So, I should explain who I am I guess. It won't take long, I am spectacularly uninteresting, my life however, isn't. I'm 16, I live in South London, I still go to school, just in case the stereotypical idiots start asking. And I'm best friends with the weirdest people in the universe, one being a rare alien and another being an immortal flirt. I guess you should keep reading...


I'm Megan Keegan. I'm 16 and I'm in year 11. My story starts out quite simple, in September 2005. My GCSE's had just started and I was on course to get good grades. I had friends, luckily, and really good ones too. I suppose what was so good about me and my friends was that, despite being south London youths we were pretty mature for our age, we didn't expect a lot from life and we did take our education seriously. We were geeks, but cool geeks. So all in all life was pretty sweet.

7th of September 2005.

I sat on the left side on the bus, on the upper deck, with my earphones in, gazing out of the window. I enjoyed this part of the day, where I could just listen to my music without having to talk to my friends, that's kind of why I got on the bus a little earlier to be honest. I didn't fancy running in to Cat on the bus. Don't get me wrong I love Cat, but I also love my music. I looked out to see the sky, it was blue, as per usual, which is kind of weird in September, but I smiled at it, paired with the upbeat music that was currently playing and the sun that was shining I began feeling happy.

I got through the school gates and walked into the year 11 area that we always occupied, suddenly a pair of arms gripped me from behind. I spun, in shock.

"Happy Birthday!", Taylor cheered. Taylor was cool, he was clever and hard working with a good set of morals. He was funny and got on with everyone and I had a really bad crush on him throughout year 9, but I got tired of it, because we got on as friends really well and half the year group liked him, so I just stopped, it was taking too much out of me, so now I've accepted him as a really good friend.

"Oh, yeah, my birthday", I frowned, fiddling with my bag strap. He laughed,

"You forgot", he asked, over his shoulder I saw Cat and Lauren,

"Yeah, you forget things in your old age, don't you?", I shrugged, smiling as I moved around him. I smiled at them,

"I just remember it was my birthday, you know", I said, noticing they were grinning weirdly.

Cat gasped, "It's your birthday, oh shit",

"Good thing we didn't forget this", Lauren said bringing out a wrapped present, I looked at it, feeling weird, I could never properly accept gifts, Lauren knew this, "You say, "Thank you guys", she prompted,

"Thank you guys", I repeated hesitantly, they both nodded, I unwrapped the present, every so often glancing up at their faces, weirdos, I thought.

As the wrapping paper disappeared it became more and more clear that the present had a theme, a very historical theme. It turned out to be a very large book entitled, The History of Everything, I grinned, looking at them,

"Thank you guys", I said, again, with more enthusiasm. They obviously bought it because of my love of history, I remember once saying that I had fallen in love with history, and I have. I tried to hug them but the book made it very hard,

"Yeah, that's not working", I muttered, they laughed, "Listen, I'm gonna put this is my locker, and Cat, Jake is over there", I pointed behind her, to a cute blonde, Cat and Jake were a love story waiting to happen, I just prayed it wasn't Romeo + Juliet because that didn't end well,

"And Laur, Taylor is behind me", I added, I admired Lauren, she had really good taste in guys, better than me and Cat anyway. We went our separate ways. I went upstairs to my locker on first floor, there was a lift but it was only for teachers and crippled students, which was kind of unfair but hey.

After I put my book in, a small but not unnoticeable thud came from my right. I frowned, all the teachers were in the staff room at this time, I went over towards the sound, feeling very Lara Croft, I found no source of any sound, but then, out of nowhere a man appeared in mid air and tumbled to the floor, groaning, muttering something about second time lucky, he smiled up at me,

"Hi", he breathed. I stepped back, quickly. He noticed this to which I responded by swearing,

"What the fuck?", I whispered, "How the hell did you..", he cut me off with his shushing, "Don't you shush me, you just appeared in the fucking air, who the hell are you?", I hissed. If I wasn't angry I would have noticed how incredibly hot he was, but he was like 30, so no.

"Listen don't raise your voice, I-", Now he was cut of by the bell, telling me it was first lessons. I had to get to history but it was on this floor so it was ok. "Right, you have to forget me, ok?",

"What do you mea- How the hell am I gonna forget you?",

"I'm that hot, huh?", he grinned,

"Are you- are you serious? I'm 16", I said unimpressed. He shook his head in apology as I continued, "You could be a terrorist" I accused,

"I'm not a terrorist".

"Oh, ok, I'll believe you then (!)", I said sarcastically, "Who are you?", I demanded

"Captain Jack Harkness", he grinned again and stuck out his hand for a handshake.

"Seriously! 16!", I exclaimed, slapping away his hand

"Sorry, sorry", he said as children filled in the hallway, "I've got to go",

"No, wait", I said hurriedly,

"Meg!", I turned to see Cat waving me over, when I turned back he was gone. I rolled my eyes, so now he was bloody Derren Brown.


