CHAPTER 15

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ALL SECRETS ARE REVEALED AT LAST

Amy landed her TARDIS outside of Rory's father's house. She was finally going to tell both sides of her family about her being a Time Lord at last. She was going to start with Brian first because he at least knew about the Doctor and their travels with him. She wouldn't have to explain so much to him.

As it turned out, she would have to explain things to him from the start. He saw her step out of her TARDIS from his window. He had heard the sound of it arriving and naturally thought that it was the Doctor's so he had run to the window to look.

"Is that the Doctor's TARDIS? Why isn't it a police box anymore?" Brian asked.

"No, Brian, it's mine," Amy said.

"Yours? How do you even know how to fly it, and how did you get one anyway?" Brian asked.

"Brian, I have something to tell you. I'm not who you think I am. I'm a Time Lord just like the Doctor," Amy said in a nervous voice.

Brian began to laugh as he said, "That's nonsense. I've known you since you were a little girl, Amy. There's no way that you're an alien."

"My people have a machine called the Chameleon Arch that can turn us into humans. It can also regress us back into infants. That's what I did to myself. I had a very hard life back on Gallifrey, Brian, so I decided to become someone else and forget my problems. I became Amy. My real name though is Cliodna," Amy explained.

"I don't believe it. You're telling me that you're an alien who turned themselves into a human with no memory of who you were? Is this a joke?" Brian asked.

"No, it's not. I didn't remember who I really was until about a year ago. I opened the old fob watch that I always carried around with me, and then I became my original self again with all of my memories intact," Amy said.

"You're serious," Brian said as he began to look upset.

"Yes, but I still love Rory, and I still care about you and my parents just as much as I did before. Nothing's really changed, Brian. I'm still Amy. I just wanted to tell you the truth because I figured that you deserved to know," Amy said.

"Amy, you didn't just tell me. I'm sorry. I should have warned you," Brian said with a guilty expression on his face.

"What do you mean?" Amy asked.

Brian moved out of the way, and Amy saw to her horror that her parents had both been standing behind him the whole time. They had heard the whole thing.

"Mum, Dad, I . . . ," Amy started to say.

"Who are you? What did you do to my daughter?" Tabetha Pond asked in an extremely upset voice.

"She's still Amy. She's still your daughter," Rory said as he suddenly came out of the TARDIS to defend her.

"How do we know that the Doctor didn't do something to both of you? He could have replaced the real Amy and Rory with duplicates and be passing you off as the real thing," Augustus Pond said.

"Dad, that's just silly. I promise that I'm not a duplicate," Amy said.

Just then Karen came out of the TARDIS, and Rory sighed. Now things were going to be really difficult.

"You're not, huh? Then who is that?" Augustus said.

"Great timing, Karen," Amy muttered.

"Hi, my name's Karen. I came out here without thinking about it out of force of habit. I'm sorry. For a minute, I forgot that I wasn't me anymore. I mean that I'm not who I used to think I was," Karen said in an embarrassed voice.

"There are two Amys? Are you the real Amy then?" Tabetha asked as she came outside.

"I am and yet I'm not," Karen said.

"I don't understand," Tabetha said as she began to tear up.

Amy put her arms around Tabetha as she said, "I'm Amy, Mum. I'm the real Amy. She's my clone."

"What?" Tabetha said as she began to cry.

"Mum, I promise it's me. I'm Amy. Please don't get upset. Please," Amy said as she began to tear up too.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause her to get upset," Karen said as she started to cry too.

Augustus saw that both Amys seemed to really care about Tabetha, and he started to soften toward them. He finally believed that at least one of the Amys was real, and he was sure that it must be the one that was hugging Tabetha now.

"Amy?" Augustus asked as he looked Amy in the eyes.

"It's me, Dad. I promise. It's really me," Amy said.

"I think it is her, dear. She acts just like her. I still don't understand why there are two of her or why she's claiming to be an alien," Tabetha said.

"I am an alien, but I'm still Amy. I'm still your little girl no matter what. Do you understand that now, Mum?" Amy asked as she wiped the tears away from under her mother's eyes.

"Yes, I think so. I still don't understand who this is though," Tabetha said as she looked at Karen.

"She's my clone. You know about the Doctor, right?" Amy asked.

"Yes. I still don't know how he materialized out of nowhere at your wedding," Tabetha said.

