Tying The Loose Ends

Matt came to his TARDIS sweating and with his uniform stained with mud and grass all over. He had been convinced by big guy Michael Abbot, the football prodigy of the school, to join the team. So, after class, he stayed and played with the strongest players in the team and went out victorious. After the entire team made him the bottom of the day's dog pile, he ended up with mud all over. And the girls nearby declared that that image was highly hot and attractive. Not that he'd ever notice, he was as oblivious as his father was when it came to girls. To him, girls were a mystery still; make up, hair and clothes as well as hectic drama and girly stuff. Yet, he had been gifted with his mother's flirting attributes, he just wasn't aware of them. To be frank, he had dated once, but it was a cat-like girl from a distant planet his family had visited. The girls there used to ask out the boys instead of the other way around. And he had agreed because she had beautiful green eyes and seemed to always talk in an eternal purr. They relationship lasted one day, mainly because his father had done something to anger the leader of the tribe, and because she was about to devour him. It seemed the females could also eat their mates if they thought they ould not bring them healthy offspring. Which meant that they had to leave as soon as possible. And that is all of his dating record. A cat girl that wanted to eat him. Well, who said life was easy?

Back to the actual story.

Matt had decided to take a very needed bath and that cooking was a must, his stomach was grumbling with hunger and he felt that a lasagna would do him right. That and Baby had insisted on him eating a good lasagna that she would provide. Which she properly did. And let me tell you, boy, it was delicious. He had no idea she had the ability to do such great lasagna, but she was very capable of it. After he was finished, he decided to do his homework. Finishing his homework was an easy thing to pull through, being a half Time Lord (or Teen? How do we even apply this terminology?) And having a superior intelligence had its perks. Like speaking perfect French. So, heading to the kitchen, he set off to bake his mom's special chocolate soufflé. The problem at hand, it seemed like the TARDIS refused to use human ingredients. She wanted him to cook with Sontaran eggs and he knew she knew he was allergic to them. 'Just like Dad´s TARDIS, this one has an attitude' he thought bitterly, suddenly deciding that if Baby won't let him use his ingredients of choice, he would get them himself. And so, that's the story of how Matt Smith Oswald ventured to the town of Leadworth, got lost in the tiny town and let himself to be taken care of by a bunch of old ladies.

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Matt walked by St. Lennox Library and took a right turn, getting finally to the super market. After he was delayed by the grannies of the Leadworth community, asking him from where he was and about his parents and so on and so forth. Now, in the XXI Century human super market, he felt suddenly so alien in such common and plain place. Everyone knew what exactly to do, which isles to go, how to read the expiration date… but he had no idea, no training. But he got a basket and walked calmly around all of the aisles, putting inside what he needed. Some eggs, milk, bananas, chocolate, butter and brown sugar later, found Matt having a row with the auto cashier machine. He was already creating quite the ruckus, when he fished his sonic screwdriver out of his jacket's pocket and aimed it at the daft machine. Finally, he had control over that machine and passed around his groceries.

It was getting late when he received a call from his parents, both wanting to hear the stories their son had about his first day in class. He quickly told them about the football crash on his face, his bleeding nose, spunky ginger headed girl and total genius brown haired girl, his football team tryouts and lastly, his trip to the market. It all went down nicely and steady when his mother got that spring in her voice, telling him immediately that she was up to no good.

"So… you just said earlier something about a total screaming genius girl at your class. Tell me about her." He could hear the smirk on Clara's voice from the phone and he shifted uncomfortably on his feet.

"Well, she is very intelligent. Very good student. Also, she helped this black haired girl understand analytical geometry; she is very kind and patient. She has brown hair, but much more lighter, like… let's say, honey." His parents hummed through the phone, smirks and smiles were so loud that it was possible to hear them from the phone the boy had on his ear. He started walking towards the bridge of the town, connecting the market place with the rest of the town. A lagoon below rippled with the stone nearby children was throwing at its banks. "She has big, brown eyes, but the shade is so so dark, like molten chocolate for the soufflés mom bakes, and also burns."

"HEY!"

"But what I really lo- I mean, like, about her is that she is always willing to help others. And also, she stood up to the queen bee of the school and drenched her in hot coco." He finished with a smile, leaning on the rail of the bridge he was crossing.

"So, it is safe for me to know when the first date will be, uh." Clara made some kissy sounds over the phone, the Doctor just laughing gleefully from the other side. Matt felt his cheeks grow hotter by the second.