I couldn't stop thinking about the mysterious Jack throughout the morning, which I hated because it distracted me from history, and not a lot of things could do that. But I had it planned out, after history I had two lessons of PE, which I could sneak out of if I was careful because they never took registers in PE. So after history we went down to the gym and straight through to the changing rooms. I kept to the back of the class and then turned on my heel and walked back, I told Cat and Lauren that I wouldn't be in the class because I had a music lesson. I walked through the gym corridor but I bumped into someone just as they were going around the corner, I squealed, only to see it was Taylor, I sighed in relief,

"Sorry Megan", he apologized, I smiled,

"It's cool", I said, trying to move around him,

"Where are you going?", he asked,

"Oh just, you know, out",

"Out?",

"I'm", sigh, "ok, I'm bunking, but you cannot tell anyone, even the Portuguese ones", Portuguese ones was my nickname for Cat and Lauren because they were both Portuguese,

"I won't, but why?",

I reversed away from him as I spoke, "I just, I have to sort something", I left, not letting him reply.

The first rule when you're doing something wrong in school, act confident, if you're sneaking around every corner people will notice and assume you're doing something you're not supposed to. You have to act confident and act like you're doing the right thing. I strolled through the school, back to where I saw Jack last, I past Mr Roube, our head of year,

"Hi sir", I said brightly,

"Hi Megan, why aren't you in class", he asked,

"Mr Ganso asked me to do something for him", I said, confidently, and he seemed to accept that and walked off.

Ganso was the PE teacher whom I was friends with so he would back me up even if I lied, which, thinking about it, is not good. I sighed and continued exploring. A smell wafted in the air, and I frowned, it smelt like smoke almost. I felt something strange on the ground, it was debris, funnily enough, I bent to pick it up and hissed because it was so hot,

"Fuck", I muttered hearing a faint sizzle as it touched my skin, after it had cooled down I looked at it for a bit, feeling it's texture and strength. Someone cleared their throat behind me and I yelped, turning.

"What the- Taylor!", I hissed, fuming.

"Now, listen, Ganso was asking for you and, and-", he stuttered, as I raised my eyebrows, knowing he was lying, "Yeah, fine, I was bored, and whatever you're doing seems better",

I rolled my eyes, "Taylor, you know if you go half the class will follow",

"I'm just that amazing", he said, arrogantly, I smacked his head and turned,

"Just go back to class", I said, walking away hurriedly,

"No way, tell me what's going on", he caught up with me, he held my shoulder and pulled me back so I was facing him, "What's going on?", he repeated, I was about to answer when I saw Cat, Lauren, Taylor's friends Emmanuel and Daniel behind him, I scoffed,

"What was I saying about people following?", he looked back at the group which gave me the chance to run to the stairway door beside me and down the staircase. I went down and and waited till I heard them go up the staircase, I sighed and turned. Yet again squealing when yet another person scared me from behind. But this time it wasn't a person, more like a big blue police box.

I remember learning about them, they were around in the 1960s; used for calling police and locking up offenders when there weren't any police stations near by. I frowned at the box, clearly it wasn't here before today otherwise someone would've noticed, so someone brought it here, maybe Jack?. I heard the door of it being unlocked from the inside and quickly hid behind the side of the box. I just hoped that whoever was in wasn't about to go downstairs.

"So, why are we here?", A female, Scottish voice spoke.

"Just a short visit, popping in then we're off the 1800s", a man replied, I smiled, quite liking the idea of the 1800s, then shook my head. 1800s?!

"Yeah, but you still didn't answer the question", another man spoke,

"Yeah", the woman agreed.

"I've picked up some interference's, not alien, but definitely in the wrong time zone",

Time zone, what the hell, I thought, he spoke with such authority and seriousness, it kind of stomped on the idea of someone playing a prank on me, an idea I was maintaining for a while. Their voices faded away and so did the conversation. When I was sure they were gone I looked at the box, it was beautiful. I touched the exterior and stroked it softly. I smiled up at it, and it seemed to wheeze in reply. A kind of sweet wheeze.

"Hello", I whispered, I blinked and was actually surprised at myself. I shook my head and walked up the stairs hoping to follow the trio but I had spent so long with the box I couldn't follow their voices. I went back to the first floor and checked the time, 11:30, I sighed, not long till lunch, and then the hallways will be packed, I had to hurry.

An explosion to my right boomed the first floor. I turned to see a bright light, but no fire, actually no anything, no debris, no destruction, just the sound of an explosion and the light of it. Taylor bolted into the hallway and scanned then looked at me,

"Did you hear that?", he gasped,

"I saw it", I muttered, looking back to where I saw the light, he followed, a couple of paces behind me, I approached the area and walked steadily. I stopped suddenly, causing Taylor to stop beside me,

"What, what is it?", he asked,

"Smells wrong", I muttered, he sniffed,

"Well what's it supposed to smell like?",

"Fire", I shrugged, "Smells like metal".

