101 adventures in time and space
Summary: Clara Oswald's nice ordinary life was disrupted in the most explosive manner. Now the girl that dreamed of travel is seeing more than she ever expected thanks to a big eared, two hearted alien that calls himself The Doctor.
AN1: so, I have finally come back to this story. I actually have a reason for being gone for so long and for once I think it might be a good one. I have all of episode 1 written out, it took me six months and one and a half note books but I did it and then I lost one of the note books. I have just recently found it again so here I am, back again. I hope you enjoy my reimaging of this awesome episode because I had so much fun with it. Anyway, happy reading to you all.
Episode 1
Clara part 2
Clara had only been home for a few minutes before she was overcome by her curiosity. Sitting down at the laptop she decided that what her Father didn't know wouldn't hurt him or her. Of course, her Dad chose that moment to phone her. She had just been about to connect the Wi-Fi when the phone beside her rang loudly making her jump.
"Hello" Clara answered quickly eager to get on with her research on The Doctor. Truth be told she preferred books over the internet, computers weren't really her thing but she knew how to use a search engine when the need arose.
"Clara" her Dad's cheerful voice echoed down the line "how are you feeling love?"
"I'm good thanks, how are you?" she replied distractedly, she noticed the computer screen was filling with odd symbols that she didn't recognise. She must have clicked on the wrong Wi-Fi box when she jumped.
"You know, the same as always" Dave answered sounding a bit suspicious but Clara was too distracted to notice. It was her distraction was what tipped off him that something wasn't right "so what are you up too?" he questioned his daughter.
"Oh-em- just stuff" now Dave knew something was up, Clara couldn't lie to save her life, at least not to him.
"Stuff, sounds interesting, what stuff?" he pressed.
"You know, stuff" Clara shot back defensively.
"How long have you been on the internet Clara?" Dave sighed, he was pretty sure that disregarding his request about the internet was what was putting the guilty tone in his little girl's voice.
"I'm not actually on it yet" she admitted "it's still loading"
"Turn it off Clara" her Dad ordered before adding a "please" as an afterthought.
"I'm shutting it down now" Clara reassured him. Being a bit sneaky and using the computer without his knowledge was one thing but openly defying her Father felt like a completely different matter, besides he sounded genuinely concerned.
"Unplug it too" he said firmly.
"It's the laptop Dad, it's not actually plugged into anything at the moment" she smiled softly at how over protective he could be.
"Not the computer, the Wi-Fi" Dave explained.
"OK" Clara frowned but did as he asked.
"Promise me you won't turn it all back on as soon as I hang up" her dad insisted.
"OK, OK, I promise" Clara knew when he got like this it was best to just agree.
"No using other people's computers either" Dave insisted. He knew his daughter well enough to know that if she could find a way around her promise based on the wording, she would. He also knew that if anyone could twist words in their favour it was his Clara, she was training to be an English teacher after all.
"I swear I won't so much as touch a computer all day, are you happy now?" Clara gently teased.
"For now," her dad told her, he would work on getting her to extend the length of time her promise covered later. "I have got to get back to work love, I just wanted to check in on you" Dave said regretfully.
"Don't worry about me Dad, I'm fine" Clara smiled down the phone "have a good day".
"You too love, you too" her father said before hanging up on her.
Clara looked at the phone in her hand for a moment before dialling a very familiar number. She got an answer after only a few rings "Hello" came the groggy voice of her best friend.
"Hello Nina" Clara greeted with her usual cheer.
"Christ Clara, do you ever lie in?" Nina complained.
"Nina it's eleven o'clock" Clara laughed down the line at her friend, If Nina had her way she would never get out of bed.
"It's not like I have a job to go to" Nina huffed finally seeming to be properly awake "what can I do for you this morning" she asked.
"I need to do some research and I was wondering if you could help me?" Clara explained.
"Is your internet acting up again?" Nina questioned, the Oswald's never seemed to have much luck when it came to internet connectivity.
"Something like that" Clara answered vaguely as she cast a look at the disconnected Wi-Fi "so can I come over" she asked.
Nina's answer was somewhat hesitant "yeah, you can but I'm not actually at home right now" she said.
"Where are you?" Clara asked suspiciously.
