Disclaimer: I do NOT own Doctor Who or any of the characters/creatures, I'm just a fan-girl. I only own my OC Selene.

Foreword: Okay! This is my first Doctor Who fanfiction, which I've been planning out in my head for a while, but I've been scared to write it and post it. But I got over that fear and now I'm posting it! YAY! Okay, so, I hope this isn't sucky, I'm fearing it is and that people are gonna yell at me… so… please, if you review, I'd appreciate support cause I'm terrified this is gonna be horrible. Anway, enough of my pessimism. On to the story! In the words of the Tenth Doctor,

Allons-y!

1. Impossible

Today's horrible… Thought Selene as she began driving towards Elephant and Castle at around four thirty. Her shift started in five minutes. She was so going to get fired… she already knew both her jobs were in jeopardy and that she really couldn't screw anything else up. She sighed as she blew a strand of her light brown, wavy hair from her face, her blue eyes staying on the road. Her hair was down and tucked securely behind her ears so she didn't have to raise her hand from the steering wheel. She didn't know why her life had to be so tough. Why it was her, who had a wonderful life up till the last year or so, who had to suffer and be so lonely.

The mid-day sun glinted off of car windshields and as Selene hummed along to the Rascal Flatts song 'Backwards' she narrowed her eyes so she could still see the road properly. She could only be so safe. As she continued to drive down the road, her quick eyes glanced off to the side to see if the car on the side of the road was going to pull out of the parking spot. When she noticed it wasn't her eyes turned back to face front. That's when she saw the massive semi-truck that suddenly swerved into her lane. She barely had a second to slam on the breaks before she felt her car fly to the side with a massive amount of force. She flew sideways into her door, head smashing into the window. Then her world went black.

When Selene came to, her eyes slowly fluttered open. She was still in her car. She was slumped over the steering wheel, head resting on it. She felt so much pain. She could barely keep herself coherent. Her head throbbed in all the wrong ways, as did her torso and legs. Her face now wore an array of cuts, with a rather large one that was bleeding pretty badly on her forehead. Her orange-plaid button down shirt was also ripped and her head felt like someone set off an explosion inside of it and her brain didn't want to keep working. Slowly, she felt herself go numb and her eyes shut again.

The only other thing she remembered was when a group of hands pulled her from her car. And then the voices. They were muffled at first. But once she felt herself placed on something her brain could barely make out the voices.

" Miss? Miss! Can you hear me? If you can, please respond!" The voice said in a calm but panicked tone. Why on earth would I want to respond? My head hurts so much… " She's not responding! We need to get her to the hospital as quick as possible! I think she's falling into a coma!"

Then, as she barely registered being moved on something, the sounds faded and the world stayed black. She felt nothing more.

OOOooOOO

England

" I thought you'd want to stay a bit longer with your mother." Said the Doctor as he walked down the street with Rose Tyler, his beautiful blond companion. Rose let out a laugh, putting her hands in her pockets.

" I love my mother, I do. And I miss her a lot, but I'm beginning to miss all the excitement again!" Rose responded with a laugh. The Doctor laughed as well, putting his hands into the pockets of his long brown trench coat.

" Got you addicted to it, have I?"

" You did that a long time ago, Doctor." She said with a grin up to him. He grinned back down as they looked back down the barely inhabited sidewalk. There were only a few other people, all wearing muted colored jackets. Rose knew most of their faces, giving them a small wave and smile as they passed, but in the blink of an eye, she noticed something odd. A bright splash of color on a cloudy day. Her arm flew out to stop the Doctor as she pointed to a blur on the curb of the street maybe fifteen feet ahead of them.

" Do you see that?" She asked. The Doctor stared and nodded. Suddenly, in another blink of an eye, the blur was a person. A woman. She wore a bright orange button down plaid shirt. And suddenly, where she stood, she collapsed completely, falling into the street, right where a truck was headed.

" No, no, no!" The Doctor shouted, taking off towards the fallen figure. Rose took off after him, close on his heels. The Doctor reached out and grabbed the woman from the street just as the truck sped past. He fell to the ground, the woman completely limp. Rose knelt down and the two stared down at the woman.

" My God!" Rose said, covering her mouth. The woman on the sidewalk was a horrid mess. Her shirt was ripped up, her face bared a few cuts with a particularly nasty one on her forehead, which had thick trails of blood falling from it, running down the side of her face. " It looks like she was attacked!"

