Lilith steps out of her TARDIS and into the main lobby of The Library. She takes a few steps forward and listens as the TARDIS doors close behind her.
"Vashta Nerada! I seek an audience with thee!"
The group watched as the young woman spoke into the, seemingly, empty air. After the last two videos, they were worried for the girl's safety.
The redhead smiles at her joke and spreads her arms before making a slow circle. She's wearing a red, leather corseted vest, black, leather trousers, a burgundy suede duster and boots to match. Her hair is parted into two braids and her makeup is dark and smoky. It looks like she's prepared for battle.
She stops and turns her ear, listening as slow, unsteady footprints begin to make their way towards her. She turns to look and sees a space suit walk through the door.
"Oh, great!"
Amy shuddered as she saw the suit enter the room, the words from the last video still rang in her ears. She gripped her husband's arm as she watched.
In the living room, River is watching the television as the young woman spoke to what remained of Anita's body.
Clara turned her head and gave River a confused expression,
"You were watching? How much did you see?"
River shook her head
"I'm not sure. The last thing I remember, I was sitting in the garden."
The group shared a glance before Donna spoke, "Well, I'm sure this will explain what happened."
"Hello, I assume you're the swarm in charge?" The young woman snorted.
The suit took another step forward and the young woman spoke again,
"I wouldn't do that. I'm here to have a civil conversation, can't do that if you kill me."
Jack grinned, the girl reminded him of the Doctor. Always witty, even when facing certain death. He liked her.
Anita's distorted voice came through,
"What do you want?"
"Weeeelllll… that's the part you may not like, see these are your forests. I respect that, I really do. But there's something here, something important to me. I need it back. If you let me get it I will leave you in peace."
The space suit took a menacing step forward.
"These are our forests, these are our trees. You cannot have anything from here."
Lilith sighed, "I had hoped you wouldn't say that."
"Is she where you got it from? Giving people a chance before you step in?" Graham asked the blonde.
The Doctor smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, she used to tell us, 'It doesn't matter how evil a person is, always give them a chance to change. If they don't, then you can ensure that they don't get the opportunity to hurt anyone else.'"
"She sounds like a great woman."
The Master smiled slightly from his seat.
"She was."
Lilith pulled a device out of her pocket and the screen died. River clicked through the channels but the television didn't respond. She got up to walk towards the television but before she could reach it she was transported to the garden.
River jolted in her seat as she watched herself disappear,
"Well, I guess that explains what happened."
Lilith took a step towards the suit and smiled menacingly.
"There's a person in the Data Core, I've just come to download her. Now, I will be doing that whether you like it or not. She is my forest. I would not deny you your forest, I would hope you would return the curtesy."
"She's talking about you, right?"
Rory shot his daughter a concerned look. After watching her sacrifice herself for four thousand and twenty two people, he hoped that this young woman was there to save his child.
"I believe so."
The suit straightened for a moment before it spoke once more,
"You have a forest?"
The redhead nods before smiling lightly. She places the device back in her pocket before pulling out a holo-projector. She turned the projector on and a picture appeared in the air.
"The woman, her name is River Song. She is my forest. She is my mother."
"WHAT!"
The room erupted into confused shouts as Lilith spoke. The Doctor and River sat stunned in their seats as the Master stared at them with fire in his eyes.
"River what does she mean?" Amy asked shakily, her hand coming up to rest on her child's shoulder. River shook her head, unable to speak as she turned to her wife. Tears were streaming down the blonde's face as she realized that, once again, someone had stolen her memories.
She couldn't remember her children. Their first words, first steps, first lost tooth, first trip in the TARDIS.
The Doctor turned to look at her wife and began to sob. The women embraced each other, giving and receiving comfort as they listened to the group trade theories.
The group realized that the women wouldn't have answers and decided to give them some space while they comforted each other. What more could they do?
"So that woman, the one with the eye patch. She had to have taken them, right?"
Donna asked as she and the others looked towards Amy and Rory.
Amy growled and gritted her teeth while Rory looked ready to reach for his sword.
"She better not have, or I'll make sure she actually dies this time."
The TARDIS materialized in the room and walked towards the heartbroken couple.
"I am so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you, but you needed to see. You needed to know the truth."
River lifted her head from her wife's shoulder. Her eyes were red and puffy, tears were streaming down her face.
