Once inside the Tardis, the Doctor turned to them and smirked. "Right, rooms. Down the hall, take a left, then a right, take another left then go straight. The Tardis will sort it out."

"Thanks," Piper replied. 10 minutes after following his directions, two doors opened. They had two names on them, one said 'Rose' and the other said 'Piper' in curly writing. Grinning at each other, they went into Rose's room first. It was amazing. There was a wooden bed that had the name Rose carved into it with a pink bedspread. The walls were pink with red roses scattered around. By the bed there was a pretty butterfly lamp with a couple of chairs. On the other side, there was a desk with roses on it. There was a door that led to the bathroom and also a walk in closet. Rose jumped up and down with glee. The room was much bigger than the one she had at home. And so much better. And both girls thought the room suited her perfectly. After a quick look around, they went to look at Piper's room. And she wasn't disappointed. At the center of her room stood a large wooden bed with a multi colored bedspread on it. At first glance, the walls seemed to be pink and purple but when they looked closely, they shifted in color. Like you get in mood rings or lava lamps. She also had a walk in closet and squealed in delight when she saw all the different kinds of clothes and shoes. She preferred to wear dresses most of the time with knee high boots but she didn't mind wearing trousers every now and again. She moved to walk into the bathroom and gasped in shock. The bath was big, really big. The floor was covered in a fluffy dark pink carpet.

"Whoa, Piper. your room is beautiful. I am totally staying in here tonight. Do you mind?"

"Be my guest. It's georgous isn't it?"

"Hell yeah!"

"Thank you, Tardis." Piper said softly. The Tardis hummed appreciatively. Rose said her thanks too. Finally satisfied, they jumping into bed and turned off the lamp and settled down to sleep.

Getting up the next day, Piper made her way to the closet. Putting on a white dress, fluffy, yet warm knee high boots and a small leather jacket, she left for the console room. She found the Doctor messing round with some buttons. He looked up before he muttered 'good morning' as he walked past her. "Right then, Piper Rose Halliwell. Where do you want to go? Backwards or forwards in time? Your choice." He watched her, waiting for an answer.

She thought about it, the future was much more tempting than the past. No one knew what the future held but you could find information about the past if you wanted to. Coming to a decision, she told him "Forwards, please."

"How far?"

She leaned back. "However far you like."

The Doctor raised his eyebrows. In all honesty he had been expecting her to say something like 100 years or so. That's what most humans would have said. This girl is full of surprises, he thought to himself. The Doctor pushed a wheel up and pressed a few buttons. He turned a knob and the Tardis stopped. He held out his hand to the door. "10,000 years into the future. Step outside, it's the year 12005, the new Roman Empire."

She decided to tease him a little bit. "You must think you're so impressive."

"I am so impressive," he told her.

"Ha! You wish."

"Right then, you asked for it. I know exactly where to go. Hold on!" She found herself grabbing onto the console until the Tardis had stabilized.

"Where are we?" The Doctor held his hand out to the door. "What's out there?" She tried again. He just held out his hand, grinning.

Before she could do anything, Rose ran into the room. "What was that? She asked.

"We're in the future! C'mon!" Piper jumped up and down in excitement, grabbing Rose's hand and dragging her outside. Stepping out of the doors, was a small flight of stairs. They watched as a shutter fell to reveal a view of the Earth in orbit. "Oh my God. It's amazing!" Piper breathed. She was so busy looking at the Earth in awe that she missed the Doctor watching her entirely. He moved to stand next to her, folding his arms.

"You lot spend all your time thinking bout dying but you never take the time to imagine the impossible, that maybe you DO survive. This is the year 5.5/apple/26. Five billion years into your future, and this is the day, hold on-" He looked at his watch. The sun flared around them. "This is the day the sun expands. Welcome to the end of the world." This made both girls look at the Earth in amazement and slight worry.

"Shuttles 5 and 6 now docking. Guests are reminded that Platform One forbids the use of weapons, teleportation and religion. "Earth death is scheduled for 15:39 seconds. Followed by drinks in the Manchester Suite." A computerized voice told them.

"So when it says guests, does it mean people?" Rose asked as they walked down a corridor.

"Depends on what you mean by people," he told her.

"I mean people, what do you mean?"

"Aliens."

"What are they doing on board this ship though? What's it all for?"

"It's more like an observation desk than a spaceship. The great and the good are gathering to watch the planet burn." He walked over to a panel and used his sonic screwdriver.

"But what for?" Piper questioned.

"Fun. Mind you, when I said the great and the good, what I really meant is the rich."

Piper scoffed. "Typical." He glanced at her before turning his attention back to the panel.

"But hold on. They did this once, on News round Extra. The sun expanding, that takes hundreds of years."

"Millions actually," The Doctor corrected her. "But the planet's now the property of the National Trust. They've been keeping it preserved. See down there?" He pointed at the Earth. "Gravity satellites holding back the sun."

