Recap: For those who have forgotten or don't feel like reading Back to the Past (***Spoiler Alert*** . . . you should read Back to the Past if you haven't . . . jus sayin'. . .)

In the summer of 2012, Charlotte Ocompo mysteriously entered a portal that brought her back to the year 1900 in the Manhattan newsies house. She spent three months in that time where she met some good friends like Cowboy, Kid Blink, Messenger, Race, Decks, and many others. She learned their ways of being a newsie and even got her own nickname Kit because of the Hello Kitty vans she was wearing when she first encountered Jack. She went through it all with Cowboy protecting her. She reminded him of a childhood friend Lucy who died long before.

She got beat up by the Delancey brothers and wandered into Brooklyn, saved by Messenger. She got close with some Brooklyn newsies. She goes back to Manhattan and tells the Manhattan newsies she's from the future. She falls in love with Blink, who she thought cheated on her, but it really was his sister. She ran away to Brooklyn and got close with Messenger and beat up this guy Tommy/Johnny. Blink then thought she was cheating on her with Messenger. Big fight, Blink insults her due to his anger and inadvertently hurts her wrist but didn't know it. Kit goes back to Brooklyn, someone throws a newspaper at her and makes her injury worse, and she learns how to pickpocket. No one knows how she really got hurt until she tells Race and Decks. The portal that brought her to this time keeps reappearing, getting closer and closer each time.

Kit goes to the Newsies party at Medda's with Race as friends. Blink tries to mend ties between them. Decks tells Messenger how Blink hurt Kit and he gets furious. He punches Blink and they fight. DUN DUN DUN, Blink and Messenger are brothers. Blink left the family because he thought that it would be easier for his mother if he just left. Both of them like Kit and they try to settle their differences while Kit gets drunk and enjoys the party. The party is interrupted by Tommy/Johnny's gang who start a fight, seeking vengeance for Kit beating up Tommy/Johnny. Weapons are drawn, the leader pulls out a gun, almost shoots Cowboy, stabs Blink and Messenger, Blink being the least likely to live. Kit grabs the gun and shoots the leader. The police come and Cowboy and Kit run away. She realized that she was causing too much trouble in 1900 and should go back to her time. She jumps from a buildings roof into a portal back to her time.

She arrives back to the year 2012 on the same day she left it, only a few hours later. After this adventure she realizes her purpose in life. She has to live up to those who sacrificed themselves for her.

Without Further Adieu:

Chapter 1

"I miss roundular Josh, it's just not the same when he's skinnier." Laurel said, shaking her head in disappoint towards the living room T.V.

"Roundular?" Nathan asked with a smile.

"Like round-ish. Circular. Tubby." Charlotte said filling in Nathan on her best-friend-since-3rd grade's lingo.

"Oh." He answered.

"Yeah, but I guess its healthy that he shed a few pounds. Probably easier for him to get the ladies and you know not to get diabetes." Charlotte said. Nathan and Laurel chuckled.

"Yo Char, pass the chips" Laurel said.

"Make me." Charlotte said defiantly.

"Don't even get me started." Laurel said. Charlotte and Laurel had an intense stare down. After a few seconds, Charlotte cracked down and started giggling. She forfeited the chips to Laurel.

"I miss this show. T.V. shows aren't what they used to be." Nathan commented.

Charlotte and Laurel nodded in agreement. They were at Laurel's apartment in Queens. Nathan just got all of the seasons of Drake and Josh on DVD and Laurel's 70-inch living room T.V. was of great appeal to them. They have been watching non-stop since the morning. Charlotte couldn't think of a better way to spend her summer, except for. . . never mind.

It was starting to get late. It was already dark outside and the street lamps and were shining bright.

"I think I should head home, don't want the parentals to get mad." Charlotte said at the end of the episode.

"Yeah, I should go, too. I'll walk you home." Nathan offered.

Charlotte started getting her things together, making sure she didn't forget anything because no matter what, she always ends up forgetting something at Laurel's apartment. When they were both ready, they said bye to Laurel. Nathan opened the front door and they stepped outside. As Charlotte was closing the door, she looked back and saw Laurel who winked at her. She glared at her best friend who then stuck her tongue out. Charlotte rolled her eyes and caught up to Nathan.

She sometimes took the bus home, but it was too nice of a night to be wasted in a bus. The moon was a crescent hanging in the blanket of dark blues and blacks dotted with sparkling specks and moving aeroplanes. The weather was warm, but there were pleasant breezes. The smells of barbecues and summer flowers linger in the air.

Charlotte and Nathan walked in a comfortable silence. He kicked some rocks on the sidewalk. After more 20 minutes of walking that consisted of some small talk and rock soccer, they arrived at Charlotte's house. Nathan walked her to the door. Before opening it, she turned around and thanked Nathan.

"Thanks for walking me home."

"No problem." There were a few beats of silence. Kit interrupted the hush by putting her key in the door.

"Wait Charlotte," Nathan said. She turned to look at him.

"Yeah?" she asked.

"Umm- see you tomorrow." Nathan said rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

"Bye. See you tomorrow." She said obliviously with a smile. She went into the confinements of her house. As soon as she hit her bed, she fell asleep.

The next morning, Charlotte slept in later than usual. The sun was shining brightly through her bedroom window, birds were chirping and cars honking could be heard outside. She was having a weird dream about really big shrimp and Josh Hutcherson.

She started to feel strong breezes; she snuggled warmly in her blanket. Half conscious, she thought to herself, Urghhh whyyy, way too lazy to close the window. If I ignore it, maybe it will go away or I'll adapt to it. She didn't move and kept her eyes firmly shut.

All of a sudden there was a bright blue light and screaming. Her reflexes were cloudy from sleepiness. Her eyes shot open a second or two late, but was just in time to see four familiar people fall out of a portal. They all landed oh so gracefully with an "ooof!"

Charlotte sat up in her bed with great disbelief. She scratched her eyes and blinked to make sure her sight was not deceiving her. Is this a dream?

"Kit? Is dat you?"

((As you can tell I have decided to write a sequel :) Thanks so much for all of the encouraging reviews on Back to the Past, it really motivated me to write this and I hope you guys will enjoy this story. I don't have a solid plan yet for what I'm doing yet but don't worry it'll come to me soon. Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave a review))