Before he could reply another explosion occurred, knocking us both off our feet, I saw a shimmer in the air, like something was out of focus, I jumped as soon as I could, "There, see? There was an explosion but no source, no debris, no damage, nothing." I looked at him, to see him frowning.

"The whole school must have felt that", he muttered. I nodded,

"They did, and pretty soon there gonna send someone to check this out", I said, my eyes widening,

"They can't do that", he whispered,

"No...they can't". I looked around, "Come on", I ran to the stairways and up to the second floor, as soon as I opened the door to the second floor I hit the fire alarm, Taylor stared at him,

"Why would you do that?", he hissed. I pulled out some perfume, I poured it on the floor, spreading it. I turned to Taylor,

"You got a lighter?", I asked, hand out.

He handed it to me, "So, what, you're gonna start a fire here, divert the attention so you can work out what's going on downstairs", he asked as I braced myself.

"Yeah",

"Should we be doing this?",

"Not really. Now, step back", he stepped back and I held the lighter away from me, crouching down to floor level, I pushed down on the button and immediately the floor was alight in flames, I hit another alarm as we ran back down the stair case. We got back to the staircase just in time for another explosion.

"Shit", Taylor mumbled beside me,

"You got that right", I said, we stood back at the source of the explosion. Taylor frowned and opened his bag, he brought out his ball and powerfully kicked it into the hallway, it vanished once it got to the end of the hallway.

"What the fuck", he whispered.

"Hey! You two",

We both turned expecting to see a teacher but saw Jack, I rolled my eyes, so the mystery man decides to show up. Once he recognized me he too rolled his eyes,

"You again", he sighed, "I knew you'd be right where the trouble is",

"What about you, you disappear and then come back when everyone's running for their lives. I said you were a terrorist", I snapped back, folding my arms across my chest, he rolled his eyes again,

"I'm not a terrorist", he looked at Taylor, "And who are you?",

"Taylor",

"Captain Jack Harkness",

"He's 16", I commented.

I turned back at the thing that made the ball disappear, let's call it the arch and frowned, Jack saw this, "So you found it too then huh?",

"Yep", Taylor said. "Any idea what it is?",

"It's complicated", Jack muttered, I scowled,

"I figured you'd say that", I remarked.

"What does that mean?", he asked.

I sighed and walked back down the hallway, I ignored the fact the Jack and Taylor were still following me. I got to the stairway and went to the window see the school all lined up in order.

Soon the teachers would notice me and Taylor missing and come looking for us, but I couldn't worry about that because I looked out the window to the adjoining school building roof, to see Taylor's ball flying through air then disappearing, repeatedly, I appeared, then flew for a bit then disappeared then appeared where it was before, all the while it was wearing away, looking older than it was before, as if it could age. It could age! It was gaining history. This gave me a very idiotic and outrageous idea. I turned back and ran down the hallway again.

Racing past Jack and Taylor who were in conversation, annoyingly beside my locker, I pushed away Taylor and opened my locker, while I there I put in my school bag and took Taylor's too, without asking, though I knew he was grateful to not be carrying that around. I then brought out my History of Everything book. I lifted it out, grunting a bit. Jack frowned at me, as did Taylor, I rolled my eyes. I walked to the arch and were a few steps before it. I took a deep breath chucked it at the arch. I turned and smiled at the boys, Taylor frowned

"Wha, what was that for?",

"Follow me", I grinned and ran to the staircase window, Taylor and Jack were beside me, I pointed out the book that was now flying onside the ball that was still flying, the book wasn't changing dramatically, but you could still notice it, "Look", I said.

"What is it?", Taylor asked,

Jack grinned, "Ohh, clever girl", he smirked at me, I grinned back.

"What? What is it?", Taylor demanded, I looked at him,

"Look at the ball", I urged, he did, and his eyes widened,

"Well, it's getting older",

"Exactly, now look at the book, it's getting thicker because it's getting older, it's earning more pages and the years go by", I explained. The tannoy blared through the speaker, "If Taylor Richmond and Megan Keegan are still in the building, could they go to the playground immediately."

I looked at Taylor then Jack and sighed, I went back the hallway and ran down to the other stairway. I ran down and across the school hall to the other building and raced up stairs. Jack and Taylor appeared in the lift on the top floor, I scowled at them, "You took the lift?", I asked, out of breath.

"Yeah", Taylor shrugged, I scoffed and climbed up the ladder to the roof. When I got their the wind blew through my black curly hair, I breathed out and noticed the trio that emerged from the blue box. They looked at me and frowned. Well one of them frowned, the bow tie dude and the red head smiled, like they knew me, I nervously smiled and looked back to see Taylor coming up and Jack just behind him.

Jack immediately assumed leadership, he strode to the trio and flashed a badge, speaking in authoritative tone that made me chuckle as I followed behind him. The trio was made up of an eccentric mad in a tweed suit and bow tie, a red head Scottish woman and a brown haired cute guy. I smiled at the whilst Jack continued his rant only to be interrupted by the bow tie guy.

