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Again, Doctor Who belongs to his most evilness Steven Moffat & the chaps at the BBC. I own a TARDIS or two....okay three. -XO TheDoctorsTARDISXO

So the Doctor had not lied. The TARDIS could indeed travel throughout not just the whole of outer space, but time as well. He showed me so many amazing places that it was getting harder and harder to keep track at every stop. We began our field trip by traveling to the distant future. New York in the year 25,000 and yes, there were flying cars! We wandered the streets, the Doctor explaining all about what is going to change when humans reach the year 25,000. I just couldn't believe we made it past the world ending in 2012. What, it's not like I believe it's going to happen but you know what they say. Total amount of time spent there: twenty-five minutes. We would have probably been there longer if the Doctor didn't pick a fight with the fifth person to say his bow tie was not cool. We ran so fast back to the TARDIS that I was surprised we didn't leave a trail of smoke behind us.

The Doctor decided that as the newest member of the TARDIS crew I could pick the next destination. I couldn't help but smile at being referred to as part of the crew. I just hoped that when all was said and done the Doctor didn't just drop me on my doorstep and say "cest la vie." I couldn't lie; I was having the time of my life right now. If you asked me the other day if I ever thought I would be able to travel through space and time with a bow tie wearing time traveler and his closest friends I would have called you completely daft. But here I was, seeing things one could only dream of. For our next destination I settled on a trip to the past to see one of my most favorite authors. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was completely brilliant in person. He shared with us the first pages of the very first Sherlock Holmes stories. I was completely star struck and flabbergasted. This had to be the biggest honor ever, getting to hear the works of Doyle from the man himself. Total time spent here: four and a half hours. The first four were spent listening to the stories; the last half hour was spent watching the Doctor try to convince Doyle that he would be the perfect model for Doctor John Hamish Watson. I didn't want to leave and it resulted in the Doctor throwing me over his shoulder and carrying me back to the TARDIS like I was no more than a feather.

"Oh come on Doctor! One more story! That man out there is a literary genius! He's the reason I dreamed of becoming an author!"

"Oh so you write, do you?" The Doctor asked as he input the next batch of coordinates.

I blushed a shade of red as I answered "Well no, not professionally. I write for fun, in between classes and rounds and on days off."

"Rounds?" Rory asked me for once not looking worried, "You're a med school student?"

"Yep, fourth year." I smiled quite proud of myself and Rory actually smiled back. I knew he had to have more facial expressions than just a worried scowl.

The Doctor chose that moment to pull the dematerialize lever and all conversation was replaced with some good-natured laughing from Amy and me and a lot of holding on for dear life. I don't think I am ever going to get used to traveling in the TARDIS. It feels like you're permanently stuck on a roller-coaster. The Doctor told me it would pass and I'd get used to it and I hoped he was right. The worst thing ever would be showing up to an exciting new place or time period with TARDIS-lag and feeling sick. When the TARDIS finally materialized at our next destination the Doctor bounded over to her doors in a state of absolute excitement. He looked like a kid on Christmas, and I wondered at that moment just how long he had been traveling for. The way he acted it was like every trip was his very first. His excitement was contagious and I saw that even Rory had a look of excitement on his face. The Doctor made us stand there while he went on and on about our new location and the look on his face proved he enjoyed watching his companions squirm in anticipation.

"I decided that we take a break from time traveling, give Kayden here a chance to catch her breath. Now, we're in the year 3655, planet Sylvain in the Karros galaxy. The people of this planet are the most hospitable, and it is also home of the largest forest in all of creation, the Forest of Prim. Now, is everyone ready?"

"Oh come on Doctor! This is torture!" I cried out and Amy and Rory nodded in agreement. The Doctor just laughed before mussing my hair affectionately. I couldn't help but blush at that. Why was this man so good at making my cheeks flood with heat?

"Okay, okay. Let's go exploring!" The Doctor cried out in excitement before pushing the doors to the TARDIS open and leading us out into the dazzling sunshine.

The dazzling sunshine did not begin to describe the Forest of Prim. We were surrounded by the tallest and most beautiful trees that I had ever seen. They were the deepest shade of green and smelled so fragrant. I was awestruck at the numerous amounts of colorful flowers I saw all around in the most stunning shades of red, blue, orange, and purple. The sky was a fantastic shade of not blue but get this, yellow. And the sun was a magnificent shade of silver. A silver sun, who would have ever thought. Made me wonder for a moment if the moon was blue or even polka dot.

"So, what do you think? Pretty incredible huh?" The Doctor spoke from right behind me and I couldn't help but jump. I looked at him and he looked embarrassed to have startled me. "Oh I'm sorry, didn't mean to frighten you."

