Bonjour tout le monde ! Yup, I say it in French now. I'm so worn out right now, I did lots of English today. 1 hour of detailed English (Anglais renforcé, can't really translate the name accurately), an hour of European English with the ES (I'm in L, so I'm not supposed to have class with them ^^' If you're wondering what I'm talking about, tell me, I'll explain it to you in the next chapter ^^) and 3 hours spent on an English test. I worked on it during 1 hour and then slept XD Best Student Ever. But the worst will be tomorrow, 5 hours in a row...I like this language but...wow !

Anyway guys, here's the new chapter, and don't worry it isn't written in French !

Enjoy ^^

Disclaimer : You know what ? If I owned Doctor Who I would do a correct French Version, not this dub we have... wait, what am I saying, I WOULDN'T DO A FRENCH VERSION HAHAHAHAHAHA

The Legend Of The Hybrid

Chapter 9 : Meeting amongst the snow

At first, he seemed a bit awkward to talk about it, but, if it were really the case, he didn't mention it.

"It was the end, I could feel it. Every particles in my body, dying. What did it mean ? A new body, a new personality. I was truly tired, I couldn't do it any-more. It would have been my fourteenth regeneration Clara. So I was hoping I would regenerate without changing."

"I went outside, still preventing the process to take place. The TARDIS had landed somewhere, I didn't know where though. I think she was trying to make a point. At first, all I could see was snow, snow everywhere. That's when I saw him..."

He made a pause, a sad look on his face.

"Even now, I don't remember coming to this place in my first regeneration. Which means the timelines were out of sync."

Clara remembered his previous self talking about this, when they had saved Gallifrey.

"Which means ?"

"When I met him, I knew each things I would say or do would affect my past, would change facts, make me forget, or rather him, forget what would be said in this discussion."

"Go on."

"I was screaming. I didn't want to change." He was surprised by how easy it was to talk to Clara.

"He appeared from nowhere, saying himself he would not change, that the whole idea was ridiculous. When I called him, asking him who he was, he asked me the same question. I answered naturally that I was the Doctor. He laughed, saying it wasn't possible. That I was maybe a doctor, but that he was the Doctor, the original you might say." He gave a little smile.

"My first self had always held himself in high regards." Clara snorted. If only he knew.

"I was confused, it shouldn't have happened. The TARDIS knew it wasn't a good idea to cross my own timeline, so she had something in mind. He approached me carefully, asking me again who I was. "Doctor who ?" The older question in the universe. I used his own words, with only a slight difference."

"I'm the Doctor, the current one you might say." He smirked.

"No need to say he was surprised. Oh Clara, you should have seen his face, it was priceless ! I've never seen a person with a so grumpy face before." If only he knew...

"He wasn't aware of the mistake he was making by being here. I was still young after all." She giggled. Young. He glared at her.

"Surprisingly, we talked. Of course, I avoided things that could disturb the timeline, things he wasn't supposed to know. It wouldn't have been fun otherwise. He asked me some advice because he was at this end of his life, and he was scared."

"This was his last trip, he had asked his TARDIS to take him somewhere he could be helped. She took him here, without any justifications. We were in the same situation, two doctors, trying to fight their nature."

"He told me he was doubting. For once, he had a choice. To regenerate or not. I thought he meant to live or to die but he took something out of his pocket. A syringe."

"What was in it ?"

"Shiner DNA."

"Shiner DNA ?"

"Exactly. At the origin, Shiners were humans. They had been converted by the Myloski, wanting to create an army of zombies. I've met them in my second regeneration. Came in handy when I was shot in the head."

"I'm sorry ?"

"Long story, I'll tell you later. This serum was particular. It could disturb Time Lords physiology, so to speak, the regeneration."

"What are the effects ?"

"Instead of a complete regeneration, a Time Lord will plunge himself into a coma. Think of it like one of my healing comas, except that my body takes longer to mend. Way longer. Around six months for my second self."

"It wasn't popular on Gallifrey for this reason, during these six months, there was a chance that you wouldn't make it, your body being too damaged. And you were completely defenceless. So, most of them preferred to regenerate, wanting to change anyway. In my case, my first self wanted to take the risk. He had bought it, in the main market of Akhaten." Clara interrupted him, curious.

"Doctor, when we had been on Akhaten, you had told me you had come there before, with your grand-daughter. That's when you had bought it ?"

