Okay, so here is my next chapter. Thanks to ephemeral violet for reviewing. I really appreciate it, and to answer the question is the next installment :D I hope it makes a bit more sense now!

For once in his life, The Doctor was both still and silent. There was no was this could be happening. The other Time Lords had been destroyed, locked away in the Last Great Time War. And besides that, his Ninth incarnation had only come to be after he had completed the time lock, not to mention that back when he was in his Ninth, he had never met his future self. That was strictly against the rules of time.

Yet, when the Doctor looked at the screen, he saw his Ninth self, standing in front of four other Time Lords. The thing that scared him the most though, was not the fact that they were all there, but who they were. The people standing behind 'him' were none other than the four Gallifreyans who had shaped the Doctor's life. Drall, who had been the Lord President at the time the Doctor had first run away, Rassilon, who was the Lord President that had turned the Gallifreyans to time lords, The Master, who no matter how many times the Doctor tried to kill him, he always came back, and The Woman in White, also known as Susan Foreman, The Doctor's Granddaughter, all stared piercingly at the Doctor through the screen, as if they knew he was there. The Doctor relayed their names to River, and with each one, her face paled even more. She had heard of each of them, and how they each meant trouble for her husband.

"Sweetie," she asked, "why is your past self standing outside your TARDIS, along with four of the most influential Time Lords to ever exist?"

"How did you know that was me? You never met my ninth incarnation, have you?" The Doctor babbled, worried that he was having severe memory loss, or that bits of his memory had been taken. Surely he would have remembered meeting River. It would explain why he didn't remember meeting his future self.

"Of course I haven't!" The Doctor relaxed. "I did a little research with the help of the TARDIS. She showed my all of your past forms, and bits of your old adventures, and even a couple of companions. Looks like I have some competition!" River laughed.

The Doctor's face flushed a bit, completely forgetting about the situation at hand. "So you know about…" he trailed off.

"The scarf, the celery, the recorder, Rose, the Human-Time Lord Meta-Crisis, although the TARDIS had to explain that one to me, Romana, Ian, Barbra, Ace, Sarah Jane, you name it. Memorized all the TARDIS told me. What else am I supposed to do when I'm stuck in a cell all day? But Doctor, you are missing the point. Why are your past self, Rassilon, Drall, The Master, and Susan all standing outside the TARDIS?"

"I have no idea, but I intend to find out!" The Doctor grinned.

The Time Lords knocked again and The Doctor thought for a moment trying to come up with a plan. He couldn't just fly away, never to see the Time Lords again. If they were back, something must have been wrong with time and he had to figure out what. But he didn't want to give himself away. He had a feeling that they didn't know who was in the TARDIS, after all how could they? Suddenly he grabbed River's arms, shouting "I've got it!" and then disappeared up the TARDIS stairs. He came back a moment later carrying a small, complex, futuristic gun. "We play it dumb! Act as if you have no idea what they are doing out there, and as if you just stumbled upon the TARDIS by accident" River nodded, still a little weak at the knees from surprise and fear, but now that he had a plan, she stood up straighter. The Doctor turned his gun upside down and pointed it at himself, pretending that was how it was supposed to be held. He would have looked pretty menacing to anyone who had never seen that type of gun. He and River opened the door slowly. There they all were, standing there impossibly, staring right at River and The Doctor.

"I h-have a g-g-gun and I'm n-not afraid to use it" The Doctor stuttered. The Other Doctor addressed him first. He seemed to be the leader of the group, which perplexed the Doctor because of the company he was in. Rassilon was one of the most powerful Time Lords to ever exist, not to mention he had been a Lord President.

"Well that's very good that you have a gun. It means that recognize that we are a threat to you, which means that you probably know that you are holding your gun wrong. It's best to give up this act now, so we can all get some answers." The Other Doctor beamed in that all-too-familiar way.

The Doctor was stunned that they had seen through his ruse. Usually, when he put his mind to it, no one could ever tell if he was faking it or not, even River. He felt a twinge of pride that The Other Him had figured it out. It proved that this was the actual Ninth Incarnation, not just a Teselecta or a Slitheen. This man had the exact same personality as he had had, although The Doctor knew for a fact that he had not grinned like that until he met Rose.

