A/N: I do not own Twilight or Doctor Who. I'm just playing in their universe. Original plot developed by i heart the doctor.
Chapter 20 Home
Vampire Bella's POV
"Right, yes. I will say it was brilliant. One of the best." He tossed his coat on the rail and started flipping switches. I saw him enter in London, December 2003. "Best if you go back to the time you left and say your goodbyes. Plan to move and then I can take you back to 2005 tomorrow."
"That would be best, no point arousing suspicion." I said still sitting in the chair.
It didn't take long before we were back to my time a few hours from when I left. I didn't have much to do or hardly anyone to say good bye to, but the less suspicion I leave here with the better. I was a vampire and keeping a low profile was my number one job.
The Doctor locked up the TARDIS and we headed back to my flat. I went to see the manager, so I could cancel my apartment, told them I was moving in with my boyfriend. They didn't need to know that it wasn't the Doctor, best let humans make their own excuses.
We sat around talking about our past, mostly the Doctor talked. It would seem that he had been a little down after the last battle he was in. Apparently 2005 is going to be the start of a lot of strange happenings. Guess I'll have to wait and see. Not that it matters, I'll be with Edward by then, so come what may we will be together and I think the Doctor might be well enough to take on another companion in the near future.
As the night got darker we took my stuff to a homeless shelter and dropped it off. Afterwards I cleaned the flat and we just sat on the floor. It was carpet, so much better than the dirt in the forest. But no matter what, I will always cherish my time with Neanderthal Edward. I really don't even know what name they gave him. For some reason I understood what they were saying when they attacked me, trying to get them off him, but it was always 'leave him alone'.
"Doctor, does everyone speak English in the Universe?"
"No, the TARDIS will translate for you. You hear every language in your native tongue and when you speak the other party will hear their native language."
"That is pretty neat." I sat still for a moment. Time was drawing near. "Are you going to be OK Doctor?"
"Of course, I am always OK."
"You are still a bad liar."
"Maybe, but I will be. It is just, I was told something not long ago and it has been messing with me."
"If you would like to talk, I'm not tired." I smiled warmly at him.
He laughed. "No I suppose you aren't are you." He looked deep in thought for a little while. I let him get his thoughts in order. "I visited a race of beings called the Ood. While I was there they told me my song was ending. Then again not long ago a woman that seemed to be able to see the future told me my song was ending too. It is not something I have taken lightly. I made a big mistake recently. I tried to change the course of history, by saving a small group of humans on Mars. It was an event that shaped the future of the human race and I, in my arrogance as the last Time Lord, decided to change it. Lucky for me those humans were strong willed and were able to set things right."
"Your song? You mean you will die soon?" I asked, that is terrible, maybe I should stick around him a little longer.
"Well, maybe, I might not cease to exist, but this body will most likely disappear." He was smiling at me. I just waited for him to continue. "Time Lords have a way to cheat death. If we are killed in a way that allows us time to regenerate we can change our bodies. That regenerative energy will cure any illness, gunshot wound, most anything really. But once the regeneration starts our bodies are changed, not like yours, but I will literally look like a different person. The only thing that remains is my mind, everything else is different."
"Is that where it all started, when you regenerated into someone else you became something you didn't like after the war?"
"Yes. When I meet Rose I had sealed all of my people and the Daleks in the Time War. The endless fighting was starting to spill out. Both sides were growing more and more vicious. I felt like I had to do something. I sealed them in their struggle and left. Started to help others as I did long before the war started, but I had changed. I had distanced myself from humanity and took a superior view towards other races. Rose was able to bring me back, make me more human. Then I lost her and never told her I loved her, even though in the final moments we were together I tried."
"I was able to see her again, not so long ago, but things had changed by then. Also a new me was created in the midst of battle. He committed genocide, so I sent him to be with her, so she could save him like she did me. That last fight was when I realized what I did to people that traveled with me, so I swore not to have any more companions. Now that I am about to die it is easier that way."
"You might be changing, but everyone changes and grows Doctor, even me, according to you. This body might be leaving this world, but you will live on. Have I ever told you I have a flawless memory?" He shook his head. "It is true; I remember everything from the time I awoke with perfect clarity. So even though you might have to change to live, I will always remember you and what you did for my family."
I went over and gave him a hug. The sun was starting to rise over the horizon. I needed to get in the TARDIS before the sun came up. "Shall we be off then?"
"It is a shame you have to be leaving so soon." He said to me as we made our way back to the TARDIS. "We made a pretty good team, I think."
"We did Doctor, we certainly did. But I think you have something that you need to do. Go, take your vacation and then get back to business."
