Disclaimer: Nothing related to Doctor Who or the Harry Potter Series is mine. I swear. I wish I owned them, cuz then I might have a bit more money, but I don't.

Warnings: Book Two of Three (Main books anyway). Swearing. Sarcasm. I have only watched the new series, no knowledge of early Doctor Who. EWE, kind of...

Dedication: To the Writers and Producers of Doctor Who, thank you for giving me something else to obsess over, now that Harry Potter is long gone. And to the lovely people who encourage me to continue writing in their reviews. To the lovely people who encouraged me to post the next chunk. To my lovely reviewers, GryffinPuffGirl and Emaelin, thank you for everything you've said.

Book 2: Stories of A Shop Girl

Summary: A Death too soon. A woman who steps up to save the world.

Rating: Dark T

Genre: Adventure/Drama

A/N: So the chapter after this is where canon starts being deviated from. Just a little bit.

A/N 2: Please, someone tell me what they think of Maria. I'm not asking for my health. I'd like to know so that I know about my skills as a writer. Because I really can't tell, given as I know all of the characters secrets, and every little thing I say about a character feels like 'everyone is going to know the secret'.

A/N 3: I am currently in university, and my studies are a priority. Knowing that, please be forgiving when I don't post as often.

A/N 4: Alright, boys and girls, this isn't a real chapter. This is a brief intermission, which has a relation to the story. It has Amy and Rory in it. SPOILERS for The Angels Take Manhattan! This is in honour of their 'death'.

NEEDED:

Someone familiar with the early Who. Preferably Doctors 3-5. And someone with knowledge of Gallifrey. It's for another story, but I don't want to make things up, and I don't want to screw everything up. TARDIS files only has so much.

Intermission 1: Amy, Rory and Maria

They'd barely been in New York for two weeks when someone knocked on their door. Amy frowned. Rory frowned. Their little one bedroom apartment was the best they could get. Amy got into publishing, joining a man named Billy Shipton. Rory went to re-qualify for his nursing exams. He figured he would get a job, most likely before the second world war. They hadn't made any friends, and outside of the manager of the building, there was no one who could knock on their door. Amy got up from their small sitting room first, going to open the door.

"Hello?"

Standing on their doorstep was a woman with bright red hair, and TARDIS blue eyes. "Hello dearies. How's New York?"

Rory came up behind Amy, looking on in shock as an old friend stood on their door mat. "How can you be here? The Doctor said it was-" Rory started, frowning.

"Impossible? I'm sure he has no true idea of the word." Maria said, grinning.

Amy blinked, confused, "But wait, how did you get here? The Doctor said he can't land the TARDIS, and I doubt the vortex manipulator would work."

"Spoilers, Ponds. Are you going to invite me in? I mean, you did hit me with a car."

Rory grumbled, "I did apologize. And you're fine now."

"Come in." Amy said, grinning, going to hug Maria. "Where are you in your timeline?"

Maria frowned, thinking, "The Byzantium? That was when I last saw you Amy, and I went to say hi to Rory at the Pandorica."

"I am sorry about that again." Amy said, frowning. She walked into the little kitchen they had, and started making tea. Rory lead Maria into the living room.

Rory takes a seat, and Maria perches on an arm of a chair. "So why are you here?" Rory asked, giving her an evaluating stare.

"Well, I figure you two would be bored. I've got HQ up and running. Wondered if you wanted to come?"

Amy ran into the room, "We can't. Rory's buried here. We die here."

Maria gave Amy a large smile. "Well, that's the ending. Do you know how you two got there? Hmmm?"

Amy's jaw dropped. Rory blinked. "Wait, you're telling us that you can take us out of here, and that won't cause a paradox?"

"I can even set up a tombstone with your names on it. You two don't know if you're actually buried under there." Maria laughed.

Amy and Rory looked at each other, having a silent conversation. "I don't know. We'd kind of like to settle down a bit."

"Remember our conversation on Demon's Run?" Maria asked, giving them a grin.

It took a few minutes before Amy and Rory figured out what she was talking about. "You mean?"

"Yes."

"And you can..."

"Of course."

Amy and Rory looked at each other, having another silent conversation, "Where do we sign up?"