Chapter Thirty-Seven (Ditzy`s Point of View)
"There we go," the Doctor smiled broadly, "welcome to Arcadia!"
"Let`s try to stay here a bit longer than last time, huh," I laughed quietly to the Doctor.
"Definitely," he nodded. The Doctor went to lock the TARDIS but stopped. "Oh, Ditzy, I forgot – here, I made you a present."
He handed me a silver chain with a key attached at the bottom. "What is this...?"
"The key to the TARDIS – she trusts you enough to let me give you this." He put it around my neck and fixed my hair afterwards, placing it so it would cover the outside of the chain. "I think it looks really, really great on you."
"Aw, thanks," I smiled, kissing his cheek and then taking his hand. "I love it."
"Happy to hear," he smiled back.
Dinky wanted to do anything BUT stay still. We had to chase after her countless times, and as the Doctor recalled it, was 'pretty fun, but we might need to put her on a leash'. He even told me he considered trading for one, which I found pretty hilarious. She did not act scared of freaked out about the aliens. In fact, she even made friends with a few! When it came time to leave, Dinky was a little sad, but nothing more.
We began our walk back to the TARDIS. The Doctor began to purposely lag behind to talk to Dinky, and I was trying to overhear their conversation.
"Are you alright with traveling like this?" He asked her.
"Definitely, I wouldn`t want to do anything else!"
I smiled at her answer. They talked a little bit more but I couldn`t hear much after that, so I opened the door for them and waited.
"...scared of the aliens?" the Doctor asked.
"I don`t know, I was just kind of... relaxed, I guess," she shrugged. "It doesn`t faze you once you realize that to them you`re an alien too."
"But their appearance wasn`t a tad too... weird, for someone your age?" the Doctor obviously was astonished Dinky wasn`t scared or anything of the other aliens, but for some reason I wasn`t. I shrugged it off and watched them walk in, shutting the door behind us.
"I`m tired," Dinky yawned, "I think I`m going to go to bed now."
I nodded when she left, the Doctor looking at the time. "9:00 PM exactly," he grinned, "not too late, if I say so myself."
"It`s never too late to you," I laughed. "I mean, you`re a time traveler, so literally."
"Hey, I can be late for things!"
"Really, because other than a few days ago, you`ve been early or on time."
"Whatever," he smiled. "Where should we go tomorrow?"
"Oh, I know! What about a new planet that no one knows about, so we can discover something?" I suggested excitedly.
"Good job, Ditzy!" He grinned wildly. "We can have the TARDIS take us somewhere unknown!"
"Thanks," I shrugged. "I guess we should probably go to bed now."
"Agreed," he smiled again, kissing me before we went our separate ways.
(The Next Day)
"Ditzy, come on, wake up!" The Doctor smiled, gently shaking my shoulder.
I looked up groggily. "Huh?"
"Figured I might wake you up, considering that we need an entire day ahead of us," he laughed, sitting on the edge of my bed. "Are you awake now?"
"I might be, but it`s too early to tell." I sat up straighter, blinking oddly. "What time is it, anyways?"
"Uh... a little after 8, why...?"
"Because you know I don`t like being woken up early." I shot a murderous glance at him.
He stood up, brushed off his coat, and put his arms half-up in surrender. "Alright, alright," he laughed, "I can let you fall back asleep, if that`s what you want. But I think the TARDIS wants to head out."
"We are going to that new planet, right?"
"If there are any, correct."
"...I`m up," I laughed, jumping out of bed quickly which caused him to smile.
"That`s my Ditzy," he grinned.
"Wait, so a new planet?" Dinky asked, hopping up and down.
I was sitting on the raggedy couch trying to use a brush the Doctor gave me to get the knots out of my hair. Sadly, I was getting angry each time it wouldn`t work. I put the brush down in frustration but smiled when I began to talk. "I know, right!"
"Whose idea was this?"
"Yours truly," I laughed, beginning to try my hair again. I couldn`t reach the bottom tips and I rolled my eyes and my inability to do something so simple.
"You two ready?" The Doctor asked.
"Yup," Dinky answered for us.
"Good – now, allons-y!"
The TARDIS lurched to life and the engines roared and gurgled.
"Remember; keep us updated on our location, Old Girl!" He smiled, patting the clear tube in the middle of the control panel.
We shot upwards. Dinky smiled and looked at me, holding my hand tightly so she wouldn`t fall. I had my free hand grasping directly onto the railing surrounding what seemed to be an endless hole.
The Doctor saw me watching him and smiled, looking downwards. The TARDIS started showing locations on the monitor and the Doctor started yelling them off.
"Passing by Saturn, now taking a left towards the west of Jupiter, oh, this is absolutely bloody FANTASTIC!" He shouted, his mad smile returning once again.
"What is?"
"We`re nearing the horizons of the planet, get ready to land!"
Author`s Note:
Hey, I am so, so, SO sorry about these mix-ups. In my Microsoft Word (which is where I type these stories) document, I accidentally typed the wrong chapter numbers. So instead of this being Chapter Thirty-Seven, it was Thirty-Five, so this came a chapter or two earlier than supposed to. I was up until one in the morning figuring this out, haha! But it`s all fixed now, I hope.