Yes, I know I have another WIP. But I was reading this fantastic story by Girlinpink44 where Rose was the Goddess of Time and the Doctor was Time's Champion, and this plot bunny hopped up to me, grabbed on, and has refused to let go until I write this story!

The idea of the Goddess of Time and Time's Champion belongs to Girlinpink44, and everything else but the plot belongs to the BBC.

PROLOGUE

When the Great Creator created the multiverse, two elements were devised on which the entirety of creation would depend. First, He developed the concept of time. With this, He also developed the concept of time travel. Most beings in His creation would travel through time in a linear fashion from cause to effect. However, a select race on a select planet would be able to bypass this restriction, and travel any direction in time for the purpose of maintaining order: this race became known as the Time Lords. In order for them to be able to fulfill this obligation, He endowed them with special gifts: they were given great knowledge of time and shorter lifespans so that they wouldnot have to suffer the burdens of time very lon. As a final gift, He gave the Time Lords the same blessing that was bestowed upon all sentient lifeforms: free will.

The second element was space: space was made up of all physical matter in the multiverse. While most beings in His creation were destined to remain in one region of the universe or another, a select race was given the ability to travel the stars and eventually spread out to the furthest regions of Creation with the purpose of maintaining order in all of space. This race became known as Humans. In order for them to be able to fulfill this obligation, He endowed the humans with special gifts: they were given immense creativity and curiousity that would encourage them to travel the stars, and true immortality since they would need plenty of time to in order to spread across the vastness of space. They, too, were given free will.

Unfortunately, both species abused their free will and chose to raise themselves up as gods, refusing to acknowledge the authority of the Creator. The Humans, desiring the knowledge of the Creator, infamously ate from a forbidden tree that promised to give that knowledge. While the indiscretion seemed small at the time, it disrupted the whole cosmos. The knowledge was obtained at a price: their immortality. See, they learned not only what was good but also what was evil, and in knowing evil, they were able to choose it. And many did. And many lost their lives because of it. Now largely focused on fulfilling their personal desires, the mission to care for all of space was abandoned.

Likewise, the Time Lords, in seeking to obtain the power of the Creator, broke a forbidden rock rumoured to hold such power and discovered the Untempered Schism. Again, what seemed at first like a small deviance caused the entire cosmos to be disrupted. The power was obtained at a price. They were now practically immortal as the Schism gave them the ability to regenerate. At first, this was seen as a blessing, but as centuries passed, they recognized the longevity for what it really was: a curse. For to be able to see all of time is one thing, but to have to live it is another. Tired of the pain of time, they built a citadel near the Schism and vowed never to interfere, but only to observe.

Luckily, the Creator in all his omniscience knew that his chosen races would likely fail in their tasks, and He had written into His plans an ultimate safeguard. He searched the timelines of the individuals from both species and selected one representative of each who would be dedicated to what was good, right, and holy in the cosmos. This is how one Time Lord from Gallifrey and one Human woman from Earth would become the Guardians of Time and Space.

They would travel to the beginning of time and to the end as well as every time in between, and through their travels, they would set foot on every planet in the Prime Universe and thus all of space. All the while, they would defend the helpless against those who would destroy that which they were called out to guard. But their story, like all stories, is not just a simple tale. Like you, they were born within the confines of time and space and had to learn and grow and gradually become the people the Creator needed them to be. The journey towards Guardianship is full of twists and turns, up and downs, love and heartbreak, and plenty of running along the way. They would meet, fall in love, and become separated twice before their final reunion and forever. This is the story of the Goddess of Time and Time's Champion.

-DW-

In a small house on the planet Gallifrey, a child was born. On some planets, this was a relatively common event, but on this planet, it was an event that had not taken place for over a billion years. Over time, exposure to the Untempered Schism had rendered the Time Ladies infertile, and as a result children were loomed instead of born. The fact that this child, a boy, was born instead of loomed was because the mother was Human, not Time Lord. Because this pairing was illegal on Gallifrey, the parents hid their son until he was seven years old, the age at which a child was removed from the looms and sent to the Academy. During those early years, the parents called him by a secret name that would be his and his alone. They had high hopes for their child and prayed that the Creator would protect him.

