The Littlest Timelord: Cracks in Time

Chapter 20

A/N - This chapter and the next one were my favorite to write!

The Doctor stumbled out of the TARDIS from where it was parked in a small garden. "Rory!" the Doctor yelled as he came out of the house.

"Doctor".

"I've crushed your flowers..."

"Oh, Amy will kill you".

"Where is she?"

"She'll need a bit longer".

"Whenever you're ready, Amy!"

Amy waddled out of the house.

"Oh, way-hey! You've swallowed a planet!" the Doctor exclaimed.

"I'm pregnant", Amy told him.

"You're huge".

"Yeah, I'm pregnant".

"Look at you. When worlds collide".

"Doctor, I'm pregnant".

"Oh, look at you both. Five years later and you haven't changed a bit..." The Doctor hugged his former companions. "...apart from age and size".

"Oh, it's good to see you, Doctor".

"Are you pregnant?"

Amy laughed. "Where's Elise?" Amy asked him.

The Doctor waved his hand dismissively. "Oh, dropped her off with River for a while".

"Oh? Co-parenting, I see", Amy said.

Elise opened her eyes and found herself in a bedroom, but it wasn't her one on the TARDIS. She sat up as her father came into the room.

"Good morning, my little one!" he said, "C'mon. Mummy has breakfast waiting".

He picked her up and carried her downstairs.

River was standing in the kitchen.

The Doctor handed her off to River and Elise buried her face in the woman's blonde curls.

"How did you sleep, my little star?" she asked.

Where were Amy and Rory?

"She seems a little off today", the Doctor told River as he ate some cereal straight from the box.

River glared at him as she rubbed Elise's back. "You'll feel better once you eat something, love", River said and put her in her chair.

But all Elise wanted was her Auntie Amy. Her blue eyes filled with tears.

"Oh, don't cry", the Doctor told her, "We'll go to the park later and then we can go for ice cream!"

"Not until she's eaten breakfast", River said. River set a plate of scrambled eggs in front of her, but Elise pushed it away from her.

She didn't want to eat. She wanted to go back to the TARDIS.

River sighed. "Elise Smith, eat your food or we're not going to the park".

Elise picked up her fork and ate her breakfast reluctantly. Once she was done, River took her upstairs to get dressed.

They came back downstairs and River opened the front door.