Gameboy: a Key to the Past, a Gift of the Future
Chapter 1: 1990
It was exactly one year after the original GameBoy came out, 1990. The exact release date was April 21st, 1989. 16 year-old Kevin Kavanaugh got his the day after, on his birthday. But his Gameboy was special, very special. It had the ability to change things in the real world. For example, when he first got his handheld, he was playing paperboy on his front porch. When he got a game-over, the real paperboy delivering the paper flipped over on his bike. Kevin had a knack for designing videogames, but he wasn't a computer nerd. In fact, he was one of the coolest kids in his grade. He spent today with his girlfriend Ashley, and his best friend Freddy. Freddy was just an average nice guy, with brown hair and blue eyes, and he normally just wore one of those I hate homework shirts, as well as jeans. Ashley had long blonde hair and blue eyes. She normally just wore a long sleeve shirt and pants, or a long sleeve skirt. She always wore a necklace with a small green crystal, and matching earrings. Kevin normally wore some type of green shirt and jeans. Whenever the sun was out, he always wore shades. That day they hung at the skate park, went to a normal park, went bowling, ate at a pizza place, and then hung out at Kevin's house looking at the stars. "Tomorrow's my birthday! I can't wait!" Kevin said as he looked at the big dipper. "Do you know what you want for it?" Freddy asked. "Well Fred, I have everything I ever wanted, so not really. On second thought, a car might be nice..." Kevin said. "Well, I think you'll like my gift!" said Ashley. "I can't wait. (not sarcastic) It's getting late, maybe you guys should head home." Kevin said as he stood up off of the grass. "Ok" they both said as they got up. Ashley kissed him on the cheek, and they went home.
The next morning, Kevin got up, and went downstairs. "That's funny, I wonder why my parents aren't here. They must be throwing me a surprise party or something." He thought as he went outside. As he walked to school, Ashley walked up to him and asked "Who are you? I've never seen you before." "Ha ha, that's a good one Ashley. They walked to school, and Ashley was a little confused. He walked into his classroom. "Hello, are you a new student?" the teacher asked. "Ok, what is wrong with you guys today, is this some kind of birthday prank? And have you seen my parents?" He asked. Of course they denied knowing him, so he went home. At home, he noticed that all of the family pictures in the house were missing. He finally believed something was wrong. He ran upstairs and pulled out a small cartridge from a secret drawer in the wall. He placed it in the GameBoy that was in his pocket. This game was like no other however, as Kevin had designed it himself. It was his life, in a game. He created it in case something bad ever happened. He made the game look back in the past, and saw that when he went to bed that night, there was a flash and everyone changed. Someone must have wanted him out of the picture, someone that could time travel he thought. The GameBoy must have protected me from being deleted, but not my parents. He tweaked the game a little that would help him freeze time, get real weapons, change things to a previous state, and more. He went out the front door. "Good thing this has an unlimited power supply" He thought. His friends were standing outside the door. "Um, we were just wondering if we somehow upset you, and if you would come to school with us." Ashley asked. He didn't answer. He pointed his GameBoy at her, and yelled "REWIND!". "What the heck? Hey, wait a minute, I remember everything now!" She said. Kevin did the same to Freddy. He explained that someone must have changed the past. Now he had to save his future.
End of Chapter 1.