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The Fox and the Raven

Chapter 2: Straight up, Straight down

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The Doctor had to carry Clara and Missy through the park, "What are we going to do now?" Clara asked.

"Oh, stop complaining, dear!" Missy exclaimed. Both Missy and Clara had to hold on for dear life as the Doctor began to pick up the pace, "Do you have to go so fast, Doctor?!" Missy questioned.

"Well, I'm sorry." the Doctor stopped in his tracks, "I don't particularly want to become fox sized! We have very limited time!"

Clara laughed slightly, "What? Why are you laughing?" Missy asked.

"I just can't get over how cute the Doctor looks."

"Yep. Vomit just came out and I had to force it back down." she replied with a groan.

"Ya know, you are technically the one who 'set us up'." Clara said to Missy.

Missy narrowed her eyes, "I did nothing of the sort."

"Going to have to agree with Clara on that." the Doctor muttered as the moon was slowly revealed when the clouds shifted away. All of the dogs and wolves started to howl at the moon, they were all once humans but the animal within seemed to have taken full control, "We have to do something. And fast." he stated. He then glared at Missy on his shoulder, "I swear, Missy... If you are the one who is actually behind all this..."

"I'm not! Trust me, dear!" she assured causing Clara to glare at her, "What?" Missy questioned, Clara continued you to glare... "Oooohhh..." Missy teased, "Doesn't Clara want me to call her husband: 'dear'."

The Doctor rolled his eyes, "Both of you need to learn to get along for at least a couple of hours now."

Clara suddenly had a huge wave of worry hit her, "Erm... D-Doctor?"

"Yes?" he asked as he began to walk again.

"Will this erm... this 'situation' have any effect on 'you-know-who'?" she looked away from Missy.

Missy perked up, "Who?" she wondered.

"I erm... I don't think that anything will happen to them." the Doctor muttered.

"Don't keep me in suspense!" Missy exclaimed, "Who are you two talking about?!" the Doctor did his best to avoid Missy's gaze. A few seconds later... "OH!" Missy shouted, "Oh you naughty, dirty things!" she teased, "Been 'reproducing' have we?"

"Shut up, Missy." Clara mumbled.

Missy narrowed her eyes at Clara, "What you gonna name 'em, hm? I hope you're considering the name 'Missy'. I am the one who set you two up afterall!"

"I thought you said that you didn't set us up!" the Doctor exclaimed.

"I lie. Are you surprised?" Missy laughed, "But seriously... The big bad Time Lord 'got it on' with a mere Human?! What's gotten into you old man?! Didn't anyone ever tell you not to fall in love?!"

"I was told that. Looks like it didn't really work." Clara stated.

"Fall in love?" Missy started, "I'd rather fall asleep..."

"WHY WHY WHY! WHY OH WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?!" a voice caught their attention. The three looked down to see... a squirrel.

The Doctor narrowed his eyes, "Er hello... little squirrel thing."

The squirrel looked up in shock at the Doctor, "Excuse me?! Did you just call me a 'little squirrel thing'?! I will have your head!"

"And how do you plan on doing that exactly?" Missy wondered.

An acorn then hit the Doctor in the face, "Where did you get that acorn?!" he questioned.

"Shut up, Doctor!" the squirrel exclaimed, "No time for questions!"

"Y-You know who he is?" Clara asked.

The squirrel then pointed at Clara, "Yes, Clara! How do you not recognise my voice!? Missy, you recognise me right?"

"Well erm... " the Doctor began, "I must have deleted the voice from my memory."

"It's me!"

"That doesn't help at all..." Missy said.

She groaned, "Ashildr! Me!"

The Doctor tried to withhold a laugh, "And you're a squirrel."

"Old man, don't laugh! This isn't funny!" Ashildr said with anger.

"At least it's not as bad as being a Raven!" Clara exclaimed.

Ashildr, "Yeah, that's pretty sad actually." she then jumped up onto the Doctor's shoulder.

"I'm not a taxi!" he stated.

"Yeah yeah, whatever." Ashildr started, "What have I missed?"

"Well... these two here got married and now they're having a baby." Missy told her.

"Knew it." Ashildr said.

Clara looked at Ashildr who was on the Doctor's left shoulder, "Hang on. You know Missy?"

"Oh, yeah." Ashildr replied, "Missy tried to take over the Trap Street... she failed."

"Doctor." Clara started, "Do me a favour. Put the sonic sunglasses on."

