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The Doctor felt no better after dropping Martha off at what he thought had been Earth. In fact, he felt worse. There was always that sad, lonely, and lost feeling that lingered on long after a companion had gone, but usually getting another companion helped ease the pain.

'Except for with Rose,' he thought silently.

"Having Martha here didn't help me at all, I don't think," he decided to state aloud.

The Tardis gently hummed her remorse to the Doctor, but she decided not to speak to him yet.

He continued to think about Rose as he set the co-ordinates for the quiet and peaceful planet of Zaron.(TOTALLY MADE UP) There probably wouldn't be much trouble there. Zaron's people are very peaceful, and he decided he needed a break to relax, and maybe try to forget.

"No, I don't want to forget. I couldn't, even if I tried. She was too……fantastic. Too fantastic for even a 900 year old Time Lord with 5 billion languages to describe," he sighed and let his head fall into his hands.

His shoulders started to shake as he began to cry.

Theta….

"I'm fine, Tardis," he whispered, his head supporting itself again.

No, you're not.

"Tardis, I said I'm fine!" He yelled, much louder than necessary.

A pause.

"I'm sorry," he apologized, his voice a whisper.

I have something to show you, Theta.

'Can it wait?' he asked, deciding to not use his voice any longer.

I think you may want to see this.



'Oh, fine. What is it?' He asked telepathically.

Something appeared in front of him, out of thin air. It appeared slowly, but when it became a solid non-blurry image, he could tell that it was a band of gold.

"What's this?" The Doctor asked aloud.

He inspected it closely, and found it to be a ring, engraved with Gallifreyan symbols.

Look on the inside, Theta.

He did as his ship instructed, and read in small, but sophisticated, writing, one word.

"Rose," The Doctor read aloud.

I made it right after you regenerated, but I had to make sure that you would still love her in your new body as much as or more than you loved her in your old body. Knowing you inside and out, I quickly found this to be more than true. I saw her soul, Theta, her soul. Oh, how brilliant it was. She loved you, and she asked me to take her back so that you might be saved, and I happily complied. She was brave….Oh, Theta, how she loved you. She would have died for you. I know this to be true. She would have ripped apart the entire universe just to see you again, safe. I was inside her head, and I saw what she wanted me to do, and I flew, Theta, I flew back to you so that you might be saved, but also so that you could witness the power and bravery that was bottled inside our Rose.

"It's beautiful, Tardis. Thank you," he whispered, slipping the handsome ring onto his right ring finger.

She knew, Theta. I know she did.

"I hope she did, Tardis. There were so many times that I came so close, but I just couldn't tell her. Now…..I wish I had. I wish now I'd told her everything, Tardis, but it's too late," The Doctor sighed, gazing down at the ring.

His ship jolted, which signified its landing.

"Maybe I'll skip Zaron. How does Earth-London, England sound in the year 2000? Let's visit Rose when she was 11 or 12," he laughed, flashing that priceless smile that he reserved for Rose alone.

A perfect plan indeed, Theta.

The Doctor set the co-ordinates for Earth near the Powell Estate in the year 2000, and pressed the lever down.

On some unknown planet



Martha felt like crying. No, forget crying, she felt like screaming. She felt helpless without the Doctor there with her. However awfully mad she was at him would be quickly forgotten if he'd just come and take her home to Earth. He could just pick her up, shut those blue doors of the Tardis and take her away from this unfamiliar planet she now found herself on. Martha, upon looking around, saw no people or aliens or any other sign of living beings. She looked across the vast red landscape and noticed something.

"It's beautiful," she whispered, her eyes filled with wonder as she stared.

She decided to leave her bags behind a large rock so that she could return for them later. She began to walk forward, in search of something or someone who could help her get home. Walking, she noticed as her eyes found the surface of the planet that, contrary to Earth's lush green grass, the grass of this planet was a deep vibrant red. Somehow, the great bright orange sky and the red grass seemed familiar, but Martha couldn't place it.

The wind picked up and blew her silky black hair away from her face. It wasn't cold on the planet. In fact, it was very humid, Martha found out soon enough. After a few moments, she let her eyes find that bright orange sky so that she could tell the time from the position of the sun. When she looked, she gasped.

"It can't be…." She whispered.

There in that amazing sky were two twin suns, one coming from the east, and one from the west. She shifted her gaze to see vivid red mountains in the distance, and sure enough, there they stood, shining brilliantly as the sunlight bathed them in its glow. Now, she knew where she'd heard of this planet before. Not long ago, on New New Earth in New New York, the Doctor had described this planet to her, and his description perfectly matched the features on this planet.

"Gallifrey," Martha whispered again, not quite believing that she was actually standing on the ancient civilization of the Time Lords.

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