In the streets of London a stray dog was walking around. He was hungry and tired and he had no home or family. Well, he had one but that was a crappy, terrible home and he didn't like it very much. The house he stayed at had an angry old man. So now he was just walking through the streets of London hoping to find something to eat or at least drink.

Around him were a lot of really tall people. He often wondered why they were so big, why couldn't they be at his size? They had this weird thing called clothing, that covers their body someone wear more than other. He was glad he had his fur, without it he would be really cold. Another thing there were a lot of in London was buildings. They were everywhere, these large cement creations in different colours and people was walking in and out of them all the time looking for clothes and food, but was he allowed to go inside? NO.

He tried that once and some old lady started sneezing, and there was some extra large guys that ushered him out. He took the hint; the buildings were for the humans. His stomach grumbled, alerting him of his hunger. He still hadn't found any food so he decided that would find a place were no one would disturb him and he would take a nap. So he walked away from the busy street.

After a while he found a perfect spot. On a sidewalk there was a large blue box that no one seemed to notice. Therefore it was a perfect sot to take a nap. He went over to box and inspected it so see where he would be least bothered. When suddenly the doors opened. Two persons walked out of the box, a man and woman, but they didn't seem to notice him.

The man closed the door and the two of them went almost skipping away from the box. He ended up watching them walk down the street they seemed really happy. Strangely happy. The dog turned around when he heard a creaking noise and saw the door open once more. He didn't know why but he took the chance and went into the box.

What he saw was a wonders, the box was full of wonders. It almost seemed like it was bigger on the inside, but even with his little dog brain he knew it couldn't be. "oh, don't be so hard on yourself." He heard from a distance. When no one answered the voice he started to question if it walking into the box wasn't such a good idea after all. Well, it was never a good idea to begin with.

"hey, what did I say about being so pessimistic", the voice said again, sounding closer this time. Almost scolding. He couldn't have imagined the same voice twice could he? He nodded as a sort of agreement with himself. He decided to walk further into he box and there were like beams but they were bent in weird angles and some of them split in two. It looked like they supported the room but at the same time it didn't seem like they were necessary. Grills made up the floor, not a good match for his sore paws.

In what seemed like the middle of the room there was a large beam that went straight up to the ceiling, a little up from the floor there was a bump on the beam. Sort of like a table just being connected to the beam on the middle. On the "table" there was a lot of different things; levers and buttons. His favourite thing must have been the soothing blue light that filled the room.

"You must be hungry" said the voice. Coming right behind him. His head turned towards the sound trying to find the source but he turned up empty. It seemed like he was alone. When he turned back around to study the rest of the room a bowl of water and a bowl of food was directly in front of him. He was sure that it hadn't been there before. There was something fishy happening in that blue box filled with wonders. However, he was so hungry that he didn't mind and dug into the food. Even though it seemed like a small bowl the food didn't end like it was bigger on the inside and after he had finished his fine meal. He enjoyed the fresh water that was next to it. The water was refreshingly cold and amazing.

With some new energy he felt like exploring, luckily there was a door leading further into the box. The seemed like an endless amount of corridors, when he saw an open door at the end. He quickly went into the door, being the curious dog he was. What a treat. Inside, there was like a rainforest. It reminded him of a picture of the tv from one of those times his so called owners were watching something. It was exotic, refreshing and humid.

After staring in awe for a few minutes he tested the ground carefully with his paws, testing the grass. Which was a nice change from the grills he had to walk on earlier. There was some palm trees and other large trees with lianas hanging from them. After he had walked for a while inside the amazing room he reached a pit. Filled with clear water, he could even see the sand bottom.

There was also a waterfall, filling the pit with new water. He suddenly became very aware of how he looked with his filthy fur. He wasn't very fond of water but in that pit it looked rather delightful. He tested the water and discovered that it actually was pretty nice. He started scratching and doing some strange moves to wash the filth out of his fur. When he found out that he had done his best he went over to a tree and finally took his nap.

