Small, Beautiful Events

Ten Significant Truths:

1. A very long time ago, I ran away from home.

2. When I did that, I became the Doctor; that's the only name that matters now.

3. Since then, I've seen countless wonders and horrors, saved worlds, cost lives, and died four times.

4. Once, because of all of this, I was executed, and had my friends taken from me; it didn't stop me then, and it wouldn't stop me now.

5. I still miss them, and everyone else I've lost, but I will always feel grateful to have known them – though, sometimes, I wish they hadn't known me.

6. My life can be very dangerous, and on occasion that's very tiring, but I don't regret having it.

7. Boundless freedom, the power to make a difference, the joy of discovery, the wondrous potential in every living being…I could never it up.

8. That doesn't mean I will ever forget being helpless to save lives, being forced to violence, knowing there are things I cannot change.

9. I am a pacifist, a murderer, a hero, a demon, a genius, a fool; an ancient renegade and a lost youth.

10. I can show you the stars.

What type of Fae are you?

Quite accurate, I think, perhaps more than I'd like. I'd hardly call myself possesive, however. Protective, perhaps.

The Doctor was, though one would never hear him admit it, rather giddy. His hands flew lightly over the console, setting coordinates with cheerful confidence. India, 2007. He wasn't too specific; no need to press his luck, and they could find other ways of travel once they arrived. See where the current matches were being played.

Perhaps they could take a train. He hadn't done that since the werewolves, and that was hardly a leisurely ride.

"Winter, then," he murmured, brow furrowed slightly in concentration, though a faint smile lingered on his lips.

Nyssa wanted to go, for him. Perhaps he shouldn't feel so incredibly touched by that, but he did.

He was determined, absolutely determined, that the three of them would have an enjoyable, relaxing time of it. No murder investigations, no devious plots uncovered, no sinister invaders thwarted.

It would be their first trip together since being reunited, and they were going to have fun.