"Why? Why can't we remember them? What happened?"
"I am sorry. I tried to get to them before they were taken, but I failed. I failed you and the Little Starlings. I searched, for years. But, by the time I finally found them, the night had passed. Morning had come and you were gone. So I took them home."
The blonde lifted her head and spoke, "Gallifrey. You took them to Gallifrey."
The ship nodded and gave her a broken smile through her own tears. She wiped her thief and child's faces before standing.
"I know this is painful, but you must watch the rest. You must understand."
With that, the TARDIS disappeared and the screen began to move again. The people in the room sat and began to watch.
Lilith chokes up a bit before continuing.
"I was a child when my sisters and I were taken from ourparents. When I was taken from my forest. My sisters and I were kept from them for a long time, now all we want is to come home. Please, let me get my mother back."
The suit is silent for a moment before it speaks.
"These are our forests. These are our trees. This is our domain, you cannot have anything from here."
Lilith nods and laughs sadly, "I had hoped you would be reasonable. I suppose I should've known better."
The group held their breaths as they waited to see what the girl did next. Amy and Rory shared a look as they realized that their grandchild was in danger, their hands tightened around the other's and they looked at the screen with fear in their eyes.
She takes a deep breath before putting the holo-projector back in her pocket and pulling out the previously stored device, her sonic screwdriver.
The suit takes a step towards her and speaks,
"Who are you?"
Lilith gives the suit a glare,
"I have lived many lives. I have had many names. High Priestess. Guardian of the TARDIS. Speaker of the Vortex. Nightmare of the Cybermen. Hunter of the Daleks. Destroyer of the Stone Angels. Valkyrie of Gallifrey. Sister. Daughter. Assassin. But none of those names compare to the names my parents gave me."
She takes a deep breath.
"My name is Lilith Donna Song. I was named after the woman that raised my father, and the most important woman in the universe. I am the eldest daughter of the Doctor and Professor River Song."
Donna gasped as she heard Lilith introduce herself, she looked to the blonde sitting next to her an gave her a wide, teary smile. The blonde smiled back, tears still streaming down her face, before she spoke.
"It makes sense. You're an influential woman, I would want my children to look up to you."
"I- shut up, spaceman."
The women grinned at each other and looked back at the screen.
The suit begins to cast shadows in different directions. Lilith growls as she sees that her plan has gone a bit awry and she looks up to the ceiling as she shouts,
"CAL! NOW!"
She activates her sonic and the building is filled with a bright blue light and a piercing wail.
The suit starts to shake and contort in strange directions before it falls to the floor with a thud. A wispy black smoke disappears into the air as she watches with a blank look.
All throughout the library, smoke fills the air as the Vashta Nerada were killed. A breeze swept through the planet, as if it's heaving a sigh of relief.
"Wow. I thought you couldn't kill those things?"
Ryan shot the group, that had been to the library, a shocked look as he asked.
The Doctor, River and Donna watched the screen before the Doctor spoke,
"I didn't know you could. I wonder how they did it?"
On the TARDIS, Eternity speaks to Doctor Moon.
"We've spent a long time searching for something that could get rid of the Vashta Nerada. Finally, we found it. A planet had been infested, the people were being killed right and left. One day a man appeared in the town and promised to help. They called him the Vanquisher. He found out that the Vashta Nerada can't survive in a certain light."
Doctor Moon nods before speaking.
"And that's what you've sent?"
Eternity nods and smiles,
"A light frequency and a sound. The sound is attuned to the light frequency. It's basically the sound that the light makes when it's turned into a radio signal."
"This will kill the Vashta Nerada?"
"Yes, we've tested it. The Vashta Nerada never survive."
Jack, River, Donna, and the two Time Lords let out shocked sounds as they listened, the rest of the group breathed a sigh of relief as they heard that the Vashta Nerada could be killed. As they looked around the room, the TARDIS gave them a reassuring hum, letting them know they were safe.
From outside, Eternity and Rosalie hear their sister yell, "CAL! NOW!"
Their fingers fly across the keyboards on the console as Doctor Moon and Charlotte press a button on the tablet on the desk in front of them. They watch for a moment before breathing a sigh of relief as they see whe Vashta Nerada die.
Charlotte smiles wide as she hugs Doctor Moon and thanks the women for their help.
