Hidden By Aliens

Let It Out

The sun was over our building, but the second sun shone in through the windows. Mother said she could see the dual Suns in my amber eyes. The sky was a beautiful deep orange, yet the color also filled me with...I'm trying to think of a word better than dread. I missed the shining silver leaves. Everything looked like it was on fire.

'My planet's gone. It's dead. It burned like the Earth.' A voice that was familiar yet not floated in my head.

There was those voices again. The ones that got me into this mess. They've been there since I looked into the Schism, and it looked into me. The more I thought about it, the more I learned, the more I remembered. 'It's just remembering in the wrong direction.'

I didn't like it in the Academy. Everyone was mean here, especially the kids. The grown-ups were stern. None of them wanted to have fun. I missed running through the fields, playing with dirt and looking up at the clouds.

That wasn't who I was anymore. I missed who I was before the Untempered Schism.

"Tell us what you know." The Lord President ordered. He looked down at me, like I was garbage.

My lips clamped shut. He wouldn't get any answers from me. The secrets will be kept. 'Silence must fall when the question is asked.'

"Tell us, and you can be spared." The President pressed. "Tell us about what you saw." He kneeled down, a scary look in his eyes. "Tell us about the Hybrid."

Not a syllable from me. I couldn't decide whether to look at my shoes or up in his eyes.

The Lord President glared down at me. I squared my shoulders, chin held up high. "As punishment for your crimes of treason, you shall be exiled. At the time of your regeneration, your memories of Gallifrey as well as the people on it will be removed. Any remnant of home, gone. You'll forget everyone, your whole family, your whole life."

He had a sadistic glint in his eyes, making me want to back away. He knew that was what I was afraid of, losing my memories. It was a childish fear I had since first learning about regeneration. Mother had told me otherwise, but you don't just forget your fears.

I wanted to cry, scream at everyone that would hear me that this was wrong. I wanted Father to come save me, for Mother to tuck me back in bed and tell me a story. I wanted to be saved.

They wouldn't come. They abandoned me. 'You didn't save my life. You trapped me inside it.' I stayed strong, despite the coldness in this regeneration of Lord President. I couldn't give in. Lives were at stake. He wouldn't scare me. I refused to show him fear. 'He will not hurt me if I don't show him fear.'

"Lord President-" One of the other Time Ladies tried to reason with him.

The President glared at the Lady, holding up his Infinity Gauntlet. No...no the Infinity Gauntlet was something else...I always get these things mixed up...

He shot her, letting her drop to the ground. 'Death is Time Lord for man flu.' The President looked back to me, rolling his eyes in annoyance at being interrupted. "Now, where to send you?"

"Earth." The Visionary said. I turned to the elder looking woman in dismay. "The Star Child falls to Earth, where she will live out the rest of her days until she crumbles into dust."

I turned to the President, horror in my eyes. "You can't send me there! The humans, Mother told me stories of them! They'll kill me, then do it again before I can regenerate!"

This answer was all the President needed. I was on Earth before the second sun set in the Gallifreyan red sky...

'The second sun would rise, and the mountains shined...'