"It's okay." I told him and noticed that Amy and Rory were nowhere to be seen. "Hey, where did Amy and Rory run off to?"

The Doctor smiled and led me over to a log where we both took a seat and made ourselves comfortable. I still couldn't believe that all of this was true and I was actually in a forest on another planet.

"Tell me I am not dreaming, I don't want this to be a dream." I said and then blushed when I realized I had spoken my thoughts out loud. This earned a little chuckled from the Doctor.

"No Kayden Grey, girl from London, you are definitely not dreaming. You are traveling in time and space; a full-fledged time traveling now is what you are. And as for the Ponds, I have absolutely no idea where they got to. They're always disappearing on me. I tell them all the time, rule number one I say: don't wonder off. No one ever listens to rule number one."

The Doctor just loved to ramble on it seems. To most people that may have been annoying or they may have thought him daft, but I found it actually charming and thought he was quite brilliant for a madman with a time traveling blue police box wearing a red bow tie. There was no way that the Doctor was human. You couldn't travel all throughout time and space and be human.

"Doctor, you're not a human, are you?" I asked him and raised an eyebrow questioningly. I had said I wanted answers to my questions, and what better time to get them than on an alien planet.

He grinned at me like the mad man he was and said, "No, I'm not human. Does it scare you?"

"No." I blurted out without even thinking about it and we both laughed. The truth was that didn't scare me, not in the slightest. That just made me want to get to know the Doctor more; it made me feel like he'd lay down his life to protect me just as he does for Amy and Rory. "If you're not human, then what are you?"

"I'm a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey."

"Time Lord." I breathed trying the word out for myself. "Does that mean you have like dominion over time or something?"

"You are clever Kayden Grey and I like clever! My people swore to protect time from being abused of circumvented. The Time Lords were the protectors of time. We never interfered though, that was the one rule: do not interfere."

I realized that the Doctor held me enraptured as he told me about his people. I just had to know more. "What happens if a Time Lord interferes with time?"

"Well, if it's a fixed point and we, or anyone else try to change the outcome that would create a paradox."

"And that's bad?"

The Doctor nodded in complete seriousness, "Incredibly bad."

We sat in a comfortable silence just enjoying nature. In the distance I could hear Amy's voice laughing at something Rory did. Apparently he has two left feet when it comes to hiking. I chuckled silently and noticed the Doctor did the same. I thought to myself for a moment about how I needed to ask Amy and Rory about their relationship with the Doctor. Did they know him for all of their lives or were the swept off their feet and taken on a crazy adventure like I was. You know what they say; curiosity killed the cat, so meow! There were so many more questions that I wanted to ask the Doctor but I was worried about what was considered crossing the line, and what wasn't. I guess I'd have to find that out by trying.

"So Doctor, can we visit Gallifrey? I would love to learn more about the Time Lords."

The look on the Doctor's face worried me. A shadow crossed over his face and his jaw was set in a rigid line. His normally sparkling green eyes were now cloudy and looked ancient. I could tell that he was a lot older than he looked, and also that his home planet was not a subject he discussed often.

"We can't go to Gallifrey." He said. Even his voice lost its normal cheerfulness. It was now distant and cold. "There was a war, the Time War against my people and my most hated enemy, the Daleks. The Daleks were bent on the destruction of the universe and they had to be stopped so I, I-" his voice trailed off here as he took a shuddering breath, like he was trying not to show emotion. I could scarcely breathe as I listened to his words, "It's gone now, Gallifrey along with the Time Lords. It's just me now. The last of the Time Lords."

I gingerly reached my hand out and placed it on his. His eyes were vacant, distant even now. I could tell that he was remembering something that he did not want to. What had happened during that war? He said he was the last of his entire race. Did that mean he was witness to its destruction, and how did he survive? So many questions I wanted to ask, but knew that I shouldn't. I decided to keep them to myself.

"I'm sorry, Doctor. I shouldn't have asked, I didn't know. I am so sorry." I whispered and gave his hand a squeeze. He squeezed back, the first sign I had that he was no longer lost in his head. When he finally looked at me, his handsome face was somber but he no longer looked angry just sad, so incredibly sad and alone.

"It's alright Grey. You didn't know, I mean how could you know? I'm fine now, no need to worry about the old Doctor."

"Old Doctor? Just how old are you then?"

"Nine hundred and nine." He stated matter-of-factly.

"Shut up!" I cried disbelieving, but the Doctor just nodded. Holy guacamole he didn't look a day over twenty eight.

"Enough about me Kayden Grey. I want to know everything there is to know about you." The Doctor gave me a small smile and patted my knee.

