Clock travelsA Chapter by . And once I opened them I was standing on a cobbled road. I stared around like
if I didn't know where I was. Then I saw the tree and remembered everything. I
had never asked myself why this was all happening. I stood up and saw
the whole school heading for class. Some were heading over to the laboratory,
others were going to the gym for their P.E classes and a group of boys from the
last grade were jumping over the fence to skip class. "Don't tell me
we have maths next?!" asked Brenda who was certainly trying to forget the
adventure we had. I looked at my watch. "Yes, we do have
maths" I replied, making a sad face. Maths wasn't really my best friend.
Any time I saw a problem which included numbers I would go crazy in trying to
solve it. "Well, what are
you waiting for?!" shouted Coral who was already on the other side of the
field. The three of us ran to her and started walking up the wet steps. Once we
reached the top floor we ran to class and choose the nearest seats. We were
just in time for Mrs. Levin had just arrived. She was one of the oldest
teachers at school. Her hair was turning grey, her hands and face were
wrinkled, and she wore some old kind of spectacles and clothes which smelled of
cat. Brenda who had only met her a few times had to cover her nose because of
the intense smell of cat. The rest of us had got used to it. "Homework,
please!" she commanded, going round the class to pick up the homework.
Even though she was an old and weak teacher she had a voice which at times
scared the whole class. She kept on going round till she reached the four of
us. I gave her the papers immediately. Sara had just finished rewriting a
summary and gave it to her. Coral was the best student in class and had given
her the summary some time ago. But when the teacher saw Brenda. "What's your
name?" she questioned, I could see that the times were Brenda had met her
was only at break time and in the canteen. "Brenda York,
Mrs" she answered with that look of fear that the class would usually make
whilst they were at detention. "Well, Miss
York, I can see you weren't here last Friday. So I will give another day to
complete the task." Mrs. Levin spoke, whilst looking intensely at Brenda. "Yes, Mrs"
Brenda said recovering her throat. "Very well! Open
your books on page 150!" the teacher spoke, walking to her wooden desk. We
all opened our books on the recommended page. But before that something made
all four of us look at the clock. I felt strange so I decided to close my eyes.
And once I opened them I was standing on a cobbled road. "Where am
I?" I asked myself, looking around to see if I could catch a person or
even a car. Then I looked up. I saw three spots and then I realized they were
Sara, Coral and Brenda. I stepped aside and saw them bump onto the floor. "Couldn't there
be at lest a mattress!" complained Coral whilst trying to stand up. "Never mind
that! Question is. Where are we, now?" Sara asked looking around her. "Well let's
think. What was the last object we looked at?" started Brenda recognizing
the path from a picture she saw earlier that day. "I think it was
a clock. But what's that going to help us with?" Coral said, whilst trying
to catch a fly. I thought a little and then it struck me! The first object we
looked at was a computer and we ended up being inside it. Then we saw a picture
of the Bermuda Triangle and next thing we knew, we were on that ship. After
that we were sitting against a tree and we ended up falling into a jungle. And finally...we went
into a clock! That could only mean one thing. We went back or forwards in time!
Finally my head was working properly. "We went into a clock!" I told them, putting a
large smile on my face. "So?" asked Sara not quite understanding what
it meant. "We went back or forwards in time!" Coral and
Brenda exclaimed in unison. I nodded my head. "I'm very sure we went back in time" I
commented looking at the old cobbled and deserted street. "I agree with Gwen. I mean if this was the future
this would be full of technological things." agreed Sara somehow she was
always on my side. "Then explain that floating car!" Coral pointed
out and opening her mouth to a large awe. "What are we waiting for?!" Brenda shouted from
the distance. She was already next to the city gates. We all ran to her and
looked at the tall green gates. "I thought we past the Oz land a long time
ago!?" joked Sara looking at the doors intensely. I stepped forward and
knocked on the green doors. They opened at the instant and the four of us
walked back trying to avoid being pushed by them. Once they had opened we went
inside. It was an amazing place. There were floating vehicles, like the one we
saw before. Most of the houses and shops were underwater or up in the air.
There was as much nature as technology around us. For me it was my dream place.
All the people were fit and healthy. I loved it from the best to the worst
things it had. "Wow!" I exclaimed it was about the only thing
I could say. We all walked up the lighted street until we reached a game centre. "Shall we go in? It wouldn't do any bad to have a
little bit of fun" Coral explained, looking at our nodding heads. We all
opened the doors and saw something which was nothing like a game centre. We
looked around us. All we could see was another girl, who looked the same age as
us. "Hi! I'm Tania! What game do you want to play?
They're all so good" she told us, looking at the large touchable screen in
front of us. I looked through the games and saw one which I got interested in. "What's Death Quiz about?" I asked her, knowing
it didn't sound like a girl’s game. "Ohh...That's a good one!" she said whilst
touching the button. "I know this isn't going to be good" commented
Brenda, whilst the room changed into a quiz area. I looked around and then I
saw that I was standing on a pedestal with a floating button in front of me.
Then I looked at my clothes. I wasn't wearing the same ones as before. Now I
had a red and black suit with silver boots. "Welcome! To another Death Quiz! You all know the
rules! One answer wrong you're out of the game!" he shouted with all the
clapping around I could hardly hear him. The five of us could
hardly talk actually we couldn't talk. Our mouths were sealed unless we had an
answer to the question. "First question! Who invented floating cars?"
he started, somehow I knew the answer. "Ricky Ignacio Moore!" I answered, hoping I
didn't make a fool of myself. "Correct!" he pointed out giving me a hundred points.
Sara was looking at me with a face of 'how did you know?’
After a while we all had the same number of points. "And now for the last question! Who was the person
who invented 'Rina one and Rina two'? he exclaimed looking at us with a look of
encouragement. "Tina Rene Serriel!" replied Tania wining
another 100 points. "And we have a winner!" whilst he said this the
rest of us faded away from the game. And appeared in our class doing the exercises
Mrs. Levin had told us to do.
© 2012 .Author's Note
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