A/N: I am so so sorry! Please don't be mad! My Netflix was broken down so I couldn't get any episodes and I had writers block. I really need to get my chapters loaded up, that took waaaay too long. This one is pretty long though, so I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer: SON... this really shouldn't need explaining anymore.

Chapter 20

"How far should we go?" Alli asked to anyone in particular.

The Doctor, answering first, "Far enough to the point where your age should have been noticed by then."

Crack

"I'm thinking about five years at least, long enough to show significant ageing but enough time to still hold onto her things." Luna then offered.

The two of them ran around the console as she pressed the buttons closest to her and the Doctor pressed the buttons further, both telling Rose how long to press the buttons and which switches to flip. The TARDIS rocked back and forth even with the extra pilot, but it was more fun that way, and they all knew it.

The beautiful wheezing and metallic groaning sounded louder and louder as they began to materialize. The final shudder of the floor verified that they finally landed.

Crack

"Wow… that was awesome! Can I go outside first? I've been in here a while, I kind of want to get some fresh air." Alli was jumping up and down at the idea of finally getting to go outside. While the gardens and other simulators were realistic and spacious, she still knew she was in a box.

Rose kindly chortled at her eagerness to be the first one outside, "'Course you can sweetheart, just don't run off without us."

"What, I don't get a say?" the Doctor complained as he feigned offendedness, flashing a grin at Rose.

"No." She answered simply, throwing her own tongue-in-teeth smile at him.

Alli released a high-pitched squeak and nearly tumbled over her feet as she headed for the door, pausing slightly before pulling open the doors and being drenched by the torrential rain rushing through.

A bright flash of lightning fired nearby, shedding light through the stormy night. A deafening crack of thunder pulsed through the air after a beat and rattled the passengers of the time machine. Alli left the doors open as she turned to the others with slightly soaked smile and wild hair.

"You ready?" She asked, immediately turning back to the stormy night and running through the doors with a gleeful giggle.

He grinned at her enthusiasm and grabbed Rose's hand to ran out with her, only to be tugged on by her unrelenting hand.

Bewildered, he asked, "What's wrong?"

She pinned him down with her 'Really?' look as if it was obvious, "'S pouring outside!"

"Yeah, so? It's only a little water and besides, this makes perfect cover her little 'ghost' identity." He wiggled out his hand again for her to hold and taunted, "Scared to get a little wet?"

She grabbed his hand undeterred, "Not with you." Smiling her trademark smile once more at him.

They both looked in each other's eyes for what seemed like forever, grinning like loons at the other.

A tiny shout for them from outside broke through their moment, "You coming or what?"

They both chuckled off the sudden intense stare and ran through the doors to the familiar, yet slightly soggy, house they were once at before. Trees whipped back and forth from the intense gusts of winds nearly knocking them over. Looking around for Alli, they caught her foggy silhouette on the front porch waiting for them.

They sprinted up to the front step with their arms covering their heads in a vain attempt to keep dry. She was peering through the window of her old home, her drenched dress was weighted down to the ground, hair darkened to a shade of brown from the rain and water dripping down to a puddle surrounding her bare feet.

"We're gonna get the floor so wet, good thing I don't have to do chores anymore." She mumbled, turning back to them. "What took you so long?"

"Just had to force her to get a little damp. Took a lot of effort." He joked, motioning towards her.

"Oi!" She loudly protested, being shushed down by the other two. "Sorry. So how far did we go?" She whispered.

"Guess I didn't have to dress like a ghost after all, 'cause I'm pretty sure that everyone's sleeping. It's midnight on a Tuesday and the date's June 24th, 2027." Alli explained.

The Doctor looked to her impressed, "How'd you figure that out?"

"The clock in there says so." She said simply.

"Oh, fair enough. Hold on, let me just dry us off." He rummaged through the depths of his saturated pockets and pulled out his sonic screwdriver, he buzzed them carefully over everyone effectively evaporating any rain on them.

"Whoa, can I have one?" She asked, fawning over the device.

