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BOOK I: Fixing the Doctor's Mistake

CHAPTER 2: Two Gingers and a Rose

The Doctor and Donna, having been reunited during what would later be called "the cutest invasion ever", had just witnessed the adipose returning to the mother ship and the Doctor was laying out the ground rules for traveling with him. His hearts had been broken too many times, and he wasn't going to risk them again.

"I just wanna mate," he said, simply.

Donna was appalled! "You just want to mate?!"

"I want a mate," he tried to clarify.

"Well, you're not mating with me, sunshine!"

"A mate! I want a mate!"

"Well, just as well, because I'm not having any of that nonsense! I mean, you're just a long streak of... nothing! You know, alien... nothing!"

"There we are, then," the Doctor replied. "Ok."

"I can come?"

"Yeah, course you can, yeah!" He grinned at her as she started to squeal with joy. "I'd love it!"

They started to run towards each other to hug, then she remembered something. "Car keys! I've got to return them! I'll only be minute!"

Well, that was a bit awkward. But somehow, he just knew that Donna Noble was going to be one of the greatest companions he'd ever had! True to her word, she was back a minute later. As they entered the TARDIS, the console started emitting a strange beeping noise. "Ooh! Something's come through from another universe!" The Doctor bounced around in delight.

"You're excited about this?" Donna replied, trying not to show how excited she really was.

"Oh yes! Could be trouble! You in?" He grinned manically at his new companion.

"Oh, what the hell. Let's do it! I know I can't stop you anyway!" Donna was excited. A real adventure already!

"Allons-y!" He quipped as he plugged in the coordinates. But the TARDIS began shaking and fighting him. "She doesn't want us to land!"

Finally, the shaking stopped, and the Doctor was able to land her safely on the beach. "Well, that's weird. Wonder why she didn't want us here?" He queried as he surveyed the empty beach.

It was Donna who noticed the unusual indentation in the sand. It was about the same size and shape as the TARDIS. "Doctor? Could this have anything to do with it?"

"Oi! Yep! That's a TARDIS footprint alright. Well... I don't remember this, so it must be a future me."

"Future you?"

"Yep. One doesn't travel around through time and space without running into myself a few times. The TARDIS usually doesn't like it when that happens, though. A future me must've received the same signal and arrived a moment before we did, which is why she refused to land. She prevents paradoxes that way. Oh well. Guess I'll be taking care of it in the future, then!"

"Oh," was all she could say. She was disappointed.

The Doctor picked up on it immediately."Donna, Donna, Donna! Did I not promise you an adventure? I always deliver! Ever been to ancient Rome?" He nattered on to her about the history of the ancient civilization as the TARDIS dematerialized and they were on their way to Pompeii.

"Doctor, is it really you? Oh, but you've changed again!" Rose looked at him tearfully. "But you're still you, underneath it all, I can tell. Oh, I've found you! It's not the you I wanted, but I really don't care! I found you!" She clung to him tightly, afraid that he would disappear if she let go. "But why doesn't my key fit the lock anymore?"

"She changed the locks when she redecorated. She'd even locked me out initially afterwards. It happens," he shrugged. He smiled at her and held her close, but Rose couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.

"What is it?" She asked.

"You're here alone?" He asked. "Where is... him?" He was referring, of course, to his meta crisis twin whom he'd left her with the last time he'd seen her.

But that hadn't happened to this Rose, yet. "Him? Which him are you referring to? Pete couldn't come. Someone has to run Torchwood. Mickey probably would've come, except the cannon only transports one person at a time. And my brother's way too young! Oh, and since we're talking about my family, my Mum told me to slap you for her, but let's just say I did and move on!"

The gears in the Doctor's head were beginning to turn as the pieces began to click into place. Rose didn't realize this though, and continued talking. "We need you, Doctor! See, the stars are going out and..."

"Stop right there! I know what's going on!" He said. "See, I already fixed that problem, awhile ago. You got the right universe, but the wrong Doctor, somehow."

"The wrong Doctor?"

"Remember pinstripes? He's the one you're looking for! And when you find him... But oh! You found this me first! Do you know what this means, Rose?" He began dancing around her. "Do you know what this means?!"

"No," she laughed. "But I have a feeling that you're going to tell me."

"I CAN FIX IT! I CAN FIX IT ALL!" He yelled.

"Fix what?!"

"Everything! I can fix it all! You, me, Donna! I can save Donna!" At this realization, his face broke into a huge grin and he grabbed her, pulled her into a kiss and began to dance with her, even though there was no music.

