Chapter 2

I woke up with a painful throbbing in my head and an almost unbearable pain in my body. It felt like I had gotten a huge beating. As my mind began to clear a little I remembered what had happened. Stupid. I mentally scolded myself. Loosing my grip when I was climbing a tree just to see if my mind wasn't playing tricks on me, making me hear the metallic groaning of the blue box.

The TARDIS.

I had seen it in the corner of my eye before I had blacked out . I was sure of it.

My eyes snapped open when I remembered this crucial detail.

As soon as my eyes were open I was greeted by a warm golden glow. From my position on the ground I could see the ninth/ tenth doctor's console.

I was in the TARDIS. I felt like getting up and dancing around to explore it but then there was the tiny detail I had forgotten (note the sarcasm). In the fall I had broken the majority of my bones. It hurt to even breath. Tears leaked out of the corner of my vision. I wasn't sure if it was because of the happiness I felt or because of the pain. Probably a combination of both.

Open it.

What? Open what? I couldn't even bring myself to move my lips to ask. It felt like too much effort. Huh, was the ground always so comfortable? I had been missing out on so much. Great. Now I was thinking about how comfortable the ground was. What's next? Talking to myself?

Open the fob watch.

There it was again. That voice. I sure hope I wasn't going crazy. The voice had now sounded feminine. It had a caring tone to it, like it cared about how I was going through pain right now. Maybe I'll just ignore it. I winced as a unbearable pain cursed through me. I wasn't going to last long like this.

Listen to me. Open it. It will save you.

Well so much for ignoring it. I couldn't stand the pain any more. Any minute I would black out from the pain and the voice said that the watch would save me. Why not open it? I slowly started to crawl toward the bag that was lying a couple of feet across from me. With every little distance I crossed the bones in my ribcage would slide against the floor and send me into waves of pain. Every few seconds I had to stop as I waited for the pain to become bearable again.

Once reaching the bag I opened it and reached inside for the fob watch I had bought. I ran my fingers over the gallifreyan writing on the top clasp as I slowly sat up the most I could.

Strange.

Now that I thought about it, I had never opened it. Even though I was a big Doctor Who it had always stayed shut. I remember saying that it would take the mystery of it away. A pounding headache and a painful breath brought me out of my thoughts.

The voice said that it would save me and now looking at the fob watch it seemed almost alive. It looked like it was pulsing with unseen energy.

Open it. Protect him. Become who you were meant to be.

I shakily brought my hand to the clasp that kept the fob watch shut. Protect him. That's what the voice had said. I knew who it was talking about.

The only person that it could be. The Doctor. I was sure of it.

I could be useful for once and help him. With that thought I quickly popped open the fob watch and out reached the light.

It seemed to dance around my whole body. Curling around my hair and caressing my face before entering through my mouth and eyes.

Pain.

Pain everywhere.

It felt worse then when I had fallen out of the tree. Compared to this, the fall seemed like a bruise.

This felt like I was being ripped apart and being mended back together in a different way. Everything burned. The pain started from my head and reached as far as the tip of my toes. I was absorbing the Time Lord conscious that was inside the fob watch and that scared me. Memories and feeling that weren't there before started to come.

A world of red, burning. Children crying for their mothers. Immense pain and sadness swept through me.

A part of me noticed I was slowly standing up still glowing and changing. I could feel my broken bones mending and shifting inside of me. Once fully standing I threw my head back and let the golden light engulf me.

Was I still going to be me or was the Time Lord that was stuck inside the watch going to take over my body now? Was I even real or just a mind to fill out the human body?

I had always wanted to be a Time Lord but now I was scared senseless. I still wanted to be me.

Be the Protector. The one you were always meant to be.

The Protector? The one I was always meant to be? What di that mean? The pain that I had felt started to fade as did the golden light that had surrounded me not even a minute ago.

The pain had gone away and in it's place was a new crisp feeling. Like I had finished cooking. I looked around and as soon as I noticed I was still here and not locked away in the mind of a Time Lord I let out a squeal.

I'm still me! I broke out in a fit of giggles. I immediately stopped as I noticed my giggles were now in a higher pitched tone. I ran my tongue over my teeth to prove that my theory was right. I hadn't just had my bones mended back together, I had changed my body completely when I opened the watch. No wonder it hurt so much.