He hissed a breath between his teeth, "Yeaaah, no. No. Just...no." He pointed the screwdriver at the door and unlocked it, holding the door open for them.

"Oh that's not fair, now you're just taunting me with it." She whined.

They all silently piled into the darkened house and looked around. Alli started walking down the hallway before being pulled back by the Doctor.

"Wait wait wait, you don't even know what we're going to do." He whispered.

"Look for Scooby, if something goes wrong, run away." With that, she turned away and walked out of sight into the kitchen. He watched her walk away with a look of incredulity.

Rose bit back the laughter building in her throat as she nudged the Doctor, whispering, "It's like a mini you!"

He shook his head trying to fight back his own amusement as well, "Come on then, let's start looking." They headed towards Alli's old room to see if everything might still be there.

They entered in the dim room to find an empty child's room. Nearly everything looked the same as when the Doctor entered it last, except the stars he placed upon the walls faded away.

Her toys were mournfully neglected over the years, still patiently waiting for their owner to continue playing from where she left off. Everything was meticulously cleaned, in the hope that she would come back. He looked up at her wall to see the medals and ribbons that built up over time, pictures were placed all over the wall of her achievements.

Rose walked beside him to look at all the pictures and medals, "Whoa." She whispered, "Skiing, gymnastics, piano, honour student, black belt? She's becoming more and more like you."

He tilted his head down and sighed, her smile faded at his sudden depression. "What's wrong?"

He evaded her question by looking around and not noticing the scruffy stuffed animal in its usual spot. He clapped his hands in the hope to end the little investigation that was starting. "Well he's not in here, let's look in the basement. They might have stored some of her things downstairs."

He made to move out of the room but was pulled back by Rose's hand on her shoulder. "Hold on, you can't just say that was nothin'." He turned back to her with a pained look in his eyes. "Tell me what's wrong, please."

Her eyes searched his for what seemed like hours before he gave in. "She could of done so much, and I... I ruined that for her."

"No, don't say that, it was a fixed point in time like you said. It had to happen."

"Only if a time traveler read it, then it would be. If I hadn't gotten curious-"

"We both were curious." She interrupted him, "I am as much to blame as you are. Besides, if she's anything like you then she won't be so upset about it. This life's not half bad." She stuck her tongue in her teeth once more as she beamed up at him, making him smile right back.

He gave a sniff as his ego came back to him when he answered, "True." He joked, earning a silent giggle between the two. "You really mean it?" He asked, letting his walls come down once more.

"Always." She said confidently, grabbing his hand. "Let's keep looking." She pulled his hand back out of the room.

As they silently closed the door, they heard a slight click of another door from down the hall. They turned to look but saw no one there in the inky shadows.

"It's probably just the house settling, come on." He reassured her, moving in the opposite direction.

As Alli headed into the kitchen, she was set on doing one thing before she left, all she needed was some duct tape. She rummaged through the drawers until she eventually found a thick roll and tip-toed back to the room at the end of the hall.

She passed by her old door and was pleased to see everything was still taped up on the door, she liked her room but her new room was ten times better. She smiled at the familiar voices she heard on the other side of the door but her heart started to pound when she heard them come closer.

She looked down at the roll of duct tape in her hand and new the Doctor wouldn't exactly approve of her plan. She dashed as quietly as she could down the slim hallway and managed to sneak inside the room as she heard their door open, slowly clicking the door back in place.

She placed her ears against the wood and listened for them to walk away, she released the breath she was holding when she heard them dismiss the noise and wander off.

She turned back to the sleeping figure in the bed, unaware of her sudden arrival. She gripped the tape in her small hands hesitantly and breathed out as silently as she could, "Are you sure about this?"

Crack

Luna let a playful smirk spread across her face as she noisily unraveled a strap of tape. "Definitely, it's payback time." She whispered.

After about an hour, the entire roll of tape had been used and a still sleeping Amber was covered in a silver blanket confining her to the bed.

"We'd better hurry, they might be coming back soon." She carefully whispered.

Crack

"Right, let's go." Alli murmured back, eager to get out of the room before getting in trouble.

