THE SWAN SONG

He lives in you

He lives in me

He watches over

Everything we see

Into the water

Into the truth

In your reflection

He lives in you

He Lives in You – Lion King


She Lives in You

Jenny walked down the familiar corridor, her blonde ponytail swinging behind her. Over the past few months since she had travelled with her father, Donna and Rose she had barely changed. Her hair glossier since the day Donna introduced shampoo and conditioner, slightly thicker round the waist due to all the food Donna had shoved down her throat but all the running she does had interfered in Donna's plans to fatten her up. Even though Rose and Donna took her shopping her clothes were so similar they might as well be the same as the ones she wore on the day she was 'born'.

She opened her bedroom door to reveal a rather plain and bare room. She never had any personal things to put in her room, no pictures and childhood memories like Donna and Rose, no books and useless clutter like her father. Her walls were a light green colour with matching bedding and carpets, she had a vanity table which held her hairbrush, hair bands and bobbles and a wardrobe tucked in the corner.

She had kept meaning to buy memories of the places she had seen with her father but they had always been distracted by a new government that needed taken down or a new monster trying to take over the world or a murder mystery needing solving.

Sighing, Jenny sat down at her vanity table and pulled open the drawer. Inside was her most important thing, her sister's locket. Flicking the clasp open she stared at the pictures, one of Rose, one of her brother, one of Jack and one of Donna's past body. Alex Rose's family and now Jenny's as well.

Only...Alex Rose was no longer with them not only that but her voice, the one that Jenny used to hear all the time was gone. It no longer spoke and told her what to do; she missed it and her sister like crazy.

"I wish to see her one more time" Jenny mumbled. "Not as that empty void of nothing but as her as the girl that taught me to look out for myself, for the people I care about...i want her voice back in my mind"

My child that is impossible, for her voice, that little spark of herself as returned to her

"TARDIS?" Jenny blinked in astonishment, she knew her father and Rose can speak and understand the TARDIS but never before had she heard the TARDIS herself. "If that spark has returned to her...then....it died out right? Because she's not Alex Rose, not anymore and she'll never-"

Never say never. Alex Rose was a natural born fighter, a small spark of her would not just die out because a whole life and personality had been pushed on top of it.

"So you're saying there's a chance?"

I'm saying there is always a loophole. The TARDIS was a cheeky bugger that was sure. Look at the mirror Jenny and tell me what you see.

"I see myself, blonde hair, blue eyes and peach skin"

Look closely at the eyes...

Jenny leaned in closer, examining her own eyes. Her sky-blue orbs glittered. They glittered with knowledge, danger and hurt. If they were just a different colour, if they were just strange amber gold of a wolf's...then...

Part of Alex Rose will always live in you whether or not you can hear her voice.

If Jenny knew her Disney well like Rose and Donna, she would have accused the TARDIS of quoting Lion King.

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Like how her mother had focused every bit of love and affection on Rose when she was a child, Rose had done the exact same thing to the twins when they were younger. Mostly she focused on JJ not because she favourited him over Alex Rose but because she was with JJ the longest. After one month of giving birth Alex Rose was separated from her for almost a year. When she was five, Alex Rose was taken by Torchwood One, when she was eight both Alex Rose and JJ lived in a foster home and when she was fourteen Alex Rose was once again taken by Torchwood One. She returned when she was sixteen to be broken and scared and she then left once again to see the world.

In their last few years together before the Master came into their lives, before the planet was stolen and Alex Rose was gone forever, Alex Rose had spent most of it appearing and disappearing while JJ remained by her side.

While she had photos of Alex Rose in her baby years thanks to Donna and Jack and she had photos of the child and pre-teen, photos of the young woman she became. She was missing the crucial photos of Alex Rose's three main teenage years. She regretted having more of her son than her daughter.

Rose Tyler had many regrets. She regretted leaving the Doctor when she was pregnant because it caused her children a world of pain. She regretted never seeing her mother, causing her to worry and be in pain and in the end leaving for the need of a fresh start. She regretted looking in the Heart of the TARDIS not just because of Jack's eternal entrapment of life but because it's partly why Alex Rose looked and lost herself.

She regretted not fighting against the Doctor's decision and staying with her daughter.

She was not sure why the Doctor didn't want her to stay on Earth with Jack and JJ looking after Alex Rose, he had mumbled something about too many expectations and seeing Alex Rose for who she is not now. She understood though why he thought a fresh start; a clean break would be the best for Alex Rose.

To live a life without visions, Torchwood, UNIT and aliens would be a blessing for the girl.

And now, unable to stay with her son knowing she was partly why he was no longer with his twin, she had chosen to stay in the TARDIS with the Doctor, Donna and Jenny. Her relationship with the Doctor was so much like the early days when she first started travelling with him. They held hands but did nothing else but hug in the moment of excitement. They laughed, talked about nonsense and lived every moment when it came.

Everything was new and fragile and both were too frightened to do anything more just in case it broke to pieces.

Besides she has all eternity, she can wait forever for their relationship to progress. Going slow was what she needed as well as him.

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The plane journey had been long. So had the coach journey to the docks where the giant cruise ship, their home for the next few months stood in it's white glory. Their luggage had been taken to their cabin, which was medium size with two single beds and a small wardrobe squashed between. They had opted to watch the boat leave the docks on the deck and were enjoying the warm sun on their skin, Carly was resting her head on her arm on the railing her brown eyes sparkling with happiness.

"Have you ever been on a boat?" Denise asked curiously. "I only been once or twice as a child and I have never been able to take Chelsea or Libby on one"

"A fair few times with Dad, Jimbo and Dean" Carly said smiling softly. "Some of the best times in my life, Dad always made it so..."

She was thrown in the air; the wind made her pinafore dress blow round her chubby legs as she held her arms up and squealed. She was caught by two strong arms only to be thrown up in the air again.

"Jack! Stop that! She could fall into the water!" a panicked yet furious voice shouted.

She was caught again and held firmly to a strong chest, she could smell a strong musky man smell that she had associated to her Uncle Jack.

"No she won't Donna" a firm, beautiful drawling voice said calmly. "I wouldn't let anything happen to my little princess"

She looked up at the handsome man that held her as if she was worth a million pounds, worth all the jewels in the world, worth all the amazing sites of the universe with his beautiful blue eyes. She was loved, she was happy, she was safe.

"Carly? Carly, what's wrong? Are you ok?"

"My....head...it's....killing me...."

Everything went black.

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