Chapter 1

Every time someone asks me what my name is I always take a long pause as if Willow isn't my real name and that the life I was living wasn't real at all. I'm a human but wherever I go it's like I know more about this world than the average 20 year girl who only works in a shop. The last thing I remember was being on the ground in a museum of sorts 10 years ago and there was an old man next to a painting that seemed to be missing it's main subject. This old man told me to go by the name of Willow and told me to live my life here. To go to school and get a job. To live in a apartment and get a mate of sorts and just live a happy simple life. Then he handed me a watch telling me that when the time was right I were to open the watch and everything that didn't make sense to me would make sense then. Without opening the watch I observed, studied, experimented, and played with the watch but no matter what I did its just an ordinary watch.

I grew up in the system all of my life, with no home or last name to call my own until I turned 18 and graduated from high school. My flat is small but it does me good not to mention a weird old red phone box in the backyard of the apartment complex. Kids play around it a lot and talk nonsense as kids do. As the years went by on earth I started feeling lonely as anyone would if you have no friends or family. That's when it happened, I was looking out my bedroom window when I noticed a strange plane of sorts crashed into Big Ben. Curious to what was going on I turned on the news and people are running around crazily claiming it's a ufo crash. Mysteriously the prime minister has also vanished into thin air. That's when my dog, Berny, started barking at the Tele.

"You're right Berny, an alien crash landing along with the prime minister to be convieniently missing. It doesn't make any sense." Berny being the only friend I have in the world watched me worriedly as I packed my backpack with my computer, headphones, and other "spy gear". As I sling my back pack over my shoulder I look back at Berny who wines and looks at me with sad eyes.

"You act like this is the last time I'm going to see you boy. I'll be back soon. Be good and watch the flat." I grab the watch and put it in my pocket and lock the door behind me. I get on my motor bike and head down to the crash site. They were taking something out of the ship so I use my binoculars and the shape was somewhat odd. Parking my bike past the building where the government had put the body and out of site I waited until it got a bit dark and snuck inside without being seen by using my hook shot to link the two roofs together and glided across as the guards on the outside were focusing on the streets thanks to the lovely reporters. Then I put on the white doctor coat with my fake ID and hid the pack on the roof walking into the building as if I was meant to be there and luckily pulling it off.

Walking down the halls I find a pig running out of a room on its hind legs towards the soilders and then a soilder raises his gun towards the creature.

"NO! Don't…" But my defense was over shot by the man killing the poor creature. Instead of being happy that the "terrifying" creature was gone I began to cry out of sorrow for the poor thing as a man came out of the same room screaming at the man,

"What did you do that for? It was scared! It was just scared." Then he picked up the lifeless creature carrying it back into the room that looked like the autopsy area you see on shows like NCIS. Wiping the last of my tears I listened in on the conversation that the man and female doctor were having and he said that the alien was a fake and that his name was The Doctor. After hearing that I ran down the halls with more tears streaming down my face and went back up to the roof sobbing.

"What is the matter with me?" I thought, "These tears, they're happy? Why? Do I know that man? What's going on?" Grabbing my pack I heard the door open and shut and by reaction I grab my pistol out of my pack and turn around quickly to find a soilder, a skinny pale soilder pointing his gun right at me and me pointing my pistol at him. Trying to stop my tears and trying to look tough I held my gun right at him. The man stood there seeming emotionless and strong. Being as tall as he was and as short as I was he definitely looked like he would win in my eyes.

"State your name, occupation, and business here in this hospital." He demanded.

"Why should I? I have no idea who you are nor do I want to know what kind of man works for the government and points a gun at a crying and helpless girl." I responded. The man kept the gun locked on me and smirked at my response.

"That crying and helpless girl you claim that you are doesn't seem so helpless because that girl is also pointing her pistol at me." I studied that man, he is trembling a bit while holding that gun, meaning he has never had to point it at a civilian before but he was cocky. Lowering my gun and putting it in my pack I turned around continuing to let the tears fall silently.

"My name is Willow, I work as a cashier in a shop, I was just curious as to what was going on and as I thought it was too simple." I started to play with my watch after I took it out of my pocket. "The alien crash was faked. In case your superiors don't understand that you may want to tell them." Suddenly the skinny man hugged me from behind and his head was on my shoulder. He was squeezing me tight as if he was so happy to see me.

