When we arrived into town, I tried to get the men to let me find something to wear that would fit, but they all told me no. Steve and Pete kept me in sight constantly.
As we entered the warehouse, I let Steve and Pete enter ahead of me, they gave me glares when they walked past. The happiness was radiating from the room ahead of me. The Doctor grabbed my hand and gave it a squeeze.
I walked forward with his hand in mine and quietly pushed the door open. "… a bear, but why?"
"The orphans from Cite de St Jean de Dieu, they channeled all their hatred, sadness, and abuse into the one thing they loved. Their stuffed bear." All eyes were on me, after I answered Claudia's question.
"Doctor," Myka started. "Who is she?"
The Doctor pushed me ahead of him. "It's… me." I gulped.
"Me who?" Artie asked.
I cleared my throat. "Here I'm Marie. In another world at another time I was Emma, but I'm always Shadow."
Everyone looked towards Steve with a questioning gaze. Steve gave a slight nod, "I don't understand one thing, how did you change?"
"I'm a Time Lord, when we are mortally wounded we regenerate. Everything about us changes, but our memories." I walked towards Claudia, "You and Rory both thought I had secrets, I do. More than either of you can imagine."
"That's impossible!" Claudia shouted. She shrank away from me and went to Steve. "Tell me she's lying."
"I can't."
Artie ran his hand through his hair. "This explains so much, how you know things in minute detail, why you thought things were slightly different…"
Everyone in the room seemed to believe me, but Claudia. She pulled at her hair and paced around the room. "It can't be true; I'm still there aren't I? This is all fake, a dream."
"When I met you, I was one of the few people that believed you; I helped you learn all about the warehouse. I know you don't think it's real, but it's really me, Dia."
She stopped pacing. "What did you call me?"
"Dia?"
Claudia looked towards me, "Only Marie calls me that, she's the only one that knows it." She got closer to me. "It's really you, isn't it?"
I barley nodded my head, when she pulled me in a tight hug. I hugged her back and began to cry at what I knew I had to tell them. "I'm sorry."