The mermaid ignored all personal space as she backed Amy up against the jagged rocks. She had her arms on either side of Amy with her hands pressed against the rocks right next to Amy's face. The mermaid leaned in close and kissed her.

"Umm..." Amy wasn't sure what to do. The idea of a mermaid coming on to her was rather exciting but she wasn't about to dump Clara for some alien water nymph. No matter how attractive she seemed "I'm... kind of with someone right now so.." Amy was having a really hard time turning her down. Amy wondered if it was like in fairy tales where merpeople had the power to hypnotize of if she was using that as an excuse for her own personal shortcomings.

"I see no one else here" The mermaid whispered as she kissed Amy again.

"No!" Amy pushed her away. "Stay away from me." She tried to get out of the water but then another mermaid came up from under the water and held her feet forcing her underwater. Amy struggled as the two mermaids pulled at her clothes and giggled. Finally once Amy's lungs were starting to burn from lack of oxygen was she able to get free and climb out of the water. The mermaids quickly swam away leaving a glowing trail behind them.

Amy ran back inside The Tardis coughing and gasping for breath. She ran to the bathroom and took off her wet clothes. She wrapped herself in a warm, dry towel and felt a tear fall down her face. She'd been so scared. For a moment the thought that she was going to die crossed her mind. And although she was safe now, the stress of it all got to her. She promised herself she'd never wander off alone again.

Amy didn't tell Clara about what had happened. She went back to her bedroom and slept until she was woken up by Clara standing over her bed. "Let's see if we can meet the tiger people!" Clara smiled excitedly.

In the daylight they could see the Silver Mountain were quite literally made of silver. It seemed as common a material as any old boulder on planet Earth. Amy was more than excited as she hiked up the mountains with Clara but she kept looking over her shoulder. It was like she could hear the mermaids whispering in her ear.

They made it to a camp and approached slowly. There was a campfire in the center of a circle of modest looking homes. No one seemed to be around. Amy and Clara slowly walked into the center where the campfire was and looked around.

"Who's there?" A little voice asked.

"Um... Clara and Amy. We've visiting." Clara answered not knowing where the voice was coming from until she felt a tug at her skirt. Clara quickly turned around to see a little girl who looked about 7 or 8 with orange skin that had a black striped pattern just like a tiger.

"My name is Lili" The girl smiled.

"Tiger Lily" Amy whispered to Clara. "What are the odds?"

"That's a very pretty name, Lili" Clara smiled. "Where is everyone?"

"Scavenging." Lili explained. "The children stay behind for that" Slowly other children came out of their tent-like homes and joined them. They found their unstriped visitors rather curious. "You said you were visiting? Do you want to see something?!" Lili had attached herself to Clara rather quickly. She seemed to have that effect on children.

Amy wasn't much of a kid person but tagged along. Lili showed her into one of their homes. It was all very primitive and simple. No advanced technology of any kind. It was about an hour later that the adults came by and looked at the new visitors with shocked expressions.

"Children inside, quickly!" A deep voice spoke and everyone listened. He was obviously the chief of the group. "What's your business here?"

"Just... traveling" Amy could feel a certain tension in his voice and she wasn't sure why. "He haven't done anything wrong, have we?" She looked at Clara slightly confused and a tiny bit worried.

The large tiger man looked them over. "I guess not..." His eyes narrowed as he continued to examine them. "Are you visitors from the metallic oceans on Num 7?" He asked.

"No, we're from planet Earth." Clara explained in her sweet and reassuring voice. "We're very very far from home.

"But you are of the human species, are you not?" The chief asked.

"Yes." Amy answered "But we've never been to any metallic oceans. Though that might be a cool one for our next trip. Jot that down" Amy motioned to Clara.

"You would do well to stay away from there." The chief warned. "They are nothing but creatures of war, those humans. Many years ago when I was just a cub they came and tried to take over our planet. They thought us to be inferior but we proved them wrong." He balled his hands into fists rather menacingly.

"Why am I not surprised?" Clara rolled her eyes. "Does the human race ever get anything right?"

"All we ask is to stay for the day and we'll be off." Amy added. "I mean, I don't want to invite myself if I'm not welcome but we would like to join you for a meal if it's not too much to ask." Amy was feeling a bit hungry and very interested in trying all the strange fruits she saw them carrying in their baskets.

The chief agreed and let them sit around the fire with the tribe. The children huddled around Clara pushing Amy completely out of the way. Amy ended up sitting next to an old man on the other side of the campfire. She sighed slightly frustrated but seemed to be enjoying her food nonetheless. "This is good." Amy spoke with her mouth half full to the old man beside her. "It's like peach and banana at the same time, if that makes any sense"

"It doesn't" The old man replied.

"Figured.." Amy kept eating while looking at Clara.

"She's your lover, isn't she?" The old man asked.

"Maybe.." Amy's eyes narrowed. "Who wants to know?"

"I'm not trying to intrude but I can just clearly see it in your eyes. You look like you light up at the sight of her but you also look worried." The old man read Amy well.

"I've come to the awful realization that I might not be good enough for her." Amy didn't take her gaze off Clara as she spoke to the old man. "She's better than I'm ever going to be."