AN: Okay, so here is my next chapter. I have to thank Rwy'n-Y-Blaidd-Drwg for reviewing. I'd really appreciate more reviews because it helps motivates me to write more. Every review literally makes my day, even if it is just telling me to fix something!

So this chapter is once again a bit confusing, but stick with me. I actually have a plot for the entire story. I kind of picture this story as my own little version of a season finale, which is why it is so complicated!

I also realized just now that I have been writing this as Third Person Omnipotent, which I don't much like, so from now on, I'm going to try to stick with Third Person limited to the Doctor's thoughts. If you don't have any clue what I'm talking about, then don't worry about it.

For those of you who don't know, there is a scene that was cut from the end of the Journey's End when the Doctor left Rose and 10.5 on the beach. In it, The Doctor gave them the TARDIS Coral, stating that it would take a really long time, but eventually 10.5 and Rose could grow their own TARDIS. Timelord/Donna then told them a way to do so within a short period of time. Russell T. Davies said it is safe to assume that this scene still happened, and that they cut it out for purposes of time. I personally have always wanted this to have stayed in the episode, so for the sake of this fanfic, I assume that it was in there. Their TARDIS looks like a Delorean instead of a police box though.

As Rose Tyler and her Meta-Crisis Doctor stepped out of the Delorean, The Doctor felt a small stab of pain in one of his hearts. He had missed her, but he knew he had done the right thing, leaving her behind with the Timelord/Human Meta-Crisis. He imagined that she would have been furious with him for running off without a proper goodbye. Even then, he had known that if he had had the strength to see her off, he would have never have left. The Doctor had loved her too much back then. As it was, he had nearly started crying when she had kissed the Meta Crisis. Ha! He chuckled to himself. He had been so hopelessly in love. At least back then, he had the mind to stay away from Rose. He knew that she had been his biggest weakness, which is why he never crossed that line with her. It wasn't like he was oblivious to the fact that she loved him back. He knew all about her love for him, and suspected she knew about his. But they were both smart. They stayed friends because he would hurt too much when they inevitably got separated, or she started getting old. To actually be romantically involved with her would only make the pain worse. This Incarnation had much less self control than his last. He loved River now, more than he could possibly say. The only difference was that, although River knew it would eventually end, she decided to make the most of it. The Doctor told himself that he was only giving in because he didn't want to hurt her, and because he wanted to make up for her horrible life and show her that he didn't care how many times she had tried to kill her. But it was all a lie. He gave in because he loved her, and all the other things were merely truthful excuses. After all, he had married her.

"Miss me?" Rose's voice distracted him from his thoughts. A wide grin spread across the Doctor's face as she ran into his arms. He was filled with love, but for once, it was only friendly love. River coughed and he turned his head and stuck his tongue out at her, still not letting go of Rose. Too bad River had seen some of his previous adventures. If she hadn't, she wouldn't know about Rose and how he had been so painfully obvious about loving her. But River trusted the Doctor, and knew him well enough to see he had finally gotten over Rose. River sighed and he finally let go. The Doctor noticed that Rose had not been surprised by River's presence, but the thought slipped his mind when the Meta-Crisis Doctor walked up to Rose and took her hand.

"Hello me" The Doctor greeted him.

"No, I'm not you" The Meta-Crisis said seriously. "You left her on a parallel universe. I would have never done that, even if it was for the best. She sobbed for days afterwards" Rose blushed a bit at this. "So I changed my name. I couldn't be the Doctor. I committed genocide, but she taught me that every life has value. Even after that though, I still wasn't you. I can never live up to that. So I changed my name to John Noble. But you probably figured that out on your own, didn't you? You regretted having left her there, and knew I would find your fault and change my name!"

Rose leaned up and pecked him on the lips."Yep! Still over thinking every little thing just like you used to. One of the reasons I love him so much!"

John seemed to lose his train of thought with this comment. "But I suppose, in a couple of months, I'll be John Tyler anyways, so it doesn't really matter all that much anyways."

The Doctor grinned, his smile almost brighter than the John's. "Aww, you're getting married! I love weddings! Can I come? "River gave him the death glare and he hastily changed the subject. "You're looking especially…oh, what is a good word?" He thought for a moment. "I've got it! Supermegafoxyawesomehot!" the smile returning to his face. John just stared blankly at him. The Doctor frowned inwardly at the fact that one of the greatest parodies of all time didn't exist on Pete's World. He was amazed at how young John and Rose looked. "How long's it been anyways?"

"Well, it took us ten years to grow our TARDIS to the point where she was actually able to function. She's still not fully done growing, but …"John trailed off.

"He couldn't wait to get away from a domestic life" Rose finished for him. "You should have seen him! Trying to avoid all the paperwork at Torchwood! I swear, if he wasn't half alien, he would have been fired the second he stepped into that office!"

John pouted, but Rose leaned against his shoulder and he continued. "Anyways, we traveled around for a bit, saving the world from certain destruction. You know, the usual. The Chameleon Circuit was actually working for a while, but when we arrived in the 1980's, it got stuck as a Delorean, although I can't really complain. Now I can say we've got a car that's bigger on the inside" He smiled. "about five years after that, we were traveling through the void when suddenly, we sort of left the void, disappearing from time, like the first time you and Rose visited Pete's world. The only difference is, our ship didn't completely die out like yours did. She sort of adapted to the different Time Vortex of this universe. I'm pretty sure it's because she still isn't completely finished growing, so she was able to change her structure for this universe without using too much energy."

