A/N: Hi everyone! This is the first chapter of my first fanfic. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except my OC Jessica.
Chapter 1
''What's your name then?'' Asked a strange man to my left.
''I am Jessica.'' I answered. Why did I answer him, I didn't even know him! Well. Never mind. Somehow he looked familiar but that wasn't possible, I hadn't seen this man before in my entire life.
"Fantastic name. Come along Jessica.''
''Wait. Two questions. One: What's your name? Two: What are we going to do?''
''First answer: I am the Doctor. B, no, second answer: we're going to save the world. Now come on, we have to move. We have a thing happening. Well. Actually two things. Well two things and a giant lizard.'' He started running and I had no choice but to go after him and find out what this was all about.
''So tell me Jessica, what were you doing there?'' He asked, while walking very fast. I was a little bit breathless of all the running and walking.
After I had gathered some breath, I answered him.''What did I do? I was watching what would happen next of course. It is all rather interesting. Aliens invading the Earth and all, just like last Christmas in London. It is a pity that I wasn't there then. I was in Amsterdam, beautiful city by the way.''
''You just watched? They are dangerous!'' The Doctor exclaimed.
''I know, but they're also really entertaining, we could learn a lot from those space invaders.''
''But, aren't you scared?''
''Of course I'm scared, but everyone's scared. What about you? Where did you come from? And you can't just call yourself the Doctor, you have to have a real name.''
''Well this space invaders-thing is kind of my job actually. I protect planets from being taken over by other species. Oh, and my name is just the Doctor, nothing less, nothing more.''
''Just the Doctor? That's weird.'' Crazy guy… ''But you protect other planets, how?''
''I travel through time and space in my Tardis. It stands for Time And Relative Dimension In Space.''
''Wow. That's absolutely awesome!'' And weird. And impossible. But most importantly: absolutely awesome.
''Great! Now come on, we have to hurry.''
''But what can we do to stop this invasion? I'm just a normal person and you are... Well, I don't know what you are. I'll find out later. What can two people do against a whole army of foreign invaders?''
''No time to explain. Just follow me.''
''Okay, no problem with that.'' He grinned back to me, but he didn't stop running. Inside I was freaking out. I was a little bit conflicted, one side of me was totally thinking this was awesome, the other side was really scared. Also, the running was becoming a little bit much. I had no problem with running, but this was just too much.
So turns out, the foreign invaders were called the Cybermen, creepy things/people I can tell you that. They are robots on the outside but there's still a human brain on the inside. People were converted into Cybermen. The Doctor and I stopped the Cybermen, well actually it was more him. I don't know why he needed me to do all of that. Most of the Cybermen were destroyed but there were a couple of them sent back into space. It was kind of awesome. At least I think it was, it was all going so fast that I can't really remember much of it. Besides, the Cybermen were not really interesting. Scary and dangerous? Yes. Interesting? No. The lizard-thing on the other hand was interesting. It kinda looked like a Varactyl, from Star Wars. Like the one that Obi-Wan rode in the third movie. But I told myself it couldn't really be one, because the whole Star Wars Universe is invented by genius George Lucas. When we found the lizard, it wasn't doing anything dangerous, still, the people were running and screaming. The lizard was just walking around, it looked kinda lost. Since the lizard wasn't doing anything dangerous, the Doctor decided it would be okay to take the animal with him. So now we were walking down the street, finally walking instead of running, with a giant lizard trailing behind us.
''So what are you going to do with the lizard now, Doctor?'' I asked him.
''Oh, I just thought that I could keep him as a pet.'' He replied.
''A pet?!'' I exclaimed.
''Yes, why not?''
''Doctor, look at it. It's far too big to keep as a pet.''
''Hmm… Hadn't thought about that. Maybe you're right. But it's just such an amazing animal!''
''Doctor. You can't. It's not right.'' I said sternly. At this point he just acted like a small kid that wanted a puppy. He even had the eyes.
''Okay… I'll drop it off on some kind of planet.'' He then said in resignation. It almost looked like he was going to cry. There was one moment I felt sorry for him, but I quickly wiped that feeling away.
''So, tell me Doctor. Where are we going now?'' I asked him instead.
