"Hi honey, I'm home." He said. There he was. Standing in my living room, looking straight. At. Me.

"CAL!" I yelled. She instantly appeared next to the Doctor with Dr. Moon.

"Yes? What is it Dr. Song?" She asked me.

"Would you care to explain to me why there's a program of the Doctor in my living room?" I ask, my voice wavering.

"Dr. Song, this is no program. He had been downloaded and saved into the hard drive." states CAL.

"Is this true Moon?" I ask.

"Yes, the Doctor has been downloaded." He states. I take a deep breath. This cannot be happening. This is happening. It can't be, usually I take everything head on, but for once, I can't believe my eyes.

"Thank you CAL, Dr. Moon, you may go." I tell them. They disappear before my eyes.

"River." The Doctor takes a step towards me. I take a step back. I don't want to touch him and wake up. This has to be a dream CAL gave me.

"River. I'm really here. It's ok. I'm here." He spoke soothingly as if talking to a scared animal. He came towards me again, I stood frozen in place.

"It's OK Mother. We wished him here. We made a wish and he came." Tardis explained, smiling. The Doctor's eyes never left my face.

"She called you 'Mother' don't tell me you had an affair while I was gone." The Doctor said.

"Never Sweetie." I smile, and take another step back.

"So whose are they then?" He took another step towards me. He had that flirty face of his on.

"Their mine of course. Just mine."

"Is that so?"

"Of course it is. What did you think?"

"I was thinking that you had kids I was gone. Who's the lucky bloke of a father? Is it Dave? Or is it other Dave?" He started to look mad. And believe me you don't want him mad.

"He's not here. He's gone. Maybe dead." Donna says quietly.

"I believe that his best mate is gone too. He would've been our dad, but he couldn't be here." Centurion piped up.

"I think our father left us as kids. He never really knew us." Tardis whispered. The Doctor turned to face them all. There's a moment of silence while the Doctor takes them in. Centurion's red hair, Tardis's deep blue eyes, and most importantly Donna's very curly brown hair.

"What are your names?" He finally asks.

"Centurion." Centurion says, standing up straight. His red hair seems to shine. He reminds me so much of Amy, so outgoing.

"Donna. Donna Spoilers." says Donna shyly. She ducks her head, curls bouncing. "I'm the only one with a middle name."

"I'm Tardis." Tardis states. Her blue eyes flash, and her black hair makes her look sort of mysterious. She looks like she could be the oldest, even though they're all triplets. The Doctor's eyes harden.

"River. Are these kids mine?" He asks, his voice hard. I say nothing. He turns back and looks me straight in the eye. "Melody Pond. Are these children mine?" He asks again. More demanding this time. The kids gasp. They found the truth. I'm Melody Pond. The girl from the Doctor stories. I look to see their faces of disbelief. They can't believe it. Centurion looks like he won't believe it. I look back at the Doctor, still waiting for an answer. I take a deep breath.

"Kiddies, let me talk to the Doctor alone. I want you to go to your room alright? And don't come back until I say." I tell them. Centurion's shoulders slump and they all look as if they want to argue, but one look from me tells them otherwise. They all quietly go to their room.

"River. You still haven't answered me." The Doctor's voice was low. I take another deep breath and went to sit down at the sofa.

"They're programs. CAL gave them to me a few years ago. She did some crossover and match-ups to create an idea of what our would-be children would look like and act like. So in a way, they are your children, just like they're mine." I explain. I go on.

"I knew I was going to be stuck here for eternity, and I there was always a small part of me that believed that one day we might have a family. Kids we could take through time with us. I know it was crazy but now that I was here, I could do that. I could raise a family. So I did. I named them those names so I wouldn't forget that they're programs, but at the same time I'd remember you." I was starting to become worked up, but I couldn't stop. I had to tell him everything.

"I thought about you every day. I told the kids my story. Your story. They grew up knowing about the Doctor and Melody Pond, and the TARDIS. They knew who you were since they could crawl. I wouldn't let myself forget you. I couldn't. I missed you so much. I can't even see the archaeology crew as much as I used to because they remind me of my last hours with you." Tears were running down my cheeks.

"River." He whispered. He looked to be in so much pain. He rarely saw me cry.

"River. I'm here. I'm right here." He wiped away my tears. "I'll always come back River. Always. He held my face to his. He kissed my forehead. Then my lips. His arms found their way around my waist and mine went around his neck. Then I knew he wasn't a program. A program would never be this good. I could've stayed that way forever. When we came up for air, he just held me. It was nice to be in his arms again. As I calmed down, he rubbed my back and stroked my hair, until my breathing returned to normal. I asked him.

"Do you want some tea Sweetie? I have some herbal lemon and jammy dodgers in the cupboard."

He smiled. "I'd love some." He taps my nose. As we go to the kitchen, I ask him another question.

"So how did you wind up here Sweetie?" He wasn't the type to come back and download himself on a hard drive and give up the rest of his life. It wasn't his style. If he didn't have more regeneration cycles left, he might come here eventually. Maybe. But he still had his 11 face and he had at least one more regeneration to go.

"Oh you know, just in the area and decided to stop by." He straightened his bow tie. I give him a look.

"Ok. So besides being in the area, I found a way for you to come home with me. Back to the TARDIS."

"There's no way out sweetie." I said lightly. "I gave up my brain for memory space for CAL, my body burned up, and then what was left of me was saved in the hard drive thanks to you." I smile sweetly.

