a/n: Sequel to An Unexpected Victorian Holiday. If you have not read that, you might be a little confused about who Alt Amy and Alt Rory are. I was going to wait until I was completely done but Fogsblue twisted my arm. This is not betaed but I intend for the rest of it to be betaed. Posting as a Christmas present to all my readers. Thank you so much for reading and commenting on my stories! It really means a lot to me. Thank you all of you and I hope you enjoy the holidays!

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor who because if I did, this would have happened!

It was much easier for two twenty first century women and a human Time Lord Metacrisis to settle into life in Victorian London than it was for a certain Victorian couple to acclimate to life in twenty first century London. This was a fact that a certain Time Lord Metacrisis failed to take into account.

It seemed like such a simple thing. Rescue Amy and Rory from the werewolf and a fiery death in a burning house in Victorian London and whisk them away in the Tardis back to modern times. After all, it wasn't uncommon for the Doctor to pick up companions in many different time periods and levels of technology and plop them down in cultural situations completely out of their comfort zone. It had always worked for him in the past. At least, as far as he knew. But, that was before he settled down with Rose and their son, Asher in a house with carpets, windows, doors and a Tardis in the basement and being tethered to one particular time period.

He was under the assumption they would just adapt and fit right in. Unfortunately, that was not what happened. Not that he was around much to observe said cultural shock and anachronistic bewilderment. It would seem the Tardis suddenly required the majority of his time so he would pop in, babble a mile a minute, thrust some new information or modern technology at Amy and Rory and then escape before the emotional and psychological fallout leaving Rose to handle the messy details. In this case, messy details included teaching Rory and Amy about everything from how to operate the loo to clothing options, modern culture and attitudes, music, history and technology.

Saying Rory and Amy were overwhelmed, was an understatement. Each day seemed to bring some new almost unbelievable concept or piece of technology into their life. Residing at Grantham Manor, which they knew from Rose and the Doctor's time in Victorian London, helped comfort them; however, being in such a modern time period was still intimidating and they were still in mourning for their old life. With Rose's help, they eventually began to come to terms with the fact that this was now their home and they had to adapt to this new life. Acclimatizing to this time made Amy and Rory gain a new appreciation for how Rose, Jackie and the Doctor had fit into their society and it gave them the courage to accept this new life. Of course, Amy may have embraced it a little easier than Rory.

This became quite apparent when Rose and the Doctor decided to bring them to a family dinner at the Tyler Mansion. Rose had put off telling Pete about how they had rescued Amy and Rory and brought them to the future to live out their lives in this time period. She couldn't avoid it forever. She decided the best thing to do was to tell Pete over dinner so she phoned her Mum to let her know that she and the Doctor would join them for dinner and would be bringing two guests. When her Mum asked her who, she'd stuttered a bit and said it was a surprise. When she rang off, she sighed. This would be a surprise all right. She just hooped they all survived it.

The car ride to the Tyler mansion was interesting to say the least. The Doctor was his typical fidgety self constantly fiddling with the radio, interior lighting, air conditioning and anything else he could get his hands on. Rose would periodically slap his hands. Poor Rory was in the back seat with Asher and Amy and seemed to flinch whenever Rose took her hands off the steering wheel to bat at the Doctor. There was no question that Rory was having a far more difficult time adjusting than Amy. Amy was constantly peppering the Doctor with questions as her face was practically glued to the window watching as they passed people, buildings and sights. Rory, on the other hand, sat quietly and tensely gripped the seat, his eyes occasionally staring in shock at women in short skirts or the multitude of different cultures including restaurants of all cuisines they passed. The one calming factor seemed to be Asher who sang quietly between Rory and Amy, oblivious to any tension in the car.

When they arrived at the Tyler Mansion, Rory bolted from the car and leaned back against it while he looked around at the house. Being away from the city seemed to calm him and he helped Rose with Asher while the Doctor and Amy continued chattering about automobiles, zeppelins and the architecture of this new modern city. Rose walked up to the door with Asher in her arms while the Doctor stood off to the side with Amy and Rory. Rose muttered, "coward," at him as she rang the doorbell.

Her Mum greeted her at the door to Asher's bright and happy "Nana!"

"There's my boy!" Jackie greeted, taking him from Rose's arms.

"Look at you growing up so fast," she cooed and turned to give Rose a hug. "Hello, Sweetheart! It's so good to see you. Honestly, I don't know why you let him keep you locked away in that musty old house."

Before Rose could say anything, Jackie's eyes lit on Amy and Rory. "Duchess Amy! Dr. Williams!" she'd exclaimed in shock and then looked at Rose angrily. "What the bloomin' 'ell is goin on here?" she demanded.

Asher, still in her arms shouted "Supwise!"

