You coughed and waved the dust out of your face with your hands. Uhg, I HATE dusting! Or any chores for that matter...It was really dusty in the St. Patrick's Cathedral, and pretty late for that matter. You doing extra community service, in order to get more college credits. But no one had said that you were going to be dusting in the back rooms of an old church! Plus, it didn't help that you were wearing a white dress with flower patterns on it. Its surely stained...now I gotta go home to get changed before that party! You thought. You sighed, sweeping the broom across the room once more. You were sweating inside the hot back rooms, and was alone. No tourists were allowed inside the back rooms, only the main hall. So it was a surprise when You heard something. Something moving.
Of course, you went and followed the noise. you were bored out of her mind, anyway, and I wanted to see if anything fell old dungeon-like door opened with a creak as you pushed it. Inside was a few desks with cluttered papers spread all over. But what was interesting was an crying angel statue, right in the center of the room. That's weird… you thought. You had been in this room only a couple minutes ago, and there had been no angel statue then. You were just about to leave, but then you remembered
You had read an online article about these angles that looked like they were crying. They were alive, and only moved when you weren't looking at them,even if you blink, they would move so fast they would kill you like that. It was posted by some girl named "Sally Sparrow" or something, and you had shrugged it off as a hoax. But, as the stone angel stood in front of me, you had stopped blinking. you winked in each eye when your eyes grew dry, and slowly backed out of the room.Wait, why am I even doing this? It's just a stupid internet hoax! But you still didn't let your guard down. You fumbled with the doorknob, struggling to find it. Well, it won't hurt to look away for a second, right? You looked away, found the doorknob, and when you turned back…
The Angel was right in front of you. You let out a gasp of shock, and struggled with the doorknob, trying to open the door. As you opened it, you fell backward. I'm done for, I'm not looking at it! You thought as you fell. But, miraculously, you didn't fall. Someone had caught you. You looked up at your savior, who was staring straight at the angel. "Hello!" He said, helping you up.
He was extremely strange. He wore suspenders and even a bowtie, something you didn't think people even wore anymore. He was pretty skinny, and to top it all off, a brown tweed jacket. As if that wasn't enough, he pulled out some green glowing metal stick, and it made a whirring noise as he pointed it at the angel
"Now, where did I put that…" He searched through his jacket, without looking, to pull out a hand mirror, and pointed it at the angel, "Aha! Now we can look at each other!" He faced You. "Hullo! I'm the Doctor! You?" He talked in a British accent, but you couldn't tell if it was real or not.
"Uh...um… I'm (y/n), (y/n) (l/n), But, Doctor Who?" You asked.
He simply smiled "Exactly! Now,I recommend you go home, have a nice cup of tea, and just forget this ever happened! I can handle it from here!" The strange Doctor pulled out his whirring stick again, and started waving it all over the place.
"But.." You had so many questions, you were wondering where to start "How did you know about those Weeping Angel thingy's? And why are you pointing a mirror at it?" He suddenly stopped waving his stick and stared at you
"You know about them too? Rarely any humans know about these things.." He muttered. Every word he said was just more questions!
You were fed up. "HOLD UP! First of all, I read about these angels online! Second, What is that stick thing?! Third, you said humans! What did you mean by humans? And Fourth…" you tried to think of another reason, but the man just smiled.
"Sorry, can't say, top secret information!" He said, smug. "Now,I need a regular mirror in order to get us out of here. The mirrors have them quantum locked, they can't blink themselves, so they can't move. So could you help me find one so we can leave?" You immediately became frustrated with this 'Doctor'
You devised a plan, and put your hands on your hips."I'm not going anywhere until you explain exactly what's going on!" Now it was your turn to be smug. The Doctor obviously didn't want to explain much to me.
He cast a dark glare at her, and sighed. "I guess I have no choice…" he paused "Well, its a bit complicated to explain…but I'll try." He took in a deep breath "I'm a time-travelingalienwhogoesaroundfromplanettoplanetandIhelppeople!" He talked a million miles a minute, eager to stop the weeping held up his green wand "This is a sonic screwdriver! It does anything! except wood, too primitive."He was out of breath from talking so fast "Anyway, my arm is getting tired, can you get me a regular mirror? It's the only way we can stop them!"
You crossed her arms "If I find you a mirror," You proposed "Then you have to take me to your time machine!" That was the only piece of his gibberish you had understood.
The Doctor gave you a look of desperation "Really? we are going to go through this now? NOW!? When there is a monster who kills you if you blink in the room!?" He sighed "FINE! I'll take you to the TARDIS, just FIND A MIRROR!" He shouted, while You smiled. My curiosity is gonna kill me someday, you thought. You opened a door to the room you had just cleaned. You had seen a mirror in there, heck, you had dusted it. You waved at the strange man
"Brb!" You said, and you could hear him muttering "Brb? what…" as you exited the room.
Time skip
They went bolting out of the church, and into the New York City skyline, getting as far away from the Angel as possible. They both stopped one block away from the church, panting. "We….are just...gonna….leave the angel there?" You asked.