''I already said. The Tardis.''
''Who says I want to go with you, I don't even know who you are.''
''You don't want to come with me?'' He asked surprised and just a little bit sarcastic.
''Yes I do, but that's not the point.''
''I knew it. By the way, if you didn't want to come with me you wouldn't be with me right now in the first place, that's why I already knew you were coming along.'' And there's another reason I knew she would come along. I can't tell her. The time is not there yet.
''You're really ahead of yourself sometimes, aren't you?''
''Sometimes it's good when you're ahead of yourself.'' Then he stopped abruptly before a blue box.
''What is it?''
''What is it? Isn't it totally obvious? This is the Tardis of course.''
''But it is a police public call box…'' I stammered.
''That's what it says, it's a disguise. What did you think it was going to look like?'' The Doctor looked at me as if I was crazy, and this was the most normal thing in the world. A blue box as a spaceship.
''Never mind…'' I muttered.
''Well okay then. After you.'' The Doctor opened the door of the box. I stepped inside and I was absolutely flabbergasted by what I saw. And still… There was something familiar.
''But… But…''
''Yeah, get your head around it. Everyone says it.''
''But it's bigger on the inside…''
''Yeah like I said, I tend to hear that a lot.''
''No wonder. This… This is impossible.''
''Not impossible, just a little bit unlikely.''
''So who are you? I mean really. Where are you from?''
''Humans, always asking personal questions.'' He grumbled. I became a little confused by his words.
''Ehm… Quick reminder Doctor, you're also a human, last time I checked.''
''What makes you so certain?''
''Well you certainly look like a normal person.''
''Do I? Not again…'' This whole situation became weirder and weirder.
''What? Am I going crazy, am I dreaming all of this? What is this?''
''No, you're absolutely not dreaming. My name is just the Doctor. I'm a Time Lord…- ''
''Wait a second. You are really an alien? A real proper alien?'' Okay, now I was really going crazy. I had to wake up. I pinched myself. But it didn't work. It was really happening.
''Yes, now let me finish. Where was I? Oh yes. I'm from a planet called Gallifrey. I'm 903 years old and I save planets from invasions. Got any questions left?'' By this time my mouth had dropped open.
''Well…- ''
''Good. Now, can we go?'' He didn't even let me finish my sentence.
''Wait. Where are we going?''
''I don't know. You can choose anything. Just make sure it's something awesome. Oh, and I almost forgot, I wanted to ask: where are you from? You don't really sound English.''
''You're right, I'm not from England, I'm only here on vacation. With my family and my boyfriend's family. I'm originally from the Netherlands, or Holland what some people like to call it, but that's not entirely right so just call it the Netherlands.''
''Aah. Beautiful country…''
''You don't sound too sure about that.''
''No sorry, I've actually only been there once or twice…'' More than once or twice, but I won't tell her. The country only has bad memories for me, that's the place where… No don't think about it, not now!
''What were you doing in London at Christmas time? Alone? Haven't you heard about all the things that have happened here in the last few years? It's extremely dangerous in London at this time of year. Besides why is your family not with you?'' The Doctor then said to me. It was like he didn't want to talk about my country anymore.
''Yes, I know. That's why I came here. My friend lives here and I came to visit her.'' I decided I would ignore the fact that he had just changed the subject so abruptly and ask him about it another time.
''And your parents just let you go like that? All on your own walking in London to visit a friend?''
''I told you, I was planning to go to a good friend. Besides I'm almost a grown-up. I was walking on Westminster Bridge, when I saw something strange in the sky. I decided to check the news if they had any clue what it was. They were talking about something from space. I became curious, so I did some research. Turns out, it's not the first time something strange is happening here in London. Every year around Christmas time, something like this happens. Last year, I heard, there was a giant space-titanic flying right over Buckingham Palace. I decided that I wanted to see it this time, if something like that happened again, so I stayed here.''
''What! Are you crazy?''
''Something like it.'' I said with a wide grin. The kids at school had always thought that I was crazy. They had never understood me. I wasn't the typical girl, I liked to play online games, watch series, read books, but of course I like the occasional parties too.
