A/N: So, the dividing line between these next two chapters was extremely hard to pinpoint and choose, sorry about that :P Hope you enjoy the kind of new direction I'm taking this! I think you will :)

Meanwhile, back in London, Jackie was talking on the phone to her mates and gossiping, as was habit, when she heard the TARDIS materializing.

"I'm sorry, Bev, I've got to go!" She squealed excitedly, "It's Rose!" She explained, hanging up the phone. She ran through the streets of London until she found the source of noise. There was no better sight for her than that blue police box, and the young blonde woman who was sure to be walking out its doors any second now.

Mickey could tell those engines apart from miles away. As soon as he heard them, he set down his tools and ran as quick as he could out of the mechanic's shop. He saw Jackie standing in front of the materializing TARDIS and smiled at her. The TARDIS was now fully there, and Rose came bounding out of the door first. She threw her arms around her mother, and then Mickey, and began to cry. They were tears of joy more than anything else, really. She was relieved to be back home. Like every little girl, when things went wrong, she wanted her mummy. But there was also fear. How would she explain to them what had happened? It's one thing to read fairy tales and ghost stories, but what would the world be like if they were suddenly real?

"Blimey, Rose, what's got into you?" Jackie asked, "You never act like this. And besides, it's only been a couple of days since I saw you last."

"Can we go back to the flat?" Rose asked as the Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS, "There's…something I need to tell you." She explained. Jackie shot Rose a look, but followed her and the Doctor back to the apartment.

"Now what is this big ol' secret you couldn't tell me on the street?" Jackie prodded, "You're not pregnant, are you? I'm not going to have an alien grandchild, am I?" She asked. Rose and the Doctor looked at each other, considering the concept. But they were drawn out of their reverie quickly.

"No, mum, I'm not having a baby. It's more…complicated than that." Rose admitted, "You two might want to sit down for this." Rose told her mother and Mickey. Jackie and Mickey looked at each other then at Rose and the Doctor in turn. They had no idea where this was going.

"You know that I and the Doctor see some…odd things?" Rose tried to explain, "The other day, we fought…we fought a werewolf."

"What?" Jackie exclaimed, "I knew I shouldn't have let her go swanning off with you, Doctor! She could've been bitten!" She cried. Rose looked at her mother pleadingly. It wasn't the Doctor's fault, he'd been doing everything he could to help her.

"Well, mum…" Rose murmured, pulling up the sleeve of her shirt to reveal the scars of the teeth of the wolf. Jackie collapsed down on the couch, and Mickey went immediately to the edge of his seat.

"Does it…hurt?" He asked, gently putting his fingers just above the bite marks, not wanting to touch them for fear of hurting Rose.

"It did, a lot actually, but the Doctor helped me. And everything's alright. With the TARDIS, we can avoid the full moon." Rose explained, "Not much is going to change." She said, more for herself than for her family.

"Mickey, do you know what phase of the moon it's supposed to be tonight?" Jackie asked.

"No, I don't keep track of that sort of stuff. I suppose I should now, though."

"It's alright, Mickey. The Doctor made sure we didn't land on a full moon." Rose said.

"The TARDIS doesn't always get it right though, innit?" Jackie replied, "Remember that time you were missing for a year?"

"We'll be careful, Jackie. I promise." The Doctor piped in. They went to have supper, and when they all exited the restaurant, they found that night had fallen. Rose was hesitant to go through the door.

"Don't be scared, Rose. Fear won't help us now." The Doctor said. Rose came out of the restaurant and she immediately looked up at the night sky. The moon was just a sliver, as the Doctor had said, but she still couldn't seem to take her eyes off of it. The Doctor took her hand and smiled. "See, nothing to be afraid of. The TARDIS would never do that to you, you know that, Rose. Besides, isn't the moon beautiful tonight?" He asked. Rose smiled and nodded. The crescent moon shone in the Thames besides all the lights of London, giving its glow to the black glass surface of the water. It looked to Rose like she could sit in the crescent of the moon, reading a good book, and just drift off to sleep in its silver cradle. It was a magical night.

