Maddeline couldn't help but stare at the skies in wonder. The stars were twinkling brightly, and the moon smiled down at her. Her green/gold eyes suddenly flicked to look at the stairs, and she frowned. There was the soft noise of talking, something her parents never did, not even to each other. With a suspicious expression, she crept up the stairs, leaning against the wall.
When Maddeline reached the top of the stairs, she noticed a glowing, white light white coming from underneath her bedroom door. She suddenly remembered the same white light coming from the cracks in time from her favorite show, Doctor Who. Her eyebrows knitted as her heart hammered in her chest. She stood there for a few moments, debating over whether or not to go in. Eventually, her curiosity overpowered her and she pushed her door open.
There was a crack, a crack identical to the one in Amy's wall in her light. The crack was glowing, but the light wasn't turned on.
"No," Maddeline murmured as she stared up at the glowing crack. "It can't be."
"It is, though," a voice told her, and she whirled around, her brown hair flying into her face.
"J-Jack?" she stammered, her eyes widening with shock. "Captain Jack Harkness?"
"That's me." Jack stepped forward and into the light that the crack was providing, smiling. His hands were jammed into his pockets. "Hey, Maddy."
"How do you know me?" Maddeline asked him, her eyes still the size of the moon.
"We've met before," Jack replied with a shrug. "Anyway, you ready to go?"
"Go?" she repeated, her brows knitting. "Go where?"
"We're going to my universe, the universe you belong in," he explained, offering her his arm.
"How?" Maddeline gave him a suspicious look.
"Through that." Jack pointed up at the crack, and she grimaced.
"I'm so going to regret this," she muttered under her breath before she took his arm.
Jack chuckled at her words, facing the crack.
"GERONIMO!" Maddeline screamed as they were sucked up by the crack.
"Where are we now, Jack?" Maddeline looked around at their surroundings, her expression the same as before.
"Welcome to Torchwood, Maddy," Jack said with a grin, pulling his coat off. "Feel free to make yourself at home," he said as he tossed the coat on a random chair.
"So I'm in Doctor Who now?" She honestly couldn't believe this was happening. "Seriously?"
"Seriously," Jack confirmed, his grin widening. He sank into a chair. "So now what, Maddy? Are you going to go looking for him?"
Maddeline scrunched up her face as she thought about it. She made up her mind after a few minutes, with Jack snickering at her face in the background. "Nah, not tonight. I'll get some sleep first. But, Jack, how am I supposed to go looking for him?"
"Easy," Jack said with a mischievous grin. "Your iPod is sonic now. It's got Vortex Manipulator software installed into it."
"How do you know all of this?" Maddeline asked curiously as she looked up at him, turning her attention away from her iPod.
"You told me," he explained. "Your bedroom's just down that hall, take a right, then a left, then another right, and it'll be right next to the door to leave. You asked specifically for that room when we first met, and it's been reserved just for you ever since."
"Okay," she said slowly. "But you had better not be trying to trick me or something."
Jack chuckled. "I'm not, I promise."
Maddeline yawned and shrugged. "Whatever," she muttered before setting off down the hallway.
When she reached her room, she threw the door open, and her eyes instantly filled with tears. Her room was identical to the one she'd had before. There was the same bed, the same light (minus the crack), the same walls, the same bedding, the same furniture, the same decorations, the same everything. It was so nostalgic, but so beautiful at the same time. Before she could go too far down memory lane, she jumped on to the bed. Minutes after her head hit the pillow, she fell asleep.
