CHAPTER 28

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Cleo would not only have to get used to thinking of herself as Ivy now, but she would also have to get used to her new appearance in the mirror. She was using the perception filter that Oswin had given her to hide her appearance with a totally different image from that of her normal self.

She had wanted to appear as unlike her true self as possible so she had made herself a red head with green eyes and a pale complexion. She had changed her face to somewhat resemble Lily's but not to be a complete copy of hers. She also had a new accent. She spoke in a Scottish accent now just like Lily. She was trying to pass herself off as Lily's sister, Ivy Wright. She would interchangeably use the last name Ceres whenever Lily was using her Diana Ceres pseudonym.

This was going to be a challenge for her. She would have to completely retrain her brain to respond to the name Ivy now without thinking about it first. She thought that it would help to have Lily and her other friends call her Ivy even in private so that they could all get used to the new name. That way none of them would slip up in public. She would also have to learn to hide her advanced knowledge around others in public so that no one would get suspicious of her.

She wasn't sure what to do with her TARDIS. She certainly couldn't be seen using it anymore though. She would have to travel solely with Lily from now on.

She idly wondered about giving her TARDIS to another Time Lord who didn't have one. She would have to ask Rose about that the next time that she saw her. Rose had mentioned something about her friend Donna not having one once she remembered. Of course Rose wouldn't be able to tell Donna where she had really gotten it from. She knew that the less people knew about her secret survival the better things would be for her. She would have to switch her TARDIS back to its default appearance and erase any and all traces of her inside of it.

Lily had offered to alter her thoughts and make her really think that she was Ivy, but she didn't want to do that. She knew that it was dangerous, but she wanted to remember her past. It was the only thing that she had left of her previous self now. Besides that, there was the old axiom about those who forgot the past being fated to repeat it. She didn't want to take any chances of that happening.

She walked out of her new room on Lily's TARDIS and went to meet the others in the console room as her new self for the first time. She felt nervous because she was unsure how they would react to the new her.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Ivy," the newly created Ivy said.

They all smiled at her and hugged her. Ivy, as she was now calling herself even in her own thoughts, breathed out a sigh of relief. So far her new life was starting out alright. She only hoped that it stayed that way.

Lily kept looking at her friend's new look with amazement. It was Cleo but not Cleo. She wondered if this was how Allison had felt when she had regenerated not too long ago. It kind of bothered her that her friend had changed so much even though she knew that it shouldn't. A Time Lady should be the last to feel this way she knew, but she still did. She knew that the real reason that it bothered her was because she was angry that her friend now had to hide her true self because of something that wasn't her fault.

At least she was still alive though. That was what mattered the most to her. As long as Cleo was still alive in some form or another, there was always the hope that she could go back to being her true self someday.

Lily's TARDIS interrupted her train of thought as it materialized. She looked at their new location on the console and read it out to the others.

"Chicago, 1930," Lily said.

"We're not going to get involved with gangsters I hope," Allison said warily.

"Gangsters?" Robin asked confused.

"They're like the Sheriff of Nottingham but without the authority and with much better weapons," Lily quickly explained.

"Ah, I understand now. They're heartless villains then. No matter. We shall easily prevail over them even if we do come across them. There are none that can match wits with you and come out the winner, my lady," Robin said with a wicked grin.

"Robin of Locksley, you are quite the little sweet talker, aren't you?" Lily said with a warm smile.

"I merely say the truth," Robin said with a sly grin on his face.

"Will you two stop flirting so that we can go outside and explore already?" Allison said in an impatient tone but with a smile on her face.

"I second that. I want to start my first adventure as Ivy," Ivy said with enthusiasm.

"I'm dying to see what's out there. I never got to visit this era when I was traveling with you as a kid, mum. I want to see it. Let's go," Ron said.

"I agree with Ron. Let's go see what's out there," Isabella said eagerly.

Lily smiled at her comment. She had changed a lot lately since Ron had been kidnapped by the Animus. She had finally become an eager and vocal participant in their travels. Lily was glad to see her joining in and becoming an active part of things. Isabella had become a part of her little family onboard the TARDIS very quickly. She had become very fond of her in that short amount of time. She couldn't think of a better person to marry Ron.

Bowing to pressure, Lily opened her TARDIS doors; and they all entered the streets of old Chicago. They had just left the TARDIS when a man in a trench coat came running up to them and said, "Get back in there. Quickly! Hurry before it's too late!"

It was already too late though. A bunch of men with machine guns came running up to them and pointed them at their heads.

"Don't move! We want to know where the statue is. You're going to tell us right now, or we'll going to fill you full of holes," one of them threatened them.

"I can't believe I've already got guns being pointed at me this quickly into my new life. I just got this face," Ivy whispered to Lily.

"That kind of thing happens to me all of the time," Lily whispered back with a crazy grin.

Next: An old companion of the Doctor's shows up to help Lily and the gang. It may be the last one who you would expect.