"Like this," Amy said with a grin as she pulled out a Stattenheim Remote and dematerialized her TARDIS.

Then she brought it right back as she said, "It's a time machine. It travels in time and space. The Doctor has one, and now so do I. Rory and I travel in it just like we used to with the Doctor in his. On one of our travels with the Doctor, I was cloned; and Karen is the result. She's just like me except that she's human."

"She's like you used to be then," Tabetha said.

She saw the hurt look on Amy's face and immediately said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything by that, Amy. I wasn't thinking. I love you no matter what."

Amy still looked hurt though so Tabetha put her arms around Amy this time as she said, "I didn't mean anything. I promise. I love you, Amy."

"I love you too," Amy said.

"I didn't mean to make things worse," Karen said.

"You didn't. It's okay," Tabetha said as she put an arm around Karen too now.

Both Amys began to smile in contentment, and Rory couldn't help but smile himself. He rarely saw Amy so happy as she was when she was with her mum.

He definitely preferred Tabetha to Cessair that was for sure.

I heard that. Amy said in his mind in an irritated voice.

I can't help it. At least Tabetha doesn't try to kill me every time that I see her. Rory responded.

You need to stop right there, Mr. Pond, if you know what's good for you. Amy replied in a threatening tone.

"Did you just threaten Rory telepathically?" Karen whispered.

As Amy nodded with an evil grin on her face, Karen laughed. Apparently being a Time Lord only gave Amy better ways to threaten Rory.

"I'm so jealous of you right now. I wish I could do that too," Karen said.

"Do what?" Brian asked.

"Never mind, Brian. I'm not sure that you would appreciate it," Amy said.

"Oh, are you threatening him mentally now?" Brian guessed with a grin.

"How did you know that?" Amy asked in shock.

"I know what that look on your face means," Brian said with a chuckle.

"Well, at least I know that you're finally accepting the changes in me now," Amy said.

"I'm sorry for acting so silly before, Amy," Augustus apologized.

"It's alright, Dad. I understand why. It is a lot to take in. I freaked out myself when I first changed. It took me a while to realize that I was still Amy," Amy admitted.

"She's definitely still Amy believe me," Rory said as he thought about her threat to him earlier.

"I just wish that you had told us sooner," Augustus said.

"I should have I know. I'm sorry about that. I won't keep any more secrets from you from now on. There still is one more thing that I should tell you though while I'm being all open about everything like this. We have a daughter," Amy said.

"Yes, Julia," Augustus said.

"No, I don't mean Julia. I have another daughter with Rory. Her name is Melody, and she's fully grown. She actually looks older than me although I'm a lot older than her obviously. I'm around a thousand years old," Amy said.

Tabetha said with bulging eyes, "You have a grown daughter?"

"Two actually. I have another daughter with my ex-husband. The one that I was married to back on Gallifrey," Amy said.

Tabetha passed out right in front of her as Amy said, "Mum? Are you alright? Mum?"

"I think that it was all just a bit too much for her. She'll be alright," Augustus said.

"I have to say that your life is a lot weirder than even I thought that it was," Brian said.

"You still don't know everything. You've all actually met Melody already even though you didn't realize it at the time," Rory said.

"What?" Brian asked.

"Melody is Mels. They're the same person," Rory explained.

"Huh?" Brian asked.

"Time Lords can change their appearance so that they can become totally different people from who they were before. That's what Melody did. She was kidnapped by an enemy of the Doctor's when she was a baby, and then she later changed her appearance and became Mels. That's how she wound up growing up with me and Amy when we were little. We named Melody after her not knowing that she was the same person at the time," Rory said.

"My head hurts," Brian said.

"I have to admit that it does sound a tad bit confusing," Augustus said.

"A tad bit? The plot of your average soap opera is more understandable than that. The future version of your as yet unborn daughter became your best friend and grew up beside you? Then you named your daughter after her who also happened to be her in the past?" Brian asked.

"Yes, that's right," Rory said.

"Now my head really hurts," Brian said.

"I'll try to explain it to you better later on, Brian. Maybe in a less confusing way," Amy said.

"I'm not sure that's possible," Brian said.

As Amy and Rory thoroughly confused their families, Oisin motioned for Karen to come back inside of the TARDIS. There was something that he had to know.

