Hello everyone!

This is it! This is the last part of the introduction!

So, after this will be Rose part 1 (of 4 maybe 3).

And I'm not going to have a strict updating schedule because I am a junior in high school and I'm very busy. But, I am in the process of editing the next chapter so hopefully, I'll have it up by sometime this week.

Thanks for reading so far.

Please enjoy chapter 4

Chapter 4

The Adventure of a Lifetime

January 1st, 2018

June sat down on the couch with two slices of pizza and switched on the TV. She threw on a recording of a Disney movie and began to eat her lunch. Although, her mind began to wander to the topic of other worlds and alien species, just like it had been over the past few weeks.

In the month between being abducted and sitting and watching Tangled on New Year's Day, June hadn't forgotten her experience nor moved on. Learning that there was, 100%, life on other planets and knowing that she had stepped on another ground and looked up at a different sky, she couldn't just forget it and move on. So, June had done all the research into aliens that she could. She had found all the times aliens had landed on Earth (at least in the last decade), all of which had been dubbed hoaxes. The conspiracy websites were the most interesting but also were sort of stupid.

She had even ventured onto government websites. Except just before she had found anything good, UNIT, an organization June had never heard of, began to threaten to track her computer. These UNIT warnings scared the hell out of her roommate, Grace. However, although June knew that she had pushed the boundaries a lot, UNIT had never done anything to her. Grace still always warned her not to go poking around and her friend Logan encouraged her.

June had not told either of them about her alien encounter (which she had dubbed ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter just for kicks). She hadn't told them, her parents, anyone at all. No one even knew that June had been missing on that November night. She had made up a fake story about her shattered phone and her lost driver's license and no one questioned her. June didn't know how she could even begin to explain what had happened to her that night. It wasn't like she had proof. So, it had confused her friends when she started to research aliens, but June had just ignored their questions.

Otherwise, her life had been normal. Living normally felt weird when everyday she wondered about everything that could possibly be out in the universe. She bet that going to alien planets by choice would be cool. She probably would've enjoyed the trip more if she hadn't just crash landed after being abducted. But, all she could do in her normal life was research and wonder.

June's phone, a brand-new iPhone that Logan's rich parents (who treated her like a daughter) had bought her because June was broke, buzzed. She had a text message from Grace.

Grace: Help. My head.

The night before had been crazy for Grace and Logan. New Year's Eve. The two of them had gone to a party being held by one of Logan's friends and they had both gotten completely drunk. June would have gone and gotten drunk with them, despite parties not being her think, but Parker's band had a gig at another party and had no singer. So, June, not only being a singer but having grown up living next to Parker, had happily filled in for the missing role. But now it meant that her two best friends were completely hungover, Grace at work and Logan probably at his house, while Parker, her only not-hungover friend, was packing to fly out to Colorado for a concert. So, June sat alone, in her apartment, watching Tangled for the who-knows-how-many-th time.

June: Take medicine

Grace: I don't have any.

June: Oh well

Grace: :(

June clicked on Parker's messages.

June: Hey, I am getting paid for last night, right? Being friends doesn't mean I'll sing for free.

Her conversation with Grace quickly took over again.

Grace: Can you bring some for me?

June: Um, maybe later. If I go out later today.

Grace: My head is going to split open and kill me, Junie.

June: Ask a coworker for some or something.

June checked to see if she had missed a reply from Logan. Her last text message had received no answer.

June: You up? I was thinking about watching a Spiderman movie but I don't know which one. Need advice.

So, she sent another message.

June: Are you dead?

Her phone buzzed and she clicked on the notification.

Parker: Can I pay you by taking you out for a nice dinner tonight before my flight?

June: Not this time. Fancy dinners don't pay for rent.

Parker: Wow, you've devastated me.

She rolled her eyes and switched over to her conversation with Grace.

Grace: No one had anything :(

June: I'll bring you some if I end up leaving the house today but I'm watching Tangled and probably some Spiderman after that. I don't think I'll be going anywhere.

Grace: Not even for your bestie?

June: Tangled Everything else

Grace: You're not wrong

June: Heard from Logan? He hasn't answered my messages and I asked for advice on Spiderman movies

Grace: Wow. Surprising. He could be dead. He disappeared from the party after 2 maybe 3. I haven't heard from him since. Try calling him.

So, June called him. It took a few rings, but eventually, he answered. "What?" His voice sounded muddled and June could just barely understand him.

"Are you dead?" June asked.

"Mhm," he hummed. "Why're you calling?"

"Too see if you're alive but I guess that isn't a problem anymore. Where are you?" she asked.

"Home," Logan said. Logan's 'home' was the guest house that sat behind his parents' mansion. They ran a popular art supply company and didn't mind throwing money to whoever needed it.

"What Spiderman movie should I watch?" June asked.

There was a moment of silence. June took the last bite of her pizza and stared down at the empty plate. God, she had eaten that too fast. "I'm too dead for this," Logan muttered.

