She was in the tunnel again, except this time it didn't fade out. She was seemingly stuck there.

She was floating. She refused to move in fear of getting lost. She stayed there for what seemed

to be an hour before it faded away and she was standing back in front of Ami.

"Oh my gosh! Fara what happened?"

"I was stuck in that tunnel. How long has it been?"

"Twenty seconds."

"What?"

"Twenty seconds."

"What?"

"Twe-"

"That's impossible! I- I've been gone almost an hour!"

"Nope. Stopwatch." She held out a silver stop watch with her initials on it, "See? Twenty

seconds."

"No, this can't be happening..."


A few days a after the incident at the park, she began to fade again. This time she was on her

own. The tunnel began flashing around her and then her room was completely gone. Back in

the tunnel, she didn't dare move. After a while, she heard a noise approaching. There are others

in this place? Maybe they can tell me where I am! A big blue box went spinning by right as she

moved back. The box was the same color blue as her eyes. How'd it get in here? Was that a

space ship? Am I in space? This doesn't look like space...

To her surprise, her closet began materializing around her. Well, technically, I'm materializing in

my closet. How'd I get in my closet? She opened her closet door and realized an hour had

passed. An hour? I wasn't in there that long... Wait a minute, I moved a little because of that

blue box. Maybe I moved an hour forward! No, that's impossible. Isn't it?

With the idea of time travel fresh on her mind, she got ready for bed. She dreamed of that box

and the tunnel and the possibility of traveling in time.

The next day, she told Ami about last night. "Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Are you really sure?"

"Ami-"

"Are you absolutely, positively-"

"Ami, I lost an hour."

"Okay... What are we going to do?"

"About?"

"You."

"What do you mean?"

"You disappear."

"And?"

"What if someone finds out?"

"Oh. Um... I don't know..."