"Yes, what is it?" Karen asked.

"There's something that I would like to ask you," Oisin said.

"Go ahead," Karen said.

"I'm not sure how you're going to react," Oisin said as he hesitated.

"It's okay. Just ask me," Karen said as she gave him a warm smile to encourage him.

"How do you feel about me?" Oisin asked.

"I don't understand. Do you mean do I like you? Yes, I think you're a great guy," Karen asked in confusion.

"No, that's not what I mean. I mean, uh . . . ," Oisin said nervously.

"He wants to know if you want to go out with him, Aunt Karen," Julia finally said as she grew tired of hearing them beat around the bush.

"What? Is that true?" Karen asked.

"Yes. Do you?" Oisin asked.

"I don't know. I've honestly never thought of you that way. I'm not saying that I never would. I've just never even thought of it. Can you give me a little time to think about it?" Karen asked.

"Yes, of course," Oisin said disappointed.

"Don't get upset. I'm not rejecting you. I just need time to think about it. I mean up until recently you were a Cyberman so it's not like I was exactly eyeing you up for boyfriend material," Karen said.

Oisin nodded and turned to walk away. Karen quickly caught up to him and put her hand on his face as she said, "Don't get all upset about it, okay?"

Oisin smiled at the feel of her hand on his face as he said, "Alright."

As Oisin left, Karen couldn't help but think that he looked just a little familiar to her now that he was a Time Lord again. It was almost as if she knew him before somehow. She knew that Cliodna had known him before obviously, but she wasn't Cliodna. She had none of her memories so there was no way that Oisin could be even the slightest bit familiar to her. Right?

For the first time, Karen began to wonder if she were more like Cliodna than she thought.

"What's wrong, Aunt Karen?" Julia asked as she saw the funny look on her face.

"I just wonder if I'm not so different from your mum after all," Karen said.

"You remember him, don't you?" Selene asked.

"Yes but how is that possible?" Karen asked.

"You're her, Karen. Of course some of her memories are going to be buried deep inside of you. This proves that you're Cliodna too and not just Amy," Selene said excited.

"You want me to wind up with him, don't you?" Karen asked.

"Only if you want to. There's no pressure," Selene said in a serious voice.

"We just want you to be happy. We think that Oisin could probably make you happy since you're Mum, and Mum once loved him then as much as she does Dad now," Julia said.

"I'm very similar to your Mum, but I'm not her," Karen said.

"Couldn't you at least give it a try just to see if it might work?" Selene asked.

"I don't know. This is all just a bit sudden. Can't you give me some time to think about it?" Karen said in irritation.

"Sure. We didn't mean to aggravate you," Julia said in an apologetic voice.

"It's okay. Just give me a few days, alright?" Karen asked.

Julia and Selene both nodded.

Karen went to her room in a bit of a daze. She had a lot to think about. She wasn't sure herself how she felt especially now that she was starting to have some kind of odd flashbacks from Cliodna's life.

Back outside Amy was finally feeling relaxed as she could sense that her parents were finally accepting what she had just told them. Her mother was actually awake now and everything. So that was always a good sign.

Then everything started to go haywire again as River slowly came walking up to them. Amy could see right away that something was wrong with her. She looked pale and could barely walk.

"Melody, what's wrong?" Amy called out as she ran to her.

"I've . . . been . . . attacked," River managed to get out before she collapsed.

Amy managed to catch her just before her head could hit the sidewalk. That was when she saw the puncture mark on her neck.

"Vampires in Leadworth? Why did this kind of thing never happen when I was trying to convince the psychiatrists that I wasn't crazy?" Amy said in an irritated voice.

"Vampires are real?" Tabetha asked in disbelief.

"I'm afraid so. It looks like one of them just bit Melody. She's the daughter that I told you about, Mum," Amy said as she checked River's vital signs with her sonic screwdriver to make sure that she was okay.

"She's Melody?" Tabetha asked in shock, and then she passed out again.

"Just when I thought I was making so much progress with her," Amy said with a sigh.

Next: Fans of Bad Wolves will have just figured out why 'River' was acting so oddly there. Next time we'll hear the story of what happened to River from her own point of view. Also River finally meets the rest of the family . . . again. Also we'll find out what happened to Sirona's TARDIS to make it attack her the way that it did. Hopefully Karen will finally give Oisin an answer too.