The 16-year-old stood up, gripping the chair tightly, as the sound faded away and the three people turned from their conversation and looked at her.

"Was that YOUR distress signal?" the English guy asked. She swung her head round and tilted it back to see them under the rim of her hat.

"Yeah!" she grinned suddenly, her cheery smile appearing from nowhere. The other guy and the girl exchanged a glance and she paused. "Urm... I just... realised I was alone..." she said slowly, her grin fading. "And I've no way of getting around..."

"Are you Irish or not?" the American guy asked suddenly.

"Urm... no..." she said slowly.

"Earth?" the English guy asked. She paused, mouth half open.

"URRRM... no..." she said slowly, nodding, then looked alarmed. "I'M NOT INSANE! I SWEAR!" The English guy laughed.

"I didn't think you were." he laughed. She laughed nervously.

"I just... nobody else had ever heard of Riam... and..." she paused, dipping her head to hide her face.

"Riam?" the English bloke asked, surprised.

"Yous'uns know it? Well, I'm the last." she grinned proudly, tugging her hat off to reveal her brown hair - it was short and swept back in a ponytail - and bowing.

"Great...Fascinating..." he nodded. The blonde girl looked blank.

"Urm... wanna explain...?" she said.

"Right..." the English bloke paused. "What's your name, by the way?"

"Tory, you?"

"I'm the Doctor." he announced, motioning to the other two. "And these are Rose and Jack." Tory nodded.

"Right, so, Tory. Riamian, eh?"

"Riamian...?" Rose asked blankly.

"In the year... 4200, they sent out a shuttle from Ireland and found Riam - a nice little blue and white planet. They inhabited it till the year 50000, when there was a huge fire which killed them all." he paused. "Except Tory, obviously." Rose nodded.

"Right..." she looked at her, noticing her white denim jacket, blue denim jeans and white snow boots.

"Wore denim." he added. Tory smiled, pulling her earphones out of her ears.

"How'd you escape?" Jack asked, stepping forwards. Tory paused.

"Dunno." she admitted, smiling again. Her navy blue eyes, flecked with cream, glittered as she pulled her hat back on, tilting it to an angle.

"Oh, right. Nice hat."

"Thanks."

"So, did you just need a lift somewhere...?" Rose asked.

"Oh, urm... I've nowhere to go, so... anywhere'd be fine." she said slowly.

"You could stay if you'd like." The Doctor suggested. She looked around his ship, studying the beautiful twirls and towering pillars, suddenly feeling small.

"Really...?" she asked faintly.

"If the other two don't mind." he grinned, glancing at the two. The both nodded.

"The more the merrier." Jack smiled. Rose nodded.

In the few days to follow, Tory would learn about the Doctor being a Timelord, and they'd share a joke of pathetic humans, until Jack pointed out that Riamians originated on Earth, which ended the teasing. A few months, three to be exact, passed. It seems Tory was keeping count...