Whouffaldi Halloween

Story One: "Pumpkin dates"

"What do you think about this one?" Clara called to the Doctor, excitedly, pointing at a large blue pumpkin. He had agreed to help her decorate her flat, a week before Halloween. So the Doctor had taken her to the planet Plantian where they had a thousand different kinds of fruits and vegetables, only the best in the universe. The Doctor hurried back to her, his mouth full of white berries, with juice leaking out of the corner of his mouth. That's just wrong, she thought.

"Well, if you're trying to win most colorful decorated flat, that's your pumpkin. I've always rather the traditional pumpkins, though." The Doctor said, while wiping his mouth with the sleeve of his hoodie.

Clara walked over to the orange pumpkins, and smiled.

"How about this? I take the blue, you take the orange. We'll have a carving battle. See who carves the best pumpkin. So go on, choose your pumpkin size." Clara smirked, placing her hands on her hips.

"What a terrible mistake you have just made, Clara Oswald. As for I have been taught how to carve pumpkins by the finest carvers in the universe. This will be an easy battle." The doctor raised an eyebrow, and smiled through the corner of his mouth. Clara's smirk faltered a bit, but she didn't let the doctor notice. Oh come on, you can't be good at everything, she thought grudgingly.

"Well, we'll just see about that." Clara stated, walking back to the large, blue pumkins. She saw a man approach, wearing a long silky black coat, and she blinked as he lowered his hood. The man was orange.

"May I help you with your shopping?" The orange man asked Clara politely.

Clara looked at the Doctor expecting him to speak up, and the Doctor got the cue.

"Ah yes, dear old friend. I'm an old client, I dear hope you might remember me? I'm the Doctor, came here a couple of centuries ago to buy canalesonas, do you still have those in stock? Clara, they're delicious, you need to taste them. Big and chewy and full of cinnamon and apple." The doctor smiled at Clara, calming his hands down from the usual waving around he does.

"Ah yes the Doctor. Welcome back, and no, our soil stopped producing them, but there's a lot more newer exotic fruits now. Take a look." The orange man gave a small bow and began to walk away when Clara called him again.

"Excuse me! We were actually interested in the pumpkins. One orange one and one blue." Clara grinned, pointing at the pumpkins.

"Oh that's good. It'll be thirty dimsles." The orange man smiled, turning to the Doctor. The Doctor pulled out 30 coin shaped pieces of wood and handed them to the orange man, and began to grab the bluest pumpkin of them all. He carried the pumpkin to the TARDIS and Clara was left to carry hers alone. She grudgingly picked her her pumpkin and followed the doctor quickly, trying her best to not drop hers and create a mess. The TARDIS doors closed quickly behind her, and the TARDIS began to materialize elsewhere. The doctor had his back at Clara, and Clara stood there wondering why exactly wasn't he responding. Soon, the Doctor turned to her with a smile on his face, his pockets in his hand. "Oh Clara. I have great..fun with you. So when does our competition end? I am quite eager to prove to you that I am the master at carving."

Clara smiled slyly and walked towards the Doctor, "Tomorrow, eleven in the morning, be there with your pumpkin ready, and we'll find out how well you payed attention in class." Clara picked her pumpkin up, feeling amused and excited, and walked out of the TARDIS into what seemed to be her flat. She had a challenge to win so she had better get straight to work.

* There will be a second part to this one coming up soon!