The climb out of the Byzantium was long. And painful. Aderyn lost count of the amount of times she stubbed her toe and banged her head. Amy was reluctant to open her eyes, but with the Doctor leading the way and River's help, they got her out with minimal bruising.
They sat on the beach, looking up at the temple.
"I kept saying. The Angels all fell into the Time Field. The Angel in your memory never existed. It can't harm you now." The Doctor told Amy as she once again complained about climbing out with her eyes closed.
"Then why do I remember it at all? Those guys on the ship didn't remember each other."
"You're a time traveller now, Amy. It changes the way you see the universe, forever. Good, isn't it?" he sat next to her "and the crack is gone for now. But the explosion that caused it is still happening. Somewhere out there, somewhere in time."
They both looked over at Aderyn, who was stood chatting to River. They seemed to be having a minor disagreement. The Doctor and Amy walked over to them. River was now in handcuffs.
"I'm serious, eat an apple. It'll make you feel better." River was saying.
"I don't like apples." Aderyn pouted.
River took an apple and a flip knife from her pocket. After a few moments she handed the apple to Aderyn. There was now a face caved into the skin. The cuffs River wore beeped.
"The prison ship's in orbit. They'll beam me up any second. I might have done enough to earn a pardon this time. We'll see." She said. She watched Aderyn take a reluctant bite of the apple. "Eat it all. You'll feel better." Aderyn pulled a face.
"You'll see me again very soon when the Pandorica opens." she said to the Doctor.
"The Pandorica is just a fairy tale." The Doctor laughed.
"Aren't we all Doctor?" She chuckled. She turned to Aderyn and said "keep your chin up, the hell you're going through will be worth it one day I promise."
"What do you mean?" Aderyn said through a mouthful of apple.
"Spoilers." River replied with a smile. The cuffs let out another beep "That's my ride."
"Goodbye River."
"See you Amy."
"Can we really trust you River Song?" the Doctor asked, frowning at the archaeologist.
"If you like," she shrugged "but where's the fun in that." In a swirl of dust and sand she was gone.
"Come on you two," he put a hand on Amy and Aderyn's shoulder "Let's get you sorted."
The TARDIS materialised in Aderyn's bedroom. They all stepped out. The room was dark. Aderyn switched on the light. Her room was small but pages from notebooks littered every available surface and a small blue diary, similar to River's lay on the desk.
"Sorry about the mess." Aderyn mumbled as she strode across the room, picking a doll off the floor as she went. She considered it for a moment before chucking it onto the bed.
Amy lifted open the front cover of the diary. There was a small bird drawn on the inside cover with an intricate pattern of circles beneath it.
"So you have one diary and River has the other?" Amy asked.
Aderyn nodded "We keep meeting in the wrong order. It's the easiest way to keep tabs."
The Doctor peered out of the window. There was a statue opposite the house. It was a statue of an Angel. The statue had it's hands covering it's face. "Are you sure you don't want to come with us?" The Doctor asked. He looked away from the statue for a second. When he looked back it was still there. He sighed with relief.
"No I have stuff I need to do."
"We should get going. Your parents are in and I don't want to get you in trouble," The Doctor turned from the window. "Come along Pond." he said to Amy. Amy gave Aderyn a quick hug before heading back into the TARDIS.
The Doctor lingered for a second "If you need me, Little Bird, I will be here." He said.
"I know." Aderyn said.
She watched as he walked into the TARDIS and it vanished.
She got up to close the curtains. She looked across the street. She couldn't see what the Doctor had found so interesting about an empty plinth. There hadn't been a statue there for a few weeks.