"Ah."

"Are you watching Tangled?" he asked.

June frowned at the TV. "Is it that loud?"

"Yup."

That's when June heard another noise, not one coming from the movie. It was the loud sound of wheezing. But a wheezing so uniquely familiar that June knew exactly what it was. She immediately stood up, brushing aside her plate, and turned in the direction of the noise. A blue outline stood on her balcony, slowly fading in and out of view. June could hardly believe what she was seeing. She stumbled around the couch, rushing towards the noise.

"What's that?" Logan asked groggily.

"I gotta go," June said. She hung up the phone before he could say anything else.

The TARDIS landed on the balcony, right where it had been a month ago. June could barely speak as she slid open the glass door and stepped outside, barefoot and in her pajamas. She had thought about the Doctor and his bigger-on-the-inside blue box many times since her ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, but never expected to see him or the amazing machine again. But there it stood, right in front of her. She reached out to touch the door, but before she could, it swung open.

The Doctor stood in the doorway and without even a hello, he asked, "Do you want to come with me?"

June gaped at him, not exactly sure what to say. She had been wanting to explore the universe, but she barely knew the Doctor and hadn't seen him in a month. And yet, there he was in his bigger-on-the-inside time machine on her balcony.

"Through time and space," he tried to clarify.

"Anywhere in the universe?" June asked. It seemed a little too good to be true.

"Anywhere and everywhere," the Doctor told her. "It'll be fantastic, I promise."

June thought about it for a moment. Besides barely knowing the Doctor, June could find no downside to the offer. If she went with him, she could see everything that the universe had to offer. If she didn't, well, she'd never have the chance. It was a little stupid to pass up.

"Last time I checked, humans don't usually heal in a day," the Doctor said.

June snapped out of her thoughts. "What?" she asked.

"You were covered in scratches when I dropped you off this morning. Where—?"

June cut him off. "This morning?" she asked. She laughed at his confused look. "That was a month ago. Like, exactly a month. Welcome to New Year's Day, 2018."

The Doctor frowned. "Oh. I thought I had it. I thought, at the most, I was only gone for a few hours."

June laughed. "You're not too good at the time travel thing, are you?" she asked.

"I'm great at the time travel thing," the Doctor argued. "I could take you to see the beginning of the universe and the end of it. You just have to say yes." June chuckled. "So, Miss June Harlow, what do you say?" he asked. "Time and space, anywhere and everywhere."

"I'd be stupid to turn that down," June said, a large grin on her face. She couldn't believe what she was about to do. "It's the adventure of a lifetime.".

Even though the Doctor had said that she didn't need to pack and that he could drop her off five minutes after she had left, June wouldn't listen to him. She quickly got changed. A tee-shirt tucked into a pair of jeans, a thick brown belt, a pair of new sneakers. Then, she made calls to her parents, Logan, and Grace. She made up a story about going on a long spontaneous road trip because she was bored. Her parents trusted her, so they didn't question much and just told her to keep in touch. Logan just listened because he was too tired to respond and had a massive migraine. And Grace never picked up the phone at all, so, June left her a long, rambling message and promised to keep in touch.

She made light conversation with the Doctor as she packed everything she needed.

"I said I'd be back by my birthday. February 11th. So, you have a couple months leeway."

"I don't need leeway."

And:

"Are you a musician?" He asked while he watched her pack up her instruments.

"Kinda. I more consider myself a singer than anything."

Also:

"What's with the excessive amount of Disney memorabilia?"

She shot him a look. "I grew up twenty minutes away from Disneyland and now I live about twenty minutes away from Disneyland. That plus the three years of working there means I've collected a lot."

"Ah."

After an hour of packing, June had finally finished. All of her clothes and such were stuffed into a large suitcase. Her toiletries and makeup were stuffed into a small duffle bag. Her laptop, microphone, and other devices along with her charger were stuffed into her old college backpack. And her instruments, a guitar she had named Duke and a keyboard she had named Della, were put into their cases. The Doctor told her that she really didn't need that much, the TARDIS could provide anything she would need (he never explained how), but June had insisted that yes, she needed her things.

June switched off the movie on the TV and hauled all of her things in front of the open TARDIS doors. The Doctor rushed in ahead of her, ready to go. June did feel very excited, but she also felt just a bit of anxiety. Anywhere and everywhere. It was too big of an opportunity to pass up due to a little anxiety. She knew that she was taking a bit of a risk, completely trusting the Doctor, but she would get to know him, and anywhere and everywhere, who could say no?

June stepped inside of the TARDIS and hauled her things onto the metal grated floor. The Doctor grinned at her, leaning against the circular control panel. "Ready?" he asked.

June took a deep breath, closed the TARDIS doors, and said, "Ready."

The wheezing started up again and the TARDIS vanished from the balcony.

And now everything is set into motion!

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Until next time,

~ C.C.