She sat alone on a roof, silent tears rushing down her face. She felt like her world was broken. She had been so filled with hope, thinking maybe he would really come back….but it had been four years, and there had been no sight of him. She was shivering, but she sat there as the tears came, shaking her body, filling her soul.

EIGHT YEARS LATER

She sat alone on a roof, last shreds of hope falling. But she dredged up a smile, the hope inside of her rising, lifting her heart. And she could hear his voice in her ear, a promise being made. Surely he wasn't the type to break it? But he said five minutes. It was twelve years so far, and with every day that went past, a little more of her heart broke. She was constantly reminded of how unloved, unwanted she had been. Obviously, as a seven year old, she had thought maybe he wanted her. She was young and innocent then. But she had grown up, seen the world, the big bad wolf, and she knew how hard life was. She knew that even when she first saw him, the wonderful man, her raggedy doctor. She had always been wise beyond her years. But she had misjudged it this time. And as she slipped off the roof for the last time, she knew he wasn't coming back. But she still had a little hope, and she could almost hear him calling her name. She heard a snap from the bushes and sharply turned around. And she heard those words come from his mouth, the words that would change her life forever.

'Amelia? Amelia Pond?'
She recognised that voice. It was the voice she had been wanting to hear for twelve years. But now he was back, now it was actually happening, mingled with the happiness, the hurt, she felt anger rising up towards her throat. He had lied. He had broken his promise. And as he turned to her and asked her if she knew Amelia Pond, the anger overtook her.
'What right do you have to be on this property?' she yelled at him.
The man was visibly confused. But a spark caught in his eyes, and he narrowed them.
'Amelia? Is that you? My, how you've grown, you kno-'
She cut him off midsentence. 'You said five minutes!'
He seemed to realise how long he had been gone for. 'Wait….how long has it been?' he asked curiously.
'Twelve years,' she said, hot tears prickling the back of her eyes, and she couldn't quite tell if they were tears of anger, sadness, or happiness.
'What? No, that can't be….' He said, pacing back and forth.
'They thought I was crazy! They thought I was…..insane….' she whispered. All the pain, the loneliness, the abandonment she had felt throughout the last twelve years caught up with her, and a solitary tear slipped down her cheek. She hurriedly wiped it away. 'No one believed me….they thought I was making up a fantasy….'
'Well, I'm here now. So, where do you want to go?' he asked, oblivious to the amount of hurt Amy had felt over the years.
Amy just glared at him.
'Whoa, hold up there!' she said. 'You have a little explaining to do first. So, why were you so long?' she huffed.
'Different planets, different times. Next question.'
Amelia was annoyed by his lack of….apology. But she left it, and moved on. 'Okay…who are you?' she asked. This was the question she had really wanted to ask all those years.
'I am the doctor. I have two hearts, and I fly around in this big blue box. The TARDIS. That's Time And Relative Dimensions In Space, so you know.'
'So…you're not….human?'
'Not strictly. I'm a time lord. Last of my kind. Now will you please tell me where you want to go!'
'Umm…where can we go?'
'Anywhere, any time.'
'Does that mean we can go to the time when the world ended? Or maybe we could relive that time, twelve years ago, when you dropped into my garden and said you would be five minutes?'
'Well…yes….we could…' he slowly said. 'Okay, Amelia-'
'Amy.'
'Okay, Amy, I'm sorry. But it was only five minutes where I was….'
Amy brightened. It was as if something in her had changed.
'Alright then, let's go to….Mars.'
'Why Mars? We could go anywhere! We could go to places that you humans have never even discovered!'
'Okay…take me where you want to then.'
The Doctor said nothing. All he did was walk into the TARDIS. Amy just stood outside.
'Well, are you coming?' he said, and pulled Amy into the TARDIS with him.
'It's…bigger on the inside!' Amy said, and rushed outside. She did a quick loop around the TARDIS.
'Been there, heard that, the Doctor said, and pulled her back inside.