Stories say that there was a lady, a lady of time. She helps people who need it the most. She has saved thousands of planets and species throughout time. But even good persons have a bad side. She not only saves but also kills people.
As a child the lady was being experimented on by Timelords, they made her The Killer. When you witness her bad side, you know you have not long to live. People don't know if they have to be glad or scared for her.
Legends say that she can blow up planets by only snapping her fingers. Some who have seen her say that she looks like the devil. But after the last great Timewar The Helper or The Killer vanished. Some say that she burned in the fires of the war, others say that not The Doctor but The Killer ended the Timewar.
Some even have sworn they've seen her ghost flying around at night searching for her next victim. The last Timelord called the Doctor would call her his biggest enemy, because they both went to the Academy and got into fights.
Maybe the lady is the lady saving people right now…
Maybe she's deciding who her next victim is going to be…
Maybe she's waiting for your house right now…
Maybe you're her next victim…
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Gallifrey.
A long time ago on Gallifrey
Silently Alice sneeked out the building. She didn't want her supervisors to see or hear her. Like always she can't sleep so she goes on an adventure. All the other children can sleep but for some reason she can't. Alice decided to sneek to the barn next to the building she came from, as silently as she could she entered the barn. She froze when she heared voices.
"It doesn't matter if there's something under the bed, or in the dark. So long as you know it's okay to be afraid of it. So listen, if you listen to nothing else listen to this. You always gonna be afraid. Even if you learn to hide it. Fear is like a companion, a constant companion always there. But that's okay."
She can't help but eardrop the conversation. She saw a woman sitting on the bed, there also seemed to be someone lying in the bed but she didn't saw who it was. But alice's her timelord senses told her that the woman was no timelady.
"Because fear can bring us together. Fear can bring you home. I'm gonna leave you something so you'll always remember. Fear makes companions of us all"
Alice calmed down a bit sensing the woman was no tread. The woman seemed to be done speaking and started climbing down a ladder. When she turned around she froze not expecting a 7 year old child to be there.
"Are… are you a human?" Alice dared to ask.
"I have to go" the woman told the girl hurriedly.
"I'm Alice, you don't have to be scared" the girl promised the woman. The woman's eyes widened.
"You've never seen me here" the woman said before she disappeared in a… police box? Alice hadn't noticed the police box before.
Alice decided to not pay any attention to it. Instead she started to climb the ladder to the bed curious as to who lied in the bed.
Then a boy shot up from the bed, he looked around the same age as Alice.
He gave Alice an anxious look.
"nightmare?" Alice asked carefully. She walked towards the bed and sat down at the end.
The boy slowly nodded.
"You don't have to be scared, I'm Alice" she assured the boy.
"I'm Theta, don't you have to sleep?" Theta asked Alice.
"I can never sleep"
Theta nodded and stood up from his side of the bed to sit next to her.
"Why do you sleep here anyway?" Alice asked noticing this didn't exactly looked like a cozy room.
Theta didn't answer, maybe he's shy?
"Are you scared of the other too?" Alice decided to ask. Theta gave her a confused look.
"The Timelords, scared that they change us into another person because they trains us?"
Theta nodded, "I don't want to fight" He told Alice.
"Me neither"
"I'm 7 years old, how old are you?" Alice told Theta, proudly of her age.
Theta looked surprised as to why she would suddenly change the subject.
"Me too" He gave her a small smile.
Alice looked at Theta with a satisfied smile, she had a feeling that they were going to be good friends.
A few weeks later…
Alice silently sneeked into the barn.
"Have they seen you?" She heard Theta asked from his bed.
"No, I took a game with me!" She announce happily, climbing up the ladder and sitting herself down on the bed. She opened the bag she carried and took out the game.
"How did you get that, that's from earth!" Theta exclaimed excitedly.
"I found It in the library, in the earth section" Alice told her friend.
"Ali, they only have books in a library" Theta said looking at the game in wonder.
"Not If you know where to look" She mysteriously told him with a grin.
The children began their game.
2 months later…
"Theta?" Alice whispered carefully, she silently walked to the bed in the barn. Theta hid himself under his blanket. He seemed to be crying.
"It's me Alice, what's wrong?" The girl worriedly asked, she sad down on the bed. Whispering calming words to her friend.
After a little while Theta threw the blankets away and showed himself. His eyes were red from the crying. Alice pulled her friend in a hug.
"Everything is going to be alright" She assured the boy.
1 year later…
"Ali!" Theta yelled when Alice entered the barn.
"Sst, they are going to hear us!" Alice exclaimed, she hurriedly walked towards the bed.
