"You're making them an offer?"
"And they better take it. Because right now I'm having a hard time making them any kind of offer at all. Because you know what? I really liked Anita. She was brave, even when she was crying. She never gave in, and then you ate her. But I'm gonna let that pass, just as long as you let them pass."
"How long have you known?"
"I counted the shadows. You only have one now."
~The Doctor & Anita, Forest of the Dead
Age 12
"Where are we? We're not on Mars, are we?"
"No, just checking on someone. You can come if you want," noticing his companions expression, he added, "It's just a visit. Come on, Donna!" The Doctor held the TARDIS door open for her.
"Alright, but then we're going somewhere! A spa or something." Donna walked out of the doors, followed by the Doctor.
The first thing they saw was the face of an angry teacher.
"Can anyone here tell me what a Mitochondria is? Anyone, anyone?" Mrs. Sanders looked around the room. "Rebecca?"
"A Mitochondria is the source of most of the energy of a cell."
"Very good. Now, take out your notebooks, we're going to be taking notes."
Vwroop, vwroop
I shook my head slightly at the sound that was from a memory...or a dream? I was never good at remembering things.
Vwroop, vwroop, vwroop
I looked up from my notes to see the slightest hint of blue. It became more and more solid, and I recognised it as the box from the park. The magic box. I grinned from under my bangs and kept jotting down my notes. Would he remember me?
"Spa or something." A woman's voice came through the open door of the time machine. She came out, followed by a man in a suit. I waited for a second man to come out, but nobody did. Where was the Doctor?
"WHO ARE YOU?" Mrs. Sanders glared at the strangers.
"This is Donna, and I'm the Doctor. Could you tell me where I am?" I was confused. That wasn't the Doctor, so who was it?
I raised my hand. "Could you please wait?" Mrs. Sanders glanced at me.
"No. Who are they?" I pointed at 'Donna'.
"I'm looking for Krista Blaire. Is she here?" The Suit Man asked my teacher.
I stood up in my corner of the room and did a little two finger wave.
"Is that her? Krista, is that you?"
I stuck my tongue out and started to walk to the TARDIS, whacking Lee on the shoulder as I walked.
I pushed past Donna and Mr. Suit and glanced inside the Phone Box. I stepped inside and plopped down in a chair near the console as casually as possible.
I waited for Suit Man to drive the TARDIS away from the class, and then I started talking as calmly as possible.
"Where is the Doctor?"
"I'm right here! Are you feeling okay?" Senor Suit looked at me worried.
"You don't have floppy hair. You have hedgehog hair."
"Floppy hair? When did I...oh. Oh! I'm sorry! You must be so confused, I must have regenerated!" What. The. Hell. I blinked up at Super Suit. "Alien, remember? Wait, you know that, right? Ah, you must. And don't look at me like that, it's not my fault you keep meeting me out of order."
"Time machine!" I referenced to the console.
"Well...fine. Hey, I'll make it up to you, I'm going to take you to the Library. Do you like books yet? Last time I saw you, you had your nose buried in one. Biggest Library in the universe, a whole planet, just filled with every book ever written. It's huge, and they have these-"
"Rambling." I cut him off.
Donna glanced at Suit Guy (The Doctor?).
"We'll go to the Library, and then we'll bring Donna to her spa. Midnight, haven't been there yet. I'll bring her to the Leisure Palace. Donna, pick a number."
"24."
"Alright. Krista, I'm going to pick you up when you're 24, and bring you to the Library. Now, I'll drop you off, then go pick you up." He fiddled with the controls a bit, and we landed. I opened the door, and stepped out into a desert. I rolled my eyes.
"Hello, McFly! This is a desert. A desert. Not my house. A desert." I Gibbs-slapped the Doctor. Out of the corner of my eye, I swear I saw Donna smirk.
A few failed destinations later, the Doctor managed to find my house. "See you in twelve years, Krista." He said with a smile.
"I'm not gonna see you for that long? Damn!"
"I'll see you before then, but my face'll be different again, alright? And you swore!"
"So?" I blew my hair out of my face. I hugged Donna and whacked the Doctor on the arm, and ran for my house with a smile on my face.
As I opened the front door, Cammie's voice came out of the kitchen.
"Mail for you."
I grabbed the envelope off of the table and a slight smile reached my lips at the crudely drawn TARDIS where the stamp should have been.
I read the note eagerly.
Krista,
I can't explain right now, or any time soon in your future, because, if I'm right, you should be about 12 about now. I've told you about The Library. Stay away. Ignore me when I ask you to come. I hope you can read this before I realize that I'm breaking one of the most basic rules of time and take this letter back. Stay out of the shadows, Krista. Please.
The Doctor
P.S. I've given you something valuable. Don't write on it, just keep it safe.
I took out the remaining contents of the envelope. A blank piece of paper?
And what did he mean, 'stay out of the shadows'? And The Library sounded really interesting. Why couldn't I go? What would happen when I was 24?
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