Once we got to the observatory, Sir Robert said he would buy us time. Queen Victoria gave the diamond to the Doctor and we rushed over to the giant telescope.

"Lift it, come on."

"Is this the right time for stargazing?" Rose asked as the three of us slowly turned the wheel.

"Yes, it is." The Doctor answered.

I heard Sir Robert's screams and I froze.

"Zoey, focus on me." The Doctor ordered and I stared into his brown eyes, "Keep your eyes on me, and keep lifting, okay?"

I nodded slowly and blocked out the screams as I kept lifting the wheel.

"I thought you said this thing doesn't work." Rose said, referring to our earlier visit to the observatory.

"It doesn't work as a telescope because that's not what it is. It's a light chamber. It magnifies the light like a weapon. We've just got to power it up." The Doctor explained.

"With what? There's no electricity." Rose replied.

"Moonlight." I said.

"Bingo."

"But the wolf needs moonlight. It's made of moonlight." Rose said.

"You're 70 percent water. You can still drown. Come on!" The Doctor retorted.

We kept spinning the wheel until it was at the right angle and the telescope lit up just as the wolf broke through the doors. There was a ray of light on the ground, and the Doctor threw the diamond in place just before the wolf was about to attack the Queen. The light lifted the beast into the air and we watched as it changed back into a man.

"Make it brighter." The man ordered, "Let me go."

The Doctor did as he was told, and there was the howling of the wolf before it disappeared along with the man. I let out a sigh of relief before wrapping my arms around myself.

"Your majesty? Did it bite you?" The Doctor questioned and I noticed the Queen was rubbing at a bleeding cut on her wrist.

"No, it's... it's a cut, that's all." She answered.

"If that thing bit you..."

"It was a splinter of wood when the door came apart. It's nothing." Queen Victoria said.

"Let me see?" The Doctor reached for her arm but the Queen slapped it away,

"It is nothing."

The next morning, The Doctor, Rose, and I kneeled in front of the Queen.

"By the power invested in me by the church and the state, I dub thee Sir Doctor of the TARDIS." The Queen placed the sword on his shoulders, "By the power invested in me by the church and the state, I dub thee Dame Zoey and Rose of the Powell Estate. You may stand."

"Many thanks, ma'am." The Doctor smiled when we stood.

"Thanks, they're never going to believe this back home." Rose said.

"Thank you." I curtsied before looking at my feet and the Doctor took my hand, "Your majesty, you said last night about receiving no message from the great beyond. I think your husband cut that diamond to save your life." I told her, "He's protecting you even now, ma'am. From beyond the grave."

"Indeed." She replied, "Then you may think on this, also, that I am not amused."

"Yes!" Rose exclaimed.

"Not remotely amused. And henceforth... I banish you."

"I'm sorry?" The Doctor asked.

"That didn't last long." I muttered.

"I have rewarded you, Sir Doctor. And now you are exiled from this empire, never to return. I don't know what you are, the three of you, or where you're from, but I know that you consort with stars and magic and think it fun. But your world is steeped in terror and blasphemy and death, and I will not allow it! You will leave these shores and you will reflect, I hope, on how you came to stray so far from all that is good and how much longer you may survive this terrible life. Now leave my world... and never return."

We left the estate and we rode back to the TARDIS on a wagon full of hay.

"The funny thing is, Queen Victoria actually did suffer a mutation of the blood. It's historical record. She was hemophiliac. They used to call it the Royal Disease. But it's all been a mystery because she didn't inherit it." The Doctor said, "Her mum didn't have it. Her dad didn't have it. It came from nowhere."

"What, you're saying that's a wolf bite?" Rose asked.

"Well, maybe 'hemophilia' is just a Victorian euphemism."

"For werewolf?" I questioned.

The Doctor shrugged, "Could be."

"Queen Victoria's a werewolf?" I replied.

"Could be. And her children had the Royal Disease. Maybe she gave them a quick nip." The Doctor said.

"So, the Royal family are werewolves?"

"Well, maybe not yet. I mean, a single wolf cell could take... a hundred years to mature." He replied. "Might be ready by... ooh, early 21st century?"

"Nah, that's just ridiculous." Rose responded, "Mind you, Princess Anne..."

"I'll say no more."

"And if you think about it they're very private." I commented. "They plan everything in advanced. They could schedule themselves around the moon. We'd never know!"

"And they like hunting!" Rose exclaimed as we walked inside the TARDIS. "They love blood sports! Oh, my god, they're werewolves!"

We all laughed and howled as the TARDIS took off.

After I changed out of the dress and into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt along with the leather jacket, I went out to the console room and saw the Doctor sitting in the Captain Chair, his eyes closed and his head leaned back. I quietly walked over and sat sideways on his lap. When his head shot up, I wrapped my arms around his waist and buried my head in his neck.

"Can I help you?" The Doctor asked and I felt his hand on my back.

"I'm hungry." I answered.

"And what would you like to eat?"

"Pizza." I said and I sat up straight, "You want to know where I heard the best pizza is?"

"Jupiter?" He asked and I slapped his chest lightly,

"No, silly, I mean New York! I've always wanted to try New York pizza." I smiled at him. "And not the New Earth, New York, either. I don't want to go there ever again."

"All right. Let' go get some 21st century, Earth, New York pizza." The Doctor said and I stood up to let him stand. He grabbed my hands and kissed the tip of my nose, "Why don't you go ask Rose to join us?"

My smiled faltered, "Oh, uh, sure."

"Are you all right?" He asked me.

"Yep. I'm great." I answered before breaking away from him, "I'll, uh, go ask Rose now."

I walked down the hallway and found her room. I held my hand inches away from the door. I was nervous, I'm not exactly Rose's favourite person right now. I mustered up the courage and knocked.

"What do you want?" Rose asked harshly when she opened the door and saw me.

"Um, the Doctor and I wanted to know if you want to go out for New York pizza." I answered.

"Sure. I'm starving." She moved around me and began walking away.

"Rose?"

"What?"

"Have I... Have I done something wrong? You've been kinda mean to me since... well, since the Doctor regenerated. What did I do?" I questioned.

She turned around and glared at me, "You really have no idea, do you?"

"I wouldn't be asking if I did." I replied.

Rose walked up to me, "You took him away from me. First, you take the TARDIS and leave me behind, then you come back with a different Doctor. Then you stole all of his attention away. You think I haven't seen the hand holding? Or the hugs that last way longer than they really should? I'm not blind, Zoey!"

"... I love him." I whispered.

"No, you don't. You can't feel love because you've never experienced it. You felt no love from your parents because you don't have any. No one has shown you any kind of love." Rose said.

"The Doctor loves me." I mumbled.

"No, he doesn't. The Doctor just feels sorry for you. He's just being nice."