Lets call this two-for-one day? Okay, no, this was such a short chapter I decided to throw it up anyways. So there, you get two chapters. Even if one is so tiny... I'M SORRY! THERE WAS ONLY SO MUCH I COULD DO WITH THIS ONE! I NEEDED that scene in here to make sense, but that was the only scene that I could use where it wouldn't just be putting transcripts into story form... *sighs* It's...complicated.
So...just... Well look at it this way? Guess which episode is up next... Thaaat's right~! Professor River Song - archaeologist. As to how her role will work out in this new re-write... Well...
Spoilers.
"The message has gone out," the Doctor explained, smile on his face. He liked days like this, where he could help those who so desperately needed it. "That song resonated across the galaxies. Everyone heard it. Everyone knows. The rockets are bringing them back." His voice turned gentle as Donna grinned widely from beside him. "The Ood are coming home."
"We thank you, Doctor and Donna," Sigma spoke while holding up his translator. "Friends of Oodkind. And what of you now? Will you stay? There is room in the song for you."
"Oh, I've, I've sort of got a song of my own, thanks," the Doctor explained while titling his head towards the TARIDS. His wonderful TARDIS. Beside him Donna seemed to try and stifle a smile at his slight babble.
"I think your song must end soon," Sigma spoke as the Doctor's smile slowly faded. His song must end? Well...that sounded rather...dark.
"Meaning?" the Doctor asked, mind racing through possibilities.
"Every song must end, Doctor" Sigma spoke before continuing. "And every flower must bloom. Your wolf will soon return to your side." At this the Doctor paled, trying not to show Donna just how much those words burned him. The human by his side glanced over at him and seemed to see something anyways since her expression grew slightly confused.
"Yeah...yeah..." He would put it out of his mind for now. It was best not to dwell on one's own future too much... "Er, what about you?" he asked quietly while turning around towards Donna, who was bundled up in her thick coat still. Donna looked at him a second before shaking off her confusion and smiling softly. "You still want to go home?"
"No. Definitely not," she replied while shaking her head, the Doctor's own smile widening in response.
"Then we'll be off," the Doctor turned back towards Sigma as the Ood and the others raised their hands in unison, the human and Time Lord looking on with a smile.
"Take this song with you," Sigma seemed to smile as he spoke through his translator, the Ood's song of freedom resonating throughout their minds. The two grinned before Donna spoke up.
"We will." The Doctor noticed she was smiling easier now that the memories of the caged Ood were slowly fading and beginning to be replaced by these happy and free Ood.
"Always."
"And know this, Doctor and Donna," Sigma began, "You will never be forgotten. Our children will sing of the Doctor and of Donna, and our children's children, and the wind and the ice and the snow will carry your names forever." As the Ood finished the two smiled softly before going back into the TARDIS.
Onwards to yet another adventure.
I swear I'm sorry. I channeled my sappy/mushy side on that last line. Next chapter should be up in a few days...gonna take a while cause I'm not just re-writing scenes any more. I'm basically re-doing a whole episode... *sighs*