Would You Travel With Me? (One shot)

Scarlett's Goodbye and Maybe a Beginning

This is how it ends. Floating in the brilliant heart of the T.A.R.D.I.S. with her. The T.A.R.D.I.S. can be an actual life form when she's in her core. She saved me after I was hurt very badly and on the brink of dying. Harsh way of life for us humans, live a brilliant life then just sputter out like a melting candle. The T.A.R.D.I.S. saved me though. She's a magnificent, intelligent machine. Ahem, lady I meant.

I close my eyes and transfer to hologram mode outside the core, where I can see The Doctor. He is sitting on the floor of the T.A.R.D.I.S., staring sadly at a photograph of.. Me.. "Hello Doctor..." I say in a soft voice. He whipped around, tears streaming down his tired face. "Scarlett? But.. You.. Died in my arms... I thought that my friend, was gone.." His voice full of confusion and sadness. I wished I could reach out and wipe those tears off that sad face so it wouldn't be so terribly sad anymore, but I could not. I was simply a hologram with a living soul in the T.A.R.D.I.S. core.

"Oh Doctor. Your lovely T.A.R.D.I.S. saved me and took me into her core, into her home." I said smiling with a gentle look on my face. The Doctor grinned that crazy grin and then gave the T.A.R.D.I.S. a gentle pat on her console.

"You amazing machine. Thank you." He said. I smiled even more at his happiness.

"Alas Doctor, I am merely a hologram with a living soul now. I can't be physically with you, all i'll ever be is a projection...." I trailed off when he started to talk.

"Scarlett Tyler, that doesn't matter to me! You'll be here and that's all that matters! She saved you because I need someone to keep me company, i'm horrible at being alone. " The Doctor chuckled a bit at this, but continued. " You are one of my best friends! I will keep this T.A.R.D.I.S. safe for you and her. Forever."

That was the beginning of the future conversations we were to have, but I found him to not notice me after some time. Well, we still had lovely chats, but after time, he stopped coming to me when he needed a friend, or advice...

Then, one day he went out, apparently got himself stuck in a hospital on the moon and brought back another companion. If holograms could cry, I would have wept a river, he had forgotten me. His promise, to remember me, forgotten like a small meaningless trinket.

Years went by, The Doctor regenerated as Timelords do when they are dying. His new face, more childish than the last, never once sought me or the T.A.R.D.I.S. out. Once the T.A.R.D.I.S. was separated from her shell and I was left. But after that, no more. No more contact, no more friendly talks, no more nothing.

Some time later though, he was poisoned and asked for the voice interface, so I went and transformed into a hologram of a recent companion. He thought I was a young Amelia Pond, but really I was dying inside to be my own form and comfort him. However, he only wanted to see young Amy. Desperate as I was, the programming would only let me play the part of the voice interface.

It became clear from that day on. I was forever doomed to watch him, his happiness, his sadness, all from afar. But as I mulled it over in those timeless moments, I realised the most important and amazing thing of all. Of any human, or life form out in the entire damn universe; it had been me. It had been me, a small, fragile human being accompanying the lonely lonely man with a blue box. I had been so lucky to have been a companion of The Doctor.

He had taken me to so many beautiful and lovely places.

He had been my friend and now I would be with him forever, even if he didn't realise it.

I closed my eyes and fell into bliss, content to watch over the Doctor for the rest of his days.

Goodbye Doctor.

Goodbye.

This is only the beginning.

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Hey some companions just have to die off. Sorry... Anyways this popped into my head. Yepp. She's forever locked away in the TARDIS. Oh well. Happy ending.

Sort of.

Bye. ^_^

(I drew the picture btw!)