"Yo, Spud, what are you doin'?"
"Well, I was feeling a little paranoid this morning, so I assembled this outfit as protection. The rainbow wig is to protect me from flying sweet potatoes, the zebra striped shirt is in case a herd of zebras comes stampeding through the city, they'll think I'm one of them and won't run me over, and the pink tu-tu is to protect me from bullies. No bully would hit someone in a tu-tu. Oh, yeah, and the roller skates will let me get away from dangerous stuff faster. What? Why are you looking at me like that, Trixie?"
Today was just a typical day for Jake and his friends. All four of them. After Rose's memories of Jake had returned, her parents, realizing that Jake and Rose truly had feelings for each other, had announced that they were moving back to New York.
This had been a good summer for all of them. Jake had hit a growth spurt, and was now nearly as tall as Spud (the tallest of the four of them).
"What's that?" Jake stopped short.
"What's what?" Spud asked. Jake walked into the alley. "That light." he indicated a small white light, swirling, growing bigger. "I've seen it before. When I—" It was at that moment that two teenagers careened through the light wave, and landed in front of Jake. "—time traveled." Jake finished.
Jake didn't seem the least bit surprised to see two people from the future. What bothered him was how familiar they looked.
The boy had short blond hair, and deep black eyes. He wore a light blue t-shirt, and royal blue pants. The girl had black hair, streaked with honey-blonde. Her eyes were a deep ocean-blue. She wore a blue shirt, white pants, and a pink necklace with a flower charm on it.
"Wow," The boy spoke up. "Convenient. You're the ones we were sent to find."
Jake and his friends exchanged confused glances. "Why?" Jake asked at last. "Who are you guys?"
The boy opened his mouth to say something, but was cut short when the girl jabbed him in the ribs. "We're from 20 years in the future." she explained. "We need your help."
Rose stepped forward. "With what?" she asked.
The other girl hesitated, then said. "To stop the destruction of all magical creatures."