She held her breath as they ran for the blue box sitting on the lonely street corner. She could hear them chasing her and her friend, a man with whom she traveled through all of time and space. But now they were stuck, pursued by a thing that could track them anywhere in the universe, something they couldn't fight, something out for the soul of her friend, the last of the Timelords.
At last The Doctor and Luna reached the TARDIS, sickly orange lasers firing after them as they shut the door.
"Who are they? Why do they want you?" Luna cried, watching the Doctor circle the control panel as he pressed buttons and pulled levers.
"I don't know, we'll have to hide for a good bit of time," he replied, pulling one last lever as the TARDIS began to take off,"I've only done this once before, but I'm afraid I'll have to do it again."
"What?" questioned Luna, locking eyes with the Doctor, pleading that he didn't do anything dangerous.
"I-,"
John shot up, surprised at the clarity of his dream, wondering what that strange man was going to say. "It was just another silly dream about that strange man," he murmured to himself, "I'll probably dream about it again tomorrow night."
The day went on as normal for John Smith. He taught young men about American history at a sophisticated college not too far from the heart of Manhattan. He had a good life, and many of his students would often come back and visit him after they graduated.
"Luna," Mr. Smith called out as he passed Luna Caecilius, a young woman helping out the school's staff for extra money.
"Yes sir" she replied, looking up from her journal.
"Would mind helping me sort through some papers?"
"Of course, sir," Luna followed him into his office.
"I had another one of those dreams last night, and just like each other one, you are there too."
"Strange sir. You don't believe that those silly dreams of yours are true?"
"Nah. It's just weird how clear they are, almost like a memory," John paused, then let out a laugh, "but that would be insane, traveling through time in a magic blue box. And traveling with you."
Luna let out a laugh, hiding her pain, "Yea, I wouldn't be a good person to travel with, would I?"
"Who knows, it's just a silly, stupid, story," he got up and checked the time on his pocket watch, "well I better get going, and you should to Luna."
"I probably should, but first, what is today's date?"
"April 2, 1938. Why do you ask?"
"Oh, nothing, an old friend will be visiting soon." she put on her coat and began walking to her apartment, not too far from the abandoned Winter Quay apartment building. She opened the door to her small apartment. There was no lighting, no heat, no anything, which was why her rent was so cheap, but that was ok. The only thing in her apartment was a large blue police box, the TARDIS, the Doctor's key to all his travels across the universe. He didn't remember any of those adventures as anything more than a crazy dream that would never be real. He even laughed at the idea of traveling through time and space with her. She closed the door behind her, holding back tears.
She looked at the TARDIS and pulled out her key, the key the Doctor gave her when they first met. She unlocked the TARDIS and stepped inside, happy to get out of the cold. She ran her hands over the control panels, smiling as she remembered how in his random button-pushing and lever-pulling that he got the TARDIS to take them across the universe. That wouldn't happen now. Not until the threat was gone. Thinking about her last days with the Doctor, she let herself sink into her memories.
She held her breath as they ran for the blue box sitting on the lonely street corner. She could hear them chasing her and her friend, a man with whom she traveled through all of time and space. But now they were stuck, pursued by a thing that could track them anywhere in the universe, something they couldn't fight, something out for the soul of her friend, the last of the Timelords.
At last The Doctor and Luna reached the TARDIS, sickly orange lasers firing after them as they shut the door.
"Who are they? Why do they want you?" Luna cried, watching the Doctor circle the control panel as he pressed buttons and pulled levers.
"I don't know, we'll have to hide for a good bit of time," he replied, pulling one last lever as the TARDIS began to take off,"I've only done this once before, but I'm afraid I'll have to do it again."
"What?" questioned Luna, locking eyes with the Doctor, pleading that he didn't do anything dangerous.
"I have got to turn myself into a human, if I do, whatever is looking for me won't be able to find me." he pressed a button and a piece of machinery dropped down from somewhere in the ceiling of the TARDIS.
"What is that?" Luna replied, eyes wide in shock as she stared at the strange contraption.
"Chameleon Arch," the Doctor replied, pulling is the rest of the way down, then retrieving a small locket from a compartment in the control panel, "this will change me into a human and put my Timelord conscious in this." he handed the locket to Luna, "I trust you to keep it safe, and to never open it, unless absolutely necessary."
Luna nodded, taking the small silver locket in her hand. She handed it back to the Doctor as he prepared to start his conversion to human. "Will it hurt?"
"Greatly. Think about it, I'm changing my entire genetic code, do you think that's going to be quick and easy?" he paused for a second to breath. "Just whatever you do, do not stop the process!"
She snapped back into reality, realizing that she fallen asleep while dreaming of her last moments with his Timelord conscious. She got up and got ready for another day at her job.