"MOM!" he yelled flustered at the phone, attracting some unwanted attention in the form of, yes, ducks. The fat birds were looking at him funny, and he gulped. "Mom, I need to make a dash for it, there are evil ducks. I'll talk to you later, bye." He shut the phone off without giving Clara or Eleven time to say anything more, the eerily silent ducks were getting closer to him. And then, he ran.

He was running for his life, he had a weird duck phobia. It all went back when he was only four, and his parents and him were visiting the Maitland's that spring. They went to a lake vacation with 20 year old Angie and 16 year old Artie to a very famous recreational park near a lake. Angie convinced his mother to let her take care of the four year old toddler. What an enormous mistake she'd made. One moment they were feeding the ducks, the other a swarm of the things had him cornered and Angie was off the side, talking to her best friend Nina about her boyfriend Josh. Artie was the only one to notice the little boy being bullied by the fat birds, but he came too late, Matt had already begun to fear for his life. Since that day, he has been afraid of ducks. So Matt kept on running, looking back sometimes just making sure the beasts from hell were way back. And in that moment, he stumbled with another frantic teen, running for it. The teen had put off Matt, for he looked like his father's tenth reincarnation. A lot. But he discarded the thought; he had more pressing issues right now. Like the demoniac feather carriers from the seventh ring of hell. Also, he had learnt from his father that you should never ignore a coincidence, unless one was busy. In which case, always ignore a coincidence. So he just shrugged, still running to his parked TARDIS, the eggs seemed to have broken from the fall, but right now, the ducks could be anywhere.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LINE BREAAAAK~~~~~~~~~TENGO HAMBRE DENME UNA AREPA!~~~~~~~

David was eyeing the two girls whispering to each other and pointing at him; like he was an insect and they were debating which one of them would step on him. His wrists were tied together very tightly, cutting his circulation with a vice grip. If only he could reach his sonic screwdriver from his jacket pocket, everything would be easier. He decided that plan B had to start now, and that included giving the girls a big scare. His mother always told him to use that power inside him when he was in an absolute emergency, this called for drastic measures.

"Please, let me out. I need to go. Please…" he tried to get their attention; both girls decided that they should hear him out.

"Who are you?" asked Alex, narrowing her eyes at the brown haired boy, losing her patience little by little.

"That… I cannot answer correctly." He said with a sigh, Lotty motioned to hit him yet again with her frying pan, and he flinched visibly. This made pity course through the ginger's eyes, lowering her weapon. "But I can tell you that I am, or will be someday, the Oncoming Wolf." He said, seriousness seeping out of him. At this, the girls started to giggle, then full out laughing.

"Are you kidding me? What are you? The big bad wolf that ate Little Red's granny?" guffawed Lotty, Alex just giggled uncontrollably, and she was obviously amused by the weird confession of David.

David just got more serious, and felt the power creep up to his veins, then his face. He closed his eyes, feeling the power seep through his every pore. Once the girls stopped laughing, he opened his eyes and saw they had their backs to him. Perfect.

"Yes, I am the big bad wolf and I will eat you up, little Red!" he bellowed, eyes golden with uncontained power. His voice came our hoarse and strong, making Alex and Lotty to turn on their spot, confused as to why did his voice suddenly change. What they saw terrified them, the boy's brown eyes changed into a golden colour, light irradiated from him and the bonds that tied him to the chair started to burn.

"W-what are you!?" stuttered Alex, watching as the teen freed himself, golden tendrils coiling around him like snakes. Lotty stood in front of her best friend, and did her best to look imposing. David started to float, making his way to the girls. He reached over and touched Alex's temple, sending her to sleep, making her believe it was all a dream. Alex fell down to the floor, unconscious and without the memories of the past hour. Lotty's body was racked with tremors she willed to hide. She held her head high and looked at him in the eye.

"Look, alien boy or whatever the hell are you, I am not scared. I don't fear you, so you can go fuck yourself-"she didn't finish her string of colorful words as he emptied her mind and let her go to numbness. Not before feeling that something was off. Her mind had a bitter edge made him feel slightly confused. David took a few breaths to calm him down, willing Bad Wolf's powers to diminish and leave him completely. When he finished, he cracked his neck and rolled his shoulders. Those girls sure knew how to tie a passed out person. He now felt tired from using just an ounce of the powers he inherited from his mother. He sighed and picked up Alex, moving her to the sofa and putting her there. Then he did the same with Charlotte, tucking her in the armchair. He looked at her sleeping face and caressed her right cheek with his index finger, perplexed how a seemingly peaceful girl could be so vicious. He felt his phone ring in his pocket; he got his phone out of his jacket's pocket, and looked at the caller ID. It said "Mum". Flickering his finger over the screen, he answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi Dave, how did you do in your first mission? Your dad was monitoring your vitals and found out you started to use Bad Wolf. Did something happen?" asked his mother's preoccupied voice, some metallic tinkering could be heard in the background, probably his father trying to fix something. Again.

