Author's Note: This is just getting posted as a trial, i'm still not too sure about continuing this story so all the feedback i get will help. And if i do continue it the update times will be pretty random, sorry. :) If there's any spelling mistakes or typos or transition between scenes seems a little weird it's because this wasn't beta'd, i tried to find someone but i got a little impatient and just decided to post it heh
I don't think people ever realise what their future holds, they like to imagine themselves in 10 years with a fancy car and a big house, or they like to imagine themselves being famous and rich where they don't have to worry about a thing apart from keeping up with the latest gossip and having cat fights with each other, but me? I'm a little different. I like to imagine myself among the stars, running for my life hand in hand with the mad man in a blue box.
When i was a kid, i used to imagine the doctor would swoop in and steal me away in the middle of the night and take me on wonderful adventures amongst the stars. But the doctor was just a story, a fictional character, and as much as i would love him to invite me along to see all of time and space, i knew it just wasn't possible.
Now it's not as if i wanted to take to the stars because i had a bad home life or anything, i mean it wasn't the best either but i just loved the idea of traveling around, seeing the sights, saving entire species, i didn't want to be a hero exactly, i just wanted to experience more than a dead end part time job and parent's who didn't seem to care about me very much. See the thing about my parent's, they're not my birth parents. When i was 4 months old my mother decided she couldn't look after me, and i ended up in the system until i was about 3 when i was finally adopted by a nice little scottish family. Yep, that's right. I'm scottish, gotta love the accent to be honest, even i love the right thick glasgow accent. Now the thing about the family that adopted me, was that they already had a daughter at the time who was about 4 years older than me. Since the moment she met me thought, she's pretty much hated my guts and made my life a living hell ever since. If a toy got broke? Had to be me. Someone made a mess on the floor? Got to have been me right? A glass was broken? What a surprise, i got the blame. Safe to say she was the 'goody two shoes' and the 'perfect little girl', you know the one? The one that under no circumstance could have done anything wrong.
My parents used to say it was the stress of being adopted but i called bullshit on that pretty early on.
The only break i got was when i sat down to watch tv, and even then my sister had a tendency to cut the power on me or disconnected the tv, sky box or the games console so i couldn't watch. It wasn't until a few years back that she finally moved out and i managed to get some peace and quiet. But still, even now life was pretty crappy in general, my school grades sucked, i had a crappy little part time job at the local bakery and my parents pretty much thought i was the rebellious child, and left me to myself in the hopes that if they did they wouldn't have to deal with me or anything to do with me. Sometimes i wonder why they even adopted me in the first place.
None of them seem to really care about me and i didn't have any friends i could turn to, i never felt like i fit in with anyone anyways, was it any surprise that i wanted the mad man in the big blue box to just take me away from it all?
The only thing that made me feel even remotely wanted was the necklace around my neck, it was the only thing that i had when i was given to foster care. It was a silver chain with a little gem in the middle that seemed to change colour every few seconds, some of which didn't even look like a colour that existed. I always believed it had belonged to my mother, whoever she was.
My name is Danielle Wicker, i'm 17 years old 5ft tall with long thick auburn hair and emerald green eyes and right now it's currently 9:24pm on the 24th of December 2016 otherwise know as Christmas eve. I've never been one for christmas but this year i couldn't help but wish for one thing.
I wished for the Doctor.
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I was curled up in the nest of blankets on my bed trying to heat up a little bit, with my long auburn hair falling over my was freezing right now as it was the middle of winter, it didn't help that i had been outside shoveling the snow from the path so my parent's could get in with all the shopping, i never understood why they left it till the last minute to do christmas shopping, but oh well. After all, it wasn't exactly my problem to deal with.
My hand poked out of the mountain of blankets and reached for the tv remote on my bedside table, once i got it i quickly turned the tv on and changed the channel's over trying to find something to watch until i landed on an old rerun of Doctor Who season 1. Now that brought back memories. I got through several episodes before i yawned and shuffled further into the blankets, knowing full well that i'd fall asleep through the next episode.
Just as my eyes started to droop the intro music started to play and i clocked the name of the episode 'Aliens of London' I found it one of the less interesting episodes of the season to be honest, as it was just a bit of running from giant green frog things with claws. As the Intro music passed i yawned again and let out a sigh.
