The Doctor visits Storybrooke
EmmaAthena2013 asked for a oneshot of the Charmings finding out Emma knows the Doctor when the TARDIS appears outside Granny's and they greet each other. Emma and the Doctor tell her family about the many adventures they had together.
Emma's head shot up at the all too familiar sound. That futuristic sound, like a spacecraft. No, not like a spacecraft, an actual spacecraft. One disguised as an old-fashioned British police telephone box. No, it couldn't be, could it?
"Allons-y!" She heard someone yell. Emma's face broke out into a massive grin- it was. How could she have not thought about him until now? Why had he never crossed her mind? But of course, it would be his doing. Emma should have realised. She shot up from the booth she was having lunch with her family at and ran outside to greet him. Alarmed, her family followed suit. They found her running straight into the arms of a man in a pin striped suit and converses in front of a police box. Wait, when did Storybrooke have a police box?!
"It's you!" Emma squealed. "It's really you!" The man laughed heartily as he picked Emma up slightly.
"Yes it's me! And look, it's you too!" Emma pulled back from the man and gave him a look.
"You knew, didn't you? You knew who I was." Emma accused him.
"Well." The stranger said, adjusting his glasses. "Travelling through both time and space you pick up a few things. I may have tasted some magical air off of you and then after you left to get back to the real world I may have traced that taste…"
"Excuse me, taste?" Charming asked hostilely. He didn't like the idea of any man tasting his daughter. Emma smiled as she turned to face her family.
"I'm sorry, I haven't introduced any of you. Mom, dad, Henry, this is the Doctor."
"Doctor who?" Henry asked. Both Emma and the Doctor smiled, every time.
"Just the Doctor." Emma answered for him. "Doctor, this is my family. My parents Snow White and Prince Charming, my son Henry, and my baby brother Neal."
"Well how lovely to meet you all." The man said enthusiastically, coming forward and shaking each by the hand. He was one of the few people that didn't bat an eyelid at the whole age situation.
"The Doctor isn't from here. He's from a different planet entirely. He's not human, he's from a race called the Time Lords. That police box is no ordinary police box- it's called a TARDIS. It stands for Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. It's much bigger on the inside, it's how we travelling around. When he say he tasted the magic from me, it's just one of his powers. He didn't actually lick me or anything like that." Emma said with a chuckle. She didn't want the Doctor being knocked out by her dad. "I didn't tell you because I didn't remember any of it. Which I suspect was this guy's doing." Emma said, poking the Doctor in the shoulder.
"Got it in one." The Doctor answered her, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "I knew one day you'd find where you belonged and I couldn't risk some of the people here finding me…again. But that's not important right now."
"This is so cool!" Henry exclaimed. Emma laughed.
"Yeah kid, it was pretty cool." Emma turned to the Doctor. "What do you say we show them all around the TARDIS? No going anywhere though, I'm not having the boys kidnapped by Daleks."
"You're the boss. But Neal says he's not scared of some aero bar inspired robots." Everyone looked at him. "I speak baby." He answered them all, opening the door, allowing the family inside. Both he and Emma delighted in the oo's and ahh's from them all.
Every knob inside the machine reminded Emma of another adventure she and the Doctor went on together that she had to tell her family about. Henry was particularly amazed by it all, his mom was so awesome!
But all good things must come to an end.
"I'm sorry this visit was so short." The Doctor said, as he hugged Emma. "But the universe simply falls apart without me. I'm glad you found them, Emma. You have no idea how much they wanted you." He said seriously. Emma turned back to her parents.
"Yeah," She said, a warm smile on her face "I think I do."