" Yes… question is…" The Doctor muttered staring at her.

" How'd she get here. She just appeared." Rose finished for him. She quickly checked the unconscious woman's pockets for any sort of ID, but none was present. " Can't really take her to a hospital, can we?"

" No. But, we can take her to your apartment, I can treat the cuts on her face. Then, when she wakes up, maybe we can ask her some questions." Replied the Doctor, gently lifting the woman, supporting her head.

" Think she's not… you know… from this planet or something?" Rose asked.

" Anything's possible… we won't know till she wakes up though." He replied.

OOOO

Selene Thomas felt like a bomb had been set off inside her head. It felt like she had been dropped off a hundred foot cliff and survived. Her eyes were shut, and she also felt a stinging feeling on her forehead and cheek. The overall way she currently felt, actually, was just described in one word. Agony. Her muscles ached and burned, her skin, from what she could tell, felt raw, and her neck was stiff. And, back to the explosive feeling in her head, there was throbbing pain pushing against her skull. She tried to shift, unsure of where she actually was… and what had happened. But, as she tried to move, she groaned in pain. How did she get so beat up? Taking a painful deep breath, a memory rushed back to her. The semi truck…

Oh God no… She managed to think, which she was sure was causing her head to hurt more. I'm in a coma. Oh shit… this isn't good! I mean, I'll loose my apartment and my car… then again… was I really going to be able to keep them? I work two jobs and barely manage to pay for rent and gas…

Selene had lived in Boston and worked at the restaurant Elephant and Castle as well as the Barnes and Noble in Harvard Square. She had an extremely tiny apartment and a crappy, old, rusty, blue Toyota Corolla. She was right though. She was barely able to pay rent and for the gas to put in her car, and had to stop attending college after the third year. She had just turned twenty-two and had barely any time to hand out with the two friends she had or spend any time with her parents or older sister. The only thing she was usually able to do during her free time was watch Doctor Who, which was her favorite TV show and favorite books to read. She was a tad bit obsessed, but she did relate to the loneliness the Doctor felt, and absolutely loved the Tenth Doctor. And now she was in a coma. Just what I need… She thought again.

She didn't know why she felt so coherent. Shouldn't she not be able to register anything? What if I'm not actually in a coma… She slowly opened her eyes, blinking at the blurriness from her vision. There was a white ceiling. That was not her car.

Selene sat up slowly, still blinking at the blurriness that refused to leave her eyes. She groaned at the pain in her head, and as she looked around, she realized she didn't know where she was. It looked like… an apartment. A bedroom in an apartment. That's odd… Shouldn't she be in a hospital? She did just get into a car accident… And a bedroom in an apartment is definitely not a hospital.

The door opened and as Selene looked over, a woman around her age walked in. She had shoulder length blond hair, dark eyebrows, light brown eyes, pale, flawless skin and rose pink lips. She smiled at seeing Selene awake.

" Oh good! You're awake!" She said, her voice in an English accent. Now they could try and find out who she was. Selene stared.

Why the hell does this woman look like Rose Tyler? Like… exactly like her? She managed to think through the fuzziness of her brain. The woman stepped a bit closer to the bed, putting her hands in her jeans pockets.

" Are you feeling alright? I mean, when we found you, you were pretty beat-up." She said, a small smile still on her lips, a smile that was meant to be comforting. She felt bad that the woman before her was so confused looking and so scratched up. By the looks of her wounds, they weren't fun to attain.

" Uh… Did… Has…" Selene began to speak, words not coming out right. " Has… anyone told you that you look… exactly like Rose Tyler from Doctor Who?" Selene asked quietly, head pounding and reeling. The next question she was about to ask was 'where am I' but the look on the woman's face stopped her. The smile was gone, a look of shock in place. She blinked rapidly a moment, not finding words.

" How did you… I am Rose Tyler…" Rose said. Selene stared.

I'm going crazy. Selene thought to herself. Obviously this is… a dream. Of course, a dream, I hit my head in the car. She shook her head, earning an furious headache. A short laugh passed through her lips and it made her lungs hurt.

