Author Note: Hello to all my loyal followers and viewers, to another on this special story I'm presenting. I got an ENVISIONED spot here in which it maybe different from the actual 'Time Machine' novel & film, but you'll still have fun enjoying it? No questions asked about it at all, the "King of VISIONS" is trying to have a new spot on this fanfiction site, with this story that has never been, in a way, posted before? So, VISUALIZE all you like, and if you are interested, see the actual animted film to know how it all works out from beginning to end? Otherwise, if you wanna see how this story works, 'then' be interested to see the actual film, then that's fine too? So without further ado, it's time we get started on the second chapter, there's no 'Time' like the present, or is it the past? Heh, 'time humor', you can never get tired of that for any time-travel related story.
Chapter 01) Joining A Club?
The scene changes to Green Fold's university, at night time, just as something is about to be seen.
"I still can't believe it, Tom!" Spoke the voice of the orange haired scholar boy named Harney, as we zoom in in the middle of the university to see something. "That was the greatest hit I've ever seen!" The Harney complimented, as we see him and Tom Spender, who was wearing a grey suit with a red vest outside his white shirt from changing from his baseball outfit earlier during the game, just as he and his friend stopped with the latter pretending to swing a bat. "You're a regular Slammin' Sammy Crover!" The orange haired boy exclaimed, as he put his left shoulder over his friend's left shoulder to lean and give a fake right fist pound in complimenting Tom's work at the baseball game.
"Thanks Harney." Tom replies back to his close friend; Harney with a smile, he was always a good friend to encourage the boy.
"Durghnnn…." Suddenly, the university's bell is heard ringing off which makes the boy named Harney hear the first sound off of the time of hour.
"Look!" Harney replied while bringing his arms down in trying to tell his friend something. "I've…I've gotta get to the library before it closes!" Harney explains while the second bell tone noise was heard. "See ya tomorrow, slugger!" Harney waves goodbye before rushing off after the third bell's rung tone was heard.
"Good night, Harney!" Tom waved happily to seeing his friend heading off before he put his hand down when Harney was long gone.
"Durrghhnn…." During the fourth ring, as Tom was turning to leave the scene, something or someone's shadow was creeping up behind him? "Durghnnn…." Then another bell tone was heard, signaling the fifth ring while Tom was continuing his path.
"Hoot…Hoot!" An owl was heard while a happy Tom continued to walk on off with his blue book in hand. "Durgghhnnn…." Suddenly, after some owl hoots, the same shadow that was sneaking behind Tom was coming closer after the bell made it's sixth ring.
"Durrghhhnnn!" Soon as the bell tone made it's seventh ring, Tom was turning around a corner when suddenly….?
"Now….!" Two fancy and familiar scholar boys jumped from left and right, catching Tom off guard!
"Guuagh?" Tom gasped in surprise shock when one scholar boy cease his escape on his left before from out of nowhere…Pott's bagged him over the head, darkening his sight?
"Cluphm…." Soon the bag was over Tom's head and chest while one boy held his half waist, Potts bends down to lift up Tom's legs, as they carry their captive off? Soon the scene zooms over towards the left where we see a tall tower in the distance, whatever it was, it's clear that's where Tom is heading, against his will?
"Frouphm…frouphm…." Soon the scene changes from a dark site to where the bag over Tom's head is removed. "Huagh?" Tom gasps from being out of the sack, but to look around at where he's at all of a sudden?
It was a dark green room, filled with a portrait, but it was only lit by some candle light? Soon, someone was approaching from the candle's light flashing his appearance. It was Pott's elder brother, only he worn a black robe and had on a furry pointed hat with two moose antlers on it, and he looked serious.
"Let the music of fortunate begin!" As the elder fancy brother spoke when he came near the puzzled Tom, he turns around to wave out his arms to start some ritual music while Pott's also worn an outfit similar behind Tom being tied up behind a chair?
"Chinchinchinchinchinchin….." Soon we see bags with the money '$' logo on them, sounding like cash of change coins jiggling around inside one bag. As the scene changes to seeing three more members in the same outfits, but worn turbine indian hats with feathers on the front and had on sashes with the 'F' on them like the fancy brothers did while jiggling the sacks of money for some ritual music theme?
Tom looked around puzzled in not having a clue to what was going on around him, until someone spoke to him?
"You were once an unfortunate creature….known as Tomas Spender!" The elder fancy brother pointed to Tom who broke his train of thought when he was being strictly spoken about himself for reasons unknown?
"Well…." Tom tried to make a reply in saying that he is, but….
