An Eternity Among The Stars

by seasidewriter1

Waking up in the Doctor Who world after a serious car crash, Selene finds herself being invited to travel with the Doctor and his companions. Together they all protect the earth from the dangers it faces as well as saving other worlds and time periods. But as time goes on, how strong will the relationship between the two become? Will they fall in love? starts with 10 *Doctor/OC*

3. The Girl In The Fireplace

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Doctor Who; the worlds, the creatures, the companions, the stories, and, saddest of all, I do not own the Doctor =( I only own my OC Selene.

3. The Girl in the Fireplace

Versailles, 1700s

Dozens of party guests from the ball ran screaming down the corridors, skirts swishing violently, shoes clunking unceremoniously, screams echoing off the walls. They were running from the most inhuman things that they'd ever encountered. The clicking and creaking proceeded to follow them as the creatures got closer.

" We are under attack!" A man in a rich red coat announced as he strode into a bedroom towards the elegantly dressed and gorgeous blond woman who stood before the mantelpiece of a fireplace. " There are creatures. I don't even think they're human, we can't stop them!" He stopped by the woman's side and looked at her. The woman's eyes were locked on a broken clock set atop the mantelpiece.

" The clock is broken," She stated. " They're coming."

" Did you hear what I said?!" The man demanded, becoming frantic. He took her arm and the woman turned to face him, all movements calm and elegant.

" Listen to me. There is a man and most likely a woman as well coming to Versailles, they have watched over me my whole life and he will not desert me tonight," She stated strongly, staring up at him. The man gave her an incredulous look.

" What are you talking about, what man?"

" The only man, save you, I have ever loved." The man before her made a face and opened his mouth to say something, but she hurriedly cut him off. " No, don't look like that, there's no time. You have your duties. I am your Mistress. Go to your Queen." She quickly knelt by the fireplace and peered into the blazing flames.

" Are you there?" She called into the fireplace, face worried. " Can you hear me? I need you now, you promised! The clock on the mantel is broken! It is time! Doctor! Doctor!"

OoOoO

3000 Years Later

On the TARDIS

" So, I'm sorry, but you're really like a psychic, you can tell what's going to happen in the future!" Mickey said for what was probably the hundredth time, an unbelieving smile on his face. Selene laughed and rolled her eyes.

" Yes, Mickey, I can 'tell the future'. But It's not 'cause I'm gifted I'm just… weird," Selene said with a laugh, leaning against the railing, facing the TARDIS console.

" So, you could tell me my future."

" I could. But I won't." Selene smiled at him. Mickey's brow scrunched.

" Why not?"

" Oh, you know, if I told you I could probably rip a hole in the fabric of the universe and kill every existing thing ever," Selene said dead serious yet oh-so casually as she fixed the bottom of her t-shirt. Mickey stared at her, wide eyed and looked over to Rose, who stood beside the brunette woman. Rose nodded. He looked at the Doctor who was smirking at the look on Mickey's face.

" Oh yeah, she's right. She's done very well on not giving anything away yet, it's very impressive," The Doctor confirmed with a nod, smiling. Selene gave a theatrical bow, sweeping her right foot behind her left.

" Thank you, Doctor!" She said with a smile, straightening up and earned a laugh from the three in the TARDIS. The Doctor continued to fiddle with levers and buttons, fixing the sleeve of his brown pinstriped suit-jacket. He changed his button down shirt to a dark blue one, knotting a black tie that had blue swirls crossing it underneath the collar.

Rose bumped Selene's shoulder and smiled at her.

" Looking forward to your first real trip on the TARDIS?" She asked. Selene grinned and hoisted herself up to sit on the railing.

" You bet I am! I'm restraining the urge to fan-girl scream. I have been for the past day or so," Selene admitted with a laugh, fixing the orange-pink shirt she wore that said 'Live Free, Love True' across it in blue with two small birds sitting on the letters. She also wore thin blue suspenders (yes, she knew that was rather ironic, but the outfit kind of seemed to call for it) that attached to the waistband on her light blue jeans. She swung her pale-orange Converse clad feet a bit, looking a little bit like a child.

" Alright everyone! Hold onto something, it might be a bit bumpy!" Announced the Doctor as the TARDIS engines whooshed loudly and the time machine jostled a little. With a final loud thudding like sound, the Doctor ran towards the door, yanking his long tan coat on. Mickey eagerly followed, Selene on his heels, Rose bringing up the rear. They stepped out into the eerily lit empty room of a space ship. The Doctor looked around, a bit surprised at the lack of crewman.

" It's a spaceship! Brilliant! I got a space ship on my first go!" Mickey exclaimed happily, his voice echoing off the empty walls.

" It looks kind of abandoned. Anyone on board?" Rose asked.

" Nah!" The Doctor said as he looked at a tangle of wires and broken machinery. " Nothing here. Well… nothing dangerous." Selene put her hands on her hips and shot him a look. He smirked. " Well… not that dangerous."

" I would think that there could be something potentially dangerous anywhere," Selene said, staring up at the high ceiling, her wavy hair falling off her shoulder and hitting her back. Was she subtly hinting that they were actually in danger at that moment? Not really…

The Doctor nodded.

" You know what, I'll just have a quick scan… in case there's anything dangerous…" He muttered, taking Selene's comment into consideration. Rose rolled her eyes and then walked forward as the Doctor began to flick switches on a monitor. She smiled at him.

" So, what's the date? How far have we gone?" She inquired excitedly.

" About… three thousand years into your future, give or take." The Doctor opened a circular hatch and reached inside, grabbing a switch. He pulled it up and it lit up. He twisted it a bit and all the lights came to life again and the skylight opened up, revealing all of space above them. Swatches of purple and pink lazily danced above them, stars and planets showing up everywhere.

" Fifty-first century," The Doctor continued as they all gazed up. " Dagmar Cluster! You're a long way from home, Mickey! You too Selene! Two and a half galaxies!" Mickey walked over to a window and gazed out in awe, mouth gaping open.

" Mickey Smith, meet the universe!" Rose said, patting his shoulder with a grin. " See anything you like?"

" It's so realistic!" He said excitedly. Selene bounded over and pat his back.

" That's cause it is!" She told him.

" It's amazing!" Mickey grinned at her.

" I know!" She grinned back and resisted the urge to clap her hands and jump up and down like an idiot. He turned back to gaze out into all of the universe when the Doctor muttered,

" Dear me, we've got some cowboys in here!" He was holding broken bits of machines, looking at all the damage. " Got a ton of repair work going on," He said as Rose and Selene walked over. He tossed a broken piece into a random box and eyed the now working monitor. His brows furrowed.

" Now that's odd. Look at that. All the warp engines are going…" He dropped the second piece he'd been holding in a chair, grasping the metal desk, leaning forward to look at the screen. " Full capacity? There's enough power running through this ship to punch a hole in the universe!" He looked up at the sky again. " But we're not moving! So where's all that power going?"

" Where'd all the crew go?" Rose asked, finally noticing the lack of people; people or aliens that would have come to question what four stowaways would be doing on board.

" Good question, no life readings on board."

" Well, we are in the middle of space, they didn't just decide to go for a lovely stroll in the park now did they?" Selene said, looking around and crossing her arms. Everything felt. Creepy. Like someone was standing behind you, waiting to grab your shoulders and yank you away into the dark. The air was chilly and foreboding, and Selene really didn't like it.

" Or a quick smoke," Rose added. The Doctor flicked a few more switches.

" No, I checked all the smoking pods." He sniffed suddenly, looking around. " Can you smell that?" They all sniffed and nodded in agreement.

" Yeah, someone cooking," Rose said. Selene shut her eyes and suppressed a shudder.

Someone's cooking alright… She thought to herself, her stomach twisting a bit. Mickey grinned at the smell.

" Sunday Roast, definitely!" He confirmed. The Doctor hit a button and a door behind them all slid open. Spinning to face it, they walked towards it. Through the door there was an ornate wall with rich red wallpaper and mahogany walls and an ornate fireplace with a clock sitting atop the wooden mantel. A fire burning within the fireplace crackled and seemed completely out of place. Selene smiled a bit. This had always been a favorite episode of hers.

" Well, there's something you don't see in your average spaceship," The Doctor said casually, his hands in his pockets. " Eighteenth century!" He bounded into the room, reaching for the Sonic. " French. Nice mantel." The Sonic whirred and whizzed as he scanned it. " Not a hologram. Not even a reproduction, this actually is and eighteenth century French Fireplace. Double sided, there's another room through there!"

Rose and Mickey had gone to peer through another window as Selene and the Doctor admired and looked at the fireplace.

" There can't be, that's the outer hull of the ship, look!" Rose exclaimed as the Doctor and Selene crouched down to look through the fireplace. They saw a little girl in a white nightgown kneeling on the other side, long golden blond hair hanging down to her elbows. A bedroom was visible behind her and she was peering at the man and the woman in her fireplace oddly.

" Hello," Said the Doctor kindly. Selene smiled at the young girl along with the Doctor.

" Hello," Replied the young girl, a tad confused.

" What's your name?" Selene asked. Mickey and Rose peered into the fireplace to see the girl as well.

" Reinette."

" Reinette, that's a lovely name!" The Doctor complimented with a grin. " Can you tell me where you are at the moment, Reinette?"

" In my bedroom."

" And… where's your bedroom, where do you live, Reinette?"

