Chapter 1

The strange man

On a lovely summers evening in New England town, a few children ran with their pets on the street. At one particular house, the brown’s, all was peaceful until one small pup caused a riot in the living room.

“Tramp do something!” A cocker spaniel, Lady, shouted at her mate.

“Can’t pidge, I can’t help it if Scamp can’t control his daughter.” A schnauzer named Tramp replied to Lady, looking tired after the long night he had with his grandson Scruffy. Lady, not entirely reassured with this reason, felt a bit better when her son came in at the mention of his name. He looked just like his father with one difference; he had his mother’s eyes. He also was as big as his father.

“Someone say my name?” Scamp asked, not noticing the amount of mess in the room made by his daughter, Sasha.

“Scamp please control your daughter or she’ll wreck the place,” Lady said to Scamp in a sort of cross voice as Scamp put out his paw and stood it on Sasha’s tail as she ran past. “Not what I had in mind but it worked.”

With that said Scamp’s mate, Angle, came in with their son Scruffy. “What on earth happened in here?” Angle asked Scamp as she saw the mess.

“Ask Sasha.” Scamp replied. Before Angle could ask Jim Dear said “Bath Time”. Scamp’s sisters Annette Colette and Daniele came rushing down to the kitchen at top speed. Scruffy groaned.

“I hate baths” He said as his mother and sister went into the kitchen with Lady and Tramp. “I do to but I still have to have them.” Scamp said to his son. A rusting in the leaves made Scamp and Scruffy look out the window. A man wearing a tweed jacket and a red bow tie quickly ran from the window. Scamp was sure he knew the man but couldn’t put his paw on it.

“Scamp Scruffy hurry up.” Jim Dear called from the kitchen.

 

Chapter 2

The blue box

After the bath the family went outside to the garden for some fresh air. Annette, Colette, Daniele and Scamp sat on the porch as Lady and Tramp lied down on the grass. Sasha and Scruffy ran around the grass chasing a ball that Scamp played with when he was a puppy. Angle was sat by the doghouse to make sure the hole in the fence was in her sight in case Sasha got any ideas. A groaning of engines began as something went past the house. Scamp went round the front of the house to see what went past as it did not sound too fast but there was nothing there. As he went back the man in the bow tie went past again this time looking at some kind of metallic tube. Scamp went to the fence and looked up at the man. The man was grumbling something about “wrong readings” and “should have known better” and without looking up he crossed the road and went to a blue box on the other side of the road. Scamp was confused; the box was not there yesterday or the day before that and so on. He went to Angle and took her to the fence but the box was gone.

“Your just hallucinating Scamp come on lets go inside.” Angle said to Scamp as she went to the pet flap. Scamp went after her and went inside. The rest of the family were already in the living room with Jim Dear and Darling. Scamp went to his father and asked “Dad?”

“Yes Scamp?” Tramp replied as his son sat beside him and looked at him.

“Did you ever see a blue box when you were a str-ah when you were not a house dog?” Scamp asked, he had almost said street dog but that term gave him nightmares after his experience of the streets.

“No Scamp I did not see a blue box on the streets, why do you ask?”

“Oh it was just that earlier today I saw a blue box at the end of the road in front of the house but when Angle looked it was gone.” Scamp looked at the fire lost in thought when he said that and was thinking about what Angle had said, maybe he was hallucinating, and did not notice Scruffy walking over to him.

“Dad dad DAD!” Scruffy shouted to get his father’s attention.

“Huh what oh hey Scruffy how are you?” Scamp said after snapping out of his trance and turned to his son.

“Yea I’m fine; anyway you might be pleased to know that dinner is ready.” Scruffy replied and went to the kitchen. Scamp followed to the kitchen and went to his food bowl and began to eat with everybody else. After dinner it was Sasha and Scruffy’s bed time so everyone except Angle and Scamp left the kitchen to let Sasha and Scruffy go to sleep. Angle and Scamp sang Sasha a lullaby which went like this:

Scamp: Always There

To warm you in the winter

Always there

With shelter from the rain

Always there

To catch you when you're falling

Always there to stand you up again

Family...