''Good. I like you. Now where do you wanna go, you can pick anything you want.''
''Well…. I don't know if it's possible…''
''Almost everything is possible, just say it and I will say if we can go there.''
''Okay… It will sound a little bit weird, but I would like to go to the Star Wars universe. I have always wanted to go there in my dreams. Ever since I was a little girl I dreamt of being a Jedi or even just a normal kid there on a random planet.'' While saying this, I knew it was true, I have always dreamt about it and always will. It's just such an amazing thought that you could be there. In that fantastic universe that you've seen in all of the movies and then experience it by yourself. It would be a little weird though because I already know what's going to happen. If we were going to go there, I needed to stop talking so much. I couldn't spoil anything. I couldn't change the timeline. Although it would be pretty nice if I could stop Anakin from turning to the dark side; kill Palpatine before he could take over the galaxy; stop Ahsoka from being convicted and expelled from the order; save Padmé from dying; stop order 66; stop all those horrible things.
''Wow, I've never heard that one before.'' The Doctor shook me out of my thoughts.
Why would she want to go there? She can't know. There's no way she can know! It's just a coincidence. She was too young at the time to remember anything of it.
''No? I would expect it's quite predictable. But is it possible?''
''Yes, it is.''
''Really?! Like really really?''
''Really. Then I can also drop the Varactyl off on his home planet.''
''So it's really a Varactyl?''
''Yes. Didn't you recognize it?'' He looked surprised.
''Yes, but I thought it couldn't be one, because I thought that Star Wars was all made up.''
''Well. As you now know: all of it is real. So the Varactyl is also real.''
''I have always liked Varactyls.'' I said with a smile. Varactyls were just so beautiful and colourful, how could you not like them?
''Me too.'' The Doctor said. ''But wait a second, you said you have dreamt about being a Jedi since you were a little girl. I thought most little girls dreamt about being a princess.''
No. She doesn't know, I'm sure of it.
''Yeah well. I already said I am different.'' He only laughed about that.
''Okay then. Grab on. This can be a little rough.'' He pulled down a handle and the whole thing began to shake. He began to laugh at my shocked face and I immediately started to laugh with him.
''Welcome aboard, Jessica.''
''Happy to be here, Doctor.''
Then there was a lot of bumping. The whole Tardis began to roll, and we were turned upside down and upright again. I heard a lot of bangs and scratches. It didn't sound good…
''What was that?!''
''I guess that was our landing. We have arrived.'' The Doctor said and he walked to the door. ''Milady, may I present to you, the Star Wars universe!'' And he opened the door. I walked outside and I immediately noticed that we had landed in a hanger of a Republic frigate. This was so freaking awesome! I flew the Doctor around the neck and I heard him laugh in my ear.
''This is amazing! Thank you Doctor!''
''No problem. It's really cool here, so I'm glad you chose this…'' He sounded a bit unsure saying that sentence though.
''You have been here before Doctor?'' I asked him.
''Yeah… Once…'' He murmured. A long time ago… ''Ehm… Jessica…''
''What is it?'' I asked him, he looked concerned.
''Look around you.'' And then I saw it. We had accidentally destroyed some fighters while crash-landing the Tardis. Clone troopers were staring at us. Then suddenly they split apart and made way, for… No way, this couldn't be happening right now. There they were. I was meeting them. In real life. Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka. Inside I was absolutely dying of excitement. They looked at us. For a long time. I became a little nervous and then the Doctor finally said something.
"Hello there. I'm the Doctor and this is Jessica. Sorry about the fighters, we will pay for replacements if needed.''
Ahsoka was looking curiously at them. Inside she was taking them in. The Doctor was a tall and very skinny man in some sort of suit and the girl was of average height, she had dark brown hair and bright green eyes. They looked like they were not from around here.
''But Doctor. I don't have any money. Do you?'' I whispered, a little panicked.
''Yes I know. But I don't think they will make such a whopping deal about it, besides if they would want money, we could always run. I love running.'' I sort of relaxed at that thought. Of all the things I had seen in the movies about the Jedi, asking about money wasn't one of the things Jedi would do.
