I am so sorry its taken this long to complete this story, but here it is the ending.

You Are Not Alone.

The End.

Romana stood next to her husband, an arm wrapped around her waist as they saw Donna laugh and hold up her wedding ring. Shaun, her new husband was holding her in joy. The Time Lady couldn't help but feel happy for her best human friend.

Donna saw the two Time Lords, and ignoring everyone else went over to them. When she was close enough, she flung her arms around the pair of them, and crushed them in a fierce hug.

" Gramps told me what'd happened," they heard her whisper. Donna pulled back, her nose only inches from the Doctor. " Are you gonna be okay?"

The Doctor sighed. " I dunno," he replied honestly. Romana tightened her grip on him. The Doctor was truly attached to his present, and rapidly ending tenth incarnation. He considered it the best yet, and he didn't want to say goodbye to it.

The Doctor shifted and straightened his stance just as Wilfred and Sylvia came closer. Romana smiled at Sylvia, but she wasn't sure what emotion was appropriate to show Wilfred. In a way it was his fault the Doctor was about to regenerate, but she couldn't fault him to help that trapped man.

She swallowed the bile as she recalled the true villain in this case. It hadn't been the Master, or those stupid humans, the Naismiths.

Rassilon.

Just seeing that man again after what he'd been about to do had made her feel sick, especially after the way he'd tried to kill her during the war, though the love she felt for her husband wouldn't let her leave even if she'd wanted too. Rassilon, lacking the benevolence of his previous lives, and his ability to think straight about things other than himself, had shown himself to be even more vile than she'd imagined. Just thinking about what he'd done to the child who'd gone on to become the Master...

The drumming had been a signal, implanted inside the Master's brain as a child. That drumming had been present for centuries, growing louder and louder, until...

Gallifrey had briefly returned, and for a long while Romana had hoped some of their people would escape through the temporary time corridor Rassilon and the Master had established, but the hope had died in vain when the Master had been shown the truth. The Doctor had destroyed the device, and Rassilon had been about to kill him when the Master, finally redeeming himself, had fired energy bolts at Rassilon.

Wilfred Mott had stopped the married couple from celebrating the Doctor cheating death, he was the one to knock four times. Romana had watched and listened as the Doctor whined and screamed like a little kid in a temper, but she understood where he was coming from. Regeneration wasn't a picnic, it was a painful process, and the Doctor knew that better than most. Even the Master, who'd used up his regenerations in record time, still wasted them.

The Doctor was dying, and so Romana wasn't sure what to make of Wilfred.

She had to shake her head as she was missing the conversation.

" Thing is I don't carry money, so I popped back in time. Borrowed a quid off a really lovely man. Geofrey Noble his name was." The Doctor was saying.

Hearing the name of their now deceased father / husband had Sylvia and Donna tear up, even with the Nobles knowing time travel existed they still received surprises.

Romana hugged Donna, even inviting her mother. The Doctor smiled as a tearful Wilf wrapped an arm around his daughter and granddaughter, smiling at the Doctor.

" Have it, he said," the Doctor carried on, grinning. " Have that on me."

Shaken by his kindness, Sylvia loosened herself from the hug, and addressed Donna, who was still in Romana's arms. " Open it, Donna." She said, looking at the envelope.

Donna let go of her friend, and Romana smirked as she opened the envelope, muttering, " This better not be a gas bill," and pulled out instead...

" A lottery ticket?" She said, gazing at the Time Lords in surprise. The surprise faded when she realised the truth. " Triple rollover this week." She whispered.

Sylvia laughed. She had tears in her eyes.

Before the Time Lords left, Donna stopped Romana.

" You gonna be okay?" She asked.

Romana bit her lip. " I hope so Donna."

Donna moved so fast Romana wondered if she was slowly time down, it didn't matter because she needed to use her respiratory bypass system to allow her lungs time to breath.

" Take care of yourselves, don't hesitate to drop in now and again," she ordered.

When Romana pulled away, she gave Donna a salute. " Yes, ma'am."

The Doctor had ordered her to leave the console room after he'd dematerialised the TARDIS, but Romana wouldn't leave him to regenerate on his own, but the Doctor had argued with her about the danger of bottling the energy for so long.

Agreeing to the logic, she'd relented. Before she left to enter the corridor, she hugged him. Then she kissed him. One last kiss. Romana could feel the regenerative energy in the Doctor's mouth.

She pulled back. " Good luck."

Romana watched as the Doctor circled the console, moving closer to the doors to prevent the energy from killing her. " I don't wanna go," he said tearfully before his body started to glow and flow with yellow light.

Suddenly the Doctor exploded with energy, flinging his head back. The backwash of energy flung Romana back in surprise. Never before had she ever witnessed such an explosive regeneration before, but there was always a first time for anything. She watched as the backwash destroyed the console room.

The energy faded, and she could see just the Doctor's face contort with pain just as his features changed.

The Doctor swung round, and started taking stock of his new body even when the TARDIS was crashing. " Legs, still got legs," he even lifted his left knee up to kiss it. " Good. Arms, hands, ooh. Fingers, lots of fingers." He started touching his face. " Ears, yes. Eyes, two. Nose." He felt his nose, measuring its size. " I've had worse. Chin, blimey." Romana couldn't blame him, his chin was massive.

She left the hiding spot, and had to laugh when he complained about his new body being a girl. He swung round, focusing on her intently. " Tell me I'm not a girl." He implored her, looking for all the world like a small child.

Romana laughed, even as she dodged the debris and fires flaming. She reached him, and had to crane her neck up to look him in the eye. She stood on tiptoes to kiss him, hoping despite the regeneration he would have the same feelings for her. It wasn't unknown for Time Lords who regenerated to lose interest in loved ones.

Her fears were mooted when the Doctor wrapped his arms around her, and kissed her. He pulled back. " Okay, I'm not a girl. Something's important, I'm- I'm..."

The TARDIS bucked, sending them both to the ground.

" Crashing!" The Doctor laughed with glee, rushing round the console. " GERONIMO!"

Romana's memories were still hazy. After the Doctor had screamed geronimo, the TARDIS had bucked again, and she'd bumped her head. She had vague memories of the Doctor hanging outside the TARDIS - what the hell was he thinking of doing that? - and they'd come dangerously close to colliding with Big Ben. Using his sonic screwdriver the Doctor had managed to divert the TARDIS enough to miss the London landmark, giving him the chance to get back inside.

Now they'd fallen from the sky after travelling through the vortex.

Crash!

The Doctor had been sent down the TARDIS, which had suffered from internal rearrangement as a result of his regeneration, sending them both hurling through the air...

To end up in the swimming pool, in the library. Talk about being misplaced.

Finding a trusty grappeling hook, the Doctor and Romana had climbed their way back to the console room. Their problems grew and grew as the TARDIS interior shifted in its instability, but the ship had managed - just - to help the two Time Lords reach the console room.

Romana had noticed right away when they'd reached the console room, the TARDIS was still and it was lying on her side. The Doctor didn't pay any attention as he'd fought against the fumes and still burning fires in the room, and he'd managed to get the doors open.

The Doctor had climbed out first, followed by Romana. Only to come face to face with a small red headed girl. It wasn't until later when her haziness dissipated that Romana remembered the time of the Year that Never was.

The Doctor, not knowing about the girl, just asked. " Can I have an apple?

The End.

Doctor Who will return.