Yes I know that this chapter is shorter than the previous ones, sorry about that, I was strapped for time and for any current readers wanted to make sure you could carry on the story quickly so you wouldn't be frustrated. Btw, I don't own SJA.

Chapter 4

Luke awoke that morning to yet again realise he was the last person to get up. He could hear Pandora's stressed voice downstairs in the kitchen followed by Sarah Jane's mellow tone. "You're seventeen years old which means you have to go to school unless you want the police on to us!"

Pandora was restless on her feet, jumping from one foot to the other. "But school sounds so boring!" She whined.

Luke chuckled from the doorway before making his entrance. "She has to go to school?" he asked, humour swept across his face. Now he liked this! Sarah Jane nodded briskly, "The story so far is we're looking after Pandora whilst her parents are out of town."

"They're a little more than 'out of town'." Pandora sighed under her breath.

Sarah Jane rolled her eyes, "I want you to show Pandora around the school, and Mr Smith took care of enrolling her in your classes." Sarah Jane smiled sweetly as Pandora scowled to herself.

Later that morning, Luke ran down the stairs in his uniform covering his mouth with his hands to stop himself from gawking as he nearly tripped down the last step. Pandora stood at the door, her uniform looking so... amazing on her. Her tie was neatly tied around her neck and her small skirt really complimented her perfect legs. She also wore a black leather jacket around her and had a leather bag swung around her arm. "You ready?" she said, trying to smile although under the circumstances she would have preferred to scream.

Luke let a smile claim his face as he nodded dreamily before opening the door for her. Rani walked out of her house at around the same time, Gita, her mother, hugging her hard before she left. Rani smiled at Luke, but the real eye catcher was Pandora. She shook her head. "No! Sarah Jane's making you go to school?"

Pandora nodded slowly.

Rani had to hide her laugh with a small cough, "Well on the bright side, the work should be easy for you."

Pandora's face lit up, "I bet in the time I have to spare I can work on my new project!"

"What's that?" Luke inquired.

Pandora put her perfectly sharpened nail to her lips. "It's a secret." She whispered.

"Everyone please welcome our new student, Pandora Naflink." Their science teacher, Miss Flinch announced. Most students didn't even notice, so Pandora proceeded to sit next to Luke, Clyde and Rani on a bench. "I want you to work through exercises four, five and six in your text books, no practicals today we have an exam next lesson." She informed the class turning her attention to an eager Pandora. "You are excused from the exam as it's your first week." Miss Flinch smiled warmly at Pandora who returned the friendliness.

As soon as she had turned her back, Pandora slumped on her desk, "well that's no fun, my first week and I can't even test my knowledge on your less advanced take on how the world works?" Pandora grumbled, flipping over the book. Luke, Clyde and Rani shared glances. "If you want to fit in, try to act a little happier about being excused from an exam." Clyde hissed from his place on the bench.

Pandora chuckled, flipping through each page on her book, her eyes flashing from golden to normal as she took mental pictures of all information. "Wow this is easy stuff!" She smirked; grabbing a pen Luke had kindly lent her and wrote down all the answers in extravagant detail on the page. Luke couldn't help a small smile as he saw how neat and amazing Pandora's handwriting was. It was in smooth italics more of a work of art than messy teen 'get it out of the way' handwriting. He turned back to his own book, writing down the answers at a slower pace just to fit in with everyone else.

After a brief chat with the teacher only a mere ten minutes into the lesson, Pandora sat back in her chair and scanned the classroom for anything to work on. "Miss Flinch says there is no work, but the good news is I got every question right and extra marks for my detail." Pandora gave a sarcastic fist pump of excitement leaving the other three in hysterics.

Pandora had already found something in class to work on, a small metallic box, some test tubes and a Bunsen burner. She laid them out on the desk, grabbing the Bunsen burner and twisting half of its side down with ease. She grabbed the test tubes and her palms began to glow a ferocious orange. The glass melted quickly, and she dabbed the liquid around the Bunsen burner. "What are you doing?" Rani asked, shocked.

