Fixing The Problems

Aftermath

The Tardis was in flight now.

"So, where's the Master?" Lee asked, wondering where he had gone. Before anyone could answer, they heard the Tardis grumbling.

"Indigestion." Celestia said knowingly.

"So, let's see where we are. There. The future." The Doctor said.

"Wow." Lee couldn't help but say.

"Look over there, on the other side of your galaxy. That's home." The Doctor pointed to Gallifrey.

"Gallifrey." Grace acknowledged.

"You know about Gallifrey?" Celestia looked at Grace questioningly.

"The Doctor told me about it." Grace said, proudly.

"I see." Celestia replied. Then she moved from The Doctor's side to stand next to her brother. The Doctor sighed heavily as he understood that Grace was trying to get inside Celestia's head but he wasn't going to let that happen. Normally, he considered her to be a companion and was planning to ask her after defeating the Master. However, after he saw how she treated Celestia and how Celestia was feeling uncomfortable in her presence, he thought it best not to ask it. He needed to fix everything and go back to having her by his side as he used to. He wasn't going to let anyone prevent him from doing so.

"Two hundred and fifty million light years away." The Protector said, breaking the Doctor's train of thoughts.

"That's a good ten minutes in this old thing." The Doctor added.

"So, where are we?" Grace asked.

"December twenty ninth." Celestia read from the screen.

"Do you want to get off here?" The Doctor asked Grace and Lee.

"I don't think I could live through that again." Grace said, laughing as she looked at The Doctor flirtatiously. Celestia didn't like this woman. She hoped that The Doctor wouldn't ask her to be his companion. They seemed so close. She would never say it out loud but she always felt angry and jealous when his companions tried to get closer to him. It was selfish, she knew it but she couldn't help feeling that she should be the only person who was the closest to him.

"I definitely wouldn't live through that again." Lee said as he chuckled.

"Reason enough." The Doctor agreed. He was also chuckling. He moved the destination calendar to December 31st and adjusted a pair of rheostats. Everything seemed to work as they should. This only lasted for a few minutes as the time rotor stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at each other in confusion. After a moment, the Doctor hit the console and it started up again. They all sighed a bit of relief. He looked at Celestia. He felt that something was wrong. So he decided to ask her telepathically:

"Is everything alright?" She looked at a while before answering:

"Of course. Why wouldn't it be?" She tried to shrug it off. She didn't want to tell him about her feelings towards Grace.

The Doctor didn't believe it but decided to say nothing because he knew that they would end up arguing again, which was something he didn't want to do right now. He wanted just to enjoy her company. He truly missed having her around.

The Tardis materialised by an ornamental lake. The celebrations and fireworks were in full swing. Everyone exited the Tardis.

"Now that's as it should be." The Doctor looked around, seeing that everything was normal now.

"Your things." Lee said as he gave the bag that had Doctor's belongings in it.

"Okay you made him the happiest he had ever been today." Celestia told him, giggling.