Author note: This is my first fan fiction trying to get some creative juices flowing, I actually just wrote it for fun when a friend suggested adding it here. Please leave me some constructive criticism I do love some good old fashion critiquing. Am I being too descriptive? Or perhaps not enough. I'm not sure I nailed the shock value, I'm trying to write a book writing something small before I start helps me so I should get one of these out daily if you guys like it.
Disclaimer: I of course own nothing
I sighed laying back sinking into my deep burgundy sheets staring up at the popcorn ceiling. I was in a rut that much was very clear to me. I hated it more than anything but what could I do? I sighed again frustratedly beating my fists on the soft bed, feeling them bounce back a bit. I got up scratching my head messing up my bright red hair walking to the window. My mind drifted back to a week ago, to when I left my job. I worked in petroleum engineering, I traveled the worked looking for oil. Suddenly they brought me into the office wanting me to settle. I wasn't made to settle, There was still so much I wanted to see. I told them if I couldn't travel, I couldn't work their. In the end I had to leave, ever since I had been in my apartment switching off between watching Netflix and reading books. At one point I'd even tried doing them both at once. It didn't work out too well, Netflix won. I pressed my forehead against the cold glass. Why don't you try doing something different? I thought to myself, Best way to beat a rut is to be spontaneous. I snagged my head phones up and jammed my feet into my running shoes, not that they see much running, before heading out the door. I didn't even bother to pretend to lock it. It had never really locked same ever since the fire department kicked it in after a drunk friend fell asleep with food cooking on the stove. Should have seen that one coming, he was the same guy a week before who had fallen asleep in the middle of eating an ice cream bar.
I headed to the elevator and pressed the button firmly until I saw the red light outlining the button signaling it was coming. Waiting, I stepped to the side to check my appearance in the mirror. My red hair was sticking up to I smoothed it out looking at my roots in desperate need of a touch up. My thick eyebrows furrowed as a stared back at my own brown eyes through thick rimmed wondering what I would do now. I had thought about dropping everything and just backpacking in Europe. My job had always paid me more money than I knew what to do with. So I had the funds to pack what I wanted and go, but something held me here I couldn't be sure what but something was definitely tying me to this place. The Elevator dinged signaling its arrival and pulling me out of my own head as the silver doors slid open.
I stepped into the poorly decorated elevator pressing the button for the lobby before leaning against the railing. It always managed to smell like onions and tacos that had just gone off. I held my hand up as the doors slid back closed pressing my sweater clad wrist to my nose breathing in the smell of my fabric softener. The elevator jerked before sliding down to the lobby dinging at each floor. The elevator jerked again reaching the lobby before the doors slid open again. I stepped out turning the corner heading for the main doors. I walked outside talking in deep breathes of crisp air. It was January in Colorado, I rubbed my arms thinking about heading back to my apartment for a thicker jacket but decided against it. I headed for the side walk next to the main road, I hit the pavement heading south, speed walking.
I headed to my favorite trail through the park. I quickly warmed up enjoying the scenery. There was a thick layer of snow covering the ground thankfully the trail had been deiced. I walked through the trees and over the bridge, It felt nice just getting out of the apartment. I had covered most of the trail coming up on the soccer field when I noticed a peculiar sight in the grass. All of the field was covered in white snow completely untouched except for one perfectly square patch completely untouched by any snow, proudly showing off its deep green color. I quickly crossed the field curiosity etched into my face. My shoes crunched into the snow leaving imprints of my steps. I looked around for any set of shoes I may have missed upon my first look. My shoes were the only imprints on the ground, So it wasn't something someone brought with them or wheeled away.I thought to myself biting my lip and frowning. I looked up at the sky looking for something that could melt the snow like a lamp or a break in the clouds, upon seeing no nearby lamps and no break int the deep gray sky, I concluded it much be coming from under the ground. I crouched down looking for signs of heat, steam anything.
"Just reach out and feel it you big baby." I mumbled to my self. I darted my hand out intending on quickly touching the grass checking for heat when my hand collided painfully with something much more solid and hard. I gasped in pain and surprise, holding my wrist to my chest I fell back sitting in the snow. Cold quickly seeped through my pants but my brain couldn't quite focus on it. A much more perplexing issue had presented itself. As impossible as it was there was something invisible in front of me, and rather large judging of the size of the outline in the snow. I stood slowly looking at the patch, I walked around It once looking for any glimmer, maybe I was looking at glass. But as I searched I couldn't find a reflection a glimmer a shimmer nothing, there appeared to be nothing there yet the throbbing in my hand proved otherwise. Impossible I thought, impossible. My mind reasoned against me Like Sherlock said, When you have eliminated the impossible, what ever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. I swallowed thickly nodding to myself. Ok so There's some sort of invisible... cube in front of me... I looked around, I didn't expect many people out it was too cold, the park was still deserted. I reached out again this time with more caution I slid my hand down to the snow and let out a small huff of excitement. It felt like wood...Invisible wood.