"Silence! Unfortunate Creature!" The elder fancy brother held his left hand up to cease Tom's chatting before waving it off like some high council leader of a secret civilization, or society?
Then while the high elder leader looked to Tom with a stern face, Tom didn't notice someone walking behind him until…. Tom looked back around him to see Pott's throw something? "Breakbreekbreek…." Soon, some golden powder was thrown from the hands of the other member at Tom's face.
"Cough!" Tom coughs a bit, as he looked away while trying to keep his balance before he was facing the high council elder brother himself.
"Hence forth!" The elder brother spoke with his arms cross and looking down at Tom to proclaim something! "You will be known as Tomas Spender!" He holds his arms up to make an announcement of who Tom shall be, which was… "ForchunKnottas! (Note: It's like saying Fortune (In short, they are speaking about cash), then Knot, and Tas. Example of how it could be said 'Fortune-Knot-Tas', but the other word is closer to the actual movie)" He spoke out in stating who or what Tom shall now be known as from now on!
"Gurphum…Gurphumm…" Tom coughs out the last bit of golden dust that got caught in his mouth before looking up puzzled by what this person was even saying while another cough escaped him?
"Chinchinchinchin!" Soon the ringing of fortune music was heard from jiggling coins in their sacks again, as the members where chanting this together. "Hail Tomas Spender!" The group of three spoke while wiggling their coin change before stating who Tom has now become. "ForchunKnottas!"
"The Society of the ForchunKnotty will assure your success in life!" The elder brother declared out while pointing to Tom who was puzzled while Potts stood near from listening to this speech. "In School! In College!" The leader of this society club waved off to state all the things to aid Tom's success in life. "In Business! And….Politics!" He even raised his left hand to point his finger up in stating that once the school was done, Tom's life for business and politics career that this group would aid the boy to be very successful no matter what life he wants to struggle for success!
"To win their favor!" Potts spoke with a smile behind the confused Tom, as he holds up a knife before reaching down behind the tied up boy. "BruuuCrupshm…." He soon cut Tom's tied rope hands free, as the red haired boy felt his free hands, Potts was making this exclaim point. "Just kiss there sash!" He pointed his finger towards his elder brother in stating how to win favor of the others.
"Do WHAT?" Tom replied out loud and surprise of being asked to do such a thing?
Soon the other members gathered around the elder brother leader who held his hand proudly to his chest. "Pokcah!" Soon the elder brother lifts to kiss the sash around his neck and waist in stating the whole 'kiss sash thing' in briefing on the term at hand
"Ohhh?" Tom looked up to see this before shrugging off with his left hand in now getting the idea, just as the leader of this group holds his sash towards Tom. "Pokhh…" Tom soon kissed the sash that they worn around their necks to sides, for-filling the requirements of gaining entry.
"Chinchinchinchin!" Soon the ringing of fortune music was heard again from shifting coins. "Hail Tomas Spender!" The group of three chanted while wiggling their coin change before stating what Tom Spender has now become. "ForchunKnottas!" With this right of passage, Tom has become a member of the ForchunKnotty!
Soon the elder brother and leader of the society group gives the confused Tom a sash of his own with the 'F' label on it, stating the ForchunKnotty's logo for it's meaning of a joined member. The high council leader raised his arms up to have Tom stand up before them, as a new member. "Chinchinchinchin!" Soon the fortune music was jiggling of change coins again, celebrating the newest member of the ForchunKnotty society!
Tom was fixing himself of his new acquired sash while the elder fancy brother that lead this group crossed his arms before undoing them to state something! "But do not forgot, Spender!" He points to Tom who yelped a tiny bit in confusion, as this guy was making one last statement of warning. "You must SHUN, the UN-fortunate!" He strictly stated the 'shun' part close to Tom's face, stating that as a member, he must ignore those that are NOT one of fortunate few.
"Don't even speak to them!" Potts came from behind Tom who turns around to hear this younger brother scold him in not even speaking to those that are not of the fortunate kind to win favors.
"Even if they were once your Friends!" The elder brother points to Tom again to strictly state that even if those Tom knew as his friends, he cannot even speak to them, for they are not of the fortunate folks!
Tom seemed a little distracted and disturbed to hear this, as he looked away puzzled in what to do? To truly be a member of this secret society and have a great future in life, he must not be seen hanging or even speaking to those that are less fortunate then he, talk about a hard career path?
"The Future Belongs To You!" The entire group of ForchunKnottys chant out in stating that only the future belongs to Tom, if he denies their rules, then he'll have no future at all!
Soon the scene changes to outside of the tower building, as it almost appears morning from the clouds almost clearing up. Meanwhile, down below where a door was opening up, we see Tom was existing the place after his joining into the ForchunKnotty!
