Disclaimer: I, the Doctor's Charlene, have no right to the amazing show called Doctor Who or any of the characters…unfortunately. But I do own the sassy but beautiful Scarlett Noble and any of characters that I make up.

Author's Note: I ended up deciding to do both of the AUs, but the one with the Ninth Doctor, will be a little later. I wanted to do this one first :) Hope the summary is okay, I'll probably write a better one later but that's the one I got right now. Anyway, I'm starting off with what happened at the end of Smith, Jones, and Noble to refresh you, then the changes will begin as you'll see. This will definitely be interesting to write, so I hope you're looking forward to it as much as I am.

But let's begin! :D

Author's Note 2: Decided to delete the story so I could put the picking up Martha scene in the first chapter so we can have more of the Shakesphere Code in the next chapter and because I think that it would be better this way lol. Anyway, enjoy the chapter again with the added thing :)

Scarlett's POV…

Somehow, the Doctor saved everyone and we were back on Earth. I was sitting in the back of one of the many medical trucks out of the hospital, waiting for my Mum and Gramps to come get me. I was fine now after getting air back into my lungs. As I sat waiting, I looked for the Doctor but he was nowhere to found. Well, that sounded like him. Leaving after everything's over. I did see Martha and she was sitting in the nearby medical truck. I went over to her and sat beside her.

"See him anywhere?" I asked and Martha looked at me startled for a moment before shaking her head.

"Nope…you?"

"Nope," I answered, popping the 'p'. "I wouldn't worry about him though. He's fine. This is just what he does, leaving so he doesn't have to explain what happened. But I'm sure you'll see him again…" I trailed off at the sight of the TARDIS. When did that get there?

"What makes you say that?" Martha questioned, clearly not seeing what I was looking at.

I looked back at her, "Because there's a reason why you saw him this morning on your way to work." I looked forward and shrugged, "And besides, I thought I wouldn't see him again and looked what happened? I met him again. So why wouldn't you?"

Martha didn't respond. Not that she had time to as someone called her name,

"Martha!"

The doctor in training stood up and a woman, who I figured was her sister (I could see the similarities between them), ran up to her and gave her a hug before breaking away, starting to talk rather quickly.

"Oh my God! I thought you were dead! What happened? It was so weird, because the police wouldn't say…"

As her sister continued talking, Martha turned to me. "It was nice meeting you, Scarlett."

I smiled at her softly. "Friends call me Scar." Yes I considered Martha a friend. After sharing this experience with her, it was hard not to.

She smiled back at me before walking with her sister, who went on talking. I looked back in the direction of the TARDIS then from the corner of my eye, I saw the Doctor heading over to her. I stood to my feet as he met my eyes and waved at me with a smile. I gave him a nod and a wave back. All of the sudden, I was enveloped in a large hug. The large blonde hair in my face was enough to tell me that it was Mum who was hugging me.

"Thank God!" she cried.

I hugged her back as my eyes went back to what I was looking at before. This time though, the TARDIS and the Doctor was nowhere in sight.

Before I knew it was, it was nighttime and I was on the phone with Donna who had heard what happened and she immediately wanted to come home to check on me. I was trying to convince her to stay in Egypt.

"Donna, stay where you are," I told her as I walked around my room. "I'm fine. I'm not going to let you ruin this opportunity. You need this."

"But Scar—"

"No buts," I interrupted her, earning a huff of annoyance like I knew I would. Donna didn't like being interrupted either. "You're staying there. Oh and don't let Mum convince you to come home. I know that she doesn't want you traveling and that she wants you to get a job and get married. But there is more to life, you and I – we've seen it. And you deserve this trip so please. Even if you don't stay there for yourself, stay there for me." There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while before I heard a sigh.

"Alright...I'll stay. You're right."

I smiled smugly, "Of course I'm right." Though I couldn't see her, I knew she was rolling her eyes at me.

"Oh be quiet," she teased.

"Never Don."

Donna changed the subject, "How did you guys get back to Earth?"

I hesitated on if I should tell her about the Doctor coming back. In the end, I decided not to. It didn't matter.

"I don't know," I answered. "It was really weird."