" No, you're joking. You cannot be Rose Tyler. She's… she is undoubtedly and absolutely fictional!" Selene said, beginning to panic. If it wasn't a dream, then it was obviously a prank. A very well thought out… and elaborate… Prank. Rose stepped forward, slowly pulling something out of her pocket. She held out her ID for Selene to see. It had her picture on it, and on the name line, in capitol letters, it read; ROSE TYLER.

" This is real. I am real, I assure you. I think my friend may want to meet you…" Rose said quietly, her eyes not leaving the woman. She was beginning to worry. This woman knew her name. She and the Doctor had still been suspicious if she was an alien or not. They had to be extremely cautious, and Rose already was, seeing as she now knew the mysterious woman knew who she was.

Rose leaned out of the door and called for someone and Selene was shaking her head. She was beginning to recognize it. It was Rose's room in Doctor Who. It couldn't be possible that all this was real! It had to be a dream! Never mind the realistic pain, this was a dream! It was… it was caused by the head trauma from the car accident! There was no way possible that she was in the actual Rose Tyler's actual room. As much as she wished deep down that it could be, it wasn't possible.

Selene then took into account she had a bandage on her arm and one on her forehead. She reached up and lightly touched it, wincing at the pain she felt when her arm moved. She was just about to take the bandage from her forehead, but a voice froze her.

" Oh, uh, I would not do that if I were you. The cut on your forehead is pretty nasty and needs to heal, and at the moment, it still needs to be covered." Said an all too familiar English-accented male voice. Selene dropped her hand, slowly looking up, feeling about ready to faint when she saw who spoke.

He was standing there in his blue suit and dark tie, with his neat yet messy brown hair, mischievous hazel eyes, a spray of very faint freckles across his high cheekbones, and his long legs made him obviously tall, and he was rather thin. It was the Doctor. The Tenth Doctor.

" Oh my Lord…" Selene muttered. She could feel her heart pause for a moment as she stared at the pair in the doorway. The Doctor and Rose Tyler.

Dream. This. Is. A. Dream. Selene told herself.

" So, what's your name?" The Doctor asked as he stepped into the room. She began to stutter, her mind no longer functioning properly.

" S-Selene Thomas…" She muttered, stuttering slightly. A grin suddenly spread across the Doctor's face, revealing white teeth.

" Selene! That means moon! Ah, I love moons!" The Doctor told the two women with a grin. Rose gave him a look and he dropped the grin and cleared his throat, shoving his hands in his pockets.

" Well, Selene Thomas, I'm-"

" The Doctor." Selene finished for him on an impulse, her voice quavering. His eyebrows shot up.

" Oh! So you know me!" He said. " Guess that shouldn't be too surprising anymore…" The Doctor looked over at Rose, scrunching up his face slightly at the truth of his statement as he also scratched the back of his head. Rose let out a sigh, stepping closer to him.

" She knew who I was too." Rose told him.

" Oh, really?"

" Yeah." Rose said as she crossed her arms. The Doctor slowly walked over to the bedside and peered down at Selene curiously.

" Where are you from?" He asked. Selene was sure this was a dream. It had to be! No other explanation…

" Boston, Massachusetts…" She muttered, unsure if she should continue answering.

" Oh! An American! Love Boston though, met Paul Revere once, and no, I had nothing to do with him being captured that night." The Doctor assured them. " Question is… How do you know who we are if you're only human?"

" This is a dream! I swear to God it is! I'm dreaming I'm here! It isn't real!" Selene said. The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver and held it up to Selene's forehead. He clicked a button, it bather her face in blue light and whirred for a moment. The Doctor lowered it and shook his head.

" No, you aren't dreaming, you are most definitely awake. If you were dreaming you wouldn't feel pain. And by the way you keep wincing when you move, you're in pain." He told her. His face twisted into confusion again. " Why do you think your dreaming?" His eyebrows were scrunched together as he looked at the woman. He was, quite honestly, intrigued by this Selene Thomas. She knew Rose's name and who he was and she just… appeared out of nowhere.

" Because I'm here! In London! With you two! In this room! This," She gestured around herself. " Is actually a TV show! You two are fictional characters! I was in a car accident and this is a dream caused by head trauma, it's the only explanation." Selene ranted, in what she knew was a desperate attempt to convince her muddled mind that what she saying was true, and that at any moment, she'd wake up in a hospital in Boston.

The Doctor and Rose looked at each other, both confused. A show on telly? She was either crazy, extremely injured, or something else, because they weren't in a show. They were in reality. Real life. Selene's body ached horribly and her mind began to work quickly.

