PARENTHOOD
Chapter Thirty Seven Walking up the stairs, Frazer softly whistled when he opened the door and walked down the hallway. Cartoon animals stickers were on the walls as he headed for the door and knocked on the door. The door opened when a tall, young woman looked at him and smiled. "Good morning," he said as she stood back and he walked into the classroom. Being able to see things mystical and magic made him popular with the younger students in the academy and they sat at the center of the room in a circle. Walking to the circle, he stepped over his five year old son, Alexander, as his son giggled and Frazer sat at the center of the circle. "Good morning, Mister McCrimmon," the students said as he nodded and the teacher, Miss Kathy, sat next to him. "Right, today we're going tae talk aboot one of Scotland's most famous places, Loch Ness," Frazer said when he brought out a small silver disc and tapped his thumb on the side of the disc. A hologram map of Scotland appeared above the disc as he looked at the five year olds and smiled. "Now, can anyone show me where Loch Ness is?" "Me!" Alexander said as he raised his hand and Frazer nodded. Alexander got up when he walked to Frazer then looked at the map. Smiling, he pointed as Frazer looked at where he was pointing and nodded. "Very good," Frazer said as Alexander walked back to the others and sat down. Alexander smiled when a cartoon version of Frazer appeared in his head then walked to him and placed tiny gold stars all over Alexander's face. Pushing the button, they watched as the map shifted and LOCH NESS appeared in a little box that pointed to where the loch was. "Now, a bit of history aboot the loch, first, the loch is what is called a freshwater loch an' its surface is fifty two feet above sea level. It is over twenty miles long an' hundreds of feet deep in places. The loch is notorious for its murkiness as the water is filled with slime, peat, an' mud." "Ew!" several of the girls in the class said and Frazer softly laughed. "Does it have fish in it?" one of the boys asked, raising his hand. "Aye, there are several species of fish," Frazer said as he pushed the button and the hologram changed, showing them several different species of fish. "So, what kind of fish are they?" "That's a pike!" one of the boys said, pointing to it. "That's an Arctic char," a girl with blonde hair said, pointing to it. "Those are brown trout!" one of the boys said. "Those are sea trout!" another boy said. "Um, I think that's Atlantic salmon," a girl with brown hair said. "Those are Eurasian minnow!" a boy said. "That's a Brook lamprey," a girl said. "That's a European eel," a boy said and Frazer looked at the last fish. "Blimey, you're a smart bunch. Can anyone tell me what this is?" he asked as they frowned when Alexander raised his hand and Frazer smiled. "Aye, Master McCrimmon, do you ken what this is?" "Is it a three-spined stickleback?" he asked. "Aye, that is exactly what it is," Frazer said, smiling. Pushing the button, the hologram changed and the loch appeared floating over the disc. "Now, there are several villages around the loch. To the north is Lochend, to the south is Fort Augustus, to the eastern shore is Dores, Inverfarigaig, Foyers an' Whitebridge an' to the western shore is Abriachan, Drumnadrochit, Urquhart Castle an' Invermoriston. Now, Drumnadrochit is considered the Loch Ness exhibition center, which examines the controversy through the natural history of Loch Ness. Boat cruises operate from various locations on the loch shore, giving visitors the chance to look for the monster or Nessy." "The Loch Ness Monster isn't real! You're talking rubbish!" one of the boys said then stuck his tongue out at Frazer and Miss Kathy gasped. "Michael, you apologize to Mister McCrimmon right now!" she said as Frazer looked at Alexander, who was about to hit Michael, and Frazer shook his head. "But, Daddy, that was mean!" Alexander thought as Frazer set up a privacy block. "Aye, but going off an' hitting him will only get you in trouble," Frazer thought and Alexander sighed. "It's alright," Frazer said but Miss Kathy shook her head and stood up. "Disrespect is not tolerated in this classroom. I am sorry but you have to leave," she said and Frazer frowned, turned the silver disc off and stood up. The children watched as Frazer walked to the door then left the room and the door closed behind him. The children glared at Michael as he shrugged and frowned. "He was," Michael said and Miss Kathy sighed, rolling