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Heart
The Heart of the TARDIS called out to the Time Vortex as she sat broken in a junkyard. The TARDIS was a being of the eleventh dimension, but she could feel, or at least something in a similar way. It was a feeling of loneliness, of hurt, of weariness that spanned through Time.
I am abandoned!
The sound of footsteps approaching barely registered to her.
I want to see the stars!
The Time Vortex turned purple around her, then green and finally blue. Wisps twisted through the air, unseen to anyone except the would be Last of the TARDISs. Bright blue tendrils wrapped around her slowly, from corner to corner. It showed her a heart which was bigger on the inside, a life not yet over, so much more.
And an old man slowly walked through the rows of junk, twisted metal arches and lonely corners piled with rubble.
Oh, I see! I see!
The TARDIS saw the Time Lord, the Doctor, the Oncoming Storm, the Destroyer of Worlds, the Lonely God, the Lost Angel, the Mighty Warrior, the Madman.
"Now, what do we have here?" he asked no one in particular.
But she heard. She knew he was speaking to her, he just didn't know it yet. The front doors opened slowly, with effort, but just enough for him to see inside to the control room. He stepped inside and walked around in delight. He traced a hand over the dusty old console. She was very old, but all he said was, "You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." He thought no one could hear her.
Hello my Thief. The TARDIS touched lightly against the Time Lord's mind and he never even realised. My, you are mad. The stars shine so bright. You want to see it all. Just like me.
The Doctor flipped a few lever and when he pressed a button, a quiet rattling sound began. It slowly turned into a thrumming noise as the lights flickered on, illuminating the console room in a dim glow. The time rotor began to move up and down in the column.
"Where are we off to first then?" He asked aloud, wiping the dust off the console panel with his hand.
Anywhere. Everywhere. Further than anyone has ever gone before.
all of time, all the stars, all of space the Time Vortex told her and she agreed. How could she ever refuse?