Never Lost But Found
A Doctor Who Fan Fiction
Disclaimer:
I do not own Doctor Who or any of the characters in it. The only thing I own are the new characters I add and the content of the story.
Authors note:
This is my first fan fiction sorry if it's not that good I got the idea from a random dream please review I'm happy to get suggestions or help on where to go with it next.
Samantha awoke to a sound she only dreamed about when she was a younger. The security light outside the garage flicked on, a ray of light streamed through the gap in her curtains. She sat up in bed and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, removed the covers and got out. She slowly walked down the hall being extra quiet when passing her caregivers room. The door creaked as it opened she could hear faint voices coming from the driveway. Samantha stepped out and hid on the doorstep and listened to the voices. "Where are we?" Clara asked confused looking at a suburban house in front of her. The Doctor stepped out of the TARDIS and looked around. "I'm not sure." He replied. "The TARDIS was drawn off course it took us here, I think we're somewhere in London." The Doctor said.
"Well that's weird." Clara commented.
"Very..." The Doctor was in the middle of saying something when Clara interrupted.
"Did you hear that?" She said motioning towards the door step.
"Hear what?" The Doctor asked.
"Shh!" Clara hushed.
"Did you just shh me?" The Doctor whispered. Clara swatted him in the side and tried to listen for the noise again. Samantha froze, she couldn't breathe. She tried to go back in the door but it started creaking so she stopped. "I don't think we're alone" Clara stated.
"I think you're right" The Doctor said as stepped forward closer to the doorstep.
"Hello?" He called out.
"We won't hurt you." Clara added. Samantha took a deep shaky breath and walked off the doorstep. The Doctor and Clara stared at the girl standing in front of them. Clara kept looking in a sort of awe, the Doctor looked at Clara then back at the girl. He did this a few times.
"Doctor?" Clara questioned under her breath keeping her eyes on the girl. It was now clear to him that Clara had also recognised the unbelievable similarities between her appearance and the girls. The Doctor stepped closer and held out his hand towards the girl.
"I'm The Doctor and this is Clara" He said motioning to Clara when he said her name.
"What's your name?" He asked. Samantha stepped forward and confidently shook The Doctors hand and replied "My name is Samantha."
The Doctor looked over at Clara who was still in dismay looking at Samantha. "You'll have to excuse us for a second." The Doctor explained . The Doctor turned and briskly walked over to Clara and ushered her in to the TARDIS. Clara walked around the control panel "Doctor, what...I mean how is that possible?" She questioned clearly puzzled.
" I honestly don't know." The Doctor said frustrated. He walked over to Clara, she looked up at him and he smiled " We'll figure it out." He said. Just as Clara was going to open her mouth and say something there was a knock on the TARDIS door. Samantha didn't intend to open the door she was wondering where they got to because a police call box wasn't that big and how they could both fit in there without being awkwardly squashed but the TARDIS door opened anyway. The Doctor and Clara turned around to see Samantha standing at the door with her mouth gaping open. The Doctor laughed quietly, Clara nudged him with her elbow. Samantha just stared, she couldn't believe what she was looking at. The bright lights, buttons, controls everywhere and it was huge much bigger than a police phone box. Samantha stepped backwards and looked at the outside. She walked around the TARDIS her brain searching for a relevant explanation. She appeared at the door way again, looking at The Doctor he waved his hand signalling her to come in. Clara watched Samantha's face as she looked around. Samantha walked slowly over to The Doctor and said hesitantly "...It's smaller on the outside."
The Doctor frowned slightly remembering that it was the Governess Clara who had first commented on the TARDIS like that. Clara noticed and thought she would ask him about it later. "Is this a time machine?" Samantha asked looking around and bringing The Doctor back to reality. "Why yes, it is." The Doctor replied confused, thinking how did she know, he was just about to ask but Clara bet him to it.
"How did you know that?" Clara questioned.
"Good guess?" Samantha shrugged her shoulders with a small smile. Clara returned the smile then looked over at The Doctor and saw the confused look on his face. Samantha looked around fascinated, she almost thought she was dreaming till she heard faint noises coming from the house. She looked over to The Doctor and Clara to see if they heard it to.
"What was that?" Clara asked.
"It might be my caregivers" Samantha said hastily. "I'll be right back, please stay." She continued then rushed out of the TARDIS heading for the front door. Samantha sneaked down the hall and stopped outside her caregivers room and listened carefully. She breathed a sigh of relief as it was just the radio in their room. Meanwhile in the TARDIS.
"How did she know the TARDIS was a time machine?" The Doctor questioned looking at Clara. Clara raised her hands "I have no clue, I think she knows more than she's telling us". She replied walking over to The Doctor who and been pacing around the control panel. The Doctor stopped walking and leaned on the control panel rubbing his temples.
" This makes no sense." He grumbled. Clara leaned next to him.
"Hey" She said getting his attention. He looked at her and she smiled. He couldn't resist smiling back. "We'll figure it out." She repeated his words from earlier. The Doctor cupped one of his hands on the side of her face and smiled saying "We sure will."
Samantha turned up at the door of the TARDIS and slowly walked in watching The Doctor and Clara. The Doctor stood up and walked over to her with Clara not to far behind.
" It's okay the noise was just my caregivers radio playing, they're still asleep." Samantha informed them. The Doctor nodded, he looked at Samantha with confusion. " When you said caregivers, why do you say caregivers why not parents?" The Doctor asked quite bluntly. Samantha took a breath. " Because I don't know who my parents are, as long as I can remember my caregivers looked after me and when ever I would ask about my parents they would get angry and..." She stuttered, then looked down "... beat me and tell me it was better if I knew nothing." She looked around trying to get the water out of her eyes before the tears fell. " In the end I stopped asking, I learned that asking about them would only cause me more pain." She finished her voice nearly at a whisper. Clara felt deeply saddened by what Samantha had just told them The Doctor could see this when he looked over his shoulder at her and saw her face. He looked back to Samantha "I'm sorry."
"It's okay." Samantha replied with a small smile. "Can you really go anywhere in this?" Samantha asked as she continued to look around. " Yes, any time any place." The Doctor replied smiling taking note on how relived Samantha looked to be dropping the subject of her parents. The Doctor turned to Clara smiled then turned around to face Samantha and said excitedly. "Do you want to come for a ride?"