"This is a good place now. The shadows will never hurt anyone, ever again. Thank you."
The women grin happily.
"Of course! We're going to head down to the Data Core with Lilith, see you soon."
Amy and Rory let out a breath as they watched their grandchildren on screen, Rory turned to Amy and told her,
"I swear, if we ever meet them, we are telling them not to do something this risky again!"
The room let out quiet giggles at the couple's reaction. The Doctor and River gave them a sad smile before agreeing.
Lilith watched as her sisters stepped out of the ship and towards her. She placed her hands in her pockets and looked around with a sigh.
"A thousand years, we've waited for this day for a thousand years. Is it me or did that feel a bit anticlimactic to you?"
"A thousand years? Blimey, that's a long time to be stuck in a computer. Why did they wait so long?"
Graham watched as the couple shot each other wry grins, River turned to look at him.
"While I was a data ghost, I was still able to connect to the TARDIS and appear when she felt the Doctor needed me. There were a few times when I had to show up to keep this one from going completely bonkers."
River pointed at her wife and the blonde stuck her tongue out at her. The group laughed and Jack spoke up,
"I think that may have been a wasted effort, Professor. She was already completely bonkers before you met her."
"Oh I know."
Her sisters laugh and Rosalie speaks,
"Our life isn't a show. I suppose since we don't have to entertain a plot, things feel a bit different."
The women walk out of the room and down a long hall lined with books. They make their way to a pair of double doors, and stop for a moment before pushing the doors open and walking towards the middle of the room.
"Gravity platform enabled."
They stand still as the platform they are on begins to descend into the planet's core. A grim look of determination appears on their faces as they come closer and closer to their goal.
The screen went white before the scene changed. The group shifted to the edge of their seats as they read the words on screen.
"Christmas Eve, Leadworth, Earth, 2013."
River turns to the three girls walking between her and her husband. A smile plays on her face as she tthinks back to the last seven years of her life. She's had a wedding that she can fully remember, a lovely honeymoon, and finally, three beautiful girls.
River gasped as she saw the image on screen, she brought her hand up to her face and started to cry again. Donna smiled as she saw her friend walk down the street with their children, her smile became sad as she remembered what the Joctor said about Jenny.
Rose smiled, she knew that the Doctor had loved her, but she also knew that he had to move on. Seeing the screen, she was happy that he found someone to love.
"Oh, Doctor, River. They're beautiful!"
Yaz turned to the couple and grinned.
Her eyes mist over at the fact that her parents won't get the chance to meet their grandchildren, Amy and Rory would've loved the girls. Lilith, with her fiery hair and bright, sapphire blue eyes. Rosalie, with her sandy blonde hair and witty remarks. Eternity, with her brown hair and love of anything scientific.
The girls are a perfect mix of the Doctor and River. Brilliant, funny, and just a touch chaotic. River then turns her fond smile to her husband and watches as he flicks through the printed photos he's recently had developed. They've taken a trip to Leadworth to show the girls where she grew up, and to show them where their grandparents lived.
Of course the Doctor decided to be sentimental and took hundreds of pictures.
"River! We'll need these pictures for my scrapbook! Just think, they're going to want these memories when they're older."
Rose grinned, "You made a scrapbook? That's sweet."
The Time Lord shrugged lightly, she looked towards her wife and squeezed her hand, "I wonder where it is?"
River nodded and gave her a sad smile, "TARDIS probably has it somewhere."
She shakes her head slightly before listening to her children ask the Doctor about the photos. Her husband bends down and gives them each an identical photo. He tells them that one day, when they get old and want to look back on the memories they made, they'll have the photos.
Out of the corner of her eye, River spots something, someone she hoped to never see again. Madame Kovarian. She grabs ahold of the girls and pushes them into a shop along with her husband.
"No…" Amy gasped as she saw Madame Kovarian on screen. "No, please."
River whimpered when she saw the woman who tortured her as a child. She knew that this would be hard to watch but, this felt worse than she thought it would. Her hearts clenched and she felt as if the room was closing in on her.
"River… I'm here. You don't have to watch if you don't want to."
The Doctor whispered to her wife, trying to help her slow her breathing. After a few moments the taller woman nodded while matching her breathing.
"River what's wrong?"
"Madame Kovarian is here. How is she here?"