"No, no, I'm fine. I just got some obstacles." He walked towards the door and leant in, sliding down the ground. "I'm going to get back home so you both can check my results. You are never going to guess what I just discovered. Let's say that they can control their time traveling with a weird object called the Chronograph. Yet, I still have no idea where is it. I have the voice records and some papers."

"Oh! Perfect, I'll see you for supper. Your dad made a great tomato soup for dinner."

With that, he hung up and stood up. He checked his Vortex Time Manipulator and set it for the right time, and then he connected his phone and pressed a button. In a matter of seconds, he was whirling towards his home, in another universe.

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Alex woke up in the ground again, it was the third time this week she fell over her bed. She rubbed her head, feeling a rather sore spot in her cranium and winced. Stifling a yawn, she stood up slowly, stretching her muscles. She padded to her bathroom and scowled when she saw her usual bed hair, thrown all over like a lion's mane. She took hold of some of her crazily curly hair in her fingers and looked at it intensely.

"Por qué no… ugh, stay straight you piece of…hair!" she mumbled something under her breath in Spanish about how she hated when her hair went all crazy. She looked at her reflection once more and shrugged. "I can't even imagine how mum can handle her hair and make it look so damn good." She said, getting into the warm sprays of water her shower provided. The warm water relaxed her muscles and woke her up from the remaining sleepiness she had previously.

When she got out of her room fully dressed and with her puffy hair subdued, she noticed that Nana was still asleep, for the kitchen was dark and without the usual clatter of pots and sizzling bacon. She went to the fridge and took out a chocolate soy milk carton and chugged it in the spot, tasting the incredible savor of the almond chocolate goodness. Her brown eyes went back to the curtains in the kitchen. For some reason, the ribbons that tied them to the side disappeared last week. It was all kinda hazy for her, she remembered getting home with Lotty and doing their homework, then nothing. She reasoned that they were so tired that day that they just fell asleep.

Suddenly, there was a knock in her front door. She went to the door and through the crystal she saw a man carrying a messenger bag. Slowly she opened the door to reveal a blue eyed man, with black hair wearing a cap and with a post office uniform. He glanced at her briefly, fiddling with his bag, looking for her correspondence. He just murmured a 'good morning', never looking at her. Finding her stash of mail, he handed it to her, then as an afterthought, gave her another letter.

"Look, open this one first." He said, low baritone voice, glancing sideways, he looked at her again. "Don't open it in front of your nanny." With that, he just went to his truck, saluting her briefly and then going off quickly. She was standing there gobsmacked, watching the retreating truck with mild curiosity, but mostly, a feeling in her gut that something was off. Still seeing as it was very early, she went back inside, putting the bills and Nana's mail in the kitchen table. Going to her room, she locked the door and sat in her bed, looking over the dark blue envelope with her name scrawled in a neat handwriting. But what actually put off Alex was that it was her mom's handwriting.

"What could she have done this time? She usually just calls…" she said under her breath. She ripped the envelope with trembling hands. The anticipation had her on edge, and she felt that for some strange and unknown reason she was excited. She took the letter out, and admired the beautiful blue stationary her mother had used.

Dear Alexandra,

I should tell you that I am currently fine; I have not done anything stupid or reckless as you always say I do. I must also tell you that you MUST NOT show this letter to Nana, under any given circumstance. Sweetie, you know that I love you, but you must know that not everything is what you think it is. It's so much more than anything.

First, my name is not Melissa Montrose. I had to take that name under a very heavy situation that needed fixing. My real name is Melody. I can't say anything more, in this moment you are reading this, the less you know about my past, the better. Yet, in the future it will be essential for you.

Secondly, I am an archeologist, not just the kind you expected me. I know it must be hard for you to believe this, but time traveling exists. I am not joking. I never wanted to tell you this, but in this moment, I need you to know how to protect yourself. Good, now that we got the time traveling part done, this will get you to third.