" Paris, of course!" Reinette replied with a smile.

" Paris, right," The Doctor said with a nod in an almost dismissing tone. Rose gave him an odd look. Paris? They were in deep space!

" Monsieur, Madame," She looked at the Doctor and then Selene. " What are you doing in my fireplace?"

" Oh! Sorry we didn't mention that before!" Selene said with a small laugh.

" It's just a routine…" The Doctor looked around, trying to think of something.

" Fire check," Selene finished for him with a smile. " Mind telling us what year it is?"

" Of course I can. It's seventeen hundred and twenty-seven," She replied, smiling again. She looked rather adorable.

" Right, lovely! One of my favorites! August is rubbish though…" The Doctor mused, causing Reinette to scrunch her face up slightly in confusion. " Stay indoors. Okay! That's all for now. Thanks or your help. We hope you enjoy the right of your fire! Night-night!"

" Night, Reinette!" Selene said as she stood in unison with the Doctor, Reinette calling out,

" Goodnight Monsieur, Madame."

The duo turned to face Rose and Mickey. Rose was smiling and Mickey looked confused.

" You said this was the fifty-first century," Mickey argued in a confused tone.

" I also said that the ship was generating enough power to punch a hole in the universe. I think we just found the hole…" His face turned contemplative. " Must be a spatiotemporal hyper link."

Spatiotemporal… Now that's a word to impress people… or to win Scrabble, thought Selene with a smirk. Mickey was in awe at what the Doctor had just said.

" What's that?" He asked curiously.

" No idea, just made it up," The Doctor admitted, brown eyes distant. " Don't want to say 'magic door'."

" And on the other side of the," Rose lowered her voice a bit while saying, " 'magic door'," her voice returned to normal. " is France in seventeen twenty-seven?"

" Well she was speaking French. Right period French too," The Doctor confirmed, pulling off his coat as he turned to hang it up somewhere on the wall. Mickey was suddenly confused again. French? They were all speaking English!

" She was speaking English, I heard her!" He protested, pointing a finger at the Time Lord, trying to catch him at fault.

" That's the TARDIS, translates for ya," Rose informed, slinging an arm around her friend's shoulder.

" Even French?"

" Even French; translates any language anywhere," Selene confirmed, stepping forward to inspect the mantelpiece. She ran her fingers over the cool wood. The Doctor walked over and found a hidden switch on the side of the fireplace.

Wonder what that does… He thought to himself. Only one way to find out! He grabbed onto it and yanked it upwards.

" Gotcha!" He exclaimed as the switch lifted and the fireplace jerked and began to rotate, he and Selene going with it. Selene let out a yelp of surprise as she gripped onto the mantel.

" Selene! Doctor!" Rose called out in surprise as her friends disappeared behind the wall, the reverse side of the fireplace now showing.

The Doctor and Selene were now in a darkened bedroom, and they looked over to the bed to see Reinette sleeping peacefully, a smile on her pale pink lips. Selene released the mantelpiece and slowed her breathing down to a normal rate. She hadn't intended on going with the Doctor to see Reinette, but it looked like fate had other plans. That and her mind still was a tad foggy around the edges, so she'd forgotten when the Doctor pulled the hidden switch. She sucked in a breath and then leaned towards him.

" Next time, warn me when you're going to pull a mysterious switch, alright, Doctor?" She whispered, trying not to wake the sleeping girl. He smirked and nodded.

They slowly stepped away from the fireplace, the sound of a clock the only thing beside their footsteps that could be heard. Selene made her way towards the window, reaching out a hand to slowly pull the lacy drapes away to peer out into the snowy sky. She smiled a bit and shook her head. She was in seventeen twenty-seven France… just… amazing! The Doctor joined her at the window and he saw her smile as she gazed at the carriage that was being pulled down the street by a set of horses, sleigh bells jangling slightly from where they were attached. A horse neighed loudly, causing Reinette to jump from sleep, blue eyes flying open. She sat up swiftly and saw two darkened figures at her window.

Hearing the gasp the two spun to face her.

" It's okay! Don't scream!" The Doctor tried to calm her down with a kind voice. Selene honestly wondered how many times he actually had to say that… it would be interesting to know. " It's us! Fireplace Woman and Fireplace Man! Look!" The Doctor bounded over to Reinette's bedside, pulling out the Sonic. Selene swiftly followed, making her footsteps silent. The Doctor pointed it at the candle on a small table and clicked the button, causing it to whirr. The candle suddenly lit and Reinette stared at the two cautiously.

" We talked to you a few moments ago. We were in your fireplace, remember?" Selene asked, gesturing to the fireplace, knowing full well it hadn't been just a moment.

" Madame, Monsieur, that was weeks ago! That was months!" Reinette informed. The Doctor's brows furrowed as he scratched his cheek.

" Really? Hmm!" The Doctor turned and casually walked back over to the fireplace and bent over, knocking on some of the wood. " Must be a loose connection! Need to get a man in!" Selene walked over and smiled a bit but then noticed the shattered glass on the ornate clock.

" Who are you? And what are you doing here?" Reinette asked with worry. Selene nervously tapped the Doctor's arm.

" Doctor?" She asked and pointed to the broken clock. His eyes widened slightly as they both listened to the ticking of a clock, which was quite obviously not coming from the mantel clock.

" Okay, that's scary…" He muttered, staring at the broken clock with fright. Selene had to admit that even though she knew what was going to happen, it was still pretty nerve racking considering it was now completely and totally real.

" You're… scared of a broken clock?" Reinette asked in confusion.

" Just a bit scared, yeah… Just a little tiny bit, 'cause, you see, if this clock's broken…" He looked around the room. " And it's the only clock in the room…"

" Then what is making that ticking?" Selene asked in a hushed tone as they all listened to the loud ticking. " 'Cause it certainly isn't coming from this." She put a hand on the cold metal of the clock as they all looked around. Reinette suddenly realized they were right and glanced about the room nervously. A new sound echoed out, a sound that was reminiscent of something been wound up.

" 'Cause, you see, that's not a clock. You can tell by the resonance. Too big. Six feet I'd say. Size of a man…" With each word the Doctor spoke, Selene could tell Reinette was getting even more scared.

" What is it?" She asked, voice shaking. Selene quickly moved to the bed and sat on the edge, holding out her hand for Reinette to take. The young girl quickly forgot all suspicion of the two strangers in her room and gripped Selene's hand.

" Now let's see… if you were a think that ticked and you were hiding in someone's bedroom, first thing you'd do; break the clock. No one notices the sound of one clock ticking, but two?" The Doctor paused, the ticking continuing to echo. He eyed the bed. " You might start to wonder if you're really alone…" He walked over to the bed and began to kneel down. " Selene, feet up on the mattress. You two, stay on the bed, right in the middle," He instructed. Selene lifted her Converse clad feet and wrapped an arm around Reinette, who was currently shaking with fear. " Neither of you put your hands or feet over the edge…"

The Doctor slowly lowered himself to his hands and knees and peered under the edge of the bed, noticing a shadow. Selene gently rubbed the young girl's back as they watched the Doctor, her own heart rate picking up. He reached a hand under the bed, pointing the Sonic into the dark. With a click of the button it whirred and pulsed, and something lashed out at the Doctor, causing him to fall back quickly in surprise. The two girls jumped as the Doctor righted himself and quickly peered back under the bed. He saw two feet. They were in black leather shoes with brass buckles and white socks. The Doctor slowly began to pull himself up using the bed as support as he raised his eyes and locked on what was now standing behind Selene and Reinette.

" Reinette… Don't look 'round," He whispered as he stood. " You stay exactly where you are."

Selene noticed how Reinette froze, taking the Doctor seriously, as she should. Selene turned her head to look behind them and saw what were actually her favorite robots/aliens in the Doctor Who world. It was in period dress a thick purple coat adorning its body with a frilled cravat peaking out on the chest. It wore knee-length trousers and then white stockings covering its calf area. What was truly creepy about it was the mask it wore. It looked like a sinister clown or harlequin face the eyes angled cruelly and the smile twisting in a sick way. A brown curled wig fell to its shoulders, obviously fitting into the aristocratic role. Selene gulped. They were definitely scarier in person than on TV… maybe they wouldn't be her favorite robot/alien after all this.

The Doctor glanced between the masked figure and Reinette.

" Hold still, let me look," The Doctor muttered, crouching down and taking Reinette's head gently in his hands. The Doctor stared into her confused and scared eyes and a shocked looked crossed his features, causing his face to scrunch a bit. " You've been scanning her brain! What, you crossed two galaxies and thousands of years just to scan a child's brain? What could there possibly be in a little girl's mind worth blowing a hole in the universe?" The Doctor questioned loudly, dropping his hands and glaring up at the ticking figure behind Reinette.

" I… Don't understand. It wants me?" Reinette turned her head to look at the creature. " You want me?" The creature's head snapped towards Reinette.

" Not yet. You are incomplete," The thin informed in a choppy robotic voice.

" Incomplete? What does that mean, incomplete?" The Doctor asked.

" It sounds like you think she's some sort of unfinished project or something," Selene added, squeezing the young girl's shoulders. The creature didn't answer. The Doctor became frustrated and stood, feeling the frustration building.

