Back To School

Donna Noble has led a very simple existence...or so she believes. Until a girl claiming to know her turns up takes Donna to the edge of space and time and back. Through time mysteries, adventures and locks...

Chapter one: Something to remember us by

Of course Donna Noble had been known to drink a few too many once a week and wake up forgetting the night, but forgetting a year must have been at least at the top of the "weird things that happen" list. The first few weeks Donna had just shooed it off, but now it was starting to bother her. The entire year, and months before that were even fuzzy, and made her mind ache with just trying to piece together what she could about it. In the end, about a month after the big "planets in the sky trick" happened, Donna was beginning to think she was brainwashed, or at least going crazy and probably imagining. She had asked her mother what was going on with her, to which she had replied that she had amnesia, from an accident. Even that had sounded rational, but even with her super temp magic she found no hospital records. But that wasn't the weirdest part.

Then came the presents.

On the doorstep one Tuesday, and every Tuesday afterwards, there would always be a parcel left for her on the doorstep. Most of the time, the parcel would be signed in some unrecognizable handwriting, in a different language of sorts, but then you would find one in english: for instance one was signed by somebody called "Sigma". Who the hell was Sigma? Something she couldn't find out.

In these parcels, there would always be a box wrapped up in wrapping paper and inside there would always some magnificent thing: Once Donna had found a necklace absolutely drenched in perfect gems of purple and silver, and there was a bracelet too!

Her mother (who was also by Donna's terms acting like she was brainwashed) had suggested that Donna KEEP the parcels. KEEP THEM! Donna thought Sylvia always said it as if she knew who Sigma was...or at least thought was Sigma.

All the parcels came with a card, but there was only two she could read. They both said

For all that you have done

X

P.S: We will always remember you, the stars and sky will always carry your name.

It truly was weird. Along with her dreams. Dreams of snow and fire and ash: Of armies and fat, and of Agatha Christie. Oh and Sparticus...

Donna was having much trouble with all these strange things happening around her, she could hardly think straight when she was looking after Nerys's kids, or working at the printing firm a couple of tie a week. Nothing fancy just helping type in old data into computers.

After work one day, Donna was walking home through the park. There were practically no one there, except the couple on the park bench who had by now become entangled in each other, looking like some sort of weird two-headed monster. Donna was walking on the path until a hand grabbed her shoulder and pulled her around. The hands belonged to a blonde woman, dressed in combat gear in knee high boots with the widest smile she had ever seen across her features.

"DONNA!"

Donna shoved the woman off

"exCUSE ME?"

The woman's wide grin faded quickly, and her face was serious

"Donna it's me Jenny!"

"Who?"

"Jenny!"

"Look here missy I don't know you..."

"Of course you do! I'm Jenny! Remember Messaline? The Hath? The source? You and the Doctor and that Martha traveling? Remember the running? THE RUNNING..."

THE RUNNING

Donna's head was starting to pound as she clutched it trying to hold it together. Jenny was staring at her, as the stream of time lord consciousness flowed through the mental walls, thoughts, smells, sights, knowledge raced through Donna, while she tried to grasp for breath and before slowly descending to the ground. All those moments came flooding back, along with searing pain going through her mind. Her body was shivering on the ground. She could just make out Jenny's cries to her as her mind slowly slipped out of consciousness whilst saying

"damn...that...stupid...time-boy..."

Jenny panicked.

She didn't know what to do.

After all the adventures she had been in, all the places she went to, she wasn't as scared as she had been at this very moment.

She tried to think of what to do, she had no idea herself what was happening but she had an idea of where she could get some help.

She gingerly picked up donna and took her back to her ship, neatly hidden in a load of bushes and hedges nearby and rested and seat-belted her in one of the chairs that came with the upgrade her ship got a couple of trips back. She sat back into her captain's chair and flicked numerous switches and held the joystick as the engines sprung into life.

"Hold on Donna" she said "I know where we can get some help"