The Doctor's Future

"Three..." Their wands admitted green light hit The Doctor square in the chest. He fell to the ground, still glowing yellow.

"Make sure he doesn't regenerate," the head Death Eater said as the others gathered around The Doctor. He grabbed Rose's hand and brought her down to his level and whispered in her ear.

"Duck," he whispered as she ducked just in time to see the Death Eaters fall to the ground one by one. She looked up and saw a large group of students from the school with their wands pointed; the students had saved them.

"We need to get out of here before the teachers come," The Doctor said as Rose and Jessica grabbed each of his arms and dragged him toward the TARDIS. Jessica opened the TADRIS door and helped Rose place The Doctor on the floor of the control room where he still glowed yellow and cringed from pain. Rose grabbed Jessica as The Doctor stood and gripped the TARDIS main switchboard.

"What's happening?" Jessica asked as Rose has tears in her eyes.

"When a Time Lord is dying he regenerates," she explained, "he changes to heal himself. But you can't!"

"Too late," he said staring into Rose's eyes, "I'm regenerating!" Suddenly, the TARDIS shook with energy as The Doctor's face and hands erupted with gold light; Jessica and Rose covered their eyes as the entire TARDIS glowed and shook with fury. Jessica looked up and started to walk over to The Doctor.

"Get back!" Rose yelled, but Jessica ignored her and kept walking; she walked up to him and placed a hand on his face. She felt a surge of energy as the heart of the TARDIS flowed through her body; she felt such power, she could see every inch of the universe and she was amazed that The Doctor saw this all the time. The glowing stopped and The Doctor and Jessica both collapsed on the ground and Rose ran over to them just as The Doctor was waking up, but nothing had changed; he had healed himself without changing his appearance.

"Are you alright?" she asked him.

"Yeah what happened exactly?"

"She touched you while you were regenerating," Rose said looking at an unconscious Jessica.

"Did she take in the vortex?" he asked, but Rose only shrugged her shoulders. The Doctor scooped Jessica up into his arms and placed her in a bed in another part of the TARDIS.

"So why did you take her back in time?" Rose asked sipping a cup of coffee. When The Doctor didn't answer her, it all made sense. "You never intended to change the past for her. You took her back to show her who was responsible for the attack and to show her that it was a fixed point in time that she couldn't change."

"You are smart Rose Tyler," The Doctor said smiling and switching the TARDIS on. When it stopped, The Doctor and Rose walked out onto Bad Wolf Bay so they could say goodbye.

"Here we are again," Rose said frowning, "We always end up here."

"But look who is standing behind you," The Doctor said as Rose's companion, the Human Doctor, stood with a smile on his face and holding a little girl in his arms.

"Mama," she said making Rose and The Doctor smile.

"She looks like you," The Doctor said happily.

"She takes after you," Rose said making The Doctor smile.

"Someone has to pass along the clever gene," The Doctor smiled and Rose hugged him.

"Until we meet again," Rose said running over to her human Doctor and daughter, but when she looked back to wave goodbye, the TARDIS was gone.

Three hours later, Jessica woke holding her head. "What happened? Where's Rose?"

"Rose went back to her world and you took in the heart of the TARDIS," The Doctor said pulling levers and pressing buttons on the main control panel, "no one is meant to do that. You almost died."

"How did I survive?" Jessica asked.

"You placed your hand on the console and put the TARDIS back to where it is supposed be," The Doctor said placing his hand on the console. "You are so strong."

"I'm not that strong," she replied with tears in her eyes.

"You are incredibly strong," The Doctor said hugging her, "Look at how much you have went through: your school was destroyed, your friends betrayed you, but you've done so much good. You are strong." The TARDIS stopped moving and The Doctor opened the door to show Jessica that she was home. She was standing outside her house where she grew up before she went to Hogwarts.

"You brought me home?" Jessica questioned.

"Yes," The Doctor said, "I'm giving you a choice. You can either travel with me or stay here and stay with your family."

"You want me to travel with you?" Jessica asked smiling.

"Only if you want to," The Doctor said walking back into the TARDIS and closing the door. Jessica stood there uncertain about what to choose; she hadn't seen her family in years nor did she care to see them. All her family did was cause her misery; she turned, walked into the TARDIS, and shut the door. The Doctor looked at her and smiled.

"We can go anywhere?" she asked.

"Anywhere your heart desires," The Doctor said running to the console as Jessica joined him.

"Victorian England sounds great," Jessica said as The Doctor smiled.

"You sure you want to travel?" The Doctor asked as Jessica smiled.

"Geronimo?" Jessica asked as The Doctor laughed.

He pulled the lever ans the TARDIS started to move, "GERONIMO!"