"Wow..." I said to myself, "Here's the bottom now what about the top?" I slid my hand back up and stood on my tippy toes still unable to reach the top. I gasp softly stepping back. It was taller than me, though standing at just a couple inches over 5 feet that wasn't saying much. Most days I couldn't even reach the second shelf in my cupboard. The more I thought about it the scarier it felt. What if it never stopped what if it was high, deep in the clouds? I looked closely at the clouds seeing no square break in the clouds I concluded it stopped before the clouds but I had no way of knowing exactly how tall it was. I reached out touching it again, I walked around the cube, No it's not a cube it's too tall, it's some sort of rectangular prism. I thought to myself. I knocked on it gently at first, then harder as I got more comfortable. I knocked while walking around it, it gave off a slightly different noise from one face than all the other faces. I had my ear and cheek pressed to one face of it, knocking on it, listening to the subtle difference when suddenly the spot I was resting on disappeared and I fell against a warm body. I looked up in shock, A man was looking down at me frowning slightly he had deep set green eyes with delicate eyebrows. His cheek bones sat high and his jaw was strong, clean shaven, didn't look like he could grow facial hair if he wanted to. And on his head was a lot of dark brown hair. My eyes lowered to his outfit particularly his bow tie. I always liked bow ties, I thought to myself If I ever get to be a boy for a day I'm totally wearing a bow tie.
"Do you mind? I was trying to sleep and all I can hear is your knock knock knocking!" He exclaimed, with a rather pleasant British accent. He steadied me on my feet looking at me. "You're really short," he said grinning. "with all that knocking I do hope you have a joke to go with it. I always love a good knock knock joke!" He was smiling with anticipation his eyes sparking, "OK lets hear it." He closed the gap leaving me with the invisible box again. I stood still flabbergasted about the man with a lot of hair and a bow tie. in the invisible box. "I'm still waiting! Are you still there?!" he shouted from the other side of the box confirming to my brain he was still there and I wasn't crazy. I nodded at his question before shaking my head He can't see you you idiot! I thought to myself before raising my hand knocking twice on the wood twice.
"Who's there?!" he called out excitedly, I tried hard not to stumble over my words my head still in a bit of shock.
"Um... Cow goes," I replied,
"Cow goes? What kind of knock knock joke is that?!" he asked confused opening the door again with it creaking loudly. I stepped back watching the invisible box open again. I looked at him frowning.
"I wasn't finished! Don't you know how knock knock jokes work?" I asked, "Your suppose to say cow goes who?"
"Don't be silly! Cow goes moo!" He said laughing, I laughed realizing I had been clearly bamboozled.
"I take it you've heard that one before," I said grinning,
"Of course I've heard that one your not very original are you?" I frowned crossing my arms.
"Oh you think your so clever! Look at you, I'm a man with an invisible rectangular prism and I'm clever!" I said annoyed, He frowned.
"Who are you calling an invisible box?!" He stepped outside examining the box, "Oh!" he yelled running back into the box the door closed behind him but I could hear the man flipping switched and suddenly there was a large blue police box in front of me. I gasped wide eyed staring at it. I didn't even notice the man was had returned to stand in front of me.
"Knock knock," he said excitedly, My eyes slid back to him. He was grinning looking like he was about to burst with anticipation.
"Who's there?" I asked,
"Doctor!" He blurted out right after me, I stared at him, he was still grinning and he did a little jig of impatience.
"Doctor who?" I asked, I jumped back as he slapped his knee laughing.
"There it is! I love it when they say that!"
"I don't get it, Doctor who? Where's the ending?" I asked,
"There is no ending, I don't like endings." He said,
"... Mine was definitely better," I said, and he frowned,
"Was not, now say it again." He said grinning, I smiled slightly unable to help myself with such a big smile.
"Doctor who?" I asked and he stuck out his neck pointing all over his face. "You're Doctor Who?" I asked
"Yes! No! I'm The Doctor." He said,
"Doctor? Doctor of what?" I asked, the smile fell from his face.
"See! That's why the knock knock is better! You lot always ask the wrong question. Doctor of what? Doctor who sounds better" he said, I continued to stare at him.
"But your not Doctor who... Just the Doctor." I stated,
"You guessed it," he replied, wagging his fingers at me.
"Your box was invisible," I stated looking up again at the blue box, the Doctor nodded,
"Yes it was!" He said smiling giving a slight chuckle
"You have a police box, but your not police... You're the Doctor and it was invisible." I said working it all out for my head,
"Exactly!" He said, "Well sorta... It does a lot more than just turn invisible."
