Hello again! So for this episode I decided to make it into two chapters. I seemed a little long to keep all in one. You will see a really development of Harper's and the Doctor's relationship. I hope you enjoy!


Harper's POV

Rose and I were not in the best place right now. For some reason, I am not sure why, but she seemed mad at me. And I really wanted my friend back. So I headed to her room in hopes that I could make it better.

I knocked on her door and when she opened the door I gave a smile wave and said, "Hey."

"Oh, um… hello."

"So, listen I was needing some help." I quickly hid my thoughts from the Doctor, not wanting to mess this up. "The TARDIS has just informed me the it is April Fools Day back in your time, and I was really wanting to pull a prank on the Doctor."

She gave me huge smile and asked, "What is your idea and what do you need me to do?"

"Yes!" I gave a fist pump, "I have an idea for his sonic screwdriver, but I need you to distract him for a bit."

"I can do that!" She linked our arms together and started to pull me to the console room, "Let go get the Doctor."

We were still laughing when we reached the console room and the Doctor looked up from what he was doing to smile at us.

"You two seem to be in a good mood."

"Oh, you know… girl talks do wonders." Rose and I laughed once more as she walked over to him to start the distraction.

I could feel the Doctor trying to see what was going on in my mind but there was no way I was letting him in. I walked quietly over to where he had put his jacket over one of the columns and drug into his pocket. I had just got my hand around the sonic when he began to turn around. Rose thankful got his attention again letting me make my escape with the sonic.


It only took me about five minutes to paint the sonic screwdriver and return it to his pocket, thanks to some alien paint that dries super fast. I went and sat by Rose and waited for the TARDIS to make the final move.

Rose had asked the Doctor to explain something that was horribly boring, and as he was blabbing on loud alarms started to go off.

"What?" He called, while Rose asked, "What's wrong? What is it?"

"I don't know, she just went crazy," he made his way over to his jacket and pulled out a now hot pink sonic screwdriver.

Once he pulled out the screwdriver the alarms stopped, but our laugher began. His face was just so priceless.

"W… what… how… YOU!" He pointed a finger at Rose and I causing us to fall into a fit of giggles once more.

"Happy April Fools Day, Doctor," we said at the same time.

"What?"

"The TARDIS told Harper it was April Fools Day. So…."

"We thought why not prank you? You should so see your face. It's hilarious."

'You will pay for this. I know it was all your doing.' He told me.

I just busted out laughing and thought, 'you can try, Doctor, but remember I had four brothers. Its hard to catch me unaware.'

He started to pout and I said, "Oh, stop it with the long face. It will can off with water so go and wash the sonic screwdriver while Rose and I get dressed for the next adventure."

"Where are we going anyways?" Rose asked.

"The late 1970's," the Doctor called, as he walked quickly to go and wash the sonic.


The Doctor's POV

Harper enter the console room saying, "So you said late 1970's but for some reason the TARDIS would only give me clothes from the 1800's." I turned to look at her and laughed. She was in an 1800's style blue and black dress. Although it looked very pretty on her, it was far from what she needed to wear.

"Oi, no laughing! I can't go out like this!"

"Oh, why not? It looks great on you and we certainly won't lose you."

She was about to give a retort when Rose walked in asked, "What do you think of this? Will it do?" She saw Harper and asked, "What are you wearing?" Harper huffed, crossed her arms, and sat down on the jump sit.

"The late 1970's. You'd be better off in a bin bag. Hold on, listen to this." I turned on some music and started to smile. "Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Number one in 1979."

"You're such a dork!" Harper said, the same time Rose said, "You're a punk. That's what you are, a big old punk with a bit of rockabilly thrown in."

"Do you want to go and see him?" I asked as I messed with the console.

"How do you mean, in concert?"

"What else is the TARDIS for?"

'Oh, better be careful there Doctor!' I heard Harper worn me.

'Oh, she loves me!'

'Yeah, okay. I will remind you of that next time she shocks you for doing something stupid.'