"The planet looks the same as ever though. I thought the continents shifted."

The Doctor nooded. "They did and the Trust shifted them back. That's a classic Earth. But now the money's ran out and nature takes over."

"How long's it got?"

He glanced down at his watch. "About half an hour til the Earth gets roasted."

"Is that why we're here? Is that what you do? Jump in at the last minute and save the Earth?" Piper smirked at that question. The Doctor had just said it was then end of the world, so obviously, he wasn't going to save it. There was no way it could be saved. Everything had its time and everything had to die. That's just how it worked.

The Doctor seemed to agree with her. "I'm not saving it. Time's up."

Rose's face fell. "But what about the people?"

"It's empty. They're all gone. No one left."

"Just us then?" Rose asked, looking at Piper. The doors open suddenly and a blue man with slit eyes walked towards them.

"Who the hell are you?" He demanded. Piper's eyebrows raised at his tone. She didn't appreciate his tone. "How did you get in? This is a maximum hospittality zone. The guests have disembarked. They should be arriving any second now." He seemed stressed.

"That's me. I'm a guest. Look an invitation. See? The Doctor plus two. I'm the Doctor and this is Piper Rose Halliwell and Rose Tyler. These are my plus two. Is that okay?" The Doctor said, pulling out a blank paper and showed the man.

"Well, obviously. Apologies, etcetera. If you're on board then we'd better start. Enjoy."

"The paper's slightly psychic. Shows them whatever I want them to see. Saves a lot of time."

"He's blue." Rose murmured.

"Yep."

"Okay."

They followed the man to another room. "We have in attendance, The Doctor, Rose Tyler and Piper Rose Halliwell. Thank you. All staff to their positions." The blue man called, clapping as a group of small blue people moved around the room. One by one he out the names of the guests and where they were from. Piper watched as the tree people walked over to them.

"The gift of peace. I bring you a cutting of my grandfather." The woman said, handing the Doctor the plant.

"Thank you," he said, handing the pot to Piper. "Yes, gifts. Er, I give you...air from my lungs," he breathed on her.

"How intimate."

"More where that came from," he replied coyly.

She smirked. "I bet there is."

Piper rolled her eyes at the display of flirting. She walked over to the Face of Boe which contained a humanoid head. He looked old and sad so she waited for the right moment before approaching him. "Hello," she said softly. "My name's Piper Rose. But you can call me Piper."

He looked up at her with sad eyes. "Hello." Her eyes widened as she looked around the room. She heard a chuckle. "I'm the Face of Boe."

"Wait, are you talking to me through telepathy?"

"You never did miss a trick, did you?"

She tilted her head, confused. "Sorry, what? What d'ya mean?"

"You'll find out...eventually, Angel."

She looked over to where Rose was standing. She was busy wiping something off of her face. "It spat on me. It actually spat on me!" Piper tried not to laugh at the look on her face. They watched as the Repeated Meme approached the Doctor. They held out a silver ball.

"A gift of peace in all good faith." He handed the ball to Rose.

"And last but not least, our special guest, Ladies and Gentlemen, trees and multi-forms. In memory of this dying world, we call forth the last human. The Lady Cassandra 0'Brien. A piece of skin attached to metal was brought into the room. Rose looked at it in disgust. Piper looked at it in fascination.

"Oh, now don't stare. I know it's shocking. I've had my chin completely taken away and now look at me. Look at how thin I am. Thin and dainty. Look at the difference. I don't look a day over two thousand. Moisturize me, moisturize me." She told the men who were standing beside her. One began spraying her with some sort of liquid. Rose stared at the thing, slowly making her way around the frame she was attatched to. It was wrong, all the things she had done to herself. But on the other hand, Piper thought to herself. It was her life and she could do whatever she wanted. Who were they to judge her, no matter how weird or wrong it was. It wasn't like she had actually done something bad so until then, Piper decided she wouldn't pass judgement until otherwise.

"I am the last human," Cassandra continued. "My father was a Texan and my mother was from the Artic Desert. They were born on Earth and were the last to be buried in its soil. I have come to honor them and say goodbye." One of them men dabbed at her eyes, wiping the tears away. "Oh, no. No tears. I'm sorry. But behold, I bring gifts." The doors opened as people began bringing Cassandra's gifts in. "From Earth itself. The last remaining Ostrich egg. Legend says, it had a wingspan of fifty feet and blew fire from it's nostrils. Or was that my third husband?" This made Piper burst out laughing. "Oh, no. Don't laugh. I'll get laughter lines. And here, another rarity." A 1950's Jukebox was brought in. "According to the Archives, this was called an iPod. It stores classical music from humanity's greatest composers. Play on!" She commanded. Piper glanced at the Doctor who had a grin on his face. She laughed at him as he did a little dance. He grinned back at her. The Doctor's grin faded as he looked at something behind her. She turned to see what he was looking at only to see Rose walking out of the room.