The Doctor and Rose had gone through nearly every box there was downstairs and in every room for nearly an hour. Yet there was still no sign of any Scooby Doo.

"Still nothing, how 'bout you?" Rose asked when she met up with the Doctor nearly buried in the ocean of junk he rummaged through.

He jumped up out of the pile at full tilt startling her, his hair in a disarray giving him a look similar to a mad scientist.

He growled in frustration, "No, and I'm starting to think it's not even down down here. We looked through every box and still nothing!"

She shushed at him, "Shh! Alli might have found something you know." She reminded him.

"Right, right." He nodded his head absentmindedly before he suddenly came to realize just how deep in the pile he was. "Um, I appear to be a little stuck. Mind giving me a hand?"

Rose giggled as she started shifting the mounds out of the way. He eventually stumbled out of the rubble of boxes and pictures with an insane smile. "Ah! There we go then, my hero." He gave her a wink before grabbing a hold of her hand and pulling her back to the stairs.

They made their way back to the hallway to find Luna coming out of the door at the end and holding an empty cardboard roll. She froze when she saw the two staring at them, unable to get out of this problem she decided to have Alli to distract them for a while.

Crack

"Did you find him?" She whispered, not wanting anyone to wake up yet.

"No, what's that in your hand?" He said, quickly switching gears in his head.

"It's um, a duct tape roll I think. It's empty though."

"Why do you have it?" He asked accusingly.

"I didn't, Luna did!"

Crack

Gee, thanks for throwing me under the bus." Luna muttered spitefully.

Crack

"Sorry, I panicked." She motioned over to the door on the side of the hall, "Well, I was just about to check in this room, bye!" She made a dash into the room and found her parents sleeping and certain stuffed animal tucked in her mother's arms.

She crept over to her mother's side to pull him out but was disturbed by the noise of the two noisily bursting in. She cringed as she heard them start to stir and her mother sleepily asking "Hello?"

She gave the Doctor a glare before turning back to her mom as she continued calling out in the dark. "Who's there?"

A sharp crack of lightning struck through the window and briefly filled the room in a pale light, in that amount of time Alli saw her mom's eyes widen at the sight of her. She moved as fast as she did to the lamp and raced to unplug it as she tried to click it on.

It sparked for a fraction of a second before the darkness consumed the room once more, only rain cascading in torrents down the side of the house could be heard since everyone was holding their breath.

"Alli?" She whispered. The girl in question turned and looked up at the Doctor for what she should do but received a shrug as a reply.

She rolled her eyes and decided that the most simple answer would be the best one. Well I dressed like one, might as well act like one. She spoke in the most ghostly voice she could manage, "I just want my Scooby, mommy, I can't sleep without him."

She waved her hand behind her back for the two to go as she tried to continue spooking her Scooby out of her clutches.

As they made their way to the door, the light switch flipped on and blinded everyone in the sudden light. They all looked over to the other side of the room where a completely bald man in pajamas looked over the scene with the same piercing blue eyes as Alli's. He looked in horror at his small daughter who hadn't aged a day since she disappeared and confusion at the two strangers at the door.

"What's going on?" He asked in a booming voice that croaked from his interrupted sleep.

"Bad dream." Alli quickly replied, she snatched her stuffed animals from her arms and ran over to the two by the door, they were too shocked to even move. "Goodnight! Love you! Remember, you didn't see anything." She swiftly opened the door and ran through, Rose and the Doctor right on her heels.

As they slammed the door shut, they heard a muffled scream on the other side of the door at the end of the hall. The Doctor looked down in exasperation at the giggling girl.

"What did you do?" He groaned at her.

"Turns out I'm a vengeful ghost." She laughed, "Everything seems to have gone a bit wrong, I would suggest running, how about you?"

He gripped both of the girls hands and ran out of the house into the thunderstorm. "We'll talk about this later!" He shouted at her as they pushed through the powerful wind, Alli clutching Scooby closely to her.

They came up to the TARDIS and he fumbled to fit his key in the lock before he managed to get inside.

