Chapter 1: Wake up in 1899
They never knew the had 'it' until that one fateful day...
Rachael, Allie, Leigh-Ann, and Lauren all sat in the back row of Mr. Hoover's ninth period social studies class, practically falling asleep, they were so bored. Seeing as how they were all straight 'A' students, they had finished their finals before everyone else and were each daydreaming about their favorite newsie. For Rachael it was Mush, Allie it was Jack; Leigh-Ann liked Spot, and Lauren- Race. As they all started to drift away, Rachael, Allie, Leigh-Ann, and Lauren were awoken by a loud bell.
"These classes keep getting shorter and shorter," said Lauren dreamily as she opened her eyes.
~*~*~
"Holy crap!" came a scream from Lauren's left. It was Allie. "Where the heck are we?!"
Rachael and Leigh-Ann immediately snapped open their eyes after hearing the shouts of their friends.
"What??" Rachael asked sleepily, "What do you mean 'Where are we....'" She let her mouth hang open and turned around surveying the vicinity, "Oh my G-d!!"
Leigh-Ann started out calmly, "Allie, to answer your question..." then she started to flip out, "I have absolutely no clue where we are and I just want to go home!" Tears started to roll down her cheek as she put her head in her hands, thinking about home made her feel sick. Lauren ran over to her best friend and hugged her in an attempt to console her.
"Leigh- it's ok! We're gonna figure this... Holy crap!" Lauren stared at her arms.
~*~*~
"What is it??" Allie and Rachael asked in unison as they ran over to Lauren.
"Look at me and tell me what you see!" Lauren shouted frantically.
"Uhhh... a teenager acting particularly blonde!?" Rachael said, chuckling at her own joke.
"No!! Look at at me and tell me what you see... or more to the point whet you don't see" Lauren yelled, trying to act calm. Allie who hadn't been listening to the conversation, joined in then.
"Hey, has either of you seen Leigh-Ann??" she asked quizzically, "She was standing right there when we got... here. Yeah, I guess, wherever here is." Allie explained, pointing to the spot in which Lauren was standing.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you! She's gone! I came over here to comfort her and she disappeared!" Amy yelled, "One second I'm hugging Leigh- Ann, the next air!"
"Okay, calm down! We'll figure this out step by step. First of all, where are we? Second, How did we get here? Third, what happened to Leigh- Ann? And fourth, how the heck to we get home?" Rachael dictated.
"We should try to figure it out one question at a time, like Rach said," Allie jumped in, wanting to help.
"Okay," sighed Lauren, a little calmer than before, "I think we should walk around the area and try to figure out where we are."
"Good idea," Allie and Rachael chimed in.
~*~*~
The sights and sounds were almost too overwhelming for the three young explorers. They wandered down another street, until they heard an oddly familiar voice.
"Ya here dat, Jack? 10 cents a hundred! I mean, it's bad enough we gotta eat what we don't sell; now they jacked up the price! Can you believe dat?!"
"Did you hear just that?" Rachael asked in astonishment. The others nodded their heads in total disbelief, "Girls, I think I know where, well actually, when we are!"
"In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of newsies..." Allie began to quote the trio's favorite movie.
"Exactly!" Rachael exclaimed.
"OH MY G0D!!" Allie screamed in excitement, "This is like a dream come true!!"
"Now hold it, Allie, don't get too excited! Well, now that we know where we are let's figure out how we got here." Rachael said.
"The last thing I remember was dozing off in Mr. Hoover's class, daydreaming about Race," offered Lauren.
"Me too!" exclaimed Allie, "Only not about Race. I was dreaming that one day I'd meet Jack."
"I was thinking about Mush before I closed my eyes and wound up here." countered Rachael, "Maybe that's how we all ended up here... we were focusing our thoughts on Newsies so hard, we sent ourselves back in time."
"I've got it!" yelled Lauren, "That's where Leigh-Ann went!" Rachael grinned, knowing what she meant.
"Where?" Allie asked a little slow on picking up on the idea.
"Home, of course," Rachael told her, "And you were in GAP... who would've thunk? Anyway, if you haven't figured it out yet, I'll explain it to you. If you remember, when she answered you question, Leigh-Ann said she wanted to go home. Thinking so intently about it must have sent her forward again, back to 2003!" Rachael finished proudly.
"Oooooh..." said Allie, still unsure of what was going on
"Let's go home and find Leigh-Ann!" Lauren said, "Think 'social studies'!"
