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A/N:I have decided to write my own season for Doctor Who with the Doctor having a new companion and everything. So this is going to take place exactly after the Doctor leaves Donna.
A Magical Christmas
Introducing: Samantha Woods
It was a nice cold winter day in London. Christmas was just a day away and people were bustling around on the busy streets, doing their last minute shopping.
Children played in the nearby park while their mothers tried to tell them that it was already late and that they had to go home and sleep so that Santa would come and leave them their presents.
Couples sat in cafés with hot cocoa and chatted happily with each other while keeping in mind to not let their partners find out what they'd bought them.
A teenage girl, about 18 years old walked through the crowds alone. Her long black hair was tied back in a ponytail. Even though it was tied so high, her hair still brushed past her shoulders. Light green eyes avoided looking at the happy couples for fear of bringing back unwanted memories.
She had a few bags in one hand and a phone in the other. Putting it back in her purse, she reached a sweet shop called 'Delicious Treats' and stood outside. She glanced at her watch and noting that it was five past seven, she let out a sigh and scanned her surroundings, carefully avoiding looking at the café windows.
She turned around and her eyes caught the lovely sweets that were on display behind the glass window. The shop was full of people, mainly parents with their children. The old couple behind the till had big smiles on their faces as they watched their customers buy the sweets.
Everyone inside looked so warm and happy. She wished she could share in their joy. But instead she was standing out in the cold waiting for her friend to show up who was already ten minutes late by her watch. She looked back inside the shop and felt her heart ache.
It was like two different worlds.
Not just the sweet shop but everywhere else. Everywhere she looked, people seemed to be having fun while she was left outside, alone and sad.
She glanced at her watch for the third time, fifteen minutes late. Where was Kiera? She scanned the streets again but there was no one in sight. Everyone was either heading home or in one of the shops.
Shifting her bags to the other hand, she pulled out her phone and called her Kiera's number. No one answered. Where the hell was she? All she wanted to do was go home and be nice and warm. Not stand out and wait in the freezing cold.
It was so chilly that she half expected it to snow. But there was no fluffy white snow falling from the skies when she looked up. All she saw a dark sky with a few stars twinkling down at her. She wished she could be up there with them right now, twinkling away rather than standing here while she froze.
Well… she could make herself warm. If she just…
"Oh! Look at those sweets. Don't they look lovely?"
Samantha looked up to see a man standing next to her. He was staring intently at the sweets as if they were the most wonderful things he'd ever seen. She wondered if he'd been talking to himself or her. She chose to stand there quietly just incase he had been talking to himself. She didn't really fancy embarrassing herself.
The man continued to stare at the sweets and Samantha wondered if he was just going to stand there and gaze at them all night. When a few minutes had passed and he'd just stood there, she decided to speak.
"Why don't you go in and buy some then?" she asked.
He looked at her as if he was seeing her for the first time. Maybe he had been talking to himself. Good thing she hadn't answered then. He gave her a surprised smile.
"Oh! You can talk! Didn't think you could since you didn't answer my earlier question but just stood there" said the man.
She felt her cheeks heat up. Even though she hadn't answered, she'd still managed to embarrass herself. Well… at least now her flaming cheeks were keeping her warm.
"Didn't know if you were talking to me or not" she mumbled as her eyes stared intently at his shoulder, not wanting to meet his gaze.
He frowned, "But you're the only one here. Who else would I be talking to?"
Deciding to steer the conversation away from this topic, Samantha repeated her earlier question, "Why don't you buy the sweets instead of just staring at them?"
He sighed, "I would but I haven't got any money. Well… no Earth money at least"
She stared at him. No money? She checked his clothes to see if he was a beggar or something. But he was dressed fine. The man was wearing a brown pinstriped suit with a large coat on top and white trainers on his feet. He didn't look like a poor man at all. And what did he mean by Earth money?
She was about to ask when a voice called, "Sam!"
Turning around she saw Kiera running towards her. She was running as fast as she could while her shopping swayed from side to side. She halted just in front of her and placed her bags down. Gasping for breath, she said, "Sorry I'm late. I saw this lovely necklace and I just had to buy it before someone else took it. But the lines were really big and then there was this cute guy behind the counter and-"
"Ok! That's enough" said Samantha, "No need to explain, let's just get out of here. I'm freezing"
Kiera nodded and picked her bags again. Samantha turned around to say goodbye to the stranger, but he was no where to be seen. She looked inside the shop but he wasn't there.
"Where's that man?" she asked Kiera.
"What man?" she answered.
"The one that was standing next to me just seconds before you came. He was here" said Samantha looking around. But he wasn't there.
"Sam, there was no man. You were on your own when I came" said Kiera slowly.
"Well… he was standing in the shadows, maybe that's why you didn't see him" she said.
"Maybe" said Kiera "Or maybe the cold's done some damage to your brain. Let's go and get a coffee."
Samantha nodded dumbly, her eyes still searching for the man. She knew she hadn't imagined him. She'd been talking to him. Unless Kiera was right. Maybe the cold had affected her. Because a man couldn't just disappear within seconds… could he?
"I would but I haven't got any money. Well… no Earth money at least"
Earth money. He'd said it like he wasn't from Earth. She looked up at the dark sky. There were more stars than there were before. She looked back at the place where the man had stood. If she just focused her mind on that spot she could use her…
"Are you coming?" came Kiera's voice breaking through her thoughts.
"Yeah" she answered and taking her bags, she followed her friend silently.
A/N: This is the start to my Christmas Special. Tell me what you think. Should I continue or not?