The doctor's eyes widen in surprise and he pulls his sonic shades out of his pocket before walking towards the window of the shop. He glances around and sees that Madame Kovarian has the shop surrounded, with armed guards sitting on the rooftops of nearby buildings. He turns and walks back to his family before kneeling and speaking to the girls.
"Lily, I need you to take your sisters and hide, when everyone's paying attention to your Mum and I, take your sisters and sneak out the back door, right over there. The TARDIS will be waiting for you. Go inside and stay there."
The girl nods with a scared look and grabs her sisters before ducking into a corner behind the counter.
Amy had tears falling down her face, her poor girls, they looked terrified. She wanted to reach through the screen and pull them into her lap to protect them. She hadn't met them yet but she was already so incredibly attached to them.
"Doctor, we can't let her take them. I won't let her hurt them too."
"River, River. I promise you, they will be fine, the TARDIS will take them home. They will be safe."
River takes a shay breath and nods before pulling her weapon out. The Doctor turns and faces the front door, he places his hands behind his back and waits.
The door opens and the woman walks in, a smug smile is plastered on her face as she takes in the Doctor and her failed weapon.
"Doctor, did you truly think that I would stop? Did you think that I wouldn't come back?"
Rory growled and glared at the woman on screen. "You should've stayed gone, you horrid woman."
The rest of the companions gave him a slightly shocked look. They'd all interacted with him and his words were very different from the man they had spoken to during their breaks.
"Ah, well a man can hope. Tell me, why wait so long?"
"Oh, I heard stories. Wonderful stories about, three warriors, who would become some of the most, fearsome creatures in the universe. After some digging, I've found them. The Valkyries of Gallifrey."
River shakes her head and laughs, "You're lying. The Doctor said they didn't survive the Time War."
The couple flinched when River's words on screen hit them. The thought of their children not surviving the war hurt, they still weren't sure if they had. So far the glimpses they've seen haven't given them anything concrete.
Madame Kovarian grins and begins to walk around the room, the duo turn and keep her in their sights while making sure that she hasn't spotted the children.
"You have your doubts about that, don't you, Doctor? You knew the moment they were born."
"What is she talking about, Doctor."
"Oh my sweet River. Your husband, he knew from the moment he saw your darling Lilith's face. Your children are the Valkyries of Gallifrey. He knew that a day like this was coming, he knew they would be lost to you both."
"No. Doctor, God. No…"
Everyone turned to the Doctor with heartbroken looks on their faces.
River holds the gun steady as she looks to her husband with tears in her eyes.
"Do-Doctor…"
"I'm sorry, River."
Lilith peeks around the corner and sees that they have a clearing and she pulls her sisters towards the back entrance. They slip out and begin to run towards the blue box a few feet away. Just before Lilith can grab the handle of the door, a large hand pulls her away. The little girls let out a scream before they are knocked unconscious.
River and the Doctor turn their heads towards the door and start to run towards it. They open the door and see the TARDIS, the ship lets out a sorrow filled sound and River falls to her knees with heaving sobs. Their girls are gone.
"River, did you think I would let this indiscretion go? It's a shame, really. This is all your fault dear. And to think, Doctor, you've fallen for the same trick twice."
The woman laughs as she begins to melt into a puddle of white liquid. Out of the shadows, Silence appear and the screen goes white.
"Oh my God."
The words echoed throughout the room, no one really knew what to say. What do you say to something like that?
Ryan cleared his throat to draw everyone's attention before asking,
"What was that? The creepy skeleton looking creature?"
The Doctor sighed, her mind was still reeling but she answered anyway.
"That was a creature called a Silence, they are creatures that erase themselves from your memory when you look away from them."
The young man shook his head with a disgusted look.
"That's creepy. Just, creepy."
The screen began to move again and everyone watched with baited breaths.
Lilith appears on screen, a grim look on her face as she gives the camera a quick smile. She leans back in her seat and takes a deep breath.
"Hello. TARDIS asked us to make a quick video for you all, she said you'd need them after the video. I'm not quite sure what she's shown you but, the girls and I are circling The Library at the moment. We have a plan, sort of."
She shrugs lightly before laughing.
"It's strange, I don't really know what to say. No, that's not true, I know what I want to say but, I don't know how. Daddy, I did my best, I've kept the girls safe."