Click.
And there it was, my cat ruffles waddling into the room. He was such a friendly little cat but he tended to be very attached to me and loved to slink around in my bedroom, sticking his nose into all my stuff but i didn't ever have the heart to kick him out when he looked at me with his big doe eyes, that cat had perfected the puppy dog eyes. Ruffles clattered about for a few minutes before jumping up on the end of the bed 'fluffing' the mattress before he curled up and went to sleep. I sighed burrowing myself deeper into the blankets.
About 20 minutes later i started feeling dizzy and quickly stood up which didn't help at all, i took an uneasy step towards the desk under the window where i kept some medicine, i often got dizzy spells. They started about a month ago but the doctors couldn't find what was wrong. My cat pulled his head up and looked at me curiously, tilting his head to the side. I just smiled at him not noticing my little pendant around my neck glow a very faint golden colour. The next thing i knew, the ground was rushing up to my face and i fell unconscious.
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I slowly woke up to the feeling of someone running their hand through my hair, i could tell it was a man and he was whispering softly, both to me and to someone else in the room, i couldn't quite make out what he was saying though, something along the lines of 'she's fine, you're fine little one' or something like that. From what i gathered the other person was a female and she sounded like she was from england somewhere.
I mumbled slightly and tried to push the man's hand away, but he just laughed slightly and proceeded to talk to the woman, who within a minute left, closing the door softly behind her. Once she had left the room i slowly opened my eyes and squinted at the light.
"Sorry" The man whispered, suddenly standing up and dimming down the light. He quickly returned to my side as my vision cleared up and my breath hitched slightly.
No way. Nope. No way on earth is that possible.
The man….no.. Christopher Eccleston looked at me expectantly but all i could get out was a tiny squeak of disbelief, to which he cocked his head to the side slightly which drew my attention to his ears, after a minute i took my eyes away from his ears and saw he had a small amount of amusement playing in his eyes. I quickly pulled the blanket up over my face mumbling to myself about things being impossible and there being a possibility of me going insane.
"Now, care to tell me what a very young time tot was doing passed out in the middle of the street?" Chris said with curiosity lacing his voice.
Wait. Back up the train a minute.
"Wait what? Time tot? What are you going on about? I'm pretty sure the designated species is human…" I pulled the blanket from my face to see he had sat back down on the edge of the bed, i hadn't even felt him sit back down.
As soon as i said that though he looked even more confused, he quickly pulled out a long silver tube with a blue light on the end that looked eerily similar to the sonic screwdriver, but that wasnt possible….right? He proceeded to shine it in my eye as it sprung to life, the whirling noise all to familiar from the show. I guess that confirmed if it was the sonic screwdriver or not, although proof of it being real remains to be seen. Squinting my eyes against the light i tried to push his hand away but he just sighed, removing it a minute later. He was looking directly into my eyes and for some reason i didn't find it as uncomfortable as i usually did when someone was looking straight at me, how strange.
'What the hell is going on here? what is christopher eccleston doing in this house, better yet where even is this house? And that woman, she sounded an awfully lot like the actress who played jackie tyler… but it couldn't be, right? There's no way that sonic screwdriver was real..'
"What's your name eh?" He asked in that northern accent that pulled thousands of new viewers in back in 2005.
"Danielle Wicker" I mumbled softly, i was about to say it again as i hadn't thought he heard me but he just smiled.
"Danielle Wicker.. Magical sounding name you got there, I'm The doctor!" He grinned again, the smile never really slipping from his face.
I just mumbled a thanks as my eyes darted around the room, taking in where i was. It looked like a spare room of sorts.
'Hold up. Did he just say his name was the doctor? Like THE doctor?'
'The doctor' looked at me like he wanted to say something but just couldn't find the right way to say it. After a moment i let out a sigh and directed my gaze to the ceiling.
"You can't be real...you're just a story.." I mumbled quietly to myself, hoping he hadn't heard. But alas i was out of luck.
"What do you mean just a story? That i can't be real? I am sitting right here aren't i?" He raised an eyebrow questioningly at me before turning to the 'sonic screwdriver' still in his hand. Fiddling about with it until it gave him the results of what i assumed was the scan earlier, i heard the door click back open and my eyes shifted over to it only to catch sight of someone who i swore looked like Billie Piper.
