THIS STORY IS MARY SUE! IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T READ IT!

Author's Notes: After moving back to New Jersey I happened to catch the Trilogy as it aired on Encore and various similar channels. My computer didn't have Internet so I had to surf on Donna, my Samsung Omnia, and wound up on re-reading Flaming Trails' stories. My muse was beginning to awaken and don a Back to the Future suit, causing me to try to come up with ideas of how AL met Doc. The final idea bit me at about 2AM on a Monday morning. Originally, Einstein was going to be run over but I decided against that for two reasons: 1) Einstein is way too smart to run into the street or follow a stranger and 2) AL can't heal severe injuries. Also originally, Doc and Einie were going to be playing fetch with a tennis ball, but when I realized that the fence around Doc's house was too high for a good bounce (even with TK), I changed it to Frisbee. I deliberately made it ambiguous as to whether this is Twin Pines or Lone Pine (and it wasn't easy writing for Marty in that case).

Trivia and In-Jokes: June 30, 1983 10:28AM is the exact day and time I was born. Now, I really should've set it to 7:28AM since California is 3 hours behind New Jersey, however AL, like me, doesn't do breakfast and so would wait 'til later in the day so she can get lunch. Besides, if I were Marty, even if Doc was my best friend, I wouldn't be visiting so early in the morning. :p Unless, of course, he'd made a major breakthrough and needed my assistance. ^^ Before showing up in Hill Valley, AL had previously hung out with Richie Cunningham and Fonzie in Wisconsin and the Sweathogs and the Sunshine Cab Co. crew in New York (not at the same time). The newspaper in the trash is just a nod to the first Back to the Future. The explosion that wiped AL's memories happened a couple of decades before this story. The unicorns have told her when her birthday was and she won't argue since she doesn't remember it. The best friend is the Doctor, whom AL had been separated from (Sixth, if you're curious) near the end of "Mindwarp", an installment of "The Trial of a Time Lord", on the planet Thoros-Beta. He has an affinity for humans that no link could ever help AL to understand (never mind that a good portion of her guys were human).

Chapter One: Never Tell Her Someone is Crazy

Thursday
June 30, 1983
10:28AM
Hill Valley, California

This wasn't exactly what she was aiming for.

Lisa looked around at the town she'd arrived in. Well, it was warmer than Wisconsin or New York, that was for certain. It also didn't seem like it was too far off from 1982, technology-wise, judging by the surroundings.

She proceeded to walk around and passed by a sign that announced "Welcome to the City of Hill Valley". City, huh? Well, okay, that told her where. How about when? Trying to avoid probing someone's mind for a year, she continued her stroll through what she supposed was the town square and caught sight of a newspaper in the trash. She read the date across the top.

"June 30th, 1983. Hah. Day I was born. Or whatever." Lisa said to no one. She'd been told that was her birth date and, since she couldn't remember anyway, it was good enough for her. She looked up to the clock set in the tower overhead to see the time only to realize the thing wasn't working – stuck at 10:04. Pity.

Shrugging to herself, she figured she'd stick around a little while and enjoy the sunshine. Why not? It's not like she had anything else to do. Time traveling on her own was very anticlimactic especially when the best friend she was trying to get back to had last been seen on a planet light-years away from Earth and, for some reason, she couldn't hope to reunite with him anytime soon.

With a sigh, Lisa put her hands in her pockets and kept walking, soon finding herself in front of a Burger King. Deciding she was hungry, she went to enter the establishment but she stopped short when she saw a building sitting in the middle of the parking lot. Weird. Weirder still was she noticed a boy skateboarding towards it, opening the gate and walking inside to be greeted by a barking dog – "Hi, Marty! Hi, Marty! Marty's here!" the pooch was saying – and an older man with a gravelly voice.

Hm. Lisa thought, finally walking into the restaurant. When it was her turn to order and after she did so, while digging in her pockets for money, she commented, "You know there's a building in your parking lot?"

Though the quip was intended to be good-natured, the expression on the face of the girl behind the counter was a mixture of disgust and horror. The thoughts that were now being projected from her were so loud and disjointed it was almost painful. Something about a…crazy mad scientist?

"You don't know?" the girl said as she made change.

"Well, I just arrived in town…"

"The guy who lives there is a lunatic! He's dangerous!" said the girl, eyes wide. "He's this crazy mad scientist who does all these weird experiments…we're always hearing weird noises and explosions coming from that place."

