Chapter 16- A Whole New World

The woman screamed, "Rory! Help us!" The flames slowly spread through the room blocking all of their escapes. On the other side of the flames she could see a Roman Centurion through the window. He was just standing there motionless. "Help us!"

"I'm sorry," Rory called out waking up suddenly. He began to panic as he struggled to extract himself from the covers. He managed to free himself as he remained seated on the edge of the bed. He bent over resting his head in his hands trying to control himself.

Rory jumped slightly as he felt a hand rest on his shoulder. "Honey, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Amy asked slowly sitting up behind him.

Rory let out a sigh as he reached for his new wife's hand, "Yeah, I'm sorry I woke you. Just had a bad dream." He forced the unwelcome memory away as he told himself that they were safe on the TARDIS.

Amy gathered up the sheets as she moved next to he husband. "Rory I am your wife now, it isn't wise to lie to your wife. Especially when she's Scottish," Amy told her husband trying to sound as cross as possible.

Rory smiled laughing a little, "You don't have to tell me. I've seen how you work." He looked over to Amy, watching her concerned face.

"You dreamt about those 2,000 years, didn't you," Amy asked.

"I don't know," Rory lied, "I told you that I don't remember what happened while I was waiting, and the dreams never stay long enough for me to." He looked back down at the ground. It wasn't a complete lie. Rory had so many conflicting memories in his head it was easy to lock away the time he was a Roman. He was afraid he had changed so much over that time, and she had married Rory, not the Last Centurion.

Not letting her husband push her away she simply continued, "Fine, I want to talk about something."

"And what is that?" Rory asked.

"Well for one," Amy said as she quickly punched Rory in the shoulder. "That's for shooting me."

"Amy," Rory said in shock as he sat up turning to her.

"Well, this is the first chance I've gotten," she said smiling back at her husband

"Well, this is the first opportunity I've had," Amy said. She took hold of his hand, giving it a little squeeze adding, "It wasn't your fault Rory. You know that right?"

"It was though. You brought me back, and I wasn't strong enough," Rory said staring straight ahead. He was suddenly reliving the worst moment of his life.

Amy squeezed his hand tighter trying to keep him with her. "I forgive you Rory. I understand. You have to forgive yourself now," she said pulling Rory closer to her.

Rory took hold of her as that day continued to play out in his mind. He had to let go of that too. Amy was here with him now. A part of him couldn't help but feel weak though. He held on to Amy even tighter.

"That's why you waited isn't it?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, I made you a promise. I couldn't break it after what I had done."

"I know Rory. It's okay, because you want to know what I remember of those 2,000 years?"

"What?"

"I remember a 2,000 year-long dream of you."

Rory broke the embrace looking at Amy.

"I may not have been awake in the box or aware of what was happening, but I knew I wasn't alone. I could feel you there with me."

Rory laughed, "I knew you would be upset if I had left you alone." He leaned forward a bit as his and Amy's foreheads met.

"You are so right. I can forgive you for shooting me. I never would though if you left me alone," Amy said smiling. As they kissed, she knew something was still bothering him. She wasn't going to let him just sit here and mope though. Breaking the kiss, she stood up, "All right then, let's go."

"What?" Rory asked looking up, disappointed the kiss wasn't longer.

"You heard me, get up," Amy said as she walked over to the closet grabbing her robe.

"It's the middle of the night Amy," he said as she tossed him his robe.

"I know. Put it on, quick," she said sternly simply standing there staring at Rory.

He had seen that face before and knew she was not to be questioned. He quickly got up and put on the robe she threw him. Taking hold of her hand she led them out of the room and down the halls of the TARDIS.

"Where are we going Amy?"

"You'll see," she said smiling mischievously at him. They eventually rounded a corner when Amy stopped and turned to her husband.

"I thought we could go for a little midnight dip," She said as she backed through the open door.

Rory saw that Amy had brought them to the pool. She turned around and slowly took her robe off throwing it over Rory's head.

"Amy," he started as he began pulling it off seeing her nightgown at his feet. "Amy, what if the Doctor comes in. You know he doesn't sleep, I think."

"Stop being a prat and join me Mister Pond," she said as she jumped into the pool.

Rory couldn't help but smile. She knew he wasn't fond of being called Pond, "Fine, that's how you want to play it?"

Amy treading water splashed Rory answering, "Oh, that's how I want to play it. What are you going to do about it?"

"Oh, you'll see," Rory said quickly removing his clothes and diving in after her. Amy let out a little scream as he chased her around the pool. Amy was right, he had to forgive himself. They were both alive and in love, that was all that mattered.

Over the next hour all the weight that he had been holding on to melted away. He had proved the better swimmer, but suspected that Amy had let him catch her a few times. When they finished in the pool, they decided not to let the night end yet as they moved to the hot tub.

They just sat in the tub with Rory's arm around Amy, while she rested her head on his shoulder. As they sat there, Amy decided to ask him something that had been bothering her, "So we are the only ones that remember both timelines. Which one do you think is real?"

"What?" Rory asked not sure what she meant.

"Well, we remember the time with the Doctor, and the time without. It's a little confusing."

"What did the Doctor say?"

"I haven't managed to ask him yet. He keeps avoiding me when I start to bring it up."

"That sounds like him," Rory said laughing a little. He kissed the top of Amy's head, "It doesn't matter to me. In both we were together, and now we are married. That's the only thing that's important to me."

Amy smiled at this. "I guess it's a little stranger for me. I had the crack in my wall eating away at my life for so long. You should have seen me the morning of our wedding. I was so excited to see my parents again and had no idea why. It's strange, but I like to think both are real. In this one I told you I loved you the moment I felt it, and in the other we were shown how far we would go for that love."

Rory kissed the top of her head again. "We should probably call it a night. I think we have tested fate long enough. The Doctor could stumble in any minute looking for us. It has to be morning by now, and he said he was taking us to that cruise line ship today for the next part of our honeymoon."

"All right then, let's go husband," Amy said as they both exited the hot tub and put their robes back on. She hooked her arm through Rory's as they headed back to their room, "Thank you for waiting for me Rory."

A/N: Hi everybody, thanks for the reviews and follows, especially Land of Dreams. It really means a lot to me.

This is one of my favorites as it deals with several important things that just happened. Rory shooting Amy, how they have two sets of memories, and a hint at something Rory went through during the 2,000 year wait. The pool idea came to me late in the writing process, but I realized I didn't have anything that took place in the famed pool. So having a bit of a skinny dip honeymoon fun moment I felt was a great way to show that these things aren't affecting them, but they still need to be brought up. And no worries, we will see more of Rory's memory eventually.

Hope you enjoy!