What if this is real? You can't feel pain in a dream. She was in close to agony. And if it is real (Still highly unlikely. She told herself) how the hell did she get here?

The Doctor sat on the edge of the bed and Rose walked to stand at the end of the bed. They really had to figure all this muddled information out. But before the Doctor could ask anything, Jackie, Rose's mother, ran in.

" Oh, she's awake!" She exclaimed and rushed over to the end of the bed, and this earned a sigh from Rose and the Doctor. " Oh, sweetie, are you alright? Are you hungry at all? Do you want anything to eat?" She asked. Selene shook her head.

" No, I-"

" Oh, how about some eggs?" Jackie interrupted.

" I-"

" Or some chips? Any fruit?"

" I-" Selene's mind finally pulled up something of use. This particular conversation had happened before, but between Jackie and the Doctor in the Christmas episode. There was only way to get her to stop… and that was probably to just yell.

" Pancakes? French toast-"

" Yes, that sounds great!" Selene finally managed to say, cutting Jackie off. She gave a nod before she quickly left the room.

" You handled that well." Rose commented with a bit of amusement in her voice. Selene shrugged.

" Yeah, I don't even know what I agreed to eat…" She admitted a small laugh leaving her lips.

" Back to the original point…" The Doctor muttered, shaking his head. " We saw you basically… materialize on the side of the street, all beaten up. We thought you were from a different planet…" The Doctor peered at her again with his hazel eyes. " I was wondering if you might let me search your memories?" He asked abruptly as if he had a theory in his head he thought could be proved from said memory searching. And, in fact, that was exactly why he asked. Selene gave a nod, adjusting her legs to a better sitting position.

" I just have one question, in case all of this is all real." Selene said, her voice trembling a bit. " I need to know where you two last went on your last adventure, because I kind of don't want to… give away the future because I know that's kind of a no-no… just to be safe…" Rose glanced at the Doctor who just nodded in agreement.

" We just met Queen Victoria. And there was this werewolf too." Rose told her quietly and almost hesitantly. Selene nodded.

" Thanks. Okay we can continue with the memory searching." The Doctor sat on the edge of the bed and she moved to sit on the edge as well.

The Doctor reached out and placed both his hands on either side of her head, some of his fingers resting on her temples. She closed her eyes, jumping slightly at the feeling of real hands on her head.

No, no… no, this can't be… can't be real… but… oh dear Lord… oh my God… She thought before the Doctor's calm voice interrupted her thoughts.

" This may hurt a tiny bit… You may find older memories waking up as well…" He told her. She chuckled.

" My head already hurts, it won't make much of a difference." Selene told him, a small smile tugging at the corner of her mouth. Suddenly she felt like something had pushed into her head. She winced slightly and heard a quiet 'sorry' from the man sitting in front of her.

" Now, if there is anything you don't want me to see, just think of a door." He said. Selene gave a slight nod, and she began to see her memories. Ones of Boston. Ones of the world around her. Ones of her life; her jobs, her family her two friends etc. And, also, watching Doctor Who. Guessing that if she really was in the Doctor Who universe, then it was shortly after the Doctor regenerated, so she blocked any memories of the show after Tooth and Claw. The final memory was the car crash she'd been in and the voices she'd heard before passing out. She felt like something left her head and she opened her eyes as the Doctor's warm hands left the sides of her head. He was staring at her in shock, eyes wide.

Can't be possible… He thought to himself. She's… she's from a different dimension. Inter-dimension travel hasn't happened since the Time Lords died… all but me, but still… This shouldn't be possible.

" Doctor? What is it?" Rose asked. She was worried at the look on the Doctor's face. What could he have seen? Was she dangerous?

" She's from a different dimension. It shouldn't be possible that she's here, but she is. Her world is basically a parallel universe of ours… she was right… this word is a television show where she's from. You shouldn't be here…" The Doctor muttered, running a hand through his hair, causing it to stick up in different directions. Selene felt about ready to pass out again and even swayed a bit, but stopped herself by telling herself she needed to stay coherent to sort all of this out.

" Well… If she shouldn't be here, couldn't she be altering the universe by being here?" Rose asked in worry.