When she saw Theta she noticed there were tears running down his face… oh Theta.
"What wrong?" Alice asked, she pulled Theta into a hug.
"I have to look into the Untempered Schism tomorrow, as admission for the Academy." He explained. She hugged Theta tightly. Some Timelord say that your whole personality can change by only looking into the Untempered Schism.
"I know you Theta, you'll be okay" She assured him.
"Are you there too?" Theta asked.
"Yes, I'll come and watch okay?" Alice had to look into the Untempered Schism in a few months, but she was allowed to watch her friend and be there for support.
"Promise me" Theta anxiously asked.
"I promise Theta"
That night the two 8 year old children held each other close and told reassuring stories to make everything look better.
The following day Theta anxiously made his way through the group. It was his turn to look into the Untempered Schism. He hasn't seen Alice, she promised to be here!
The Timelords looked at him patiently. Theta carefully walked towards the Untempered Schism. He gave one last look at the crowd hoping – almost wishing Alice would be there for support.
Alice wasn't there, with a lump in his throat he turned back to the Untempered Schism and looked into it…
56 years later…
"Today we get a new student, please be nice for her. It's her first day at the Academy" The Professor told his class.
Theta looked uninterested out the window.
"Theta, I want your attention too" The Professor strictly said. Theta quickly looked back at the Professor not wanting to get into trouble.
"I'm going to get her now, make sure you make her feel at ease" the Professor left the class.
"Thetam are you coming with us to the fields tomorrow?" Theta's friend: Koschei asked him from behind.
Theta turned around to his friend. "Of course I'm coming but I have to leave early because I have to study for the exams" Theta said.
"Theta, you are going to pass your exams. It's not like you have to fly a real capsule!" Koschei assured his friend with a grin.
"yeah but in a few years we do have to fly a real capsule, what if it goes wrong?" Theta asked his friend uncertain.
"Theta, don't be so uncertain about yourself. When I say you can fly a capsule then you can fly a capsule!"
The door opened and the class quickly went silent. Theta turned back to see the Professor entering the room with the new student – a girl.
The girl has long black hair and dark clothes, she tried to give the class a smile but everyone can see it's a forced smile.
"Everyone this is Alice" the Professor introduced the girl to the class.
Theta felt himself freeze, he hadn't seen Alice since the night before he had to look into the Untempered Schism. What are the chances that this is the same Alice?
He could see it in her eyes that it was the same Alice, he recognized her. Alice didn't seem to recognize him and she sat down at the back of the class.
After that hour Theta made sure he was the first to leave, he didn't want to talk to Alice. He had never forgive her for not supporting him on one of the most important days of his life.
He was the first to enter the next classroom and sat down at his spot. When Alice entered the room a big group was crowding around her, she already seemed to be making friends.
Koschei quickly sat down next to Theta with a smile on his face.
"That Alice is a nice girl" He told his friend while grabbing his books from his bag.
Alice and another girl sat down behind the boys. When the class began Alice carefully tapped Theta on his shoulder.
"Theta, pssst" she tried. Theta tried his best to ignore her.
"Come on Theta, you recognize me don't you?" She whispered.
"You won't believe where I came from I-"
"I don't want to know" Theta hissed angrily.
"Theta, is there something you want to tell us?" the teacher asked him, apparently he said that a bit too loud.
"No, sorry" he quickly apologized feeling his head getting red.
"Okay, does someone know how many hearts a human has?" the teacher asked the class.
Alice raised her hand.
"Alice?"
"You asked how many hearts a human has but a human only has one heart" she told the teacher proudly.
"Well done Alice, might I ask how do you know that?" that teacher curiously asked. Everyone looks curiously at Alice.
"uh, I've lived a few years on Earth"
Everyone gives her a disbelieving look, what a liar though Theta.
"Alice, there's one thing I don't want in my class and that's lying" the teacher scolded her.
"Sorry" Alice said sinking down in her chair.
A week later
"I vote for Alice" a boy yelled excitedly. Alice pulled her hand back and smacked Theta hard on his face. Theta stumbled and fell on his back.
"You get that back" He mumbled angrily getting up from the ground and punched Alice in her stomach.
" Don't underestimate Theta!" Koschei yelled proudly of his friend. A crowd had gathered around the fighting duo.
Alice tried to kick Theta at his leg but he quickly backed away. He punched Alice again, this time in her face. Alice groaned and managed to kick Theta in his stomach.
"THETA, ALICE. HERE!" they heard a voice yell. They both froze knowing they had a big problem now.
They looked at the Professor who made his way through the crowd. "You two have a big problem"