"Hullo, Jackie!" the Doctor called out but not stepping too close to her. "Lovely day out isn't it?"

She looked hard at the Doctor and then Rose. Her face softened as she looked at Amy and Rory. "I'm Sorry, Duchess, Dr. Williams, do come in. They didn't tell me it was you who were comin' for supper. Why don't step inside and get comfortable."

Amy and Rory walked in nervously, shooting questioning looks at the Doctor and Rose. The Doctor just smiled and rocked back on his heels like nothing was wrong. Rose nodded her head encouragingly as they walked into the grand house. After they were inside, Jackie turned to the Doctor and Rose. "Don't think this is over. You have a lot of explainin' to do," she whispered harshly at them, Asher still in her arms.

"Uh oh, looks like twouble," Asher sing songed.

Jackie looked at him. "You said a mouthful, sweetheart."

She walked them into the living room and everyone sat down. Jackie handed Asher back to Rose who pulled some sonic blocks out of her knapsack for him to play with. Jackie informed them she was going to let Pete know they were here and would be back with refreshments. She left shooting glares at the Doctor and Rose.

"Rose, if we are imposing on your family…." Amy began to say.

"What? Oh no, no, no, you're not imposing," the Doctor said as he walked around the room picking up bric a brac and opening books.

Rose sighed. "No, Amy, really you're fine. Mum loves having you here. It's just a shock is all. It'll be okay. I'll explain everything to them."

Rory seemed fascinated by a digital picture frame that cycled through photos of Jackie, Tony, Pete, Rose and the entire family.

When Jackie and Pete returned with drinks for everyone, Rose knew Pete was agitated. He stared for a moment at Amy and Rory before walking over and introducing himself. He then turned hard eyes on Rose.

"Rose, do you want to explain what's going on to me?" he asked, not smiling.

The Doctor who had been quietly sonicing something in the corner, perked up. "I might be able to shed a little light on our current situation," he said and plopped down next to Rose on the sofa and looked Pete in the eye.

"Go on, enlighten me Doctor. Please tell me how plucking two people out of the past and bringing them here is not a bad thing." Pete turned to Amy and Rory. "No offence."

"None taken and I completely understand," Rory said nodding his head.

"Well, you see Pete, it all started with Sir. James and the Torchwood archives and a little message he left for Rose and I. Really quite cheeky and arrogant of him, an alien working for Torchwood in Victorian London of all places."

"Wait a minute," Rory inserted. "Alien?"

"Oh, I saw this on the telly. Rose showed it to me. It means a creature from the stars who lives on another planet. Correct?" Amy asked, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Yeah, that's about it, sort of," Rose answered nervously.

"Yes, well alien Sir James had access to technology far in advance of that time period and was keeping track of anything that didn't belong like our nasty alien wolves and wellll, Rose, Jackie and I."

"Sorry, did you say alien wolves?" Rory asked.

"Oh, didn't I say that before?" the Doctor asked, scratching his head.

"No, you did not," Amy tartly replied.

"Oops," the Doctor said with a naughty grin and bumped shoulders with Rose who was rubbing her face.

"Doctor," Pete sternly reminded.

"Yes, sorry. Anyhow, Sir James left us a message about Amy and Rory here. He made special note of when and where they disappeared, providing us with a data chip recording unusual energy readings which I most brilliantly identified as being caused by artron energy or basically, time travel. It was clear that Rose and I must have been there. The records stated that Amy and Rory disappeared in the fire, a fire that Torchwood set to destroy the wolves. Amy and Rory were considered acceptable casualties of war; except, they never found any bodies or any evidence they survived. So, Rose and I went to see for ourselves."

"You swanned off in that box without tellin' me! What about Asher?" Jackie shouted.

"We took 'im with us, Mum. He was perfectly safe and besides, we had to go save Rory and Amy and I wasn't leavin' him behind," Rose defended.

"Have you lost your bloomin' mind! You took the baby in that…that thing!" Jackie said loudly.

"That thing is the Tardis and it's the safest place in the universe for him. Besides, he's a bit fond of the Tardis and it's part of who he is. I don't expect you to understand, just accept that it's part of our life, our family. It's who we are. You know that," The Doctor inserted.

"And what if somethin' happens? What if you get stuck somewhere again?" Jackie asked in an emotional voice.

"Then we'll be together. I'm not leavin' Asher behind and besides, if anything happens to the Doctor and me, the Tardis is programmed to bring Asher home to you," Rose explained.

Jackie stared hard at them for a while. "I suppose that's it and you've made up your minds then."

"The Tardis is part of our life, Mum. I'm not sayin' we're gonna just disappear. I want Asher to know you and Pete and Tony, to have a life on Earth too. But, I'm just not gonna deny him the Doctor's heritage either. It wouldn't be fair."