"Jack! Oh wow Jack! It's me, the Doctor", the man beamed,

Jack's faced showed confusion for a few moments, then hesitation then elation.

"Doctor!", They embraced like old friends before the Doctor began introducing his friend to the Captain who flirted immediately.

But I wasn't paying attention, I was paying attention to my flying book, which was withering away as it flew by. My eyes watered when I saw what was written on the side. Property of Hannah Keegan II. I sniffed as Jack came by my side, placing his hand on my shoulder,

"My mum, Hannah Keegan, she died when I was 6", I explained, whilst the name Hannah Keegan II grew to the III, then the IV, up until VX. I laughed, "Name still lived on though, wow there's gonna be 15 Hannah Keegan's",

"Your daughter being the second", Jack reminded me, gently. I smiled, nodding

"Yeah...", I looked at Taylor who gave me a reassuring smile, then back at the strangers, "So who are you then?",

The bow tie guys adjusted his tie with a crooked smile before speaking, "I'm the Doctor, these are the Ponds, Amy, Rory", he pointed to his friends, "And this is all very nice, isn't it?", he smiled, my eyes widened at his rambling.

"I'm Megan, this is Taylor and you know Jack, obviously", I said, sheepishly,

"Hi, that's great but who through the book in the, uhh, the thing", he pointed to the...thing.

"That was me, I had this theory that, cos the ball, it got older as it went through the portals things, well I thought that my book would-",

"Would get bigger because more history is being written as time goes by, that is clever", the Doctor praised, grinning at me,

"I am clever", I said, grinning back,

"Ok, how is that not flirting back?", Jack exclaimed, feeling pretty annoyed,

"Not everyone has a dirty mind, Jack", I admonished,

"I do, and I'm proud", he winked at me, I shook my head but was still smirking.

"Doctor, what is going on?", Taylor asked, beside me.

"Ah well", he clapped his hand and spun on the spot, "These little portal things are called gaps, imagine a body and loads of open wounds. Now there are loads of open wounds around the body, some wounds are bigger than the others so they let bigger things get in",

"But..why do they keep coming back?", Rory asked, folding his arms.

"I said, there were many gaps around the universe, they're all connected, the ball and the book keep coming back when they've done a full rotation of the universe",

"But the universe is big", Amy said, hesitantly,

"Very big", the Doctor said.

"Which...is why it gets older, right?", I said.

"Exactly",

Jack frowned and opened his mouth to say something but his phone rang, he looked at it and then looked at the Doctor, "Torchwood", he said then walked off, I frowned, what the hell was Torchwood.

"What happens now?" Taylor asked.

"Well, can't we just", Amy reached out and took my book form mid-air, I was surprised at her impulsive character. "History of Everything, yeah, so there must be something about today's events, what happens and stuff", she began flicking through the book but I snatched it away,

"Can't do that?",

"Why?" she asked, I got the feeling she knew me somehow.

"Can't read ahead", the Doctor explained. Amy rolled her eyes and looked at him,

"Why?", she repeated, the Doctor gave me a 'go on' look, I gaped at him then cleared my throat,

"Well, if what happens today is in the book and we do read it, well, then it's written in stone. Once we know what's coming we have to let it happen and if its bad then we're all fucked", I explained, Taylor and the Ponds giggled at my language, the Doctor did not,

"Don't...swear, shhh, interferes with the sonic", he said, in a hushed tone,

"The what?", I asked,

"The sonic...", he sighed and brought out a weird pen thing, "Sonic screwdriver". I looked at it, then at Taylor who shrugged,

"Oh".,I said, not really knowing what else he wanted,

"See, damages it, so don't swear", he warned whilst tapping my nose with the 'sonic'. I pushed his hand away, scowling,

"Okay", I rolled my eyes and looked at Jack who had just finished his call, I walked over to him, leaving Taylor to socialize with the weirdos,

"What is up with the weirdos", I said. He smirked at me,

"Why are you asking me, I thought I was a terrorist",

I folded my arms, "Well, terrorist or not, I still trust you more than I trust them",

"Oh?",

"Yeah, so, weirdos why?",

"He's not a weirdo, he's just extremely clever, and that means you have to expel some weirdness to keep things in..balance",

I stared at him, "Ok, well that was a bunch of shit, and what's Torchwood?",

"Some friends of mine", he muttered walking around me to the group.

I sighed about to follow when something in the corner of my eye shimmered. I gasped and looked to my right, to the door leading back into the school. A shadow moved, I was sure of it. I stepped closer and peered my head forwards. Nothing was there, I shook my head and scratched my wrist, it was beginning to feel itchy there was a sort of red mark all around it. I walked back to the group, falling back to their conversation,

"So how did the gaps get so big?", Jack asked,

The Doctor shrugged, "Something must have forced its way through, we need to find it and send it back, whatever it is shouldn't be here", I glanced back to the door, shouldn't be here, he said.