The Doctor was puzzled. "So how long exactly has it been?"

"19 years. For us, anyway"

"But you two don't look a day older! Surely you would have aged a little."

John and Rose looked guiltily at the ground, but before they could answer, a very familiar voice came from inside of the Delorean.

"Hey John! Rose! I know this place is bigger on the inside and all, but can I please come out now? It's kind of cramped in here."

Oh, this will be interesting, the Doctor thought as a tall dark haired man wearing a military style coat stepped out of the Delorean, clearly not waiting for an answer. The Doctor stared in shock.

"When we fell into this universe, we knew there was something wrong. There has to be a huge rip in the fabric of the universe to be able to travel between parallel worlds. So we brought back up." John supplied.

"Hel-lo Doctor" The man who had stepped from the Delorean smirked. "I see you've regenerated since I last saw you. Looking good! And who," He stared at River, "is this beautiful lady?" He walked up to her and held out his hand. "Captain Jack Harkness at your service"

"Jack!" The Doctor warned, but pulled him into a friendly hug. "This is my wife, Professor River Song, so keep your hands to yourself."

A young woman with long dark hair and bangs slid from the Delorean. "Oh don't worry. I'll make sure of that."She grabbed Jack's ear and dragged him over to stand by Rose and John. "I'm Gwen Cooper by the way" she said peeking around Jack. "I work for Torchwood 3 with Jack." Jack pouted, rubbing his ear.

"When you say back up, do you mean…" the Doctor started.

"Oh yes!" John shouted excitedly. People trickled out of the Delorean, all familiar, and some very unexpected. A dark skinned couple came first, the woman running up to the Doctor and hugging him with all her strength.

"Martha! Good to see you again! And Mickey the not-so-idiotic idiot!" He shook the man's hand.

Next came a young boy who looked about 17. He was carrying a small tin dog under his arm. "Hello sir, it's nice to finally meet you in person sir." The boy saluted and a look of recognition crossed the Doctor's face. "Luke Smith and K-9! No, no, don't salute. And call me the Doctor. Where's Sarah Jane? Oh! No! I'm sorry" he said quickly when Luke's face fell.

Then an unexpected young blonde in olive green cargo pants and a t-shirt skipped out of the Delorean. "Hello Dad!" she nearly shouted. The Doctor ignored the questioning glare from River as he hugged her. Jenny was one of the few people that the TARDIS had not been able to pull up files on seeing as she had never actually set foot in the TARDIS. After all, the Doctor thought she was dead. He resolved to ask her about it later when a dirty blonde in a t-shirt and jeans stepped out.

"Ace?" The Doctor was dumbfounded. He hadn't seen her in ages.

"Hello Professor!" She ran up to him and gave him a quick hug. "You've changed a lot since I last saw you. How do you feel about blowing things up…?"

The Doctor couldn't answer because he was too busy staring at the woman who was standing in the door of the Delorean. If he had been surprised to see Ace, then there were no possible words to describe his utter shock at seeing the ginger. He was at a complete loss for words.

"No, no, no, you cannot be here! Your mind should have burned, not that I'm not overjoyed to see you, but Donna Noble, you should be dead!"

"Oi! Watch it! I try to make an amazing entrance and of course you have to go and spoil it by telling me I should be dead! I'm clearly here, I clearly remember, and I am clearly not dead, so shut it!"

"But how come you're not burning up? And wait a second, how did you all know it was me? I mean sure, the blue box kind of gave it away, but how did you know it was me?" The Doctor asked, his brain finally catching up to him. He turned to Rose and John. "How did you two know where to find many of my old companions? And for that matter, how did you know where to find me? I could have been anywhere in the universe, but you just happened to pick the exact time that I run into an unsolvable situation? Not a soul in this universe other than the Ponds and River even know I'm alive, let alone my exact location. That can't be a pure coincidence, especially since you two don't seem to have aged a day in 19 years! And not a single one of you has yet to ask me what happened that caused the original rip in the fabric of the universe that let those two through in the first place!" The Doctor jerked a thumb at Rose and John. None of this was making any sense to him.

"That is because we already know about the Time Lords," John said quietly.

And with that, he pulled out a small fob watch with Gallifreyan engravings on it.

AN: So yeah! I hope you like it. Once again, to clear a couple of things up: This is NOT an AU, so although John's fob watch may be important, it is not used in exactly the same way it was in season 3. Also I will explain the Donna situation in the next chapter, so hopefully it is not too confusing. Lastly, The Ponds will arrive soon enough. I really do like them, so I couldn't possibly leave them out, especially since I brought back Ace. I'm sorry I couldn't bring all his old companions back. It would have been way too complicated. And for those of you who don't know, Ace was a companion of the 7th Doctor, who she always called 'Professor'.

Lastly, if anyone seems out of character, PLEASE TELL ME! I hate it when I do that! So review to your heart's content and tell me what to fix! I love reviews and find them really helpful. They allow me to know what I need to fix, and what is good, so pleeeaaassseee review. It really means a lot!