was daring death to take her soul. She and the Doctor... they were a team, she didn't care about being safe. She cared about this chilling feeling when you were in danger. Two mad friends in a box.

"Say Clara ?" Clara stopped reading her Jane Austen book and put it aside.

"Yeah ?"

"I was wondering... why did you start travelling with the Doctor ?" She took some time to answer, a little smile on her lips.

"Well...it's complicated. We could say it was meant to be, I was supposed to travel with him at some point and save him. Best years of my life. It started so long ago ... He was younger, another Doctor. He was unable to stay still, always talking and always saying things were cool. For example, his bow-tie he was always wearing. I can remember this one time in Victorian London where he...ah ! Sorry, I'm rambling. It seems he rubbed off on me in the end."

Indeed, but it wasn't the only thing he had rubbed off on her. She finally decided to ask her this question which had bothered her lately.

"And what made you stop ?" The following silence was unbearable. She shouldn't have asked this. She was about to apologize when Clara spoke again.

"My death." She really shouldn't have asked this.

"I'm sorry, it wasn't appropriate. But I guess we both have cheated on death, eh ?" Clara gave her a surprised look but didn't press it. She didn't either.

Even if her adventures with him hadn't ended well, she didn't have any regrets, it had been wonderful. She could see that Clara agreed, they both had loved every minutes they had spent with the Time Lord. They shared a knowing look. She spoke again, melancholy in her voice.

"You know, being with the Doctor had been the most exciting thing that ever happened to me in my life. Without him, I still would be selling chips in this university and I would never have met Heather. He saved me from this boring life I was predestined to." He really did.

"That's what he does. He saves people. But each time, he will brush it off, as if it were nothing. That's how he is." said Clara wanly.

She could feel that Clara had tried to help him. To make him realise he was a real hero, not the killer he thought he was. A killer wouldn't have felt the slightest guiltiness about leaving people to die in an endless war.

He could shout as loud as he wanted he didn't feel a thing, she knew deep inside that wasn't true. Actually, he cared too much.

Bill gave a last smile to Clara before leaving the room, in direction of the library.

She had discovered it two days before, while wandering in the TARDIS' corridors. And the place was hard to miss. It was huge. On each sides of the room were rows of shelves filled with books beyond understanding.

Latin, Greek, Gallifreyan, English, everything could be found in this library. She was still trying to comprehend how Clara and Me could read them when one shelf in particular caught her attention. Every books on it looked exactly the same, a leather like front cover with inscriptions on it.

Dates, to be precise. 1348, 1415, 2016 ? What were these books anyway ? The last one of the series was named "The End of Time". What could it talk about ? She looked around and discovered another series of these little notebooks, the first one being named "A new adventure". She took it, curious and began to read the first sentences.

"Today is the beginning of a new adventure. I said it before. It was sad but it was beautiful. Endings. I'm used to them by now. It's always the end of a happy story. It had happened billions of years before, Clara's death in that street. I shouldn't have used the chronolock. It is blurry but I still feel that same shame, that same guiltiness."

"When we faced each other, at the End of Time, I knew it had happened for him not too long ago. The fire was still burning in his eyes. Clara had been with him, frozen in time. What do you call a person living without a heartbeat ? A miracle ? A curse ? I can't imagine myself living without a heartbeat, without a breathing. I am immortal, nonetheless, I'm still living."

"Clara is new to this feeling. Time is passing by but you're not following. It continues without you, it finishes before you. When you arrive at the End of the Universe, you see that Time freezes, stops. It could wind up or go forwards, you wouldn't notice. It was me, and me alone."

"I took her with me, I showed her how it would be like. She wasn't afraid to die but she wasn't scared to live either. "Why does everybody think I'm so scared ? We all face the raven in the end. That is the deal". I was surprised to be honest. So much courage in a so little woman like her."

"Everyday, I'm trying to give her some kind of hope, even if in the end, I know it's not possible. She was also alone now, she was separated from the Doctor. I saw the look on her face, Clara lov-" She was interrupted by a voice.

"Last time someone checked one of my notebooks, it had been my husband. He was really nice, I loved him a lot, but he had asked my permission."

She hadn't been supposed to read that much. She hadn't meant to anyway. But like we all say, curiosity killed the cat. She didn't know much about Me, she was really secretive. She had learned a bit about Me's story during a discussion Me had had with Clara. Once again, she hadn't meant to listen.

She stared back at Me who was leaned against the door's frame of the library, her body language only expressing anger.

"I'm sorry ! I didn't mean to, I was just looking for a book and I found one of your notebooks. I thought it was some kind of fiction. I'll never do it again."

She smiled at her sheepishly. Me's eyes were hard, she could see a storm of emotion raging in them.

"Indeed, you won't. From now on, I forbid you to have access to the library. Bill, I'm sure you're really kind but no one has the right to read my notebooks. Not even Clara. Would you want me to read your diaries ? To learn all about your secrets, unbeknownst to you ? Ask me next time. I'm tired of people breaking my trust."

"I promise, I won't. I'm truly sorry."

At this moment, she felt like the Doctor was in front of her. Was this the fate of immortal people ? To outlive everyone, even Time itself ? To see everyone break your trust ? To suffer until the end ? Some time ago, she had begrudged the Doctor and his cycle of regeneration. She hadn't thought about what it was implying. He would be alone, having some moments of happiness with his companions until they left or died. He was staying with them, knowing they would leave him.

There were two choices for immortal people : to stop taking companions, knowing it meant loneliness for them, or, to hide their feelings and to try to forget their companion's oncoming death. The Doctor had chosen the second solution while Me had taken the first one, Clara being the only exception.

But now, she couldn't know if the Doctor were still on the first solution. Maybe he had simply stopped. It would explain his sudden disappearance. She didn't want him to do so, she didn't want him to suffer even more than usual.

"Can I ask you a question ?" Maybe this was going to be a stupid question.

"Make it quick, I need to get back to work." Bill took a breath.

"Is...Are you okay ?" Me's eyes became as wide as saucers.

"I...yes, why are you asking ?"

"I'm just worried. I can't help it." Me pondered a little bit longer on the question.

"I'm fine. Maybe not by your definition but by an immortal definition, I am."

With this, she indicated her the exit with her right hand, clearly telling her to go. She passed the door and... decided to hug her. She needed it, she was still feeling guilty.

Me froze for some seconds before replying. It was something she had instituted with the Doctor when he wasn't feeling okay. He had always been reticent at the beginning but had always given up. Let's say it was her way to help them.

She left the library, feeling a bit better. While exiting, she didn't miss the little smile Me did. It seemed it helped them both, in the end.

*is playing a video game* *sees you're staring at her* Oh ! You're back ? Well,how was it ? I thought it was a good idea to have Me and Bill talking to each other, to have a chapter without Clara and Heather (Even if Heather isn't really present in this story...I'm sorry T_T).

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Salut les gens !

Spirit Of Dark Wolf