Angle: By your side

In seconds if you ask it

Arms out wide

To welcome you to stay

Near enough

To listen to your heart song

Always there to help you on your way

Family

Scamp: Family

Both: Family

Scamp: What is a family?

Caring and devoted hearts

Angle: With endless love to share

Both: Love that follow you everywhere

Scamp: Always there

To welcome you in winter

Angle: What is a family?

Scamp: Arms out wide

To welcome you to stay

Right by your side

Angle: Near enough

Both: To listen to you heart song

Scamp: Always there to help you on your way

Family

Angle: Always there

Scamp: Family

 Angle: Family

 Both: Family

Chapter 3

Tramp’s illness

Scruffy also went to sleep after hearing the lullaby his parents sung to his sister and Scamp and Angle left the kitchen. Daniele was waiting for them looking shocked. “What is the matter Daniele?” Scamp asked his sister but she just nodded her head to the door so Scamp went to it and pushed it with his nose. But it did not budge. Scamp looked confused but Daniele shook her head and nodded to the door then the stairs. Angle understood, Daniele wanted them to look at the top of the stairs by the door. What Angle saw was not a pretty sight, it was of Tramp looking like he was going to be sick which would be bad as he had already been sick on the carpet. Jim Dear was on the phone talking to someone and asking them to come quick. Annette and Colette were at the top of the stairs with Lady looking scared and disgusted at the mess and the fact that Tramp had been sick. 5 minutes later a vet was checking Tramp. “Looks like he has had something that had upset his stomach. That and the fact he has had too many late nights.”

“What should we do?” Jim Dear asked the vet

“I’d suggest that he has a few early nights and a diet of no calorie dog food for 2 days. After that he should be fine.” The vet replied to Jim Dear, looking stern. Tramp tried to get up but the vet said “stay” and he lied down again. Lady, Annette and Colette came down the stairs to Scamp, Angle and Daniele after the vet left and Tramp was put in the kitchen and the mess was cleaned up from the carpet on the stairs. A few hours later everyone went to bed when Scamp had looked like a porcupine watching a horror movie.

10 hours after everyone went to bed Scamp woke up after hearing the same groaning of engines from that morning and looked at the clock on the window sill, 5:40, Scamp groaned and tried to go to sleep, but a different groaning noise was made, making Scamp annoyed and, finally, falling into a restless sleep.

Chapter 4

Doctor Who?

The next day Sasha and Scruffy went to the living room with Scamp for a little time together. 1 hour later someone knocked at the door 4 times. Tramp was still feeling groggy but well enough to move to the door to see who it was at the front door. Jim Dear went to the door and opened it. The man at the door was wearing a tweed jacket, a red bow tie and black trousers with braces, a white shirt with red stripes and black boots and looked around about 20. “Ah you must be Mr Brown I believe you received my note that I will be coming on the 2nd May 1911 at 9:30 am?” The man said staring at Jim Dear’s expression of surprise and disbelief as the man said “apparently not time travel slightly tricky to control, anyway I am The Doctor and I hope you did not through away the note that I wrote for you a few years back when you gave your wife the puppy Lady?” Jim Dear not sure he wanted to trust this man but gave in and went to get the note leaving the Doctor at the door. Scamp and Scruffy went out the living room and looked at the Doctor with curiosity. “Who do you think he is dad?” Scruffy asked Scamp

“I don’t know Scruffy but he looks a bit mad.” Scamp replied

“You do know it is rude to call people mad” The Doctor said, making Scamp and Scruffy jump back in great surprise. The man could speak dog, but that is impossible. But before Scamp could ask Jim Dear came down the stairs with a letter. He read out loud “Dear Mr and Mrs Brown this is a simple ask for help. A time war has happened between the Daleks and the time lords (my people). All I am asking is that you look after my dog Lady until I return. Oh and a few notes: 1 is that in a few years’ time another dog named Tramp will meet Lady so please accept him in your family for now. 2 they will have puppies so please keep them and call them this: Scamp Annette, Colette and Daniele, the girls will look like Lady and Scamp will look like Tramp. 3 Scamp will meet a stray named Angle and fall in love so accept her as well. Thank you for co-operating. With deepest regards The Doctor.” Jim Dear looked up from the letter and stared at the

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