Rose spent a restful night in the London flat, waking up when the sun shone through her window and into her face. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes, and grabbed the hairbrush from her bedside table. She stood up and went to the mirror, running her fingers quickly through her hair. She gasped, and looked down. Her hair had grown inches overnight. She looked in the mirror and began to brush through it. What looked back at her from the mirror was a long head of hair that was wavy and unruly, very fitting for a female werewolf. Rose thought it suited her anyway, and decided to plait it down one side, leaving a good portion of it open. She dressed, and went downstairs to meet with the rest of the family before setting off with the Doctor again.

"Oh my god, Rose, your hair!" Jackie exclaimed.

"I suppose it comes with the territory." Rose said. The Doctor sat at the breakfast table, enjoying a biscuit and a cup of tea. He looked up at her and smiled. He had never seen Rose so beautiful, and this was entirely natural beauty. Rose ate herself a spot of breakfast, said her goodbyes and went back to the TARDIS with the Doctor. She noticed that the Doctor must have been in here last night. She noticed books with the titles too worn and dull to read strewn about the console room, pages dog-eared and bent.

"So, where are we going now?" She asked.

"A planet called Lupa." The Doctor said, "It's a colony planet of the Human Empire. Earth was attacked by a band of werewolf pirates, and during the attack a number of humans were bit. The government decided that it may be a bit dangerous to have werewolves roaming the streets, and the bitten agreed. So they set up this planet especially for them, where they could set up their own society and not have to be afraid of hurting anybody."

"So it's a planet full of…werewolves?" Rose asked.

"Yes, it is. I was thinking that perhaps they may be able to help you. They'd obviously know a lot more about this than I do. And, if nothing else, it'll be nice for you to be able to talk to people who know what you're going through."

"Thank you, Doctor." Rose said as he took her hand and led her out of the TARDIS doors. They had landed in front of an open-air market, smelling of fresh flowers, roast meat, and the sweet smell that could only mean a bakery was near. In fact, the first stall that they came to was filled with small round cakes, fresh and warm from the oven. Rose inhaled the sweet smell and gave a deep sigh.

"Would you like a moon cake, miss?" The young lady behind the stall said. She noticed that this young lady and the older woman standing next to her, her grandmother by all accounts, had the same thick, long, wavy and wild hair as she had grown last night.

"I'm sorry, a moon cake?" Rose asked.

"Oh, she must be a new arrival." The grandmother said, coming around the market stall, and taking Rose by the hands, "Ah, newly bitten as well, I gather." She said, seeing Rose's fresh scarring on her wrist, "Go on, take a moon cake! We make them every month for the full moon!"

"Wait…full moon?" The Doctor said, "Tonight is a full moon?"

"Yes, sir," The young woman said, "We of all people should know." The Doctor and Rose exchanged looks of panic, contemplating running back to the TARDIS before it got dark.

"I see the panic on your faces." The grandmother said, "Here, I have something that may be able to help. Take this." She explained, handing Rose a small pendant with a blue stone, encased in a bronze setting.

"It's beautiful…but I'm afraid I have no idea what it is.

"The stone contains the essence of Wolfsbane. Wearing that will help you not to change if you don't want to. I will warn you, though, that if you don't change with the full moon, you'll feel pretty ill the next day. Use it to get to a safe place-we have plenty of them around here- then take it off and change."

"Thank you," Rose said, "For everything."

"How much do we owe you?" The Doctor asked.

"Oh, nothing, sir. It's the least I could do."

"No, I insist. This must be worth at least fifty credits. Please, let me pay you." The Doctor said, taking a bit of money from his pocket and handing it to the old woman, who thanked him profusely. The young woman smiled at Rose.

"Anyway, I'm Léa. And you?"

"I'm Rose, Rose Tyler." She said, smiling back.

A/N: Did you like it? Please let me know in the reviews! And for those who may be curious, I am picturing Rose's new look as very similar to Bad Wolf from "The Day of the Doctor" :)