" If you can answer her you can answer us!" He informed with a bite, obviously not ready to stand for the silence. " What do you mean incomplete?" He held the Sonic towards it threateningly. There were more clacking and clicking sounds as it began to walk jerkily, stopping every time it turned. It turned towards the Doctor and began to march towards him. It froze and raised an arm, a blade shooting out from its wrist, barely missing the Doctor's neck. Selene jumped and quickly stood as Reinette called out,

" Monsieur, be careful!"

" Just a nightmare, Reinette, don't worry about it. Everyone has nightmares," The Doctor informed as he began to back up when the creature advanced. Selene swiftly began to follow, and the masked figure spun around, the blade swinging out towards her. She ducked before running around it, standing beside the Doctor as they backed up. Knowing both of its targets were standing before it, the creature slashed at them twice more as they jumped towards the fireplace.

" And even monsters from under your bed have nightmares!" Selene announced as the blade got stuck in the mantelpiece and the creature couldn't move, its arm jerking backwards uselessly.

" Don't ya, Monster?" Asked the Doctor as he grinned a bit at Selene.

" What do monsters have nightmares about?" Asked Reinette curiously.

" Me! Hah!" The Doctor announced with a proud grin as he knocked the switch again, causing the three to rotate back into the spaceship. Selene immediately jumped away from the fireplace and looked around the room as Mickey and Rose perked up at their reappearance.

" Doctor!" Rose shouted in surprise. Selene bolted for a fire extinguisher that hung on the wall. It did rather look like some sort of gun, but that was momentarily irrelevant. She spun around after she grabbed it and tossed it to the Doctor, who caught it easily and spun to face the creature by the fireplace. He pulled something and a white cloud shot out, enveloping the figure, which eventually froze up. They all stood staring at it and Mickey grinned.

" Excellent! Ice gun!" He said. The Doctor, who was standing and staring at the creature amended him.

" Fire extinguisher," He corrected, tossing it to Rose.

" Where did that thing come from?" Rose asked as she stared at it.

" Here," Said the Doctor.

" Then why does it look like that?" Asked Mickey.

" Fieldtrip to France, some kind of basic camouflage protocol. Nice needlework, shame about the face," The Doctor responded.

" Yeah, it kind of reminds me of a murderous clown. The Joker," Selene concluded with a shudder. " Not the best thing you'd want to be killed by. The Doctor stepped forward, looking at the cracked paint on the mask and stealthily ripped off the mask and wig before his eyes widened and shone with awe.

" Oh, you are beautiful!" He stated with a grin. What had been hidden underneath the mask and wig was what resembled a smooth, faceless mannequin head, but it was clear and within it, there were gears and cogs that turned and whirred and clicked. Selene grinned as well, stepping forward with Rose and Mickey to peer at it. " No, really, you are! You're gorgeous!" The Doctor reached into his jacket to retrieve his square framed glasses. Selene smiled as he pulled them on and leaned closer to the Clockwork robot. She loved the Doctor's glasses. It just completed his entire look perfectly. Not to mention, he looked extremely cute when he wore them.

" Look at that!" The Doctor seemed to be having one of the best moments of his long Time Lord life as he continued to examine the amazing creature before him. " Space-age clock work, I love it! I've got chills!" He exclaimed, still grinning. " Listen, seriously, I mean this from the heart," The Doctor pulled back half his jacket and gestured to both sides of his chest, " and, by the way, count those, it would be a crime, it would be an act of vandalism to disassemble you…" He trailed off and then held up the Sonic. " But that won't stop me."

There was a ratcheting sound as it finally moved its head again, and then the ticking sounds started up again. It raised an arm and touched its fingers to the inside of its other wrist and it seemed to disintegrate and be sucked upwards swiftly. They all stared up in shock as they watched.

" Short-range teleport, can't have got far. Could still be on board," The Doctor said moving back towards the fireplace.

" What is it?" Rose attempted to ask, but the Doctor obviously wasn't going to answer.

" Don't go looking for it!" He stated.

" Where are you going?"

" Back in a sec," He said as he hit the switch again and disappeared back into France. After a beat Rose began to adjust the gun-like fire extinguisher in her hands. Mickey could already read what she was about to do on her face.

" He said not to look for it," Mickey told her.

" Yeah, he did," Rose agreed, tossing a curled strand of blond hair back into place with a flick of her head. Mickey grinned, ran over to grab the second fire extinguisher. " Now you're gettin' it! Come on you two!" The three began to run off, and as they were about to exit the room, Selene spun on her heel and went to wait for the Doctor. She could have some fun teasing the Doctor about that kiss he was about to receive.

When the Doctor re-entered Reinette's bedroom, it was daytime and the room had a golden hue to it. There was now a harp in the corner, the toys were gone and everything was neat and tidy.

" Reinette?" He called out, hands in his pockets as he looked around. " Just checking you're okay." He walked over to the harp and plucked a few strings, their sound echoing out. The clock ticking was normal. Not a human sized robot, but just a normal clock.

As he stared at the expensive harp, a gorgeous woman with elaborately pinned back golden hair stopped by the foot of the small bed, hands clasped in front of her, eyes trained on the man at the harp. She cleared her throat and the Doctor's attention immediately flew to her.

" Oh!" He said as he turned to face the woman. He stared a moment before quickly removing his glasses. " Hello, um, I was just looking for Reinette. Uh, th-this is still her room, isn't it?" His voice had turned rather shaky and a bit nervous. " I've been away… not sure how long."

" Reinette! We're ready to go!" Called a woman's voice. The blond woman smiled and called over her shoulder,

" Go to the carriage mother, I will join you there!"

The Doctor began to smile as he looked her over. It was Reinette! The woman before him was Reinette. The dress she wore was floral printed and accented her pale skin beautifully. A pearl choker encircled her neck, matching the earrings that hung from her ears.

" It is customary, I think, to have an imaginary friend only during one's childhood. You are to be congratulated on your persistence," Reinette told him with a smile.

" Reinette," The Doctor said. She glanced about the room.

" The woman, the one who always showed up with you, is she not here?" She asked in confusion, arching a delicate brow.

" Oh! Selene? She had to stay behind this time, you know… other things to do," The Doctor dismissed. " Goodness how you've grown!" He commented, unable to wipe the goofy smile from his lips.

" And you do not appear to have aged a single day!" She told him as she strode over to him, stepping up to his level. " That is tremendously impolite of you." She looked him over carefully as she stood maybe a tad less than a foot from him.

" Right, yes, sorry… um…" He kept staring at her, blinking rapidly in attempt to get his thoughts together. " Um… Listen, lovely to catch up, but, uh, better be off, eh? Gotta help Selene with… fireplace checks…" He trailed off, thinking of the excuse they'd given the first time they saw Reinette. " And uh… Don't want your mother finding you up here with a strange man, do we?"

" Strange? How can you be a stranger to me, I've known you since I was seven years old.

" Yeah, I suppose you have." The Doctor laughed a bit. " Ha! I came the quick route." The smile on his face faded a bit as Reinette's hand came up to stroke his right cheek gently. She stared at him in awe.

" You seem to be of flesh and blood, at any rate, but this is absurd," She told him as she left her hand upon his cheek. She lowered it as she continued. " Reason tells me you cannot be real."

" Oh…" The Doctor blew out a breath and shook his head. " You never want to listen to reason."

" Mademoiselle! Your mother grows impatient!" Called a male voice. Reinette sighed.

" A moment!" She called back. She turned back to the Doctor and stared up at him with blue eyes that almost appeared a pale shade of purple. " So many questions. So little time." She then quickly pulled him to her, pressing a kiss against his lips, hand on the back of his head. His eyes closed but his eyebrows stayed raised in shock as she backed him up against the wall. He didn't know what to do as he grabbed the mantel with one hand. She was kissing him! After a moment he found himself kissing her back, hands coming up to gently gold her waist. Just as he was finally relaxing into it, she pulled away as the servant once again yelled,

" Mademoiselle Poisson!"

The Doctor stared after her as she ran from the room. He leaned back against the fireplace, a dreamy expression writing itself on his face. That had been interesting. Very interesting but also very nice. But… That name… it sounded familiar. The male servant stopped in the doorway of the room, shocked to see a man leaning against the fireplace.

" Poisson?" The Doctor questioned, mind working quickly. He began to smile. " Reinette Poisson? No!" He walked towards the servant.

" No, no, no, no way! Reinette Poisson?" He asked again in something that sounded close to glee. " Later Madame d'Etiolles? Later still, the mistress to Louis the fifteenth, uncrowned queen of France?" He spun to run back to the fireplace, the confused servant staring at him. " Actress, artist, musician, dancer, courtesan, fantastic gardener!" He let out a laugh of disbelief as he went to stand by the switch.

" Who the hell are you?!" Yelled the servant.

" I'm the Doctor, and I just snogged Madame de Pompadour!" He stated with a grin and a laugh as the fireplace rotated again and he was no longer in France.

When he looked around he didn't see anyone.

" Rose! Mickey! Selene!" He groaned when no answer came to him. " Every time! Every time! It's rule one, don't wander off! I tell them, I do, rule one! There could be anything on this ship!" He jumped into the next room to see none other than Selene leaning up against the TARDIS, smirking at him.

" So, did you kiss her?" She asked with a grin as she stood straight, fixing the suspender on her right shoulder. The Doctor's jaw dropped and his eyebrows shot up. Right, she knew that would happen…

" Um, uh, um, she kissed me, you know that," The Doctor managed to stutter out, feeling a blush rise to his cheeks. Selene laughed.