" She's right." Selene said, recalling her knowledge of the show with a bit of difficulty. " I could seriously screw things up." Selene said. " Right?" The Doctor seemed lost in thought.

" Surprisingly, I had no alarm bells ring when you showed up here. Nothing. Not even a blip. Judging by that, I don't think you can. Well… if you change any fixed point in time you could. Well…" He scrunched up his eyebrows. " That's true for anyone, but still. I think she's fine here. Anyway, I'd say the car crash and the fact you fell into a coma somehow contributed to you getting here. I don't really think there's any way to actually send you back home… Sorry…" He told her, the last bit apologetic. After a moment of thinking, Selene shook her head.

" Don't be. Don't really want to go back." She admitted quietly, much to the surprise of the other occupants of the room and even a bit to herself.

" What? Why?" Rose asked. " Won't you miss your family? Your friends?"

" Family, yes. I only have two friends and of course I'll miss them. But, Doctor, I'm sure you saw my life. It wasn't in any means going in a good direction. I was about to loose both my jobs, and eventually my car and my apartment. I have no reason to go back. I couldn't complete college and won't get a respectable job because of that. I don't want to go back, there's nothing there for me anymore…" Selene explained, looking off, trying not to let them see the tears in her eyes.

There was a long pause of silence as everyone reflected on what she'd just said. Almost at the same time, the same thought ran through all their heads.

Maybe she was meant to fall into this world.

" Stranger things have happened…" Muttered the Doctor out loud. His words snapped everyone back to reality. (Oh my God… this is reality… This is… amazing! Really weird and nerve wracking, but amazing none the less! No, this isn't a time to go all fan-girl… This is too weird… Was the thought that ran through Selene's pain filled mind.) Selene was now actually feeling twinges of excitement running through her at the surprising truth of it all. Only thing was, what was she going to do now that she was here…

" Well!" The Doctor said loudly, causing both females to jump. He stood up from the bed and gave a smile. " We don't have to worry about her being dangerous or anything. She's fun loving and adventurous! Just like us. So, Selene, I think you should go eat whatever Jackie's cooked up, it'll do you good." He held out his hand to her. She slowly took it, still amazed at the feeling of warmth in his hand. He helped her stand, and her now bare feet got used to having weight on them again.

She took a few tentative steps, stumbled a few times, grabbing onto the edge of the bed. Selene felt someone place a hand on her arm and she looked up to see Rose smiling kindly at her. She smiled back, albeit she was still nervous about this whole situation. Rose helped her out to the living room and to sit on the couch, knowing her mother would be there soon to pester the young woman about the food she'd made for her.

Rose sat with Selene as she ate, talking to her about her life, even though that seemed a tad bit cliché. The two formed a general understanding of the other (to Selene a real understanding to the real Rose Tyler that sat only a sofa cushion away from her) and found a small friendship forming over the hour they talked. As she finished her food, Rose offered to lend her some clothes seeing as her outfit was a bit torn up.

" I'll keep my jeans, I don't think yours would fit me, but I'd be grateful if I could borrow a shirt…" Selene said, standing with Rose's assistance.

" Of course! Come on, I'll let you browse my collection of shirts. Doesn't matter which you pick as long as you're comfortable in it." Rose said as she helped her back to her room. Shutting the door for her new guest's privacy, she walked over to the Doctor, who was leaning against the wall in the hallway, brow creased and arms folded across his chest.

" You seem deep in thought." Rose commented, leaning against the wall beside him.

" I am." He responded quietly, eyes focused on the floor. " I'm trying to think of what we should do… We can't just leave her here with your Mum, that wouldn't be bound to end well, and we can't just set her loose in a different dimension, let alone a different city than she's used to…"

Rose gave a small shrug and bumped his arm with her elbow, a small smile beginning to tug on her lips.

" Well, you did say she liked adventure, and she seems really nice and funny and all that… and trustworthy, may I add, so… why don't we let her come with us? You know on the TARDIS and all that. She already seems pretty knowledgeable about all this kind of stuff too." Rose suggested in a calm and neutral voice, as if they were discussing a completely simple subject. The Doctor raised an eyebrow and glanced down at her. She gave him an innocent smile. " What? I can't make the final judgment, it is your TARDIS after all. But remember, you're the one who saw her memories, so you probably know a bit more than I do."