Piper was torn. While she wanted to see what was wrong with Rose, she also wanted to explore and look around. Seeing this, the Doctor nodded, telling her he would see what was wrong. She nodded to show she was listening. She looked around and saw Cassandra alone. She nodded to herself as she slowly made her way over to her. "Hello," She said as soon as she was close enough.

"Hello."

"I'm Piper," she told her.

"Cassandra," she replied, slightly haughty but she ignored it politely.

"So...Cassie then? Um, how many operations have you had exactly?" She asked, stumbling for what to say without seeming rude.

"708. Next week it's 709. I'm having my blood bleached." She said happily.

"But why do you have so many operations? Surely you were okay before?"

She ignored the question. "That's where I used to live with my parents when I was a little girl. I used to have such fun."

Piper smiled. "Did you have any siblings?" She asked carefully.

"I was an only child."

"Some would say that's a good thing, depending on how you look at it."

Cassandra looked at her. "How so?" She questioned.

"Well, it's just...having siblings can be a pain, what with all the sharing, arguing and fighting and jealousy. But on the other hand, being an only child can be lonely. Even if they have all the toys and stuff they want. Without anyone else to share it with, it wouldn't matter."

"That's wise," Cassandra agreed. "Are you an only child?"

"I...no," Piper told her. "But I'm okay. I have friends and family." Cassandra seemed to want to press further but didn't. "Are you sure you wanna keep having operations though? What if something goes wrong?"

"Pain is the price of beauty. I'm not fearful anyway." She looked at the brunette carefully. "Is that why you came to talk to me?" Piper tilted her head in confusion. What was she talking about? "I don't really think you need any work done," she admitted. "You're a bit small but that can't really be helped."

Piper giggled. "No. No it can't. But thanks."

"You're welcome."

Turning away from Cassandra, she headed to find the Doctor and Rose. She found them arguing with each other. She debated letting them get on with it and not get involved but decided not to in the end. She stepped forward, revealing herself. The Doctor looked at her. "What's going on," she asked them.

"His machine is inside our heads!" She told her, upset and annoyed.

"What?"

"And he won't say who he is or where he's from!"

Piper looked at the Doctor curiously. "Why not?" She asked gently. He looked away, upset. Rose didn't seem to notice.

"I'm just the Doctor."

"Doctor who, though? From what Planet?"

"Well, it's not as if you'd know where it is," he snorted humorlessly.

"Where are you from?" Rose pressed thoughtlessly.

"Rose, that's enough! Stop it." Piper said suddenly. She could see it was only upsetting the Doctor further and she didn't like it.

"Why?" Rose turned to her. "I wanna know who the hell he is. He brought us here. I know you're curious as well. Don't act like you aren't. I think the least he can do is tell us about himself, so c'mon. Tell us!" Piper glared at Rose. Who the hell was she to demand something like that. Maybe he had a good reason why he didn't tell them. He HAD just met them after all. And what gave her the damn right to talk to her like that? She refrained, reining back her anger. It wouldn't be pretty otherwise.

"What does it matter?"

"Tell us!"

"This is who I am. Right here, right now, all right?" He finally snapped, anger clear in his voice. "This is me!" He said desperately. Piper felt sorry for him. She could understand that some things should not be told. Some doors should remain locked.

It was obvious Rose was not going to get the information she wanted. And it seemed she realize that. "Alright," she said, finally giving in. "As Shareen says, don't argue with the designated driver." She pulled out her mobile, moving it around as she tried to get a signal. "Can't exactly call a taxi. No signal. We're out of range. Just a bit."

The Doctor snatched her phone suddenly. "Tell you what," he said. "With a bit of jiggery pokery."

"Is that a technical term jiggery pokery, Doctor" Piper smirked. He took out the battery and replaced it.

"Yeah, I came first in jiggery pokery. What about you?"

"No. Failed at hullabaloo."

"There you go." He said, returning her mobile. Rose was shocked to see that she could now call Jackie. The Doctor moved to stand beside Piper while Rose called her mum.

"You alright?" He asked, looking at her intently.

"Yeah."

"About what Rose said-"

She cut him off before he could explain himself further. "No."

He raised his eyebrows in surprise and confusion. "No?"

"No. I don't think it matters, quite truthfully." She held up her hand as he tried to cut her off. "Believe me when I say this...some doors are better kept locked. Some secrets should remain hidden. I know." He heard the darkness in her voice as she spoke the last of the sentence. He couldn't help but wonder exactly what she was talking about. He wanted to know what she had been through. He could see she still cared. A lot. But he also recognised the darkness within her. It was the same darkness within him. He made a mental note to ask more about herself later. He was determined to know just who this girl was. And he was gonna find out, on way or another.