I ignored her last comment and said, "I can take you to the battle of the Trafalgar, the first anti-gravity Olympics, Caesar crossing the Rubicon, or Ian Dury at the Top Rank, Sheffield, England, Earth, 21st November, 1979. What do you think?"

"Sheffield it is!" Rose said smiling and Harper came over to stand next to the console saying, "What are we waiting on."

"Hold on tight!" We were thrown against the console as we flew into the vortex.


Harper's POV

Rose and I were hanging on to the console as the Doctor tried to fly her. He kept hitting her with a mallet and I knew it was making her mad, but soon we had reach are destination and we fell to the ground.

We were laughing hard when the Doctor jumped up saying, "1979. Hell of a year. China invades Vietnam… the Muppet movie, love that film; Margaret Thatcher… urgh!" He made a face cause us both too laugh, "Skylab falls to Earth… with a little help from me. Nearly took off my thumb, and I like my thumb."

We walked out of the TARDIS as the Doctor continued talking, "I need my thumb. I'm very attacked to…" He stopped talk when we noticed men on houses with guns pointed at us, "my thumb… 1879. Same difference."

We all put our hands up and I thought, 'No it's not the same and this is what happens when you hit the TARDIS with that blood mallet.'

'Oh, stop it. That not why we are in the wrong place,' He replied.

'Oh is it because you're just that bad of a driver,' I smirked when I thought that but instead of wanting for a reply I told him, 'But I guess this explains the dress.' He looked down at me and nodded his head agreeing with me this time.

The man who I assumed to be the Captain addressed the Doctor, "You will explain your presence and the nakedness of the girl." He point to Rose when he said the last part.

"Are we in Scotland?" The Doctor asked in a perfect Scottish accent.

"How can you be ignorant of that?" The Captain asked.

"Oh I'm… I'm dazed and confused. I've been chasing this… this wee naked child over hill and over dale. In't that right… ya… timorous beastie?"

I had to hold in a giggle at the Doctor's accent.

"Ooch, aye! I've been oot and aboot." Rose tried, and failure miserably at a Scottish accent.

"No, don't do that," I said leaning back to see her on the other side of the Doctor.

"Hoots, mon?" She tried again.

"No, really don't… really," the Doctor said stopping her from talking again.

"Will you identify yourself, sir?" The Captain got our attention once more.

"I'm Doctor James McCrimmon and this is my wife, Lady Harper McCrimmon. From the… Township of Balamory. Eh… I have my credentials, if I may." He pulled out the psychic paper, "As you can see, a Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh. I trained under Doctor Bell himself."

'Wife?'

'What? Rose dressed like that could not be my wife.'

'Why did either of us have to be your wife? What about partner, sister, friend?'

'Oh, I didn't think of that. Well… to late.'

I shook my head at the Doctor and his stupidity.

"Let them approach," We heard a woman call from the Carriage.

"I don't think that's wise, ma'am," the Captain said not taking his eyes off of us.

"Let them approach."

"You will approach the carriage, and show all due deference," the Captain told us sternly.

We walked over to the carriage and when we got there the Doctor said, "Harper, Rose… might I introduce her Majesty Queen Victoria, Empress of India and Defender of the Faith."

"Lady Harper McCrimmon, you Majesty," I gave a curtsy.

"Rose Tyler, ma'am, and my apologized for being so naked," Rose also gave a curtsy.

"I've had five daughters, it's nothing to me." Queen Victoria said, "But you, Doctor… show me these credentials." The Doctor handed over his psychic paper. "Why didn't you say so immediately? It states clearly here that you have been appointed by the Lord Provest as my protector."

"Does it? Yes, it does. Good, good!"

"Forgive him, ma'am. My husband can be somewhat forgetful at times," I said with a small laugh.

"I suppose that's why you come along with him?" She said with a knowing look.

"I can't leave home without her." He slipped his arm around my waist pulling me into his side; "Now then let me ask… why is your Majesty travelling by road when there's a train all the way to Aberdeen?"

"A tree on the line."

"An accident?" The Doctor asked.

"I am the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Everything around me tends to be planned."

"An assassination attempt," I said.

"What, seriously? There's people out to kill ya?" Rose asked.

