We were in the Doctor's TARDIS, Genine parked in the ally across. Sitting in the Dining Room. I didn't even know that TARDIS's had dining rooms. Then again, I hadn't explored Genine past her bedrooms and closet, and once, the swimming pool. The dining room could have been a six star restaurant, with it's exquisite designs and beautiful chandelier. However, we weren't focused on the dining room.

The Doctor was acting strange. Like he had never seen a Timelady before. And Clara... Clara had seemed confused beyond belief when I met her in the icy white and blue console room of the Doctor's TARDIS. The Doctor seemed to have clued her in to whatever was going on, because she seemed as interested and mystified as the Doctor himself.

"So, why did you take a vacation? Gallifrey is... is... home. Saffron, why would you leave?!" He said.

"I don't know, I got bored. Doctor, Gallifrey was everything to me. The thing is... a dalek came. It just landed and started exploring. It killed a Timelord. I... I knew something was going on. But no one listened! They just tried to fight it. Well, I needed a break from all the let-downs, so when all these Timelords were out fighting the dalek, I snuck and stole a TARDIS.

But here's the thing; when I was flying away, I saw the huge dalek ship. The mother ship, you could say. And they started shooting at me. At that point, Doctor, I just ran. But I know why they were there. They were just coming back for the one on Gallifrey. They wouldn't let a 'beautiful creature of hatrid' die".

The Doctor looked horrified. "I only ran because of the ship! I could have died! So could have my TARDIS!"

"No", he said "I would have done the same thing. It's just... the dalek."

I heard him whisper, "it all started with one".

• • •

Saffron just sat still and polite, a little mesmerized by my TARDIS's dining room. I wasn't surprised. She probably never thought to access hsped incense, by the sound of it, all she did was travel around the Blue Planet and sleep. However, I still couldnt believe what she had nust said to me. I wasnt the only one left?

And yet she was impossible! How could she have escaped the Tome Lock I put on Gallifrey? How could she be here?! Clara looked at me and whispered so Saffron wouldn't notice "what do you mean, it all started with one?"

I looked down at the little Timelady, anat whispered to Clara so Saffron wouldn't hear. "The Time War. One dalek came, and set the radar for the others. After that... Everything and everyone I loved was eventually wiped out."

Clara looked at me, her eyes beginning to water, "Doctor... she can travel with us, right?"

• • •

The Doctor asked me tons of questions. I answered all of them. What year was it when you left? How long have you been traveling? Things like that.

After a while, I decided to come clean. "Look Doctor, I've been gone for a while, and I've been thinking of home a lot. Like, every second second," I laughed, "but... I like traveling more. Seeing all the different people, other than those grumpy Timelord teachers.. it's a thrill... and it's beautiful. Doctor, I'm so glad I met you. Because not only is it nice to have met you because, well, I was getting lonely, but I am so glad because now I can travel properly. So Doctor, I want to see the universe, but I have nowhere to start. Do you mind if I follow you around in my TARDIS for a bit?"

The Doctor looked at me with an expression of pure happiness on his face. A happy tear rolled down his cheek.

"Saffron, it would be my PLEASURE to have you travel with me." He looked at Clara, who also now had her eyes watering up.

Then I startled him. I ran up and hugged him. I could feel his two hearts beating. He was taken back in surprise. And then he hugged me back. I looked into his eyes. They were stained with happy tears. I never understood happy-crying. Why cry when you were happy? That's what laughing was for.

"And when I decide to go home, just to check up on it for a little while, you can come! And see your friends!"

His smile quivered. Another tear fell. Were... we're those still happy tears? Had I upset him? No... no... everything was ok."

I no longer cared about my "one day plan".

•••••

I don't even know how long we traveled for. Who cares, though. I think today was our... 3rd year? We had been to almost everywhere on earth... And more. We had been to other planets, met different people... And we did something different then what I was used to. We saved people. I thought it was against Gallifreyan law to mess with other timelines and events, but we did it anyways... it felt amazing.

