Chapter 1: First Contact
She was just an ordinary, healthy girl. She thought little of the world she lived on.
Earth was just one planet out of millions.
Her friends dreamed of traveling the world, she on the other hand she dreamed of traveling different universes.
Only Rose and her dreamed of a new life.
Her brother did too, but not as much as they did. Lilly remembered Rose's mother tell stories about Rose traveling in space with another man and how she would always bring back something for her. Though for now, they were only stories.
"Lilly! Wake up! Or I wont leave you anything" She smiled at her brother's voice. "We're having pancakes!"
Lilly and her brother, Jack, have lived together for years.
They had been told that they had had a car accident when they were only four years old. The thing that upset Lilly most is that she or her brother didn't have any memories of their parents at all.
Jack and Lilly were sixteen year old twins. "I'm coming!" She called happily, as she skipped down the stairs.
When she arrived at the kitchen, she found Jack setting the table. "Wow." She grinned.
"What?" Jack asked her.
She laughed. "I should get my camera to remember this moment!"
As soon as Jack realized what Lilly meant, he glared playfully at her. "Oi! It's not the first time I've made us breakfast!"
Lilly hugged him and smiled. "But it is the first time you've made pancakes. You sure they're edible?"
He stuck his tongue out. "I am certain."
"I'll let you try them first then. If you don't survive, I'll know what not to do!"
By the time they had finished eating and washed the dishes, Lilly started another conversation.
"Where are we going today, then?" She asked.
Jack grinned at her. "Swimming!" He told her happily. "Rose is coming too."
She embraced him again. "I'll go get my things!" Swimming was one of her favorite activities, she was a fantastic swimmer, so great that she had even managed to get a gold medal in her first competition at school.
She ran to her room and took her light green bikini, grabbed a pair of denim shorts and a dark blue tank top and put them on.
"Ready!" She said as she ran back down the stairs. "Where're we meeting Rose?"
Jack laughed. "Where do you think? At the pool." He took her bag and put it in the car.
She glared at him. "That wasn't funny."
"Yes it was." He argued, still laughing. "Come on, Rose will kill us if we're late."
Rose Tyler waited in the car park for her best friends.
When they arrived in Jack's four by four Lilly ran out and hugged her, leaving Jack to carry the bags.
"I thought you'd already be in the pool!" Jack stated.
Rose frowned. "The pool is closed."
"What?!"
Lilly tilted her head slightly. "But it's Tuesday... It's always open!"
"Why don't we try another one?" Jack suggested.
Rose shock her head. "No point. I've been online. Everywhere else is closed."
"But why?" Lilly asked.
Rose shrugged. "I dunno. We can't go out anywhere... Look there's a sign on the door."
They followed her and read it.
Sorry we are closed.
A letter from the Prime Minister himself telling every building to close
Tuesday the 24th of January.
Beside that sign was another sign saying:
Vote Saxon [X]
They were everywhere, even though Harold Saxon was already Prime minister of great Brittan.
They all thought for a moment, "I say we go back to the house and watch something on telly." Jack suggested.
"I'm in!" Rose said, grinning. "Lilly?"
She nodded. "Me too!" Even though she was still quite disappointed.
They raced to the car and headed back home.
Once seated and served with a bottle of beer each, Jack turned the TV on.
He skipped through the channels. "News... News... News..."
"Lets just watch it. Might be interesting." Lilly said.
As I said before, Lilly, Jack and Rose weren't that interested in the world they lived on.
"Fine..." So he put BBC news on.
On screen was the prime minister giving a speech.
"Britain, Britain, Britain. This country has been sick, this country needs healing, this country needs medicine - in fact I'd go so far as to say that, what this country really needs, right now, is a Doctor."
Jack scoffed. "A Doctor!?" He repeated. "The man's on drugs!"
"Jack! He's trying to help." Lilly told him off.
Rose told them to shut up.
Harold Saxon was still talking.
"Just a few years ago this world was so small. And then they came. Out of the unknown. Falling from the sky. You've seen it happen. Big Ben, destroyed. A spaceship over London. All those ghosts and metal men. The Christmas Star that came to kill. Time and time again, and the government told you nothing. Well not me. Not Harold Saxon. Because my purpose, here today, is to tell you this. Citizens of Great Britain. I have been contacted. A message for humanity from beyond the stars."
This caught their attention immediately. "Oh my god! oh my god! oh my god!"
"Shut up!"
"Sorry..."
They turned back to the telly. The Prime Minister's face had vanished from the screen, to be replaced by a silver sphere. "People of the Earth, we come in peace. We bring great gifts. We bring technology and wisdom and protection and all we ask in return is your friendship."
"Oh my god! It's adorable!" Lilly stated.
"It's a silver ball! Whats so adorable about-?"
"SHUT UP!" Rose snapped, snatching the remote from Jack, turning the volume up.
Mister Saxon was still talking. "They're called the Toclafane. And tomorrow morning, they will appear. Not in secret, but to all of you. Diplomatic relations with a new species will begin. Tomorrow, we take our place in the universe."
"OK, now I'm freaking out." Lilly stated.