"And do you know how to find it?", I asked, he nodded gently,

"Yeah, I have a tracky thing, but it's best for you two to go to your class", he nodded to the playground, where they were still registering the students, "They're probably gonna send you home", he checked his watch,

"What, no, we wanna help!", Taylor exclaimed as I nodded furiously,

"You might get die", Jack said,

"So might you", I snapped back,

"It's different for me",

"Of course it is", I muttered,

"Megan-",

"I'm not your responsibility", I said, scowling at him.

"I don't care". I looked at him, then at the Doctor and the Ponds. I glanced at Taylor who was equally frustrated, I rolled my eyes whilst sighing,

"Fine", I spun and walked back to the ladder, "I hope you do whatever the hell you need to do", I called back.

I jumped off the ladder and landed on my feet on the third floor, I had to move so Taylor could jump down too. I groaned rubbing my eyes,

"We're not letting this go, are we", he asked, brushing himself off.

I looked up to the roof, where the 'adults' we talking, I shrugged, "I saw something, at the other side door, I'm not sure but-",

"You think it might be what forced it's way through",

I nodded, scratching my wrist again, it was getting worse, "What's that?", Taylor asked, noticing my wrist. I looked at my wrist, "I dunno, it was just there", he looked at it closely meaning I had to bring it up for him to see, just then a band appeared on my wrist then faded back as quick as it came. I felt my wrist frantically, "What the...", I whispered,

Taylor shook his head, "This is some scary shit, man, how did I get into this",

"You followed me, remember?", I grinned at him, still gripping my wrist, I looked across the hallway, seeing the route we had to take to get to where I saw the 'shadow', "Come on".


We turned a corner, me leading but I saw a glimpse of Jack's WWII coat and pushed Taylor back, keeping my back to the wall, Taylor frowned at me,

"What is it?", he whispered, I put a finger to my lips, we both heard footsteps approaching us from round the corner. Then a beep and we saw Jack racing past us, not noticing us, luckily. I breathed out, relieved and continued round the corner,

"So we're hiding from the school and the AA", Taylor scoffed, as we were walking we named the alien hunters, the AA, as a joke.

I nodded, "Pretty much", I suddenly hissed in, feeling a sharp pain in my wrist again, I had them as we walked, it was actually getting worse as we walked on but I thought it was simply a coincidence.

"Again?", Taylor asked, checking my wrist again, I nodded, it was getting grayer and more gross. I cringed as I walked, we got to the place I saw the shadow and we saw just a statue, of an angel. It had it's hands covering its face and it was falling practically to pieces,

"When did the school get these?" Taylor asked, walking up to the angel, I frowned,

"They didn't", I walked up to the angel too but I moved, I didn't see it move but in the space of a millisecond I went from weeping to having its arms outstretched towards Taylor's shoulders, he was facing me so he didn't know, "Tay..", he looked back and flinched, jumped back,

"Shit, how the hell did it do that?!", he cried,

"I dunno, it moved so fast, I didn't even see it...Ahh!", it moved again, closer to us, we backpedaled backwards fast.

"Meg...your wrist", Taylor said looking at my wrist, I looked down to see my wrist covered in this rock thing, like a rock bracelet, I clawed at it, trying to get it off. I looked back up and the angel was right in my face, I breathed deeply. We were both pushed against the wall.

"Shit, shit, shit, shit", I muttered, "Keep looking at it",

"What?",

"Just, keep your eyes on it, I think that's when it moves".

I slid out of the way, I tried to run but something touching my wrist, I turned to see the angel just about touching the rock on my wrist, the colours blended perfectly so it looked like we were permanently joined, which we almost were now, "Taylor", I growled,

"I didn't stop looking at it", he defended,

"Did you blink?", I asked, yanking my hand away.

"...yeah", he sighed, we backed away from it, not blinking "What now?",

The angel moved again, now it was pointing at the lights above us, "Taylor, stop blinking",

"So are you!", then the light started flickering, showing the angel advancing on us. We yelped and ran, with the angel on our backs. We ran through the school and without discussing it we ran straight up to first floor, to the portal. We got to the floor and I looked back to see the angel baring its teeth in a terrifying way. We stopped just before the portal,

"Get you phone out", Taylor whispered to me, I did and gave it to him, he turned on the torch so the angel was left at the end of the corridor with only my phone light illuminating our surroundings. "Why does it want us?", he asked,

I brought out my wrist and touched the rock, "Something to do with this?", I looked back at the invisible portal and shuffled back towards it,

"What are you doing?", Taylor asked keeping his eyes on the angel,

"I've got an idea, just keep your eyes on that", I turned to the empty hallway,

"Meg, I'm gonna blink",

I turned again and looked at the angel, "Go ahead, I'm looking at it".

"Ok, you can go now", he reassured, I turned again and put my arm out almost touching but pulled it immediately when a voice cried out.