The Doctor thought about it a moment. Rose did have a point, like always. If they couldn't let Selene roam around London, and to her an alternate London (though not by much), what better way to make sure she kept out of trouble than keeping her with them on the TARDIS? And, she did have an adventurous personality…

" Oh…" The Doctor stood straight, running a hand through his hair. " Alright! She can come along, there's no harm in that!" He said smiling. Rose grinned back up at him and gave him a hug, which he returned as Selene stepped out of Rose's room, her hair tied back into a bun, a simple pink t-shirt replacing her torn up orange button down. She gave them a small smile, standing a bit awkwardly at the end of the hall. The Doctor put his hands in his pockets as he grinned at her.

" So! Selene, still love the name by the way, we have a proposition for you. Rather than let you get all confused by wandering around London all alone, we thought you might like to come with us. You know, travel time and space. You don't seem to have a lot to do, and what better way to spend that time then by traveling through it?" The Doctor asked, walking towards her, watching a look of shock form on the woman's face. " So, what do you say?"

There was a shocked pause. The Doctor and Rose were asking her to join them. This was the biggest moment of her life. And it was indeed her life as she was beginning to very slowly realize and accept. She should say yes, right? She could literally finally join the world she'd been hoping was real for the longest of time. The place she hoped she would be accepted. So, after that pause, she nodded, not able to speak for a few more seconds.

" Yeah! I'd… Are you kidding me? I-I would love to!" She told them, the words finally stumbling through her lips. The Doctor grinned, hearing the eagerness and also disbelief creeping into her voice. Maybe having another person around the TARDIS will be a good thing!

Rose couldn't help but let a grin spread across her own face as well as bouncing a bit on her toes, a giggle passing through her lips. Selene was acting like… well… a fan-girl was the best thing to compare her to. Now, Rose was never one to trust too quickly, and it shocked her that she actually trusted this girl from another dimension as easily as she did. She knew that she was going to be cautious around her, she'd learned she had to be with some people, but as of the moment, she was trustworthy. The Doctor then clapped his hands together, grin still plastered on his face.

" Right then! Shall we depart? I think we've been down on earth for a bit long and I say we get moving!" The Doctor said, turning on his heel and grabbing his long tan coat from a coat rack hanging on the wall. He pulled it on with a grin, gesturing towards the door.

After Rose said goodbye to her mother and grabbed her coat, the three left the flat. Selene shivered a bit in the frigid air, mentally asking herself why she didn't ask to borrow a coat.

" So! Selene! Tell me, do you know what TARDIS stands for?" The Doctor asked curiously as she followed the two around the streets she didn't know. She nodded, rubbing her bare arms a bit.

" Yeah, it stands for 'Time And Relative Dimension In Space'. I also happen to know that it's your time machine." She said with a smile on her face, head ducked down. The Doctor chuckled.

" Good, we won't have to go over that then. In fact…" He paused, face turning thoughtful as he put his hands in his pockets. " We won't have to explain much of anything to you, you already know most of it… but it's one thing to see it and one thing to experience it! Trust me, I know."

They rounded a corner and there, sitting on the street corner, was the TARDIS. It stood tall, the dark blue paint a unique shade of the color. It looked like an old 1960's police box; it even had a sign towards the top that read 'POLICE PUBLIC CALL BOX'. The windows on the tops of the doors were frosted white and divided into six rectangles.

" Ah, there it is!" The Doctor exclaimed happily as they walked over. Selene stared at in shock, forcing her mouth not to drop open. And as she got closer she could read the sign on the left-hand door;

POLICE TELEPHONE

FREE

FOR USE OF

PUBLIC

ADVICE & ASSISTANCE

OBTAINABLE IMMEDIATELY

OFFICER & CARS

RESPOND TO ALL CALLS

PULL TO OPEN

The Doctor was unlocking the door, chatting with Rose about where to go next; well, it was more like he was listing off places while she smiled and nodded, listening to his excitement. Once the door unlocked the Doctor turned to face Selene. He smiled a bit more and pushed the door open, nodding for her to head inside first. She managed to keep the goofy and excited grin from her face, as she stepped inside slowly, holding onto the doorframe. Just touching the TARDIS almost wiped every doubt of this situation being fake from her mind. She let go and looked around the inside in pure shock, sensing the two stepping inside behind her.