"I must be going insane" I mumbled softly, pulling the blanket back over my face.
'Billie' came into the room and set something down on the side table.
"Alright Doctor, care to explain what's going on?" She said, i could almost hear the raised eyebrow and questioning look in her voice "You didn't exactly explain it very well earlier."
'He never does'
"I told you before rose, she's what we call a time tot, they're gallifreyan children, we don't go by Time Lord or Time Lady until we've left the academy" 'The doctor' said while i could still hear him fiddling around with the screwdriver.
"So what, it's like a title you gotta earn then?" 'Rose' asked, the confusion evident in her voice.
"Sort of, it's more like when you graduate college and get a certificate saying you're qualified to do a certain job." 'The doctor' paused for a moment to think "Except it's nothing like that at all."
'Rose' let out a huff but didn't say anything else as 'The doctor' tried pulling the blanket from my face with no success. I was gripping onto that thing like there was no tomorrow. And honestly at this point, i wouldn't doubt their being no tomorrow. Because this just wasn't possible. I had to be in some sort of coma or something, dreaming this all up.
I suddenly felt a hand on my head again and fingers rubbing my scalp "Come on" He softly cooed, gently prying my fingers from the blanket until he could pull it down to reveal my face. "There we go, S' not so bad looking at my ugly mug is it?" He let out a little laugh and i couldn't help the small smile that played on my lips, he brought out a stethoscope from his leather jacket pocket and pulled the blanket a little further down to reach my chest.
He put the little ear piece things in his ear and gently laid the little round disk on the left side of my chest, and then the right. Letting out a sigh he put the stethoscope back into his pocket and turned to rose.
"So?" She asked a little curiously.
"She's going to be fine, just needs to rest up a bit, now you," He turned to me slightly with a soft smile on his face "Stay in bed until i get back, ya hear me?"
I nodded my head as he patted my legs and left the room with rose, i let out a breath of air that i hadn't even been aware i was holding in. I was still thinking about what 'The doctor' had just said, there's no way i was a time lord right? And there's no way that could have actually been the doctor that's just..impossible.
This. Was. Insane.
There was no other way to describe what just happened, i paused for a moment just staring at the door trying to remember everything that had happened to me recently. Shoveling the snow, the freezing weather, curling under the blankets, getting dizzy and passing out only to wake up here and be confronted by someone who i still couldn't believe existed, and get told that i was apparently a Time tot. Out of curiosity i lifted my right hand to my chest pressing it down a little firm to feel the heartbeat.
"What the ever loving.." I stared at my chest for a moment trying to comprehend what i just felt, i could feel it, the double heartbeat. To an untrained person it would feel like an erratic heartbeat, hell it took me a moment to realise it wasn't beating super quickly but instead there was two of them beating in a rhythm. It was a bit hypnotic to be honest. "You have gotta be shitting me…" I sighed and let the thought of having two hearts knock around in my head for a few moments before i burrowed myself into the blankets because if nothing else, at least i wasn't out in snow in the middle of winter. I was in a comfy bed, possibly in the Tyler flat, although how i got here still remains a mystery.
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I quickly woke to the noise of screaming and nearly fell on my face trying to get out of the mess of blankets, quickly picking up a baseball bat i had seen in the corner of the room i made my way out the door, only to stop. There to the left of me was what i could only describe as an attempt at a humanoid frog with giant claws heading into another room. There was shouting and i couldn't exactly make out what was going on until i heard a bang.
I quickly rushed into the room and would have fallen on my arse if i hadn't grabbed the wall on my way in, what i came across though nearly made me throw up. Green gooey stuff everywhere. I quickly covered my mouth as the smell wasn't too pleasant either.
"Well that could have gone a lot worse than it did." The woman who looked like jackie, and at this point i was pretty sure was actually her said before she noticed me and smiled "And look who's awake now, i'm surprised you didn't wake up earlier with all the people in."
Mickey just sighed "We're lucky to even be alive, i wasn't sure we would be okay, you know what with being unable to run from the house due to sleeping beauty over there" He picked a bit of green goo from his shirt and tossed it on the floor.
