The Angels Take Manehattan

by Steve Stevenson


Amelia's Last Farewell

They all woke up with a start, panting.
"Where are we?" Rory asked upon waking up.
"Back where we started. You collapsed the timeline, the paradox worked!! We all pinged back where we belong!!" the Doctor shouted enthusiastically.
"What? In a graveyard?" Rory asked.
"This happened last time. Why always here?" Amy questioned.
"Does it matter?!? We got lucky! We could have blown New York off the planet!! I can't ever take the TARDIS back though, the timelines are to scrambled." he rambled, and then sighed in relief. "I could have lost you both." and he hugged them. "Don't. Ever. Do that. again." he whispered.
"What did... What did we do? We fixed it, we solved the problem." Rory explained.
"I was talking to myself." he muttered, and rushed back to the TARDIS. They laughed, and followed him.
"It could do with a repaint." River informed, looking at its edges. The Doctor stopped scrubbing and leaned up.
"I've been busy."
"Does the light bulb on top need changing?" she asked.
"Just changed it." he replied.
"Doctor?" Rory called. The Doctor laughed, and Rory continued. "Next time could we just go to the pub?"
"I want to go to the pub right now! Aren't there video games there? I love video games."
"Right, family outing then." River said, and followed the Doctor into the TARDIS. Amy followed, but Rory was interested by a certain grave stone. Something didn't seem right about it. His name was on it.
"Amy! Come see this." he called, and she walked back out.
"What?"
"There’s a gravestone here for somepony with the same name as me."
"What?" she laughed, But Rory disappeared. A Pegasus statue stood where Rory used to be, one hoof outstretched.
"DOCTOR!!" she yelled, not looking away from the statue. He rushed out, River close behind.
"Where the hell did that come from?" River asked. The Doctor held out his sonic screwdriver, and replied: "It's a survivor. Very weak, but keep your eyes on it!” He yelled.
"Where's Rory?" Amy asked. The Doctor walked towards the statue, and read the gravestone: In Loving Memory of Rory Arthur Williams. Aged 82.
"I’m sorry. Amelia, I am so, so sorry." The Doctor replied.
"No. No, we can just go get him again in the TARDIS. One more Paradox." she whispered.
"It would rip New York apart." The Doctor replied.
"That’s not true, I don't believe you." she cried softly.
"Mother, it's true." River responded. Amy slowly started to walk towards the statue.
"Amy, what are you doing? The Doctor asked.
"That gravestone of Rory's, there’s room for one more name, isn't there?"
"What are you talking about? Back away from the Pegasus!" he demanded, and grabbed her hoof. She slipped it out, and continued walking towards it.
"The Pegasus, would it send me back to the same time. To him?" she asked, tears starting to fall down her face.
"I don't know. Nopony knows!" the Doctor replied frantically. Amy took another step towards it.
"But it's my best shot, yeah?"
"NO!" The Doctor exclaimed.
"Doctor shut up! Yes! Yes it is!" River shouted from behind her.
"I just have to blink, right?" she asked.
"NO!!!"
"It will be fine! I know it will! I'll be with him. Like it should be. Me and Rory, together. Melody." Amy called to her daughter.
"Stop It! just. JUST STOP IT!" the Doctor exclaimed aggregately, but the mares ignored him. River walked up and clasped her mother’s hoof in hers for the last time.
"You look after him." Amy Started to sob, "And you be a good filly, and look after him."
"You are creating a fixed time! I will never be able to see you again." The Doctor started to cry.
"I will be fine. I will be with him." Amy responded.
"Amy, please! Just come back to the TARDIS." the Doctor tried to reason. Amy was sobbing now.
"Raggedy Man," she spun around and looked him in the eye "GOODBYE!" she cried, and she was gone. He looked at the tombstone, and saw the new writing on it: And his Loving Wife, Amelia Williams. Both Ponds were gone, and there was nothing he could do about it.