Back to the Past
Disclaimer: I do not own the39clues, or the 18th century.
Chapter 1
Amy's POV: Today is the day. The Kabras were coming to Dan and I's house. They were supposed to have come yesterday, but Fiske had asked them to pick up the girl we were adopting. Natalie had gotten angry at first, but Ian persuaded her to let them do the task. The minute I thought of Ian I immediately saw his face in my head. I had forgiven him for the times he tried to kill me and for Korea. Ever since the Gauntlet happened I noticed the changes in him. I guess without his mother in his life he could be the real him. My thoughts were interrupted by the door bell.
"Amy, go get the door!" yelled Dan. I rolled my eyes he so lazy
I went downstairs and opened the door. I looked up to see Natalie Kabra standing on the porch.
"Hey, Amy!" she yelled and gave me a hug.
We had become great friends since after the hunt. She still loved shopping, but she was much nicer now and was less snobby and rude. I suddenly heard Ian yell at somebody.
"Sam, give me that back right now!" Ian yelled
"Aw, does little Ian Kabra have a crush?" said a girl.
I'm guessing she was the girl we were adopting. She had light brown hair and green eyes. She was running from Ian with what looked to be a picture in her hands. The girl tripped Ian causing him to land on his face. Natalie and I were trying very hard not to laugh, but we failed horribly. After we stopped laughing Natalie told me about the girl.
"Her name is Samantha, but she prefers to be called Sam." Natalie explained
"How old is she?" I asked. I hoped she was Dan's age because Dan had been hoping for someone his age.
"She's twelve." Natalie answered.
I celebrated inwardly because Dan's wish had come true. I just hoped he wouldn't mind she was a girl. I saw Sam start to walk over to us. The picture was still in her hand. As she got closer I noticed she was smirking.
"Are you Amy Cahill?" Sam asked
"Yeah, why?" I replied
"Do you know that Ian likes you?" she asked. I was taking back Ian liking me it was impossible.
"He doesn't like me." I answered back dryly. I felt bad for being rude to her, but I couldn't help it.
"Your right," she said. I was surprised she agreed with me. "He loves you!"
Ian got off the ground the minute he heard her say that.
"Thank you, Sam," he said. "Why don't you get you get your bags and we'll take you in to see Fiske and Daniel."
"You're going to have to tell her some time soon." Sam said
"Sam!" Ian yelled. He was now blushing and was looking down at the ground.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah go get your stuff." Sam said while rolling her eyes.
As she was getting her stuff I was trying really hard not to laugh. Natalie had already gone inside the house so I was alone. I looked at Ian and saw that his whole face was the deepest shade of red I'd ever seen. I immediately started cracking up.
"Go ahead laugh it up." Ian said.
"Can we go inside now?" Sam asked.
She now had a backpack and a suitcase with her. I stopped laughing and answered her.
"Sure come on."
Sam, Ian, and I walked into the house. I led them to Fiske's office. No one was allowed in there so I had to knock. Fiske came out and closed the door.
"What is it Amy?" Fiske asked
"They're here Uncle Fiske." I told him.
He nodded and locked his office.
"Welcome Ian, might I ask where your sister is?"
Before anyone could answer him I heard a scream from up stairs. Everyone ran up the stairs to where we the scream. I ran into Dan's room to see Nellie on top of Natalie with her gun pointed toward Natalie. Dan was running around the room screaming.
"Nellie!" I ran up to her and took the gun away from her.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" she yelled at me.
"Nellie, why were you pointing your gun at Natalie?" Fiske asked
"Um, it's Natalie Kabra and she's in our house! Why do you think I pointed my gun at her?" She yelled.
"She's supposed to be here." Fiske told her
"Nellie, were you even listening to Fiske when he told us?" Dan asked
"No, I was um listening to my iPod," She said "But why was she in here?" She asked
"I just came in to say hello!" Natalie yelled while squirming under Nellie's weight.
"Then why was Dan yelling!" Nellie answered back
"I was yelling because she was able to beat me in Ninja Gaiden 5." Dan answered
"Now can you please get off of me?" Natalie asked
Nellie got off of her and left the room, but not without a glare for both Ian and Natalie. I sighed this was not going as planned. But I still needed to introduce Sam and show them to their rooms.
