"Fern? Lovely name." The Doctor said. He turned his back on her and he began pushing some buttons and pulling levers on the T.A.R.D.I.S.' controls.

"Doctor?" Fern said quietly as she watched The Doctor do so. The Doctor turned his head to the small girl.

"Yes?"

"Can I have some clean clothes? If you have any..." The Doctor smiled.

"Oh, Fern, you have no idea." He stopped pulling controls and took Fern's small hand into his and lead her to the giant closet that was inside the time machine. Fern's jaw dropped as she saw how huge it was. The Doctor let go of Fern's hand, and moved a distance in front of her. He turned back to her and made a square with his fingers and Fern in the space between them. The Doctor shut one eye and looked at Fern through his fingers.

"I'd say you're a size extra-small in children, and a size 4T. Now for shoes... I'd say around...a size 10..." The Doctor put his fingers down. "How 'bout we pick out the clothes, then yourself a nice bath goin'? Sounds good to me, how 'bout you?"

"Sounds good." The Doctor smiled and led Fern to where she could find some clothes her size. Fern smiled a little as she picked out clothes that looked just like The Doctor's. The Doctor chuckled when he noticed what she was doing.

"Why are you dressing up like me?"

Fern looked up at the tall man from the clothing rack which was holding an array of jeans.

"Because...you're interesting." Fern gathered all the things and put her hand into The Doctor's. "So, where's the bath then?"

The Doctor led Fern to the bath, before closing the door he said.
"Towels are in the closet, along with shampoo and such. You can wash yourself right?" Fern made a mad face jokingly.

"I'm 5 not 2!" Then she smiled, making The Doctor smile.

"Okay, need anything. Just give a shout, alright?" Fern shrugged off The Doctor's jacket and handed it to him.

"Alright."

~*~

Fern poked her head out of the bath, fully dressed and with her curly strawberry blonde hair clinging to her head due to it still being wet. She took a step out and wandered trying to find her way back to the control room.

"Doctor?" She called.

"Turn left, right, then right again!" The Doctor yelled so Fern could hear. Fern then did as told, and came into the control room, seeing The Doctor wearing his jacket again, pushing buttons, and pulling lever again. The Doctor turned his head to see Fern, who looked like a small, girl version of himself. He smiled and stopped what he was doing.

"Fern you look lovely."

"Thank you. But you'd say that cuz I'm dressed like you." Fern said letting out a laugh. The Doctor chuckled.

"Alright, so I haven't really told you what we're in yet, right?" Fern nodded. "Well, it's called a T.A.R.D.I.S. standing for Time And Relevant Dimension In Space. So it's a time machine, and it can take you anywhere you want to go." The Doctor looked right at Fern. "So, where do ya wanna go?"

Fern closed her eyes and thought for a second.

"Can we just, like, surf along the stars until we hit something?"

"It'd be even better if we just park in the middle of space." The Doctor poked Fern on her nose making her go cross eyed for a second.

"Okay we can do that, after we do what I want to do." The Doctor chuckled.

"But there's no difference."

"Are you sure?"

"Yah, totally sure."

"Okay," The Doctor smiled and began pulling levers and buttons again.

"Grab hold of something Fern, it's going to get bumpy!" When The Doctor said that she wrapped herself around one of his legs, which made him stay put too. The time machine began to bump around. "What're ya doing?"

"Grabbing hold of something!" Fern nearly fell off of The Doctor and quickly hugged his leg tighter. The T.A.R.D.I.S. stopped and The Doctor pulled one last lever, and started to run to the door before almost falling over because of Fern.

"You going to let go?" Fern shook her head. The Doctor smiled half-heartedly. "Alright." The Doctor dragged his leg with him. Weird, how earlier he was able to pick her up with ease, but now she felt like she weighed a ton. The Doctor got to the door of the T.A.R.D.I.S. he opened it, and Fern's jaw dropped. The Doctor looked down at her smiling.

"So, what do ya think?" Fern started to unravel herself from The Doctor's leg, still clinging to him though. Gripping onto The Doctor's hand, Fern stood up, looking out upon the beautiful stars outside. Fern just stared outside, a huge smile on her face, making dimples show.

"It's beautiful, Doctor...it really is."

"I know it is." Then Fern furrowed her eyebrows.

"Are we in space?"

"Yes, we are."

"Then, how are we breathing? Before my family left, my big brother told me how in space, that-that in space there's no air. And-and if you went up there with no air that your whole head exploded!" Fern stammered like little kids do when they get excited.

The Doctor smiled.

"The T.A.R.D.I.S. is protecting us with an air shield. We'll be fine."

"You're not human are you?" The sudden question startled him a little. Then he looked at the small child that was clinging onto his hand.

"No, I'm a Time Lord."