Meeting The Doctor
Chapter 1
It all started with the blue box. I was running away, from what exactly, I don't remember. All I know is that it was dangerous. I'm running, dodging trees and stones, glancing behind me when WHACK. I run into something.
"Um, ow?" I got to my feet, rubbing my rear end to gaze at what I just smacked into. It was a blue police box, the ones used in London god knows how many years ago.
"The heck? What's this old thing doing in the middle of the woods?"
"Why is there a teenager in the middle of the woods?"
I spun around, whipping out my fist on instinct, feeling it collide with a human face. A man in his twenties sprawled in the dirt, holding a hand to his cheek. He blinked at me as though shocked.
"Hey! What was that for?" I blinked, shocked as well before hurriedly crossing my arms in front of my chest, giving the man a somewhat mad look.
"Maybe you should get in someone's line of sight before speaking so you don't scare the crap out of them!" The man held up his hands for a moment as if surrendering before getting up and brushing his coat off.
"You never answered my question. What's a young kid like yourself doing out here? Thought you teenagers didn't like the outdoors." I gave a snort.
"Most don't, and that's cause their lazy idiots. Now, what are YOU doing out here, and I'm guessing the box is yours?" The man gave a smile.
"You know, just enjoying the scenery and yes! The TARDIS is mine." I gave the universal look of confusion.
"TARDIS? Mind spelling out what it means?" The man smiled as if glad to explain.
"Sure! TARDIS, Time And Relative Dimension In Space." He gave a patient smile, as if betting I didn't understand, as if I was an idiot. Well I wasn't quite so stupid.
"So you're saying it's a time machine." He blinked giving a surprised look.
"That's exactly it! Your smarter then you look." I gave the man a scowl.
"Are you implying I'm stupid?" The man raised his hands, hurriedly trying to take back what he said.
"No no no! Not at all! I'm just saying because no one else caught on, I had to explain it to them!" I shifted my weight onto one leg.
"Ok, so say I believed you. What exactly would that make you? If that's YOUR time machine, what exactly ARE you?"
The man smiled as if in a cheery mood, stuffing his hands in his coat pockets.
"I'm a Time Lord!" I arced a brow.
"That alien?"
"Yep!"
"OK then, good to know." He gave a cheery smile and walked up to the TARDIS and unlocked it with a small silver key, going in. I shifted my weight to my other leg and he popped his head back out.
"Oi, you comin'?" I arced my eyebrows, surprised.
"Eh… no thank you. Maybe next time?" He just gave a shrug, popping his head back in and shut the door. I took a few steps back as the TARDIS made a weird swishing and whirring noise. The TARDIS faded from sight and I gave a sniff, wrinkling my nose the slightest at the smell.
"Huh, leaves a metallic, sulfury smell when it disappears. Weird…" I stuffed my hands in my jacket pockets, turning on my heels and walked away. Hardly half an hour later I was back at my own home. Not really a home, more like a livable cave. I plopped myself in a chair, cheek resting on the back of my hand as I thought about what had happened. That man was weird, but at least he was polite and cheery. I frowned. He was all dressed up, like he was going somewhere important. I glanced at my own clothes. Dust brown overalls that cover a rusty orange t-shirt, hidden by a brown leather jacket. Steel toed boots and fingerless gloves added to the look. I blew my hair out of my face. It was long overdue for a cut. Being long and black like coals, my hair has never been cut properly and was burned over the years, so it was mismatched, though showed of my neon orange eyes. I tapped my foot on the ground while I thought.
"He was possibly the WEIRDEST man I have ever met." I couldn't help but smile.
"I like weird."