Chapter 1:
A Ghostly Beginning

19th of May, 2013
Jeremy took his time walking down the dirt path. It was a beautiful night, and he wasn't going to hurry through. He was going to enjoy his walk and nothing was going to change his mind.

It was only a short pathway through a back field behind several houses, he had been walking down this path since he moved over here with the rest of his family eight years ago. And there is nothing better in his life than to walk down the path in the evening and enjoying the cool, crisp breeze blowing through his shoulder-length, blonde hair.

He went through the jungle-like shrubbery that surrounded the house that seemed out-of-place somewhere along the path. Usually this part of the path only gave him an uneasy feeling, but tonight, there was something more. Something that gave him a physical shudder as he walked past the house.

Jeremy heard a stick crack and shot off down the path, he took a quick look behind him and screamed when he saw a grotesque figure standing where he was standing before he started sprinting.

That night, he came home panting, shivering and he decided to lock himself in his bedroom to be plagued by nightmares of the figure that he saw standing by the house hidden in the middle of the pathway.

The Tardis console room
The Tardis rocked and jolted as it travelled down the Time Vortex. As Heather knew nothing about controlling the Tardis, all she could do was watch the Doctor run around the circular main console and listened to when he would instruct her to help him out. With a hollow bump, the Tardis landed and the Doctor raced to the door, Heather following as best as she could behind him, "well, here we are, the 21st of May, 2013. Let's see what's imprinted in your mind! I've parked a couple of blocks away from the kindergarten so that we don't run into previous you."

He threw the Tardis doors open with a 'Ta-da!" and Heather looked out – what she saw, disappointed her.

"This isn't a couple of blocks away from the kindergarten, this is a couple of suburbs away! We're in Box Hill!" she exclaimed.

"What? There's a hill in the shape of a box?" the Doctor peered out, pushing past Heather. "It looks nothing like a box hill."

"No, that's the name of the suburb. Surely, the Lord of Time knows about the name of suburbs." Heather made fun of him.

"I've been to more planets than you could imagine. There's too many suburb names to remember." The Doctor said flatly, then he swirled around to Heather, "so, what are we going to do?"

"Well, unless you are able to land the Tardis closer to the kindergarten, then we'll do just that." Heather explained.

The Doctor sniggered, "yeah right, with this old girl. Impossible." He then turned around and shut the Tardis door and patted it before locking it, "so sorry, dear. Didn't mean to offend you."

"I guess we'll have to get there by other means." Heather groaned.

"Good plan. But first, let's have some food. You must be starving." The Doctor suddenly said.

"What?" Heather said.

Heather ate her hamburger slowly, watching the Doctor closely, "you don't eat a lot, do you?"

"No, not really. I don't need as much food to fuel my body." The Doctor explained.

"So, when are we going to go see what happened to me...today?"

"You'll soon start talking about time without feeling awkward." The Doctor laughed. "But, to answer your question, we'll go over very soon. I feel weird wearing these clothes."

"But they're your clothes, yeah?"

"Well, yeah. No. I guess. Maybe. It's quite complicated." The Doctor struggled to answer her. "I have, what is essentially, multiple lives. Like a cat – but more amazing, 'cause I get more lives."

"What?"

"I've got, what is essentially, thirteen lives." The Doctor said.

"How do you get thirteen lives?" Heather asked.

"We just do. Just did. I just do." The Doctor said solemnly.

Heather was confused but continued eating. Suddenly, she saw the Doctor's body tensing, "what?"

"What ever you do, don't turn around." The Doctor said quietly.

"What, what is it?" Heather asked, starting to turn around, but the Doctor grabbed her shoulder.

"Just wait for a bit."

Heather waited until the Doctor let her go and she looked to where he was looking.

That's when she saw herself.

Only a short chapter, but I hope it's enough to pique your interest for this next story.
Kid W25