The Guardian's Secret 16/?

[hezikiah]

Title: The Guardian's Secret 16/?
Author: Hezikiah
Disclaimer: Not mine, the BBC's.
Rating: PG
Characters: Ella (OC), Donna, Eighth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Healer Koray (OC), Healer Akakios (OC)
Warnings: None
Summary: Sequel to " Witnessing the Protector," five years on. When the metacrisis begins to unravel on its own, a desperate Ella finds the

Comments

[dm12]

So Koray was a bit of a rebel herself, wasn't she? That's interesting how she studied with the Sisters of Karn for several regenerations in order to steal the secrets of natural conception and childbirth. I'm glad she now has a sense of exactly why Ella was upset. Koray was treating her like an inferior species, an animal to be threatened when it didn't obey, and Ella already had experience with mind invasion from Ten. We'll see how much this truce lasts, but at least the Doctor will be there now for all of her appointments to protect both the baby and her.

Interesting information about regeneration. The Doctor has only had one non-traumatic regeneration in all of his lives. Shows how reckless he is!

And so... the Time Wars have begun. With a bang and many students/faculty dead or injured. I wonder where Micah was during all of this, he seemed a little pensive after the Doctor told him more about his father. He probably was sulking and thinking things over, too upset to go to school that day. Hmm... Manu was acting kind of strangely, as I recall. I wonder about involvement in this event. Was Manu found close to the initial explosion site?

[hezikiah]

I had to think back on all the Doctor's regenerations and he's never "died" of old age, except in his first incarnation! I've actually seen that one (what little footage exists of it). He passes out before he regenerates. I imagine that Koray's lived a relatively peaceful life, especially when she was on Karn, so most of the time she's lived to be an old person before she regenerates (I haven't explored the possibility that she could have been male at some point...that would be fun!). I'd guess she's at least 2,000 years old at this point, which might explain why she doesn't seem to have patience for unruly humans like Ella who only live a fraction of a Time Lord's lifespan.

More information about the explosion will be in the next chapter.