"Oh pardon me its not enough that it can turn invisible it does other stuff too." I said making his grin widen.
"I like you Knock Knock want to come in and see?" he asked
"...My name isnt Knock Knock," I said looking at him, He's definitely odd this one... I like it. I thought to myself.
"Pity," he replied looking down frowning, "I've always wanted to meet someone named Knock Knock."
"So sorry, It was a close runner up, really it was but the hospital wouldn't let my mum name me Knock Knock so they settled for Krissy so close. On an upside they do both start with a K." I replied making him grin again.
"Well Krissy do you want to see what else my box does?" I looked at him biting my lip,
"I dunno, my mum warned me about strange men wanting me to get inside their invisible police boxes." I replied, his jaw dropped looking shocked.
"I'm not strange!" He said defiantly, before closing his mouth, "Ok that was a lie...but its not invisible anymore and your mum didn't say anything about strange men with visible police boxes." I smiled shaking my head,
"S'pose you're right," I looked at the box then back at him feeling the curiosity in my face. "What else does it do?"
"Ok stop calling it, it your offending her. She is called the T.A.R.D.I.S, and she can travel in space and time." he said, I stared at him before grinning slowly.
"You're telling me you have a big blue police box named the Tardis that is actually a space traveling time machine that also turns invisible?" He nodded fast smiling, he made a small motion with is hand like he was pinching something.
"Here's the head of the nail," He said, and with his other hand he made a fist, "This is you," he brought it down as a fist before opening making an explosion noise.
"...I blew up the nail?" I asked watching him, he dropped his hands rolling his eyes.
"No! You hit the nail on the head, the explosion was metaphorical." He said,
"Looked pretty real to me," I replied making him smile again, "Well I do have to say time space doctor man, you have quite the imagination."
"Well... yeah I do actually, great big brain lots of imagination! Come on in," he said stepping back. I followed him into a large room, far too large to exist inside the box I had walked around for an hour examining. I gasped looking around,It had a blue hue to it. I followed him across a small platform down two stairs and onto the floor of some sort of control room. I looked up the center console it was like a large hexagon, and it had three chunks, like a wedding cake turned upside down. They were covered in circles with little designs on them and they were turning slowly. There was a stem of blue light running from the upside down wedding cake down through the console into the floor. There was still floor beneath where we were standing. The walls had a pattern of hexagons and higher up it had blue circles with orange lights in them, I looked back at the Doctor who was grinning like it was waiting for me to say something.
"It's much...much bigger on the inside," I said and he clapped his hands together spinning around.
"Oh I love it when they say that!" He exclaimed running to some sort of console in the middle of the room. I stared at him in shock,
"How is this possible?..." I asked still looking around, It gave off a nice sharp look to it clean, but how did it all fit? Maybe it's like an optical illusion? I asked myself, No, no it cant be I know how big the box is from the outside. I walked around it from the outside. All of this is actually in that box...
"I...I feel like this should have been on the list," I stated, he looked up at me.
"What do you mean?"
"Big blue space and time traveling police box that's bigger on the inside and turns invisible." I said airily, it felt like I was having trouble keeping oxygen in my lungs. He smiled,
"I like the shock factor of people discovering it for themselves can't spoil everything now can I?" he asked looking back at his console, I snorted looking around gasping softly when I saw a small staircase that that looked like it lead somewhere. There's another room in here? How does it all fit?!" I bit my lip and considered asking him but decided against it he would probably laugh. I ran up the stairs to see how big the other room was. It wasn't a room,
"You've got hallways!" I exclaimed excitedly running down it,
"They're called corridors! And come back you'll get lost!" He yelled running after me. I stood at the center of four different hallways.
"How big is this place?!" I asked laughing and spinning around The Doctor spun with me laughing.
"Pretty large, I have to admit your taking this better than most, normally the run back outside and run around the box then back in. Even then they normally stay in the console room ready to travel the universe but you, you ran straight for the corridors."
"Do I get a tour?" I asked excitedly, he stared at me.
"A tour?! I can go anywhere in space and time and you just seem so concerned with how big my Tardis is." he said exasperated,
"Oi!" I exclaimed, "Give credit where credit is due, your were the one shouting about how I should respect the Tardis! How many space time machines can fit all this in a box?"
"Its a T.A.R.D.I.S! Time and Relative Dimensions In Space, they all can do this!" he replied,
"All? How many are there?" I asked, his smile fell from his face slowly.
"...This is the last one," he replied looking sad. I felt my heart twinge at his expression.
"All the more reason to give her all the credit she deserves then right?" I asked, he nodded smiling.
"You're right! A tour it is! Well what ever we reach before your too tired to go on." He said grinning leading me down the left hallway passing a large swimming pool. "Lets start here,"