Shi and Aki: Hello!!
Shi: Well, we are both new to the Doctor Who fandom, and we've both only seen a few episodes, but.. well... we just couldn't resist.
Aki: We had to make a fic for it! Of course!
Shi: If something is wrong, we're terribly sorry, but hopefully it will turn out to be pretty good.
Aki: Yeah! But remember, we don't own Doctor Who.
Shi: I wish Doctor Who was real though...
Aki: Me too...
Shi and Aki: -mirror sighs-
Shi: Anyways, onto the first chapter of Timeless As Fate!


Timeless As Fate
Chapter One
Lorna and Danielle
by
Aki and Shi

The Doctor had been devastated. He and Rose no longer traveled together. It really happened. Of course, he knew Rose would not continue traveling with him forever, but the parting had been too soon for his liking. It would have been too soon even if it had happened many more years after the time that it did, but it still happened. He could do nothing but pick up the pieces and try to move on. There were many lives that still needed to be saved.

At that moment, something vibrated in the Time Lord's pocket. Hastily wiping a stray tear that had escaped down his cheek, he rushed to pull out his psychic paper. Words flashed across the apparently blank sheet of paper.

"Help!"

"Britain in danger."

"Nuclear Plant."

"Problem."

"14 January 2007, Britain"

The Doctor frowned, pushing Rose to the back of his mind for now, and was quick to set the coordinates. He didn't like the sound of a problem at a nuclear plant. Definitely not a good thing. "Well then, let's be off," he said as cheerily as he could. There was no one else there with him, so he was talking to himself or the Tardis.

With a lurch the ship disguised as a blue police box headed straight for the present day. Suddenly, it appeared in a back alley, and the mechanics settled down as the Doctor strode forward and took a step out into the year 2007.

The sun shone brightly, almost innocently, down upon him. The Doctor took a deep breath of that clean, yet smog-filled, air, and a small smile found its way onto his face. For a moment, he was happy again. Earth always seemed to have that affect on him, no matter how many times he returned to the planet full of stupid apes. "Right," he sighed after a moment. The door to the Tardis slid shut by his hand and was locked. Then, he started off, easily and silently slipping into the bustling crowd on the streets.

"Now, if I were a nuclear plant, where would I be?" the Doctor asked himself as he looked around. Absently, he ran a hand through his brown hair before picking a direction and walking blindly on, muttering, "Maybe this way? Yes, this seems like a promising direction..."

At that moment, he heard someone exclaim, "Thief!" Snapping his gaze across the street, the Time Lord saw a girl snicker as she ran out of a shop with some sweets tucked snugly in her old backpack. As she rounded a corner, the Doctor shot after her.

He continued to chase the mysterious head of short black hair another couple of minutes until the girl was grabbed and jerked into an alleyway. Slowing down to a stop, the Doctor ducked behind a trashcan and eavesdropped into the conversation that the thief and a girl who looked about a year older than the first girl were having.

"Lorna," the seventeen-year-old girl with long black hair pulled back into a simple ponytail scolded, her hand gripping the younger girl's arm in a gentle but stern hold, "what did you do?"

"Nothing," the first girl, Lorna, exclaimed defensively and tried to wriggle her arm out of the older teenager's grip. "Come on, let go, Danielle!" she whined and struggled, even trying to give her best friend the puppy dog stare.

"Oh no, don't you try and use that puppy dog face on me, Lorna," the girl, now known as Danielle, scorned and wagged a finger in front of Lorna's face. "I've told you that we'd get out of that orphanage, and I am working as much as I can at the bookstore, but you have to listen to me! We have enough money to get by, so just be glad that I could find such good luck! I do NOT want you turning into a thief! Do you hear me, Lorna?" she asked sternly.

Lorna scowled at the wall to the right of her and grumbled, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I hear you.. Loud and clear..."

Danielle's silver eyes softened after a moment. She sighed and let the younger of the two's arm slowly fall from her grasp. "I just... we've been together too long, and I don't want them to separate because you stole something... I.. don't know what I would do without you..." Her voice trailed off to end in a pained whisper, gaze cast downwards to the ground.

"Well," the Doctor muttered under his breath as he watched the two's interaction, "at least one of them has a good sense of right and wrong..." He continued to spy on them, curious as their relationship with one another. They were too close to the same age to be mother and daughter, though Danielle seemed quite protective of Lorna. "Perhaps they are sisters?... Then again, I don't think so..."

Lorna shifted uncomfortably on her feet and cracked her knuckles in the awkward moment. She hated when Danielle got emotional over things and hurt. After a moment, she coughed into her hand and conceded, "Fine.. I'll go return this stuff... I'll see you back at home, okay?"

Danielle smiled at the younger teenager. "Yeah, alright. See you later then," she said and waved as Lorna stalked off back down the street. When the younger was gone, she narrowed her eyes. She had always had a weird sense, some might call her psychic, but she was not for sure, but she could be quite the lucky guesser. "Alright, whoever you are, you can come out now," she called out with a guarded, cautious but brave look on her face.

The Doctor blinked in confusion before hauling himself to his feet. "Right," he whispered and stepped forward into view of the girl. "Hello," he grinned down at her, "I'm th--," he began to speak.

"The Doctor," Danielle breathed suddenly, breaking the Time Lord's introduction, her eyes wide in surprise. She had heard rumors about him, and had been curious. Now, she could definitely tell that he was much different from human beings.

"Yes," the Doctor answered slowly, carefully, "how do you know me? I've never met you before."

Danielle smiled some and said, "I do hear rumors, you know, and each rumor sounds crazier than the next, but it's still very fascinating. Would you like to come over for some tea?" She waited patiently for an answer, being in no real rush to get home.