" Uh huh, sure, of course, Doctor," She teased as he walked over to her.

" Don't tell Rose," He whispered to her.

" We'll see…" She winked at him and began to walk further into the spaceship, resisting the urge to call out 'allons-y!' The two rounded the corner and froze as they saw a beautiful white horse standing in the middle of the corridor. It was fully tacked up and it rolled the bridle in its mouth, making it click. Selene smiled.

" Yeah, anything could be on this ship, including this beauty!" She said as she walked forward and stroked its neck, grinning. She loved horses, she rode for years, but had to give it up when she went to college. " Aw, you're adorable!" She laughed as it bobbed its head and lightly hit her chest with his nose. She turned and looked over at the Doctor, who was smiling as he walked over and pat the horse's head as well.

" If eighteenth century France is on a spaceship, why not a horse?" He mused with a laugh. " You seem quite comfortable with it, do you like horses?"

" I rode for a long time, gave it up when I went to college. I didn't have the time or money. I love horses so much, they're amazing," She told him as he smiled at her.

" Yeah, they're nice. Come on then, we should go find Rose and Mickey, who don't like to follow the rules," The Doctor said as the two began to walk away from the horse, that turned to watch them. As they walked in comfortable silence, Selene let her mind wander.

She realized that maybe she was just here, traveling with the Doctor and Rose and Mickey, only because she knew what was going to happen. That it was the only reason she was actually invited along.

Well, what other reason would I be asked to go along? I mean, I just showed up in the middle of a street from a different dimension, that's beyond weird, she thought to herself, eyebrows scrunching up. The Doctor looked over at her and noticed her expression. A worried one overtook his face as he continued to watch her.

" Selene, is everything alright?" He asked with genuine worry. She was usually a pretty optimistic person, so the fact that she wasn't at the moment was rather concerning.

" What? Oh, it's nothing, don't worry about it," She dismissed with a wave of her hand. The Doctor gave her a look.

" It's obviously something, you can trust me," He told her as he offered a kind smile. After a moment of looking at him she sighed and shoved her hands into her jeans pockets.

" Am I just traveling with you because I know the future? Because I know what'll happen next? Because you seemed a bit quick to just let me, a girl from America in a different dimension, come along to share all your adventures." Selene finally said and the Doctor opened his mouth and paused.

" Oh," He said quietly. He shook his head and touched her arm to make her stop. She looked over at him as she ceased walking. He gave her a smile. " I don't let just anyone jump into the TARDIS for an adventure. I didn't let you come along just because you know the future, my future. No. The thing is, you're very special, Selene, you're quite obviously not like anyone else. You're brilliant and you can change the world, I know it," He told her, smiling fully. " No one likes to be lonely, especially me. Besides, you seem like an extremely fun loving person, and I can always do with a good dose of fun. And a new friend."

Selene smiled at him and nodded, feeling her doubts disappear with his sincere tone of voice.

" Thanks, Doctor," She told him. With a grin he pulled her into a one armed hug, his arm over her shoulders. She giggled quietly and wound her arm around his waist, squeezing him a bit. It was at that moment, that hug, that Selene realized that it was the closest she had physically been to the Doctor. She looked up at him and smiled, completely ecstatic that this was all real. She could feel his body heat and could smell his unique scent. He was real. He was real and he had just told her that she was his friend.

This just made my entire life, she thought with a grin as they began to walk again, releasing each other from their embrace. They continued walking, occasionally calling out for Mickey or Rose, obviously not getting a response.

" Rose!" The Doctor called, sounding like a little forlorn child as they wandered around, Selene noticing that the horse the Doctor later named Arthur, following them. As the two stopped to stare at a time window, the Doctor looked at Arthur and sighed.

" Will you stop following us?" He asked in annoyance, holding up a hand in a 'stop' sort of meaning. " I'm not your mother!" Selene let out a laugh and role of her eyes.

" Of course your not, I would think that he'd think you're his father. You are, in fact, male," Selene teased as she crossed her arms. The Doctor shot her a look raising his eyebrow. She grinned in response, looking around. " I think Rose is somewhere around here…" She trailed off. The Doctor immediately thought she was planning on telling Rose about Reinette and quickly grabbed her arm and dragged her towards the time window in front of them.

" So this is where you came from, eh, horsey?" He asked as he tossed the doors open. " Look, a time window!" He said to Selene, dragging her through, knowing that if she were with him, she couldn't tell Rose anything.

They were immediately surrounded by the palace grounds of Versailles. The grass was lush and perfect, trees were rustling in the breeze and the magnificent palace was in the near distance, a reflecting pool stretching out from behind it. Selene grinned as she felt the breeze hit her skin. This was still shockingly amazing. Stepping through one doorway she was transported through time. That was brilliant.

The Doctor released her arm as they paused in front of a stone wall. He smiled as he spotted Reinette and another woman. Selene grinned as well, recognizing the woman with Reinette. In her dimension, the woman who played Katherine also played Gwen in the show Merlin, and come to think of it, the actor who played Mr. Finch had been Uther Pendragon. But in this world, they were truly the 'characters' they had played in her world. Never mind characters, this was real life!

The two women giggled as they walked arm-in-arm, parasols lightly resting on their shoulders, shielding their heads from the sun.

" Oh, Katherine, you are too wicked!" Reinette teased as they laughed. She thought she had seen something and turned to look behind her, just as the Doctor and Selene swiftly ducked down, behind a large stone planter, managing to evade her sights.

" Oh, speaking of wicked, I hear Madame de Chateauroux is ill and close to death," Katherine commented with a playful smirk.

" Yes… I am devastated," Reinette responded with a mock concerned voice before they laughed a bit again. The Doctor and Selene peeked out again, watching the two women. Selene smiled and noticed the dreamy sort of smile on the face of the Time Lord beside her. She nudged him with her elbow and when he looked at her she raised an eyebrow with a smirk. He shot her a look, still smiling before they returned to watching the women.

" Oh indeed! I myself am frequently inconsolable! The king will therefore be requiring a new mistress. You love the king, of course?"

" He is the king, and I love him with all my heart. And I look forward to meeting him," Reinette replied, a beautiful smile gracing her delicate lips. Selene yanked the Doctor behind the planter again as the blond woman turned to look towards them once more.

" Is something wrong my dear?" Katherine inquired.

" Not wrong, no," She assured as they continued to walk.

" Every woman in Paris knows your ambitions."

" Every woman in Paris shares them."

" You know, of course, that the king is to attend the Yew-Tree Ball?" And with Katherine's remark, they were out of ear shot. Selene and the Doctor stood and the brunette woman gestured towards the time window.

" Back to the search for our friends?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

OOO

" Is this, like, normal for you? Is this an average day?" Asked Mickey as he and Rose continued to scour the ship for anything of interest.

" Life with the Doctor, Mickey, no more average days," Rose replied as they stopped in front of something that looked like a glass window peering into an elaborate room in Versailles.

" It's France again! We can see France!" Mickey pointed out.

" I think we're looking through a mirror," Rose commented as three men entered the room, the man at the front seeming to be talking heatedly to the others, almost like he was ordering them to do something.

" Blimey, look at this guy," Mickey said in a flat tone. " Who does he think he is?"

" King of France," Said the Doctor and Selene in unison as they stepped up behind the two, looking through the mirror as well.

" Oh, here's trouble!" Rose said as she grinned at the Doctor. " What have you been up to?"

" Oh, this and that!" He said quickly, cutting off Selene in case she had been about to say something. " Became the imaginary friend of a future French aristocrat, picked a fight with a clockwork man," Arthur neighed off in a different hall and stepped into theirs.

" We met a horse," Selene added as she watched the King, Louis, fix his overcoat in the mirror, making it look like he was looking at them.

" What's a horse doing on a spaceship?" Mickey asked in shock as he stared at the horse.

" Mickey, what's pre-revolutionary France doing on a spaceship? Get a little perspective!" The Doctor responded, giving him a look as if he was a bit slow on the uptake. He then pointed to the mirror. " See these? They're all over the place! On every deck, gateways to history. But not just any old history," They all watched as Reinette stepped into the room and curtsied to the King. " Hers. Time windows deliberately arranged along the life of one particular woman. A spaceship from the fifty first century stalking a woman from the eighteenth. Why?"

" Who is she?" Rose asked as she eyed the gorgeous golden haired woman. Selene could practically feel the jealousy rolling off of Rose, but then again, she was feeling twinges of it as well. Reinette was heart-breakingly gorgeous, and obviously captured the heart of almost every man she came in touch with.

" Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, known to her friends as Reinette, one of the most accomplished women who ever lived," The Doctor explained as Reinette talked to the Louis, who watched her.

" Has she got plans of being the Queen then?

" No, he's already got a Queen. She's got plans of being his Mistress."

" Oh, I get it. Camilla!" Rose stated, letting her head fall backwards as they all laughed quietly, watching Louis and Reinette interact with each other.

" I think this is the night they met," Said the Doctor. " The night of the Yew-Tree Ball." Louis then left the room, leaving Reinette seemingly alone. " In no time flat she'll get herself established as his official Mistress with her own rooms at the palace, even her own title, Madame de Pompadour."

Reinette stepped over to the mirror to fix her dress, smoothing it out at the waist.

