Chapter 1

Dan

The basement of the house was at least ten times bigger than the actual house. The stairs led to the giant library, and you couldn't even see the other side. Once I stepped off the last step, I floated in the air and flew down the isles of books, trying to get to the far end of the library as soon as possible.

Along the way I passed several doors. Some I recognized, like the medical room (practically a many hospital), the gyms (one for ghost training, the other for human), and the storage for ink, quills, and papers.

However, most of the doors I passed I didn't know what lay behind them. I didn't really care though. There was only one door that I was rather curious about what could be behind it, but neither Clockwork nor I were aloud past the large rock door. Clockwork seemed pretty content to leave it at that, but I was still curious.

Finally I made it to the door near the very back of the library. I landed and opened the door, stepping in to see Clockwork smiling at me. "Hey,"

I smiled back. "Hey," I replied. I stood beside him as we both watched the small, cracked screen. It was really old, but Clockwork could make it work anyway. Dusk had given it to Sel to give to Clockwork. Apparently he broke it and then stole it from Clockwise when they were still enemies.

Clockwork handed me his staff, and I took it in my hands in the proper position. "Okay, today I'm gonna teach you how to change something in the time stream."

Excitement filled me at the thought of learning something useful, so I could actually help Clockwork if he got too tired or something happened again. Not that it would, though. Because there would be no mercy this time.

"See there?" Clockwork pointed to the screen, and I watched intently. Several cars were driving down the highway. I watched as one car lost control and went flying across the street. Several other cars, moving too fast to stop, crashed together until there was a big pile up.

I nodded, and Clockwork continued. "The first car went off track because the driver was tires and was loosing focus. All we have to do is make him focus before that happens."

I nodded again. "Okay, how do we do that?"

"With a rock."

I stared at him, and he just smiled back. "Hunh?" I finally asked.

"Just a little rock. Put it here," he said, pointing to the screen where time was frozen a few moments before the accident would occur.

For a moment I was wondering if Clockwork had completely lost his mind. How could one little rock prevent the deaths of all those people? Nonetheless, I did as he said and fixed the time stream so that a little pebble about the size of a smarty was on the road.

"Perfect, now play the time stream again."

I clicked the top of the staff, allowing time to continue. I watched as a car drove over the pebble, making it fly into the windshield of the car and knocking the man out of his daze. The car swivelled a bit, but remained on the road and the cars continued as if a terrible accident couldn't have just happened.

I looked back at Clockwork, who had that weird grin on his face he had when he was right. I rolled my eyes, and pulled him in for a kiss. Glimmer appeared out of thin air, chirping contently. Clockwork laughed happily and pulled away. "I'm guessing she's trying to tell us it's supper time."

I nodded, and we walked back down the isles of books hand in hand. It took us about fifteen minutes to get to the other side of the library, and another five to get to the kitchen. Even after twenty minutes, though, Sel was just placing the plates of spaghetti on the counter.

Sel and I stood leaning against the counter to eat, me holding my bowl and her leaving hers on the counter. Clockwork sat on the counter and had his bowl in his lap. "It's hard to believe we've only been here a week. It feels like we've been here our whole lives," I stated.

Sel rose an eyebrow. "Is that a good thing?"

I nodded. "Yeah. It's like... We just fit in here so well."

Clockwork smiled. "Of course. Sel always makes you feel welcome."

She laughed at the comment, "Well, honestly it's not that hard to make you guys feel welcome. I actually really like having you guys around. And that's coming from me."

We ate in silence for a while, until Clockwork asked the question I was dreading. "So... Did the Observants... You know? Find out?"

Sel shook her head, swallowing her spaghetti before speaking. "I don't know. Nocturne and Vortex haven't heard anything, and neither has anyone from the Ghost Realms Of Alagëagia. I've tried to contact Dusk, but there was no one at his house."

We ate the rest of the meal in silence. When we were done, Sel picked up the plates and had her happy attitude back. "How about we watch a movie?"

And so we all went to the living room. Clockwork was leaning against my chest as we ate popcorn and watched the Titanic. According to Sel, it was a "must see" and so she flipped when she found out I didn't watch it. I fell asleep before it ended, though.

Sorry it took so long guys! X( School And Whatnot

Anyways because I'm so occupied with school and I have a lot to do this weekend and next weekend I might not update in a while :(

I'm hopping this'll let y'all know I am working on the story whenever I get the chance.

Please review and tell me what you think :)

And ideas are welcome ; I have no idea where I'm going with this :S