"I do have something important that needs to be addressed. I guess I am procrastinating a little, but I suppose a little vacation is in order."
We made it back to the TARDIS and I went and stood by him as he entered July 2005 Forks, WA. It was the day of my disappearance, just a few hours after I was touched by a Weeping Angel. I afforded myself a moment to think about Angel. I know it was in that other timeline that I destroyed the Angel that touched me and thought about doing it to this one. But vengeance is never the answer, so I decided to leave this one well enough alone.
Who knows maybe things would have been different if I was never touched. I wonder if I actually had any type of impact on the world, traveling through time and space with The Doctor. I doubt it, I was never a special human, doubt I am a special vampire.
It was a quick trip to the future. I would miss this. I really don't know who long it has been, since I don't sleep and we haven't been staying on one planet it is hard to keep days straight. Not to mention I have stayed in various places for a while, letting the Doctor skip the long road, so much has happened in what feels like such a short time.
"Here we are, the timeline where you left Edward, I wonder how he has coped, with the human you." The doctor said smiling.
"If I had to venture a guess, he was pretty upset at first. But I know Alice would have put him in his place. Then he would have gone on to do what I vaguely remember him doing with me the first time around, be mopey and try not to get close to her, but in the end fail miserably."
We walked to the Cullens house, why he parked so far away I don't know. Not that it took us long to get there. As we approached I could tell only Esme was at home. I guess that they were out looking for me, it was twilight and they would not have to worry about the sun in Seattle. Certainly didn't need to worry about it here as it started to rain a little.
"Hello." I called out. "Esme, are you here."
"Bella? Where have you been? And who is this... Why do I hear two heartbeats? Is there someone else here?"
"Nope, just me, I'm the Doctor and it is a pleasure to see you again Esme."
"I don't remember ever seeing you, Doctor Who?"
"Just the Doctor."
"I wager you get tired of hearing that." I laughed a little. "You know if you just picked a name it would end that question."
"Now where is the fun in that?"
"Esme, where is everyone?"
"They are looking for Izzy, a human girl that looks like you. Edward and Alice took her to a garden in Seattle and she disappeared."
"Could you call them back, they won't find me."
"What are you talking about?"
"Best to have them come home and we can explain everything now."
Esme took out her phone and called Carlisle. They said they would come home immediately. Less than an hour later I head the a couple cars pulling into the drive way. Before I could blink Edward had me in his arms.
"I missed you too." I told him, relaxing into his embrace. "Come on; let's have a seat so we can explain what is going on."
Edward called Charlie so he would not get freaked out about me not coming home. Though he was going to be mad that I would be late and that I look so different. Everyone gathered in the den and sat and waited for our explanation.
The doctor and I explained everything that had happened, the Weeping Angels, the past the present and the future. We explained what all I was doing and how I came to meet the Doctor and travel with him. By the end of it we had told them everything we could tell them. Apparently the Doctor could not tell them about the battle we knew would happen against Aro in this future.
"So you are Izzy?" Edward asked.
"Yes, well it is me, kind of. I was touched by a Weeping Angel and sent back in time, to your human days in Chicago. I already knew you when we meet and knew what would become of you, but I couldn't tell you. The whole space time continuum something or another. If you really want to know ask him." I pointed to the Doctor. "The main thing is I am back, since the other me has gone to the past."
"Time Travel is not something you learn about every day. So where do we go from here?" Carlisle asked.
"Live your lives, be happy and be merry." The Doctor said. He got up to leave. Heading for the door I walked with him back to the TARDIS.
"Take care of yourself Doctor." I said sadly. "I trust you will do what is right, whether you know it at the time or not. Trust your instincts. I don't think they have ever led you astray. Also I don't think any of your previous companions ever regretted spending their time with you. I certainly didn't."
"Bella, you take care too. I will miss our conversions. It was so easy to speak with you. I certainly fell better, after having spent some time with you." He turned to walk inside.
It then occurred to me that I have the golden opportunity to learn the age old vampire question. "Doctor, since you are a time traveler; do you know how vampires came about? Was it a mutation or infection or something?"
He smiled, "No the first vampire was bitten by another vampire, long ago. Goodbye Bella Cullen. It was a pleasure meeting you."
"Goodbye Doctor, likewise." What a weird response. How could the first vampire be bitten by a vampire? The other vampire would be the first in order to bite the next, so how was that vampire turned?
I ran back to the house.
"Welcome home Bella, did you enjoy your travels with the Doctor? Long ago, when I first meet you it seemed like you knew more than you were leading on, I guess I know why now." Carlisle greeted me when I returned.
Traveled with the Doctor long ago? NO, I couldn't have been.