"Hmmm... new teeth. Oooh! New voice, still American though. Bit dull and a tad disappointed. Huh, I seem to still use a few British words. How exciting! Maybe I didn't change much! Noooo, forget that. I was never this cheery and loud. Also there's the bit where I didn't talk to myself. Might be going a tad crazy! Oh well, that's a matter for another time. Now, what was I going to say? Oh right. Hellooo sexy!" I giggled toward the ceiling while spinning around in a circle with my arms extended. I was in the TARDIS. How exciting!

A low hum answered me.

"I should be freaking out huh? I mean after all that happened to me but no, that's too dull for me! Now please lead me toward a full length mirror. I've got to check out the new body since it seems I'm stuck with it for a while. Onwards my sexy friend!" The TARDIS let out an amused hum and lit up the way to one of the hallways.

"That's the spirit! Thanks love." I raced toward my TARDIS bag and quickly picked it up and skipped toward the lit up hallway.

I had been walking endlessly for like twenty minutes now.

"Hey sexy, do you mind moving the rooms around do I can get there faster? I'm just breaking in the new body and truthfully I'm pretty exhausted." I asked the TARDIS. I wondered if she liked me or if I was just another person to her.

Almost instantly a door appeared on the wall beside me. I guess that answered my question. I broke out into a grin. She must like me because she didn't do that to just anybody.

"Thanks love!" I spoke, fondly patting the wall before I opened the door.

The wardrobe.

It was bigger than it had seemed on t.v. at the end of the episode when the tenth doctor appeared for the first time. When he had picked out his trademark outfit as his tenth regeneration.

The Doctor.

My thoughts were instantly focused on him. Would he like me or would he think I was just another person who made mistake? On what regeneration was he currently on? Was he just like the t.v. showed him? Surely there would be some differences, wouldn't there?

I shook my head to try to clear my thoughts of him. I would worry about him later. The TARDIS sent me a reassuring hum. I smiled at he ceiling. Sexy most likely knew what was bothering me and was trying to make me feel better.

"Thanks old girl. You're always the thoughtful one huh?" I rhetorically asked her. A loud happy hum was heard probably throughout the whole TARDIS.

"Shhh! I don't want him to know I'm here yet. I want to get a good look at my new body, and he's not even here yet right? Good! I have some time to spare." I said as I approached the full length mirror. Standing directly in front of it I noticed the differences right away. I let out a low whistle.

"Wow." I breathed. My shoulder length light brown hair was gone and in it's place was wavy fiery red hair that would put Amy Pond's hair to shame that reached as far as my lower back. My hair ended in a mix of many different tones of red and my short height had improved from four foot ten to about five foot five. I was curvier now and my round face and gotten a bit sharper. My eyelashes had stayed the same length but had become fuller and darker and now beneath them were big greenish eyes that were once brown and slightly smaller. I was still wearing the same clothes but I seemed to fill them out better.

"Not bad."The vortex manipulator was still strapped on my wrist but wasn't visible thanks to my leather jacket. I made sure I still had my sonic screwdriver in the hidden pocket inside my jacket and checked to see that my TARDIS backpack was securely adjusted on my shoulder.

"Hey girl? Mind adding a perception filter to my bag? We don't want the Doctor to get curious and ask why I have you on my bag, do we?"I walked toward the wall that had instantly opened a drawer, placed the bag inside and shut it. Not even a minute later it opened and out came the bag.

"You're a lifesaver!" I told her as I walked back into the hallway. A appreciative hum sounded right after I thanked her.

Once by the console, I stroked the buttons before I headed out. The doors shut right in my face followed by a sad hum.

"Don't worry old girl. I'll be back. Just you wait! I have to find a way to intrigue the Doctor. I need him to invite me travel with him, I can't exactly just threaten him to let me come so I have to spike his interest. I promise I'll try my best to find a way but if he doesn't want me to come, there is nothing I can do about it." A ding from the console interrupted me.

I grinned as I got closer. The TARDIS had given me a key to be able to open her. I giggled at the console.

"Well aren't you a stubborn girl?" A loud happy hum followed.

"Well wish me luck sexy, I'm off to find the Doctor!" I laughed as the TARDIS unlocked the doors and let me open them.

Stepping out into the cool London air I took a deep breath and went off to find the doctor.