"I'm quite used to starring down the barrel of a gun."

One of the Queen's guards come up behind us and said, "Sir Robert MacLeish lives but ten miles hence. We've sent word ahead. He'll shelter us for tonight, then we can reach Balmoral tomorrow."

"This Doctor, his wife, and his timorous beastie will come with us."

"Yes, ma'am. We'd better get moving. It's almost nightfall," the guard said.

"Indeed, and there are stories of wolves in these parts. Fanciful tales intended to scare the children, but good for the blood, I think. Lady McCrimmon, would you join me on the ride?"

"Oh, ma'am I would not dare impose."

"No, imposition. A lady like yourself should not do that much walking." I looked at the Doctor and he just shrugged his shoulders and I got into the carriage. "Drive on," Queen Victoria said once I was settled.


"Thank you ma'am. This is very kind of you." I said as we started the journey.

"Well, your husband is the one who is going to be protecting me." She gave me a look before saying, "I must say, I have never seen two people more in love than you two." I started to blush at her words and hide them from the Doctor, "How did you two come to be."

"He saved my life. I knew right then and there that he was one of a kind. What about you ma'am, how did you and your late husband meet?" I was trying to get the conversation off the Doctor and I.

"It was set up by my Uncle King Leopold. One would say it was love at first sight." She smiled as if she was reliving that day they met.

"You must miss he dearly."

"Yes, I do, but one must go on. Just don't let the child get in the way, my dear."

I really wanted to laugh at her for calling Rose a child, "I really don't think I have to worry about that, your Majesty. I have taken her under my wing, so to say. I am trying to teacher her how to act like a lady," I made up the story rather quickly. "She is much better than when we first got her."

"Yes well I am not amused by her nakedness. And you never know how the mind of a man will go." I had to work really hard not to laugh, the Doctor already lost the bet and he doesn't even know it.


We had finally reached Sir Robert's estate and the Queen was helped down and the Doctor come over and helped me down.

"How was the ride?" He asked me.

"Ugh, I carriage rides are not as fun as the seems. You fill every bump and hole that it goes over, its ruff on your bottom."

The Doctor leaned back to look at my backside and I hit him lightly on the shoulder. 'Oi, eyes up front Doctor.'

He just gave me a cheeky grin and turned to look ahead when we heard a man say, "Your Majesty."

"Sir Robert. My apologies for the emergency." Sir Robert looked a little nervous if you asked me, and the other men that were with him just gave me the creeps. "And how is Lady Isobel?"

"She's… indisposed, I'm afraid. She's gone to Edinburgh for the season, and taken the cook with her. The kitchen's barely stocked. I wouldn't blame Your Majesty if you wanted to ride on."

'Is it just me, or does it seem like he doesn't want the Queen to stay?' I asked the Doctor.

'No, I am thinking the same thing.'

"Not at all, I've had quite enough carriage exercise, and this is charming, if rustic. This is my first visit to this house. My late husband spoke of it often, the Torchwood Estate. Now, shall we go inside? And please excuse the naked girl."

"Sorry," Rose said with a small curtsy.

"She's a feral child. I bought her for six pence in old London town. It was her or the Elephant Man, so…" The Doctor said. 'Oh Rose is so going to kill you,' I laughed at the Doctor.

"Thinks he's funny, but I am so not amused. What do you think, ma'am?" Rose said, trying to get the Queen to say, 'I am so not amused.'

"It hardly matters. Shall we proceed?" Was all the Queen said.

"So close," Rose whined.

"You're going to lose the bet, by the way." I whisper to the Doctor, "Rose doesn't give up easily."

"Oh, you just stop it," His said in annoyance.

"Mackeson and Ramsey, you will escort the property." The Captain said, "Hurry up."

The two men took a small box from the carriage and walked into the house, and the Doctor being as noisy as he is asked, "So what's in there, then?"

"Property of the Crown. You will dismiss any further thoughts, sir," the Captain scolded the Doctor. "The rest of you go to the rear of he house. Assume the designated positions."


The Doctor's POV

We all followed Sir Robert to the observatory and there in the middle of the room was a giant telescope.

