~Chapter 1: Reaching the Unfamiliar~

"…Simple Pendulum…check…Compass… check….umm…Transmutation Circles…Double check!" Eva thoroughly checked all the materials needed for her little experiment. Her hands were all covered with white, chalky powder, which she used to draw three large overlapped Circles, each containing different symbols, equivalent to those of The Egyptian Hieroglyphs.

A huge pile of books related to time travel, historical divergences and parallel worlds, surrounded her. From De Camp to Clifford Simaks, her father kept many books in his library, all about time travel, quantum physics and even alchemy, though alchemy had no real relationship with time travel, as Eva thought."I never really got the time to figure out those Greek-looking symbols…"Eva thought to herself, "I guess I should follow this book then…".In front of her, lay a thick book, with very ancient pages, and similarly a very ancient language.

The only thing she could interpret from the text was the hand-positions and the circles, on which, the text instructed, to place both hands upon. It was Eva's luck that she found her father's hidden notes, from his secret collection of books, which solved a considerable part of her problem in cracking the code. The notes explained "To perform the "Time Teleport" experiment, the experimenter must make the right intention with both palms on the two adjacent circles, which overlap with each other. By doing so, the last circle in the diagram would react"."Right…so this is Alchemy and Time Travel combined…tsk…I wonder if I wind up in Germany by doing this…"Eva thought to herself casually.

A slight smile spread across her lips as she began reading the notes one last time before she began the transmutation."Man…fifteen minutes left till eleven…gotta hurry up..."Eva thought. She quickly took a little notepad lying beside her, and put it in her jeans pocket. She tied her long, blonde hair into a pony, took off her wristband, and unconsciously held her elegant pendant in her hands.

"Maybe I should check my circles again……or maybe not…I've studied them a million times…I'm sure everything's just fine "Eva thought to herself as she skimmed through the page opened before her. She gently closed the book and laid it down on her left. After taking a few breaths, she placed her painted hands on the two adjacent circles.

Suddenly they began to send out rays of white light."Wow! It's like magic!"Eva said with a bewildered expression."This is my signal!"She said and closed her eyes, "I…Eva Crawford, from the year 2004, from the 21st Century…intend to be teleported to, the place where the sky is vast and clear…where the fields are green…I want to go to…Res…!!!"Eva stopped as she saw the third circle send out tremendous rays of bright light in every corner of the room.

She was lost for words when a hurricane of wind began to rise, and made the strong, marble floor vibrate. Suddenly Eva began to see a strange and unbelievably familiar scene before her bewildered eyes. The fields she imagined seemed to come to life before her, but it wasn't the same sunny weather she imagined. There was the sound of pattering rain drops, and moist air.

The scene vanished before her eyes abruptly, and she felt like she was floating on air."W…what's happening!!!Something's gone wrong!"Eva shouted in confusion, "Dad!!!….mom!!!Help! Stop this….STOP!!!!"Were the last words she could choke out in hysteria. The whirling wind became faster and faster, pages flew in every direction and Eva's long hair blew in the air so vigourously, that her ponytail slipped off, and got carried into the hurricane.

Eva hugged her self tightly, and shut her eyes tight, because she knew nothing good was going to happen, and she could not undo what she had done. The grandfather clock placed in the entrance of the large library struck 11, and before she realized, she was lying unconscious on wet grass."Mother…Father…are you there? It's…so dark…not a single ray of light anymore…Where…Am I? Is anybody there…?..........Please…..help……me…"

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End of Chapter 1~