I couldn't help but let out a snort.
A few moment's later seen Mickey and Jackie sitting on the sofa with me in the chair all watching the tv in Jackie's flat. I was a little surprised at the outcome because in the show they had to run for it, abandoning the flat and heading for Mickey's.
"The experts are dead, murdered right in front of me by alien hands. People of earth, heed my words, these visitors do not come in peace"
Mickey got up and walked over to the tv "Here, listen to this." He held the phone to the tv.
"Our inspectors have searched the sky above our heads, and they have found massive weapons of destruction capable of being deployed in forty five seconds."
I heard a muffled 'what' come from the phone, the next part wasn't going to be easy for Jackie, or for Mickey.
"Our technicians can baffle the alien probes, but not for very long. We are facing extinction unless we strike first. The united kingdom stands directly beneath the mothership. I beg of the United nations, pass an emergency resolution, a nuclear strike at the heart of the beast is our only chance of survival, because from this moment on it is my solemn duty to inform you planet Earth is at war."
I let out a little snort and Jackie just glared at me before standing up and walking over to Mickey to hear the conversation. After about ten minutes had passed Jackie moved past me and Mickey and headed towards the kitchen, i watched her over my shoulder for a few seconds before getting up and heading over to help her. That mess wouldn't clean it's self.
It took us about three hours to get all the goo out of everything but with a self satisfied huff of air i practically threw myself onto the chair while Jackie brought through some cups of tea, she passed one to Mickey and then handed me one. I mumbled thanks and took a sip of the warm liquid. Ah, good old british tea, nothing could beat it.
"So, sweetie i completely forgot to say, this is Mickey Smith and i'm Jackie Tyler what's your name?" Jackie smiled at me as she sat down on the sofa.
"Danielle Wicker, but honestly most people just call me Dani" I smiled back a little and took a sip of the tea.
She nodded her head in reply and not a few moments later she was up and chatting about on the phone to some friend called Bev, while Mickey sat on the sofa looking like a kicked puppy.
"Hey Mickey, what's wrong?" I asked softly as i stood up and sat next to him on the sofa.
He glanced at me from the side of his eye and then at the cup of tea in his hands.
"Do you ever feel out of place? Like no matter what you do you just can't seem to make it work?" He looked up at me expectantly while i gave a mental eye roll.
'You have no idea Mickey, none at all.'
"This is about Rose, isn't it?" I gave him a knowing look and he just sighed.
"I'm that obvious huh?" Mickey looked back down to his tea and i just patted his back, trying to comfort him.
"Apparently not to some people though" I mumbled under my breath.
I stood up and placed my cup on the coffee table and peeked into the kitchen "Jackie, where's your toilet?" I asked a little airily.
"Down the hall and the left door closest to the front door." Jackie shot out over her shoulder, still on the phone to her friend.
I quickly waddled over to the bathroom and relieved myself, after taking a trip to the bathroom i found myself in the spare bedroom again, i took a moment to look around, it was the exactly the same as they showed on the tv. My stomach knotted a little knowing full well the next time this room would be used would be by a newly regenerated doctor. Letting out a sigh a curled back up on the bed and closed my eyes, hoping and praying that i could fall back asleep.
And surprisingly enough i did. The next morning i opened my eyes it was to the noise of chatter from the living room, i could hear Mickey complaining about something while Jackie scolded him for acting like a baby. I slowly stretched out like a cat and pretty much stumbled my way sleepily into the living room. I was greeted with a hot cup of cocoa getting handed to me and i sat down on the sofa keeping my eyes on the tv, i knew things were about to get pretty hectic soon.
I tuned out from Jackie and Mickey's conversation to take a moment to think, i hadn't really thought about this whole thing since i got here. My mind instantly went to how i even got here in the first place, i had felt another dizzy spell coming on and quickly got out of bed, now that i think about it, i shouldn't have moved so fast. I felt like there was something i missed. I had looked at my cat and then i was falling...no something happened in between that. I subconsciously raised my hand and started fiddling with the pendant around my neck.
"Jackie the… doctor, he said something about me being passed out in the middle of the street when i first woke up" I looked at my cup of cocoa for a second and then over to Jackie who was sitting in the chair "Do you have any idea what exactly happened?"