He woke up to someone stroking his back, he didn't think much about at first. Then he remembered that he was inside an impossibly large blue box. Totally alone. "shh, it's okay", a little girl's voice said, continuing petting him. However, that wasn't very soothing, as anyone could say that. "true, but I let you in and gave you food and all that so I would think that its some proof that I mean all well." The little girl continued. "I can imagine you are a little bit confused by now, but really it's all okay." It was at this time that the dog discovered that he had a sarcastic side of him. As he thought; yeah because I'm just going to believe a girl that shows up from nowhere.

The girl huffed as though she had heard his thought. Little did he know that that the girl could hear his thoughts as she could hear anyone's thoughts when they were in her home. "I actually spent quite a long time figuring out how to appear as a physical form. At first you could only hear me from a distance, but then I got closer and now I finally figured it out." She finished explaining as though it made perfect sense but the dog was more confused than ever. It didn't make sense to him, was she saying that she was the only saying those thing in the first room he was in.

"It's called a console room" she randomly said. The dog finally opened his eyes and looked strangely at the girl, only to see that the girl was sitting there grinning. "The first room you walked into, it's called a console room", she clarified. He was really trying to follow and understand what she was saying but nothing made sense and it was to much to process for a dog that had just woken up.

"There you go again, stop being so hard on yourself, you are a smart dog" what did she say. Once again he felt like she knew what he was thinking. "well, that's because I do. There are some advantages of being a eleven dimensional sentimental ship." The only thing he got out of that sentence was that she knew what he was thinking. Did that mean that he to be extra careful with what he was thinking, but how could she know what he was thinking she was just a little human girl. The girl chuckled and said; "That just what I chose to look like, in reality I am everything around you. I am the box you are in. so while you are inside me I can hear everything you are thinking." The dog just gave up on trying to make some sense out of it and just went with whatever she was saying. It most be really tiring to listen to everyone's thoughts at the same time, but there wasn't a lot people there. It was just him and the girl, who wasn't really a girl in the first place.

"Remember those two people who came out of the doors when you first saw me?" she sighed. "That's my Thief and his companion, Rose. They are here too and we go on adventures together, but I was getting a little lonely so I let you in. you've been an awesome treat, maybe you could be a companion of my own." She smiled and stared out into the distance. When suddenly her eyes sparkled, literally, there was gold flash in them. "I had the greatest idea, what would you say to you being my permanent companion?" he thought about it. He had nothing waiting outside for him but more hunger and hopelessness and this had been the most exciting thing he'd done. The girl seemed rather sweet too, so why wouldn't he want to stay.

The girl stood up and cheered, she even did a little dance where she jumped up and down clapping. He got up and started wagging his tail showing his happiness of the agreement. Not that he needed it, as she could read his thoughts but he really was overly grateful and wanted to show it someway.

After the girl had calmed down from her excitement she picked up a brush, he hadn't seen on the ground earlier. He was starting to get used to things suddenly appearing so he just went with it. She sat down and started brushing his fur, while he cuddled in her lap. After a while she said "I never asked you, what's your name?" the family he had been staying at with the angry old man had called him Lilo, he had heard them talking about it. He found out that Lilo was a blue alien cartoon figure, but he liked it.

"awww, Lilo. That's a great name." she cooed and smiled. He couldn't help himself but wonder what her name was. Like on cue she answered; "oh, my name is the TARDIS, which is actually an anagram for Time and relative Dimension in Space. Even though it's a great name, it is sort of like calling you the dog. I'll make it my mission to find an awesome name"

Suddenly, the girl or Tar as he already started called her, sprung up from their sitting position. "My thief has returned, I will be gone for awhile but I will return." She said while looking down at Lilo. After she had brushed some non-existent dust from her thighs, she clicked her fingers and two bowls appeared in a flash of gold. Lilo watched in awe as she made sure that he had food and water. She patted him on the head and said; "I'll be back, Lilo" I'll see you around. he responded in his mind, knowing that she would hear it. She snapped her fingers again and disappeared in a flash of gold. That was the start of the long lasting friendship between the stray dog and the lonely box.