The Doctor shook his head, clearing his thoughts. He stood up a little straighter and dropped the act. He took River's right hand in his left, and held the other out to The Other Doctor.

"Hello, I'm the Doctor, but not just any doctor, I'm THE Doctor. Now I know you are going to say that I can't be the Doctor, because you are the Doctor, but believe me when I say this, I'm you and you are me. Well, not yet, but eventually you will be me, so don't worry. I'm you from the future! The odd thing is, I don't remember ever having met myself, so I might have to wipe your memory after we sort this all out. But don't worry, it all works out in the end because here I am. Tada! Now would you mind explaining why there are other Time Lords here? Oh! Speaking of which, this is my wife, River, she is kind of a Time Lord too."

The Other Doctor's jaw dropped while the other Time Lords stood in bewilderment "H-How do you know to call me the Doctor? There is only one person that has ever called me that. Her name is Romana. All call me Theta. Wait a second, if you are the Doctor, and you think I'm the Doctor, then that must mean…"He turned to the other Time Lords, beaming. "It worked! We made it! We still have a chance"

"But is it safe? This world is so small. I guess we could dispose of the stupid apes and start anew." Rassilon spoke for the first time, glancing around at the humans. He turned back to find a very confused and annoyed Doctor.

"Now hold on just a moment. These humans are not 'stupid apes'! Before you do anything, you've got some explaining to do. What do you mean you are not the Doctor? You look and act exactly like I did!"

"I am you, but we all came from a universe parallel to this one"

~Flashback from Theta's POV, set on the parallel universe he grew up on during The Last Great Time War~

(AN: This is not the same universe that Rose and 10.5 are on in case anyone is wondering. It is a completely separate one.)

They didn't stand a chance. The Gallifreyans knew enough to realize that the Daleks would exterminate everyone. The universe would cease to exist, every last Time Lord and Time Lady destroyed in The Last Great Time War. If Gallifrey didn't find a way to stop the Daleks, everything would die, including them. The fate of the universe rested on their shoulders. The Daleks were coming.

"Will all members of the Time Council please report for an emergency meeting." Romana's voice boomed throughout Gallifrey. Her voice came out calm and even, but Theta knew her well enough to detect the subtle trace of fear hidden behind her confidence. At least her manner of speaking was able to calm down Gallifrey, if only for a moment. After all she was the Lady President, everyone listened to her.

Theta reached the top room of the large, majestic building at the center of the frantic city. He was the last of the council to arrive, which was surprising. He had run an awful lot before returning to Gallifrey, gone on many adventures, but of course, when Romana had called for his help in with The Last Great Time War, he couldn't resist the adventure. And now, here he was, a member of the Time Council.

"We have a problem" Romana addressed the council in her princess-like manner, which had still remained with her, even after regeneration."The Daleks are coming, and for once, I don't know what to do."

Theta tuned out the loud discussion that followed. After all, the only person in the room that had any interest in what he had to say (other than Susan) was Romana. The rest all thought of him as the boy who ran. All of the arguing was making his head hurt, not to mention the fact that he had just recently regenerated into his Ninth Form. He knew he was going through his regenerations faster than most, but at least the others had been worth it. Not this time though. He had been sent on a mission to spy on the Dalek ships, but had gotten 'exterminated' when he had been caught. He had barely made it back to Gallifrey before he had started to regenerate, so he was still getting used to this body. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind. Oh, this regeneration was clever! Before he could stop himself, he stood up and shouted.

"What if we brought them back? All of the Time Lords that have died. They could help us win this, and beat the Daleks! What if we brought back Rassilon? He could lead us. He would know what to do. All we would need to do is each sacrifice one regeneration."

For once, everyone listened to him. They all agreed to do so, even Romana (who knew that in bringing Rassilon back, she would lose her status as Lady President). The Time Council also decided to resurrect The Master along with Rassilon. Although Theta wasn't very fond of the thought of bringing his old nemesis back, he knew it was for the best. The Master had always been a particularly good fighter.