"So you're sayin' that you and himself will live on Earth and just take trips then," she said, sounding like she didn't entirely believe Rose. "What happens if he mucks it up and comes back a year or more late again? Then what?"

"Oi!" the Doctor said indignantly. "One time. Just one time and I never hear the end of it."

Jackie glared at him and he sat back on the sofa with a pout and his arms crossed in front of him.

"We won't. I won't let him. He's bein' much more careful now. I promise Mum, we won't disappear and you can always reach me on my mobile. It's tied to my present timeline so no matter where or when I am, you can reach me," Rose explained, trying to calm her Mum down.

Jackie sighed and shook her head. "I s'pose it's too much to ask to keep you settled in one place."

Pete who had been sitting back absorbing this sat up and took hold of the conversation. "So, you're saying that this was meant to happen just like I knew what would happen to you because of the archive records?"

"That's it Petey, my good man! You've got it! They're here because we were meant to rescue them and good thing we did too! They were in a bit of pickle with a most disagreeable wolf creature and that's where it gets complicated.

"That's where it gets complicated?" Pete asked sarcastically.

"Yeah," Rose acknowledged and continued the explanation. "One of those wolf things got hold of a vortex manipulator which means it could go to anytime in our history and muck about. If we hadn't been there checking up on Amy and Rory, we'd have never known. Now that we do, we can track it down and stop it from altering history or takin' over the world."

That caught Pete's attention. He picked up his glass of wine and took a sip, sitting back and staring hard at them. "Why didn't you come to me about this? I should have been informed and Rose you know that."

"Don't blame Rose, Pete. I didn't know what we'd find when we got there and wasn't sure about Amy and Rory. It became quite clear when we arrived and I went to check around the house. That trip put a strain on the Tardis and I've been working on her since we returned home. I'm trying to pinpoint where in time the wolf landed and it hasn't been going as smoothly as I like."

"I'm sorry, Pete. I know I should have told you but we really didn't know what we'd find and then we had Rory and Amy here and I've been tryin' to help them get used to this time period. I promise as soon as we know more about where the wolf went, we'll tell you.

Pete sighed and shook his head. "Rose, you know how complicated it is bringing someone who doesn't exist into this world. You should have called me the minute you brought them here. You know Torchwood has resources."

"Torchwood!" Amy said with sharply. "Torchwood brought me nothing but pain, Mr. Tyler. I don't want them anywhere near me or Rory," she lectured in her best aristocratic voice.

Pete raised an eyebrow at this. "Pete, that's the other part of this. You see, Victorian Torchwood was horrid to Amy. She was practically a prisoner and subjected to all sorts of restrictions and constant interrogations. You know how Torchwood was before you took over and fixed it. Can you blame Amy and Rory for not wanting anything to do with them?"

Pete looked at Rose and seemed to process this information. He looked at Amy who was sitting ramrod straight and looked every inch the Victorian Duchess she was. "Amy uh Duchess is it? I seem to recall Rose mentioning you as the Duchess of Rutland."

"Amy is what my friends call me. Are you my friend, Mr. Tyler?" she asked.

Pete smiled at her and felt respect for this young woman who had been through so much yet still emanated strength and courage and who had stood by both Rose and Jackie. "I'd like to think I am your friend, Amy. I promise you that this Torchwood will not abuse your friendship should you choose to extend it and I hope both you and Dr. Williams will."

Amy looked at Rory who had been quiet throughout tis exchange. "Can you assure Amy's and my safety, Mr. Tyler? I cannot allow Amy to be placed in any further danger. Can you give me your word of honor as a gentlemen that she will be treated with respect and not as a criminal?"

Pete smiled warmly at Rory and was beginning to understand why Rose was so protective of these two. They were both remarkable individuals. "Yes, Dr. Williams. You have my word as Director of Torchwood and as a member of this family and your friend."

Rory nodded his approval.

"Right, so it's settled then," Jackie announced. "Rory and Amy are stayin' and the world ain't comin' to an end. I'd say it's time for dinner." With that she stood up and led them to dinner. Rory stood and formally took Amy's arm and followed Jackie. Rose had to smile. Even though Amy was dressed in some of her jeans and jumpers and Rory was wearing an altered suit of the Doctor's, they still acted as if they were in fine Victorian dinner attire. Rose picked up Asher and found the Doctor holding out his arm in a similar manner and grinning at her.

"Dame Tyler, may I?" he asked as Rose adjusted Asher on her hip and looped her arm through his.

"You may, Sir Doctor," she said grinning. Perhaps things would work out after all, she thought. Unfortunately, that thought did not take into account that they were having dinner with Jackie Tyler or what that would mean for Amy and Rory.