The Doctor had his hands on his knees, out of breath as well "Well, yeah…...kinda...The Angel will stay there until someone crosses in front of it. But if someone does, the angel will just run away, in order to get far, far away from that mirror." He smiled and jumped back up, full of energy. "Now,uh...you wanted to go in my TARDIS?" You smiled
The bright-blue telephone box was hidden in a dark, desolate alley. He put a small, golden key into the keyhole and unlocked it.
"Why are you taking me into a small police box?" You said "You could be a kidnapper, you know, and I've been the poor, innocent caught in your trap!" You overdramatically joked, putting your hand over your heart. The time-traveler smiled and pushed the door open with a creak. The inside of the box glowed an orange light, casting shadows onto the brick wall behind him. He simply walked into the box and Isabelle slowly approached it. She looked inside, to see something incredible
Isabelle hesitantly stepped into the bright-blue box, observing her surroundings. But...That's...No way! You thought. You went outside to take a look at the box. This had to be an optical illusion or something. But it was the same size!
"Ah, always love this bit..." The doctor smugly said. He had obviously seen your shock before. You bolted back in, drinking it all in, and ran around the big control board.
"This. Is. AMAZING!" You shouted in awe, causing echoes to bounce off the walls in the giant machine
He smiled "This is the TARDIS, or Time-And-Relative-Dimension-In-Space. I use her to travel in time and space, basically wherever and whenever I want! EXCEPT parallel worlds. Last time that happened, this old girl nearly died and...I had to leave someone behind." You noticed the forlorn look in the Doctor's eyes. He had experienced true emotional pain, you could tell.
You sat on one of the chairs "So...How do you work this thing?" You reached for a lever, but the doctor slapped your hand.
"NO! That's, uh, that's the lever that cuts the oxygen...dont know why that's there in the first place…" You then saw the big enormous lever, with little lights on it
"And this one?" you pointed at it, and He smiled
"Thats basicly the GO button. I flick that, and we go zooming through space!" He excitedly said, but then he frowned and stared at her. "But...you can't travel with me… no one travels with me...not anymore…" You were confused
"But why not? Besides we made a deal!" You crossed her arms in a motherly-sort-of-way. He sighed
"Because, everyone who has traveled with me has gotten hurt… It's a dangerous job, saving the world...you could die…" You turned traced her finger over the controls. Sure, you could travel with this strange man, and have the most fun you could ever have in years, but at what cost? You suddenly had doubts… what about college? Your scholarship? Your family and friends would miss you terribly, you shouldn't go. But then you realized that it was a TIME MACHINE! Duh, you wouldn't be missing anything! You had made your decision
"I don't care. Let's go traveling!" you said, and before the doctor could protest, you slammed down the big lever with the lights. The whole machine shook and all the lights flickered, and you both fell over at the sudden movement.
They both grabbed the control board, the Doctor shouted "What HAVE you done!" But you just laughed as you went hurtling through space. The Doctor firmly pushed down a tiny green button, and they came to a slow stop.
"What is wrong with you? You just decide to threaten me in a church and force me to take you to my ship, and THEN you take control of a Time Lord's magical blue box?"
As you went to open the door you asked "Time Lord? Like an alien? Ooo are you an alien?" He sighed
"Didn't you listen before when you held me at gunpoint! Well, angel-point, but whatever! Yes, Time-Lord, Two hearts, big amazing brain!" He pointed to his head. He seemed not be able to say anything without waving his hands about. You smiled at his goofiness and opened the door…
It was space. You, (y/n), were in space! You laughed out loud and screamed "WOOOOOO!" at the top of your lungs into the void. "Oh my gosh, I'm in space! Doctor, I'm in space!" and before he could stop you, you floated out of the TARDIS.
"HEY! Listen, you can't just go floating around in space, (y/n)! You could go floating around forever!" He grabbed the back of your leather jacket and pulled you back into the although you had nearly gone off floating in space forever, she still went back to the door, and simply stared out into the stars. The Doctor looked at the awe and wonder at your face, lit by the moon. Your (h/l), (h/c) hair floated around you due to lack of gravity.
"I...I've never seen space. Always wanted to...but...being an astronaut was just a childhood fantasy goal I would never accomplish…" You almost whispered, shocked that you were actually there. This whole situation felt like a dream, and yet, it couldn't have been more real. It was a moment of utter amazement in your shy, studious life. The Doctor smiled and joined her by the door
"Do you want to see more?" He asked, going back to the controls. You whirled around and ran up next to the mysterious alien.
"Does that mean I can stay?" The Doctor snapped his fingers, and the doors shut closed. You turned her head so fast to the doors you nearly caught whiplash. Did he?You nearly finished the thought, but merely smiled.
The doctor typed up some numbers in a keyboard "Only one trip!" He put his hands on the big lever with the lights "Just one…" He slammed down the lever, and off they went. The Doctor and his new companion.