"So it seemed. He said he was going to use it when it was time. He wanted to stay as he was, for Susan."

"Your grand-daughter ?"

"Yes, my grand-daughter. But she was gone. I had left her on Earth with her lover, she didn't need me any-more. So here I was, with this syringe, not knowing what to do. During our discussion, he admitted he wanted to be young again, to be able to run, to fight. That's when I had an idea."

"I started to reassure him, telling the regeneration would be a success, a complete one. He finally chose to follow his nature, to regenerate. And with this being said, I asked him a favour."

"What did you ask ?"

"To have it. To have the serum. He tried to convince me to also regenerate, that the Shiner DNA was too unstable for me, for another regeneration. He gave up when I told him it was also for someone."

"For Bill ?"

"For you." He had said that too willingly. She blushed, he hurried to explain, awkward.

"I mean...I needed to stay the same. If I were someone else, you wouldn't have recognized me, I would never have discovered who you were and what were these missing memories. It would have been giving up on you and my memories..." She took his hand and pressed it.

"Continue."

"I watched him leave, and stared for a moment at this object in my hand. I went back into the TARDIS, thanked her and injected the serum, not knowing if I would see another day."

"How long did you stay in this coma ?"

"2 years. It didn't work properly. These kind of objects on markets are never pure, they had mixed it with something else. With aspirin."

"What about it ?"

"What about it ? Clara, it's lethal for my kind. It nearly killed me. It was poisoning me and in the same time curing me. Hopefully, it hadn't been enough to kill me, my body got rid of it during these two years. I was lucky, I should be dead."

Clara couldn't believe it. He had nearly died, the Doctor could have been dead. Images of Trenzalore came to her mind, let's not think about it. The Doctor continued.

"When I came back to my senses, I was still in the TARDIS. I was alive and...me."

No wonder he had disappeared for so long. Bill had been worried but he hadn't been dead. Only dying. No, not scary at all.

"So you're still you. You're not going to die, you're not going to change."

"I'm still me. I'm not going to die, I'm not going to change."

She hugged him, not able to stop herself. Who cared about "I'm not a hugging person ?" But she hadn't planned his answer. He put his arms around her, bringing her closer. He was a hugging person now ?

Unbeknownst to her, he had no idea what he was doing. It just felt right, like it had been in his past self. Wait, how did he know that ?

They enjoyed the moment, not wanting it to end. While being in his arms, Clara whispered.

"Aren't we supposed to retrieve these papers though ? We only have ten minutes."

"Time machine."

"Bad driver." Oh come on, 25/100 wasn't that bad !

"It still is." Right. He said that out loud. Again.

"Okay, want to impress me ? Fly her. She had always hated you, so maybe you'll fail and send us into a black hole but it will have been a good laugh."

"Shut u- wait, did you say she had always hated me ?"

"Why, yes."

"Doctor. How do you know this ? I didn't tell you, I didn't even mention it !"

"Well I-...I don't know." She smiled broadly.

"You're remembering ! I don't know why but you do !"

"I'm... remembering." He touched his temple, not believing it.

"We need to stimulate your memory ! Let's go for an adventure, now ! You and me, like in the old days." He put his hand on the steering lever.

"I trust you on this one, Clara. Let's go."

He activated the lever and they left, the TARDIS humming softy on their way.

Aaaaaah Shiner DNA. You didn't know this thing, did you ? It comes from The Indestructible Man written by Simon Messingham. wiki/The_Indestructible_Man_(novel) wiki/Shiner. I love these kind of books. I have The Blood Cell at home with Clara and the Twelfth Doctor in it, it is so cool ^^ In any case, I found the Shiner DNA really interesting so I thought it could be a good idea, what do you think ? ^^ And otherwise, yes, the Doctor is remembering ! Are you excited ? And about this new adventure ? I love Clara and the twelfth Doctor's adventures !

Anyway guys, I'm going to slee...

Literature : Did you forget about me ? You have French to study.

But...

Literature : DO IT HON HON HON (DID YOU REALLY THINK I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THESE CLICHES ABOUT FRANCE !? I don't laugh like this, I've never been to Paris, I've never eaten frog legs or snails and we don't have mimes or berets. Like the majority of French people. And about baguettes...debatable. XD)

Okay...anyway guys, I'm going to study now

See ya next time...T_T

Salut les gens T_T

Spirit Of Dark Wolf / WHY AM I FRENCH !?