I knew what I had to do; the Doctor was writhing in pain on the floor. I turned around to face him and said, "Run my clever boy, find our darling daughter, and remember," I don't know why I had said it, it just felt right. Then, I jumped into the Doctor's Time Stream.


I don't know where I am. I don't know who I am. There are so many of me everywhere. Which one am I? Which one is the real me? Or are they all me? All I know is that I'm falling. All I know is that I feel safe, protected and warm. All I know is that I'm in someone's arms and they're carrying me. The world around me was getting brighter.


Then I jerked upwards, gasping for air. I was lying down on the floor next to the Doctor's Time Stream. He was sitting next to me with his head in his hands. He looked up when I gasped.

"Are you alright?" he asked me, sincerely, but also nervously. I nodded in response, and then went quiet because a whole storm of memories just started bombarding me. I saw many things…

Gunfire. Flashes of Light.

Screams. Falling.

Beeping. Pain.

Golden Mist. The Moment.

BadWolf. Time Lady. Governess.

Dalek. Companion. Mother.

TARDIS.

Doctor.

Clever Boy.

A pair of bright blue, unblinking eyes.

Maria.

Darling Daughter.

I gasped again. Then I started crying. The Doctor looked up in shock to see if something was wrong. When he saw that I was crying, he awkwardly put his arms around me, like he didn't know what he was doing. After some time had passed, I had stopped crying, not so overwhelmed anymore with all the memories. I pulled away from the hug, stood up, and turned around with my back to the Doctor. I heard him stand up behind me.

I then made my decision. I hardened my resolve. I spun around; arm outstretched, and slapped the Doctor. It echoed through the room. I had learned to slap like that when I had been Rose Tyler.

The Doctor held his quickly reddening cheek and looked at me in shock. I looked around the room to see if anyone else was in it. Apparently Vastra, Jenny, and Strax decided to give us some room, because they weren't there. I then began shouting.

"How dare you!" I screamed in the Doctor's face, "How dare you not look for her? Why haven't you found her? If I died, you promised that you would! How have you not found Maria yet? Oh, my baby, my poor lonely baby…" That last part I murmured as I sunk to the floor, hugging myself.

The Doctor looked at me in shock. Then, I saw his eyes widen as he put the pieces together. He gasped, and then came to hug me. "I knew there was something different about you," he murmured into my hair. "I tried for her, I promised didn't I? I looked so hard, everywhere I could. But I couldn't find her. But now that I have you again, maybe we can find her again,"

And with that he helped me up off the floor and we made our way to the TARDIS. Just as we were about to go inside, I heard "Mum? Dad? It's okay, there is no need to look anymore," I swirled around, along with the Doctor, and we gazed into a pair of bright blue, unblinking eyes.


A.N. – and here it is! The chapter you've all been waiting for! Please review! And tell me if you want Maria to be an OC or actually another character. I can do a lot of these reunion scenes if you guys want! Just let me know, I already have an idea, but maybe you guys have some better ones.