While at the Academy, he went by Theta Sigma, a nickname he chose on his very first day. His best friend was Koschei, and together they made many a teacher retire early. They were BFFs before BFFs were in style, and nothing and no one would be able to separate them. Theta studied hard, and Koschei hardly studied, but both boys managed to pull off the highest grades in the history of the school.

At 19, they graduated from the Academy and prepared for the customary look into the Untempered Schism and the initiation into adulthood. The Schism is said to show you your entire timeline: past, present, and future. The future is forgotten the moment you look away, but what you see there will determine your chosen name. Three reactions have been recorded upon looking into the Schism. Most look inside and are inspired. A few have run away. And one, well one went mad.

Unfortunately for the BFFs, Koschei was the one who went mad. Taking upon himself the name of the Master, he flung himself out into the furthest reaches of time and space, leaving chaos in his wake.

Theta, upon seeing what had become of his best friend, was terrified, and understandably so. So it was with great trepidation that he took his turn in front of the Schism. It may never be known what it was exactly that he saw, but he ran faster and further away from that place than did anyone else before or since! When he was found a few days later, he took upon himself the name of the Doctor. This was not just a name, but a vow: never cruel nor cowardly, never give up and never give in. This was the life of the Doctor.

He failed his TARDIS driving exam, not because he was unable to drive as his future friends would later accuse, but because on his first trip out, he saw a child crying for his mother and he dared to interfere. The child's mother was not far away at all, and the Doctor was proud that he was able to help, so it was a great shock to him to learn that that was why he had failed.

With no TARDIS license, he was planet-bound, and for awhile, he accepted it. He married a Lady who was chosen for him because she was a good genetic match, and donated his genetic material to the looms for the customary son and daughter. He took a job teaching at the Academy, but couldn't help but feel that something was missing from his life.

Meanwhile, his loomed children grew up, married, and loomed children of their own. His daughter's daughter very quickly became the apple of her Grandfather's eye. She had a wanderlust to match the Doctor's, and together they hatched a plan to leave Gallifrey forever. On the eve of her 16th birthday, the Doctor slipped into a repair shop and stole a type-40 TARDIS that was about to be retired. The first place they landed was 1960's Earth. The TARDIS took the shape of a blue police box, the chameleon circuit immediately broke down, and it has been that way ever since.

His granddaughter took the Human name, Susan, enrolled in a London school, attracted her curious teachers, and soon the Doctor had companions traveling the stars with him. Susan fell in love and left, and the teachers also left, to be replaced with others who would come and go.

As the centuries passed, so did his regenerations. His first body, by the time he started traveling at least, was a gentlemanly grandfather. His second was a little younger looking, funnier, and invented a tool known as a sonic screwdriver when he was up late at night and had to install cabinets quickly. That tool would become a favorite of almost all his future incarnations. His third self was older again and sported a cape, and found himself stranded on Earth as the Time Lords did not take too kindly to his TARDIS theft. His fourth self was a little younger with a big hat and even bigger scarf and had an obsession with jelly babies. His fifth self was much younger looking and wore celery on his lapel of all things. But the worst fashion sense belonged to his sixth incarnation who looked like he stole his coat from a colorblind clown. His seventh incarnation's style was questionable at best with even an umbrella shaped like a question mark. Then his eighth incarnation was younger (though not as young looking as his fifth self), attractive, and a hit with the ladies, especially Humans.

By this time, the Doctor had not only acquired quite a few friends across the universe, but quite a few enemies as well. Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, and Zygons: these and others made his travels increasingly dangerous. And there in the midst of it all was the Master, his former BFF, now a sworn enemy. It was not an easy life: the wise companions left when the going got tough. The lives of those who stayed were forever changed, and not always for the better; some even died. After awhile, all of this began to weigh heavily on the Time Lord.

