To Go Forward
Hey guys! This is my first fan fiction, so try to keep the reviews constructive. Since this is my first work, I know it will more than likely contain some mistakes. However, I hope you still enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Ice Age or any of its characters. I only own my OC's.
Chapter One
"THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, HENRY! EITHER YOU DO THE JOB RIGHT, OR YOU LOSE IT!" my boss yelled from across my desk. I am so sick of this stupid summer job. I took it so I could get experience as a writer before I went off to college in a few months. However, I did not know how hard it was to constantly find new things to write about. I wish I could just go somewhere where I can be inspired to write anytime I wanted.
"Yes sir, I will have an article ready to publish by next week," I finally murmured. "You better," he said, "or else you can find somewhere else to work. Oh, and by the way, the readers better enjoy your article this time, unlike the last ones they had to suffer to read through." With that, he walked away.
As I walked home, I considered all the possible things I could write about. All I had to do was write a fictional story for the website by next week. I really need to keep this internship so I could buff up my resume.
"Hey," whispered a voice behind the bushes where I was at. "What is it, Mr. Howard?" I asked. I am so sick of my weird neighbor coming up to me to try his strange new gadgets. "If you want me to try out another one of your 'blenders' that tend to almost kill me, I will have to decline." I said, continuing to walk past him. "No, well, not today anyway," he said. "I have invented an even better machine.
"Oh, have you advanced your way up to ovens already?" I said sarcastically. "Try time machine," he said flatly.
I stopped. "Time machine? Seriously? Even if you actually managed to make that, wouldn't that cause all kinds of problems to the timeline and whatnot?" I said. "Nope," he stated. "If the user makes a change to the environment, he creates a new timeline where the said change exists. The previous timeline is not actually affected.
"How do you even know that is what really happens?" I said skeptically. "Because I tested it. I went back in time to stop a car wreck that happened awhile back. When I came returned to the present time, the wreck still occurred." Howard replied.
"So what do you propose?" I said. "As you may know, I have no family of my own," he responded. "I don't really have anyone to share my invention with. So that is why I come to ask you a simple question. Would you like to travel through time?"
I stood there in shock. Time travel? This is something from some science fiction, but in reality. "Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try it out. I need to find a topic for an article anyway," I said. "That's the spirit!" Howard exclaimed. "So of all places and time settings you could go to, where would you go?" I thought for a moment, and then I realized exactly where I wanted to go.
"How about the Ice Age?"
-End of Chapter One