Hi guys ! It is midnight and I'm finally posting this chapter... I was teaching to my american friend some French and it was complicated X) But, she improved a lot, I'm proud of her ^^ So, I'm sorry for being late, even if I said in the first chapter I was only going to post the Saturdays and the Sundays... So technically, I'm early ! - Is trying to find an excuse

Anyway guys, new chapter, new adventure. Let's go !

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The Legend Of The Hybrid

Chapter 5 : Not Even In the Future

Footsteps coming from the hallway caught Clara's attention. Bill appeared in the doorway, a new determination in her eyes.

"Ready for another adventure ?" she said while showing her impressive white teeth.

Clara lowered a lever and revived the TARDIS. The main pillar started its usual movement, up and down, the structure inside it spinning in a nearly reassuring way. She pushed a little switch on her right, the TARDIS' humming became more audible. The energy was building up, so was her hope. Bill was watching silently from the door, frowning a little.

"How do you know to fly this thing ?" Clara did a little laugh.

"Who said I knew ?"

A little smile from Clara, a confused look from Bill and everything started to shake. Clara gripped the main console's sides, a habit, and waited for the next step. She knew it by heart. A loud noise echoed in the multiple rooms of the ship, followed closely by the cloister bell.

She could bet it wasn't supposed to do that but she and Me had no idea why it was doing it. Perhaps it was simply the TARDIS showing how annoyed she was. Nothing new then. She was always grumpy anyway.

When everything was finally settled, she pressed another button, an intercom this time, and transmitted her words in the entirety of the ship.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, even if this last part would really surprise me, we arrived at our new destination. Any volunteers on this trip ?"

Silence was her only answer. She asked then the question to Bill who answered with a nod.

"Shall we, then ?"

She opened the doors to access to the vast landscape which was hidden behind these doors. Her smile withered during the process, panic slowly overwhelming her. She set her foot on the creaking snow, a gust of wind brushing her face. The cold was biting her skin.

Her hand gripped the TARDIS tightly, preventing her from falling. Bill, who was only metres away from her, could fathom that something wasn't right. Clara's figure was still, like a statue.

Clara was paralysed, unable to think, unable to move. Time stopped when she saw the city in front of her, daring her to come closer.

"It's not right." The words were stuck in her throat, nearly suffocating her.

"What isn't ?"

"This place, it's... it's supposed to be off-limits. I'm crossing my own timeline."

Bill was beginning to be frustrated. What did it even mean ? It seemed to be a completely normal place, a city covered of snow. Pines were a good part of the view, hiding themselves amongst houses. The only noticeable building was this big clock in the centre of the city.

She couldn't see what was the problem. Children were playing, throwing snowballs to each others. The only disturbing thing which could be seen was the graveyard. A really big graveyard at the entrance of the town, filled with numerous tombstones. Some of them must have been new, snow hadn't had the time to cover them.

She was about to read the sign indicating the name of the town when Clara pushed her back into the TARDIS.

"We need to go. We shouldn't be here. He will find us. He will..."

"You came back ! Again !" a voice interrupted her.

"Too late..." she whispered, worn out.

She should have checked their destination first. What a debutante mistake. She had wanted to be surprised and what a surprise that was... The voice continued its rambling.

"How ! How did you manage to come back this time ? Did the TARDIS help you ? What a naughty girl she can be sometimes"

Clara didn't turn around. She was silently whispering "I can't do it, not this time, I can't". Bill looked over Clara's shoulder to see who was this man. He didn't seem dangerous, he was tall, rather old , maybe around seventy, he was wearing a burgundy long coat wide open. Wasn't he cold !? What caught her attention was a raggedy bow-tie.

Who wore bow-ties nowadays ? Well, she couldn't really judge, they were on another planet after all.

He was staring at Clara, some kind of anger in his eyes. But not only. Something else...was it happiness ? He approached the TARDIS and put his hand on it, stroking it gently.

"Aren't you, sexy ? You're really..."

He stopped suddenly. His eyes became wide as he stared at the TARDIS, then at Clara.

"Clara... That's not my TARDIS. Where did you get this TARDIS ? And who is this person ?" Clara stayed silent.

"Clara, you could answer me ! Look at me." She didn't even budge.

"Clara ?"

Finally, she looked at him. He was so much older, his lines more visible than ever. He was still wearing his winter coat and his favourite bow-tie. If she had to put an approximate, she would say it was before she had come back with Tasha Lem but after he had abandoned her on Earth.