You can time travel. Let's say your father's family had very special abilities and you inherited mine and you father's. You are special sweetie, but you must protect yourself. These people called the Guardians will want to take you in, let them. Don't lower your guard. Don't let them change the way you think. You will feel scared, but I need you to be brave. Don't let Lotty go. She is very important. She is the most important girl in the universe. Not that you aren't important, but you are another kind of special. You are the Ruby, the Raven who can understand the dead. The last jewel in the Guardians' box. I must warn you, they will think you know nothing. They are wrong. You must know that the machine they use to send people to pre-scheduled trips to the past is called the Chronograph. They will tell you that they only have one. They had two; the one they are currently using is the spare one. The original one got lost. Please, act as if you knew nothing. Ignorance is bliss, they say. Listen, the only ignorance that is blissful is the fake one. Lotty must help you, she doesn't know yet, but she is important. You two must help each other to discover the truth.

You must go to the attic and look for a hidden trapdoor. There, you will find things I left for you to use when the time comes. Do not show them to Nana. Keep them with you at all times. The box you will find has the instructions for each of the items I got you. Look for them when Nana goes out to work. The day you receive this letter, you will see a black haired man. Don't ever forget him. You'll need him, he is my helper.

You must be thinking about your father. I know this will be a lot to take in. But as I told you, he is a time traveler. He is lost. I cannot reach him. Not from where I am. I'm busy. I do love him, so so much. But I must tell you I have my hands tied at the moment; you will never know how hard it was to send this to you without them noticing. I know you must be doing that scowl you always did when you were little, don't. You will get wrinkles. You are too young to have one of them.

Also, aliens exist. There are many worlds, galaxies and places no one has ever seen. This is going to sound crazy, but when you see one of those creatures, just run. Running will save you.

The Guardians will come to get you tomorrow. Don't fret. You will need someone else's help. This person is going to be very important for you. You must remember Peter.

You will receive more letters telling you what to do as you progress in your journey.

Please, don't straighten too much your hair. Those perfect little curls are so precious. You look beautiful. Now you must go to school before Nana wakes up. Burn this letter.

With love,

Mum.

Alex felt her heart clench and her throat began to feel like the Sahara. She suddenly felt dizzy, tears were clouding her vision. She covered her mouth with her right hand, her other hand was clenching the letter tightly. She trembled, fear overcoming her. She wept silently for a few minutes, and then took a deep breath. Knowing that she had nothing else to do, her mother's cryptic message made her think that she needed to take action immediately. She washed her face and put on her most convincing happy face; she wasn´t in the drama club for nothing.

Looking downstairs, she noticed that was still asleep. So she just got her bike and pedaled to Lotty's house.

"You are telling me that kinda shit and you expect me to believe your mum ain´t nuts, innit?!" shrieked Lotty at Alex, taking her ginger locks and pulling slightly. She then threw her arms up in the air and started to walk in circles. Alex just had an unreadable expression and was waiting for her best friend to say something else than just denying what she read.

"Then explain why my mum hasn't seen me since I was ten, then. Why all of the sudden would she- this letter. She wouldn't even think of doing this kind of joke." She said, clutching the bars in the school's roof. The afternoon air was chilly, a brisk air flowing all around Leadworth. "Lotty, you've got to believe me!" she cried out, grabbing her friend's shoulders and shaking her. Charlotte opened her eyes widely; suddenly her voice got stuck in her throat. Her dark blue eyes were frantic, her mouth closed and opened, but no sound ever left her. She just lifted her arm and pointed behind her. Baffled, Alex turned around, just to come face to face with the strangest thing she had ever seen. It was probably one of the ugliest things in the world; it had many tentacles, was monstrously gigantic and was leering just at her. And Charlotte too.

Screaming like banshees, they scuttled to the door, and locked it behind them. Immediately, they found out that the thing was pounding on the door. Glancing at each other, they ran down the stairs. Passing some of the teachers left in the school at this hour, they just regarded them with angry stares and tutted at them. They didn't pay any attention to the teachers and ran for it. Alex was having trouble putting inside her bag her books while running when she stumbled with someone and they fell down unceremoniously. Her papers flew out of her binder, post it notes, photos and many more were laying in the ground all around her.

"Hey, sorry! I didn't see you there!" said a voice she recognized all too well. She looked at him up and down, making him blush. Matt looked like he just got out of the shower, damp hair and fresh clothes. She narrowed her eyes, looking at him always made her think she had seen him before.