Yeah, she looks like her picture, or painting rather, could be put right next to the definition of 'perfection', Selene thought.

" The Queen must have loved her…" Rose trailed off, seemingly thinking the same thing as Selene.

" Oh she did, they got on very well," Confirmed the Doctor, making everyone snort a bit.

" The King's wife and the King's girlfriend?" Mickey asked skeptically.

" France. It's a different planet."

It was then Reinette noticed a figure in the reflection of the mirror, so she spun around. It was then that Selene noticed the broken clock on the wall in the room Reinette was in. After a moment the figure at the window turned to reveal another Clockwork creature, but this one was dressed as a woman. The Doctor grabbed Mickey's fire extinguisher and shoved the mirror open, and the four began to jump into the room.

" Hello, Reinette, hasn't time flown?" The Doctor said cheerfully as he rushed forward. Selene waved to her, grinning.

" Amazing to finally see you again!" She said with equal amount of enthusiasm.

" Fireplace Man! Fireplace Woman!" Reinette said in surprise as the Clockwork woman marched forward, only to be frozen by the Doctor with the fire extinguisher. He tossed it back to Mickey, and then they all watched and listened as a winding sound echoed from the Clockwork woman.

" What's it doing?" Mickey asked with worth.

" It's restarting. It'll melt all the ice…" Selene began as some of the ice crystals that coated it began to disappear.

" And then what?"

" It kills everyone in the room," The Doctor stated as the Clockwork woman's arm shot out, the blade pointed at his neck. He jumped back and backed away to stand beside Reinette. " Focuses the mind, doesn't it? Who are you?" He asked the creature. " Identify yourself!" With no answer he sighed.

" Reinette, ask for it to answer the Doctor," Selene said, remembering it only answered to her.

" Why should it listen to me?" She asked Selene, sounding a tad bit frightened. Selene put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

" Remember that it listened to you when you were a child? Maybe it'll still listen to you now," Selene pointed out. Reinette stared at the creature that had plagued her since her youth. She held her chin high and took a deep breath.

" Answer his question," She ordered. " Answer any and all questions put to you."

There was clicking as it lowered its arm.

" I am repair droid seven," Came its female mechanical voice.

" What happened to the ship, then?" The Doctor asked curiously, eyebrow raised. " That was a lot of damage."

" Ion storm. Eighty two percent systems failure."

" That ship hasn't moved in over a year. What's taking you so long?"

" We did not have the parts."

Mickey laughed, causing everyone to give him odd looks as he managed to find something funny in the tense situation.

" Always comes down to that, doesn't it? The parts." He joked.

" What's happened to the crew? Where are they?" The Doctor asked again.

" We did not have the parts," It repeated.

" There should have been over fifty people on your ship! Where did they go?"

" We did not have the parts."

" Fifty people don't just disappear!" The Doctor marched over to it, hands in his pockets. " Where… oh…" He said in realization. " You didn't have the parts, so you used the crew…"

" The crew?" Mickey asked, pondering that. How did they use the crew to fix the ship? That doesn't seem… possible.

" We found a camera with an eye in it. And there was a heart wired into machinery," Rose said shakily, remembering what she and Mickey had seen as they explored.

" It was just doing what it was programmed to; repairing the ship anyway it can with whatever it can find. No one told it that the crew weren't off the menu. What did you say the flight deck smelt of?" The Doctor asked. Rose's eyes grew wide.

" Someone cooking…" She muttered.

" Flesh plus heat… barbecue," The Doctor informed them, causing Selene to gag and her stomach to flop every which way. That was absolutely grotesque… Reinette even seemed to look sick even though she didn't quite understand everything that was going on. " But what are you doing here? You've opened up time windows, that takes colossal energy! Why come here, you could have gone to your repair yard! Instead you go to eighteenth century France? Why?"

" One more part is required," It informed, head jerking to be faced pointedly at Reinette.

" Then why haven't you taken it?"

" She is incomplete."

" What, so that's the plan then? Just keep opening up more and more time windows, scanning her brain, checking to see if she's done yet?"

" Why her?" Rose asked. After the Doctor looked at her she continued. " You've got all of history to choose from, why specifically her?"

" We are the same," The Clockwork woman replied. Reinette's brows scrunched up and she let out an indignant breath.

" We are not the same! We are in no sense the same!"

" We are the same."

" Get out of here! Get out of here this instant!" Reinette ordered.

" Reinette, no!" The Doctor began but was too late. The Clockwork woman lifted one arm and pressed its fingers to its inner wrist, disappearing. " It's back on the ship. Rose, take Mickey, Selene and Arthur, get after it! Follow it! Don't approach it, just watch what it does!" He ordered, holding the time window open for them.

" Arthur?" Rose asked in confusion.

" Good name for a horse!"

" I agree!" Selene added.

" No, you're not keeping the horse," Rose protested, shoulders slumping.

" I let you keep Mickey, now go, go, go!" He gestured wildly for them to go back to the ship, which they did, and he shut the mirror behind them.

As they began to walk through the halls, Selene nervously looked around, hoping to evade the Clockwork people as much as possible.

" So, that Doctor, eh?" Mickey teased with a laugh.

" What do you mean?" Rose asked, sounding confused.

" Well, Madame de Pompadour… Sarah Jane Smith… Cleopatra!"

" Oh, Cleopatra, he mentioned her once!"

" Yeah, but he called her 'Cleo!'" Mickey teased, grinning. Selene gasped loudly as something grabbed her shoulders, shoving her to her knees roughly. She just made out Rose yelling for her and Mickey, but could only glance up to see the Clockwork man from Reinette's room standing above her, arm wrapping around her neck as something cold and sharp pressed into her neck, making her feel drowsy. As her eyes shut she saw her two friends passing out as well. The world then went dark.

The Doctor quickly walked back to Reinette. " Reinette you're going to have to trust me. I need to find out what they're looking for and there's only one way I can do that. Won't hurt a bit." He said as he lifted his hands to lightly press against her temples, much in the manor he did when he first met Selene. They both closed their eyes and Reinette gasped.

" Fireplace Man! You are inside my mind!"

" Oh dear, Reinette… you've had some cowboys in here…"

" You are in my memories. You walk among them," She said in amazement.

" If there's anything you don't want me to see, just imagine a door and close it. I won't look," He instructed. After a moment he chuckled. " Oh, actually, there's a door, just there." Reinette smiled up at him, opening her eyes. " You might want to clo- oh! Actually, several."

" To walk among the memories of another living soul. Do you ever get used to this?" She asked, eyes closing again.

" I don't make a habit of it," He said quietly.

" How can you resist?"

" What age are you?" He suddenly asked. She giggled quietly.

" So impertinent a question so early in the conversation. How promising," She teased.

" No, not my question… theirs. You're twenty three, and for some reason that means you're not old enough." He felt her flinch a bit and a small gasp escaped her lips. " Sorry, you might find old memories reawakening. Side affect," He warned her.

" Oh, such a lonely childhood…" She whispered.

" It'll pass, stay with me."

" Oh, Doctor. So lonely. So very, very alone."

" What do you mean alone? You've never been alone in your life." His eyes shot open. Doctor? Did she just call him Doctor? She only ever called him Fireplace Man. " When did you start calling me 'Doctor'?"

" Such a lonely little boy. Lonely then and lonelier now. How can you bear it?" She asked, eyes opening and his hands leaving her head. " But you have such close company. Such as Selene, but she's special isn't she? She's not of our world, of our universe, but she knows what's come to pass and what is to come, and seems eager to stay. You should find yourself lucky you'll have such loyal companions."

" How did you do that?" He asked as he backed up, staring at her in shock. She knew his title… She knew about Selene. It shouldn't be possible, not possible at all.

" A door, once opened, may be stepped through in either direction. Oh, Doctor… my lonely Doctor." She stepped over to him and smiled gently up at him. " Dance with me."

" I can't," He stated firmly. She had to dance with the King. If she didn't time could become messed up.

" Dance with me."

" This is the night you dance with the King."

" Then first I shall make him jealous!"

" I can't."

" Doctor. Doctor who?" She asked quietly. " It's more than just a secret, isn't it?"

" What did you see?" He whispered, afraid of what she might answer with.

" That there comes a time, Time Lord, that every lonely little boy must learn how to dance," She told him with a smile. She took his hand in hers and led him from the room, ready to have her way and dance with the Doctor.

OOO

When Selene groggily opened her blue eyes, she found the face of the Clockwork man standing over her. There were dozens of ticking sounds, and as she looked around she found herself strapped to a slanted tables, the TARDIS opposite them. She yanked at her wrists and found it was useless.

" Selene? Oh my God, you're awake! It's been at least a few hours! Where's the Doctor?" He asked in fear, looking over at her. She was situated between Mickey and Rose, obviously about to be the next Clockwork victim.

" What's going on? Doctor!" Rose yelled out suddenly, noticing the Clockwork woman standing over her.

" Rose?" Mickey asked. " They're gonna chop us up! Just like the crew! They're gonna chop us up and stick us all over the stupid spaceship! And where's the Doctor? Where's your precious Doctor now!? He's been gone for flippin' hours, that's where he is!"

" You are compatible," Stated both the Clockwork man to Selene and the Clockwork woman to Rose.

" Oh shit, this is wonderful…" Selene muttered, staring up at the masked creature.

