Chapter 1: Flying lessons
"Pull that lever down and flick that switch"
I do as the Doctor says and the Tardis hums into life. I look at him and he's grinning like he's won the lottery.
"Where's Rose?"
"Saying goodbye, she does this every couple of months, just to let her mum and Mickey know she's ok"
I smile and start readying the Tardis for flight. I had been overcome with joy when he started teaching me how to fly the Tardis, insisting that I was his sister and it should be top priority.
"So, all ready to go to Wales?"
I nod and he smiles. I hit a button and the Tardis begins to whoosh. The doors clang shut behind us and I turn round to see Rose with what could possibly be the biggest backpack I have ever seen. She drops it on the floor and skips up to the console, accepting a hug from the Doctor as she does. I smile and start flicking switches and pushing buttons until I'm rewarded with a signal from the Tardis and a huge grin from the Doctor as he picks me up and spins me around.
"Well done Sophie, you put her into flight!"
I smile enthusiastically and have to prise his hands off me, but not for a while. I've only just come to terms with the fact that my imagination and stories were a thing of the truth and I'm spending every moment I can with the brother I never knew I had.
"So, where are we going?" Rose asks.
"Wales 1879!"
I look at him with curiosity, wondering what made him chose 1879. The little screen on the console picks up something and starts to wail until I hit a button. I study the screen for a moment and look at the Doctor whilst rolling my eyes at him. He scratches the back of his neck nervously and smiles.
"A welsh werewolf?"
"Well, yeah, sort of. It's just a scare and plus I got a message on the psychic paper so I can't ignore it. Someone desperately wants our help... It's still in Wales"
I laugh and playfully push him to one side so he spins me around so I wrestle him to the floor and he flips me over and pins me down. I'm laughing so much it hurts and Rose is in fits of laughter.
"Do you surrender?" he says, rolling his tongue on the r's and wearing his carefree boyish grin.
"Never!" I yell, giggling like an idiot.
"Good enough for me, come on. We're here" he says just as the Tardis gives a bump to back him up. I grab his hand and Rose follows us quickly. We find ourselves in a little alley way. Once out on the main street, the Doctor immediately turns and runs up the steps of the building next to us. Rose and I follow him but she stops to read the sign.
"Dr. James McCrae, Practise Surgery."
"You can translate Welsh?"
"No Sophie, the Tardis automatically translates for Rose"
"Oh"
He rings the bell and the door automatically opens, even though there's no one there.
"Spooky" Rose whispers and we cautiously step inside.