"I can't believe it?" Tom exclaimed out in surprise while looking at his new sash that he got from joining the ForchunKnottys. "I'm in the ForchunKnotty!" Tom exclaimed out with a wave of his arms to cheer for his great accomplishment, with this new joining, he'll have a great future.
"Tom!" Spoke the voice of Harney which broke Tom out of his cheer to lower his arms, to see his friend running up towards him. "Hugh-Hugh…." Harney had stop to rest his arms on his knees from running before pointing to say something. "I meant to ask you if you were going home to see your father for the holiday?" The orange haired boy asked with a smile if his best pal was going home to visit his father at the moment. "I'm staying at school." Harney held an open palm in stating that he however during the holiday, will be at the school for the time being. "Hechn, can't afford a train ticket?" He laughs and shrugs off in stating he can't at the moment, afford to buy a train ticket to go home for the holidays, which he didn't seem to mind.
Tom looked to his friend with a blank expression, unsure what to do or say when he recalls the event of what he went through? "You must SHUN the unfortunate!" The elder brother and leader of the ForchunKnottys voice spoke within Tom's mind, reminding him who looked to his friend blankly in recalling what he must do. "Even if they were once your Friends!" Tom had his eyes rolled to not look at his friends eyes with a sad expression before looking away with them shut, being a member of this society club may turn up to have it's…disadvantages?
"What is it, Tom?" Harney's smile vanished from becoming concern from noticing his friend wasn't acting like his happy self, like something has happened that he doesn't know about?
"Dingiiihnnn!" A tiny sparkle was flashed off from Tom's new sash of the 'F' label from when he joined the certain society club which also didn't go…unnoticed!
"That's a ForchunKnotty sash!" Harney exclaimed to point at Tom's sash in recognizing it which made the red haired boy hold his shoulders to stop his friend from noticing it.
"Cluphm…." Tom quickly pulled it away from view when Harney wanted to see it, still have a worried blank look about blowing his membership should he speak to Harney?
Suddenly, it didn't take long for Tom's friend to realize what he saw, how his friend was acting, all of what this meant before his smile turn to frown! "Oh…." Harney replied in understanding that why his friend can't speak to him, he's a member of a know society club that chooses the fortunate members and leaves the others out of their classy group. "Congratulations?" He sadly waved off to Tom, as he turns away to leave with a sad tone, knowing that his old friend Tom is now a big shot for success now.
Tom wanted to raise his hand to stop his best friend from leaving, but was stopped by a voice!
"Well done, Spender!" Spoke the voice of the elder brother which made Tom look around in surprise to see the guy from the ForchunKnotty walk out from behind a pillar, hands in his pocket with a smile in knowing what he saw was the right act. "Clumpclumpclump!" He claps for Tom's work in not speaking to his old friend Harney, rather Shun him off as the less fortunate without a slight change of his expression.
Tom had his face like a blank expression of sorrow, as he looked over to where his friend was going? A sadden Harney had his hands in his pocket, head looking down, all from seeing that he had lost his friend to a high society where they would aid in giving him a successful future. Tom could only stare for so long before rolling his eyes down, away from watching this in sorrow, he's starting to think that maybe….being in the ForchunKnotty wasn't such a great deal after all?
But the high council man, the fancy elder brother had a different subject in that mind. "Huuuh-Hachachachach…." He looks away to laugh off on the poor unfortunate Harney on his situation. "Huagh-hachachachach….." He soon gets off from lying on the pillar, to laugh off while Tom watches his member ally leave in taking pleasure of the scene of the newest member performing well for himself?
"Froouphm….." Soon the scene changes to a flag man in a railroad blue uniform, waving a flag to signal some folks to go on while in the background, was a train whistle. "Wruuushhoomm….." As that whistle was heard when the flagman looked back, the scene changes to a train coming up near a railroad station. "Chuuchuuchuu, Breakiiisshhhmmm…." As the black train was coming up, the conductor put it's breaks on to stop itself just as it got to the station on time. "Trusuhhummm….." Soon the train blows out steam from it's rails, just after it stops before the scene changes? We now see folks of the 19 Century clothing walking around, some got ready to depart from the train while others planned to ride it.
Just then, while the sounding bell was ringing and an old lady was helped off from one cart by a gentleman, someone else comes out. It was Tom, exiting the train's cart in returning home for the holidays. Tom looks around puzzled, as if looking for someone to be here, waiting for his arrival?
