It all started when she was thirteen years old. She wasn't anybody special. Just a normal thirteen year old girl. With a normal thirteen year old girl life. Nobody important. And yet she saved the world.
Maddie sat in her room at her drawing board, trying to think of something to draw. She wanted something new and different. Something weird and unique, but nothing too odd. Just something... fresh.
She pulled her curly golden brown hair back into a ponytail, thought for a moment, then took the ponytail out again. She twirled her sketch pencil between her fingers.
"Great so... Art." she mumbled to herself. "Drawing... Art. But what to draw?" she moaned. Checking the clock, she realized it was one o five in the morning. She was tired, but she really felt like drawing something. She just had to figure out what.
As she was thinking to herself, she heard a crash outside. She assumed it was nothing and continued thinking. Then she noticed a weird noise. Like some kind of Sci fy vortex thing type of a noise.
She still ignored it. But it continued. Finally, she pulled back her curtain to peek outside, expecting a car crash or something weird.
What she saw was a big box out in her yard. Like a shed or something. And it was blue. How weird.
She quietly slipped on flip flops and crept outside to see it. Normally she wouldn't do anything like that; sneak outside at night. But this was... Weird.
She touched it to make sure it was real.
"Yup. Definitely real." she mumbled. Suddenly, the door opened. She screeched and jumped backwards.
"Hello! Aw don't be scared now it's just me. Don't worry I won't be long here. Doesn't look like a very interesting place. Not sure why I'm here. But I do suppose she always takes me where I need to go..."
Maddie stared. A man had just walked out of the box that was sitting on her front lawn. He was tall and thin, and had floppy dark brown hair. His eyes were blue as far as she could tell, and he had a very long an thin face. He wore a tweed jacket, white button down,red bowtie, black pants, hiking boots, and a red fez on his head. And he spoke with a British accent.
"What, you frightened? Don't be! Don't worry." he laughed.
"Who are you?" she whispered.
"Sorry?" he asked.
"Who are you?" she said louder.
"Ah! An American accent! How interesting. Are we in America then?" he smiled.
"Yeah. The States" she nodded. "but who are you and what is this?" she asked again.
"I am the doctor!" he laughed. "and this is my ship."
"You're a doctor?" she whispered.
"No." he shook his head, his hair flopping.
"But you said..."
He smiled. "I'm THE doctor."
"You're not the only doctor. If you're a doctor then you're a doctor." she pointed out.
"Nope. I'm the doctor." he said.
"Well why are you on my lawn? How did you get here?" she asked, looking up at the box.
"Why? Not sure. How?" he laughed. "my TARDIS."
"Your... What?" she frowned, listening, but still examining the box.
"This. My TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimension In Space." he nodded. He pressed his ear against the outside wall of the box. "Why did you bring me here?" he whispered.
"Are you talking to your box?" Maddie laughed, pushing her hair behind her ear.
"TARDIS." he corrected. "It's a TARDIS." he looked at her. "Pajamas? Lets see... Looks about 21st century right?" he asked.
Maddie suddenly realized she was in her tank top and pajama shorts.
"umm... Yeah. 2012." she said. "right so... Um, what did you say your name was?" she asked again, watching as he pulled out a small object shaped like a pen. It buzzed and a green light shined from the tip.
"I told you. I'm the doctor." he said.
"I know you're a doctor but what's your name?" she said, starting to get quite frustrated.
"The doctor. Just The Doctor."
"Doctor Who?" she cried.
"Shhh" he put his finger to his lips. "theres something here. My TARDIS always takes me where I need to go, which means there's something here. I got to find out what! Seen anything weird lately?" he turned to Maddie.
"No." she shrugged. "Wait what do you mean?" she asked.
"Oh I don't know. Strange people, weird voices, inexplicable deaths, a spaceship falling out of the sky?" he asked, his blue eyes wide.
"What? No." she frowned. She couldn't help but wonder if he even knew what he was saying. Maybe he's insane, she thought.
He walked around the front yard, examining everything. Then he stopped at the edge of the driveway.
"What's back there?" he asked, looking into the backyard.
"Nothing really." Maddie shrugged. "Just grass and pine trees mostly. Theres a picnic table, and umm, a garden area under the tree with rocks and statues and stuff." her brown eyes followed him as he raced to the backyard.
"Where are you going?" she cried, following him. The grass was wet and it was cold out, she didn't want to stay outside much longer.
"Aha!" he cried, pulling something out from under the tree.
"Hey! Thats our garden! You can't... What are you doing?" she cried.
"How long has this been in your backyard?" he asked, holding up a little stone statue of an angel.
"I don't know." she shrugged. "A while."
"Well alright then. Off I go. Goodbye." he waved and, angel in hand, took off for the front yard.
"Hang on you can't just take it! Thats our angel!" she cried, following him. "Where are you going?"
"This thing is death. So I am going to get rid of it!" he smiled. "See you later!" he stepped into the blue box.
"You're not leaving. You're just going into the box." she laughed.
"TARDIS." he said again. "it's a TARDIS."
"Well whatever." she shook her head. "That box isn't going to take you anyw-"
He shut the door. Suddenly, that strange Sci fy vortex sound could be heard again. And the box faded away.
Maddie stared. That couldn't be real. It just couldn't. She walked around the spot where it had just been, and grasped the air, trying to find it.
"Wh- wha-Wh-WHAT?" she cried, staring.
As She Examined the air, she heard that weird noise again. She jumped back, frightened. And the box reappeared right before her eyes, fading into sight.
The door opened and the doctors head poked out.
"What's your name then?" he asked.
She simply stared. Why did he come back?
"Well go on then, what's your name?" he asked again.
"Uh... Um, Madeline. Maddie." she said awkwardly.
"Oh. Brilliant name." he smiled. "Just kidding." he frowned. "I hate it."
"What?" Maddie cried angrily.
"Whats your middle name?" he asked.
"Uh... Marie." she responded.
"Great. You're Marie now." he disappeared back into the box, then quickly popped out again. "And uh, don't buy any more stone angels." he laughed. "Later, Marie!" and the box, the TARDIS, disappeared again.
Maddie stood there for a moment, then she realized he wasn't going to come back.
Quietly, she crept inside, back into her room. She sat back down at her drawing board. She couldn't get it out of her head. The TARDIS, that weird noise, that strange doctor, with his fez and bow-tie and British accent.
She grabbed her sketch pencil and began her drawing. She was drawing the TARDIS.