Chapter 1

The laser was back in the school. Bringing it back had been the most logical thing Barry, Naldo, Cyd, and Daisy could think of. Barry had restored power but hadn't gotten everything in the laser fixed. Shelby had married Sebastian though, so the group hoped that they could do something, anything, to open the rift again.

"It's not working! Nothing's working!" Barry exclaimed as he bent over the laser trying to get it to open the time rift again.

"Try harder!" Cyd yelled in distress. "I can't–. I– I need Shelby. She's my best friend," Cyd exclaimed, reaching the point of tears.

"It'll be okay," Naldo spoke comfortingly, moving over to Cyd to embrace her. "We'll find a way to get Shelby back, I promise," he finished softly.

Cyd tried to relax, but it was hard to do when her best friend was trapped 500 year in the past. Having Naldo there did help her feel a little better though. After a minute, Daisy also lay a comforting hand on Cyd's shoulder for a few seconds before going back to Barry.

While Naldo continued to try and consul Cyd, Daisy did everything she could to help Barry. "Can you hold this a second?" he asked her, holding out his phone.

"Of course," she replied, taking it from him and holding it over the laser so he could examine a few things.

While Daisy held his phone, Barry reached inside the laser to mess with a couple wires and try to reconnect them. "AH!" he exclaimed suddenly, jumping back from the laser. At his exclamation, Daisy also jumped back and Cyd and Naldo hastily broke apart.

"What? What's wrong?" Daisy asked.

"It shocked me," Barry explained, and as he did, sparks began to emanate from the laser and a small fire started on the laser from one of the sparks. Barry's eyes widened and he quickly went to grab the nearest fire extinguisher. He doused the laser in foam while the others looked on with wide eyes. "It's fried," Barry spoke once he had finished extinguishing the fire. "There's nothing more I can do to fix it," he finished, his voice falling.

"I'm never going to see Shelby again," Cyd said, her voice cracking. She again fell into Naldo's comforting embrace. He once again did everything he could to try and console her.

The disappointed group spent a few more minutes in sorrow before cleaning all the foam from the floor and surrounding area. They cleaned the laser off and loaded it back into the wagon Barry had brought it to the school in.

They returned home the same way they had gone to school, taking the bus. Barry and Daisy sat beside each other while Naldo sat beside Cyd. He wrapped his arm around her so her head rested on his shoulder.

When they got back home, the group went to sit in the lab for a little while. "How are we going to explain what happened to Shelby to her parents?" Cyd asked. "It's not like we can tell them she's in 1522 and is/was married to Sebastian."

"Maybe I could rebuild the laser over the next couple days. We do have Monday and Tuesday off for our semester grades to get put in and sent out to our parents," Barry said.

"You did get the design off the back of that magazine," Naldo reasoned.

"Yes!" Barry exclaimed. "But I'll need a couple days to rebuild it and get everything I'll need to actually be able to rebuild it."

"Until then, maybe I could somewhat pretend to be Shelby like I did before," Daisy added.

"Yeah. That could work," Cyd trailed off.

The group agreed. They found the blond wig for Daisy to put on again so she and Cyd could head next door. Since Daisy had been staying with Naldo and his parents, he would say that Daisy was spending the weekend with Cyd and Shelby. With that plan in mind, the group departed.

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After accidentally giving Sebastian the idea to marry her and claim that she was Daisy, Shelby was fitted for her wedding dress.

By the time she tried, and failed, to escape, she had already been fitted for her wedding dress. Soon after her attempted escape, the older woman she now knew to be Daisy's nanny helped her into her wedding dress. About ten minutes after that, Sebastian and two of his knights came to take her away. As much as Shelby tried to fight against them, they eventually reached the great hall where the wedding was being held.

There was nothing romantic about the wedding like Shelby had always dreamed there would be at her wedding. She was forced to read previously written vows and had no say in anything. Before she knew it, she and Sebastian were married and they were off to the reception.

"Everyone, I'd like to call your attention," Sebastian spoke, raising his voice so it commanded the whole room. "I will be calling my Queen Shelby instead of Daisy because I prefer that name and I'm King," he laughed. "You should all do the same."

There was a small murmur among the guests. No one would dare contradict Sebastian, especially not now that he was King. A small meal followed the wedding at the reception. After the meal was finished, there was time for dancing.

"Come, my Queen; we will dance," Sebastian spoke holding his hand out to Shelby.

"No way!" she exclaimed.

"If you don't, I will make your life miserable," he spoke through clenched teeth. "You will dance with me like you did at your homecoming dance."

Shelby scoffed but stood reluctantly. She took Sebastian's outstretched hand and they made their way to the dance floor. The two danced across the floor for a while until Sebastian decided that he had had enough dancing and wanted to rest, so they returned to their seats.

When the evening was done and all the guests had left, Sebastian and Shelby were escorted to their bedroom. Once they were in the room, Sebastian locked the door.

"Can't I have a different room than you?" Shelby asked.

"Ha, ha," Sebastian laughed deeply. "No. You are going to give me an heir to the throne."

"Oh, you want some of my hair to put on the throne?" Shelby spoke in a voice that was obviously sarcastic. "That's easy," she said, reaching for her hair.

"Not like that. You women really are idiots," Sebastian scoffed.

"I'm not an idiot," Shelby replied, rolling her eyes in annoyance. "I know that means you want me to have your son to rule one day. But what if I refuse to do anything with you so we never have any kids?" Shelby replied smugly. "I paid attention in history class."

"Well, even if you refuse, I'm much stronger than you and can overpower you easily."

"Um, you can't do that."

"Really?"

"Yeah, that's called rape."

"You're my wife. It doesn't matter."

"But I still have to consent to it," Shelby retorted.

"Doesn't matter here."

"I am a woman of the 21st century!"

"Well, since you have no way of getting back to your own time, you're now a woman of the 16th century. Here, what I say goes." Sebastian began to walk slowly towards Shelby.

"Hey! What? No, stay back," Shelby held her hands out to stop Sebastian from reaching her. He continued to approach her and she started backing up so he wouldn't reach her, but eventually she reached the bed and fell back onto it.

"Ha!" Sebastian laughed.

"No. Sebastian, please, don't," Shelby begged as he climbed over top of her. Even as Shelby fought against him, he continued and ignored her requests for him to stop. That night, he did the unthinkable to Shelby and her hatred for him could only grow.

When Sebastian decided he was done, Shelby moved as far away from him as she possibly could. Eventually, she was able to fall asleep hoping that in the morning, she'd wake up from this nightmare.

A/N: Essentially, this chapter served as an introduction to the story and to set things up for Shelby. I'm going to focus on what Shelby might have had to go through in the timeline where she married Sebastian, or what might have happened if, like the chapter begins, the laser couldn't be fixed.

Most chapters are going to be longer than this one was. I'd love to hear feedback on the concept of the story or really anything you have to say about it I just ask no flames please. Thanks for reading.