Faria is pronounced (FAH-ree-uh).

Chapter 8

The Doctor and Jennifer stumbled out of the TARDIS, disheveled and a bit shaken from the crash. A blonde woman wearing a miniskirt and a bandeau top spotted them and ran over to them.

"Do you two need help? Hospital?"

"No, just need to sit down," said the Doctor, and the woman helped both ladies to a bench.

"Anyways, my name's Faria. Faria McDonald. And what are your names?"

"I'm the Doctor and this is Jennifer," the Doctor said, blinking her eyes as she finally got over the dizziness from the crash. Jennifer was doing the same.

"Jennifer Dunst. Nice to meet you Faria," Jennifer said.

"What happened?" Faria asked.

"My ship crashed, caused a little bit of dizziness, but we should be fine after a minute," the Doctor said.

"Ship? What ship?"

"The blue box over there," Jennifer said.

"That's a ship? No offense, but you sound barmy." Faria raised an eyebrow at the strangers.

"I promise you, it's a ship," the Doctor said. "Look, I'll show you." The Doctor stood up and walked over to the TARDIS, opening the door and gesturing for Faria to follow her. Faria was unsure, but followed her anyways. Faria was astonished by the sight of the console room.

"It's bigger on the inside!" she said.

"Oh, I love it when they say that. Fancy a trip? We were originally headed to 1868, but long story short, I missed."

"What are you talking about?"

"This ship can travel anywhere in time and space," the Doctor said.

"So you were going to the year 1868? That's crazy! Prove it," Faria said, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Fine I'll prove it," the Doctor said, flipping switches and turning knobs.

"You might want to grab hold of the console," Jennifer said, and Faria, still not sure if she's being punked or not, grabbed hold of the console as the center column began to move and the TARDIS began to shake as it usually did.

"Why is it shaking?" Faria asked.

"It's meant to have six pilots, but it's just me," the Doctor said. After a few minutes, the center column stopped moving.

"I want you two to get dressed before we go out. Both of you would cause a riot with your modern clothes. Then again, so would I, so I'm going, too," the Doctor said, the three of them going to the wardrobe room.

"This place is organized by time period and planet. You want the Earth section, 1860's, which is over there," the Doctor said. She walked over to the section and began rifling through the gowns. She handed a magenta one to Faria and a green one to Jennifer, picking out a blue ensemble for herself. The three ladies changed clothes and stepped out of the TARDIS.

"1868. Ulysses S. Grant becomes president of the United States, but other than that, nothing exceptionally exciting happens this year. But I do love this decade's aesthetics, if you ignore certain things," the Doctor said, walking towards a building.

"This is a joke. I'm being punked, is that it?" Faria said.

"No, I swear on both my hearts that we're actually in the year 1868," the Doctor said.

"Both?"

"Anyways, ask anyone. Check the calendars; what would you like me to do to prove that I'm telling the truth?" the Doctor said.

"I suppose you are, nobody would go through this much trouble for a practical joke," Faria said. "Especially these corsets, blimey they hurt!"

"Anyways, why did we come here?" Jennifer asked.

"For fun. Why not? I love the aesthetics of this decade," the Doctor replied.

"I'm not a fan," Faria said.

"Why?" Jennifer asked.

"Doctor, can we go somewhere else?" Faria asked.

"Okay, where?" the Doctor asked.

"I don't know, her time?" Faria asked.

"I don't want to go home!" Jennifer said.

"Fine. Wasted a perfectly good outfit on an outing that lasted three minutes," the Doctor said, opening the doors and entering the TARDIS, allowing the two ladies to enter after her before closing the doors.

"We're going to the year 2014, so Faria can experience the time Jennifer comes from," the Doctor said, flipping switches and turning knobs, causing the center console to begin to move.

"If you don't mind, I'm going to change back into my regular street clothes," the Doctor said, storming off to the wardrobe room. "I was hoping to get my hair cut while in 1868!" she shouted from down the hall.

"The Doctor's awfully grumpy. Why did you throw such a fit?" Jennifer asked Faria.

"I don't really like history that much," Faria admitted.

"Anyways, are you staying long?"

"I suppose. I would like to run away from my time," Faria said.

"In that case, let me show you to your bedroom," Jennifer said with a smile, taking Faria's hand and leading her to a bedroom. The TARDIS had already labelled the room with Faria's name.

"Thanks, Jennifer," Faria said with a smile, pushing the door open and looking in. She reached out a hand to Jennifer. "Can we talk?"

"Sure, what's up?" Jennifer asked, taking Faria's outstretched hand and letting her pull her into the room.

"So, you swinging my way?" Faria asked.

"What do you mean?" Jennifer asked, her eyes searching Faria's for an explanation.

"My way, as in do you like girls?" Faria asked.

"I'm pansexual," Jennifer asked.

"I'm a lesbian. Can I kiss you?"

"What?" Jennifer said, blushing.

"I'm serious, can I kiss you? I think you're attractive," Faria said. Jennifer nodded, and Faria kissed the girl on the lips. Jennifer was surprised for a minute, but let her eyes close as the kiss got rougher as the seconds went by.

"Jennifer! Faria! Where are you girls?!" the Doctor said as she entered the console room wearing her white button down shirt and skinny jeans. She pulled her coat on and put on her tie. She just continued flying the TARDIS, as if nothing was wrong, as Jennifer and Faria entered the room, Faria wearing her miniskirt and bandeau top and Jennifer wearing jeans and a t-shirt, both were slightly disheveled, as if they had tried to dress with haste and didn't seem to care how they looked.

"Ah, there you girls are, where have you been?" the Doctor said, a little bit angry.

"I was showing Faria to her bedroom, she wants to travel with us."

"Well, that's perfectly fine, but it doesn't take longer than two minutes!"

"We got distracted," Faria said.

"By what?"

Both Faria and Jennifer were silent, smiling at each other.

"Anyways, we'll be arriving March 3, 2014 in a minute or so. Jennifer, you'll have been gone for three days," the Doctor said. "And straighten your clothes, both of you; you look like you just got out of bed!"

"You have no idea," Jennifer mumbled with a smile before she and Faria went to straighten up their clothes. The Doctor let the TARDIS do the work while she pulled her boots on. Jennifer and Faria, both having straightened their clothes out, walked into the console room as the column stopped moving.

"We're here," said the Doctor, and took a minute to make sure everything was safe before pulling the lever to open the doors and following her companions out.

Immediately, she was seized by the shoulders by a police officer.

"Doctor Joan Smith, you are under arrest for the kidnap of Jennifer Dunst."

"What?"