Sierra's First Day.
"So how big is this place anyway?" Sierra asked as they walked through the TARDIS. The Doctor smiled. "As big as you need it to be." he said. Kyré chuckled. "The Doctor actually had a full on farm in here once."
He fake shivered. "All those muddy pigs…"
Sierra laughed.
"You should see the library."
"You have a library?!" Sierra asked ecstatically.
The Doctor grinned. "With all the books you could ever read.
"It's huge." Kyré said. "Probably the biggest one in the universe."
Kyré and the Doctor looked at each other and busted up laughing.
"Did I miss something?" Sierra asked.
"So, we've basically invented the best inside joke ever." The Doctor said, trying to stop laughing. "It was back when we were teenagers. To make it simple, books are the same thing as kisses. And libraries are buildings full of books. And I've got the biggest library of all."
Sierra laughed. "That's awesome! Are either of you experienced readers?"
Kyré grinned. "The Doctor's much more experienced than me."
He smiled and blushed.
"So what's her name?" Sierra asked.
"There have a few over the years," the Doctor sighed. "But, a long time ago, there was a girl named Cleria. She was a Time Lord with us on Gallifrey."
"Was?" Sierra asked.
The Doctor started to get choked up. "She… she was taken from Gallifrey, from me… they stole her memories and made her human. Then… they stuck her on Earth somewhere. She could be anyone. But I've never been able to find her. And I don't know that I ever will." The Doctor took a deep breath and composed himself. "But it's okay. I'm sure she's happy, wherever she is. With a good family and a good life."
"I'm sorry." Sierra said. "Why was she taken?"
Kyré spoke up. "During the Last Great Time War, the high council of Gallifrey became desperate. In secret, they started taking innocent people away from their homes and families then sending them to who-knows-where. It was called the Raxilade project. The people who were taken away were supposed to be some sort of salvation. But it was more of a cruel punishment that ruined the lives of innocent people."
"How did you find out about it?"
"I was one of them." Kyré said. "The last of them."
Sierra looked at Kyré closely. "You lost someone close to you during the Time War, didn't you."
"Everyone loses the people they care about eventually." Kyré said coldly. "If I did or not, it doesn't matter."
They stood in an awkward silence for a moment. "Anyway…" Kyré said. "Lets go to the library. You'll like it, Sierra. There's a pool in there too." Kyré started walking briskly ahead of them and was soon out of hearing range.
"Who did Kyré lose?" Sierra asked the Doctor as they walked.
He sighed. "She lost her husband, Terjai. He was tortured and killed right in front of her, and she couldn't do anything to stop it."
"I'm sorry." Sierra said quietly.
"He was the only one who ever truly loved her." The Doctor said. "He was the love of her life."
Sierra didn't say anything for a moment. "There was someone else, wasn't there. I can see the pain she hides."
The Doctor nodded. "Kyré lost her parents at a young age. They were murdered in front of her as well. She was just a child. After her parents were killed, my family adopted her. She's not only my best friend, but she's my little sister too."
Sierra looked shocked. "I knew that they must have been close to her, but I never would have guessed that it was her family."
They walked in silence for a moment.
"How does she always seem so happy?" Sierra asked.
"I honestly don't know." The Doctor said. "Kyré and I have been best friends for as long as either of us can remember. Unfortunately, I'm the only person that she hasn't lost. Kyré's gone through so much, and I've helped her the best I know how. But somehow she's risen above it."
"You're a good friend to her, Doctor."
"I try my best."
Sierra smiled at the Doctor and her eyes smiled.
"Wow…" the Doctor whispered.
"What?"
He blushed slightly. "…Your eyes sparkle like diamonds. In 12,000 years of traveling through time and space, they're the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen."
Sierra smiled and her cheeks turned pink. "Thank you, Doctor."
He smiled and sighs twitterpatedly as they walked into the library. "Ah, here we are. And it's all for you to enjoy."
"This place is amazing." Sierra said in awe.
Kyré came out from behind a bookshelf. "You may want to get a map, though. This place is–"
The TARDIS suddenly jolted and sent the three of them tumbling to the ground. A blinding light engulfed them and they were all knocked unconscious for a moment. After a while, Kyré regained her senses. "If you're alive," she called. "Groan loudly."
"I'm okay." The Doctor said.
