When they reached the court room. Ben was rather surprised. This Mia, if it was really her name, seemed to know quite a lot of British actors. Jenna Coleman was there, holding hands with Samuel Anderson. A bit further was Peter Capaldi, and close to him but not too close was Catherine Tate. He also noticed Noel Clarke, as well as Freema Agyeman and John Barrowman. He then thought he was turning mad when he saw a perfect doppelganger of Georgie, accompanied by a boy who was about ten. The boy must have been an important person, as everyone went to salute him. Only Peter was more familiar with him, as he hugged the boy. Ben also notice that Anderson seemed a bit nervous, out of place. On the crowd was also the boy that had escorted Tom a few days earlier, accompanied by a blond girl that seemed slightly older than him, and notice he didn't let go of her hand. A girlfriend maybe ? Or a family member ? Next to them, standing straight and proud, was a boy who might have been 17, and a ginger woman who must be her mother. Finally, forming a lat group was a man in his sixty, probably ex-military, a blond woman that was obviously his daughter, and a man in his thirty. In a corner of the court yard, Ben found Tom and went to him. He held him in his arms.

"Are you okay ?" He asked.

Tom silently nodded, and then focused on the center of the yard, where the woman they called Mia had just arrived. She to some kind of altar, on which two bodies were laying. Ben's heart skipped a beat when he noticed that one of them was a boy who wasn't even ten. She was standing next to them, straight and strong, and everyone came, one by one, giving her their regrets.

"Should we go ?" Ben asked Tom.

"Better not. She said we should stand back during the ceremony, remember ?"

Ben nodded.

"How come she knows half of the Doctor Who cast ?" He asked.

"That's not the cast. They're the real ones. Apparently some of them are gonna form a council after the ceremony to decide of my future."

"What do you mean ?"

"I don't know. They're important people, here, and there are decisions to make."

While they were talking, one last person came to present his condolences. It was the ex-military. The woman collapsed in front of him, unable to control her tears, and he came to her height and talked to her, before getting her on her feet. Then, David came in front of the altar. Her wife placed herself on a corner of the altar, while the doctor (?) took the opposite corner. Jack Harkness came to take the third corner, and the boy who had escorted Tom (William, was that it?) went to the last one. On a word of David, they lifted the upper part of the altar, which parted from the rest, and the procession started moving. Mia took place behind the altar, still supported by the old man, and the rest followed.

Come, Tom said.

And they followed the procession in a distance. David soon started humming a melody that everyone reprized, except for Mia. Then, lyrics joined the choir, sent by the clear voice of the young boy.

"Andjema saradaï, andjema do guto

eternin senan chamban

andjema saradaï, andjema do guto

ashdao do cuoil"

"I wonder what their saying..." Ben said. "But it's beautiful"

"Sing my Princess, sing for me, the stars are so far. Sing my Princess, Sing for me, I'm returning home."

"How do you know ?"

"I don't know. I just... understand."

While they were talking, they reached a river, where they let the altar on the water. Ben then understood what Georgia had meant when she said the sun time on Jiranatla was unforgettable. The sun's rays touched the water, enveloping the bodies in a golden light. Mia entered the water to the thigh, and leaned to kiss the child on his forehead, and the man on his lips.

"May the light guide you to more peaceful paths."

But night returned quickly. She got out of the water, and a slow current started dragging the altar. They followed the newly made mortuary raft, and the boy gave a new stanza to the song, which Tom translated as :

"The Journey has been long, not everything was good, but I thought of you, princess, and you healed everything."

Then, the Doctor entered the river, took water in his hands, and poured it on their lips.

"May this sacred water purify your soul, so the Goddess welcomes you in her home."

And the boy continued singing :

"sing my Princess, sing for me, the stars are so cold. Sing my Princess, sing for me I'm returning home."

He got out of the water, and Catherine Tate (or was it Donna Noble?) went herself. Her fist was closed, and she opened it above them, spreading tiny rock shrapnel on them.

"May this rock where the planet takes her strength let you come back to us in this world where you leave us."

"I'm so tired Princess, I just want to rest, hold me in your arms, Princess, I'll stay there for ever." the boy sang.

Finally, came Georgia's turn. She simply held her hand above them, and said :

"May the love of your Queen grant you an eternal life in this world where you're going."

"Sing my Princess, sing for me, the stars are crying. Sing my Princess, sing for me, with you I am home."

That was apparently the last ritual, and the last stanza. When Georgia came out of the river, silence fell, and the procession stopped. Only Mia kept following the raft, walking by the side of her beloved, until they disappeared into a cave. She then whispered a word he didn't hear, and David joined her.

"Go back to the castle." she said. I'm gonna need the white room."

He nodded, and she went back, walking fast.