I heard a noise. a noise that I recognized. The sound of the TARDIS. I followed the noise.

At last, in an alley of London I found the blue police box. I ran to it- and was hit hard in the face with the door. I sat up fast. He looked down.

"You just hit me in the face with the TARDIS door!" I cried. He looked down. His face was first startled, to surprised. His mouth gaped like a dofus.

"Who the hell are you?" he asked.

"Melody," I gasped.

His eyes went from surprised to shocked.

"M-melody? You mean Melody Piper? My daughter?"he sounded so shocked and surprised that I wanted to laugh.

"The very same," I grumbled.

He pulled me to my feet and squeezed the life out of me.

 "Ow, ow, ow," I muttered. "His hugs still hurt me."

"You've changed! You're all grown up! I can't believe it!" The Doctor-or Dad- said when he was finished killing me. Then his expression changed. "Where the hell have you been?" he asked. He looked a bit... angry. And I knew why.

When I was 7, I had mysteriously disappered. Meaning, left the TARDIS. I hadn't said good-bye- well I was going through my "mute stage" where I didn't talk after Mum's death. I was scared and sad. Dad raised me on the TARDIS, but it wasn't the same without Mum. So I stopped talking.

"I sorta left," I said sheepishly.

Yeah, I got that bit," he muttered.

"I- Dad, I was around. I kept on trying to find you, hanging by the TARDIS, following you, but I could never find the chance to talk to you. You were just so... busy. And you were with other people, for the most part. But really, I was just trying to catch you alone. I'm sorry," I said, looking down, knowing my face was bright red, the way it always got. I looked up without moving my head. And watched as Dad crushed me into his surprisingly strong bear hugs. I tried tosquirm out, but he was way too strong. "Dad, get off. I can't breathe," I said, muffled by his chest. I could hear his two hearts beating.

 Finally, he stopped squishing me. He was grinning like mad. He grabbed my hand. "Come on!"  he cried.