" Well, y-you might want to think about that," Rose began, voice quivering. " You really, really might, because me, Mickey and Selene we didn't come here alone, oh no, and trust me, and trust me you wouldn't want to mess with our designated driver!"

Just then a blade shot out from the Clockwork man's arm, right in front of Selene's neck an she stared at it wide eyed as a small serrated wheel spun around.

" Rose, I don't think it really cares…" She said shakily, eyes trained on the gold wheel she knew could cut her throat in mere seconds. " But please, try something to stall it, please."

" Ever heard of the Daleks? Remember them? They had a name for our friend. They had… myths about him and a name. They called him the-" She was cut off as a loud clattering came from the corridor.

" I could have danced all night! I could have danced all night!" Echoed the slurring voice of the Doctor.

" They c-c… they c-called him the…" She was cut off as the Doctor stumbled into the room, a wine goblet clutched in his hand. He swung around a support beam, drunkenly singing his heart out.

" And still have begged for more! I could have spread my wings!" The Doctor sang, sliding into the room. His hair was messy, his shirt was untucked and he wore circular shaped sunglasses. His tie had been removed and been tied Rambo style at his hairline, knotted on the side and the ends hanging down and resting on his shoulder. "And done a thous… Have you met the French?" He asked suddenly, mind veering off on another track completely. " My… GOD do they know how to party!"

" Oh, look at what the cat dragged in… 'The Oncoming Storm'." Rose spat sarcastically. Selene stared at the Doctor, brain completely addled. He was drunk? Drunk? Just wonderful!

" The Oncoming Storm singing show tunes; show tunes from My Fair Lady," Selene added as the serrated wheel continued to pulse and spin. The Doctor raised an eyebrow and looked at Rose.

" Mm, you sound just like your mother," He commented, sitting down on something.

" What are you doing? Where have you been!?" Rose yelled.

" Well… Among other things, I think I just invented the banana daiquiri a couple centuries early!" He mused. " Do you know, they've never even seen a banana before?" He walked over to Selene and leaned close to her. " Always bring a banana to a party, Selene." He looked over at Rose. " Goes for you too, Rose!" He looked back at Selene. " Banana's are good!" He saw the Clockwork man and smirked.

" Oh ho-ho-ho-ho! Brilliant! It's you!" He said happily with a smile, still clutching the wine goblet. " You're my favorite, you are! You are the best you know why? 'Cause you're so… thick!" He told it, ignoring the deadly blade so close to Selene's throat. She glared up at him, jaw tight. " You're Mr. Thick-Thick-Thickety-Thick-Face of Thick Town, Thickania!" He spat and then turned away before turning back. " And so's your dad!" He added as an after thought. Selene stared at him in disbelief.

" Doctor, would you mind not pissing off the death robot that has a freaking blade and a tiny spinning saw to my neck?" Selene almost yelled, her angry side showing for the first time to everyone in the room. The Doctor raised an eyebrow and peered at the little spinning wheel.

" Oh, that's what that is?" He asked before stepping away again. Selene sighed and looked over at Rose.

" Can I slap him later?" She asked. Rose smirked and stared at the Time Lord.

" Go for it," She said in response.

" Do you know what they were scanning Reinette's brain for?" The Doctor laughed drunkenly again. " Her milometer. They want to know how old she is. Know why? Cause this ship," He spun around and gestured to everything, " is thirty seven years old, and they think when Reinette is thirty seven when she's, 'complete'," He did some over-dramatic air quotes, " then her brain," He rolled his 'r', " will be compatible! 'Cause that's what you're missing, innit? Hm?" He asked one Clockwork woman standing off to the side. Command circuit, your computer. Your ship needs a brain, and for some reason, God knows what, only the brain of Madame de Pompadour will do," He explained, standing beside Mickey.

" The brain is compatible," The Clockwork man stated.

" Compatible?!" The Doctor asked, climbing over Mickey to stand by Selene and the Clockwork man again. " If you believe that, you probably think this is a glass of wine," He said soberly, ripping the mask and wig off again, pouring the wine goblet's contents onto the droid's head. It leaked inside and it froze. Once it did, the Doctor put the mask and wig back on. It's arm lowered and it bent over at the hip, no longer working. Selene sighed in relief and smiled slightly, laughing quietly at the fact she'd forgotten he'd faked being drunk.

" Multigrade anti-oil. If it moves, it doesn't," He said, dropping the goblet. Just as all the Clockwork people began to advance on them, the Doctor sprung forward and hit a lever, causing them to all stop working and bend over. " Alright, you three, that's enough lying about." He used the Sonic to get Rose out and then Mickey and finally Selene. They all slid to the floor and straightened up. " Time we got the rest of the ship turned off."

The Doctor moved his sunglasses on top of his head and turned, ending up facing Selene. Suddenly, her hand came in contact with his cheek as she slapped him. He groaned in shock, cupping his stinging skin. He looked at her in shock, as did Mickey.

" What was that for?" He asked in confusion. She crossed her arms, shifting her weight to one foot.

" One, Rose gave me permission."

" I didn't think you were serious!" The Doctor exclaimed.

" Two, you were joking about and making fun of the death robot that was trying to kill me!" She almost yelled at him. He dropped his hand, cheek turning red.

" Well, now I know not to upset you because that hurt!" He paused. " But, I guess I deserved that, didn't I?" He asked, voice distant as he thought back on his actions.

" Yep," Both Rose and Selene replied.

" Are those things safe?" Mickey asked, pointing to the Clockwork creatures.

" Yep! Safe and thick, way I like 'em!" The Doctor said, shaking out of his thoughts of an upset Selene, checking all the controls. He yanked his tie back around his neck, messing up his hair even more. " All the time windows are controlled from here, I need to close them all down… Zeus plugs…" He muttered, looking around. " Where are my Zeus plugs? I had them a minute ago, I was using them as castanets!." He ran around as he tucked his shirt back in.

" Why didn't they just open a time window when she was thirty seven?" Rose asked. The Doctor turned a few dials and looked up at her.

" Amount of damage to these circuits, they'd do well to hit the right century. Trial and error after that. The windows aren't closing. Why won't they close?" The Doctor asked himself as he hit buttons. Just then they all looked up as a sort of twanging bell sounded.

" What's that?" Selene asked looking around, already knowing full well what it was.

" I don't know. Incoming message?"

" From who?" Mickey inquired, eyebrow raised.

" Report from the field. One of them must still be out there with Reinette!" He exclaimed. " That's why I can't close the window! There's an override!"

Rose gasped and pointed as the Clockwork man made a winding sound and suddenly stood straight. It pointed two fingers at the Doctor's foot and then squired out the oil onto his off-white colored Converse.

" Well, that was a bit clever…" The Doctor muttered. All the Clockwork people came to life, causing the four to all become back-to-back, attempting to watch them all. " Alright… Many things about this aren't good. Message from one of your little friends?" He called out as another twanging sound echoed around. " Anything interesting?"

" She is complete, it begins," Stated the Clockwork man just as they all teleported.

" What's happening?" Rose asked.

" One of them found the right time window. Time to send in the troops and this time they're coming back with her head. Rose, I need you to go to a time window, go and warn Reinette that the creatures will return when she's thirty seven. Tell her to keep them talking, they'll answer to her, and I promise that I'll get there to help. Selene, Mickey, come with me, we need to go find that time window," The Doctor instructed as they all took off running.

The 'Time Window Search Team', AKA; Mickey, Selene and the Doctor, ran from deck to deck, checking all the time windows. They split up on each deck, meeting back at a defined point, ready to yell out if they found the window. The Doctor was about to run past one when he saw something. He saw a ballroom full of screaming people. Well, that'll be the window their looking for.

Reinette and Rose had been conversing about what the Doctor had told Rose to warn him.

" So, in five years these creatures will return. What can be done?" Asked a thirty two year old Reinette.

" The Doctor says keep them talking, they're kind of… programmed to respond to you now. You might not be able to stop them, but you might be able to delay them a bit," Rose explained from where they sat.

" Until?"

" Until the Doctor can get there."

" He's coming, then?"

" He promises."

" But… he cannot make his promises in person?" Reinette asked in a disappointed manor.

" He'll be there when you need him, that's the way it's got to be," Rose told her with a nod. The French woman nodded, looking down at the pink silk of her dress.

" It's the way it's always been. The monsters and the Doctor. It seems you cannot have one without the other."

" Tell me about it… the thing is, you weren't supposed to have either. Those creatures are messing with history. None of this was ever supposed to happen to you," Rose said quietly, a look of shock and almost anger appearing on Reinette's face.

" Supposed to happen? What does that mean? It happened, Child, and I would not have it any other way! One may tolerate demons for the sake of an angel," She stated, standing and walking to the gold gilded fireplace.

" Rose?" Came Mickey's voice.

" Rose we found it!" Selene told her as she jogged into the room from under a tapestry. " The window where she's thirty seven was right under our noses, we found it, come on!" Selene gestured to the space back to the ship. Reinette swiftly walked over and then ran beneath the tapestry.

" No, you can't go in there! The Doctor will go mad!" Rose called after her as they all followed. Reinette stared around at everything, almost unable to take it in.

" So this is his world…" She looked at Selene. " And it is now yours as well, Selene…" Selene didn't have time to ask how she found out her name as screams suddenly echoed through the corridor. " What was that?" She asked with worry.