"Mickey's flat" Nina admitted in a rush.
"Oh, My Stars!" Clara practically squealed "you really do like him, don't you?" She was so excited for her friend. Nina didn't do relationships, she would flirt up a storm and maybe share a kiss or two but that was as far as she would let things go.
"Yeah I do" Nina replied and Clara could hear the smile in her friend's voice. "Come on over" the woman invited "I'm sure Mickey won't mind".
Clara didn't need to be asked twice, she grabbed her coat and practically ran out of the door, she was eager to get on with her research but for the moment she was more excited to see how her friends interacted as a couple. She had always thought that the two of them would be well matched but she didn't think they would ever find their way to each other, thankfully she was wrong.
Mickey's Flat was on the nearby Powel estate, growing up that was where most of Clara's friends lived. She had probably spent more of her childhood on the estate than anywhere else, she and her mother both had friends there.
Clara, Nina and their friend Rose Tyler had been inseparable for a long time, even though Rose was a couple of years younger than the other two girls. The three of them fit together so well that their friendship just seemed inevitable.
Ellie Oswald's friendship with Jackie Tyler -Rose's mother- was another matter altogether. Neither woman really liked the other much to begin with. Jackie thought that Ellie was full of false airs and graces while Ellie had worried that Jackie and Rose might somehow have a negative effect on the young Clara. Both women had been genuinely surprised by just how badly they had misjudged each other when they finally took the time to get to know one another. Their relationship had taken longer to form that that of their daughters but it was just as strong.
Eventually Ellie and Jackie had become as close as sisters, the women and their children considered themselves part of the others family, so much so that it was Jackie that Clara had run to for comfort when she had learnt her mother was dying. Clara had no doubt that without Jackie she and her father would not have made it through the loss of Ellie.
In the years that followed Jackie had become the closest thing to a mother that Clara had. Adopting strays into her family was something that came naturally to Jackie Tyler. So far, she had claimed Mickey, Clara and Nina, they all had families of their own, loving ones at that but their friendship with Rose and Jackie was something they all treasured. They were proud to call themselves honorary Tyler's.
It didn't take Clara long to get to Mickey's flat but during the walk she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched. It wasn't a pleasant feeling but it quickly washed away when she saw Mickey's smiling face. He answered the door mere seconds after she had knocked on it.
"Your ladyship" he greeted her using Jackie's nickname for her.
"Himself" Clara smiled doing the same in return. Mickey pulled Clara into a quick hug before shutting the door and calling out to Nina.
"Woman, get your kit on, Clara's here" he bellowed
"Your terrible" Clara laughed at the younger man as he led down the hallway towards the front room.
"That's why you like me" he shot back with a cheeky grin.
"No" came a voice from his bedroom door way "that's why I like you" Nina leaned over to kiss Mickeys cheek "Clara loves your lost puppy quality"
"Oh' she does, does she" Mickey asked at the same time as Clara protested.
"I do not"
"Sorry Clara, I'm off the market" Mickey teased, he knew that Clara had never liked him like that but loved to wind her up whenever he got the chance. "I have nothing to offer you but coffee"
"Wash the cup, make it tea and I'll take you up on that" Clara excepted his teasing good naturedly.
"She means wash not just rinse" Nina called out as her boyfriend made his way to the kitchen "I should probably go and make it for you" she told Clara with a role of her eyes "you know what guys are like".
"No" Clara told her firmly "I need you with me" she said pulling the girl back into the room she had just come out of, she knew that Mickey kept his computer in his bedroom. "We OK to use your computer Mickey?" she yelled out as an afterthought.
"Two pretty girls in my bedroom, how can I say no?" he shouted back.
"Oi, watch it Mick or one of these Pretty girls won't come back again" Nina warned him playfully.
While Mickey pottered around in the kitchen Clara multitasked by both filling Nina in on the situation with the Wi-Fi and pumping her for information on her and Mickey' relationship.
Nina was a bit worried that Mr Oswald was going off the deep end again, just like he had when Clara's mum had died, back then everything was some sort of conspiracy or another and even the simplest of accidents or any slightly odd experience had alien origins.
"So, let me get this straight, you promised not to touch your computer for the rest of the day to appease your dad because he thinks the Wi-Fi is somehow dangerous" Nina clarified.
