Elise and the Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS.
"Why are you still wearing that coat?" Elise asked him.
"What's wrong with my coat?"
"I don't like it."
The Doctor looked around. "Ugh! This isn't the Alignment of Exedor!"
"Well if the TARDIS dropped us here, it was for a reason." Elise looked around, trying to figure out where they were. "Hold up. Isn't this where we met Craig?"
The Doctor smiled. "Good old Craig! We should drop in for a visit!" He pulled out his sonic screwdriver.
They followed the signal until they came to a house where the Doctor knocked on the door. The door swung open and there stood Craig.
"I'm coping on my own!" he yelled at them.
It reminded Elise of their first encounter with them.
"Hello, Craig. We're back!" the Doctor told him.
"She didn't...How could she phone you? Who is she?"
Of course Craig didn't recognize Elise. She'd been a child back then.
"How could who phone me? Nobody phoned me, I'm just here. And this is Elise. Who else would it be?"
Elise waved. "Hi, Craig. It's nice to see you again."
The Doctor poked his head into the doorway. "Oh, you've redecorated. I don't like it."
"It's a different house. We moved," Craig told him.
"Yes, that's it."
"Doctor, what are you doing here?"
"Social call. Thought it was about time I tried one out. How are you?"
"I'm fine."
"This is the bit where I say I'm fine too, isn't it? I'm fine, too. Good. Love to Sophie. Bye."
The Doctor and Elise turned to leave when the lights started flickering.
"Something's wrong."
The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and ran back into the house. Elise ran after him. "On your own, you said. But you're not. You're not on your own," the Doctor said, heading up the staircase.
"Just shush," Craig said.
"Increased sulfur emissions. And look at the state of this place. What are you not telling me?"
"Doctor, please."
"Shush."
"No, you shush."
"Shush!"
"Shush!"
"No, you shush!"
"Doctor!"
Elise rolled her eyes as the Doctor opened a bedroom door.
"Whatever you are, get off this planet," he said, his sonic screwdriver drawn.
It was a baby's room. The baby started crying.
"You've woken him!" Craig snapped. He picked the baby up and cradled him to his chest. "Oh, now he'll never get to sleep again."
"Can I try?" Elise asked.
The two men looked at her.
Craig handed her the baby and it quieted down.
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The Littlest Timelord: The Death of the Doctor
Fanfiction[2nd in the "Littlest Timelord" series] The Doctor's death is looming on the horizon and Elise is growing every day. What the Doctor doesn't know is that he has 200 years to teach Elise all he knows. Amy, Rory, and River let Elise in on their secret...
