Rose had no clue where she was. Actually that was a lie Rose knew exactly where she was, she always knew exactly where she was. She was in England; Leadworth to be exact the thing she didn't know was how she arrived here. One second she had been on a beach and the next one she was standing in the middle of a flower garden in some random person's backyard. Something else felt off Rose wasn't quite sure what it was but it felt familiar. Almost like when you are on a boat for a really long time and when you finally get off the ground beneath your feet and it feels so natural. Yea, something like that.

Unfortunately, when she had appeared she had landed in the middle of a patch of flowers and happened to be crushing a very nice looking daffodil. It seemed to be night time, but Rose wasn't exactly sure. Not knowing what time it was hadn't been a problem in a very long time. Normal Rose new exactly what time it was and exactly what day it was, but that odd thing must be messing with her inner clock because she was rendered clueless.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the voice of a little girl saying "You aren't the Doctor" It took a few seconds for Rose to locate the girls voice but when she did her eyes were met by a rather grumpy looking little girl looking out of a window on the second story of the house who's backyard she was currently in.

"Last time I checked I wasn't" Rose smiled up at the girl "Sorry about the flowers by the way they were rather pretty I didn't mean to step on them"

"So if you're not the Doctor who are you anyways" She asked ignoring Rose's rambling.

"Oh I'm Rose and you are"

"Faith" she said simply.

"Nice to meet you Faith, so what are you doing talking to strangers in your backyard anyways?"

"Well what you are doing in my backyard anyways" Faith retorted.

"Good point, but haven't your parents ever told you not to talk to strangers for all you know I could be very dangerous" of course Rose didn't want to scare Faith but talking to strangers wasn't a very safe habit for any kid to have.

"My parents never said anything about that" Faith said all happiness having left your voices.

"Well then I'll tell you for them, don't talk to strangers"

"Fine I won't, but since I already know your name you aren't a stranger anymore" Faith said with a triumphant gleam in her eye.

Rose pretended to be offended before she said "I'll have you know that I am very strange, in fact I am so strange I would give everyone on earth a run for their money in a strangeness competition" This caused Faith to giggle. If only she knew the truth behind Rose's statement, she would be scared out of her mind not laughing.

"So you want to come inside" Faith said getting a control of her laughter.

"Won't your parents think it's weird if a stranger is in your house?" Rose wondered.

"Doesn't matter what they think" Faith said her voice steely "They aren't home anyway"

"Wait then who is home with you"

"No one I'm by myself"

Rose was shocked to say the least. What kind of horrible monster would leave a little girl alone by herself at night? "Faith how old are you?"

Faith beamed "I turned six years old two days ago"

Six she was barley six years old and her parents just left her here to fend for herself. Of all the cruel things she has witnessed humans do this made the list of the absolute worse, which is saying a lot. "Maybe I should come inside"

"Awesome the door should be unlocked so I'll meet you there"

When Rose walked in the house she quickly scanned her surroundings, a habit she picked up from working at torchwood for many years. To put it simply the house was a mess, but not in a way you would expect from a little girl. Books and magazines were scattered everywhere like they had been thrown around, a cup of coffee had been spilled on the couch and never been cleaned up, the lamp in the corner had been broken leaving dangerous shards of ceramic laying around, and the pillows from the couch were all out of place. If Rose was right, and she normally was when it came to things like this, people had been fighting.

Faith came running down the stairs into the front room that rose had been standing in. Faith had eyes so dark brown that it seemed as if she had no pupil and hair that matched her eye color perfectly. She was short, even for a six year old and her overly large worn out T-shirt she was wearing as pajamas made her look even thinner that she was which was pretty thin to start with. Her skin looked especially pale compared to her dark hair, and it also made the bruises Faith had on her arms and check very prominent.

The bruises and the mess in the room confirmed rose's fears, but she kept a smile on her face to reassure the little girl standing in front of her. "So Faith is there any good restaurants around here I'm rather hungry"

Faiths eyes lit up and she nodded vigorously "I've always wanted to go to the McDonalds place in town, because everyone in school says it's really good, but mommy and daddy say that it's all garbage and they don't want to pay for me to eat garbage" Faith somehow managed to say this all in one breath making Rose smile.

"McDonalds it is then" Rose said causing Faith to jump up and down in excitement.

"Let me just go get changed!" Faith squealed already half way up the steps of the stairs.

As they sat in a brightly lit booth eating chips and burgers at 11pm, Rose and Faith talked about everything from fairy princesses to the super-secret spy weapon Faith had got in her kids meal. Rose didn't bring up the bruises, the mess, or Faith's parents once even though she knew she had to do something about it and quickly at that. She also knew that right now was not the time to ruin the fun Faith was having for the first time in what Rose expected to be a while. After all, there was plenty of time to get things done in the morning.