A/N: Hello again, readers. Just want to say beforehand, this week has been 'busy' (quotations in the sense that more busy than you'd believe), so last night I was pushing it till one, and still this morning.
I also want to say, school is starting soon, so the only way I'm going to be able to update is if I completely get my computer privileges back, upload at school, or hope and pray to God my Dad gets a new computer. I will say this: no matter what, I am not abandoning you people.
Also, have you all seen the trailer for when Doctor Who comes back this August? If not, I'll just say: totally- EPIC. Now, onto the story…
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Large, blue, time-traveling boxes are odd. Their owners are strange. Gravity from traveling in said box is unpleasant, especially when you swear you beat yourself senseless on a bunch of railing. This was all somewhat relevant to how Riley was feeling after 'the Doctor' had invited her in his 'TARDIS.' She got up from the floor and rubbed her head. The Doctor smiled. "Wasn't that exciting?"

Riley groaned, worse than when her grandparents were nagging her about her grades. 'Ow,' was all she could say.

"Oh, don't worry about that. You didn't hit your head hard enough for a concussion. If you somehow did though, don't fall asleep anytime soon." The Doctor seemed to be talking extremely fast, but Riley still understood him, and nodded. The Doctor clapped his hands together. "Well, we're here. Are you ready?"

Riley looked around. "Where's Stupid?" The doctor took a quick look himself, then pointed to the door. He looked more pitiful than Riley had ever seen him. "This is your fault."

Riley walked over slowly down the stairs, the Doctor ahead of her. He went ahead and opened the door as she bent down to pick Stupid up. "Oh my." The Doctor said suddenly.

Right outside the TARDIS doors, there was a gruff looking man with a gun. A large gun. "Who the hell are you?" He asked.

The Doctor coughed a bit nervously. "I'm, uh, the Doctor. Could you perhaps..?" He gestured towards the gun. The man pointed it closer. "Okay. Or not."

"Who are you?" The man asked again.

Suddenly, Riley went under the Doctor's arms. "It's alright Papaw. He's got me."

The gruff man, Papaw, lowered the gun. "Riley?" Riley nodded. "What are you doing with this man?"

She shrugged slightly, still getting used to her headache. "I was lost after chasing Stupid, he found me, then took me back five minutes in the past, here." The man's eyes widened in shock, disbelief, and pure amazement. "Trust me, he's okay." Papaw slowly put his gun down, then stepped aside. Riley walked forward quickly, feeling better. The Doctor walked quickly behind, much more comfortable now that the gun was done away with.

Inside, the Doctor could see they were inside a kitchen; it was small, comfortable, homey… presumably Riley's home. In the corner of the kitchen was a table, and at the table, a woman, doing some bills. "I don't see why in the world you overreacted so much. It was just a box. Granted, it had a man and Riley in it, but a box all the same."

"Hey Mamaw. I guess you kinda knew I was gone…"

"Yes. Everyone overreacted, as usual. I knew you'd get back eventually. You still shouldn't ran off though."

"I'm sorry."

The woman, Mamaw, stood up and walked over to the TARDIS. "It's alright. Now, what in the world is this thing?"

The Doctor was shocked at the woman's behavior, but answered. "It's a TARDIS." The woman slightly nodded her head, and the Doctor leant down to Riley's level. "Is she always like this?" he whispered.

Riley nodded. "Yeah. Mamaw's probably the calmest person you'll ever see. Especially when she's doing bills." The Doctor only nodded, amazed by the woman.

"Well, I suppose I'll have to get Thalia." Mamaw sighed and walked out of the room. It was quiet, until there was a sudden screech of, "Thalia! Get back in here! Riley's okay! She's with some weird guy in a box!" She walked back into the room, then said in a very calm voice, "She'll be here in a few seconds. I saw her running like she was at the Olympics."

Just as Mamaw predicted, a young girl, obviously Thalia, came rushing into the room, panting, "Wh-where's Ril-ey?"

Riley bounced over to the frantic woman. "This is my aunt Thalia." She gave the woman a quick hug. "Hi Tha-"

"Where were you? I looked everywhere for you, and… and…"

"Thalia, I'm okay. I got lost up through the woods and ended up nowhere. But the Doctor found me." Riley reassured her aunt.

"The Doctor? Who's the Doctor?" Thalia asked. She looked up from her niece and saw the man she was talking about. "Who are you?"

He smiled. "Well, the Doctor, obviously." He looked to Riley. "I take she's the one whom you'd get in trouble with?" Riley nodded.

"Yes, she would. Especially if you don't tell me who you are. And not the Doctor."

The Doctor thought for a moment. "Well, that's what everyone calls me. Even I call me that, though I don't really know why." Thalia didn't look pleased with the explanation.

"Anything else?"

"Oh, well, yeah! There's a lot! Take this beauty for example." The Doctor patted the blue box. "This is my TARDIS."

Thalia looked confused. "A what-this?"

"Hm. You two are related. Well, anyway, it's a TARDIS. Stands for…"

"Time And Relative Dimensions In Space." Riley interrupted.

The Doctor nodded approvingly. "Ah, I like you. But yes," he redirected himself back to Thalia. "It's a time machine." All of the humans in the room, other than Riley, turned skeptic, but Thalia's eyes still widened.

"That's…"

"No, not impossible, but we can argue about that later. Now, what I recall, you," he said to Riley. "Said something about missing teachers?"

Riley nodded. "Oh yeah. Thalia and Papaw can tell you more about it than me and Mamaw, though." The Doctor looked toward the two humans. They rolled their eyes and grunted, still bewildered of whatever was going on, but sat down at the table, inviting the strange man to sit with them.
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Well, this definitely isn't my favorite chapter. I really was busy this past week though. The next chapter should be much better, and (don't get your hopes up) I might be able to get something up this weekend if I really try. But, this is the meeting of the Doctor and his newest companion. Not very dramatic, but, that was the point. I'll be back, my pretties…