As You Were

Prologue

Time Lords were not omnipotent. They were neither all-powerful nor all-knowing. But there was one thing that the Doctor did know with complete certainty: the universe was a funny thing.

"So… what is this? The epilogue to your sob story?"

The Doctor blinked at the figure before him. She looked human, and no more than seventeen at that. She had blonde hair and was wearing nothing but a leotard. Her arms were crossed over her chest and she had a sneer across her face. She was arrogant, whatever she was.

"Hey!" He yelled. "Get out of my TARDIS! This is a no hitchhiking zone! And that goes for both brides and little girls!"

The girl dropped her arms and just stared at him. "What?" She asked, obviously not comprehending what he was raving about.

The Doctor, however, did not bother to answer her question. Twice in a very short period of time had random human females suddenly appearing in his TARDIS for no good reason and he was starting to get a little tired of it. He marched up to the girl, sonic screwdriver in hand, determined to figure out what sort of creature she was. However, the moment he aimed the device at her she disappeared. Not teleported, she just faded away as though she were nothing more than dust.

"Huh." The Doctor mumbled to himself. "Well, that was weird."

He liked weird.