''No need for that Doctor. May I introduce ourselves. I'm General Skywalker, this is General Kenobi and Commander Tano.''
''Pleasure to meet you. So can you tell me where we are?'' The Doctor said with a big smile. I don't know how he could react so normal. We were standing in front of Jedi! Real Jedi! I couldn't get a word out of my mouth.
''We are on a Rebuplic frigate and you just crash-landed in our hangar…- '' Master Skywalker began, but the Doctor interrupted him ''No, that's not what I meant, I can see we're on a ship, but where's the ship?''
''How do you mean where is the ship? You don't know where you are? How is that possible? You crashed here for a reason. You must know where we are, otherwise you wouldn't have come here.''
''It was not on purpose, dumbo. We crashed here. We didn't know where we would end up. So can you please tell me now, where are we?'' How did he even dare to speak like that in front of a Jedi?! In front of Anakin and Obi-Wan! He is absolutely crazy. Skywalker opened his mouth to say something but Master Kenobi shushed him with his hand and Ahsoka chuckled.
''We are in orbit around the planet Ryloth. It has been invaded by the droid army and our mission is to free the planet and its citizens.'' Obi-Wan said to us. He had a big frown on his face, his brows knitted together. He was clearly puzzled. At that moment Captain Rex came up to us.
''General. We have a problem. The droid army has advanced on the ground and they captured the citizens and are holding them hostage.''
''Thank you, Rex. We'll be with you in a moment on the bridge.'' Skywalker replied.
''Sir, yes, sir.'' And Rex walked away after shooting another wondering glance at us.
''We have to go to the bridge, Anakin. Rex needs our help and so do the Twi'leks on the surface of the planet.''
''Agreed Master. But what do we do with them? We need to take them to the Jedi Council as fast as we can.''
''I know Anakin, but we can't abandon the citizens at this moment. We need to go to the surface and free them. We can worry about the Doctor and the girl later.''
''But what do we do with them in the meantime? We can't leave them here on the ship. You see what they just did, we can't take the risk that they'll make even more a mess.''
''Agreed. The only option is to take them with us to the surface.''
''What! We can't do that; they're not prepared for battle. They would only slow us down. -''
''Can I interrupt for a moment?'' The Doctor intervened. ''Do we have a choice in this? You're talking about us like we are not in the room. I don't like that. We can help. You may even need me at some point.'' Obi-Wan and Anakin looked at each other and shrugged.
''I guess that's our only option then. But the girl can't come. She is too young to be in a war.''
''That's not fair! I can fight. If the Doctor is going, I'm going to. Besides, Commander Tano is also coming, she is about the same age as me.''
''She has a point there, Skyguy.'' Ahsoka said, laughing to her Master.
''Don't get cocky Snips. Since you think it is a good idea to take the girl with us, she is your responsibility.''
''The girl has a name. My name is Jessica.'' I said to him.
''Good. You have attitude. I like you. I think we'll be fast friends.'' Ahsoka said to me and she gave me a quick smile. ''Follow me.''
-Anakin-
''What do you think of them, Master?'' I asked Obi-Wan.
''I don't know what to think, Anakin.''
''Me neither. There's something strange going on around this Doctor. And then the girl. So young but there's something about her too. I sense something.''
''I sensed it too. The minute that they crash-landed here, there was a disturbance in the Force.''
''Yeah… But is it the girl or the Doctor who caused this?'' I asked him.
''Not a clue. We will have to get to know them better.'' Obi-Wan also didn't know the answer. That was one of the first time I had heard him confess that he didn't know what happened or what we should do.
''Well, we will have plenty of time to do that.''
''Hmmm. Yes. Maybe you could give them some lessons on how to fly. We don't want them crash-landing again, do we now?'' Obi-Wan said with one eyebrow raised.
''I think they did quite well on the crash-landing actually.'' I returned with a smirk.
''Yeah the Doctor is just like you. Chatty, bossy, a bit ahead of himself and even an expert in crash-landing. You will be fast friends, I bet.'' Obi-Wan said with a grin.
''That's not funny. I think he's weird and I need to know more about him. Something just doesn't add up.'' I answered gruffly and nudged past Obi-Wan.