So I told him all there was to know. I was adopted when I was only three by Anthony and Marcella Grey. I had two older brothers named Tyler and Ben. I had absolutely no clue who my birth parents were, and when I turned eighteen I tried to track them down but found no information on them anywhere. It was like they didn't exist. The doctor asked what my childhood was like and I told him I grew up like a normal little girl would. I was picked on by my brothers and they were very overprotective of me, they still were. We played sports and I was captain of the football team until I entered university. I decided I wanted to become a doctor when I was sixteen and witnessed a terrible car crash. Seeing the life that was lost made me realize that I wanted to try and save as many people as I could through medicine. The Doctor was completely fascinated by my life story. He wanted to know every little detail down to my birthday (October 31st) favorite color (green I blurted out when I looked at his eyes even though my favorite color was orange) and even my favorite day of the week (it was an odd question but he explained that with time travel there are days, like Thursdays and Tuesday afternoons, that are just no fun. I told him Saturday and he approved.)

"Okay, one final question," the Doctor said with a look of intense seriousness, "My bow tie, do you think it's cool?"

I bit my lip to keep from bursting out into laughter. He made it seem like the fate of the entire universe rested on my answer. I decided to make him stir. I took my time, tapping my finger against my chin to show that I was seriously pondering the answer. You could tell that he wanted to know my answer. To the Doctor never had a more serious question been asked.

"It's cool." I finally decided and passed my judgment on his red bow tie. He let out a sigh of relief and again I bit my lip to keep from laughing. He ran a hand through his floppy brown hair and leapt to his feet without warning.

"Amy! Rory! You're back!" he cried in excitement as the Ponds made their way back to us. Amy was grinning but Rory did not look happy. He was limping as well.

"You okay there Rory?" I asked and his frown deepened.

"The numpty took a fall." Amy told us as she braced some of Rory's weight against her own. "I think we should go back to the TARDIS, Doctor. Get him some ice."

"Good idea." The Doctor agreed and he reached a hand out to help me to my feet. I brushed my denim skirt off and assisted Amy with Rory.

Once safely inside the TARDIS the Doctor led Rory to the kitchen for an ice pack. The pair of them paused at one of the many doorways out of the console room so that the Doctor could shout back over his shoulder at Amy and I. "The TARDIS has made you a room, Kayden. Amy will show you the way." With that he and Rory disappeared out of sight.

Amy linked her arm with mine and led me through another doorway. The corridor ahead seemed to stretch on for miles and branched off in a million different directions. The look on my face must have shown my disbelief and shock because Amy burst out into a fit of the giggles.

"Believe me; I know exactly how you feel. I felt the same way my first time aboard the TARDIS. Would you believe me if I told you that there was a swimming pool in the library?"

I looked at her and just blinked. A swimming pool? In the library? Oh man that is completely impossible! No, it isn't impossible, can't be impossible.

"The TARDIS really is bigger on the inside!" I exclaimed and Amy whooped with delight!

"Finally! Rory and I had a bet goin' on how long it would take for you to say it! That's the Doctor's favorite bit, that. 'It's bigger on the inside.' He loves to hear people say it."

We both had a good chuckle at the Doctor's expense and continued through the TARDIS. A couple of left turns and a spiral staircase later we arrived at a beautifully hand carved wood door which I knew just by looking at it was my room.

"I'll leave you here to enjoy. I have to check on my hubby anyway. I know you want to know everything about the Doctor and our travels together. It's written all over your face. I'll show you around later and tell you all about them, yeah?" she smiled sweetly at me and I returned the gesture.

"You bet." I answered and Amy waved as she headed back towards the console room. I took a deep breath and pushed open the door to my new room.

I was floored with what I saw. It was perfect in every sense of the word and seemed to fit my personality to a T. the walls were a bold teal color and the floor was a marshmallowy brown carpet. Shutting the door behind me I took it all in. One whole wall to the far left was completely covered in a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf. The bed was against the opposite wall and it was huge, a king-sized bed with a canopy. It was wrought iron in design and had a black down comforter and white sheets. The walls were adorned with my favorite paintings from Van Gogh, the biggest being "Starry Night." I poked my head through one door and found a massive en suite bathroom complete with Jacuzzi tub. Another door led to the wardrobe. Holy Narnia, one could get lost in there if they didn't know what they were looking for. I felt tears well up in my eyes and didn't know why I was feeling so emotional. This was the most incredible room I had even seen.

"Thank you." I whispered out to the TARDIS, wait did I really just speak to a machine? I heard a series of clicks and realized that she was actually talking back to me.

I had felt like I have never felt before, not with my mum or dad or even my brothers. Not even with my roommate Austin or my best mate Isabelle. I felt home here inside the TARDIS with the Doctor, Amy and Rory. Call it crazy, but I felt like I had finally come home.