"Stop, don't, don't touch it", Jack cried, I spun to see Jack behind the angel, eyeing it warily as he moved past it, "You can't touch it",

"Why?", I demanded,

"It will pull you in, like a vacuum, the Doctor said", Amy said, appearing at the door beside me and Taylor,

"And where is the Doctor?", Taylor asked, alternating his winks.

"Closing the wound, Megan step away from the portal", Jack ordered, hesitantly, I frowned and moved, but jumped back when the phone torch flickered and the angel advanced, it was meters away from Jack and just in front of Taylor, it was smiling at me. I grabbed the phone from Taylor who jumped to Amy's side. I kept the torch level with my eye even though I knew the angel could just turn it off.

"Megan!", The Doctor bellowed, with Rory just behind him, "Get away from it", he appeared at Jack' side,

I rolled my eyes, smiling, "Oh, it's like Piccadilly circus, I've never seen so much action on the history floor", I grinned, though I was scared shitless.

"You don't wanna know what will happen if it touches, its attracted to you and your wrist",

"Oh, no bullshit", I said, scoffing. I backpedaled again, feeling a lot of the portals energy on my back, I was resisting the pull but I couldn't stay for long.

"Megan, move away!", the Doctor ordered,

"No, cos I have to send the angel back, don't I?", I said, focusing on my breathing,

"No, that's our job", Jack said, I laughed,

"Well you're doing a pretty shit job", I chuckled.

"Just step away",

"If I blink now, then it would reach out for me, yeah?", I whispered to Taylor, ignoring the adults,

"Probably, you sure though?", he whispered back.

"Not remotely". I nodded reassuring myself of the whole thing. I held the phone firm in my hand,

3.

2.

1.

I flicked the torch off and ducked down immediately, purposely sliding forwards, I jumped up, turning the torch on again and kept my eyes fixed on the angel that was being gradually ripped apart by the force of the portal.

"AHH!", I screamed, crouching in pain as I gripped my wrist that was now burning.

"Megan, Megan", the Doctor called, he held my temple, "Megan, you're connected to the angel, just let it go",

"What the hell does mean?!", I exclaimed through cries, I really hoped someone was watching the angel.

"In your personal future something happens that makes you bond with this particular angel, you connected telepathically but this is the wrong you, that angel is supposed to be connected with an older you, now you have to listen to me and you have to let it go!", the Doctor commanded,

"How, how do I do that?",

"Stop thinking about it, think about anything else but the angel, block it out of your mind".

I tried, I really did, I thought about Lauren and Cat, and my family, my brothers, I thought about Taylor and my long standing crush on him, I even thought about my mum, but I couldn't really remember her. I groaned and in the end thought about Jack, stupid Jack was enough to occupy my whole mind, it wasn't that he was hot, or even nice. But when I said I wasn't his responsibility he said he didn't care, and just then I felt something so paternal.

I obviously never really knew my mum and my dad left before I was born. I was raised from the age of 6 onwards by my older brothers. Which was fine, I was fine, I am fine. Now. I gasped and my eyes flickered open. I saw the Doctors relieved face first, then Taylor's then the Ponds and Jack, I glanced back to portal to see no angel, just the school hallway, I coughed and sputtered,

"Wound...", I muttered, closing my eyes for a bit,

"Wound!", the Doctor jumped up, "Gotta close it",he ran off, "Thanks Meg", I rolled my eyes and Rory helped me up,

"Sorry", he muttered, "He hasn't met people before", he joked, I giggled,

"I can tell", I glanced over his shoulder, "Your girlfriend is glaring at your back", he frowned but didn't look back, he actually looked happy,

"Really?",

"Yep, why are you so happy?",

"Its always me getting jealous but now she's jealous of you",

"I'm 16, is no one getting that?!", I groaned, he put his hand up in surrender and strolled over to Amy, looking quite smug. I smiled and looked down at my wrist, there was no rock, no rash, just my tanned wrist, I brushed it, enjoying the feeling of my skin again, it's funny the things you take for advantage,

"It fell off when the angel left", I looked up to see Jack smiling at me, Taylor by his side,

"Why am I connected to it",

"Doctor says its part of your future, he won't say anymore", Taylor shrugged,

"Why?",

"Foreknowledge is dangerous", the Doctor spoke from behind me, I spun grinning at him,

"Enigmatic, do you mind explaining what that means?", Taylor asked, nudging me to stop grinning.

"Knowing your future is bad, very bad, could make you do..bad things", I explained. The Doctor smiled and nodded at me,

"Wounds sorted, all closed off and angel gone, not bad for a days works. And...", he reached into his pocket and brought out my History of Everything book, I smiled at it, then frowned,

"How did that fit in your pocket", I asked taking the book back,

"Bigger on the inside pockets",

I looked at Taylor who was grinning, both of us were thinking he was mad, "Just ignore him, it gives your head a break", Amy advised, smiling, I smiled back before feeling the book, "It's thinner, and the names...", I looked at the spine of the book to see no Hannah Keegan,

"It's not the same one, couldn't give the other one for obvious reason. No, I took the TARDIS and picked up another edition, you know, to say thanks", he gave me a warm smile.