Sierra groaned loudly, per Kyré's request, then laughed. "I'm okay."
"Umm… I think we have a problem." Kyré said, standing up.
"What is it?" The Doctor asked, as he helped Sierra to her feet.
"Well, either that table just grew over a hundred feet or we're three inches tall."
They looked up and saw what Kyré was talking about.
"What happened?" Sierra asked.
"I have no idea." The Doctor admitted.
"Doctor, do you still have your sonic in your pocket?" Kyré asked. The Doctor pulled it out and scanned them. "We're tiny."
"Well how did we get like this?" Sierra asked. "Does your TARDIS just randomly shrink people?"
"No, not normally." The Doctor said.
"Oh! I have an idea!" Kyré said. "Can I see your sonic?"
He handed it over and Kyré messed with the setting for a moment. A few seconds later, a remote control airplane came flying towards them. "Lady and gentleman," Kyré said with a grin. "Our ride."
The Doctor smiled. "You have no idea how long I've wanted to ride in this thing."
Kyré walked over to the plane and pulled out the action figure that were sitting in the seats. There was one in the pilot's seat and two more in the seat in the back. "Hop on in," Kyré said. "This thing really works."
She hopped into the pilot's seat. "I'll fly. You and Sierra can snuggle in the back."
The Doctor and Sierra looked at each other, then quickly got in the back and started snuggling, just to tease Kyré. But Kyré noticed that once they got in, they didn't really stop.
"While we're trying to find out what happened," the Doctor said to Sierra. "Why don't we go on a tour of the TARDIS?"
"That would be awesome." Sierra said.
Kyré grinned and started up the plane and they took off. They flew through the library, and then went to the pool.
"Hey, Doctor," Kyré said as they flew over the water. "Is the shark still in the pool?"
The Doctor grinned. "Oh Steven!" He shouted. Suddenly, they saw a giant splash in the water and something arched over their plane.
"I knew it!" Kyré exclaimed, excitedly. "I knew I felt something nuzzle me while I was swimming."
"Where is it?" Sierra asked. "I don't see anything."
"That's because he's invisible." The Doctor said. "In fact…" the Doctor reached into his pocket and pulled out a bag of deep fried goldfish. "Sierra, do you want to feed him?"
Sierra grinned from ear to ear. "Yeah!" She takes the treats and throws them over the edge. For a moment, nothing happens. Then a giant splash comes from the water and nearly drenches the plane. The three of them laughed.
"She likes you, Doctor." Kyré thought to him.
"Me?" He thought back. "Why would she like me? There's no way."
"I've seen the way she looks at you. If you don't believe me, put your arm around her. If she likes you, and she does, then she'll put her head on your shoulder."
"I don't think it works like that."
"99.995% of the time of does."
"No it doesn't." Then he spoke out loud. "Kyré, could you take the plane higher? That last splash nearly got us."
"You're scared to do it!" Kyré thought teasingly as she took the plane higher.
The Doctor reached back and waved goodbye. "Good sharky. Bye Steven!" When he stopped waving, he put his arm around Sierra. It took a while, but as they flew through the kitchen, Sierra put her head on his shoulder.
"How do you do that?" The Doctor thought.
"It's a girl thing." Kyré thought back. "And being a girl, I would know."
They flew through several other rooms. Including the gym, the movie theater, the art studio, the small zoo and finally, the planetarium. As they flew, Kyré had an idea. She took the Doctor's sonic screwdriver and started messing with things. She turned off the lights and turned on a hologram projector to display the universe. They were flying through the stars in a remote control airplane.
"This is beautiful." Sierra said in awe as they flew around the room. She snuggled up closer to the Doctor and he kept holding her.
Suddenly, two large men fumbled into the room. They crashed around in the dark as they tried to find the light switch. "Hold on!" Kyré said, putting the plane into a dive and landing it in a small space in the back of the room. The Doctor held Sierra close as she buried her head in his shoulder in fear.
"I thought you said you saw them come in here." One of the men said. They couldn't see much of him, but they could see his brown combat boots.
"I did." The other man said. He was wearing high tops.
"They're three inches tall." Combat Boots said. "They aren't gonna be a problem."
"You're probably right." High Tops said. "Lets get back to the control too. This TARDIS is a stubborn one, by I'll make it corporate." They left the room.
"You guys okay?" Kyré asked.