"I haven't the faintest idea sweetie, you'd have to ask him the details if… when they get back." A sad look passed across her eyes for a brief moment but quickly passed it with a smile.
Letting out a sigh i burrowed myself into the sofa a little, getting comfy for the mayhem that was about to begin. And as if right on cue my attention was dragged to the news reporter on the tv.
"Yesterday saw the start of a brave new world. Today might see it end, the streets are deserted. Everyone's home, just waiting as the future is decided in new york."
The tv then switched to what i assumed was new york with with another news reporter.
"It's midnight here in new york. The United Nations has gathered. England has provided them with absolute proof that the massive weapons of destruction do exist."
Mickey's phone went off and he quickly answered, putting it on speaker so both Jackie and me could listen in, although i was sure it was more for Jackie's benefit than mine.
After a few moment's of chatter Jackie spoke up "Alright, doctor. I'm not saying i trust you, but there must be something you can do."
"If we could ferment the port, we could make acetic acid." An unknown voice spoke up, one of which i quickly realised was Harriet Jones, Oh that woman.
"Mickey, any luck?" Rose asked as Mickey pulled his laptop from the coffee table.
"There's loads of emergency numbers, they're all on voicemail though." Mickey said while poking keys on his laptop.
"Voicemail dooms us all" Harriet mumbled, i was surprised the phone even picked it up.
"If we could just get out there.." Rose said, sounding a little deflated at the entire situation.
"There's a way out." The doctor spoke up, his voice muffled slightly, i could almost feel his sadness though because he knew what he was about to do next could cost the life of his precious Rose.
"What?"
"There's always been a way out Rose."
"Then why don't we use it?"
"Because… Jackie, i can't guarantee your daughter will be safe."
I saw Jackie pacing in front of the coffee table and suddenly stop, her mother instincts kicking in.
"Don't you dare, whatever it is doctor don't you dare"
The doctor spoke up again, sounding slightly frustrated "That's the thing. If i don't dare, everyone dies."
"Do it" Rose spoke up.
"You don't even know what it is. You'd just let me?" The doctor asked, clearly confused and surprised at Rose's reply.
"Yeah"
Jackie spoke up again, this time begging. "Please...Doctor please, She's my daughter, She's just a child." Tears were forming in her eyes, i felt bad for her having to go through all this worrying after Rose having already disappeared for a year.
"Do you think i don't know that?" The Doctor raised his voice, clearly getting a little bit angry at Jackie's pleading "Because this is my life, Jackie. It's not fun, it's not smart, it's just standing up and making a decision because nobody else will"
I let out a sigh and stood up, taking my cup into the kitchen and placing it in the sink. I sat down at the kitchen table and put my head in my hands tuning out the rest of the conversation. I couldn't stand to hear that little bit of pain that broke through the doctor's voice.
It was a few moment's later of them all talking that silence fell over the flat, and all that could be heard was Jackie's choked sobs breaking through the air. I sighed and got up, heading over to the front door and stepping outside for some fresh air. Leaning against the railing i looked up at the cloud covered sky, i was so absorbed in watching the clouds pass that i hadn't heard the approaching footsteps, so when someone laid their hand on my shoulder i jumped, letting out a little squeak in the process.
Hearing the person snort from behind me, i spun round getting ready to give a stern talking to whoever decided to scare the life out of me, who i saw though almost gave me a heart attack. It was the doctor, looking very smug might i add.
"So, save the day did you?" I asked, folding my arms over my chest.
"Actually i did, thank you very much" He just grinned down at me and ruffled my hair a bit.
I shoved his hand away and a few seconds later he nodded for me to follow him, as i didn't have anything else to do currently i did just that. We walked down the stairs and out of the flat's and headed around the corner where a blue police box sat wedged between a wall and some bins. I felt my breathing speed up a little. I still had no proof that i wasn't just going insane in some mental hospital or something, but i couldn't pass up the opportunity to see inside the tardis. The doctor led me over to it and pulled out his key, unlocking the door. He nudged the door slightly, not enough to see in.
