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One little trip

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A cool breeze wafted through the night air on the long beach. If she were human she would probably shiver, but she wasn't. Considering the job she was undertaking, that was a good thing. What was that job? searching for the part of Greg's van she borrowed among the heaps of smoldering rubble. The night before she took Steven out with her in a rickety rocket made up of primitive machinery. She had pushed it too far and the two of them nearly exploded along with the rocket. If it weren't for him she would have killed them both.
Pearl kicked a broken vacuum tube with a sigh and sat down on what was left of a thruster. What was wrong with her? Was she really that desperate to leave that she thought that stupid ship was a good idea? Even if she had succeeded in leaving the atmosphere, a million other things could have gone wrong. An asteroid could have hit them, Steven could have run out of food or oxygen, a thruster could have broken, and so one. Even by some miracle they succeeded entirely, Steven would have missed out on the majority of the lives of his human friends! Would one trip have been worth it for him?
"No," she said to herself, "But you weren't thinking of Steven. Not really. You were only think of what you wanted, Pearl." She looked up to the starry banner that lit up the night above her. She could still make out the faint glimmer of the one she used to call home. She could also recognize the one the humans called "The North Star". The more she looked at it, the more she could recall an old earth tale about wishing on the brightest star in the sky. Although it was ridiculous, the more she gazed at it, the more she was tempted to try out the old custom. "I wish..." she started, but then shook her head, "No this is stupid..." She then got up to continue to look for the missing piece. Not a few minutes later she found herself gazing at it again. She finally caved in and partook in the silly human custom. "I wish I could go back into space," she said, "just one more time. Then I could spend the rest of my time here on earth."
Just as Pearl turned to continue her search, the breeze picked up again and she heard a loud, foreign noise.
Vworp...vworp...vworp....
Pearl turn to see...a police box? She raised an eyebrow at the peculiar sight. The last time she had seen one of them was in the 1960's! What was it doing here? More importantly how did it get here? It wasn't there before and it didn't look the slightest bit burnt unlike the rest of the rubble. Pearl took a few careful steps towards it. Suddenly, the doors flung open. Orange light flooded out of it. She took a few steps back as a strange young man exited the blue police box. He had floppy brown hair, a large chin, a tweed jacket, and a bow-tie.
"Oh hello!" he said looking at her with slight surprise. With a snap of his fingers the doors closed behind him. "I wasn't expecting company on this little visit," he said. He then walked past her and looked around the beach. His face scrunched up in confusion. Before she could ask him who he was he turned to her and said, "Excuse me but is this not the right time?"
"I-I'm sorry, What?" she asked.
"I came here to see the blooming of these special flowers my friend planted a long time ago. I promised her I'd come and visit when they were in season," he said, "I probably missed them again, didn't I? I'm terrible at waiting so I tend to skip too far ahead trying to be just on ti..." suddenly he stopped rambling and walk right up to Pearl....until he was only inches apart from her. She was tempted to back away when he breathed in deeply and took a step back on his own accord.
"I'm sorry, am I on the wrong planet?" he asked.
"....I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean, sir," she said, becoming more unsettled by him. Was he really from outer space? Or was he just a local crazy?
"We'll you not human," he said pulling out some kind of a wand. "You're actually a..." he said, pointing the buzzing object in her face before moving it away and looking at it, "a polymorphic humanoid living gem! Fascinating!" "As I was saying, you're not human, and I don't see any humans on this beach, so I'm wondering if I landed on earth or not," he said.
"Yes, this is Earth...." Pearl said carefully, "are you saying you're not human? You certainly look like one..."
"I assure you I'm not," he said with a smile, "Out of curiosity, what's your name?"
"Pearl," she said, "Who are you?"
"That's a lovely name," he said with a smile, "I'm the Doctor. It's a pleasure to meet you."
At the word "doctor", Pearl suddenly understood just what this man was, and she felt her heart sink in fear. She had heard the myths on the homeworld, but never thought them to be true! Only stories to scare little gemlings into behaving. Quickly she pulled out her spear and pointed it at him.
His hands shot in the air but the smile on his face never left. "You pulled that out of the stone on your head!" he said, excitedly, "How did you do that? Is there a pocket dimension in there? Or do have the ability to manifest objects with your mind like that green lantern fellow?"
Pearl was thrown off beat for a second by his excitement but quickly went back to her aggressive stance. "I'm warning you, if you so much as hurt a single life form on this planet, so help me I'll-" she started but the Doctor cut her off.
"Woah, woah, woah!" he said, "Who said anything about hurting anyone?"
"But you're the Oncoming Storm!" she said, "You leave nothing but death and destruction in your wake!"
"I guess my reputation precedes me..." He said quietly with a  sad sigh, "look, I promise I would never hurt the earth. I like it and the people that live on it too much to even THINK of causing any harm to it." That didn't seem to assure her, though. "Look, how about I make you a deal," he said, "How about you stop pointing that sharp object in my face, and I'll leave this planet, alright?"
"How do I know you'll keep to your end of the deal?" she said with a suspicious glare.
"Hmmmm...." the Doctor said thinking. "Alright! how about this," he said pulling a key from his pocket,"This is a TARDIS key. It will glow if I land anywhere near this planet." That was a lie. It would only glow if he landed within a mile of her, but she didn't need to know that. "Watch, I'll demonstrate," he said, running back to the blue box.
"Wha-Where do you think you're going?!" she said. She ran up to it but it was already taking off. She backed away as she heard the strange noise from earlier and the sand whipped up around her. The box began to fade in and out of existence as the light on top grew brighter. Soon it was gone.
Not a minute later, she felt a warm sensation in her hand. She looked to see the key glowing, and then heard the noise come again from behind her. She turned to see the box standing about twenty feet behind her. The Doctor stepped out with a smile. "See?" he said.
"Very well," she said, letting her weapon dissipate. As she saw him turn to leave, she got an idea. It was crazy, but not too crazy to give it a try. "Wait!" she said, causing him to peek his head out of the box. "...Could...could I ask you for a favor?"
"Seeing as you just threatened me with a spear a little earlier, I'd like to know what you want first," he said.
"I remember in one of the myths about you that your ship can go anywhere in time and space," she said, "I was wondering if you could take me on one trip into outer space. I'd be willing to pay the favor back." She immediately regretted saying the last part as she saw a grin grace his face.
"It would be my pleasure," he said as he opened the door for her. His smile fell though as he spoke again. "One condition though," he said, "you'll have to hold me to our one trip agreement. I have a habit of extending that farther than I should."
She smiled and said, "I'll try my best." She then stepped into the blue box and the doctor followed, shutting the door behind them.
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To be continued.....
This is a crossover between steven universe and doctor who. If you haven't seen steven universe, I highly suggest watching it. It's really good.
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bbb35's avatar
How'd I miss this?

BEautiful, I love it :D PEarl, meeting the doctor, and hungry to once more go into space.