Sierra just buried her head deeper into his shoulder and the Doctor nodded.
Kyré smirked a little. "Someone's enjoying this." She thought.
"I hate this!" The Doctor thought back.
"WHAT?! You're kidding, right? She's totally snuggling up to you and not only that, but you make her feel safe."
"She's scared and I need to change that."
"Fair point."
"So what's the plan?" Kyré asked out loud.
"You're kidding right?" Sierra asked. "Didn't you see them? Those guys are huge compared to us. We'll get killed."
"Not of we're sneaky." The Doctor said.
"I have an idea," Kyré said. "What if we steal their shrink ray?"
"Perfect!" The Doctor exclaimed. "Then we can shrink them and reverse us back to normal."
"That'll work." Sierra said.
"But here's the real question." Kyré said. "Do we get to keep the shrink ray?"
"Of course!" The Doctor said. "It's a free shrink ray."
Sierra laughed at his enthusiasm.
"Okay, here's the gameplan." Kyré said. "Once we get into the control room, I'll distract them with the plane and while I'm doing that, I'll drop you two on the console and you guys grab the shrink ray. Blast them with it first then reverse yourselves."
"Do we have parachutes?" The Doctor asked.
"We have… one." Kyré said. "One of you will have to wear it while holding the other."
The Doctor looked at Sierra. "How much do you trust me?" He asked.
"I can't explain it, but I trust you with my whole life." She told him.
He smiled. "Then you better hold on tight." The Doctor put the parachute on. Sierra put her arms around him. "Like this?" She asked.
He put his arms around her as well. "Perfect." The Doctor said with a smile.
Kyré fake gagged as she started up the plane and flew to the control room.
The two men almost immediately noticed the plane and began trying to catch it. They ran around the control room after the plane until Kyré managed to get close enough to the console for the Doctor and Sierra to jump. "On my mark!" Kyré shouted. "…Now!"
The Doctor and Sierra jumped from their seat in the back of the plane and onto the console. The two of them ran through the maze of levers and switches and knobs until they made it to the shrink ray. While the two men were still chasing Kyré around, the Doctor figured how to reverse the ray and quickly turned himself and Sierra back to normal. Then, with a quick flick of a switch, shrunk the two men that invaded their home. "Sierra, grab me a jar!" the Doctor exclaimed as he ran after the men. He picked them both up and put them both into the jar that Sierra had brought him.
"Great!" Kyré said in a tiny voice. "We got them!"
The Doctor grinned from ear to ear as he picked Kyré up. "You are adorable." He laughed.
Kyré smiled.
"What do you think, Sierra?" the Doctor asked. "Should we keep her this way?"
"I think we should keep her small." Sierra said with a joking smile.
"What?!" Kyré exclaimed. "No! Being small is fun, but I'd rather not run the risk of you stepping on me whenever we go somewhere!"
The Doctor sighed playfully. "Alright fine." He grabbed the shrink ray and changed Kyré back to normal.
"It feels good to be back" Kyré said. "Now, lets see who we have here." She took the jar from the Doctor and inspected it. "Doctor, they're Time Agents." She said once she saw the Vortex Manipulators on their wrists. "What should we do with them?"
"Well," the Doctor said, "I think we could just let the Shadow Proclamation deal with them."
The two guys in the jar started freaking out.
"What's the Shadow Proclamation?" Sierra asked.
"It's like the intergalactic police force." The Doctor told her. "Trust me, you don't want to mess with them."
High Tops and Combat Boots seemed to be begging for the Doctor not to turn them in. "Or," The Doctor said. "You could hand over your badges and Vortex Manipulators and any other gadgets you may have, then we'll take you home."
They agreed to this.
"Oh," Kyré said. "And we get to keep the shrink ray."
Combat Boots seemed to throw a little temper tantrum about this but High Tops slapped him upside the head and he stopped. The Doctor pulled them both out of the jar and set them on the console, where they gave him all their stuff and the coordinates of where they lived. One at a time, the Doctor sent them both home. Once they were both gone, Sierra gave the Doctor a hug. "Congratulations, Doctor," she said. "You've saved the day once again." She let him go and gave him a very quick kiss on the cheek then left.
"Still think she doesn't like you?" Kyré asked, laughing.
"I think I'm in love." The Doctor said with a smile.
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