I raised my eyebrow at him and he just smirked, nodding for me to take a look. Letting out a huff i poked the door and let it swing open fully. My eyes widened and i felt my jaw hit the floor. If i hadn't been so absorbed in being shocked by the inside of the tardis i would have noticed the doctor giving me a fond look.
"Can i…?" I pointed at the inside and he just nudged me in with his hands. My eyes darted around the console room, it was way bigger than it looked on the show, There were giant coral pillars surrounding the main console and the walls had those little round lights on them and off to the left i saw a doorway which i assumed led further into the tardis, it took me about 5 minutes to pick my jaw up off the floor. I finally made my way further into the console room and walked up to the main attraction. It had buttons everywhere on it and even though i had watched the show, i couldn't tell you what anything was, except for the breaks and the typewriter for co-ordinates, everything else was a mystery.
The doctor walked up beside me and let out a laugh at the expression on my face "So, questions?"
"Uh.." I turned to him, my eyes still wide from wonder "First of all, how did i get here? I mean, one minute i was heading to my desk for my medicine to get rid of my dizzyness and the next im waking up in Jackie's flat… and earlier, you said i was a Time tot? Last i checked, which was recently, i was still human and now i suddenly have a bloody second heart, what's that about? Mind you though, it's pretty neat if a little off putting when you notice it. That's recent too, a second heart." I sucked in a breath for a moment, my scottish accent coming on pretty thick, it always did that when i was nervous, i took a second to think about telling him about the tv show but quickly decided against it "And what's with this place? Is it some kind of, i don't know secret doorway to narnia? Cause that's what it feels like"
The doctor just stared at me for a second before looking away "Blimey, you ask a lot of questions. But to answer you, I don't know how you got here, me and Rose just found you passed out not far from here when we took a walk, you were kinda conscious too, mumbling something about a bright light and feeling dizzy. And yes you are a Time tot, it's the child version of a Time Lord or Time Lady, which i happen to be, our species evolved to have two hearts, honestly don't know why, we just did" He looked back at me and smiled a little "Also no, it's not a secret doorway to narnia. It's called the Tardis, T.A.R.D.I.S that's Time And Relative Dimensions In Space."
"So what, we're alien then? And this thing.. it's a spaceship?.."
"Yes, very good." He grinned at me and walked up to the console, pressing a few buttons before the phone went off.
'Oh my god, he actually has a little phone in here'
He looked over at me funnily for a second before talking to rose on the phone about cooking or something. After a few minutes he hung up the phone and sighed, messing around with the controls until a disk popped out of what looked like an old cd player.
"Right, you" He pointed at me with the disk with his eyebrows furrowed but not looking completely angry or anything "wait here, i have to go talk to Mickey the idiot. Give me 5 minutes"
I nodded my head and watched him leave the tardis. I started poking at the controls when suddenly i was sparked by a button i ran my hand over, quickly pulling it back i inspected my injured finger and glared up at the ceiling, i felt a humming in my mind in response and i couldn't help but let out a startled snort.
I had almost forgot that the tardis was alive, and with all the thoughts going on in my head about time lords and whether or not the doctor would even think to take me with him and sentient ships, i didn't notice he had come back in, i was too busy looking at my burnt finger.
"You know, your finger doesn't hold all the answers." The doctor gently took my hand in his and pulled out a little tube of something with his other hand, taking the lid off he dabbed a little bit onto his thumb and ran it over the burn, i flinched back slightly but didn't back far enough away so i was still in the doctor's grasp, after a few seconds of him rubbing whatever it was on my finger, i watched in awe as the burn disappeared.
"What was that? Some sort of magic space alien cream or something?" i looked from my finger to the doctor and back again.
"Yeah, or something."
Rose came into the tardis a moment later waving slightly as she passed me to go down the hall further into the tardis.
"So, i was wondering if maybe….i don't know.." The doctor fiddled about with the console, not looking up at me but i could tell he wanted to "if you wanted to i mean… if you wanted to come with me and rose?" It was then he looked up at me, with what i could only assume was hope in his eyes.
"Alright," I put my hand on the console and smiled up at him, "take me away in your narnia spaceship" i watched as a huge grin slowly spread across his face, he quickly ran around the console pressing various buttons and before i knew it, that familiar noise i had heard growing up filled my ears.
Looks like i got my wish after all.