"I'm sure it was. Okay Scar, I'll talk to you later. I have an early start tomorrow."

"Have fun. I love you."

"Love you too, sis."

I hung up the phone and just as I did, this sound went through my ears. A very familiar sound. The sound of the TARDIS. Without a second thought, I ran over to my window that looked outside of the front of the house. There was the TARDIS sitting there in all its blue glory and there was the Doctor leaning against it, looking up at me with a smile. I stared at him for a moment, wondering what he was doing here. Only one way to find out. I grabbed my coat, slipped it on, and quickly put on my house shoes before running out of my room.

I stepped outside, closing the door behind me. I headed over to the Doctor ignoring him staring at me as I walked over. I stopped in front of him and crossed my arms over my chest.

"What are you doing here?" I asked curiously. "Not here to kiss me again, are you?" I wrinkled my nose, hoping that he wasn't.

"No!" His face flushed before clearing his throat, rocking on his heels, "That was genetic transfer. It meant nothing."

"It better have because it's not going to happen again." I shuddered at the thought. Something the Doctor noticed and he looked insulted.

"Was it really that bad?"

"Yeah, terrible," I said bluntly. "And I'm pretty sure that there was some tongue."

The Doctor flushed even more and sputtered, "N-no there wasn't!"

"Sure there was. I felt it. It was icky." I could barely hold in the giggle at how flushed the Doctor was getting. It was amusing to say the least. "Anyway," I started to say. "What are you doing here?"

Once his face was back to normal, he answered my question with an answer that I thought I wouldn't hear, "I was wondering if you like to come traveling … with me…"

"What happened to wanting to travel by yourself?" I asked curiously.

"I thought about what you said…"

I smirked, getting what he was saying. "And you figured out that I was right," I finished.

"Yes…so what do you say?" He stuck his hands in his pockets, looking at me expectantly.

What did I say?

I hesitated. I mean, I wanted to go, but what about Donna? I couldn't just abandon her and leave her with Mum, but this was a chance of a lifetime. I could see the stars, see what was out there for me. Instead of a life of staying at home, doing nothing with my life. With the Doctor, I could make a difference. Be someone important.

And if Donna was here with me, she would tell me to go.

Also, looking at the Doctor, I couldn't just say no.

So I gave him a grin. "Sure, I'd to!" He grinned back at me. "But there's four conditions!" And his grin fell. I held up a finger. "One, you can't kiss me again if I'll smack you in the face. Even if is a gentic transfer." I added when I saw that he was about to protest about the kiss again. "Second, I get my own room because if I'm going to travel with you, it will be permeant. No one trip kind of deal. Third, we're going to pick up Martha and ask her to travel with us, cause I really like her, and like I said, I think she would be good for you." Then I stopped and looked up at him.

Then after a few minutes of not saying anything, the Doctor spoke. "And the fourth condition?"

"Last but not least, I'm not going to be a replacement for Rose." I said bluntly and he tensed up at the mention of her name. "I won't compete with the ghost of someone you lost." I paused. "Deal?"

The Doctor looked at me and nodded, a little bit stiffly. "Deal."

That settled, I grinned excitedly as I grabbed his hand. "Let's go then!" I pulled him inside of the TARDIS enthusiastically with him laughing and closing the doors behind us.

I was ready to travel the universe but there was last thing we had to do before that.

Pick up Martha Jones.

Scarlett's POV…

Leaning back against the doors of the TARDIS, I waited for the Doctor to come back with Martha. I was so excited to start traveling with him. It was going to be so much fun. I knew that for sure. I mean, if it was anything like the last adventure, it was going to be epic.

Though I was excited, I did feel a little bad for leaving my family without telling them where I was going, but they wouldn't understand, except for Donna, but I couldn't tell her since she wasn't even in the UK right now. When I did see my family, I hoped that they would forgive me for leaving off of the face of the Earth, quite literally.

After a few minutes of waiting, the Doctor came back without Martha and I was worried. Did she say no? I hoped not. I needed another girl around. I couldn't travel with the Doctor alone. Don't ask me why, I just couldn't.