"That's right" Clara agreed "he also made me promise not to use any one else's computer" she explained.
"so why are you here asking to use Mickey's computer?" Nina asked with a frown, it wasn't like Clara to break a promise.
"Because I'm not going to use or touch the computer" Clara said was a sly grin.
"Oh" Nina gasped as she caught on "you're not but I am".
Working together the two girls began their search for this Doctor that Clara was so determined to find, and true to her world Clara never once touched the computer. They had a few false starts before they found any promising leads but Nina was secretly quite pleased about that because the more frustrated Clara became the less she asked about her and Micky. It wasn't that she wanted to keep anything from her friend but everything with her and Mickey was still so new and she wanted to protect it for a little while, she knew that Clara would completely understand where she was coming from and support her but with the other girl so distracted it was nice to be speared having to explain herself or her actions.
Finally, the girls found what they were looking for, at least they thought they did but the information was limited, apparently if they wanted to know more they would have to meet the guy who ran the sight in person. Nina didn't like that idea but Clara had the bit between her teeth now and there was no stopping her once her mind was made up.
Even Micky tried to talk her out of the meeting but she reassured both of her friends that she would be fine. According the emails that he and Clara had exchanged via Nina his name was Clive and he was a happily married man with kids.
The couple argued their case for nearly an hour but Clara wasn't having any of it, her curiosity had been spiked and now she needed answers. Eventually she agreed to somewhat of a compromise, Mickey and Nina would drop her off, she would keep in contact with them and the three of them would meet up for dinner nearby once she was done. Clara felt a bit like an over protected child but she knew her friends meant well so she would go along with them, if only so they wouldn't tell her dad on her.
At four o'clock on the dot Clara was delivered to Clive's doorstep.
"Do you want us to wait" Mickey asked her one more time.
"I'll be fine" Clara promised "I will call you as soon as I'm out, now go shop and kiss or something" she smiled brightly trying to reassure the couple as best she could.
Nina and Mickey didn't like leaving Clara but they both knew her well enough to know she wasn't going to give in. so they settled for only going as far as the nearest shopping centre and biding their time until they got a call from her.
Clara waited until her friends were out of sight before making her way up the steps of Clive's house and knocking the door. She really hopped that he could give her some answers. Sadly, it turned out that Mickey and Nina were right about him, not that he was some creepy serial killer but that he was slightly nuts.
Clara was pretty sure that Clive was what her father could have become if he hadn't gotten his obsession with conspiracy theories under control.
As soon as she was back out on the street Clara sent a text to Nina Ok, so you were right, he's nuts, see you soon.
Meet us at the food court, dinner's on us. Came the almost instant reply making Clara smile.
Not far away Nina came out of a changing room with her phone in hand looking for her boyfriend. She had left him in the main store with his arms full of cloths only a few minutes ago, but she couldn't she him anywhere. After looking around for a while a manikin towards the back of the store caught her attention. It looked scarily like Mickey, it was even holding the same pile of cloths that she had forced into his arms.
"that's not possible" she mumbled to herself as she reached out to touch the manikin's smooth cheek. Suddenly the plastic figures once lifeless eyes sparkled with life and zeroed in on the woman in front of him.
His hand shot out grabbing her outstretched arm. Nina opened her mouth to scream but the manikin was too quick for her and she never managed to make a peep.
AN2: hello again everyone, this episode was meant to only be two chapters but it just got too long so expect another chapter either later today or next weekend, depending on how fast I type. So, I know some people will be unhappy that I broke up Mickey and Rose so I am going to address my reason for that here. As much as I love Rose as a character, I was never a fan of how she treated Mickey, he obviously felt more for her that she did him and that's OK, some times that happens in relationships but she never seemed to treat him like she cared at all (at least not in a romantic way) and with Mickey being such a sweetheart I wanted to give him someone who was just as mad about him as he is about her. As I said before and hinted in this chapter Rose is still going to play a big role in both this story and the Doctors life so just because she is not Mickey's girlfriend or the first human to find a place with the post war Doctor that doesn't mean she is not coming, because I promise you she is. So, now the longest AN ever is over, I would love to know what you think, feedback of any kind good or bad makes my day.
Thanks for reading
Millie xXx