So this is only really a short chapter, kind of an extended ending to the last episode. But before we get into that, I wanted to make a comment on the last review I got on chapter 30 before I posted this. Honestly? I can see that it's kinda only there to upset me, but I found it more amusing than anything. All it basically said was that they hated OC stories and I'm just confused as to why someone would read thirty chapters of this story when they hate OC stories. Honestly, just don't waste your own time on something if you really hate it.

Okay, I'm finished, read on

"Alex?" Rose called hesitantly, stepping into the library. Always the quickest way to find Alex these days. Alex looked up from her book, giving the blonde a reassuring smile.

"What's up?" She asked, placing the bookmark in and setting her book down on the arm of the couch.

"Look. I know you heard what Cassandra was saying about… about…" She hesitated again.

"You've been looking?" Alex guessed with a hint of amusement in her tone.

"Yeah" Rose admitted sheepishly.

"So you have?"

"Oh! No!" Rose realised her mistake. "No, I meant-"

"I know what you mean" Alex laughed slightly. "It's fine Rose. To be honest, as far as I knew you and the Doctor were meant to be a thing without me here"

"Really?" Rose asked, frowning slightly.

"Well, not a thing, thing, but everyone knew you both like each other in the show. One of my favourite parings actually" Alex admitted with a grin.

"Well, you know. It's not like I'd ever-"

"I know" Alex nodded. "I gathered that much with the way you keep trying to set us up" Rose blushed slightly.

"You've noticed?"

"I have, the other one's an idiot" She corrected bluntly, making Rose laugh. Alex grinned triumphantly at that.

"Well, now that we've got that covered" Rose began, laughing slightly. "I thought I might ask about…" Alex frowned slightly, waiting patiently for her to finish her question. "What happened… to you…in the… the, um. The Time War" Alex froze and Rose immediately backtracked.

"I mean if you want to. I obviously can't make you. You don't have to. I don't want to make anything worse for you I know it was quite recent and I-"

"Sit down" Alex told her, voice not giving anything away as her eyes studied her hands in her lap. Rose sat on the couch beside her, falling silent. There was a moment of quiet before Alex spoke up again. "I'm not a Time Lord" She admitted. "Well, I can be one. But really I'm this older species that can change my physical appearance. Every single characteristic, into any species in the universe with a single touch. Any living creature I can mimic perfectly and my mind remains the same"

"That is so cool" Rose gushed, pausing like she thought she was in trouble when Alex glanced at her. She shot the younger girl a smile.

"I guess it is, isn't it?" She seemed to realise. "Well the issue is that my mind is one of the most openly telepathic minds in the universe, because that was how my species communicated, and how we could find each other.

"Was?" Rose asked hesitantly. Alex looked at her sadly, moving so she was sat cross-legged against the arm of the couch, facing the other girl.

"They're all gone now. Hundreds of years before the Time Lords. I was just a baby. Grew up on Gallifrey" She explained. Rose blinked in surprise but remained silent. "I had nice people looking after me there though. They helped me control my changing, so no one else would know. Because I have been the last of my species all my life, imagine how much I could be worth. But when the war started…" She paused, trying to think of the best way to say it.

"The Time Lords started becoming desperate. They used every weapon they could get. So when they realised they had me… Of course I'd learned to close my mind off, shut people out, but it wasn't enough. They, uh, reprogrammed my mind. Hid away my personality and made me a soldier. I was to follow Time Lord orders, and every other creature, unless stated otherwise, was the enemy. Then something went wrong. The programming was off or something, and Time Lords slipped from the command list. Which meant I had no one I would listen to, and no one to call an ally"

"So they were all enemies" Rose realized with horror. Alex nodded, swallowing thickly.

"The war was almost won too. Then… then I.." She couldn't finish, tears gathering in her eyes. Rose moved to wrap an arm around her shoulders, pulling her in close.

"So that's what you meant, you didn't deserve your name anymore" Rose guessed, thinking back on something. Alex nodded.

"Yeah" She answered quietly.

"That's what happened in Cardiff" The Doctor spoke up, making both girls look to the door as he walked over closer. He sat down on Alex's other side, pulling her into a hug. "Time Lords, they used the vortex for a lot of things. It was used quite a bit in the war. What you saw back in Cardiff was programming. She saw the vortex and switched to program mode"

"Like a computer?" Rose frowned.

"Like a computer" The Doctor agreed. "I inputted a virus into their systems, shut down soldier mode" Alex smiled softly, cuddling closer to the Doctor.

"Still looking after me, all these years later" She pointed out.

"Of course I am. You're my best friend" He told her, placing a kiss on the top of her head. Rose smiled at the two, now realizing why they seemed so much closer since his regeneration and she'd gotten her memories back. They'd grown up together. Hundreds of years together. It all made so much sense now. Rose silently slipped out before the two could notice she was leaving, letting them have their alone moment.

She'd just have to ask for another adventure tomorrow.