He was so young... his eyes hadn't lost their glow, they were still shining. Her grumpy Doctor, after her death, had lost this little spark. Even if this place were the worst nightmare of this Doctor, she could see the difference. He hadn't lost hope yet.

"Doctor I...I missed you so much"

When she pronounced these words, she knew she had made "the sad smile". He surrounded her with his arms and hugged her. She hid her face in his shoulder. What a horrible feeling to know what would happen to him.

He would stay alone for years before her arrival, and when she would finally be by his side, it would be to say their goodbyes. And it wasn't the worst part. If he knew about her death and Bill's one, it would break his hearts. Amy and Rory's deaths had already scarred him, it would only be for him another burden to bear.

"Oh Clara Oswald, my impossible girl, I've missed you too ! But you know you shouldn't be here." He shook his head. "I thought you had understood after the Time Stream incident that timelines are important matters and shouldn't be disturbed. Even less crossed." She raised her head.

He knew.

"You...you know I'm not Clara ? Your Clara ?"

"Yes Clara, I know."

She hugged him even harder. She would love to be his Clara again but time had passed. She was with her grumpy Doctor now. Even if he were sometimes colder and clumsier with his feelings, he was still her Doctor.

He had changed, he had become honest with himself, for her. He wasn't hiding any-more and this only thought gave her the courage to step back a bit. She wouldn't stay with her Chin-boy and it was fine, because she had Him.

"Clara" She listened to him.

"I don't know why you have a TARDIS." He gave a last stoke to her.

"I don't know why you are with this young woman." He smiled at Bill.

"And I don't know why you were looking for me but-"

"I wasn't...!" She started.

"Of course you were. You wouldn't go on this planet, at this moment in time on purpose. I think, you asked your TARDIS to find the Doctor. And she did." She was about to interrupt him but he didn't let her.

"I think, you were searching a Doctor who couldn't exist for your TARDIS. If you couldn't specify which one, because if you could, you wouldn't have come here, it means it wasn't one of my past regenerations. Another regeneration. No need to precise I'm at the end of my regeneration cycle and that I'm the last Doctor existing in your TARDIS database." He grinned.

"Conclusion, I regenerated and broke another rule. I love it when I do that."

He rearranged his bow-tie one last time and took her hand. He made a surprised look but it became rapidly a sad one.

"What I wanted to say was that I don't know why we were separated but I hope you'll find him again." He squeezed her hand.

"And that he will be able to fix what he did. Because Clara Oswald, you deserve to live."

"How...?"

"No heartbeats. I noticed it when I took your hand. I had promised myself it wouldn't happen to you...I'm sorry." He kissed her wrist.

"Now go." She panicked slightly.

"But you'll be alone and..."

"Go, I said. I won't be alone for long, I know your past self will find a way to come back. After all, you were the only one who never wandered off."

He let her go and stepped back. She didn't want to say goodbye yet, nonetheless, she didn't have a choice. She opened the TARDIS. Bill, who had been there the whole exchange, was really worried. Clara looked one last time at the man she had loved.

What a cliché sentence to say, don't you think ? But it was true, Love was the only cliché you wouldn't avoid. It repeated itself over and over again and couldn't be stopped.

Clara wanted to say so much, to tell him how much she had loved him but she didn't. Only one single sentence would be enough.

"Run, you clever boy and..." She could only think about the irony of what she was going to say.

"And remember me !"

She shut the TARDIS' door, a single tear escaping her eyes. Then another. And another. Her legs gave way and she slipped against the door. Her arms naturally found their way around her knees, her head hiding in them.

"And remember me..."

Her shoulders were shaking when the sobs formed into her throat. It echoed through the room, breaking even the TARDIS' heart.

Bill put her arms around her and rocked her silently.

"Yes Clara, I also wish he had listened."

No one would know that, in this exact same moment, the Doctor, condemned to stay on Trenzalore, was also crying. Despite all his efforts, he couldn't protect them.

Not even in the future.

Maaaan, I need some sleep seriously. So, how was this chapter ? Am I a monster ? Because I think I am T_T Let me know how much you hate me by telling me your opinion on it ^^

In any case guys, I'm going to go to sleep because I'm exhausted right now...

Sleep well or have a good day !

Salut les gens !

Spirit Of Dark Wolf / Spirit Of Dark Rings Under Her Eyes