" The… Time window, the Doctor fixed an audio link," Mickey explained.

" Those screams… is that my future?" Reinette asked with a shaky voice.

" Yeah… I'm sorry…" Rose said quietly. Reinette looked at the floor and felt a familiar arm wrap around her shoulders. An arm that had comforted her all those years ago in her bedroom. The one of a woman who was of a different universe. The one of the Fireplace Woman. One of her protectors. Reinette gently placed a hand on her shoulder, atop Selene's.

" Then I must take the slower path," Reinette said.

" Are you there? Can you hear me? I need you now! You promised! The clock on the mantel is broken! It is time!" Came Reinette's voice from a different time, a time in the future.

" Th-that's my voice!" The current Reinette said, eyes tearing up. Selene looked at her sadly and then whispered,

" Give me a hug," To her, pulling her in for a tight embrace. Reinette hugged back, eyes falling shut.

" Rose, Selene, come on, we've got to go! There's a problem," Mickey said.

" Just… just give us a moment," Rose told him. Mickey gave a nod before bounding off. Rose walked over as Selene released Reinette from the embrace.

" Are you okay?" Rose asked.

" No, I'm very afraid," Reinette told them both. " But the three of us know, don't we, Rose, Selene? The Doctor is worth the monsters." Reinette looked at the two and knew that she would have to be brave. Selene gave the woman one last hug before she disappeared under the tapestry.

" Doctor! Doctor!"

Rose and Selene immediately left to find the time window, but Selene spun around and went a different way, Rose not noticing. Selene looked around and then said,

" Where's Arthur?"

OOO

In Versailles the elegantly dressed men and women were being herded into the ball room and into corners by the Clockwork people, their blades out, ready to kill if necessary.

" Selene!" Reinette called, trying for her other protector. " Doctor!"

" We must go, no one is coming to help us!" Louis told her as she stood from where she knelt. She turned and saw the mask of that first Clockwork man who had been in her room as a child. She remembered her fear. She knew she couldn't be scared any longer. She had to be brave.

" You are complete. You will come," It stated as two other Clockwork people joined it.

Back on the ship Rose stepped into the room where the time window was, seeing the Doctor running around, trying to figure out how to come through the time window to save everyone. It turned out that the window they needed had been opposite the TARDIS the entire time.

" You found it then?" Rose asked.

" They knew I was coming, they blocked it off!" The Doctor said angrily.

" I don't get it, how come they got in?" Rose asked in confusion.

" They teleported, you saw them! As long as the ship and ball room are linked, their short-range teleports will do the trick!"

" We'll go in the TARDIS!"

" We can't use the TARDIS, we're part of events now!" The Doctor looked back at Rose. " Where's Selene!? We could really use her right now!" They all suddenly realized Selene was gone. " Oh never mind!"

" Can't we just smash through?" Mickey suggested.

" Hyperglass this side, plate glass the other. We'd need a truck!"

" We don't have a truck!" Mickey commented rather uselessly.

" I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A TRUCK!" The Doctor shouted angrily.

" We've got to try something!" Rose said, at a loss of anything.

" No! Smash the glass, smash the time windows, there'd be no way back," The Doctor said.

" Could everyone just calm down? Please!" Reinette called from where she now stood in the ball room.

The entire ballroom went quite as she spoke.

" Such a commotion, such distressing noise! Kindly remember that this is Versailles. This is the Royal Court and we are French!" She called out before turning to face the Clockwork man. " I have made a decision. And my decision is no, I shall not be going with you today."

The Doctor was running through the corridors, looking for Selene, looking for something to help what needed to be done. He heard clopping hooves and looked up to see Arthur. But not just Arthur, no, it was Selene sitting in the saddle, bent over to not hit the ceiling, leading him back towards the time window. When he stared up at her she stopped the horse.

" Arthur… that would work," The Doctor muttered. Selene nodded.

" At a full gallop he can break the glass," She told him. He nodded once.

" It's the only way." He ran over and she sat up, hunching her back slightly. The Doctor then heaved himself up and swung his leg over the horse's back. " Mind if I take the stirrups and the reins?" He asked. She nodded and took her feet out of the stirrups and released the reins. She was about to hop off when the Doctor suddenly kicked Arthur's sides, sending him at a full paced gallop down the corridor. Selene squealed in surprised, throwing her arms around the Doctor's waist in surprise. Apparently she was about to help him stop the Clockwork droids. He never gave any warning, did he?

Reinette stared defiantly at the Clockwork man.

" I have seen your world and I have no desire to set foot there again," She told it, all eyes on her.

" We do not require your feet," The Clockwork man said. Two other droids pushed her to her knees, and she let them, a calm look on her face. Everyone screamed as two blades came close to her throat and she just stared at the thing that had once been her nightmare. It came towards her, blade pointed at her.

" You think I fear you. But I do not fear you even now. You are merely the nightmare of my childhood. The monster from under my bed, and if my nightmare can return to plague me, rest assured, so will yours!" She whispered the last part, just as a horses neigh could be heard from somewhere that seemed distant. Everyone looked around in confusion as galloping hooves then echoed through the ballroom. Then, with another neigh, the mirror above a giant fireplace shattered, a man and a woman on a horse emerging from the glimmering shards. Everyone screamed and ran from the sharp pieces of mirror, and Reinette gasped as she stared at her saviors.

As they began to trot past her the Doctor sent her a wink and Selene managed to smile at her. As they circled the room, Selene leaned forward to talk in the Doctor's ear.

" Okay, next time, also warn me when we're about to crash through anything," She told him as he halted Arthur. He smirked at her.

" Will do," He assured. Arthur then reared up and neighed one last time before the Doctor jumped off and helped Selene down as well. " Madame de Pompadour, you're looking younger every day," The Doctor told her with a smile.

" What the hell is going on?" Louis asked.

" Oh! This is my lover, the King of France," Reinette said, gesturing to Louis.

" Yeah?" The Doctor looked him up and down. " Well I'm the Lord of Time and Selene and I are here to fix the clock," He said as the two walked forward and he ripped the mask and wig off the original Clockwork man. Everyone gasped and the Doctor got the Sonic ready. The android's blade now pointed at the Doctor.

" Don't even think about it. It's all over!" Selene said dismissively, hands on her hips. The Doctor suddenly thought of something. Now not only can he not get back, he'd trapped Selene with him too. And the horrible thing was, he could live forever and somehow maybe manage to get out of this situation in the far future, but Selene couldn't. She was human. She'd have to live and die in eighteenth century France.

" For the three of us…" The Doctor muttered sadly. He and Selene looked at the broken mirror where a brick wall now formed itself among the shards of mirror that were still there. " Talk seven years of bad luck. Try three thousand…"

Rose stared at the broken time window in shock. They just came out of no where, no warning, no anything…

" What happened? Where did the time window go?" Mickey asked. " How're they going to get back?"

A single tear rolled down Rose's cheek. They'd never see them again… she'd never see him again.

The Clockwork man tried the teleport to no avail. It wasn't working.

" The link with the ship is broken," Said the Doctor. " No way back. You don't have the parts. How many ticks left in that clockwork heart, huh? A day? An hour? It's over. Accept that. I'm not winding you up." The Clockwork man lowered his head and all the gears in his head visibly stopped moving. Stopped ticking. All the other droids bent over, their gears ceasing as well. One even fell over and broke, brass gears and wheels scattering across the marble floor. It was over.

" Reinette, are you alright?" Selene asked as she and the Doctor each took one of her hands and helped her up.

" What's happened to them?" She asked.

" They've stopped. They have no purpose now," The Doctor concluded as the three stood among the shards of mirror. After a tense few moments, Louis stepped forward.

" Thank you, both of you, for saving us all. Please, I would be obliged if you were to stay for a glass of wine," Louis offered quietly. The Doctor nodded as did Selene, both knowing they really didn't have a choice.

The two were then escorted to a parlor and given a glass of wine. The two stood by the window, staring up at the vast amount of stars that shone in the night sky. Selene sipped at her wine and then laughed very quietly.

" I'll be one of the only people to ever say that I drank real wine from Versailles, courtesy of King Louis the Fifteenth," She quietly joked, shaking her head. The Doctor smiled sadly at her and put a hand on her shoulder.

" I'm so sorry… I trapped you here will me and there's no way back…" He whispered, staring down at her. She gave a half smile and rubbed his hand.

" It's alright. It's always alright. I've got the Doctor on my side," She whispered back with a genuine smile before turning to stare up at the stars. He followed her gaze and sighed quietly. Sometimes people trusted him too much…

Reinette came up to the two time travelers and stood beside the Doctor.

" You know all their names, don't you?" She asked him, staring into the night sky. " I saw that in your mind. The name of every star."

" What's in a name? Names are just titles," The Doctor muttered. " Titles don't tell you anything."

" Like 'the Doctor'," Reinette teased.

" Like 'Madame de Pompadour'," The Doctor teased back, the three smiling. The Doctor took a sip of wine as they all looked out the window again.

" I have often wished to see those stars a little bit closer. Just as you have, I think."

" From time to time."

" In saving me, you both have trapped yourselves. Did you know that would happen?" Reinette asked curiously.

" Mm, pretty much," The Doctor confirmed.

" Yet still you came."

" Yeah, we did, didn't we," He looked over at Selene. " You didn't even ask to let you off the horse…" She smiled and he chuckled. " Catch us doing that again," He joked.

