Just to start off, my real name is Alena Hartnett. The main character of this story is based after me. So are me friends, Blythe, Terra, Brandy, and Ashley. Tamora Pierce is the one who owns the rest of the characters, except for the future ones and the past "children".

Thanks-

My story is about Alena Salmalin and her friends stumbling over a old book that is a family airloom. It has a whole bunch of spells in it and the find one on time travel. Alena chants the spell and they are off.

It takes place in modern day Tortall. There is still a King and Queen but it is more like modern day England.

The story will all come together in the end.

-- p.s. all my friends and I are 16, And all the names I use for the new characters are really people. For example Numen is my dad's name he is Alena's dad (my dad), the only difference is the last names.

Chapter One: The assignment

"Hey you guys!" I yelled at my friends form across the Library.

"SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH" People at desks hushed

"Sorry." My friends came to me.

"What did you want? I know if your Dad was here, he would kill you for yelling in a Library." My friend Blythe informed me. It was true, my Dad was a learning nut.

"I know, anyways," I said in a much quieter voice. "I found the perfect subject to do our assignment on."

"So, Alena don't keep us in suspense what is it . We haven't come up with anything." My other friend Ashely said. Ashely's family was rich. They were decedents of the King Jonathon III and Queen Thayet.

" O.k. here it is.ready?"

"Just say it already!!!!" They all chorused all together. Everyone in the Library turned to look at us.

"SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Was the roar of the library. "Geeks" Terra said to herself aloud. "Any body that in is this place is a geek."

"Terra, we are in the Library." Brandy informed her.

" Oh ,yeah. Then not every body."

"Anyways, what's the big plan?" Ashely asked.

"What about time travel?" They all gave me blank stares. "It's the perfect thing. We all have family air looms from the past. We could bring them in and talk about how cool it would be to find out their moral value to their owners. Like Blythe, you have your great, great, great, great ext. sword and shield. You could explain what that lioness meant and all that good stuff. And Ashely you have your great, great, great ext grandmother's crown. We could make it work. And I have my great, great, great ext. grandfather's books. The rest of you have something I know it. So what do you say?" I was praying to the God's the would say 'yes' because I was running out of idea's. They looked at me.

"Good idea, lets do it." Brandy said.