A/N: Might be late, but still sorta kinda technically on time. I might be late again posting the next chapter since I'm catching up with myself so I'll be on a writing binge until I can post more. Might surprise myself and get a bunch done, might procrastinate, you never know. Until then my little companions, reads on and enjoy!
PS: Still own nothing, wouldn't think I have to put that out there, but just in case. I'll abbreviate it for SON (Still Own Nothing) just for those who don't understand ;)
Chapter 9:
Two years after Alli Rose had met the two people who came out of the blue box, she was playing outside during recess with her best friend, Christian. After playing, yet again, another game of The Doctor and Rose Tyler. When the Doctor told the stories that the two of them did, she had played them out constantly and wrote about their adventures for homework.
Christian had climbed to the top of the monkey bars with Alli, looking a little red in the face from their recent running adventure.
His eyes were a light blue, with flaming red-orange hair that contrasted against his pale, freckled skin. He looked down at the sight and inwardly groaned as he stuck his head down through the bars.
Alli was dangling by her legs on the bars with her hair more than halfway to the ground. She held her bag of chips inverted from her point of view while motioning her friend to join her.
"Well whatcha waiting for, an invitation?" She called up to him.
He clumsily squeezed through the space and held on tight with his legs as he swayed back in forth, looking absolutely malevolent.
Alli merely smirked at her friend as she continued to eat, "What? Don't like being upside-down?"
"No, it hurts my head and it makes my face feel weird. How are you even eating like that?" Christian grumbled as he tucked his uniform into his shorts.
"You can eat when you're wrong side-up, gravity isn't what makes food go down your throat. It's peristalsis from the bumps on your throat you can feel. Weren't you paying attention in class?" Alli was a studious learner after her run in with the Doctor, she wanted to be a doctor now more than anything since he said she would be good at it.
He fumbled in his pocket for his bag of chips he got as he answered "Only you pay attention in the science-y medical part of class, everyone else thinks it's gross. Almost as gross as you licking everything." Muttering the latter remark under his breath. He then placed the bag in front of his face, opening it like he usually does, but not taking into account of his position.
"Aww…" He whined as he flipped the bag back up, saving less than half the bag. Alli looked up (or down) at the sight of scattered chips covering the ground.
"You shouldn't ignore gravity." She snickered while looking at his crestfallen face. She leaned over to hand him her bag of chips and swung back to her spot.
As he spoke through a mouthful of chips, " I' ar' ee' uh si own ay wa?"
She laughed at his attempt to speak "What?"
He forcefully swallowed before repeating, "Why are we upside-down anyway?"
"Well, we have a test after recess in history, and getting blood to the brain helps you remember and think better." Looking back at her shocked friend.
"We have a test?!" He cried. Alli smirked at her friend as he always forgot to turn in homework or study for anything.
"Don't worry, you'll remember everything if you just calm down." She gracefully slid down to the ground landing on her feet, thanks to gymnastics. Sadly, Christian could not do the same.
As he fell in a slump on the ground, Alli tried her best to hold in any sign of amusement while Christian jumped up and brushed off the dirt. His wide eyed look when he stood up to see if anyone saw, caused the dam to burst has she bent over laughing.
"Shut up!" He yelled frustrated. "So when's recess over anyway? It didn't feel like we played very long."
"Oh we still have about fifteen minutes. What do you want to play?"
"Why don't we go play with everyone else? They already have a game of kickball going." Christian, being the sport enthusiast he was, enjoyed any physical sport he could join in. Alli could care less about it.
"No that's boring! All you do is run around for a little bit after kicking a ball and then just stand around for the rest of the time, what's the point of that?"
He opened his mouth to protest, but suddenly Alli covered his mouth with her hand. She strained her ears to hear over his muffled complaint for the sound she dreamed of hearing again, the sweet mechanical song of groaning and whooshing.
It was barely noticeable at first, until Christian silenced and heard it as well. Alli gave him a quick nod for some plan that they had made when this moment came. With a sad look in his eye as she turned and ran to the sound, he called out as quick as he could "I'll miss you!"
She spun to run backwards with a smile lighting up her face, "Just think, now you won't have to take that test!"
Alli's shoes slapped the pavement loudly as she ran closer and closer to the noise until she thought her lungs might burst. She skidded to a halt as she finally met the familiar sight of the blue Police Box.
She always wondered how they could even travel in it, seeing it was a small as it is. She had one idea that could possibly work, but it was insane.
Alli jumped at the sound of the creaking door and swerved out of eyesight. Pressed herself into the side as she craned her head just enough to see the mysterious time-travelers walk out. Now this is ridiculous, they're even wearing the same clothes. She thought. Noticing the Doctor holding a strange machine in his hand covered in buttons which he continued to press.
She heard the humming fill the air once more, but it felt more like it was in her head, a sweet melody she couldn't sing if she tried. The sudden urge to go inside the box nagged her until, as if on her body's own accord, she slipped past the two and stepped into the box, fully gaping at what she saw.
"Rose, close the door! We're gonna miss it if we don't hurry!" The Doctor said, muffled past the open doors.
"Right ya, sorry. Must have forgot." Rose replied, right before Alli heard the tell tale sign of a creak and a click of a door closing.
The huge room covered in lights, wires, buttons, levers, and what looked like coral, surrounded her as she stood next to the door. The middle console glowed with a calming light as it made a loud and pronounced humming in her head.
Alli jumped up and down laughing "It's bigger on the inside! I knew it!" The playful hum nudged her mind so she stood still and looked in awe at the large column of light.
"You're alive too? Wow, this is the most amazing box ever!" The time machine buzzed from the admiration while the little girl ran around the center. She halted once more when she looked down a hall that led deeper into the TARDIS.
"There's more?! Yes!" She sprinted down the halls revelling in the rooms that the blue box showed her.
Christian barely caught a glimpse of her hair whip away as he ran to do what he was told years ago.
He remembered her tell him the stories she was told, and that she would go with them when she had the chance. He never thought they were real, that they were just her dreams she's been having. His best friend that always helped him with school from day one, and he showed her how to play sports or video games, even though she was terrible at them.
He smiled fondly at the memories of his best friend.
But now he had to do his part, he ran up to the teacher watching over them and spoke at a hundred words per minute "Mrs. Davis! Mrs. Davis! There's a huge snake at the corner of the school and there's some kids all around it and playing with it and one got bit when he poked it with a stick and now it's all red and bumpy and…"
He didn't need to finish as the plump teacher ran as fast as she could across the playground away from the direction Alli was running. Next, he signaled a few friends from across the school yard and they ran off, followed by a few explosions of firecrackers, setting the teacher running in that direction as well. Pyromaniacs were always useful friends. He thought to himself.
He knew there was a chance he wouldn't get to see her again, but it was a promise that he made when she told him about the strange couple she met.
He ran off towards the direction of the teacher to lie his way out of trouble by saying he must have been tricked, never noticing the two strangers walk up towards the school scanning the playground.
A./N: That's probably the only way I would ever get to be inside the TARDIS is by sneaking in. Hah. I also found out on my exploration of this website that if you click on the names of people who followed the story, you get to see their stories. You guys rock at writing, like, seriously, I would love writing advise from you!