Looking to her left there was a coat rack where she knew the Doctor hung his coat. They were standing on a metal grated ramp that led directly up to the TARDIS console, that some would argue looked like a jumble or random items that didn't make sense, but to the Doctor it made perfect sense, and if he wanted to, he could teach anyone how to use it. The entire console room was huge. The walls were curved and had honeycomb shaped lights that sometimes doubled as windows. The lighting was fairly dim and an orangey-yellow color. The console stretched upwards into the ceiling, and Selene knew that this was just some of the TARDIS. In the famous words of so many other companions, 'It's bigger on the inside'.

The door shut and Selene stepped off to the side to allow the two time travelers to walk forward.

" Right! So, where do we want to go? We could go to future earth or, oh! I know! We could go visit Louisa May Alcott, she's a great story teller!" The Doctor suggested with a grin, leaning against the console. Rose rolled her eyes.

" Why don't we keep it simple, this is her first trip in the TARDIS and she is getting used to this whole… new reality thing. Not to mention she's recovering from a car crash." Rose suggested with a shrug. " Why not just to the moon?" The Doctor quirked his lips to one side, thinking for a moment.

" That actually makes sense, yeah… the moon it is then! Come on then, Selene, don't stand there awkwardly! This is technically your new home so don't be shy!" He said kindly, turning to flick around a few switched and twist a few dials. Rose tossed her coat over the railing and Selene began to walk forward. She was running her hand along the railing, and absent mindedly as she stepped towards the console, she pinched her arm hard to make sure she really wasn't dreaming.

Her nails made a sharp, stinging pinch on her skin and she hissed in pain, rubbing the now pink splotch on her flesh. The Doctor smirked at her.

" Don't worry, you'll get used to it soon. Now, I suggest you hold onto something 'cause this is always a bit bumpy at first.' He suggested, putting his hand on a familiar looking lever. Selene grinned over at him, finally grinning at everything around her. She grabbed onto the railing tightly. Grinning back at her, the Doctor yanked the lever and there was a loud thud and the TARDIS shuddered and jolted for a moment, causing everyone's legs to just about give out underneath them. Then, the familiar sound of the TARDIS resounded and it shook a bit more. After a few moments of that, there was another thud. The Doctor grinned and stood straight again.

" I think you'll love this!" Rose said with a grin, grabbing Selene's hand and dragging her towards the door. She looked back at the Doctor. " May I?"

" Go right ahead."

Rose put her hand on the door handle and pulled it open, revealing the barren landscape of the moon. The stars were twinkling the vast universe surrounding them, and they were facing the earth, which almost seemed to glow from where they were. Selene's mouth dropped open and she raised a hand to cover it, blinking her blue eyes rapidly as if the image before her was false.

" How… How are we still breathing?" I asked. " If we're on the moon and there's no oxygen we should be dead."

" Ah, we've got sort of an… oxygen bubble around us right now so we can be here. But," The Doctor strolled over slowly, hands in his pockets. " What do you think?"

" You mean about being inside a time machine, on the moon, staring at earth?"

" Pretty much, yeah."

" It's… unreal and amazing and I can't believe this is real…" She muttered, staring out at the expanse of the moon before her. As she poked her head out to look around more, a phone rang and Rose disappeared from the door.

The Doctor watched the new inhabitant of the TARDIS as she stared around at the sky above. A smile graced her lips as she looked around and she was shaking her head in the slightest, still in disbelief. He smiled. He always loved seeing the look of awe and pure wonder on the face of someone seeing the universe in a new way for the first time. It just never got old.

" Uh, Doctor?" Rose called. He turned and looked over at her, eyebrows raised in response. Her face was contorted in a bit of worry, her mobile phone still held by her ear. " Mickey says we might have a problem."

Afterword: And there's chapter one! Okay, the ending is sort of lame (or if thus far it's lame BUT IT WILL GET BETTER!) but ah, I had to end it somewhere! Hope it was… okay. I'd like to thank two people for their help with this; LadySurvivor and grapejuice101. Thanks so much to the both of you! You both helped me a lot! And If any of the editing I did isn't what we agreed on, it's cause my computer decided not to save the changes correctly and I just want to get this up!

So, please review to let me know what you think (I'd appreciate nice comments)! This story is officially the one I'm most nervous about since I don't want to be seen as someone who is screwing up the best show in the world. So, once again, nice reviews would be loved to keep me motivated! Till chapter two!

~Mary