Disclaimer: I, of course, don't own Doctor Who. If I did, I wouldn't be doing this. The only thing I own is Luna and her friends and family. I also own the plot. Please read and review.
The doctor's moon
Chapter 7
The lessons that the Doctor had been thinking about for Luna were about how to work the TARDIS and the sonic screwdriver and about being a time lord. She saw these lessons as invaluable. It was amazing to find out where her distant relative and new friend came from and it helped her understand more about the Doctor. She had learned about how to fly the TARDIS in different situations, what all the controls did and how to set a course to certain time and place. She had also experimented with the sonic screwdriver to get the used to how it worked. To make sure she'd learnt everything properly, the Doctor had decided to get her to write a mini essay on how to fly the TARDIS and what the screwdriver could be used for. She felt like she was back in school but at least the teacher was good looking. Did she just think that?
The Doctor was impressed at how much she knew but he decided that she should fly the TARDIS for real to see if she really knew what to do.
"Right, what you wrote was good…" He started.
"Doctor, stop making this like a school and get on with it." She replied, annoyed.
"Ok, I have written down where and when we want the TARDIS to land and I want you to fly it there and then, by yourself."
He handed her the piece of paper and left the control room. She looked at the writing then turned to see no Doctor in sight. This meant she was by herself.
'Ok, Luna Edwards, you can do this, you've revised it millions of times and just written it down so just relax and go for it.'
She turned to the controls and looked at the paper. Carefully she fiddled with the knobs, switches and buttons until she was satisfied with the coordinates on the screen. She then gave the vortex loop a push, lowered the dimensional stabiliser and turned the vector tracker. The TARDIS gave a rumble and they were off. Proudly, Luna went to find the Doctor. Lucky he wasn't far. He was eating. She grinned brightly and proudly, making him look at her waiting.
"Well, I've done it. We'll be landing shortly." She announced.
"I'm impressed. Well done." He replied.
Satisfied that she had got the Doctor's approval, she wandered back to the control centre and sat down comfortably. The Doctor came in and sat next to her. She asked him about the assistants/companions he'd travelled before her. Although slightly reluctant to tell her, he remembered the hard time Rose Tyler gave him when they met Sarah Jane Smith without Rose knowing anything about Sarah Jane so he told Luna a bit about Rose, Mickey, Jackie, Sarah Jane and K-9. When she asked why they left him, he refused to answer. She seemed to understand and offered her hand for him to hold. Their eyes met and Luna saw that look of loneliness she saw in his eyes on her first adventure.
Suddenly she got a big brain wave. She jumped off the chair and started rummaging through the spare parts the Doctor had for the TARDIS. Once she had what she was looking for, she took it all to her bedroom. As she passed the Doctor, she turned to him.
"Doctor, can I borrow the sonic screwdriver for an hour or two?" She asked.
"Sure, why?" He replied, taking out his favourite tool.
"You'll see. Just put it between my teeth."
The Doctor put the tool there and watched the brunette walk away with her arms full of electrical junk. Luna placed everything on the bed, sat down and started working on her idea. She was so busy making her creation that she never noticed the Doctor peering around her door. When she did notice, she just chased him out.
An hour after Luna set the coordinates for the planet the Doctor wanted to visit, the TARDIS landed. The Doctor called Luna as he put on his long coat and waited for her to appear. When she finally got out of her room, she had two small rounded square shaped gadgets in her hands. They looked like i-pods but were just a screen and a row of buttons.
"What have you got there?" He asked.
"These are tracking devices for you and me," She explained, "I'll have one and you have the other. They will show where the other one is in time and space if we loose each other and they also react when the TARDIS is near by."
"Very clever, I like them. Do they work?"
"As far as I know, they do."
She handed one to the Doctor and clipped the other to her jeans.
They stepped out of the TARDIS and set off to the forest that was over the hill from them. The areas around them was appeared barren and burned but on closer inspection, it appeared that the grass was brown but unmistakably lush. Luna was intrigued and so was the Doctor. He crouched down and examined the blades of grass with a magnifying glass from his pocket.
"Well?" Luna asked.
"It's coffee grass. You can make coffee out of it." He explained
"What's the planet called?"
"I think it's called Agric."
They then set off to find some citizens. They walked on to the forest they were heading to. A first glance it just looked like a plain wood but Luna noticed that the trees had windows and doors, meaning that who ever lived on this planet used the trees to make a village. Luna looked fascinated as she walked along behind the Doctor. Suddenly she was surrounded by creatures that were about two foot tall and looked like a cross between pixies and fairies that Luna had seen in books from when she was little. They grinned wider than the Doctor and all suddenly whisked her off her feet and carried her off.
The Doctor casually strolled along the dirt path, admiring the work that the locals had done. He could hardly believe that someone was able to make a proper home out of the trees. The trunks were incredibly huge but it still put the Doctor in awe.
"Aren't these amazing Luna?" He asked, "Luna?"
He looked around to see she had disappeared again. Suddenly he heard a loud shriek that echoed through the forest.
"Luna" He gasped.
He needed to find her but didn't know which way to go. Then he remembered Luna's little device. He pulled it out of his pocket and looked at the little screen. There where three coloured spots on it. A dark blue one where the TARDIS was sitting, a red one where he was and a flashing lilac spot. He instantly knew that it was Luna's signal and followed its lead.
The signal was coming from a tree that had a trunk about 200yrds in diameter. The tree had a door and windows just like the others. Just then the tiny pixy/fairy people appeared and stared at the Doctor.
"The man with the magic blue box" One dressed in green, assumingly the leader squeaked pointing to the Doctor."
"Oooohhhhhhhh" the rest of the village gasped in wonder.
"Excuse me, I'm looking for my friend Luna," the Doctor explained, "She's like me but with long hair and blue eyes."
"Ooh, the pink princess."
The Doctor stared at them confused. Luna never wore pink. Perhaps they meant her skin colour. They seemed to know what he want to know so pulled at his overcoat and led him in to their home. It was amazing. The inside was like the TARDIS, larger on the inside. It was like a small hotel. As the Doctor looked around impressed, he suddenly remembered why he was here, looking for Luna. He searched all over the place until he found a room he hadn't looked in yet.
He opened the door slowly, expecting to see his assistant tied up except he found a huge swimming pool-like bath. It was amazing again. Suddenly there was a scream and a damp towel hit him in the face. He pulled it down passed his eyes to see a wet Luna slightly submerged in the warm water. She was glaring at him sharply.
"If you kindly wait outside, Doctor," she snapped, "I'll be finished and you can have a go then we can go."
Taking the warning, the Doctor walked out and waited. When she was finished, he had a quick bath then they set off to Earth.