I really like this story, and I can't wait for it to get going. Don't worry, adventure is just around the corner. And a companion ;)

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Doctor Who related content. The Teacher is my own invention and nothing else.

Chapter Two: A New Experience

"Well… that was interesting."

The Time Lady known as the Teacher wobbled around her TARDIS, experimenting with her newfound legs. She walked out of the main control room and into a bathroom with a large mirror. The image that presented itself was a strange sight. Her first form had been old and worn. If the Dalek had not hit her she had no doubt she would've regenerated soon afterwards. But this was… new.

She looked to about middle-aged in human years, with bright blue eyes, dark raven hair, and a soft, pale complexion. She would've been stunning, if her face wasn't taken up by a large, hawk-like nose. She stared at it and frowned in disappointment.

"It looks like someone surgically implanted Barbra Streisand's nose onto Audrey Hepburn's face, along with Julie Andrew's eyes." She laughed at her own joke. "You know I was there at the opening night of The Sound of Music. I actually helped the original Von Trapps esca –" The Teacher turned to realize she was talking to thin air. "Right. Well, got to get back in the fray. There are children to rescue."

The Teacher strutted out of the bathroom and approached one of the TARDIS's many screens.

"Location request," she said.

"Unable to comply," the TARDIS replied in an electronic voice.

"What do you mean unable to comply? Location request."

"We are not in the Universe."

"Then where bloody are we?"

"How should I know, I'm just a machine you made." This time the TARDIS replied a little snappishly.

"I knew I shouldn't have gotten the voice active ones," Teacher murmured as she walked towards the doors. She flung them open and gasped.

"These constellations… that planet… I don't remember studying those. Where are we?"

"Unable to –"

"I know! Can't a gal just talk to herself?" The Teacher shut the door and marched back to the TARDIS control panel. "Okay, save the location, we'll be back to explore with my dearest, but first let's get home." She began to hit several buttons and twist some levers. She felt her ship being pulled into the Time Vortex, and she grinned as it began to rock back and forth vigorously.

"Shouldn't you put on the stabilizers, madam?"

"Gah I hate you. Is there no mute button?"

A jerk sent the Time Lady flying backward into the wall of her spaceship. The TARDIS came to a dead halt, and for once the annoying voice was silent. The Teacher struggled to her feet and she rushed to the doors to see what had stopped them. What she saw shocked her very core.

"Oh no…"

A huge, solid void blocked her Time Tunnel. She had studied this in school and felt a sickening fear cover both her hearts.

"This is the edge of the Universe. Only I'm on the wrong side."

The door shut slowly and quietly. She walked up to the control panel and fingered the different knobs and buttons fondly.

"Is there no way back, madam?"

"I'm afraid not TARDIS. This isn't like a parallel universe or even a pocket universe. It's completely different. I'd have to rip a hole in the space time continuum to get back, and that would be disastrous."

"How so?"

"Reality would fall apart."

The Teacher slumped down next to the control panel and thought. That's what teacher's are best at of course. Thinking. Mostly they think about what they're going to teach.

"That's it! I'll stay true to my name." The teacher leapt up and rushed towards her closet.

"How so?"

"What is that I do, TARDIS? What is my promise?" She said excitedly, throwing on a new pair of clothes.

"Your name entails that you teach new and old worlds of peace and love, that you strengthen the weak with knowledge and hope."

"Exactly, and right outside of that door is a whole new reality that has never had a Teacher like me." She stepped out of the closet and grinned.

"Madam, you look awful."

The Teacher was wearing a black blazer that clashed with her Navy blue blouse. She was also wearing a pair of khaki pants and a German hat.

"Thank you. Take me where you will TARDIS. I'm looking for an adventure."

The TARDIS shuddered into motion.

"Goodbye Gallifrey…"