AN: Please review. I'd like to know what I'm doing that's right or wrong or if my story is good or just worthless.
With a slight groan, Chris sat up. She didn't remember much of what happened and what she did remember she thought it all a dream. Certainly her boss was not an alien and there had been no strange man offering her a ride through time and space. No, definitely not. She swung her legs out of bed, not finding it at all unusual that she was wearing her work clothes, complete with her shoes.
She made her way into the kitchen. Aspirin and a glass of water sounded pretty good at the moment. Fishing the glass from a cupboard, the aspirin from a drawer, she headed over towards the sink. The glass almost dropped from her hands when she heard the doorbell, which sounded more like a buzzard then a bell, go off.
"One second!" She called, finishing the task of filling the glass with water.
She popped the aspirin into her mouth and flushed it down her throat with water as she walked over towards the door. She opened it, lowering the glass to see who her guest was. She simply froze, the glass slipped from her hand and shattered on the ground below her.
"That's not good." The Doctor muttered, glancing at the shattered glass on the ground. "Anyways, hi." He looked back up at her with a grin. "I just wanted to drop it to see how you were. Seeing as you're fine I'll head off now."
As he turned to leave, Chris regained control of herself and managed to find her voice once more.
"Wait! How...how did you find out where I lived? What's going to happen to me? Did I really kill that man?" The questions poured out of her mouth quicker then she could think.
"You had all of your information on your computer. Yes, you really did kill that man and Torchwood took over the scene so I think you're safe." He paused for a moment, hands in his jacket's pockets. "Though, just in case you're not, want to take a trip? You did, after all, safe my life."
She didn't know if she should or shouldn't. She barely knew this man and he was acting perfectly calm despite the fact that he had witnessed her kill someone. That was something she would not forget and could not forgive herself for it. She looked around her for a moment. There really was nothing for her here. All of her family was back in the US. She paused for a moment before nodding.
"Sure..."
"Alright then, follow me." He turned and began walking.
She ran after him in order to catch up before she fell into a walk behind him. She thought quietly to herself before remembering him mentioning the name "Torchwood."
"You mentioned Torchwood, who are they?" She asked curiously.
"Ah, they're an organization created on the purpose of studying alien life. They're not really bright, actually. The ghosts showed up because of their ingenious tests and then they..."
"turn out to be cybermen bent on assimilating humans." She muttered.
"Very good." He said, turning his head to look back at her as he led her down the stairs of the apartment complex and outside.
"So basically they're just a bunch of people who think they're smart but are actually idiots? "
"You could say that."
He led her to the back of an alleyway to where a blue police box stood. He walked over towards it and pulled out a key from his pocket as he began to unlock the door.
"That's your space ship?" She asked, staring at it.
"Yup."
"Won't it be cramped in there?" He didn't answer, simply opening the door and headed inside. She paused for a moment, glancing around her before walking inside as well. "Wow." She muttered breathlessly as she looked around, surprised at how spacious it was inside. "It's bigger on the inside."
"Really? I hadn't noticed." The doctor said sarcastically as he headed towards what seemed to be the controls in the center of the ship.
"Do you usually travel alone?" She asked curiously, looking around with wide eyes.
"Sometimes." He started, sighing a bit as he began to move things and hit buttons. She watched and listened curiously. "Some things happened. Anyways, we're heading off in a couple seconds, might want to hold onto something."
When he suggested holding onto something, he wasn't kidding as the ship jolted and shook. Definitely a bumpy ride. She reached out, grabbing hold of a part of the ship, not really sure what she was holding, but it was sturdy and kept her from falling. Soon, the jerking stopped and the Doctor gave her a grin and headed towards the door.
"May 18, 1804. Today is the day Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor." He said, opening the door, heading outside and closing the door behind Chris. "We are in Paris, and there..." He pointed towards a large cathedral not too far in front of them, "is Notre Dame."
She simply stood there, amazed. The people around her were all wearing clothes from the 1800's. There were horses pulling carriages, dung in the streets and garbage here and there. It really was Paris in the 1800's, she couldn't believe it. She had done a study on Napoleon when she was in high school. The man was shorter then her and utterly brilliant. That was, until he attacked Russia, then he turned into an idiot.
"Wow..." She whispered, wide-eyed. "Do you think we'd get to meet him?" She asked, turning towards him excitedly. "Napoleon?"
"I don't know." He scratched his head, looking around him. "Maybe. Why, do you have a crush on Napoleon?" He teased.
"Of course not, he's just...amazing at what he does. God, I can't imagine what his stables must be like. He had a wonderful training program for them."
The Doctor glanced towards her then back in front of him. "How much do you know about Napoleon?" He asked curiously.
"A lot...I have a history major from college. The French Revolution is one of my favorite topics as well as Napoleon." She said, excited.
She had dreamed of one day going back in time and seeing how everything was like. She remembered being a little girl, when she had been absolutely obsessed with horses, thinking about the old days with horse-drawn carriages. This was absolutely amazing to her.
"Good, then I've brought you to the right place." He said, grinning as he began to walk towards the Cathedral.
Chris simply followed, completely speechless. She couldn't believe it, couldn't believe that they were actually back in time. She followed the doctor up towards the massive amounts of people waiting outside the doors of the cathedral. They were all wanting to see their new emperor. The giant doors were opened and there at the front walked Napoleon. The crowd cheered as the guards pushed the crowd aside to make way for the new Emperor.
She was amazed at the clothes he wore. They were majestic, white robes with a golden fringe, a red cloak wrapped around his body with golden thread sewn into beautiful patterns. It was beautiful and amazing. This man had crowned himself emperor and had created an empire so great that people talked about him to this day. She was speechless, didn't even know what to do. She wanted to meet Napoleon, she wanted to rush up to him and ask him a million questions, but she didn't.
She simply stood their amazed.
AN: Yeah, it's not over, I don't really know what to happen so if you have any suggestions you can put them in your reviews.
