SO Ive decided that now that Ive dropped out of the international Baccaleareate programme to Chronicle the rest of my time in High school. This means that I will be posting little blurbs everyonce in a while and the writings for my Advanced Journal ism classs will goo on here as well as on FictionPress.com. The first peice ios a shor story aboput a new time traveller.


The Time Hopper

I was running down the avenue hoping to make it to school on time (I’d overslept…again), but there was a series accident in front of me…I’m talking blood guts and that horrid attraction that grips you with a fascination unequalled by any other tragedy.

My parents were doctors and along with knowledge of all thing medical they had ingrained into my head the mantra “If you see an accident you stop. End of discussion”

So I did what any kid instilled with the fear of no life and no allowance would do…. I stopped. all thoughts of school and detention gone from my head.

“Sir?” I asked an old man partly crunched beneath his smoking vehicle “Are you alright? Can you hear me?”

“Boy.” He rasped “my time is ending” he paused for a breath “Its time to pass on the legacy.”

Another pause, another breath. Shallower though, this time.

“One rule. You. Must heed.” His sentences were getting choppier as his life slowly seeped out of him…The old man slowly reached for a decrepit ring he wore on his pinky finger he took my hand and enclosed the ring there. “Never tell. Not.” Breath. Again shallower “until you are on the boundary.”

“Sir I said, I think you are becoming delusional from the blood loss. I need you too close your eyes and take deep breaths…” I could see his life force quickly leaving his body.

“Boy. Find…find…” he looked like he was on the edge, where fear meets hope. “Find…Arl...Arch…Archella. And with that final word the old man closed his eyes and breathed his last.

I at there with him until a paramedic tapped me on the shoulder. “Kid…hey kid. You alright?”

“Ya. I’m fine…but can I please go with him to the hospital. My parents work there.” I didn’t want to leave this old man who had died with me.]

“Um sure.” The paramedic looked at me as he answered with a sad mixture of pity and disgust…probably because I was covered in this mans blood “Normally we don’t allow non-family members in the ambulance, but I can make an exception. You’ll have to ride in the front though.”

“Ya sure that’s ok.” Even if it the cab of the ambulance wasn’t where I wanted to be it was either that or I had to walk to the hospital…There was no way I was going to school today.

I watched as the paramedic I had spoken to and one of his paramedic buddies scooted the man into a black body bag and hoisted him up onto the stretcher and into the back of the ambulance.

“Come on kid” he gestured at the cab and I hopped in. The smell of hospital antiseptic which reminded me of home (my parents reek of the stuff) was vaguely comforting.

The ride to the hospital was short, due to the fact that traffic parted like the red sea in front of us. When we finally got there thought there was pandemonium, apparently there was another huge wreck on the other side of town and the ER was packed.

My paramedic friend was recruited into helping move patients so I slipped away confident that I could find my parents…even in this melee.

I hadn’t gotten ten feet within the door when I heard someone screaming for Archella. Was this the Archella the old man told me I was supposed to find?

Probably. How many girls named Archella could there be? But before I could go in search of this girl my mom found me.

“Jason! Ted just told me what happened! Are you alright? were you involved? Are you alright?” She was a little frantic….or a lot.

“I’m fine mom. No I wasn’t involved but I stopped to help and now I’m covered in this old mans blood so I hitched a ride with a paramedic…Wait. Who’s Ted?

“Ted’s the ER manger, He saw you walking in…he’s seen your picture on my desk. I’m glad you’re alright. Go get some scrubs from the locker room and change. Then you go find your father and tell him what happened.” Mom whirled away before she even finished her sentence apparently there were some neuro needs that needed seeing to.

So I know technically I was supposed to be getting out of my ruined clothes but I had a feeling that something very important was riding on my ability to find and speak with Archella.

I headed in the direction I had originally heard the voice coming from. There was a series of Waiting rooms so I gathered up all of my 16 year old courage and stepped into The first waiting room. It was packed full.

“Um excuse me” I spoke loudly as to gather attention” Is there anyone named Archella here?” The occupants just looked at me sadly and shook their heads. So I moved on to the next waiting room. Still no Archella, and the next, still no her. {I proceeded to search all of the waiting rooms until I was at the last.

This was by far the most empty. There was only one person, an elderly lady with white hair, a tidied T-shirt, love beads, and bell bottom jeans, she was a true hippie, who was reading The Mother Earth News. Although I don’t think she really was (The lights were almost burnt out and the magazine was upside down) before I could open my mouth she spoke.

“So you’re the child Jerry found to replace him” Her voice was eerie, like she was in a trance.

“Um If you are talking about the old man in the accident, h gave me this ring but…he didn’t say anything about replacing him.” I was seriously confused…

“Well no matter. I’m sure he told you to find me.” Her voice was brisk now. Like my English teacher when she was explaining something “The ring he gave you is a talisman. It takes you back in time. There is one simple rule…don’t get caught. Oh, and on occasion I’m going to need you to fetch me items that once were abundant but now are scarce or non-existent. Is that clear?”

“Y-yes” I stammered. This was getting weird.

“Good” she seemed pleased (but I have no idea why) “Now. To time-jup, as I call it you must tap the flat part of the ring. You tap it quickly three times and then hold your finger on top and say the year to which you wish to travel.”

Holy Crap…this woman was crazy. You can’t time travel… its scientifically impossible. “Um ma’m I think your wrong. You can’t possibly time travel. Its not possible.

“Possible Smoshible. If you don’t believe me take this list and go find me these items. But don’t go until you’re ready because If you are still doubting the truth, you could get lost in the Time-line. And then you are stuck there FOREVER” with that she handed me an envelope, and walked out of the room, and get this into a pocket of golden light that had appeared in the middle of the door way.

Wow.

I finally followed my mothers earlier instructions and got out of my bloody clothes, and talked to my dad. He gave me some money for food. I was hungry but I couldn’t decide so I sat down, got out the list that Archella had given me.

The list was filled with things that were either extinct today, or very endangered. Some of the things I’d only heard of in History texts or on The History channel. Maybe this was Possible, Maybe I could go back in time….well no time like the present. I tapped the ring and said “1776” I was on a quest for the quill penm used by Thomas Jefferson to write the declaration of Independence. As soon as I said the year I was surrounded by a bright yellow glow and then poof. I was off. Into the Great Perhaps of time…

The End!

sorry its so long I couldnt find a way to make it any shorter...hope you enjoyed it.