Chapter 1: The Start of the Truth

November 3rd

Max POV- Chloe…I'm sorry…you deserve better than this. You deserve better than dying on the cold floor of the fucking bathroom and all that we been through doesn't exist now. I feel…I can't feel anything but hurt. It has a month since then.

"Max" A familiar voice called out.

I woke up from my bed as I heard knocking. I find out that I was in my dorm room. I heard more knocking on the door. I'm came to the door and opened it. It was Samantha Myers. She kind of Kate almost. She came to me three days ago, she said that she once knew Chloe.

"Hey Samantha" I greeted.

"H-hi" Samantha greeted back as I let her in the room. "Is this a bad time?"

"No-no it's not." I closed the door. "How are you doing?" Samantha give sigh.

"It's…been great. Kate was going to help me study and I came a little early, so I figured I should see how you were doing, but still trying to get over the fact that…you know"

I know who Samantha is talking about. She told me about how close she and Nathan was, but I still don't know what she saw in him.

"I h-hope you don't mind me asking" Samantha asked and I turned my attention to her. "But how do you know Chloe?"

There was a long silence.

"Chloe and I were childhood friends." I started. "She and I played together, dressed as pirates wanting to rule Arcadia Bay, not to mention we pillow fought with begs of flour. We covered everything of flour, including our parents." Samantha and I let out a laugh.

"I can't even see Chloe doing all those things" She said with a chuckle.

"She wasn't always bad"

"I know Chloe is a good person. She once stood up for Nathan while he was getting harassed."

"That's my Chloe"

Samantha let out another laugh until the school intercom interrupted.

"Would Max Caulfield, please report to the principal's office. Max Caulfield to the principal's office. Thank you." Principal Wells said in the intercom.

"I guess I should get going" I said.

"You not in trouble are you, Max?" Samantha said with worry as I opened my door.

"Not that I'm aware of" Samantha and I both walked out the room.

"Well…I h-hope your n-not"

"I'm sure it will be okay." I locked the door behind us. "Take care, Samantha." I started walking away.

"Y-yeah, you two." I heard Samantha's voice fading away as I walked to the dormitory exit.

Dana opened her door of her dorm right I was walking by.

"Hey, Max. You got a second?" Dana asked.

"Yeah, Dana. What is it?" I replied.

"Is it okay if I use your computer? Trevor give mines another virus."

"Again? What has he been looking up?" I asked and Dana give a disgusted look, which make me realized. "On the second thought, don't answer that. Go right ahead."

"Thanks, Max."

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Principal Wells was standing by the office door when I arrived.

"Glad you could join us, Ms. Caulfield." Wells greeted and open the office door, walking me in. "Have a seat" He pointed to the chair on the right.

I noticed two women in suits standing by the Principal's desk. One of them had black hair with blue eyes and the other had red hair with sliver eyes.

I took a seat on the chair, which Wells pointed to.

"This here is Elizabeth Val" Wells pointed to the lady in black hair. "And this is Kris Rose with a K" He also introduce the lady in red hair.

Kris led a hand to greet. I accepted her hand and she shoke it. She seems nice, but Elizabeth just stood there with an emotionless face.

"They wish to ask you couple of question alone, if you don't mind." Wells asked and shoke my head. "Very well then. I'll waiting outside." Wells went out the door and closed it behind him

"We were told that you recently loss a friend of yours…I'm sorry to hear about that." Kris said.

I didn't say anything.

"You want to be a photographer, Am I right?" Kris asked and I nodded. "I saw some of your photos and they seem nice…even that I don't know art."

"My photos aren't are great" I said and Kris chuckle.

"That sounding like my daughter, almost. Except she fighter, not photographer." I heard sadness in her voice.

Again…she seems nice.

"This might be an out of the blue question, but…" Kris started. "Do you have something that no one else does?" I give her a questionable look.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"I mean do have like a gift that can…turn back the time." Kris raised hand signaling me to remain silent. "And before say anything, we all agreed to that this meeting is to be kept secret." Kris reassured as she walks up next to the left side of me.

"Even from Prescott." Elizabeth added.

Keeping secrets from Prescott?

"Why would I have something that no one has?" I asked

Kris didn't say anything and stared at Elizabeth. Elizabeth sighed.

"There are evidence." Elizabeth spook for the first time. "Evidence that I wish to present to you…later on." She sounds serious, which makes me nervous.

"Its okay, Max" Kris reassured and a hand on my shoulder. "You can trust us. We only need to hear you say it." I stared at her.

I took the time to think about and a big part of me is wanting to come clean as the little part is not too sure. I kept the secret in.

"Why are you looking for something that would end up as some wild goose chase?" I asked. Kris sighed.

"Because…It's my only hope of getting back home…to my family" Kris said with sadness in her voice.

My eyes stared at her.

"What happened to your family?" I asked.

"I won't even bother telling you that." Kris's sliver eyes stares at me. "Because you wouldn't believe it if I did." Kris said. "All we need is the cooperation of that person welding that gift."

I still don't know these people too good. Kris is a mother who is trying to get back to her family, but I'm not too sure about Elizabeth. She hardly talked at all in this meeting. I wanted to ask, but I don't want to be too nosy.

I don't know if they are aware about the effects that the power would bring, but helping a mother get back to her daughter is hard to say no to.

I gave out a sigh.

"I…I do have…that gift." I admitted with my head down. "I have the ability to rewind time back to a minute." Kris continues to stare.

"And?" Kris said.

"And…there was…one time that I…that I froze time. Didn't know how I did it, but I did it somehow."

"Is that all?" Kris asked and I close my eyes.

"No…" I clutch both of my fist, fighting down the pain. "It has…has some of kind…natural effect." I explained and Elizabeth's eye brows raised.

"Natural effect?" Elizabeth asked.

"After I save… save Chloe, A…tornado storm…hit Arcadia five days…after." Tears began to stream down off my eyes.

Elizabeth stares with a questionable look.

"Max…" Elizabeth called and I look up at her. "Time travelers are not known to start tornados." I stared at her in shock.

"But…but this one is." I stutter.

"What you're saying is chaos theory, which isn't true."

"How would you know that?" I asked.

"Because I been rewinding since I was 21, but there wasn't a tornado every time I alter a timeline."

Silence

"What?" I asked with even more shock.

"I'm a time traveler like you, but I am one of the first and one of the longest to keep wielding it." Elizabeth explained. "You, Max, are the 51st one to wield it."

"51st! Do people suck at wielding this gift?"

"If that's what you're thinking, no they don't." I stare at her. "Right before I had this, I was badly sick with two of my sisters and we weren't going to be able to live through it. Our father loved all three of us, but it was too much for him to let us die." I grow interest to this story. "He injected this serum into all three of us. We never knew how he did it, but we felt better at the day after and been granted with a power that can control time and spice. The power can give us an advantage even if we're an inch close to death, but at a price, it had made us immortal."

"Immortal? You mean by living…forever?" I asked as my tears dried up.

"But you can still dye, but the power doesn't. It found another worthy host."

"What happen to those…?"

"Sorry, Max." Kris said. "But I think we held this meeting long enough."

"Agree. We talk some other time." Elizabeth said as she give me a card with a phone number. "Only, called if you are sure that no one is ease dropping." I took the card.

"Thank you for time." Kris said.

…

I rushed to my dorm room closed the door behind me. I sat on my bed.

What the fuck was that about? First time traveler? Three sisters?

I pulled out that card that Elizabeth give me and stare at it.

I have no reason to fully trust them, but they seem to know about the time powers. This could be a way to save Chloe.

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Heya, hope you enjoyed this rewrite.