The Doctor stood next to me, leaning back against the TARDIS. I turned my head towards him to ask him where Martha was, but before I could, Martha came around the corner of the alleyway we were in.

I grinned at the sight of her. "Martha!"

But she was looking at the Doctor. I frowned for a moment, but shook it off, not taking offence to it.

"I went to the moon today." Martha pointed out as if to remind him. Even though it wasn't as if he didn't remember it. It didn't happen that long ago.

"A bit more peaceful down here." The Doctor told her. I had to agree with that, especially with what happened up there.

Martha nodded. Then she was silent for a moment. "So…" she finally said. "I know that your name is the Doctor, but what sort of species of alien are you? It's not every day I get to ask that." The last sentence was most likely to herself and I stifled a giggle.

"Tell me about it about." I said and she looked over at me. "But that is a very good question…" I glanced over at the Doctor. "What kind of alien are you?"

"Time Lord."

At this, Martha and I looked at each other and let out collected snorts, but it was Martha who commented with a little roll of her eyes as she crossed her arms.

"Right! Not pompous at all!"

Then I added in, "Wow, I knew you were full of yourself, but that's pushing it!" I grinned to show the Doctor I was joking. He just shook his head at me in response.

"Right, so you were probably wondering why I'm here." The Doctor cleared his throat. "I was wondering, since you saved my life and I have a brand new sonic screwdriver which needs road testing, you might fancy a trip."

A trip, meaning one. I was gonna get onto him for that, but thinking about my conditions, I didn't say that Martha had to travel with us permanently. Ugh, loophole!

I hated him right now.

Martha's eyebrows furrowed together in confusion. "What, into space?" the question was directed towards the Doctor, but I was the one who answered.

"Sort of, yeah." I said with a grin towards the Doctor.

Looking at Martha, you could tell in her eyes that she wanted to go but she found some excuses as to why she couldn't.

"I can't, I've got exams. I've got things to do. I have to go into town first thing and pay the rent, I've got my family going mad…"

"If it helps, it can travel in time as well." The Doctor told her with a small grin.

Martha's mouth dropped. "Get out of here!" The doctor-in-training glanced over at me with a look on her face that seemed to say, 'is he serious?'

"He's very serious," I responded without her saying the question out loud. "I've seen it myself. It does travel in time."

But she didn't seem to believe it, shaking her head. "Come on now, that's going too far."

"I'll prove it." The Doctor said and went into the TARDIS.

Once the doors closed behind him, the TARDIS started making the noises it made when it usually took off and I quickly took a step back, standing next to Martha as the wind around us picked up and the TARDIS disappeared before our eyes.

"No way!" Martha exclaimed.

I smirked. "Way!"

In awe, she waved her hand in the place where the TARDIS had been. A few minutes later, the TARDIS came right back and the Doctor stepped out, his tie in his hand and a smirk on his face.

"I told you!" he stated smugly and I rolled my eyes.

"I know, but…that was this morning!" Martha frowned. "But hold on, if you could see me this morning, why didn't you tell me not to go into work?"

The Doctor regarded her seriously for a moment. "Crossing into established events is strictly forbidden." The seriously look left his face and he smiled warmly. "Except for cheap tricks."

"And showing off, can't forget that." I muttered.

If he heard me, he made it seem like that he didn't.

"And that's your space ship?" Martha asked curiously as she stepped towards the box and touched the surface of it.

The Doctor titled his head to watch Martha touch the TARDIS. "It's called the TARDIS. Time and Relative Dimension In Space."

"Your spaceship's made of wood." Martha told him. "There's not much room."

This made me and the Doctor share an amused look.

"Oh, you'll be surprised." I commented with a smirk.

The Doctor stifled a laugh at my comment as he pushed the TARDIS doors opened. "Take a look."

Slowly, Martha stepped inside the TARDIS and the Doctor and I shared a look and a smirk as we followed Martha inside. But Martha wasn't in there for that long, shocked by the size of the TARDIS.

"Oh, no, no." She ran back outside and I watched her, amused. I probably would have done the exact same thing if we hadn't already been off of Earth. "But it's just a box. But it's huge."

"Told you there would be enough room." I allowed my amused smile to show as I leaned against the doorway of the TARDIS.