"This, I take it, is the famous endeavour," The Queen asked.

"All my father's work. Built by hand in his final years. It became something of an obsession. He spent his money on this, rather than caring for the house or himself."

"I wish I'd met him. I like him. That thing's beautiful, can I…?" I asked.

"Help yourself," Sir Robert said.

Harper, Rose, and I walked up to it, "What did he model it on?"

"I know nothing about it. To be honest, most of us thought him a little, shall we say, eccentric."

'Aww, he's just like you.' I heard Harper say, I turned to her and gave a small laugh before turning by to the telescope.

"I wish now I'd spent more time with him and listened to his stories."

"It's a bit rubbish," I said. "How many prisms has it got? Way to many! The magnification's gone right over the top. That's a stupid kind of…" Harper and Rose were both looking at me and I asked, "Am I being rude again?"

Harper laughed and Rose said, "Yep."

"But it's pretty! It's very… pretty," I corrected myself.

The Queen then said, "And the imagination of it should be applauded."

"Umm, I thought you might disapprove, Your Majesty. Stargazing. Isn't that a bit fanciful. You could easily… not be amused, or something?" The Queen just stared at her not saying anything. "No?" Rose tried again making Harper start to laugh. I felt Harper put her head up against my back to try and hid her laughing.

"This device surveys the infinite work of God. What could be finer?" Queen Victoria said, "Sir Robert's father was an example to us all. A polymath. Stepped in astronomy and sciences, yet equally well versed in folklore and fairytales."

"Stars and magic. I like him more and more," I said.

"Oh my late husband enjoyed his company. Prince Albert himself was acquainted with many rural superstitions, coming as he did from Saxe Coburg."

"That's Bavaria," Harper said before I could, and I asked her, 'Your right, how did you know?'

'I just that smart!' She said.

"When Albert was told about your local wolf, he was transported."

"So what's this wolf, then?" I asked having heard the Queen talk about a wolf a couple of times already.

"It's just a story," Sir Robert said.

"Oh, please tell it," Harper said.

Sir Robert hesitated, but then started, "It's said that…"

"Excuse me, sir…" One of the bald man said, "Perhaps her Majesty's party could repair to their rooms. It's almost dark."

"Of course. Yes, of course," Sir Robert said sounding relieved.

"And then supper, and could we find some clothes for Miss Tyler? I'm tired of nakedness," the Queen said.

Rose asked, "It's not amusing, is it?"

But once again the Queen choose to ignore her, "Sir Robert, your wife must've left some clothes. See to it. Lady McCrimmon this could be another time to teacher the child the proper way to be a lady." Harper gave a small curtsy when the Queen said this. "We shall dine at seven, and talk some more of this wolf. After all… there is a full moon tonight."

"So there is, ma'am," Sir Robert sounded sad at this.


Harper's POV

Rose and I were shown a room to find something for Rose to wear. "So what did the Queen mean when she said you could teacher me how to be a proper lady?"

"Oh, when we were in the carriage ride I made up a story about teaching you the ways of the lady," I said with a laugh.

"Oh, you just think you are so funny. Don't you?" I just laughed. She walked over to one of the cupboards and pulled out a brown dress holding it up to her-self.

"Brown's not you color."

"Yeah, I agree," she said putting it back and pulling out a beautiful blue dress. She started to dance a little while holding it up.

"Ohh, I like this," she said and I came up to her saying, "look! We would look so cute together!" She gave a tight smile before going back and looking at more dresses.

I had to frown at her behavior. What was wrong with her today? I walked over to the other cupboard to see if there was anything in that one but when I open it I had to jump back. "What? What is it?" Rose asked coming over to me.

Inside the cupboard was one of the maids looking very scared.

I bent down to the maid and said, "Come here sweet heart, tell us what happened."


Rose, the maid, and I were sitting one the bed and the maid started to tell us what happened. "They came through the house. They took the steward, and the Master, and my Lady."

"Listen," Rose took her hand. "We've got a friend. His called the Doctor; he'll know what to do. You've gotta come with us."

"Oh, but I can't miss!"

"What's your name?" I asked her.