Lisa was frowning. "But I saw someone going over there – "

"That's Marty McFly," she said. "He's nuts, too. Started hanging out with Lunatic Brown a few months ago…I bet he's doing experiments on him, forcing him to be his friend. It's best to stay away from the both of 'em."

That caused the alien to roll her eyes, her invisible wings turning red at the tips. She didn't even know this "Brown", yet she felt anger towards the way he was being talked about. It wasn't right at all.

Feigning politeness, Lisa thanked the girl, took her food and change and left the building. Hearing things like that made her seethe; it downgraded her opinion of the human race. She never understood what her best friend saw in the species.

Sitting outside to eat, she found out that one thing the girl had said was true: there were noises coming from the…well, you couldn't describe it as a house. It looked more like a garage. Whatever word used to describe it, there were indeed noises coming from inside, but Lisa wouldn't describe them as "weird". From what she could hear, the dog wanted to play Frisbee and the man and the boy were talking about the upcoming 4th of July, not to mention she could hear the ticking of a lot of clocks. She supposed that normal conversation couldn't be heard by normal humans, though what she was hearing sounded innocent enough.

"I gotta go. I'm meeting Jennifer for lunch. I'll see you later, Doc," said the voice of the boy. "Bye-bye, Einie."

"All right, Marty."

"Bye, Marty!" said the dog.

As Lisa watched, the boy left the house and skateboarded away, smiling. She heard another door open and close and the dog barking again, apparently getting his game of Frisbee. After throwing away her trash, she meandered around the garage and found that the privacy fence erected in the front of the building surrounded it. She peeked through a hole in the planks and saw a tall man with wild white hair and wide brown eyes throwing a tennis ball at a large dog. Hey, if he had a dog, he couldn't be all bad, could he?

Now, how could she get them to meet?

She eyed the bright red Frisbee as it soared overhead and smiled. Perfect. Waiting for the right moment, she gave a nudge of telekinesis to lift the toy up and over the fence. She made a point of making her footsteps more defined and gave a faux squeak of surprise as she TK'ed the Frisbee into her hands.

"Great Scott!" the man yelped as the dog barked.

"Hey, my Frisbee!"

"Don't worry," shouted Lisa, "I got it!"

"Thank you, miss," said the man though his thoughts said, I wonder how I could persuade her to throw it over the fence so she won't see who I am…though if she were walking by the house, she probably already knows who I am…however, if she already knows, then why hasn't she just thrown the Frisbee and run?

Frankly the thoughts were depressing Lisa. Clearing her throat, she said, "I'll meet you at your front gate and give it back to you."

Damn. "Uh…why don't you just toss it over? That way you won't have to traverse around the building."

"Don't be silly." Lisa said in her determined voice. "Besides, I'd like to meet your dog if you don't mind. I love animals." Without waiting for an answer, she jogged to the front gate and waited.

May as well get this over with… said his thoughts.

After a minute a door opened and out walked the man and dog. Now that she could see more clearly, she could see why the locals were leery of the guy. His white hair stuck out in all sorts of directions and his chocolate brown eyes had a crazy gleam in them. He was wearing a white lab coat, Hawaiian shirt and many-pocketed cargo pants. The dog panting at his side looked like a sheepdog mixed with something else.

The dog…she'd forgotten that animals could see her as she really was. The mutt eyed her and barked. "I like your wings. Hey, can I have my Frisbee back?"

Well, this canine seemed smarter than the ones she usually encountered. Other dogs would be barking like crazy at her wings and strange scent. Smiling, she proffered the wayward toy with one hand and stuck the other out at the man. "Hi, I'm Lisa. I just got into town today."

The dog sniffed her and took the Frisbee while the man hesitantly shook her hand. That explains why she's acting so friendly, he thought and said, "Dr. Emmett Brown." Go ahead…turn and flee…I'm sure you've heard of my reputation.

Though Lisa had, she didn't plan to do anything of the sort. "Pleasure to meet you, Dr. Brown. What's your dog's name?"

Really? "Einstein."

Lisa knelt so she was face-to-face with the dog and held a hand out to him. "Hi, Einstein."

Einstein dropped the Frisbee and licked her knuckles. "Hello!"

Dr. Brown looked astonished. "That's amazing. He usually doesn't take to strangers that swiftly."

"I have a thing with animals." Lisa said quite honestly, standing straight. Not wanting to push her luck, she said, "I'd better be going. Nice meeting you, Dr. Brown. Enjoy your Frisbee, Einstein."

"I will!"

"Have a nice day, Dr. Brown."

Unbelievable. "Thank you."

End chapter one.