"Oi, we´re kinda in a hurry! Alex, get your things!" shrieked Charlotte, her voice bouncing up and down in the empty hallways.

"Just a mo, I need my stuff!" she called back, Charlotte huffing and crossing her arms over her chest.

He motioned to get her things off the floor when she saw it. She saw a photo she hadn't seen in so long. She looked at him in the eye and pointed to the photo. He looked at it confused and then widened his eyes. Alex hastily stood up, pointing at him.

"You! You, you, you, you!" she cried in hysterics, he stood up, and took the photo from her hands and looked back at her in surprise.

"Me-I-we-but…You?" he stammered, clasping her hands, making her wanting nothing but to slap him. The scene in itself was ridiculous, a raging monster behind their backs and they were holding hands. The picture was none other than that one picture she always kept in the back pocket of her bag. The photo of a certain part Time Lord and a little five-year old girl on his shoulders. Alex and Matt.

"You are Peter Pan." She said calmly, making him smile and nod. This made her turn her soft smile into a grimace and she pulled his cheeks, Matt crying out in mild pain. "TE HICISTE PASAR POR MI MALDITO AMIGO IMAGINARIO, CABEZA DE CHORLITO, IDIOTA, GILIPOLLAS! ME ENVIARON A CUATRO PSIQUIATRAS Y ME CAMBIÉ SIETE VECES DE PRE-ESCOLAR! YOU BLOODY GIT!" she took hold of his shoulders and pushed him to the lockers. He winced in pain but said nothing.

"I-I´m sorry! I didn't know you were that little girl that invited me over for tea!" he cried, fear evident in his eyes, the raging girl was almost going to punch his face when Charlotte screamed.

"AREN'T YA FORGETTING SOMETHING?!" shrieked Charlotte, pointing to the monster in front of the window in the hallway.

"Fuck my life." Droned out Alex, face blank and tired, wanting to hit her head with something to see if she was dreaming this.

"The alien that was following me!" cried out Matt, taking Charlotte's and Alex's hands and running.

"WAS IT FOLLOWING YOU!?" cried out Alex, running with all her might, forgetting about the row she was having with Matt. Charlotte got to her feet quickly, expressing a wide variety of curse words never heard in the world.

"Yeaah, I forgot to tell you. But you know what? Let's run a bit more, eh? Maybe if we disappear it will tire out and leave the planet." Alex and Lotty hummed in unison and kept on running. "Or maybe it will destroy the entire town consuming it with one breath." He finished, grinning madly.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!" shrieked both of them. Matt just kept on running and laughed nervously.

They turned a corner and found themselves in the school library. They got to the oldest section no one ever went to and in there, under one single light bulb, was the TARDIS, in all of her blue glory.

"You got us here to look at a goddamn blue box!" said Lotty, hitting him in the arm, seething. But Matt didn't feel any pain; he just grinned and walked to his ship. He patted the wood and the doors opened. He motioned for the girls to enter the box, wiggling his eyebrows.

"Are you telling me that there's an alien invasion and you want us inside this." She lifted her eyebrow, and looked at him with her hands on her hips. "And we just met. Cheeky." She said, eliciting a blush out of him.

"W-what!? No- you, ugh! Shut up!" he spluttered, making Lotty laugh at him. He straightened his bowtie and smiled, even though he was as red as a tomato. "Well? Go on, enter." He said, motioning for both girls to take a look in his TARDIS. He was extremely happy, even though the impending dread of an invasion was a more pressing matter.

The girls looked at each other and shrugged, deciding to enter the TARDIS. They took one step when they stopped and looked at him perplexed. They circled the TARDIS many times, whilst he just entered his ship and waited for them to say the thing.

When they got inside again, they shrieked the thing he wanted to hear the most.

"IT'S BIGGER ON THE INSIDE!" Matt just smiled and motioned them to come in, closing the doors with a snap of his fingers.

"Now, this you are looking at is the TARDIS, Time and Relative Dimension in Space. It travels through time and space, now where to first?" he said with a cocky smile.

SORRY I DIDN'T UPDATE! I was very busy, I had school work and stuff!

What do you think? Now the real story is beginning, many secrets will float and more craziness will ensure. This has been a great effort to me because I had a biology essay to turn in and I haven't started yet. It's about medical fungi. Yaaaaaai~

I'll see you next time! Leave your reviews and comments! They are greatly appreciated!