Her name from the naming ceremony on Gallifrey was the Hope, but everyone called her just Hope. It fit her, she was hope for many.
When seas on Gallifrey were rough, she would run to the abandoned lighthouse that didn't have a keeper anymore And turn the lights on. It fit her, being a beacon of hope.
When she had first landed on Earth, she was flat on her face on cement in the alley. She ached all over and at first thought she had broken her nose. She felt it and realized she hadn't. "Thank Rassilion.", she muttered under her breath. She sat in the corner leaning against the brick wall near a couple of old, smelly garbage cans and drew up a plan.
1- Go to a boring, unknown place with no aliens or Daleks.
2- Get a job.
3- Buy a house and new clothes.
4- Find the Doctor! (hopefully)
But first, she would need the year. She got up and walked into an old gas station and walked up to the counter. The man working there looked up. "What can I do for you miss?", he asked.
She was 1,007 years old! Who was he calling 'miss'?
She decided to ignore that, though.
"Um, yes, um, what year is it?", she asked.
The man eyed her.
"You been drinking, miss? It's 1960.", he replied.
She attempted to smile. "Thank you.", she said before heading towards the bathroom.
She opened the door and looked at her reflection in the mirror splattered with something brown. Her long auburn hair was tangled from the trip through the time vortex, her white tee shirt was dirty, her oxford shoes were scuffed, and she was covered in cuts and bruises. She figured she would be fine. She ran her fingers through her hair to get out some knots, brushed some dirt off her clothes, and wet a paper towel and rubbed it all over her skin until her skin reached its normal fair shade again. She made sure her money was still there.
She didn't actually look presentable, but she looked okay. She'd seen worse.
She slept on a park bench that night and in a haze before sleep, just before everything got blurry, she decided where she would buy plane tickets to the next day.
The most boring place on Earth.
Leadworth.
