A/N-So here is a Doctor Who fanfiction! This is my first Doctor Who fanfiction, and my first time writing in third person! I really hope you like it. Constructive criticism is appreciated. I also want to acknowledge my awesome beta reader, PotterheadWhovian7. She put up with me, and I thank her for that. Anyway reviews, favorites, and follows are much appreciated. Enjoy! 3 -Taylor
"Goodbye April!" Alice shouts to her co-worker before leaving the shop. She walks out of Charlotte's Cakes, the place she has worked as head baker for 4 years. She has a degree in culinary arts, which is how she ended up there.
Alice sees the newspaper stand, and tries to avoid it because she doesn't want to look at the date. It is June 16th 2013. Exactly 10 years ago today, her sister drowned.
It was a hot day, so Alice and her sister Abby had decided to go to the lake on their property to swim. Abby knew how to swim, but her foot got stuck under a rock. Alice was supposed to be watching her, but was listening to music, and hadn't noticed her sister didn't come up. Alice still blames herself for the accident, therefore she hates this date. Alice tries not to cry, but she can't help it.
Alice takes a back way home, so no one sees her crying. She walks down the alley way that cuts to the next street over.
Alice is preoccupied by her thoughts and doesn't notice a giant green lizard fall right from the sky. She finally notices it when she hears an aggressive hiss.
She drops the coffee was in her left hand, as the lizard moves towards her quickly. A loud zap comes from behind her, and the lizard freezes, then it disappears. Her coffee free hand is suddenly grabbed. She looks over to see a young man in a bow-tie.
"Run," he whispers.
He didn't have to tell her twice. Still tightly gripping her hand, he darts out of the alley way, on the side where she had entered. They ran for nearly two minutes before Alice felt like her lungs were going to collapse. Luckily for her the man slows down, and she realizes they are in a different alleyway.
Alice puts her hands on her knees, panting.
"Put your arms over your head, it opens your lungs, allowing you to breathe better," the man in the bow tie says from the side of her.
"No offense, because I think you just saved my life, but who the hell are you. And what the heck was that lizard?" Alice then looks up at him and notices him leaning against a big blue box. It has 'Police Box' written on it. Police Box rings a bell, it must have been a story her grandmother had told her or something.
"And what the hell is that?" Alice asks, walking up to it, wanting confirmation. She notices how close she is to the man, and backs away quickly, not wanting to get to close.
"To answer your questions, I am the Doctor. And this, is the TARDIS. It stands for 'Time and relative dimension in space. That lizard thing is a Arnick." He says with confidence, like he has said that sentence a hundred times before. He then turns around, and opens the doors to the 'TARDIS'.
Alice stands there and stares at the box, wondering what could possibly be inside. What did the man mean bye 'Time and Relative Dimension in Space?' Alice automatically assumes this man is mad. It is so small, what could fit in there? She wonders. Alice wants to leave, but is oddly enticed about the strange man and what is inside the Police Box.
"Well are you going to come in, or just stand there staring? Staring is rude." The Doctor startles Alice, poking his head out of the door.
Alice starts to say, "How are we going to fit…" but the Doctor closes the door on her.
"Talk about rude," she mumbles to herself.
What is the worst that could happen? She thinks. About a million bad things run through her head. She tosses them aside, and takes the risk. She opens the doors to the box.
"Took you long enough, thought you would stand out there forever. We have to go!" the Doctor says seriously.
Alice doesn't hear him. She stares around the room, and dashes outside, she runs around the box over and over again.
Alice walks back in, "It's- it's bigger on the inside." She is astonished. What has she gotten herself into?
The Doctor nods, like he was expecting that answer.
"So what was that lizard thing again? An Arnie?" Alice asks while walking around the room.
"An Arnick, from the planet Gatonia. Very ugly planet, not visiting there again." The Doctor says, while pulling a lever on the console in the middle of the room. A jolt nearly sends Alice to the floor, but she manages to grab on to the nearby railing.
"Gatonia, never heard that one before. Is this a joke?" Alice questions.
"No this is not a joke, I am the Doctor. I am a Time Lord. I can travel anywhere in the Universe. I can also travel anywhere in time. This is my space ship, it allows me to travel to those places. The Arnicks are lizard-like creatures. They are aliens, one bite from them knocks you out. I am then guessing they take you to their ship, which is currently stationed over London. That one that I saved you from saw me and was transported back to whatever alien is using it. You see, Arnicks have to be controlled or they will die. My guess is they are being controlled by Gatons. I'm not quite sure why they would need humans. But all I do know is I have to stop them before they wipe out the whole world. I brought you with me because once a arnick gets your scent, it will not stop till it gets you, and it can't teleport in the TARDIS. Now I am about to walk outside onto their space ship. I want you to stay in here until I come back okay?"
Alice's eyes widen at his little speech. She shakes her head taking all the information in. She then laughs hysterically, not being able to stop. She clutches her sides.
"What are you doing?" The Doctor asks, staring at her.
"Who put you up to this? Was it James? He knew what today was, was he trying to cheer me up? How in the world did he do all of this? It must have taken ages!" Alice said between breaths.
"Who is James? And what was today?" the Doctor inquires.
Alice stares at him, this was real. He was serious about all of this. She stares around the room.
Alice turns around in time to see the Doctor walk out the door.
"No way am I staying in here," she mumbles. She follows him out the door. When outside, she sees the Doctor is standing 10 feet ahead of her, scanning the walls with a small device. She looks around, stunned. They moved. A couple seconds ago they were in London, now they are in what must be a space ship. It has to be, that is what the Doctor was talking about.
Alice shuts the door and the Doctor whips his head around to look at her, "Figures, no one ever listens to me! Well come on then, this way," he says, heading down a hallway.
"Where are we going?" She asks, examining the area around her.
"Don't know," he says back, looking over at Alice.
The area is completely shut off. They are surrounded by brown walls. There is slime on the walls. Alice, curiosity taking over, walks over to see what it is.
"I wouldn't touch that if I were you," The Doctor says, without even looking at her.
"Why?" Alice asks.
"Because you never know what it is." He replies. Good enough answer for her. She rushes back to catch up with him, and stands by his side.
"You never told me your name," he says.
"You never asked," She replied back.
He just nods his head, like he is satisfied with her answer.
"Alice Longwood," she says to him. "Now what is yours?" Alice asks him, hoping he has an actual name.
"I thought we went over this, I am the Doctor," the Doctor replied.
"You were serious about that? No surname?" Alice wonders, hoping the Doctor wasn't getting sick of her questions.
"I don't believe in surnames, and in around 400 years or so, they go out of style." he says, seriously, to Alice's surprise.
"But, what about-" Is all Alice got out before everything went black.