Martha didn't comment, too busy trying to figure out how it a wooden box could be this big. "How does it do that? It's wood." She knocked on the outside of the TARDIS. "It's like a box with that room just rammed in." She found her way back into the TARDIS, looking around in amazement. "It's bigger on the inside."

I burst out laughing when I saw the Doctor mouth the words as she said them.

"Is it?" The Doctor asked in a fake god smacked tone. "I hadn't noticed."

"I'm guessing you get that a lot?" I managed to question through my laughter.

"You'd be surprised. Weeelll, except for you. You're the first to say that it was smaller on the outside." He told me and I gave a little grin. Leave it to me to be different from everyone else. "Never heard that one before." Shaking his head, he closed the TARDIS doors and tossed his over coat over one of the coral struts before heading towards the console. He rubbed his hands together a bit. "All right, then, let's get going."

This made me grin excitedly as I skipped over to join him. "Where are we going?" I questioned enthusiastically. "Somewhere in the future? The past? To another planet? Where? When?"

The Doctor laughed at my excitement and went to answer but before he could answer, Martha cut in.

"But is there a crew?" she questioned. "Like a navigator and stuff? Where is everyone?"

A solemn expression crossed the Doctor's face, obviously thinking about Rose. Great, not this again.

The Doctor avoided Martha's gaze at all cost as he started moving around the console while he pushed various buttons. "Just me."

"All on your own?"

Still, the Time Lord avoided the black woman's gaze as he responded to her, "Well, sometimes I have guests. I mean, some friends, travelling alongside. I had – there was a friend of mine. Rose, her name was, Rose. And…we were together. Anyway."

Though he wasn't looking at me, or Martha, I had a feeling that his eyes were growing misty at the thought of the woman who he was clearly in love with.

"Where is she now?" Martha asked.

Finally, the Doctor met her eyes. "With her family. Happy. She's fine." Then he added quickly, "Not that you're replacing her." He took a quick glance at me, obviously thinking of the condition I placed on him when I agreed to traveling with him. I smirked. Good. Though the condition was meant for me, I was glad it was meant for Martha too. I didn't want her to think she was replacing Rose.

"Never said I was." Martha pointed out.

"Just one trip to say 'thanks', you get one trip, then back home." The Doctor stated seriously. "I'd rather be on my own."

Martha briefly looked disappointed, but she shook it off. "Fine, but what about Scarlett?" Right. Bring me into this.

The Doctor didn't look at me, eyes still trained on Martha. "Same goes for her too. One trip and that's it."

I looked at him in disbelief. Was he really backing out of my second condition? Then I thought maybe he was just saying that to Martha since it wouldn't be fair if I got to stay and she didn't… That was probably it. Yeah. That was it.

With that, the Doctor changed the subject, grinning broadly. "Close the gravitic anomalizer." He pulled down a lever. "Fire up the helmic regulator." He moved to the other side of the console, pushing up another lever. Then he maneuvered back over to where he once was, grabbing onto yet another lever, grinning at us with twinkle in his eyes. "And finally – the hand break. Ready?"

"No." Was what Martha said, but in her eyes, it showed that she was just as ready as I was.

"Oh definitely!" I grinned back at the Doctor.

His grin widened. "Off we go then!" He pulled up the hand break and the TARDIS jerked and shook madly around, nearly making Martha bump into each other while it actually made the Doctor fall.

I grasped the console. At the rate this was going, this was going to be a bumpy ride to wherever we were going.

"Blimey!" Martha exclaimed, gripping the console too as the Doctor hopped to his feet and worked at the controls. "It's a bit bumpy!"

"A bit is an understatement!" I said a bit sarcastically, holding on tight.

The Doctor just laughed at the both of us, reaching over to hold out his hand to Martha. "Welcome aboard, Miss Jones!"

She shook his hand, smiling at him widely. "My pleasure, Mr. Smith!"

"And welcome aboard once again, Miss Noble." The Doctor grinned, holding out his hand towards me next.

I simply beamed at him as I shook his hand. Finally, the adventure was going to start! I couldn't wait to see where we ended up!

TBC...

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The Shakesphere Code, Part 1