CHAPTER 1: Truth Be Told
"I love you." Rose said, tears streaming down her face as she stared at the translucent figure of her Doctor. He smiled back at her, letting out a sigh.
"Quite right. Guess now's as good a time as ever." He said, looking deep into Rose's eyes. "Rose Tyler, I-" And then, the transmission cut off. A dimension away, the Doctor finally let the tears he had been holding back run down his face. Rose collapsed to the ground, sobbing.
"He left me. He left me." She repeated catatonically. Her mother shared a look with Rose's other father and ex, before walking towards her daughter.
"Rosie?" She said quietly. Her daughter's head snapped up, looking up towards the sky. Tendrils of golden light erupted from her open mouth, creating a cocoon around her. Her mother stumbled backwards into her father's arms, staring in horror at her daughter. Rose stood up, back to her family, looking out towards the sea as the golden glow surrounding her softened.
"Rose?" Mickey asked quietly. She turned to her family and they let out a gasp at her golden visage.
"Rose Marion Tyler is dead." Her voice echoed with power. "I am the Bad Wolf, born from the soul of the TARDIS, the body of Rose Tyler, and their love for their Doctor." The being tilted her head to the side as she surveyed the shocked family, her host's mother crying into her Other husband's shoulder. "It is time to return to your home. They are coming, and I will help you, and your Torchwood, prepare." Bad Wolf walked softly and gracefully across the sand dunes of the beach of Bad Wolf Bay, towards Pete's car, leaving her host's family for a while to process that the Rose Tyler that they knew and loved was dead.