Doctor Who

By thatonegirl005

Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who. Sad but true. Now here's your story...

Chapter 1

Drip. Drip. Drip.

If anyone had been in the basement at the time, that's probably all they would have heard.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

Above the ominous darkness of the cellar was the sound of ringing bells and slamming lockers as hundreds of young hormonal students went about their day.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

…whoosh…

In the midst of the normality, a small breeze began to whisper through the large and dark cellar, and following the light wind came another sound. Something strange and unearthly.

Whir…whirr…whirr…

The sound of the universe.

If anyone had been in that basement right then, they'd be seeing something their eyes wouldn't believe as something was slowly materializing into view.

After a moment of silence, the rickety door of an old 1950's blue police box swung open, revealing a tall man with deep brown eyes and messy brown hair.

"Here we are then!" the Brit said cheerfully, looking around with wide eyes. His grin soon turned into a puzzled look. "Huh. Wasn't expecting this…" he muttered, stepping out of the box as he sled on his long tan coat.

"Wasn't expecting what, Doctor? Where are we then?" called a young woman's voice from in the box. If anyone had been in the basement looking onto this strange scene, some odd thoughts would probably cross their minds with the idea of a handsome man and a pretty young woman in a small box together. But then again, no one else knew the actual size of this 'box'.

"Well, it's someplace dark," the Doctor mused, scratching his head a little. "Very dark."

The blonde girl stepped out too. "I-…oh gawd. Smells weird out here." She made a face at the smell. "What is this place?"

The Doctor grinned and he held out a hand, wiggling his fingers. "Well, Rose Tyler, let's find out, shall we?"

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"…and so let us discuss this little diagram here…ah, yes…the Pythagorean Theorem…very handy…"

Someone, save me.

Danielle Cordell sat in her geometry class on the verge of death. Quite literally too. If she had to sit in the room much longer, she was about to collect as many hair ties from her friends as possible so she could tie a noose and just end it all. Or…something. It was only the first class period of the day, but the sound of her monotonous teacher's voice droning on and on could bore anyone to death. Not exactly the best way to start of one's day.

She glanced longingly at the clock with hope in her eyes. Still 10 minutes to go. Ugh.

After another few minutes, she couldn't handle it anymore and the girl decided to excuse herself to go to the bathroom. Not that she actually needed it, but she'd do anything to get out of that room for a bit.

So a few minutes later, Danielle found herself quietly roaming the halls of Western High School. Occasionally she'd pass another roamer and the two would exchange bored smiles, then continues down their path.

Dani passed a trophy case on her way to the staircase leading down the stairs. The case had mirror in the back of it, making it appear that the school had won more academic trophies than it actually had, so Dani stopped to examine herself. Looking back at her was an average 16 year old with choppy ginger brown hair and bright green eyes. She ran a hand through her hair, was satisfied, then continued down the stairs to the main level.

She sighed, thinking to herself about how boring her life seemed to be these days. Little did she know, two unlikely visitors would soon change her life forever.

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The Doctor led Rose up a dame and dirty staircase. At the top was a sold wood door, which he assumed went to the main level of wherever they were. He gave the knob a quick turn, but it appeared to be locked. Grinning, he whipped out a familiar silver and blue object…

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As Dani reached the bottom of the main staircase, she stopped before passing the solid wood door leading to what she guessed as either the basement or a janitor's closet. But…what was that strange noise? A high pitched electronic sound coming from behind the door…

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"Ah ha, there we go!" the Doctor cried out. He stuffed the sonic screwdriver back inside his coat pocket. "Allons-y!" And with that, the two stepped through the door.

However when they did, they found a young girl standing on the other side, starring with wide eyes and a puzzled look.

"Oh."

The girl just blinked.

"Hi there. My friend and I have seemed to have gotten a bit lost. Could you tell us where we are?"

"Western," she said quietly.

"Western what?"

"Oh, sorry. Um, Western High School."

"Ah! I see. Another high school, how nice."

"Fancy another physics class, Doctor?" Rose giggled.

"Very funny, no." he shoved his hands into his pockets and began strolling out into the hall where there were a few windows. "So, judging by your accent I'd say we're in Mid-west America, yes?"

The young girl nodded as she followed him.

"Hm…and corn all around the school here…are we in Iowa?"

"Indi-…Indiana." She stuttered.

"Close enough."

"Getting a little rusty, Doctor?" Rose teased.

"Oh come on, corn is corn." He ran a hand through his hair as he thought for a second. "So we've landed in a school in the middle of nowhere, America. What for? Awfully random, wouldn't you say, Rose?" he turned to his companion.

"Hey, you're the designated driver, you tell me."

"Fat lot of good you are."

"Sorry," the young girl said quietly, "but erm, who exactly are you people?"

The man whirled around quickly to face her. "I'm the Doctor and this is Rose."

"Hello," Rose said politely, smiling.

"And you are…"

The girl paused before answering. During that pause, the Doctor noticed her hair. Ginger. How lucky. "I'm Danielle Cordell. You can call me Dani though."

"Nice to meet you, Dani."

"If this is a school, shouldn't you be in class or somethin'?" Rose inquired.

Crap, thought Dani. "I'm running errands for my teacher."

Though the Doctor knew she was lying, he let it slide. "I see. So…anything strange been going on around here? Teachers being replaced at random…students disappearing… large, vicious bats flying around…strange people popping up…"

Besides you two? Dani thought.

"…unusually good tasting chips? Er, fries? Anything odd like that happening?"

"Not really, no."

"Weird," the Doctor muttered. He turned to Rose. "Thoughts?"

"You're the smart one."

"I know. I just thought I'd ask." He shrugged. "Why else would the TARDIS bring us here though? There must be something…"

"The what?"

The Doctor paused. He shouldn't be talking like this in front of a teenager. He didn't want her getting involved. "Nah, nothing. Technical babble. You wouldn't understand. But you could someday if you go back to class and get smart…so why don't you run along then?"

Dani smirked and crossed her arms. "I don't think so," she said firmly. "Who are you people? Not that I have anything against British folks, but they don't just come popping up from the school basement all the time. And you had no idea that you were in the middle of America? How'd you get there in the first place? You're Tardie thing or whatever? What's that? How'd it bring you here?"

"TARDIS. It's called the TARDIS. But it doesn't matter, it's nothing. You just run along now."

"I'll pass, thanks."

The Doctor saw this coming. Human teenage girls were often stubborn and hard to get rid of…much like his own companion. Not that he would ever want to get rid of her, but she was sure stubborn. He reached into his pocket and plucked the sonic screwdriver from inside his coat. "Dani," he said as he pointed it to the school bell on the wall above him, "it was very nice meeting you." He turned it on and Dani starred at the strange object in wonder. As he did this, it activated the dismissal bell. "Now forget about us."

Seconds later, the halls were filled with hundreds of students rushing out of their classes. Dani stood for a moment, still puzzled about the object and what it had done, before she realized that due to the mass of students, she had lost view of the two strange visitors. She frantically looked around for them, but they had disappeared.

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from the author: Hello there! So this is my first published fanfic...please let me know what you think! it will be greatly appreciated! and any suggestions or whatever are accepted as well...thanks:) Oh yeah...and I need a better title...sorry about that.