"Flora."

"That's a very pretty name. Flora. I like it."

"Thanks miss."

"Flora, we'll be safe. There's more people arrived down stairs, soldiers and everything, and they can help us. I promise. Come on, okay? Come on," Rose said trying to get Flora to come with us.

We all made are way slowly out into the hallway, trying to be extra quite. We got to the end of the hallway and saw one of the soldiers laying on the grown.

"Oh, miss. I did warn you." Flora said sounding scared.

Rose and I got down to see if he was dead or not, "He's not dead, I'm thinking," Rose said.

"No, not dead. Thankfully. He must be drugged or something."

We heard Flora's muffled scream and looked up in time to see one of the bald men taking her away. Then out of nowhere bald men grab Rose and I. I managed to get free and knock my guy down but when I turned around to help Rose I felt something hard connect with my head and then nothing.


The Doctor's POV

"Your companions beg an apology, Doctor. The clothing has somewhat delayed them," one of the bald men said coming in the dinning room where we were all sitting.

"Oh, that's alright. I'm sure my wife will be here soon, and save the child a wee bit of ham," I said, but I was getting worried about them.

'Harper? Harper, you okay?'

"The fetal child could probably eat it raw," Queen Victoria said.

"Very wise ma'am. Very witty!" The Captain laughed.

'Harper? Where are you?' I had to make sure she was okay.

"Slightly witty perhaps," the Queen did not look to amused. "I know you rarely get the chance to dine with me, Captain, but don't get too excited… I shall contain my wit in case I do you further injury."

"Yes, ma'am. Sorry, ma'am."

"Besides, we're all waiting on Sir Robert!" I had to try and find out what was going on. "Come sir. You promised us a tale of nightmares."

"Indeed," the Queen agreed with me. "Since my husband's death, I find myself with more of a taste for supernatural fiction."

I looked over to her and said, "You must miss him."

"Very much. Oh completely, and that's the charm of a ghost story, isn't it? Not the scare and the chills, that's for the children, but the… hope of some contact with the great beyond. We all want some message from that place…" the Queen looked and sounded very sad.

"Its the Creator's greatest mystery that we are allowed no such consolation. The dead stay silent, and we must wait."

She seemed to get a hold of her-self and said, "Come! Begin your tale Sir Robert. There's a chill in the air. The wind is howling through the eaves. Tell us of monster."

"The story goes back three hundred years. Every full moon, the howling rings through the valley. The next morning, livestock is found ripped apart and… devoured," Sir Robert said, almost as if he believed the story was true.

"Tales like this just disguise the work of thieves. Steal a sheep and blame a wolf, simple as that," the Captain said.

"But sometimes a child goes missing. Once in a generation a boy will vanish from his homestead."

I was getting curious now, "are there descriptions of the creature?"

"Oh yes doctor; drawings and woodcarvings, and its not merely a wolf. It's more than that. This is a man who becomes an animal."

"A werewolf?" I asked leaning forward putting my elbows on the table.

"My father didn't treat it as a story. He said it was fact. He even claimed to have communed with the beast to have learned its purpose. I should have listened to him. His work was hindered… he made enemies. There's a monastery in the Glen of Saint Catherine. The Brethren opposed my father's investigations."

"Perhaps they thought his work ungodly," the Queen afforded.

"That's what I thought, but now I wonder." The bald man that was serving us was standing at the window chanting something in Latin. "What if they had a different reason for wanting this story kept quiet? What if they turned from God and worshiped the wolf?"

I turned to look at the monk by the window finally hearing what he was chanting, 'Lupus dues est.' "And what if they were with us right now?"

We all jumped up at once. The Queen demanded to know what was going on, "what is the meaning of this?" While the Captain pointed his gun at Sir Robert, "explain yourself Sir Robert."

"What's happening?" The Queen asked.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, they've got my wife."

My mind was going a mile a minute. Harper, that was all I could think about. "Harper! Where's Harper?! Where is she?" I yelled to the monk at the window. Knowing he would be no help I gave up on him, "Sir Robert, come on!" We both ran from the room to save those most important to us.


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