They came in and closed the doors, all dripping wet. The Doctor had already began taking off, sending Rose and Alli flying across the room. He sent them to drift through the vortex as the girls picked each other up and started ringing out their hair, Alli attempting to shake it dry like a dog.

"What happened!?" He yelled at her.

"Everything would have went fine if you didn't come chasing me into the room!" she yelled back defensively.

"You were the one sneakin' out of a room with an empty roll of duct tape. Who was screaming anyway?" Rose asked her as she turned towards her.

"It was Amber's room." She conceded as they both turned on her. "She tapes me to a door, I tape her to her bed. At least it was more comfortable and besides, Luna thought it was a good idea too." She mischievously grinned at them and couldn't help the laughter that overcame her.

The Doctor looked to his companion for a little help only to find that the contagious case of giggles had infected her too. They all ended up laughing in the end at the ridiculous situation that had unfolded after a simple task of getting a stuffed animal.

"Does this happen every time then?" She laughed out.

"Oh yes!" He grinned at her.

A ringing broke through the chortles and had Rose pulling her phone out of her pocket to answer it. She was gasping for breath as she answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Who is it?" The Doctor whispered curiously.

Rose wave at him to be quiet but still answered his question, "Hey Mickey. No don't worry, something just got out of hand is all. What's happening?"

"Who's Mickey?" Alli murmured breathlessly, rubbing her sides from laughing too much.

"Good ol' Rickey the idiot, Rose's friend back home." The Doctor whispered back earning a glare from Rose at his childish behavior of still calling him that.

"What's he want?" He asked her but she waved her hand more fervently to keep him quiet.

"Really? Did you find anything looking it up?" She continued with a concentrated look on her face.

"How does she get phone calls in the Time Vortex? Is there just good reception or something?" Alli asked.

"Nah, I just did a bit of jiggery-pokery to her phone so she can call anywhere and anywhen in time and space. As long as you have the area code." He answered smugly, getting a smile from Rose at his 'technical term' he used before.

"Right then, sounds fun. We'll be over to check it out. Bye." She hung up the phone and looked over to the two with a grin on her face. "Mickey found something pretty interesting going on at the schools on Earth, wanna go check it out?"

Alli answered for him however by jumping up and down squealing in excitement. "Yes! Let's go!"

"What, don't I get a say?" He whined at her, getting a pair of puppydog eyes pleading at him.

"Oh alright." He dramatically sighed.

"Yeah!" Alli Rose ran over to the jumpseat and hopped on, getting ready for the bumpy ride.

"Just let me patch up a few things in the console and we'll be good to go." He working on parts of the console for a few minutes before he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around to see Rose smiling down on him, motioning over to the jumpseat to see Alli had slumped over and fell asleep, hugging Scooby closely to her.

"We'll have to go a bit later, she's knackered." She whispered.

He climbed up smiling and picked her up carefully, carrying her back to her room. "What is it with you humans and sleep?" He whispered to Rose, "We-ell, I can understand it with her since she's a kid and everything now that I think about it, it's mostly just you that hibernates."

"Oi!" She whispered, jokingly smacked his arm as they came up to the door. She pulled it open for him and revealed a starry sky surrounding the room.

"She really outdoes Herself." Rose chuckled in awe at the sight.

The Doctor laid her down in her bed and tucked her under the covers, Rose couldn't stop staring at the domestic sight. He treaded quietly across the floor out of the room, pulling Rose outside with him.

"What?" He questioned her smiling face.

"You, being all domestic." She giggled at him, walking away to her own bedroom. "Goodnight Doctor."

"Hey! You're the one sending us on a check up call with your boyfriend." He called out at her retreating figure.

"Not my boyfriend!" She distantly yelled back.

A/N: I was going to jump right into School Reunion but I thought that I should show that she still is a little kid, plus I tired easily. Hope I didn't bore you with the dialogue or anything, we'll be getting to the fun bit now! You have any ideas for how you want Alli and Luna to react to Sarah Jane?