"Ok, you're not making any sense. Who's Donna?" She was laughing. Oh, she had missed him! And did he just kiss her?! She wasn't sure that he was aware of what he'd done, and she thought it best not to bring it up. Just another incident among the many shoved under the rug marked "do not lift".

"Don't you see, Rose? You've already come back for me. Before I regenerated! But it all went kind of pear shaped and... Well, I lost you again. But not this time! This time, I can make it right!" He threw open the doors of the TARDIS and began running around like the mad man she knew he always was. She slowly followed.

"I see what you mean about the redecorating," she commented, looking around the new console room. "I think I like it! Gonna miss the coral struts though." She tried to act non-chalant, but inside, she was nervous. She was with the wrong Doctor? Apparently, in this Doctor's time line, she had already returned and... He lost her again?! What did that mean? And now he was going to fix it. While she loved the idea of not being separated from the Doctor again, she couldn't help but feel that this was wrong.

"Doctor? Are you sure it's safe to fix it? What about Reapers?"

But the Doctor wasn't paying any attention. He snapped the doors closed behind her ("Well, that's new!" Rose thought) and launched them into the vortex. He was so engrossed with what he was doing that he didn't hear the other occupants of the TARDIS enter the room. Things were about to get awkward.

"Who's she?" Amy's inquiry jolted the Doctor back to reality.

"Ah, yes," he smiled, attempting to save face. "Ponds, meet Rose Tyler. Rose, meet Amy and Rory, also known as the Ponds."

"Actually, she's a Pond. I'm a Williams," Rory clarified, annoyed by this new moniker.

That was when the Doctor noticed that someone was missing. "Where's River?"

"You know how she is. You took too long coming in, so she used that vortex thingy on her wrist and vanished," Amy supplied.

"Typical," the Doctor snorted.

"So, Rose," Amy began, with a sweet, innocent smile on her face that the men in her life knew meant trouble. Rose was in for it, they could tell. "How do you know the Doctor?"

"I used to travel with him," Rose replied, happily. Poor Rose had no idea what she was in for. But then again, the Doctor realized, neither did Amy. This could get interesting!

"Used to?" Came the inquiry.

"Well, it's a long story, actually," was the reply.

"Try me!" Good golly! What was this, the Spanish Inquisition?

"Well, it's like this. Daleks and Cybermen attacked at the same time, and I got pulled into a parallel universe. I won't bore you with the details!" Rose sensed the hostility and gave as good as she got.

Rory was impressed with Rose's spunk. Not many people could stare down Amelia Pond and make her eat her words! The Doctor whispered in his ear, "Want some popcorn? This should be a good show!"

For once, Amy was silenced. "And now you're back?"

"Something like that, yeah!"

"How?"

"My team in the other universe built a dimension cannon. It transported me back."

"Oh. You have a team?"

"Torchwood. We defend the Earth from hostile alien invasion."

Amy didn't know what to say to that. Rose jumped at the chance to turn the tables on her questioner. The men were beginning to feel like they were watching a tennis match. Rory was seriously considering that popcorn!

"How long have you been traveling with the Doctor?"

"About a year! How long did you travel with him?"

"About two. How'd you meet him?"

"The TARDIS crashed in my backyard and took out my shed when I was seven. You?"

"The mannequins in the store where I worked came to life and tried to kill me when I was nineteen. Wait, did you say you were seven?"

"Yeah, there was a really creepy crack in my wall. He said he'd fix it after he got the TARDIS upright. Back in five minutes, he said. Twelve years later, he finally returned!"

Rose guffawed at that. "Twelve years?! Blimey Doctor! You're getting worse in your old age! I thought that bringing me back one year late was bad!"

"He brought you back late, too? I'm seriously having doubts that Rory and I will make our wedding tomorrow!"

"You two are getting married tomorrow? Congratulations!"

"Well, technically, it's been the night before our wedding for almost a year now," Rory interjected.

Both women turned and scowled at him. They're having a moment here!

"So..." Rose sighed. "You and the Doctor, you're not...?"

"Oh, goodness no!" Amy laughed. "Well, I did have a teensy crush on him when I was a girl, but who wouldn't, right?"

"Right!" Rose agreed, laughing, as the two women embraced, finding a new best friend in each other.

The men just watched this exchange dumbfounded. Weren't they just about to kill each other ten seconds ago? "Women!" Rory exclaimed.

"You said it!" The Doctor agreed.