Right. Hello again, if anyone actually still reads this. Basically, my laptop was busted for a ridiculous amount of time, and now that I have a working computer again, I want my work to reflect my current level of writing skill. (As if I had any to begin with, lol) I've got no beta, so any spelling or grammar mistakes are mine, sorry. Let me know if you see anything that needs fixing.

When Zuri first appeared in the light, she was understandably confused. Squinting she peered around, but all there was to see was a teal blue glow. She seemed to be, floating? It was hard to tell as there wasn't any sensation other than sight. She didn't hear anything, nor feel the air on her skin.

She wasn't sure how long she hung, suspended in the blue glow, but all at once she heard. A faint hum, reassuring and friendly. The hum grew louder and could almost be words, but not quite. But the message was clear. You are safe. Wait. So she waited.

The blue glow began to brighten, and Zuri raised her hand to her eyes. Then it flashed blinding, before fading away, and she could see where she was. She couldn't believe her eyes, yet somehow she knew it was real. The TARDIS hummed as she reached out to stroke the console. Zuri realized that it was the TARDIS that spoke to her before. She raised her eyes to the ceiling sending a mental thank you to whoever decided to bring her here.

Then the Doctor himself appeared.

The Doctor wandered up the steps to the console, muttering to himself about something or another. Then his eyes caught sight of a person. There was a stranger in his TARDIS. "Who are you? How did you get in here?" He demanded in his northern accent. For this was Nine. He was so young.

Zuri held her hands up. "My names Zuri. I have no idea how I got here, but the TARDIS seems to want me here."

"The TARDIS? How do you know what she's called? Where were you before now? are you human?" The Doctor rambled as he pulled out his Sonic Screwdriver and scanned her.

Putting her hands down, Zuri explained about the light. "I was at home before, deciding what to eat. But now I'm here. And at least up until I was transported into the center of the TARDIS I have been human my whole life."

The Doctor frowned. "You may have been human before, but your body has absorbed a large amount of Artron Energy. Arriving through the heart of the TARDIS matrix could cause massive damage, but you seem to be fine. I'll have to keep an eye on you for a bit though, to make sure nothing goes wrong. Looks like you're sticking around."

Zuri smiled. "You mean I can stay? Thank you, Doctor!"

"That's another question though. I never told you my name. Maybe you picked up on the TARDIS' name coming through, but you should have no idea who I am."

The TARDIS hummed and Zuri tried to focus on deciphering the words. "She says... She says that I crossed her time stream. That I'm not going to meet you linearly, but pop up throughout your time stream at random."

The Doctor stared at her. "You know what, I believe that because that would explain why you understand her to begin with. I don't want to think about any other causes. So, let me get a scan of your biology before anything else changes, so I have a baseline if something does. Then I have to get back to work, I was in the middle of something when you appeared."

Zuri grinned. She was with the Doctor, in the TARDIS. There was a decent enough explanation about how she knew things. She wouldn't have to tell him his life was a TV series. And she got to stay!

The Doctor got his scans. Zuri's body was full of Artron Energy, swirling through her like blood through the vascular system. He noted her age, twenty-three, and all the other basic vitals. Then he had to get back to what he'd been doing before she popped up. Stopping the Nestene Consciousness from taking over the planet.