"Thank you", I said, I looked back at Taylor who was talking to Amy and Rory about things I didn't want to know about, I looked back at the Doctor and Jack, "What happens now?",

"I need to get back to Cardiff, my team are worried", Jack said,

"Hang on", the Doctor pulled back Jacks sleeve and there was a strange contraption, "Never again, Jack, I keep saying",

Jack just rolled his eyes as I examined the thing, it had a select few button and a wrist strap, I stared at it as the Doctor aimed his sonic, killing the light out of the 'thing', Jack smiled at me, "It's a vortex manipulator", he said, "Or it was", he adding playfully glaring at the Doctor,

"You live in Cardiff", I asked, tilting my head at him",

"Yeah", he shrugged, I frowned at him then turned to the Doctor,

"Where do you live?",

"Everywhere", he said, eyes gleaming with a childish grin, I smiled back, it was contagious. My eyes went wide,

"Oh, right", I walked to my locker, leaving the two guys to frown at me, the Ponds and Taylor had joined the group again and now I was bringing out my bag and Taylor's from my locker, where I had put it earlier, I put the book in and gave Taylor his bag. I looked at the AA, Taylor cleared his throat,

"What about that angel, where is it now?", he asked,

"Oh, it split into about a million pieces now, it's harmless", the Doctor reassured,

"It's dead?",

"Yeah", he said solemnly. I felt a pang of pain in my heart, I don't know why, and that scared me a little bit,

"Why was it connected to me?", I asked warily,

The Doctor smiled at me, "Can't tell you, that's in your future", I nodded accepting it. Jack looked at me, oddly,

"I never asked, what happened to your mum",

I looked down, "I dunno, my brothers stopped me from going to see her, they didn't know what happened to her, she was just, dead", I shrugged,

"What about your dad?", Amy asked, sympathetically,

"I don't have a dad", I said, forcing a smile, "I have my brothers, that's all I need", Taylor took my hand and squeezed it.

Jack came up to me and put his hand out, I smiled and let go of Taylor'd hand to shake his, he grinned at me, "Well done, Keegan, you did good", he turned to Taylor and brought him into a hug, "Nice work, handsome", he teased, I groaned,

"Also 16",

"You jealous?", Jack asked, smirking,

"I'm nauseous". I corrected, he put a whatever sign and looked at the Doctor,

"Can I get a ride?",

"A ride?", Taylor asked.

"Oh you wanna see this" Amy said grinning.


"Holy Lord Jesus Christ!", Taylor gasped beside me, I looked at him and we both just laughed, I ran up the steps of the TARDIS, and down another set of stairs,

"No way!", I squealed, running underneath the glass floor, I ran around and back up the stairs to the console where the AA where standing and just watching us, smirking, "This is...this is", I turned to Doctor, keep a serious face, "This is dimensionally transcendental",

Taylor gasped from the other side of the console, "That's it, another dimension, right?", he asked standing beside me,

The Doctor gaped at us, "Yes, but no, how do you two know, you're 16!",

"Finally someone notices", I mumbled, Jack nudged my ribs slightly,

"We learn about these things in our free periods, our science teacher teaches us some cool things", Taylor explained,

"Cool, exactly, cool is right, hear that Ponds, I am cool", the Doctor said, pointing a finger at his friends,

"He never said you were cool, Doctor", Rory pointed out, I smiled and nodded, agreeing.

I looked at the console, smiling up at it, "What makes it work?", I asked, fiddling with controls,

The Doctor leaned his back against the console, as he explained with animated arm movements, "A black hole, well, the Eye of Harmony, and collapsing star frozen, in the process of becoming a black hole, more or less".

I just grinned not at all getting it, "So this is a time machine?" Taylor asked,

"Yep",

"Like a proper, proper, time machine", I continued,

"Yes, a proper, proper time machine", the Doctor repeated.

"That's great" I said, coming up and pulling him into a hug, "That is really really great", I pulled away and I playfully punched him, "Thanks", I looked at Taylor, "We need to go", I said, showing a hint of worry on my face that was reflected in his. He nodded,

"Yeah, thanks guys", we both waved at the Ponds then the Doctor clapped Taylor around the back and Jack winked at us, Taylor began heading to the door, I began to follow but Jack pulled me back, I frowned as he pulled me in for a hug, I was startled but hugged back, "Find me, anytime you need me", he whispered,

"How?", I whispered back,

"Check your book". He released me and I gave on last smile at everyone before heading out.

We stepped out to the staircase just as Cat was running downstairs, the TARDIS had gone so we were left just standing there for no reason, Cat stared at us,

"Where the hell have you two been! Everyone was looking for you, the whole school, they were taking registers and calling your phone- Did you not hear the explosions?", she questioned.