Tears begin to stream down her face as her voice begins to crack.
"I tried to get them to the TARDIS but I wasn't fast enough. I didn't let Madame Kovarian hurt them, I swear."
The Doctor cried with her child, Lilith had been living up to what she had told her before they hid. Her poor child.
River stood and paced for a moment before crouching and burying her face in her hands. Her parents and wife stood and walked towards her. They placed their hands on her back, giving her both space and comfort.
"Mummy, I promise, I will get you out of The Library. I will."
She flicks her eyes above the camera and reached up to grab something. She pulls her hands in her lap,
"We still have the pictures you gave us. No matter what, the training, the punishments, the classes, throughout everything, we kept the pictures."
She shows the camera the picture before turning it and smiling.
"I barely remember this day. She made it hard for us to remember things but, we fought. I remember the stories you told me about Gallifrey and about your travels with your companions. I've met a few of them, your companions. They're great people."
She looks up and grins,
"You were right about Jack, he is a flirt."
"Stop it!"
"I haven't done anything!"
"You clearly flirted with my child."
Jack grinned and laughed as he shook his head.
"I have so much to tell you…"
She gets interrupted by a knock on the door. Rosalie pokes her head in and gives her a sad look.
"It's time."
Lilith nods before turning back to the camera.
"See you soon, mum."
The screen goes dark again and River gives a shuddery laugh. Her parents and wife help her back to her seat before sitting in their own.
The screen lights up again and this time Eternity appears on screen.
"Hi. We've just left The Library. Rosalie is setting everything up so I have a few minutes to make this. Um, TARDIS said I should introduce myself so… Hi, my name is Eternity Amelia Song. I've waited a long time to see you again. I'm not sure who all is with you but, if grandmum and granddad are with you, hi!"
Eternity gives the camera a small wave as she giggles.
Amy and Rory smile and wave back, even though they know she can't see them. Amy was honored that her daughter and friend named their child after her, her heart melted at the girl's cute expressions.
The rest of the room smiled at the interaction, these videos were definitely going to help soothe the pain.
"I'm not sure if we'll get to meet soon but I've got some invitations for you. Lily doesn't know I've made them, you remember Raxellios, Wyndaria and Vexolus? Well Rax proposed to Lily. They wanted to wait until the day you both remembered us before they get married."
The room gasped at Eternity's words.
Eternity holds up a stack of envelopes and grins.
"I know it's probably a lot right now, finding out about us and now hearing that Lily's getting married. But, I just wanted to get it out there. It's really exciting, finally being able to talk to you, well, at you. You know what I mean. I'm sure TARDIS will give these to you soon."
She places the envelopes on a table out of frame and looks at her watch.
"I have to go now. I've missed you, mum, dad. See you soon, mum."
She reaches forward and the screen goes dark.
The envelopes appeared on everyone's laps. They smiled as the opened them and read the invitations.
"You're invited to the union of Lilith and Raxellios of Gallifrey. They have waited a long time to bind their souls and hearts, please join them on their special day."
The Master listened as egg man spoke. Truthfully he was surprised that he got an invitation. The girls must've know what he'd become, why would they invite him? Weren't they worried that he would ruin anything?
He opened his envelope and his eyes started to tear up as he read his invitation.
"Koshei, we know that you've grown and that you think of Theta as your enemy. But, Koshei, we have always believed in you. We have always held out hope that you would fight against the madness and become the person we knew you could be. Please, come to the wedding. We knew Theta was our father from the beginning but, we've always seen you as our child. We love you, we don't approve of the things you've done, but we still love you."
The Doctor grinned down at her invitation, she turned to her wife and they opened them at the same time.
"Mum, Dad we hope you will come to the wedding. Lily wouldn't have it otherwise. We've waited a very long time to see you again. You probably don't know it but we've been in your classes. We loved your lectures, we can see why you both were popular Professors at your schools. See you soon, love you."
Amy and Rory tore into their invitations, excited to see what they looked like as they heard the others say theirs were personalized.
"Grandmum, Graddad we've heard a lot of stories about you both. Mum and Dad would go on for hours about the Lone Centurion and the Girl Who Waited. Hopefully you won't have to wait too long after receiving these. We'll see you both soon, love you."
Donna opened hers and smiled.
