A/N: Sorry about the delay of this chapter, I was away all weekend using a borrowed laptop and the story file was on my home account so I couldn't access it. Also apologies for short length of this chapter, I was going to end it on just one chapter but, I decided to break it down into two. Enjoy...

Chapter 7: Power of a Legend

River was watching the Doctor on the podium, she trusts him with whatever plan he's got but, she wished he'd hurry up with it- the temple looks pretty damaged and so many look injured... or worse.

The Doctor was trying to use the power of the orb, he was concentrating more so than usual. He heard so many people suffering; the pain and agony and all he wanted to do was stop it all. "I'm altering today's events..." he began."... So the Black Star Gang had no idea about the orb of Reality, or us and the Stormcage officers were after them, not you... We will be the only ones who remember any of this." He said over his shoulder to River and the Queen. The battle was raging on behind them and River too could sense their pain. Meanwhile, the Doctor was re-writing so many lives, stopping this battle from ever happening.

The Doctor was now focussing on the thugs trying to break into the TARDIS; they just froze in their tracks. "What are we doing way out here?" one of them asked. Without warning they were tackled to the cold, hard ground by the Stormcage officers who spotted them.

"Gotcha!" an officer smirked whilst placing handcuffs on the Black Star ace gang member. "You can't run forever..."

The General had been fighting the leader and stopping him from attacking the Doctor again. Bullets, lasers and ninja stars were flying through the air and the General was expertly avoiding them. He threw a net over the leader and now the leader was sitting on the floor trying to wiggle his way out of a net. "No! Let me remember, please don't send me to the Stormcage, I'll... I'll do anything!" he pleaded. Today's events were already fading into a blur.

The Doctor raised an eyebrow. He continued changing the past and was implanting the new events just as the Stormcage officers arrived. "Doctor... Sweetie, will it work? I mean, changing so many lives today, would it work?" River asked- she wasn't sure if the Doctor knew what he was doing. She walked up next to him and watched him shaping a new reality.

"Is that doubt I'm hearing from you, River Song?" he cheekily replied.

"Well..."

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing..." he flashed her a reassuring smile. He looked into her beautiful green eyes. The Universe's song was playing louder and in a bright, happy tune just like it should. He gazed at her for a long moment, this feeling inside of him... so strong, so passionate. It must be love. The whole universe knew it, apart from him.

The Queen could sense their relationship is so strong, yet so complex and for a split moment, she could even feel the Doctor's pain. She knew what the Doctor felt and what happened the first time he met River.

"There they are!" an officer yelled as he burst through the door. River held her breath, hoping that they weren't after her. "...The Black Star Gang. We finally have you." He added walking over to the leader and carrying the net outside where it was beamed up in an orange light to the facility. Other Stormcage officers were taking the other Black Star members and other thugs outside too. Some put up a fight but, were easily restrained with stun guns. The temple was becoming emptier and emptier. The Stormcage ship was hovering above the temple and creating a dark shadow over the building, the mighty engines generating a gust that whistled through the temple and the roar was almost deafening. River shuddered as she remembered being locked up in there for so long.

"Is everyone okay?" another officer asked the Queen. He caught sight of River, but he just looked at her blankly. River's heart stopped beating for a split second- she didn't want to return to the Stormcage again. His eyes were inspecting her: her wild, curly blonde hair, her white tank top and skin-tight black trousers with knee high black boots and most importantly her bright green eyes like no others- they were so limpid, hypnotising and so full of mystery. He gave her a half-smile, not knowing if he should recognise her, he broke eye-contact with her.

"Yes, we're all fine. No harm done... well apart from the temple but, that can be repaired." The Queen said. Her eyes were scanning the flooded out, debris ridden temple. "You may leave now." She added.

The officer nodded and exited the temple, the only concern of the Stormcage officers was the Black Star Gang and now that they have been successfully captured, they returned to the facility and it suddenly fell silent, the roaring of the engines to the ship had faded out and all that the Doctor and River could hear was the song of the Universe; it was saying 'thank you.'

The Doctor was making one more change; he did owe it to the Queen, after all... The room around them was flashing all sorts of colours and it began morphing.

"Oh, Doctor... You don't have to." The Queen sighed from relief. She read his mind like a book, the idea was obvious.

"Yes I do. You saved both mine and River's lives today... and if anything happened to River..." he replied as he looked back into River's eyes. "I'd never forgive myself..." he finished. Tears were forming in his eyes as he began to remember the time he dreaded. The Doctor cleared his throat and moved his hands away from the orb and closed the box it was sitting in. "...Done." he said flatly. River was taken by surprise of his new mood.

"Thank you, Lord of Time and Lady of Space. But, I must ask: is that all you wish to change isn't there anything else that could possibly need re-writing?" she was curious. The Doctor nodded silently, he avoided eye-contact, and he was just staring at the floor.

"Anytime, and it was an absolute pleasure meeting you your majesty." River smiled.

"Aloria is my name; you should have the honour of knowing it- before now, only family knew but, I trust you both. You are my new friends and I wish you could stay here for a while... I understand if you're busy and need to go." Aloria warmly replied.

"Sorry Aloria, but we do need to leave soon." The Doctor said holding the two keys in his hands. He handed the Space Key to River and kept the Time key in his pocket. "Keep the orb safe for us..." he whispered to Aloria.

"I will." She nodded.

As the Doctor and River departed from the temple, the Doctor was still preoccupied by the thought of undoing the event that he always wanted to undo. "I still have time, the Galaxies are still all in line." He mumbled to himself. He gazed up at the amber sky as the sun was setting; the Galaxies were still in sight, swirling in all directions, the bright colours and the twinkling of stars, it was a beautiful and rare sight. He was still thinking of her.

River was walking ahead of him and as he watched her and as his feelings grew stronger, the more and more he hurts.

River was at the TARDIS, she was waving to him and he held up a hand indicating that he saw her. "Why is it always me?" he accused himself.

"Doctor..." a comforting hand landed on his shoulder and he turned around.