Amy looked around the room at the people who had come to see her wedding. She watched as her father stood and announced that he would need another two minutes to finish his speech. That he was reviewing certain aspects. Amy laughed while her mother groaned,
"Your father Amelia will be the absolute death of me. Unless of course I strike preemptively." She laughed but her laughter seized when she saw a curly blonde haired woman walk past the window. She stood and stared out of the window while Rory watched her.
"You okay?" She looked down at him,
"Yeah… I'm fine. I'm…" She sat down and pulled her chair towards the table. Rory didn't believe her,
"Alright…uh…you're crying." She sniffed and touched her cheek,
"And so I am…why am I doing that?"
"Because you're…happy probably. Happy Mrs. Rory. Happy, happy, happy." She shook her head,
"No. I'm sad… I'm really really sad." Rory looked ahead and sighed,
"Great…"
"Why am I sad?" Her eyes fell to the table and something caught her attention, "What's that?"
"Oh, a someone left it for you… a-a woman." He held up the blue book and the necklace and Amy snatched them out of his hand,
"What is it?" she began to flip through the pages,
"A book." She ran her hand across the book. It seemed so familiar.
"It's blank. And this?" She held up the necklace that was just as familiar as the book. She ran her thumb over the pendant that was a dull milky blue color. It looked as though the life had left it. That it had lost its shine.
"It's a necklace. They're presents, Amy."
"But why?"
"Well you know the old saying," She didn't answer him, "t-the old wedding…thing. Huh?" Amy looked back to the book and the necklace, "Amy? Wh- hey?" her head shot up just her dad stood to make his long awaited speech.
"Ready now. Sorry about that. Last minute adjustments to certain aspects."
Oh, that box,
Amy looked at a young man who was laughing but what she noticed was that he was wearing a bow tie.
Big and little at the same time,
Her father's voice faded away as she looked around the room again and her eyes landed on a man but what she saw were the suspenders.
Amy, you'll dream about that box
Amy looked back down at the book and necklace as a tear slid down her face.
It'll never leave you.
She lifted her head and looked out at all those who gathered to see her wedding.
Brand-new and ancient,
Something was missing. Someone was missing.
And the bluest blue, ever.
She stood up, "Shut up dad."
"Amy!"
"Amelia?"
"Sorry but shut up please. There's someone missing. Two missing actually. Someone important. And someone so, so important." Rory looked at is new bride with eyes full of concern.
"Amy, what's wrong?"
"Sorry." She cleared her throat, "Sorry everyone. But when I was a kid I had two imaginary friends." Her mother sighed,
"Oh no not this again."
"The raggedy Doctor and the star girl. My raggedy Doctor and star girl… But he wasn't imaginary… He was real." Everyone was shaking their head or snickering. Her mother made a comment about physiatrists but Amy ignored her, "I remember you! Both of you. I remember! I brought the others back I can bring you home too! Raggedy man I remember you and I remember you too star girl and you are late or my wedding!" There was a brief moment of silence before he glasses on the tables started to shake and a rumbling sound was heard, "I found you… I found you in words like you knew I would." The rumbling sound was growing louder and it started to sound more like a whirring tan a rumbling, "That's why you told me the story. The brand new, ancient blue box." The wind in the room was picking up, "Oh clever, very clever."
"Amy, what is it?"
"It's something old, something new, something borrowed… something blue." The Blue box slowly began to materialize in the center of the room. Realization began to dawn on Rory,
"It's the Doctor. And Phoenix. How did we forget the Doctor and Phoenix?" Amy climbed over the table and knocked furiously on the door,
"Okay Doctor, did I surprise you this time?"