They never knew the had 'it' until that one fateful day...
Rachael, Allie, Leigh-Ann, and Lauren all sat in the back row of Mr. Hoover's ninth period social studies class, practically falling asleep, they were so bored. Seeing as how they were all straight 'A' students, they had finished their finals before everyone else and were each daydreaming about their favorite newsie. For Rachael it was Mush, Allie it was Jack; Leigh-Ann liked Spot, and Lauren- Race. As they all started to drift away, Rachael, Allie, Leigh-Ann, and Lauren were awoken by a loud bell.
"These classes keep getting shorter and shorter," said Lauren dreamily as she opened her eyes.
~*~*~
"Holy crap!" came a scream from Lauren's left. It was Allie. "Where the heck are we?!"
Rachael and Leigh-Ann immediately snapped open their eyes after hearing the shouts of their friends.
"What??" Rachael asked sleepily, "What do you mean 'Where are we....'" She let her mouth hang open and turned around surveying the vicinity, "Oh my G-d!!"
Leigh-Ann started out calmly, "Allie, to answer your question..." then she started to flip out, "I have absolutely no clue where we are and I just want to go home!" Tears started to roll down her cheek as she put her head in her hands, thinking about home made her feel sick. Lauren ran over to her best friend and hugged her in an attempt to console her.
"Leigh- it's ok! We're gonna figure this... Holy crap!" Lauren stared at her arms.
~*~*~
"What is it??" Allie and Rachael asked in unison as they ran over to Lauren.
"Look at me and tell me what you see!" Lauren shouted frantically.
"Uhhh... a teenager acting particularly blonde!?" Rachael said, chuckling at her own joke.
"No!! Look at at me and tell me what you see... or more to the point whet you don't see" Lauren yelled, trying to act calm. Allie who hadn't been listening to the conversation, joined in then.
"Hey, has either of you seen Leigh-Ann??" she asked quizzically, "She was standing right there when we got... here. Yeah, I guess, wherever here is." Allie explained, pointing to the spot in which Lauren was standing.
"That's what I'm trying to tell you! She's gone! I came over here to comfort her and she disappeared!" Amy yelled, "One second I'm hugging Leigh- Ann, the next air!"
"Okay, calm down! We'll figure this out step by step. First of all, where are we? Second, How did we get here? Third, what happened to Leigh- Ann? And fourth, how the heck to we get home?" Rachael dictated.
"We should try to figure it out one question at a time, like Rach said," Allie jumped in, wanting to help.
"Okay," sighed Lauren, a little calmer than before, "I think we should walk around the area and try to figure out where we are."
"Good idea," Allie and Rachael chimed in.
~*~*~
The sights and sounds were almost too overwhelming for the three young explorers. They wandered down another street, until they heard an oddly familiar voice.
"Ya here dat, Jack? 10 cents a hundred! I mean, it's bad enough we gotta eat what we don't sell; now they jacked up the price! Can you believe dat?!"
"Did you hear just that?" Rachael asked in astonishment. The others nodded their heads in total disbelief, "Girls, I think I know where, well actually, when we are!"
"In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of newsies..." Allie began to quote the trio's favorite movie.
"Exactly!" Rachael exclaimed.
"OH MY G0D!!" Allie screamed in excitement, "This is like a dream come true!!"
"Now hold it, Allie, don't get too excited! Well, now that we know where we are let's figure out how we got here." Rachael said.
"The last thing I remember was dozing off in Mr. Hoover's class, daydreaming about Race," offered Lauren.
"Me too!" exclaimed Allie, "Only not about Race. I was dreaming that one day I'd meet Jack."
"I was thinking about Mush before I closed my eyes and wound up here." countered Rachael, "Maybe that's how we all ended up here... we were focusing our thoughts on Newsies so hard, we sent ourselves back in time."
"I've got it!" yelled Lauren, "That's where Leigh-Ann went!" Rachael grinned, knowing what she meant.
"Where?" Allie asked a little slow on picking up on the idea.
"Home, of course," Rachael told her, "And you were in GAP... who would've thunk? Anyway, if you haven't figured it out yet, I'll explain it to you. If you remember, when she answered you question, Leigh-Ann said she wanted to go home. Thinking so intently about it must have sent her forward again, back to 2003!" Rachael finished proudly.
"Oooooh..." said Allie, still unsure of what was going on
"Let's go home and find Leigh-Ann!" Lauren said, "Think 'social studies'!"