"Oh, we heard the explosions", I said, suppressing a smile, I didn't need to look at Taylor to know he was doing the same.

"You need to come and get registered, there gonna send us home! Do you know what started the fire?", she asked us as we climbed to staircase.

"Nope". Taylor said.


"So, I was searching and apparently Torchwood is some kind of alien secret club society thing",

"If it's secret, how did you find it", I asked as I typed TARDIS, into Google,

"Jack gave you those codes, yeah, in the book, you just have to get past a firewall using them, what about the Doctor?",

"There have been sighting all over the world, all of them with a blue box but all of them have different people, there's one with a dude in his forties with a leather coat. Another brown haired thin guy, there's one with curly hair and an amazing coat, there have been 11 different men all sighted around the box".

"Is it the same box?",

"Pretty much",

"Maybe the Doctor inherited the box and the title",

""Could be...hang on...Amy Pond", I typed, "Okay, so Amy Pond hairdresser, Amy Pond solicitors, Amy Pond water skier, ah, Amy Pond Facebook page",

"What'd you got?",

"She's normal, boyfriend Rory Williams, went to Leadworth primary, hang on lemme try pictures", I clicked on the picture page and had to scroll down a bit but a child's drawing came up, one of a blue box, "What the...",

"What is it?",

"Tay, you need to see this, as a kid she had this obsession with him, but look, she drew pics of him throughout her childhood, she was born in 1989.",

"So?", Taylor said, obviously looking through the photo's,

"Look at the photo's Tay, they look exactly how he looked now, there must be what 10, 15 years old, and he hasn't aged", I explained holding up a printed out photo of the Doctor, then and now, no difference, except the clothes.

"Shit...",

"Exactly", I groaned, "Ughh, who is he?",

"Aye, don't stress yourself out, listen, it's getting late, I'm going to bed, you should too, ok?",

"Yeah, fine, whatever, night",

"Night".

I put the phone down and sighed, I turned of my laptop and put it on my side desk, I flopped down on my bed, trying to will my self to sleep. I sighed and rolled in my bed, trying to get to a comfortable position. Just then the balcony door knocked, very faintly, that only I heard because my room was the closest to it. I got out of bed and looked down the corridor, my brother's room, Jamie, was lit with his laptop screen light, so I had to be quiet.

I got to the living room and walked through it to the balcony door, carefully unlocking it so no sound was made. I walked out and looked around, nothing was there, maybe I was imagining it, I sighed and looked up at the stars, I wished I didn't live in the city, so I could see the stars clearer. I sighed once more and turned to go back into the flat, I squealed as I was hit with a bright light, the bright blue light of a TARDIS. My cheeks inflated with air, I released in in one breath as I walked up to the box, before I was three feet away the door swung open, revealing the Doctor, I hastily put my finger to his lip and one to mine,

"Shhh", I whispered, before he could say anything, he nodded and went back in, leaving the door open for me, I walked in, once again looking around, I made sure to close the door,

"What are you doing here?", I asked, brushing the console again,

"Ahh well, I need to do something quick before I answer that", he said, recalibrating, "You might wanna hold on", he advised, I frowned and looked at the railings beside me, I shrugged and gripped them, squealing and yelping as the ship tossed and turned. It was extremely rough, a but like a rollercoaster in the sense that it makes your heart drop, but not like a rollercoaster because rollercoasters are pretty safe. I breathed out, putting my hands on my hips when the ship stopped,

"Where are the Ponds?"

"Asleep", he said, walking down the steps, he turned back to me, "I hope", he added, grimacing.

I laughed and followed him to the door, he let me open it and when I did I had to adjust my eyes, but I could see a sleeping body, Taylor, I rolled my eyes, the Doctor wanted me to wake him up. I crept in and tapped Taylor gently on the shoulder, he mumbled and his eye flickered open, when he saw me they snapped open and I had to cover his mouth before he screamed his house down, it just came out a muffled yelped. Unnoticeable. I pulled my hand away,

"What the fuck, Megan, what the hell are you doing?", he frantically whispered, I shushed him and pointed to the TARDIS, his eyes widened and he looked at me,

"You coming?", I asked, grinning. He jumped out of bed, and then turned to me,

"Shouldn't I change?", he asked,

I tutted and pulled him into the box, "Delivery", I called to the Doctor, he looked up and smiled at Taylor,

"Ah, Taylor, good, ok so, I thought that the book wasn't a good enough thanks",

"Actually, Doctor, you didn't really get me anything as a thanks", Taylor interjected, the Doctor's smile dropped,

"Ah, yes well, good, because, how would you like a trip, in time, anywhere you want, anywhen you want. The universe is your oyster, you two, so pick", he grinned,

I looked at Taylor, he was clueless, as was I, "The whole universe?", I asked,

"Within reason, well I say reason", he spun on the spot and started calibrating, "So?", he looked at us,

"I dunno, you pick", Taylor said, gripping the edge of the console,

"Righto!, Come on then, see where we end up!".