Jack and Rose started at her. "Why? You've been dreaming of this!"
"Yeah but... It's strange. Why would they contact the prime minister? And what gives him the right to send them to our houses?"
"He's prime minister." Jack reminded her.
She nodded. "Yeah. But that doesn't make him King of the universe!"
"Good point." Rose said. "He can't just expect the whole world to agree."
"I bet they don't." Jack said. "I say we call him."
"WHAT?!" Lilly and Rose shouted. "Call the prime minister?! Are you mad? He'll probably have you arrested!"
"OK, OK, OK! It was only a suggestion!"
"Lets just watch it. Shall we?" Rose said, getting irritated.
"Oh, alright!"
So they kept watching Harold Saxon talking about the Toclafane. "Tomorrow we take our place in the universe. Every man, woman and child. Every teacher and chemist and lorry driver and farmer. I dunno, every medical student?"
"OK, now that's random..." Jack stated.
Saxon finished his speech and Jack turned the telly off. "OK. I'm going to bed. G'night."
"Rose, you staying?" Lilly asked.
She shock her head. "Sorry, mum will kill me if I'm not there when she gets home!"
"Alright. See you tomorrow?"
"Yep!"
"Night then!"
Lilly couldn't sleep that night. She couldn't believe what she had seen from the prime minister. It didn't make any sense.
She got up hours later. It was seven fifty and she was surprised that Jack wasn't in the kitchen preparing breakfast like he had the day before.
There was a note on the table.
Lilly,
I called the prime minister, you'll never believe me,
but I said that what he was doing was wrong and
he gave me a job! Just to prove how good the
Toclafane are. I'll get a full view of them
coming into the world! It's gonna be
awesome! If you want to contact me,
just send me an Email.
Lots of Love, Jack.
P.S. Won't be home for a couple of days.
Lilly moaned in annoyance. Why hadn't he told her? She was going to kill him. What if it was some kind of trick and he was going to get arrested?
She took her mobile and dialed Rose's number.
It started ringing and when it answered... "Hello Lilly!" Rose's mother's voice called.
"Jackie? Where is Rose? This is her number isn't it?" Lilly asked.
There was a little pause. "Yeah, this is hers. She's not here at the moment though."
"Where is she, then?"
Jackie scoffed. "I thought she was with you! At least thats what she told me!"
"oh god... And she's left her mobile. God... Jackie I'll call you if I find her. OK?" Lilly told her.
"Thanks, love." She replied.
There was a noise behind Lilly, and she turned. Two men appeared out of nowhere. "Jackie, I've gotta go. Bye." She hung up.
A man with spiky up brown hair and dark eyes, wearing a suit smiled. "Hello!" He said. "Did you just say Jackie?"
The other man was wearing a grayish trench coat. "Who the hell are you?" Lilly demanded, ignoring the question.
"I'm the doctor!" The man with spiky up hair said. "And he's Jack."
Lilly's eyes widened. "Jack? That's my brother's name." She stated.
Jack smiled. "Hello." He said, smirking.
"Hi." Lilly smiled back, though she wasn't entirely sure why.
"And who might you be?" He asked in a seductive tone.
'The doctor' glared at him. "Stop it."
"I was only asking her name. I can't do anything around you, can I?" Jack said.
"How the hell did you get in here?" Lilly demanded.
They grinned. "We were on the valiant about five minutes ago... But then we came here... It was an accident though."
"And how did you just appear in my kitchen by accident?" Lilly demanded.
"A time and teleport machine." The doctor said.
Lilly raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, right." She didn't believe him.
The doctor nodded. "So who are you?"
"Lilly Carter." She said. "But what's the valiant?"
"A ship. But that's not the point. We need to get back there and stop him." They said.
Lilly's eyes widened. "Who?"
"It's hard to say." The doctor and Jack exchanged looks.
Lilly sighed. "OK. So... Describe him."
"The Prime minister." Jack said, looking frustrated.
"Harold Saxon? Right that makes a lot of sense. Is he a criminal or something?" She asked them.
The doctor thought for a moment. "I guess you could say that. What's the time?"
"Huh?" Lilly looked at her watch. "One past eight. Why?"
Jack and the doctor's eyes widened. "One minute!"
"Until what?!"
"Until-!"
They heard the door open, "Lilly!" That was Saxon's voice! How did he know her?
"Why is he here?" The doctor asked, shocked. "Everyone hide. Lilly. Anywhere good?"
She thought for a second. "My brother knew all the hiding places. The cupboard?"
"Doctor? Can't we just teleport?" Jack asked.
"No. Hide."
Jack and the doctor ran in the cupboard. "There's no room." Lilly said, she ran and hid behind the door, just in time.
"Lilly Carter!" Saxon's voice was in the hallway. What did he want with her? "Come out little girl. Come and meet your Master!"
She hesitated. He had her brother. She needed to get to him. See if he's alright. "I-I'm here."
He clapped his hands together. "Oh, good girl!"
"What do you want from me?" Lilly asked.
Saxon grinned. "Oh, I don't want anything from you! I just want you!"