" There were many doors between my world and yours. Can you not use one of the others?" She asked.

" When the mirror broke the shock would have severed all the links with the ship," The Doctor said.

" There'll be some broken mirrors and tapestries around here, where ever there was a time window, sorry about that," Selene said, sipping a tiny bit more of her wine.

" I'll, I'll uh… pay for any damage," The Doctor assured Reinette then paused. He'd need money for that. " Oh, that's a thought, I'm going to need money. Always been a bit vague about money… Where do you get money?" That earned a tiny laugh from Selene, who rolled her eyes.

" So here you both are… My Lonely Angel and my Savior From Another Universe, stuck on the slow path with me," She told them with tears in her eyes. The two smiled at her.

" Yep, the slow path. Here's to the slow path," The Doctor said in a toast, lifting his goblet. They all lightly knocked the rims of their goblets together before drinking to their toast.

" It's a pity, I think I would've enjoyed the slow path."

" Well… we're not going anywhere," The Doctor told her. She raised an eyebrow.

" Oh aren't you?" Her voice shook. She set down her glass. " Take my hands." She held out both hands and after setting their goblets as well, Selene and the Doctor grasped her hands.

She led them to a bedroom where a very familiar fireplace sat.

" It's not a copy. It's the original. I had it moved here and was exact in every detail," Reinette informed them quietly.

" The fireplace… the fireplace from your bedroom!" The Doctor exclaimed as he and Selene walked over to it. " When did you do this?"

" Many years ago. In the hope that a door once opened may someday open again," Reinette admitted. " One never knows when one might need one's Doctor. And his companion." She smiled at her true life long friends, who happily smiled back. " It appears undamaged, do you think it'll still work?"

" You broke the bond with the ship when you moved it… which means it was offline when the mirror broke. That's what saved it… But… the link is basically physical… and it's still physically here," He muttered, stepping forward to knock on some of the wood. " Selene come over here," He told her and she stepped close, looking back at Reinette, already holding onto the mantelpiece. " Which might just mean if I'm lucky… If I'm very, very, very, very, very lucky…" He continued to knock on some of the wood. He grinned. " Aha!"

" What?" Reinette asked.

" Loose connection!" He announced, pointing the Sonic at the fireplace. It whirred and pulsed and lit up blue. " Need to get a man in!" He then smacked the top of the mantel. There was another whir and the Doctor went back to the switch. " Wish us luck!" He hit the switch just as Reinette sadly said,

" No."

The fireplace rotated and the Doctor's smile fell. Once it stopped moving the two crouched down to peer through the fireplace.

" Madame de Pompadour!" They both called. Reinette kneeled down again and peered through the flames at the faces she had seen through there all those years ago.

" Still want to see those stars?" The Doctor asked with a smile.

" More than anything!" She told him.

" Give us two minutes, pack a bag!"

" Are I going somewhere?" Reinette asked hopefully.

" Go to the window, pick a star, any star!" The Doctor told her before jumping up and running off. Reinette grinned at Selene, who forced a real grin out. Reinette then stood and Selene felt a tear escape her eye as she knew it would be the last time she'd see the gorgeous blond woman in her glittering ball gown. She stood and gripped the mantel, feeling herself start to cry. She didn't know it would be this… painful. She had gotten close to Reinette. As much as she'd like to say that she hadn't, she did and it felt like loosing a sister.

As Selene stood and tried to force herself not to cry, the Doctor the Doctor was hugging Rose, who was also crying.

" How long did you wait?" He asked with a smile.

" Five and a half hours!" She told him.

" Great! Always wait five and a half hours!"

" Where have to you two been?"

" Explain later, into the TARDIS, we'll be with you in a sec!" The Doctor then bounded off to the fireplace where Selene had barely managed to keep herself together. " Reinette! You there, Reinette?" He crouched down, didn't see anyone, so he ran to the side of the fireplace and made it rotate once more.

When they arrived in Versailles again, the lighting was dull and cloudy. The Doctor didn't see the blond French woman, so he took Selene's hand and pulled her from the room.

" Reinette!" He called out, releasing his companion's hand. She hung back a few steps, heavy tears streaming down her face and staining her pale colored t-shirt. As they entered the room they'd shared wine in, they saw Louis in a grey wig standing at the window. " Oh! Hello!"

Louis turned to look at them.

" You just missed her. She'll be in Paris by six," Louis said quietly.

" Ah," Said the Doctor. Louis stared at the two and stepped forward. They hadn't aged a day… not at all. And by the tears rolling down the brunette woman's face, she knew what had happened.

" Good Lord. She was right! She said you never looked a day older. So many years since I saw you both last and yet not a day of it on your faces," He said softly before crossing the room to a small table. He opened a drawer that was on the side and removed two letters. " She spoke of you two many times. Often wished you'd visit again." He looked pointedly at the Doctor. " You know how women are." He extended one letter to the Doctor and one to Selene. They both hesitantly took them. Louis made his way back to the window where rain streamed down it.

" There she goes… leaving Versailles for the last time," He said sadly as he watched the carriage baring Reinette's coffin make its way away from the palace. The two time travelers stood behind him. " Only forty three when she died. Too young… too young. Illness took her in the end. She always did work too hard." Selene quickly tucked the letter into the waistband of her jeans before she turned her back on the two men and tried to cry silently. The Doctor, watching the carriage as well, held out an arm and pulled Selene to his chest, arms around her. This was the first time she had to deal with this in this way. To her she'd only known Reinette for a day, but the connection they'd formed felt far stronger. Selene wrapped her arms around the Doctor, tears rolling endlessly down her cheeks.

The King looked back at them and inquired,

" What does she say?" Selene released the Time Lord and couldn't meet Louis eyes. The Doctor slid his letter into his pocket silently. Louis nodded once. " Of course. Quite right."

The Doctor took Selene gently by the wrist and they walked back to the fireplace, Selene wiping at her cheeks as she still shook with silent tears. Once back through the fireplace the Doctor once again dawned his tan coat and the two silently made their way back to the TARDIS. Rose and Mickey stared at the two and their grief-stricken faces.

" Why her?" Rose asked. " Why did they think they could repair the ship with the head of Madame de Pompadour?"

" We'll probably never know. There was massive damage in the computer memory banks. Probably got confused. The TARDIS can close the time windows now the droids are gone. Should stop it causing anymore trouble," The Doctor said, beginning to fiddle with some switches. Selene leaned against the railing, absent mindedly playing with the bottom of her suspenders.

" You two okay?" Rose asked quietly. Both looked up at the question.

" I'm always alright," The Doctor told them with a tiny and very fake smile. Attention shifted to Selene. She smiled slightly.

" Right as rain," She replied. It was quite obvious the pair weren't alright.

" Come on, Rose… it's time you showed me around the rest of this place," Mickey said quietly, pulling Rose off. Once they were gone, Selene turned her back on the Doctor and curiously pulled out her letter. She'd gotten a letter as well? But why? She wasn't as close to Reinette as the Doctor had been… She slid one finger under the red wax seal and then opened the letter. It read as follows;

Dearest Selene,

Without the presence of yourself and the Doctor I find my days too long and too boring. I think of you both every day, about the days you saved me, the days you comforted me when I needed it most. I wish we could see each other again. I wish we could talk more. I miss you immensely. But I fear that the meeting will never come, for my days are shorter and I'm growing week. I wish you a long journey with the Doctor. Do stay with him, for he grows lonely so easily. Selene, my Savior From Another Universe, you have my love just as much as the Doctor does. And, please, always remember this; the Doctor is worth the monsters. God speed, Selene, Fireplace Woman, my Savior From Another Universe.

Selene felt hot tears roll down her face. What truly got her was Reinette telling her she had her love, just like the Doctor. She silently turned and walked back to the Doctor, who was just reading his letter. His went as follows;

My dear Doctor,

The path has never seemed more slow and yet, I fear, I am nearing its end. Reason tells me we are unlikely to meet again. But I think I shall not listen to reason. I have seen the world inside your head, and know all things are possible. Hurry though, my love. My days grow shorter now and I am so, very weak. God speed, my Lonely Angel.

The Doctor's eyes were glassy as he tucked the letter back into his coat. He felt someone wrap their arms around him in a hug and he looked down to see Selene standing there, embracing him. He hugged back, eyes closing. If the Doctor and Selene hadn't felt any connection before, hadn't felt close before this adventure, they definitely felt close and connected now. Selene pulled away eventually, gave a small smile and turned to wander off to find a room, allowing the Doctor to have his time alone.

The Doctor stared down at a monitor, seeing Reinette's fireplace there, a fire still burning. He clicked a button and the fire went out.

As the TARDIS engines whooshed to life, they disappeared from the ship and into space, Selene the only one knowing that the spaceship had been named the SS MADAME DE POMPADOUR.

The Fireplace Man and the Fireplace Woman could now not have to worry about that fire in Paris, France, the only one they'd ever had to inspect. One that they'd always remember fondly.

Afterword: There's chapter three (finally!) Ah, I hope you enjoyed it! I cried, personally, at the end of this episode DX So sad… Sorry for the tardy update, I lost inspiration for a few days and also I start school in a week so I'm stressing about that, seeing as it is a hindrance that postpones my updates DX BIG THANKS TO grapejuice101 for helping me out with some plot points and such!

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