"To the most important woman in the universe, thank you. You were there for my father when he needed you. Your first adventure saved him. We hope we'll get to meet you soon, dad always told us about the brilliant woman who saved the universe because of bees. He also told us that you don't give yourself enough credit, you're an incredible woman. If anyone ever tells you differently, punch them for us. We can't wait to meet you!"
Jack and Rose opened theirs and excitedly told the others that their invitations had notes on them.
"Jack, hello. When we met for the first time, you knew us. I guess you knew who we were because of the TARDIS. We've had some great adventures over the years, hopefully you'll join us on this one as well. See you soon."
"Rose, hopefully you'll join us. We've always known how important you were important to dad. We truly want to share this with you. I don't know how you'll be able to make it, perhaps TARDIS will open another door? See you soon."
Martha and Mickey opened theirs,
"Dr. and Mr. Smith, congratulations on your wedding, we sent you a gift but it may get to you late. Time traveling mail companies are hardly reliable… We hope you'll be able to join us at Lily and Rax's wedding. We can't wait to meet you. See you soon!"
Bill and the newer companions were amazed that their invitations were personalized as well.
"Graham, Ryan and Yaz. You helped give dad/mum the strength she needed to continue on her travels, thank you. Graham, Ryan, we're so sorry for your loss, we wish we could've met Grace, she seemed like a wonderful woman. Hopefully you'll come to the wedding, we can't wait to meet the fam. That's a really weird word to write. See you soon!"
"Bill, we hope you and Heather will come to the wedding. We have so many questions, and we can't wait to meet our 'Earth Niece'. We have so much to talk about. See you soon!"
Clara watched as the Master tried to keep his tears at bay before she opened her invitation, she was surprised that he was showing some emotion so close to the humans in the room.
"Clara, the Impossible Girl. Will it be 'possible' for you t come to the wedding? (See what I did there?) you and Me are more than welcome, especially since you helped mum and dad get together. The TARDIS told us all about you, all good things, can't wait to meet you!"
Nardole read the note on his invitation with a grin, the girls always had a way with words.
"Hi, uncle Nardole! Sorry for kidnapping you but, it was necessary. See you at the wedding!"
The screen came back to life and everyone turned their eyes to watch.
Rosalie sits back in her seat and smiles,
"Hello. I guess I should introduce myself, huh? My name is Rosalie Jane Song. It's really strange talking into a camera, I'll try my best though. First off, I'd like to say, Donna, if we get the chance to meet, I have so many questions. We're in a class at the moment and you're in the next chapter in our textbook."
"What?" Donna gave the screen a confused look.
"There's a lesson that's required of everyone in University, we have to learn about how Donna Noble saved the universe while being doomed to never remember. There's songs, movies, plays even books about you."
Donna's eyes widened, she knew she had helped bring the planets back to their places but, hearing that people learned about her… well, that was just crazy.
Rosalie sighs and looks back into the camera,
"I'm stalling. I know I am but, I don't really know how to tell you everything. We've just dropped mum off in her office, Lily is gathering everything on the Pandorica ready so she can take it to you. She's really excited to see you, we figured she would be best person to do it, she's better at controlling her reactions."
Tears gather in her eyes and her lip wobbles a bit, she turns her eyes away and whimpers.
"I have to go, I'll talk to you later. Love you."
The screen went dark, the group felt their hearts break at Rosalie's tears. The girl was clearly overwhelmed, but her and her sister's voices brought smiles to her family's faces. River and the Doctor gave the screen a little smile before standing and stretching. The Doctor turned to her companions,
"Shall we take a break? I think we all need a bit of time to regroup and rest, what do you think?"
Everyone nodded and followed her into the other room, a few people went into the kitchen to start dinner while others went to get ready for dinner.
The Doctor and her wife stood in the middle of the room for a moment, just allowing their minds to process everything they had learned.
"Sweetie, triplets. You owe me, big time."
"Yes, dear."
Omg, I hope you guys like this.
So we know who the girls are but, what's happened in their lives? How did they end up on Gallifrey? so many questions and now I have to answer them. Oh goodness.
Happy Christmas Eve to those who celebrate, and Happy Holidays to those who don't. There will be one more chapter before the year is up! After that, I will take a quick break but, I will be posting another chapter on the 15th of January.
I hope you liked it! if you did, please let me know, if not, please be gentle.
See you soon!