"I'm so happy you're safe." He said in the most hushed voice ever but before I could respond he seemed to have come to his senses and straightened poster as I turned around. He handed me a slip of paper with his number on it.

"I would like to go out for fish n chips sometime Miss Willow. Please make your escape and contact me at this number if you would ever want to go out." As I took the slip he started to turn around to walk away as I took his posture.

"State your name, occupation, and business here."

"Reece, soilder of the UK's army, and to guard the area. Now before the other soilders notice my absence please make your escape." Smirking myself I take my pack and as I'm about to glide over I turn around and smile at the man.

"Await my phone call Reece. I'll be calling you soon." Gliding over the roof I go back to my place to hack in to the royal navy so I can stop whatever violence that I need to. Once at home I see that it has become morning and not only that but that also there was a missle heading towards the office building for the prime minister so I help the aledged hacker block off the counter hacking attacks. The next day this woman Harriet Jones was all over the news with all of the credit for saving the world. Petting Berny I call that Reece soilder and make a dinner date for fish n' chips and being friendless made it difficult to know what to wear or how to do my hair for a date, whatever a date is. I thought that with the final outfit I chose that the watch made a nice accent to it that I made the watch into a necklace. That's when Reece showed up to my flat and took me out to eat. After that we went on a walk by the port.

"Can I ask you something Reece?" I asked as we walked along the water edge.

"Sure, anything." Reece responded taking my hand as if it were instinct. In my mind I was shocked but at the same time it felt comfortable, like I have held this hand before.

"In hushed tone on the roof a few days ago you said that you were so glad that I was safe. What did you mean by that?" Reece looked at me with a sad smile on his face and squeezed my hand tighter.

"I just simply hugged a crying girl and said what I felt to be most comforting." I let go of his hand feeling saddened almost to the point that I started crying and stopped walking and covering my face.

"Why then?" Reece turned around and put his hands on my shoulders.

"Willow, what's wrong? Why what? Why are you crying?"

"If that's the case then why is holding your hand so familiar? Why did you choose those words to say to me? Why do I feel like this Willow person isn't real? Why is there so much information in my head? Why did I cry tears of joy after figuring out that that man calls himself The Doctor?" I removed my hands from my face. "Why do you look like someone I know when for the past ten years I have lived in the system and had no friends? Mind answering these questions because with my first question you had a sad smile. Unless I am a loon you definitely had a sad smile." Reece smiled happily and quickly but gently wiped my tears away.

"Willow, listen to me, look down at your pocket watch." I looked down and saw that it was glowing. "I know this will sound crazy but all of your questions will be answered if you just open that watch. The old man told you that remember? You will also remember how I know that when you open it. Please, just open the watch and trust me."

Unsure of what to do or why this man and I had quickly escalated to this point I decided to take a leap of faith and open the watch. Among opening the watch I felt a huge flood of information pushing itself back into my brain. Like a bright golden light of wisdom that was replaying things that I had so easily forgotten and then a face, no two faces appeared before me. One of a little boy reaching his hand out to me and a older man walking away as if I was never going to see him again. The little boy had the name The Soilder while the old man had the name The Doctor and then my name, or what seemed to be my name, The Commander. That name felt right and as if I saw myself as a little girl I was running towards the old man begging him to stop and to stay with me and the little boy, but I was being held back by the little boy and then the past ten years of my life played and there was always that same little boy that followed me until after high school where the boy was no where in sight and then Reece.

The boy was Reece after that all of the rest of the information continued to flow into my brain. When I could see Reece's face again I looked up at him since he was calling my name over and over again. He looked so panicked and adorable like he did during the war in Gallifrey when I was reaching to someone very important to me.

"Reece you are my best friend and always have been such a worrywart. Of course I remember you I only fell in love with you on that day during the war. At the age of 98 I was still a child but never the less I fell in love with you." I grabbed him and kissed him as if it were a long time coming and him kissing back only confirmed that I had my Soilder back. Not only that but my memories and who The Doctor was and still is to me. But I cannot meet with The Doctor until a later day. I knew also I couldn't just abandon everything to adventure throughout the universe. Breaking from the kiss I have never seen Reece more red.

"Well, um… now that you have your memories back, what now? What do we do now?"

"Well Reece you could let me up first and then let's go back to my flat and move on from there." Walking hand in hand with my soilder I knew that the explaining and planning was going to take a very long time.