"Sorry about that Natalie." I said
Natalie nodded, but I knew she was still mad at Nellie.
"Dan, Fiske I would like you to meet Sam." I said
"Cool, how old are you?" Dan yelled while jumping
"I'm twelve." Sam answered
"That's awesome," Dan said "so that means there are three twelve-year olds and two fifteen- year olds."
"Welcome Sam, I hope you'll enjoy it here. Now Amy can you show Ian, Natalie, and Sam to their rooms?"
"Sure," I answered "Come on guys."
I showed them Fiske's room which they were not allowed to go into you. Even Dan, Nellie, and I weren't allowed in there.
"This is my room, and right down the hall is Nellie's." I told them
"Natalie this is your room."I said pointing to the room next to mine.
The room's wall was a light shade of pink with matching curtains and bed sheets. I had done the room myself so Natalie would be happy. Natalie squealed and ran into the room. She looked around and then gave me a hug.
"Thank you so much!" She squealed
"It was nothing." I told her.
I led Sam to the room next to Nellie's.
"We can go shopping so you can pick the paint color and other stuff." I told
She nodded and went to unpack her things.
"Thank you." She said.
Lastly, I lead Ian to the room next to Dan's. Everything was red and black. I was feeling kind of awkward being alone with Ian. How could I have been so stupid? I left him for last and now we're alone.
"If you need anything I'll be in the garden."
Before I could leave Ian grabbed my arm.
"Thank you, and about earlier I_"
"It's okay; I mean you and me together." I said while laughing.
"Pfft, yeah I mean what was she thinking?" He said also laughing.
But deep inside I knew I was lying. I loved Ian and it hurt what I had just said. I left his room and grabbed my book. By 4:00 pm I was done with the book. I went back inside to my room and placed the book down on my bed.
"Amy!" I heard Sam yell. I went down the hall to her room to find a small hole in her wall.
"Sam! What did you do?" I yelled.
Ian, Natalie, and Dan all piled in the room.
"What happened?" Ian asked.
"Ian can't you see the hole?" I asked
"So what, I'm sure someone can fix it." He said calmly.
"It doesn't matter if someone can fix. What matters is that she made a hole in the wall!" I was screaming now. There was a hole in the wall and he didn't even care.
"Amy calm down I'm sure we can talk about this in a calm and rational way." Ian said.
"Hey, what's this?" I turned to see Sam holding a gold chain with a key hanging from it. She also had a piece of paper that looked really old.
"Read the paper." I heard Natalie say.
"If you have found this note it means it is your job is to protect the Key of the Universe. The key is of vile importance and will allow you to do things out of this world. Be warned though for there are people who will do anything just to get the key. These people will seem like your friend, but will betray you when the time is right. Also if the key senses confliction it will_"
"It will what?" Dan asked.
"It doesn't say," Answered Sam "It looks like whoever was writing this got stopped." Sam answered back.
I knew she was just trying to get away with the wall thing. So she was trying to trick us. Well I'm not buying it.
"Bravo," I said while clapping. "How long did it take you to think of that?"
"Amy, what are you talking about?" Ian asked
"Well obviously she made this whole thing up. I answered back. I was no longer feeling guilty.
"I did not!" yelled Sam
"Oh don't act all innocent." I said
"Amy do you really think Sam would make up something like this?" Ian asked
"Oh, so you're taking her side!" I yelled
"I'm not taking anybody's side. I'm just saying that no one would make something up like this!" He yelled back.
I was getting really mad now.
Um, guys?" Sam coaxed
"Oh, like someone wouldn't fake liking somebody!" I yelled.
I knew that wasn't fair, but I didn't care.
"Guys." Sam coaxed again
"Oh, whatever!" Ian yelled
"Guys!" Sam yelled
"What!" Ian and I said at the same time.
"What's all this green stuff?" She asked
I now noticed the green mist surrounding us. Then before I could say anything we were out of Sam's room and flying through some portal. Everybody was screaming and so was I. I didn't know what was happening all I knew was we were in massive trouble.