her eyes. Drumnadrochit, Scotland The soft wheezing of the TARDIS filled the air as the TARDIS materialized next to the Loch Ness Exhibition Center and the doors opened, allowing Frazer, Angel and Alexander to walk outside. Alexander came home after class with a swollen lip and a note from Miss Kathy, telling about the fight that broke out after Frazer had left. Alexander wasn't involved with the fight but had been hit by one of the other boys and Miss Kathy had suspended the entire class for two weeks. "Ah, now this is going tae be fun!" Frazer said as Alexander sadly nodded and he looked down at him. "What's wrong?" "Well, even if you prove that Nessy is real, they wonae believe you," Alexander said and Frazer sighed, kneeling down in front of him. "Who says that I want tae prove tae them that Nessy's real?" "Then who do you want tae prove it tae?" "I want tae prove it tae you," Frazer said with a sad smile and Alexander smiled back. "You didnae have tae, Daddy. I ken that it's real," Alexander said and Frazer's eyes went wide as his mouth dropped open. "You do, do you?" he asked and Alexander nodded. "Pa-paw Theta told me it's this big Skarasen thing used by the Zygons." "Ah, but that's nae Nessy. Nessy is something else altogether," Frazer said when he stood up and took Alexander's hand. Angel locked the doors to the TARDIS as they walked down the pavement and headed for the bus terminal. After a short bus ride, they arrived at the small rocky beach that surrounded the loch and Frazer noticed some tourists walking along the rocks, some were chatting as they walked along the beach and others were listening to a tour guide. "It's beautiful," Angel said while wrapping her arm around Frazer's arm and he nodded. The air was a bit chilly as he looked down at Alexander and pulled the woolen knit cap that Alexander was wearing down a bit on his head. Taking his hand, they walked along the beach as Angel placed her head on Frazer's shoulder and he smiled. Some small children ran by as they walked along when Frazer looked out at the water and blinked. Being blessed, or cursed if someone asked him to describe how he felt about it, with powers like his, Frazer was able to sense anything magical, mystical or mythological and something told him there was something out there just under the surface of the water. "You ok, Bamm-Bamm?" "Aye, Pebbles, I'm fine," he said as he slightly laughed at them using their childhood names for each other and stood at the edge of the water. He could just hear a soft squeaking sound over the water as he blinked and closed his eyes. He never tried to reach out with his powers before as he felt his body floating in the water and could barely see something moving in the murky water. The high pitched squeaking sound reminded him of whale song but this was sadder and he felt a great sense of sorrow coming from the song. Suddenly a stabbing pain ran through his hearts as he gasped and Angel grabbed onto him to prevent him from falling. "Frazer?" she asked as they sat down on the ground and Alexander sat on his lap. Frazer panted as he tried to calm down and blinked. "Are you ok?" "I'm nae sure. I think something just died out there. I felt its heart stop," he said and Alexander wrapped his arms around Frazer's neck, hugging him. "What do you think it was?" she asked as Frazer rubbed Alexander's back and sighed. "I dinnae ken," Frazer said then shivered and she kissed his cheek. Standing up, they walked down the beach when they saw some boys playing near some rocks and they looked like they were tossing a rock in the air. "Ian, you come away from there right now!" a woman called out as the boys dropped whatever they were playing with onto the ground and ran to her. She scolded them as they walked away and Frazer frowned. He let go of Angel and Alexander when he slowly walked to where the boys were playing and looked down at what was lying in the sand. On the small rocks was an egg capsule, or a mermaid's purse, and it was the size of a football. It was covered in a hard black shell with small barnacles stuck to it and it smell like rotting fish. Kneeling down, he removed his sonic screwdriver from the pocket of his jacket and scanned the egg capsule. "What is that, Daddy?" Alexander asked as they walked closer and Frazer placed the sonic screwdriver away. "I think it's an egg." Frazer said when the egg capsule started shaking and his eyes went wide. "An' I think it's aboot tae hatch!"
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