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'So what was that all about?' The Doctor asked Jenny as she marched them up the garden, towards the half put up telescope, 'and who was that little girl?'

'That was Melly, my niece; she lives with Amy and Rory. Rory asked me to bring you out here away from the house, so he has time to tell Amy about your arrival.'

'He mentioned a present box?' River asked softly, staring up at the sky.

'I'm not really sure what it is, to be honest' Jenny replied, gesturing for them to sit down on the chairs placed near the telescope. 'For as long as David can remember, Amy and Rory always on the 24th June, would sneak away for just a moment to do 'the present box'. I asked my mum about it once, just after I got married, she's known Amy and Rory for years, apparently Amy lost a baby before she had her other children, or something like that, so it's how they remember.' Jenny looked down a stroked her own round stomach as River wiped away a tear.

'You said you asked your Mum?' the Doctor asked, slightly puzzled.

'I came to earth by falling through the rift' Jenny replied starting her story.

'The one in Cardiff?' the Doctor interrupted.

'Yes' Jenny said, before continuing 'however not only was I transported there, the wormhole caused me to return to my original age. I came out of the wormhole at the age of six years old. I still had all my memories, abilities and my two hearts. I was so scared, as a six year old you can't do much so I did what my survival instincts wanted me to do; I found a safe spot to curl up and eventually I went to sleep'

'Did someone find you?' the time lord asked worriedly

'I woke up in the Hub' she replied smiling at the memory.

'Jack's Hub?'

'Yep, I woke up with Jack standing over me asking what part of the universe I had come from. At that moment Martha and Mickey Smith, came through the doors, apparently I had been muttering Martha and Donna in my sleep. She recognised who I was and they took me home with them. They've been my parents ever since' Jenny smiled brightly. 'For the first time in my really complicated and slightly weird life I had a family: a Mum and Dad and an older brother, James and a younger sister, Maddie.'

'You're happy then?' the Doctor asked

'Very' his daughter replied, playing with her wedding ring.

'Does the baby have two hearts?' River asked curiously.

'No, thank goodness!' she laughed 'I can't imagine trying to explain to her –it's a girl- why she has two hearts! Well darling I'm sort of a timelord, but not really and I come from a distant world and... I'm glad I don't have to have that conversation.'

'Your husband knows?' River asked

'Of course David knows! We've known each other for years. We met when Jack organised a 'children of time get to get together' in Cardiff. We went, Gwen and her family came, Sarah-Jane and her family made it and so did the Williams. Josie, David's older sister went off to play with James and Gwen's youngest, Bethan, leaving me to play with David, running up and down the beach pretending to fight evil aliens! We were both raised with stories about space and time and having adventures. That's why I studied astro-physics and university and why David is currently doing doctors without borders.'

'And Melly is Josie's child, is she here tonight as well?' River asked, eager to hear more about her family, the one she had left behind.

'Josie was tragically killed on the way to work, in January' Jenny replied, looking sombre. 'She had just dropped Melly off at school and was heading to the local secondary school, where she worked as a geography teacher, when she was hit. Melly was distraught, but is slowly becoming her normal bubbly loud self again. She loves the stars, so we all clubbed together to buy her a telescope for her birthday. So who are you?' she asked turning to River'

'um...' River normally so confident, was stuck for words. She could hardly go and introduce herself as Amy and Rory's long lost daughter, nor could she really describe her weird back to front relationship with the Doctor.

'She's an old friend of Amy and Rory' the Doctor replied, noticing his companion's silence 'she's travelling with me at the moment, when the TARDIS brought us here.'

'But she called Rory dad?'

'Ah...um...well...'

'Hey insn't that Melly, waving to us from the window?' River asked, drawing the attention away from herself.

'Yes' Jenny replied looking towards the silhouette of a little girl. 'It must be safe to go in now, I think Amy must have calmed down now, I'm she will want to see you again.'

'No I wouldn't want to spoil a birthday party, with my unwanted presence' the Doctor replied, playing nervously with his bow tie.

'Oh come on Dad!' Jenny insisted, pulling at his sleave. 'They have not seen you in 27 years!'

'Jenny...please' the Doctor pleaded, finding himself being pulled in the direction of the house.

'Oi Doctor! Where do you think you are going?' came angry voice in a scottish accent from house. The Doctor looked up to find Amelia Pond, Amy Williams, leaning against the door frame, her arms folded crossly. 'You are not sneaking off again' she said.

The Doctor gulped at the glare she was giving him.

'Aunty Jenny can you make them hurry up? I want to blow out my candles and have my cake now!' Melly demanded appearing from behind her grandmother.

River looked at Amy, her mother nervously, it had been many years since she had last seen her. She looked as if she had grown old gracefully. There were some wrinkles marking her face and her bright red hair had some white hairs, but otherwise she looked exactly the same.

As they approched the back door, Amy noticed River hiding behind the Doctor. Her heart ached, it had been 27 years since she had last seen her daughter and she looked nearly exactly the same, except she seemed to have lost the air of confidence she used to have, it seemed as if she was nervous. Amy gave River a small reassuring smile, it was easier now she looked older than River, before ushering them all into the warm kitchen, where they were greeted by a very excited birthday girl and a Rory.