Pandora smirked, handing each of them a pair of safety goggles. "Just having a little fun..." she giggled. Checking to see that the teacher and the remainder of the class weren't looking, she took a small vial of clear liquid from the inner pocket of her jacket and poured it on her creation. The metallic, glass covered rod began to light up bright purple. "Here!" she said, pulling Luke over to a small hole at mouth level. "Blow into this! It converts the carbon dioxide you breathe out into a bright pink harmless gas!" she grinned.

Luke smirked at her and blew into the hole, pink gas immediately flew out. "Wow this is so cool!" Clyde grinned, blowing into it as well.

The four friends chuckled and talked all through the remainder of the lesson.

The four walked home together, never stopping from talking. "The grass is this amazing deep purple, and our cities lie in the skies, floating on the great mountains of Grasiki!" Pandora said dreamily, wiping her hair from her eyes. "Why did you want to leave?" Clyde asked.

"Yeah it sounds amazing!" Rani agreed.

Pandora shrugged, "it was life. And I was tired of it... I wanted to explore other worlds with other life! I still do and will." She beamed.

"Oh..." Luke sounded a little down. He looked away from her, rubbing his arm idly.

"Of course I'd always come back! Remember, it's a time machine!" she giggled. Then her eyes darted away from Luke for a moment, her mind out stretched with thought. "I could take you all with me!" she said, flashing a cocky grin as she turned back to the gang.

Everyone was still smiling when they walked into Sarah Jane's home. Sarah Jane was by the staircase, immediately talking Luke into a loving embrace. Once she let go she looked at Pandora, smiling through her eyes. "So how was your first day at school?" she asked.

Pandora shrugged and looked to her new friends, "It was alright, although the work was pitifully easy." She sighed flashing a grin towards the three, "on the other hand I made a few simple inventions that caught the eyes of these humans." She said gesturing towards them.

Clyde grinned, "Yeah, she made this one thing that turned your breath pink!"

Rani laughed, "Yeah and at lunch she made the Eiffel Tower out of plastic forks!"

The three laughed along with Sarah Jane as Pandora stood in the middle feeling finally welcome.

Sarah Jane snapped her fingers, "Oh I almost forgot, Mr Smith picked up an alien life form in a school causing havoc." She smiled enthusiastically.

"Wouldn't you have thought an alien could have created suspicion amongst the classmates?" Luke asked, confused.

Pandora's eyes went a glassy colour as she yet again entered Sarah Jane's mind. "It's an alien from the planet Felaposor. It can actually turn itself invisible." She said, and then, searching through her own thoughts she carried on, "Kretas from the planet Felaposor are in no way humanoid, they are blobs of purple goo that can shoot acid from up to twenty feet. They, however enjoy causing mischief using their invisible abilities rather than injuring or killing creatures with the acid."

"So he's like a gooey ghost?" Clyde asked, wrinkling his nose is disgust.

Pandora nodded as Sarah Jane ran past to grab her coat. "Everyone in the car!" she said.

As Sarah Jane went to open the door she turned to see the four kids looking at the floor scuffing their shoes. "What is it?" Sarah Jane asked.

"It's not that we don't want to go in the car..." Rani said.

"But we really really want to go by Pandora's teleport!" Clyde finished as Luke nodded in agreement.

Sarah Jane smirked, "I'm not sure, I thought you didn't like the after affects anyway."

"Please mum!" Luke pleaded.

Sarah Jane rolled her eyes and looked at Pandora. "It's fine with me." She grinned.

Sarah Jane nodded, "Fine, Pandora could you get Baramba? He's been conversing with K-9."

Pandora smirked, "Trust the tin dog to talk to the real one." She beamed, yelling out Baramba's name as she ran up the stairs.

Moments later, Pandora returned with Baramba and held out her arm that held the time travelling device. "Ok everyone hold on!" she said, as Baramba put his soft paw on her hand. Everyone else shortly followed as they disappeared in a flash of light.

[To be continued]