The audience cheered as a short bald man stepped on the platform above the ground. He moved closer to the mic and alittle bit of feedback echoed through the town square.

Everyone would be watching this in there homes. It wasn't everyday that a member of the royal family choice to attend the Academy. In fact it was unheard of.

Everywhere wanted to know who this brave indivigual is that went against the high conical. No one did that.

The short man threw is arms out and spoke. "Hello everyone! Now I would like introduce you to the new faces of our society. These young men and woman will follow the Gallifreyian legacy. In just a moment they will step through these doors and enter the most prestiges education center in all the galaxies. The Academy. Now this year we have a very scepical addition to the family and I would like everyone to give her a warm welcome.

The crowd begain to cheer even of there eyes moved to a curtain in the center of the stage, wating for it be lifted.

"Now anoncing the crown princess Kera of Gallifrey." The crowd cheered as the cloth was lifted but slowly stopped when they relized what was under the curtain.

Nothing.

The bald man coughed neviously. "As I was saying, please welcome the crown princess of Gallifrey Kera."

Still nothing.

Another man moved to get on stage he grabbed the mic from the bald man, and moved to the center of the stage.

"Hello everyone. My name is Dorian and I am the private guard for the princess. I have regrat to inform you that the princess is extremely ill and can not make it, but she sends her upmost apologies and will defiantly be at the welcome ball this evening."

Dorian bowed to the audience and walked off the stage into the crowd.

What was that girl thinking he thought. Why do I keep covering for her?

Dorian moved ignoring the audiences murmers and started to head for the woods near the end of town.

Now I have to find her. She's so dumb sometimes.

Kera yawned as she put her current book down and starred at the orange sky.

Every thing was so clam. This is the way she liked it she thought. Away from the crowds and the congestion. It was only her and the sky.

She really did try to go the opening cerimony but the thought of having to smile and wave while people fawned over her sounded awful. So instead she snuck out of the town and into the woods, found a nice tree, climbed it, and just read.

She was going to hear it from Dorian later though. But, for right now she just wanted to be away from it all.

Kera heard a rustle in the woods and she tried move to look but soon reazlied she was still on the tree branch.

She let alittle yelp escape her mouth as she fell to the ground below. She braced herself for the landed but felt nothing.

She heard a soft groan from underneath her and paniced a bit.

She immediately looked down and saw why the fall barely hurt.

Underneath her was a young man. He looked about 22 but he was problely around 700ish.

Kera immediately crawled off the stranger and stared checking him out from injuries.

"Oh my God. I am so sorry! Are you hurt? Oh never mind of course your hurt, I just landed on you. I'm so sorry, I was just reading and I heard a noise and..."

The stranger cut her off by touching her shoulder. "Hey, no. Calm down. I'm ok."

Kera let out a sigh off relief then noticed her book next to the man. Had that book hit him in the head also?! Oh no.

The man removed his hand and looked down at the book. "Is this yours?"

He went to pick it up but then realized something. "Wait. Did you say you were reading from up there?" He point up to the tree that I had fallen from.

I looked down now embarrassed by my previous actions. "Uhh..Yeah. It's just a nice place to relax and the know..." The strange handed the book to her.

"get away from it all?"

Kera was shocked. Had he just finished her sentence?

"Yeah..How did you know?"

He smiled at me. "Lucky guess, plus I think your book gives it away."

He was right. Her latest book was an Agatha Christie novel. No time lady would read that type of book unless she wanted to leave the planet. It was a human book after all.

"Yeah. I know its kind of silly but I just love the mystery of it all. The adventure, and the cliff hangers, everything about it just makes me feel like I'm in another world. It's magical."

The stranger helped her up and said. "No. I completely understand. Someday I hope to travel across time and see all of these amazing things that Iv'e only heard of in books."

Kera gave a sad smile. "Yeah.. That would be nice."

The man noticed her change in tone almost immediately. "What's with the sad face?"

Kera sighed "It's just that I don't think my parent would want me to travel the universe."

The man thought for a moment then came up with a solution. "Maybe then you should just run away."

Kera was at a lost for words. Run away from her family? She could never do that. She had certain duties to fulfill. But the thought of it did sound kind of exhilarating.

Kera gave the stranger a sly smile. "Who knows, maybe I will."

Suddenly Kera heard distant shouting coming this way and sighed.

I guess my quiet time is over. Time it deal with Dorian.

Kera smiled at the stranger. "Well thats my queue. It was nice to meet you Mr..."

The stranger smirked "Theta. Theta Sigma. And your name is?"

Kera smiled and put out her hand. "Kera."

Theta gave her a questioning look. "Just Kera? You don't have a last name?"

Kera gave Theta a wink. "No, I have a last name what a conversation without a little mystery?

Theta laughed. "That's true. I guess it would be a pretty boring conversation."

He smiled and shook her hand. "Well its nice to meet you Kera." Kera moved closer into the forset and smiled. "You to Theata."