"Ah, no, probably not. I have things I must do," Doctor said and thanked her.

Danielle flashed him a toothy grin. "Alright, Doctor," she replied and waved as she began to walk away, "see you around."

Suddenly, there was a voice screaming down the street that Lorna had just went down to return the stolen goods. "So, you return to the scene of the crime, eh, Thief?" the voice exclaimed, the voice barely loud enough for Danielle and the Doctor to hear.

Danielle froze, eyes growing wide as she looked in the direction of the voice with a pale face. Her gaze met the Doctor's briefly before he hurried forward and grabbed her hand. "Come on," was all he said as he ran round the corner.

A shopkeeper stood there gripping Lorna fiercely by the upper arm, the sixteen-year-old girl struggling against his hold as she attempted to explain she was there to return the things she had stolen. He would hear none of it, however and called out for the police.

"Lorna!" Danielle exclaimed as she and the Doctor came to a stop beside the shopkeeper and Lorna.

"You know her?" the overweight man of a shopkeeper snapped at the silver-eyed girl, his eyes narrowed. "People don't take kindly to thieves, you know," he said matter-of-factly and scowled at the two girls. "Police!" he called to get a cop's attention.

"Alright, alright, I hear you," the Doctor said over the shopkeeper's voice. He pulled out his psychic paper and opened it to show the man, who leaned forward to exam it, seeing a nice, shiny police badge. "Officer Smith here to help," Doctor said in a business-like tone as he tucked the psychic paper back into his jacket. "Now, what seems to be the problem?" he asked trying to look official.

"This girl stole from my shop!" the guy bellowed angrily and shook Lorna's bruising arm to emphasize his outrage.

Lorna winced slightly then scowled and replied scathingly, "Yeah, and I was TRYING to bring it BACK, but this bloody wanker just jumped me and started screaming!" She tried to tug her arm from his grip, but it was no use.

"How dare you!" the shopkeeper growled, his face turning an angry red.

"Excuse me," Doctor said as politely as possible, and when he had the two's attention, plus Danielle and half the street of people, he spoke again, "Right, Sir, I need to ask you to let go of the girl's arm."

"She'll try to run off," the man said sourly, eying Lorna distrustfully.

"No, she won't," Danielle replied angrily while Lorna said simultaneously, "No, I won't!"

"You expect me to believe you? Believe a thief's word? Ha!" the guy grunted, not believing a word coming from the girls' mouths.

"Sir, let her go. She will not run, will you, Miss?" Doctor asked airily and looked to Lorna, who glanced anxiously at her best friend. Danielle nodded her head encouragingly, silently telling the younger girl to trust the Doctor. Sighing, Lorna nodded in defeat to the Doctor, who beamed. "Great! See there? Now, release her if you please."

Begrudgingly, the shopkeeper relinquished his hold on the sixteen-year-old's arm. He did not bother to disguise the death glare he was sending the girls.

"Now, Sir, could it be possible that she did indeed want to return the things she stole?" Doctor asked casually, looking very much calm and relaxed.

"Doesn't matter, does it?" the man snapped, "She still stole it all in the first place! Doesn't matter that she had a guilty conscience and decided she didn't want them after all! She never should have took them in the first place!"

"True," Doctor commented, looking skyward with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"If you're stuff wasn't so over-priced then stealing wouldn't be an issue!" Lorna rebuked angrily.

"Ah yes, that is a good point as well," Doctor said while thinking, many humans are too greedy for their own good...

"Maybe you should get a job!" the shopkeeper rebuked loudly, arguing with the young girl.

"Maybe you should just roll over and play dead!" Lorna retaliated. Her fists were clenched tightly in her fury.

"Alright," Doctor shouted, "that is enough! Now, Sir, if you will take back your goods, I'll deal with the girl." He was already tired of the bickering. The shopkeeper smirked and gladly plucked the stolen goods up, leaving the old backpack to be picked up by Lorna just before the Doctor steered her away, rambling on about the police station. Danielle followed along behind, barely concealing a smile at the look on Lorna's face and the Doctor's behavior in getting the sixteen-year-old out of trouble.

When they turned the corner, the Doctor's arms fell away from Lorna. He looked from her confused expression to Danielle's amused one. Then he and Danielle burst out laughing. "Ah, that was great! Most fun I've had in some time," Doctor gasped lightly through his laughter.

"That was brilliant, Doctor!" Danielle giggled, "Sorry, Lorna, but at least you're out of trouble for now." She smiled at her pouting best friend. "Aw, come on, don't be so grumpy about it all. It's your own fault for stealing," she chuckled some and lightly punched Lorna on the side of the arm.

Lorna whined and rubbed her arm. The punch hadn't hurt; it had been a playful punch, but Lorna pretended it hurt then she'd turn around and laugh with Danielle, like she did this particular time as well.

"I suppose I should thank you," Lorna said absently as she, Danielle, and the Doctor walked down the street.

"No thanks necessary," Doctor replied grinning like a fool, "but I wouldn't mind if you could possibly point me in the right direction to a nearby nuclear plant." He turned serious, suddenly remembering the message he had received by way of his psychic paper.


Shi: Alright, how was the first chapter?
Aki: I thought it was pretty good!
Shi: Haha, well thanks!
Aki: No problem.. ah, my turn next! Yay!
Shi: -rolls eyes- I didn't know I would get you so obsessed with this show...
Aki: Ah well, better to be addicted to Doctor Who than to drugs and alcohol!
Shi: True.. hey, that's my saying!
Aki: See ya!
Shi: -pouts-