Little House in the 21st Century

by jennings4u

The Ingalls and Wilder families find themselves over a hundred years into the future. They find things have changed quite a bit and with the help of a present day schoolteacher, they will have to learn to adapt to the present day life.

1. Prologue Part 1: The Past

Author's Note:

This story takes place after the season 7 episode The In-Laws.

Little House in the 21st Century

by jennings4u

Prologue Part 1: The Past

The kitchen of the Wilder home was in an uproar. The argument about who was responsible for the dinner disaster was still raging on between Charles Ingalls and Almonzo Wilder. Together they both completely ruined everything that was editable from the menu.

While they were too busy fighting over who was at more fault they were completely oblivious to the fact that their wives were absent from the dinning room. Laughter engulfed Caroline Ingalls and her daughter Laura Ingalls Wilder as they walked over to Nellie's restaurant to get themselves some dinner. They knew their husband's cooking was a lost cause and they didn't plan on going hungry.

By the time Charles and Almanzo realized they were gone, it was already too late. They had missed dinner. When Charles finally got around to getting home he found that all he was left with to eat was a small portion of day old stew. For the second night in a row Charles went to bed hungry.

Later that night as the Ingalls and Wilder homes slept a storm began to form. At first it was nothing out of the ordinary, just some light rain and the occasional bolt of lightning and crack of thunder. As the night progressed thought it began to get much worse. The light rain turned into a downpour and the sky was lit with bright flashes and the ground shook from the sound of the thunder.

All this commotion was enough to wake Albert Ingalls from his sleep. He always had trouble sleeping when there was noise, especially snoring, which Laura was so good at producing. It didn't look like he was going to get much sleep tonight either. He got out of bed and headed over to the window.

"Its sure looks bad out there." he mumbled to himself.

The sky looked wild as if it were angry about something. He was just about to go back into bed when something caught his eye. In the distance he saw a flash of white in the shape of a diamond appear from the ground. Before he could do anything the house violently shook and he was knocked to the ground. He tried to get up but was knocked down again from another shake.

As he looked around he noticed everything was turning white. He started to feel really sleepy and he began to doze off. Just before he lost consciousness he saw the diamond shape light once again.