Once Rassilon was reborn though, things started going wrong. He was moved to the status of Lord President once more, but he was just as helpless as Romana. With the threat of Dalek invasion looming over their heads, there was only one solution that seemed plausible to everyone (no matter how cowardly it might be).

Run.

And that is exactly what they planned to do. The only problem was that there were Daleks everywhere. They couldn't go anywhere without being noticed, especially not an entire species. That's when they decided to jump to a parallel universe. The original plan was to send The Master, Drall, a previous Lord President, and Susa, Theta's granddaughter, all lead by Rassilon, but Romana disagreed. She claimed that she wanted to be part of the action, but Theta knew that was a lie. She compromised with Rassilon, saying that she would stay behind if Theta would lead the group. Rassilon reluctantly agreed.

They left Gallifrey, jumping to the parallel world, hoping to find an escape route in which the other Time Lords could come through. They planned on bringing their entire species over to the new universe, leaving their own to the mercy of the Daleks. They knew how horrible that was, but they were too selfish to care about the other species'.

When they got to the other universe, they had no idea where they were. Rassilon had hoped they would land on the parallel version of Gallifrey, but they ended upon the planet of the stupid apes that Theta had so often visited .The Gallifreyans were at a loss of what to do, but soon enough, Susan noticed a blue police box that she recognized as the TARDIS that she had once traveled with Theta in, albeit, slightly newer.

Theta, unsure of what else to do, walked up to it and knocked on the door.

~End Flashback~

"So…." The Doctor said. "You are a parallel me, planning to take over earth to save your species." He glanced over at River. "Typical day for me, huh?" He smiled, but turned back to Theta, suddenly serious again. "I'm afraid I can't allow you to do that."

Rassilon stepped forward. "Well it's a good thing you don't have to then." He pressed a button on the band around his arm. The Doctor caught the words "We'll be back" as Rassilon and the other Time Lords disappeared on the wind.

River turned to him. "Sweetie, I've been on adventures with you before, but I have to say, this is by far, the most complicated."

The Doctor was about to answer when a sudden squeal of tires on pavement, and the faint sound of the TARDIS materializing interrupted him. He looked around to see a Dolorean (that is an old model car) where it had not been just a second before. The door of the car opened upwards, as opposed to sideways, like a normal car.

The Doctor squeezed River's hand as a very familiar blonde, and a man with spiky hair and a trench coat stepped out.

YAAAY! I'm done! I really hope you like it. Just to clear a couple things up, when I say the woman in white, I am talking about the woman who kept showing up during The End of Time. The one who talked to Wilf through the TV. There are speculations that she is either Susan or Romana, and since I already had Romana, I decided to make her Susan. Now, for those of you who don't know, Susan traveled with the first Doctor, and is his granddaughter. Romana is a Time Lady who traveled with the Fourth Doctor. If anyone has seen any episodes with Romana, and feels like correcting the way I wrote her character, PLEASE DO! I don't know very much about her other than the fact that she traveled with him and has dealt with a parallel Gallifrey before. In case you didn't figure it out. Theta's parallel Gallifrey was exactly the same as the Doctor's up until the point where Romana invited him back to help with the Time War and he actually stayed instead of putting the Time Lock on the war and burning everything. The last thing I have to say is about the Dolorean. It is a type of car with funky doors that open upwards. The reason I am using it is (A) so it is really easy to distinguish from the TARDIS, and (B) If you have ever seen Back to the Future, this is the exact same type of car that Doc turns into a time machine :D I'm sorry, but I could not resist putting it in.

I'm sorry this chapter is really complicated. Feel free to message me if you have any other questions about it. The next chapter will make everything even more complicated, but it will be from Rose or 10.5's POV, so be looking forward to that.

Thank you all for reading this. I'm really enjoying writing it :D I hope the next chapter will be up soon. I really, really, really, enjoy reviews, so if you liked it, tell me why in a review. If you didn't like it, tell me why in a review so I know what to fix so I can make it better :D

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