But, through it all, at least once in each of his lives, he met a beautiful blonde haired woman. He began to look forward to seeing her again, and found his hearts swelling with joy whenever he saw her. She would appear out of nowhere, accompany him on an adventure or two, and then vanish as suddenly as she had arrived. She never gave him her name, just a title: Bad Wolf. Strangely, he never remembered what she looked like aside from the color of her hair, or what her title was when she was not by his side.

Soon, he heard rumors. Rumors of a war. Rumors of a great war that could threaten all of time and space. Soon, they became more than just rumors: the war was a hard fact. The Daleks had declared war on Gallifrey, and all Time Lords and Ladies were called home to aid in the effort. He avoided going as long as he could. Soon, however, he couldn't avoid it and attempted to rescue the innocent people caught in the crossfire. It was during one of these attempted rescues that he crashed. The woman he was trying to save did not survive the crash. Neither did he.

But he had not just crashed on any planet. It was a monastery for the women dedicated to the worship of the Creator and His Guardians of Time and Space: the Goddess of Time and Time's Champion. They had a prophecy that during a time of great darkness, Time's Champion would crash on their planet. He was destined to be the one to end the war.

They revived him, and he regenerated. Knowing that he would have to fight and likely even kill, he forsake the name of the Doctor and went only by the Warrior. The war raged on. Soon Lord Rassilon, Lord President of Gallifrey, declared that he would end the war with the Final Sanction. He would end the War by destroying time itself.

Which is how the Warrior formerly known as the Doctor found himself in a shed with a box with a red button that if pressed would destroy his home, his people, and his own soul.

But the Moment, as the weapon was called, had a conscience: a conscience that took the form of a blonde woman who called herself the Bad Wolf. Paradox. Zygons. "No, all thirteen!" "Gallifrey stands!" A painting with two titles, or is it just one? "I'm the Doctor again!"

Regeneration.

Forget.

-DW-

Pete and Jackie Tyler lived in a modest house in the suburbs of London with their newborn infant daughter, Rose. Pete was a business man, and Jackie worked in a shop. They were far from a perfect family, but they were happy - mostly. Then, when Rose was just a few months old, tragedy struck. Pete was hit by a car, and died. Witnesses say that a myserious blonde was with him as he breathed his last. No one had ever seen her before or since.

Upon his death, it was learned that Pete's business skills were not as good as he'd thought, and he left behind many debts. Jackie and her daughter were forced to move to a council estate: the Powell Estate.

Still, Rose had a happy childhood, despite losing her father so young. Her mother wasn't able to give her much, but somehow Santa Claus was able to give her a red bicycle when she was 12. Her best friend was Mickey Smith, a black boy who considered her his best mate. She studied hard, got good grades in school, and as she entered her teenage years, grew to be quite a beauty as well. She caught the eye of one Jimmy Stone: the lead singer in a band known as the Dirty Bastards. Enamoured with his attention, they began dating. Then at the age of 16, she dropped out of school and moved in with him, much to her mother's chagrin.

He was a drinker. And when he was drunk, he was abusive. She wanted to leave him, but didn't know how. Then, one night, her nightly beating was interrupted by a knock on the door. Jimmy answered it.

"Hello!" A cheery northern accent ringed out. "Are you Jimmy?"

"Yeah, what's it to you?!"

"You have hurt someone very precious to me, and I'm going to make sure that it never happens again!"

The stranger entered the house and a fight broke out. Rose couldn't tell, but it sounded like the stranger was winning. Quickly gathering up her things, she took advantage of Jimmy's distraction, climbed out the window, and legged it all the way to her Mum's house. She never did find out the identity of her savior.

Life got a little bit better after that. She got a job in a shop, and her best friend, Mickey, became something more. Soon she settled into the rhythm of work, hang out with the boyfriend, talk with Mum, sleep, and repeat. It was not a bad life, just a - boring life.

Then one night when she was 19, everything changed. All of time and space held its breath, and in an instant, the universe became a different place as the future Goddess of Time and Time's Champion finally met. It all changed with one word, just one.

"Run!"