Although she hadn't been in this version of the TARDIS before, she could tell it was the Doctor's. There were no other Time Lords left, and besides, who else could pull off decorating with such brightly colored orbs? Laughing, she ran up the steps to the TARDIS console. Her bag was thrown onto the seats, unnecessary for the moment. The console gleamed at her, and she ran her hands along the edge.

"Hey dear," she whispered quietly, placing her cheek on the surface of the console. "Did you miss me?"

The TARDIS said nothing in reply, but the girl didn't need a reply. She walked slowly around the edge of the central console, touching the gadgets she knew so well.

"He needs to get a new Vortex Stabilizer," she mused softly, running her hands over the same old switch she had seen in her days in the box. "I'm sure this old thing is still acting up."

The young woman continued to make her way around the console, adjusting the Dimensional Supplementor a degree here, changing the levels of plasticity just a bit there. As if combat these subtle changes, a light began flashing as she passed her hand over it.

The loud voice that came from the TARDIS screen caused her to jump and screech slightly. "WARNING: TEMPORAL ANOMOLY DETECTED. TERRA GRAVITY CLAMP DISENGAGED."

The girl looked startled for a moment, then hurriedly began turning cranks and flipping levers. "Stupid man!" she cursed, running to the other side of the console to hit something with a hammer, causing a bell to ring.

"Didn't put his parking brake on and NOW look what happens." Pulling out a stop and hitting a button furiously on her way by, a small ball was now rolling around in the interior of the console.

"Meddle with a few inter-dimensional levels and all of the sudden you're trying to take a trip without the Doctor, right dear?" She smacked the column of the console, perhaps not quite as affectionately as she should have. The room began to vibrate violently, as if the TARDIS was being shaken by an extremely large child.

"I get the point already!" Twisting a purple knob, the girl then yanked the final lever sideways. The shuddering stopped. She hurried to check the TARDIS screen.

"Levels equalized," it said in a calm and entirely boring way, in her opinion. The girl felt that it did not adequately explain the genius of her work and the ingenuity needed to complete it. Unsatisfied, she decided to have her own celebration of her genius.

After a few dance moves, some serious fist pumping, and a good deal of frolicking, she finally threw her arms up in the air.

"Levels equalized!" she shouted joyfully, and paused to listen to the sound echo through the hallways of the TARDIS. Unexpectedly, her listening was interrupted.

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" said the lanky man standing in the doorway.