AN: This is the final chapter. I just wanted to let you know. Unless you, the readers want me to make a sequel. I'm glad there were some people who liked my story. I hope to get reviews from all of you, or at least someone. I enjoy getting reviews, but have been getting less than I would have liked. By the way, I am starting to really love Ten, but I will still remain a true-blue Nine fan.
Disclaimer: Do you really think I own Doctor Who? Would I be writing on here if I did? No, I'd be hanging out with David Tennant and Billie Piper and the rest. Scratch that, I'd be hanging out with Billie and the rest, but I'd be dating David (or Christopher). Duh.
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The jeep was slowly driving back to the center of town, back to Mr. Bradshaw's temporary base. The Doctor smiled at Rose past Daphne before returning to his usual expressionless face. He leaned forward nonchalantly and tapped Mr. Bradshaw. "Excuse me, but Rose and I are on a schedule. Can you return us to the TARDIS? It's over by the river." Mr. Bradshaw nodded and told the driver, who turned onto a side street. The Doctor leaned back as he smirked at Rose.
Could he really be thinking what she thought he was? Rose gave him a quizzical look and he glanced at Daphne before nodding ever so slightly. He was. Rose smiled back and settled into her seat. The jeep pulled over by the river. The TARDIS sat where they left it, on the banks by a dock. Rose and the Doctor got out, and the Doctor headed immediately to the TARDIS. Rose paused a moment before following.
"Are we going to help her? Does she know?" Rose had closed the door to the TARDIS and hurried over to the Doctor, who was quickly pulling on levers and such.
He turned to her, a smile on his face. "Yes and yes. Wait a second." The TARDIS began humming, getting ready to leave.
Outside, the TARDIS had started to fade as it usually did. Mr. Bradshaw motioned to the driver, who was getting ready to leave. Just as the jeep was moving away, Daphne executed the plan she and the Doctor had planned only moments before. She watched the TARDIS for the right moment, then jumped out of the jeep and ran over to the TARDIS, plowing her way through the door right before it fully faded away. Behind her, she could hear the brakes of the jeep screech and Mr. Bradshaw start a string of curses.
Inside the TARDIS, Rose was watching the Doctor, who was watching the door of the TARDIS, a smile on his face. She turned to the door right before Daphne plowed through it, landing with a grunt on the floor. Rose hurried over to her, but halfway there, the TARDIS jerked to the right, sending Rose into the railing as the Doctor steadied himself on the console, still watching the two of them, and Daphne grabbed onto the grid of the flooring. When the TARDIS had settled, Rose went over and helped Daphne up. The two of them walked over to the Doctor, and they all smiled together.
"Ok, now tell me how and why." Rose crossed her arms over her chest.
"You were right. When Daphne and I went back to the jeep, I asked Mr. Bradshaw what his plans for Daphne were, and let's just say you were mostly right. I couldn't let that happen, whether she was supposed to exist or not. So I told her the plan. And now we are at her new home. Lots of sun, fantastic weather, great landscape, not many predators, no people, not discovered for centuries. Great place for camping and picnics. Hopefully she won't live that long. You won't, will you?" He turned to Daphne, who shrugged.
"I don't know. I've never been alive like this before."
"Well, let's go see!" Rose grabbed both of their hands and pulled them out of the TARDIS, into the bright sun of her new home. Bright orange grass grew up around their ankles and the coppery-red trees in the distance swayed in the breeze. Behind them, down the dark green rock cliff they were atop, the purple waves of an ocean crashed against the green sand of the beach. Far off were dark mountains, and light blue clouds floated across a lavender sky. Rose and Daphne spun around, laughing, before falling down on the bright grass, smiling and gazing at the sky. The sun was still a bright spot in the sky and for the first time in along time, Rose realized why Daphne loved the sun. The warmth covered her face, and she couldn't help but smile. She loved that warmth. She turned her head to look at Daphne, who was also enjoying the sun, and then up at the Doctor, who was smiling down at the two of them. Daphne was going to be very happy here. Freedom and sun. Everything she wanted.
After spending some more time enjoying this undamaged world and bidding Daphne a farewell, Rose and the Doctor returned to the TARDIS, both smiling still. "Can we go visit that planet later? Or earlier?" Rose was resting her elbows on the console as the Doctor was pulling levers. "It's a great planet. Fantastic. Just like earth, only…more colorful."
"Why not? But we can't go after. When people come, they ruin it just like they did Earth. Nothing but skyscrapers over the entire planet. They even cover most of the beaches and oceans so they can expand more. Tragic. But before, yeah, it's fantastic. …Sure, we'll go back sometime." He was pulling levers, sending them off to their next destination. Rose smiled at him.
"Farewell, Rose. Farewell, Doctor. Thank you." Daphne watched the TARDIS fade away before turning and heading out into the great unknown of her new home, the sun shining brightly on the back of her neck as the ocean breeze blew her hair in front of her. She paused at the edge of the forest, gazing back at the spot where the TARDIS had faded away. She would make a shrine there for them, her rescuers who saved her twice. She imagined it, smiling. It would be a large, strong rock, large as the TARDIS, with their names and images, deeply sunk into the earth so that it was immovable. It would be the first thing she did, as soon as she found a suitable rock. She took a deep breath, turned back to the forest, and stepped into her new home, her new world, thanks to Rose and the Doctor. She wouldn't ever forget them.
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AN: Well, how do you like the ending? Is it suitable? I really hope you review, I miss getting reviews. Do these stories ever show up on the first page? I wonder if people even read them, sometimes. Please review, I want to know what you think. Hope you liked it! Also, so you know, since nobody told me if they had found out, Daphne's full name means this (name, origin, and meaning):
Daphne
-Greek mythology. The laurel. Name of a nymph transformed into a
Laurel tree.
Abeo -Nigerian. Happy she was born.
Lottie -Female form of Germanic Charles. A free person.
Elena -Italian/Portuguese/Spanish. The light of the sun.
Kaimi -Polynesian. The seeker.