Today is my 330th birthday, and I'm so lucky to spend it with the Doctor. He took me to a museum on Earth, in London, the place we truly met each other. The year was 2056. We went straight to the old, dusty ancient Egypt exhibit. We had been there, and we had traveled the desert with King Tut.

"Come along, 'Ron." He smiled. He said it so faintly, as if the sentence has sentimental value to him. I followed, linking arms with Clara.

Clara confused me. I was sure I had never seen her before... but like the Doctor to that phrase, I felt strangely attached to her, as if we were connected in some way. I guess we were just meant to travel together. Fate.

The Doctor took us to some hieroglyphics, and said, "Saffron, here is your birthday present." I looked carefully, and then I saw it. Painted in the rock was the Doctor, Clara, the Blue Box, a red telephone booth (Genine's Chameleon Circuit had gotten stuck; but I admit, I liked it better that way!), and me holding hands with King Tut. It was amazing! I didn't even think of breaking the Gallifreyan law. Just the sight of me, etched permanently in history was an epic thought.

And suddenly... it happened fast. I could only capture bits of it in my mind. Someone rushed by. A robber. He was holding something; probably something important, because the museum security was screaming for everyone to get down. The robber had a gun. The Doctor and Clara were on the ground. So were the other observers in the museum. But... I don't know why, it was probably because I had saved people with the Doctor, but I wanted to stop him. I needed to. So I ran after them.

"NO!" yelled Clara.

I was a fast runner; you had to be, when running with the Doctor. I caught up to the robber, and grabbed him. I don't know why I just expected him to stop. He turned around... And shot. A gun. At me. He stopped and looked dazed. He probably was stunned that he just shot a "child". Security came and caught him while he was distracted. I had succeeded, he had been caught. I heard the Doctor and Clara screech to a halt behind me, I heard Clare scream, and I felt a hand on my shoulder. It was the Doctor's hand.

"Saffron. Get back to the TARDIS. NOW."

I wondered why, but not for long. When I reached back to brush his hand off me, I saw... my hands had begun to glow gold.

All I could remember after half-fainting (mostly from shock) was the Doctor hoisting me up into a cradling position and running to Genine, showing psychic paper to any security guard in our path. He opened the doors without trouble; my TARDIS must have recognized myself in danger. Basically, the Doctor just let me down and ran, pulling Clara to the farthest corner of the console room for their safety, and mine. After that, I just exploded.

• • •

I suddenly stopped blowing up. Was I in one piece? Well, I couldn't really think if my head wasn't on my bod- new teeth. That was weird. They were straighter.

"Okay, lets count, Saff," I said to myself, "two feet. Two hands. One body- Doctor! Clara! Hi! -ten toes, it feels like. Clothes baggy-er, must have gotten thinner! Nose, eyes, ears... ? What? Do I have DIMPLES? Never had those before!"

I looked over at Clara and the Doctor. Clara seemed... Mystified, kind if scared, but mostly just speechless. The Doctor was staring at me with a half smile, relieved I was okay... But amused at my pep?

"Doctor! Oi! What are you laughing at? Do ya like it?," I exclaimed. Wait... "Am I cocky? Was that cocky? Why can't I think!" The Doctor was acting like he hasn't seem a regeneration before! He was just staring at me and laughing at my new behaviour, because even I knew that I was very different.

I needed to see myself. I just sprinted to the bathrooms, to the mirrors. My hair was brown, and straight, and shiny, and around an inch past shoulder length. I hadn't even paid attention to my old appearance; all I remembered was blonde hair and bland features. I put my hand flat in my head; I was around 4.2 inches taller.

I DID have dimples! And brown eyes, and my voice sounded like a honey waterfall. And I was HUNGRY!

I sprinted back to the console room and slid on the glass floor over to the Doctor. "Rescue me, Chin Boy, and show me the kitchen!"