Donna Noble. Lady of Time.
"To get my reward" The Doctor replied gravely to Wilf, with a heart-breaking look in his eyes.
As he turned towards the Tardis he heard words he never thought he would ever hear again.
"Oi! Spaceman!"
The doctor swiveled around to see an outraged, red-head glaring at him angrily. At first he felt pure elation to see his beloved best friend once more; however he remembered why this shouldn't be possible and felt a cocktail of worry and panic burn within.
"You were going to give up on me! Typical Timelord!" Donna shouted accusingly, while Wilf tried to wrap his arms around his fuming granddaughter.
"Donna you know what's going to happen! Please stop. You're going to burn!"
"I would've been fine. I worked it out in my first moments. How to survive. All I need was the extra boost."
"But that's impossible."
"So is a meta-crisis! I know I shouldn't have a Timelord mind in a human brain. However, when your little friend decided to go give the whole world a bloomin' makeover I got just the boost I needed. It's bizarre and complicated, but it works! All I needed was the final jolt. And now I can stay with you in the Tardis. The Doctor Donna in the Tardis. Look at that! Donna Noble. Time Lady. I quite like that!"
"I'm not sure Donna. Plus, you have family. What about your fiancée?"
"Oh please! He's not real! He's just an old auton I found in the Tardis. I put him on Earth with a perception filter to stop me from getting lonely."
"Oh, alright! Come on then!" The Doctor exclaimed cheerfully, pulling Donna into a massive hug. If he wanted to spend his last moments in this body with anyone, Donna would be near the top of the list.
As they entered the Tardis Donna looked at the Doctor with a pained expression on her contorted face.
"It's time isn't it?"
He nodded solemnly in reply. "But first I'm going to get my reward." He said with one of the last smiles that face would ever make.
Donna watched the monitor like a hawk. Waiting for the Doctor seemed like an eternity. She couldn't lose him again. She saw the face of a very familiar, blond chatting to the Doctor. Rose. She was glad that the Doctor would see Rose one last time. Even if it was before they met. She was still Rose.
As soon as the Doctor came into the Tardis Donna pulled him into the last hug they would ever have. It was heart-wrenching, but Donna knew he would still be the same goofy, kooky Doctor she loved. The Doctor gazed at his hand which was now emitting a golden glow. It was a golden glow he'd known all his life. It meant goodbye. But most importantly it meant Hello. And in his last moment he stared into Donna's eyes and cried "I don't want to go!"
Donna covered her eyes as the console room was filled with golden flames. It was only after she heard someone shouting "Legs! Legs! I've still got legs!" she thought to look up.
Before her was a very young man with floppy chocolate hair and a humongous chin who happened to be kissing his new legs. "Good! Arms, hands. Ooo! Fingers! Lots of fingers. Ears, yes. Eyes, two. Nose, I've had worse. Chin, blimey. Hair. I'm a girl!"
Donna looked completely and utterly lost and for once she had absolutely nothing to say.
"No, I'm not a girl. And still not ginger! And something else. Something important. I'm, I'm, I'm."
The T.A.R.D.I.S shook violently and Donna gripped onto the tightly onto the wobbly railings.
"Ha! Crashing! GERONIMO!"