This is a crossover piece between Doctor Who and an original story of mine, Lessons. I wrote it for a mate but decided to post it on here as well. All you need to know is that Lucy is a teenage girl in foster care and Jasmine is her social worker. Anything you recognise doesn't belong to me (unfortunately); Lucy and Jasmine are mine. Ladida, etc. AU, the Doctor has 4 companions.
Jasmine opened the door to see a man standing on the doorstep. He was dressed in a brown pinstripe suit and converses, and appeared to have several companions waiting at the end of the driveway: a young blonde girl, a dark-haired woman in a leather jacket, a ginger woman and an oddly-dressed man wearing a long coat.
"Hi, I'm the Doctor," the man grinned.
"I didn't ask for a doctor," Jasmine replied, confused. She tried to block the man's way as he pushed past her into the building.
"Where's Lucy?" he asked, making his way towards the stairs.
"She's-" Jasmine began, before noticing that the four other people were making their way towards the foster home, chatting as they advanced up the driveway.
As they got closer, Jasmine was able to see –and hear- them more clearly. The middle-aged man spoke with an American accent, and Jasmine secretly thought he was quite good-looking. The blonde woman and the ginger woman both had London accents, and the latter seemed quite loud. The final woman was dark-skinned, like Jasmine herself.
"Where do you think you're going?" Jasmine asked, but received no verbal response. She became increasingly annoyed as they entered the foster home one by one. She began to feel she was invisible, or insignificant, or both. Grabbing the blonde woman by the arm, she decided it was time for some answers. "Who are you?"
"Rose Tyler," the woman smiled. Jasmine noticed she had a slight lisp. "And you are?"
"Jasmine," the foster carer gabbled. "Jasmine Arieshi." She was shocked she'd actually got a response from the woman. She decided to keep the woman talking. "Who are your friends, and what do you want with Lucy?"
"That's Martha Jones, Donna Noble and Captain Jack Harkness," Rose gestured to each one in turn. "I'm guessing the Doctor introduced himself."
"Doctor who?" Jasmine asked. "I haven't seen him around before. Come to think of it, I don't recognise any of you."
"We're travellers," Rose explained. "There are a lot of people in danger, and Lucy's the only one who can help us."
"In danger from what?" Jasmine asked.
"The Silver Ghost," the Doctor appeared in between the two women with Lucy at his side.
"What's that?" Lucy asked, confused.
"The Silver Ghost feeds off people's memories," the Doctor explained. "The more distraught the better. We need Lucy to isolate the Silver Ghost and destroy it before it wipes the whole planet of all its memories. Or it's bye bye, Julius Caesar. Bye bye, Queen Victoria. Funny old woman, she was. Bye bye, everything you've ever known. People will forget how to live. We'll be at the start of humanity again, and trust me, it took an awful long time to get this far."
"But why do you need Lucy?" Jasmine asked. "Why not another kid? Why not one of you?"
"It's in Lucy's genes," the Doctor smiled. "Every few generations comes a person with the capabilities to defeat such a being, and it's you, Lucy."
"You're mad," Lucy told him. "You all are."
"Actually, I'm a temp from Chiswick, if you don't mind," the ginger woman frowned.
"Donna," the Doctor warned. He looked back at Lucy. "We'll need you to come with us for a bit."
"I guess it's better than hanging around here," she shrugged, looking at Jasmine for approval. "Barmy as it sounds, I don't want to be responsible for the world getting destroyed."
"Go on then," Jasmine knew it was no use arguing. Lucy had been through so much pain, it was actually nice to see her enthusiastic about something for once, even if it sounded crazy. "Take care of her."
"We will," Rose smiled.
Jasmine watched from the doorway as the group accompanied Lucy down the driveway. She turned and waved goodbye to her carer. Jasmine waved back. The group were heading around the corner, but not before the American stood and saluted Jasmine from the pavement. Smiling through her tears, Jasmine headed back indoors, somehow knowing Lucy would be safe with the five strangers.