"What? Why?" he wondered.

"Pleeeaaasseee?" she said.

The Doctor sighed, "I'm pretty sure that you would be doing the 'puppy dog' eyes right now if you could... But okay." he reached into his pocket using his left hand making Ashildr clutch on for dear life as he put the glasses on, "Happy?" he asked.

"Why did you want him to put them on?" Missy questioned.

"I just wanted to confirm my suspicions. He looks even cuter with the glasses on."

"Stop. Flirting. There is too much bloody mush going on here!" Ashildr complained.

The Doctor rolled his eyes, "Clara, not being mean or anything but... Could you please get down? My arm is killing me."

"No!" she exclaimed, "The cats will attack!"

Ashildr groaned, "Sit on his shoulder then." she shifted out of the way as the Doctor raised his arm so Clara could hop off of it onto his shoulder. Ashildr then climbed on top of Clara.

"Seriously?" Clara mumbled.

"Seriously." Ashildr confirmed, "You're a huge bird! I'm sure you can sustain the weight of a squirrel!"

"Clara, love. Why don't you try to fly up and see if you can find anything." the Doctor suggested.

"Don't. You. Dare." Ashildr warned.

"Do it do it do it!" Missy exclaimed.

Clara sighed, "I guess."

"No! Clara!" Ashildr continued.

"What's the worst that could happen?" said Clara.

"I could fall off of your back and die!" Ashildr told her. Clara then instantly launched off of the Doctor and somehow... she managed to go up, the small screams that came from Ashildr could be heard as Clara went straight up. The Doctor and Missy watched them as Clara soon levelled out in the sky.

"You're immortal! You'll be fine!" the Doctor called up to Ashildr.

"Sooo..." Missy began causing the Doctor to glance at her, "Wanna make out?" she joked. The Doctor instantly pushed Missy off of his shoulder.

"Gods! You're lucky that cats can land on all fours!" Missy grumbled before sitting down on a nearby rock, the Doctor soon sat down and rested his back against the rock.


"Ouch!" Clara exclaimed, "Can you not dig your tiny claws into me?!"

"I'm sorry that I almost fell off! Despite being immortal, I could still potentially splatter all over the ground below!" Ashildr replied, "And anyways... how did you learn how to fly so quickly?"

"I don't know. It was probably just instinct." she said, "Just look out for anything suspicious." After a few minutes of just soaring through the air...

Ashildr spoke, "I knew the Doctor was lying when he said that you two were 'just friends'."

"Shut up." Clara mumbled in response.

"I never would have thought that you two would actually get married or have kids though! You better be naming them: Ashildr!" she paused, "They're the hybrid..."

"Oh, please don't go on about this 'hybrid' situation please."

Ashildr continued, "But it's true! They'll be half Human and half Time Lord! The word will spread! Every single species will want this child, Clara!"

"What for?!" she exclaimed.

"Experiments? They might want to sell them off or make them into a weapon."

Clara sighed, "Well, the Doctor and I won't let that happen. Ever." she started, "Enough about mine and the Doctor's life. Have you noticed anything suspicious?"

"Oh, I haven't really been paying attention." she said. Clara groaned in frustration before going straight up again causing Ashildr to grip on tight, "Stop going up!"

"You want me to stop going up?" Clara questioned, "Okay!" she instantly stopped going up and then went straight down towards the ground.

"Clara!" Ashildr and Clara heard the Doctor shout from below them. He must've caught up. The loud voice of the Doctor startled Clara making her flinch and lose her balance amongst the air. The Doctor managed to catch Clara, and Ashildr, in his hands, "Gods, Clara!"

Ashildr was wide-eyed as she cautiously jumped off of Clara down to the ground, she lay down and sighed, "The beautiful ground. Where I don't have to fear falling and splattering." she said.

"What if I eat you?" Missy said as she approached.

"You wouldn't dare." Ashildr glared at her.

Missy then teased, "You best stand up. Squirrels look weird lying on their backs."

"Are you okay, love?" the Doctor asked as Clara clambered onto his shoulder.

"Y-Yeah. You just startled me a bit." she assured.

The Doctor sighed in relief, "Sorry. Honestly, I thought you were falling to your death."

"Practically immortal, Doctor." Clara reminded him causing him to nod.

"I'm still allowed to worry about you, Clara."

"Stop. Being. Mushy." Ashildr ordered as she stood back up.

Clara laughed, "I'm actually going to miss the flying part."