A New Voyager
I walked home from school in a good mood because it was finally summer. Everything I saw on the walk made me happy the birds in the trees the flowers in full bloom. Maybe this summer would be different, there was just an bit of excitement in the air. When I reached the door it was locked, so I nocked three times...no answer, I rang the doorbell...no answer. "Oh well," I thought, "It's a nice day anyways." So I sat on the porch and waited for my grandma to come home. Soon I became bored and opened the mail box to search through the mail. Then I saw it, a letter addressed in my name. This wasn't just any ordinary letter the paper was of good quality and there was a golden seal on it that said VOYAGERS, one other thing was strange there was no stamp or return address. I wondered what it could be. I sat on the step, shrugged and brushed my fingers on the soft paper. I slid my fingers through the hard sticky seal and pulled out a card, I carefully unfolded the card and... Just then there was a blinding flash of light and I was flying through space.
Then I landed with a thud in a strange building, I sat up to see three faces staring at me. Right when I was going to open my mouth to speak a lady with gray hair and a wrinkled face said " You are Jamie, right." I nodded my head, afraid to speak. "We are Voyagers, Voyagers are people who travel through time to help history along, give it a push ware it's needed" said a man with charming blue eyes and slightly curly blondish hair. "Umm, what? Is this some kind of a joke?" I said, mustering up enough courage to speak. The lady with the gray hair then spoke, "Do you think what you just experienced was just some high school prank?" I shook my head, afraid to speak again. "After reviewing your history grades we see that you have done well in that subject we would like to ask you to join us" said a business type man with a mustache. "What..what do you mean" I stuttered. " We will have Jeffrey talk to you, he will explain it better to you, he became a voyager only 3 years ago."said the man with the blue eyes.
The people who claimed that they were "voyagers" then took me down a long, vast hallway to a room, or an office. "Hey I'm Jeffrey Jones" said a kid around my age with brown eyes and a tuft of brown curly hair. " No need to introduce my self since apparently you people here know everything about me.", I said. Jeffrey chuckled and then said " I am here to ask you to become a voyager. Voyagers are people who time travel using these little devices we call Omnis. You may be thinking this guys crazy or why do we time travel anyways. Well first off I'm serious and I'll prove to you later that this isn't just some joke. We time travel because every once in a while something in history is wrong and we need to fix it. We need people like you who know a lot about history to be voyagers. So we pluck some people out of their time and ask them to be voyagers, that is why you are here right now."
"Well, what are you waiting for prove it to me." I said with a scoff. "Grab on to my arm.", said Jeff. "Umm...Okay" I said, unsure of what was going to happen next. Jeff then pulled out a device which must have been an Omni, then he entered in a date snapped the case shut and then...WOOSH we were zooming through space. Stars flew by me as I was thinking if this was real, if so how had I not known about the voyagers sooner, why didn't anyone know. Who was this Jeffrey Jones and what problems were we going to half to fix in this time, if this was real.
PUPHF we both landed on the hard ground in a big city. Jeff pulled out the Omni and read "New York City, March 25, 1911." Just by looking around I could tell this wasn't just a joke. I saw horse drawn carriages and people wearing fancy cloths and some wearing rags passing by. "Do you know what happened on this date?" Asked Jeffery. I stood there thinking for a few seconds and then the answer popped into my head, "Just like taking a history quiz I thought." "The triangle shirtwaist factory fire." I answered confidentiality. "Yeah! exactly! Your doing alright for a beginner. Like I once was." Said Jeffrey "How did you become a voyager any way?" I asked. "Well it's kinda a long story, so I'll tell you why we walk to the factory." "Okay! "I said getting up and wiping the dust off my dress.
"Well," said Jeff " I was living in New York in 1982, my parents had just died in a car accident and I was living with my Aunt and Uncle. It was just a normal Saturday night when suddenly this man comes through my apartment window. My dog freaked out and stole this little black book from the man and we were both trying to get it back. I lost my balance and went falling out the window, Bogg jumped after me and used the Omni to take us to another time before we hit the ground. We landed with a PUPHF and the man told me that his name was Phineas Bogg. He told me that voyagers were people who helped history along and gave it a push where it's needed." "Wait,!" I said almost yelling, "When I first arrived a guy told me the same thing! Was he Phineas Bogg?!" " Yeah, we most likely was. Did he have blue eyes and slightly curly blondish hair?" Said Jeff. " Yes! Exactly!" I said. " any way back to the story." said Jeff"Then I helped him solve a problem and from then on he kinda used me as a guide book, and we were official partners and friends. But that's not how most people become voyagers, most come like you."
After walking awhile in silence Jeff asked me "What is your life like back home?" " Well, my dad died when I was young and my mom died a few years ago. I had a normal life for the most part even though I never had a dad around and until my mom got sick I was pretty happy. Now I live with my grandma in her small home. I go to riverside high school now " I said with a sigh. "All of us voyagers are orphans, it makes sense if you think about it. Most kids wouldn't want to be away from their parents their whole life's and if they did their parents wouldn't let ..." said Jeff suddenly stoping. "We're here" I said looking up at the towering building. " Did you know that 146 employees died in this fire." I said in a know it all tone. " OF course I knew!" He said with a nervousness laugh "Come on, let's go in side."
We rushed up the long flight of stairs and when we reached the floor that the fire started on I panted a "Now what?" "Well," said Jeff " We know the fires not the problem, we can't change what happened in history." "But, Why not! We could save so many lives." I said in an urgent tone. " I know it's hard, but just think of how many things could of changed without this fire." He said. "then why are we here?" I David angrily. "Why do you think?"he said with a questioning look. "Well there might be someone who's famous inside or there might be someone who would be able to stop the fire in there."I said with a bit of hesitation. "Correct!" Said Jeffrey