"Yes." He said slowly. "What you don't know is your body didn't burn up. You had it downloaded with your brain during that blip in the computer when you gave up your brain for more memory space for CAL. However, CAL only needed the memory space you gave her so that all the thousands of people that used to be saved on the hard-drive could leave and go back to the real world. Now that they're out, CAL can still use your brain space, but it's more of a convenience, not a necessity, so you could actually leave with me."

I froze. I could leave? Really? I could go back to the Doctor and travel through time and space with him? It sounded too good to be true. I thought about it. His logic made sense. There was a slight chance at the time that my entire self would be downloaded, but it was so small a percentage, I didn't even bother mentioning it to his tenth regeneration Doctor. I didn't want to get his hopes up. Plus, it felt like I died when I went into the hard drive. So of course I thought I died. But I guess not.

I could really go back with the Doctor. I could be with him and never leave his side. We'd be together, saving the earth, going on adventures, and traveling everywhere and in every time. Everything would be back to how it used to be.

But... What about the kids? Tardis, Centurion, and Donna? They'd just disappear from existence once I left, wouldn't they? I had become quite attached to them. I even believed that I loved them. I couldn't leave them and erase them from history.

"Mum? You're not going to leave us are you? We aren't programs are we? We're real. We have to be real. Mum?" Donna asked softly. I turned around to see my three children standing in the hallway eavesdropping on our conversation. They all had fear in their eyes and a few glistening tears. I remember when I named them, my plan was to always remember that they were programs, but soon enough they grew on me and it was harder and harder to remember that.

I took a deep breath. Again. Then I spoke.

"You three are my children. No matter what you are, you are my children. And I love you all very much. But, yes, you three are programs. CAL blessed me with you three. I couldn't ask for better kids. The Doctor is who I was paired with when CAL gave you to me, so you may have some of his traits." I explained.

Donna began to cry.

"Oh Donna, come here." I held out my arms, but she shrank back into Tardis' protective arms. Centurion didn't look too upset. He quickly wiped away his tears and crossed his arms, leaning up against the wall.

"So are you really Melody Pond? All those stories were about you and the Doctor?" He asked.

"Yes, that's me. Melody Pond."

"So..." He said, turning to the Doctor. "You kissed my Grandmother?! I don't care if I'm a program or not, that woman" pointing to me "is my Mum. And you went and kissed her Mum?" He accused. Donna looked up. Her face was red, but she had stopped crying.

"Technically, she kissed me. Not only that, but I didn't even know she was River's Mum." The Doctor said, looking uncomfortable. "And then I went to Rory and brought him along in the TARDIS. You have me to thank that your mother was even born."

Donna spoke up. "Did you really graffiti every sign in the world to get the Doctor's attention when you went on the Pandorica adventure. Mum?" She struggled with the last word.

"Well." I looked at them all with that "I'm River Song. Of course I did." look.

"He wouldn't answer his phone." I stated.

The Doctor smiled and looked down. Like Donna sometimes does, I realize.

"My question is, how did you end up here in the first place." Tardis asked me. I noticed that she didn't call me Mum. I didn't say anything for a minute. Here the kids were, starting to accept that they were programs and they get right down to business and ask their questions. Questions I had never wanted to answer, but I did. I owed them the truth.

"Well, I had sent a message to the Doctor asking for help on a mission." I said carefully. "But he received it too soon, and a younger version that didn't know me came to me." I began my tale of the library. How once, thousands, millions, of people lived here. How the real world was overrun by the shadow pests. Killed people in seconds. Donna was thought to have been killed but in reality she had been saved on the hard drive by CAL. Every once in a while the Doctor would add to the story. I continued to say how the Doctor didn't know me, and he was so confused about my presence. I had his sonic screwdriver after all. I needed him to trust me and so I did the only thing I could do without revealing anymore spoilers. I whispered his true name.

"What was it? I mean, what is his name?" Centurion asked. I just smiled and shook my head.

"That is one secret I will never tell." I said.

"Please remember that I'm sitting right here." The Doctor said, sort of annoyed. I patted his hand.

"Oh sweetie, you'll never be forgotten. Just misplaced." I said. Donna laughed and Tardis cracked a smile. I decided to continue with the story. I continued to say how the Doctor was given one day to get all the people out of the hard drive and transported off of the planet. But in order to take them out of the hard drive, they needed more memory space, more room. The Doctor wanted to give up some of his brain space but I wouldn't let him. It would have killed him. So instead, I punched the Doctor across the face, knocking him out.

When he came to, he was handcuffed to a nearby pole thanks to me. He had asked me what was with me and handcuffs. I smiled and held a finger to my lips.

"Spoilers." I had said. Meanwhile I was wiring myself up to the computer and getting ready to download my memory space. The Doctor tried to stop me, but the handcuffs were in the way.

I told him about the singing towers and how they sang so beautifully, and meanwhile he had cried. I told him how the older version of him gave me his sonic screwdriver. I told him everything I could without causing a huge disruption in time and space. And then, I told him goodbye and downloaded my brain.

By that point I should have been dead. But, there are those days when everyone lives. As it turned out, my body had downloaded as well and the Doctor downloaded an imprint of my soul before I completely died. And so, here I was. Saved in the data core. Alive.

"The rest is history." I ended. "Here I've been and I thought I'd never see the Doctor again. But here he is." I took his hand and looked at him. I felt so content to be with him again. The Doctor kissed my forehead. The kids froze for a second. They'd never seen anyone treat me with that kind of affection. Tardis smiled, while Donna looked shocked and Centurion regarded the Doctor with a protective glare. Was he being protective about me? Only time would tell.

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So out of curiosity, which of River's kids is your favorite? Tell me what you see their personality as.

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-Princessa Mia