Just then, he spots someone off near a bench, waving to Tom like she was signaling him to know she was here! It was an elder lady with puff grey hair fix and worn glasses to see, and she worn on a violet coat and yellow-tan scarf for the nippy cold air. Tom see's her, but sorta frowns before going over to see the old woman waiting for him.
"There you are ,Master Tom!" The old woman spoke while coming to meet Tom after he walks off the train carrying his suitcase, as she gentle held the young man properly over his shoulders with her hands, even addressing him so formally.
"Hello Rose." Tom replied out with a smile in knowing who this woman is, as she was mention in the flash back of her being a nanny taker for his family. "I thought my father was coming to meet me?" Tom asked out from thinking his father was going to meet his return home which Rose made a frown face from knowing this was coming?
"And so he was?" Rose exclaimed with her hands held in a grip pray while Tom looked down from his closed eyes before lifting his spirits up from what the old woman had to say. "But he must have forgotten?" When Tom heard this, he yelped in surprise shock, his father forgot he was coming home? "He's been shut away in his work shop these past 'Three days' and more?" The old woman explained while showing the number 'three' from her left hand's fingers before shrugging off her shoulders in not knowing what else has happened? "You know how he's been since 'we' lost your poor mother?" She put her arms down, knowing that her statement was clear of why the boy's father wasn't around?
"I know?" Tom sadly nods his head downwards with his eyes shut, knowing that he and his father have felt terrible when his mother passed away from her sickness it would seem. Soon Tom begins to walk a bit, as he continues to say something. "I just wanted to tell him about a club I've joined at school?" He said with a sad expression which Rose held her hands in concern worry from knowing the boy was clearly sad in knowing his father wasn't here to personally greet him.
"Oh dear?" Rose replied in seeing her young master was feeling a bit sad, so she tried to cheer him up, somehow? "Well don't you be bothering him in his workshop!" She held her right hand's finger up to state what Tom shouldn't do in the meantime? The old woman soon begins to run off after the boy who was walking down and about to exiting the train station to probably head on home….where his father is not located it would seem?
The scene changes to the night time, as we spot from an abandon building area?
"Arff, Arff-Arff!" There was a dog barking sound in the distance, as we zoom downwards from where we see this building on a lower floor? "Cruhmm..crumb…." There was a low thunder noise, signaling that it might soon rain anytime now? But, someone came to walk just a few feet away from the abandon building, it was non other then Tom Spender with a serious face!
As Tom looked to his other side, he looked back to the building with a determine face to approach it. As we look at the building's doors, we notice how they seem shut, almost to prevent entry this way? "Creph-creph…." Tom tried to pull the door open when he came up to it, but no luck, as it was sealed shut!
"Locked?" Tom exclaimed from seeing that he wasn't gonna get inside this way, so he backs away from the door with another plan in mind while looking up at the building! "Dad! It's me, Tom!" Tom cried out over to the building, calling out his father for who maybe inside the place, working? "I need to talk to you!" The boy stated out his reason of why he is here, and waits for an answer?
"Arff, Arff-Arff!" More dog barks were heard in the distance, as we zoom to an open window where light is coming from? It would make sense to almost say that nobody seem to even be home with the lights still on?
Tom stared puzzled in seeing that while the lights were on, he got no response if his father was in or not which made the boy sign to look at the ground with a frown? "There's more then one way for a boy to see his father!" Tom exclaimed with a tight right fist and determined face, as he now rushes over to the building with a plan to see his father. Tom stops near a drain pipe attach to the building, leading up towards the next floor which Tom believed he could use. "Huuagh…Huagh?" He took a deep breath in knowing what he had to do next, as he grabbed the pipe to…begin his climb! "Ugh…ARrrugh!" Tom struggled while making a groan up the wall, just as the scene changes to an open window spot. "UrrArgh!…Ruuuargh!" Tom reached his head up, then struggled to bring his whole body up to get inside the window while looking inside the place? "Dad! Dad?" Tom called his father again, even to look around puzzle to where his father could even be at in his workshop?
Inside the place, there was lots of lab equipment and machines all light up, even the lights above were still on. A few things seemed wrecked and most of it had books and smaller devices, even chalkboards to write down problems, a place that anybody would use to study in a workshop place. But from everything still around and undisturbed, there was still no sign of Tom's father, even while the ceiling lights were still on?
Soon Tom walks over to a chalk board set up where there was a picture of a machine with some calculations written on it? On the chalkboard, Tom noticed that there were year date charts starting with '1901' of this year? But then it went over towards '1972', then that one goes over towards '2002', then it goes over at '2902', towards lastly one that's read '11, 902' on it, like they were planned year dated charts? But the weirdest part of this was finding over next to that last year number, was a word label 'CURE?', as if puzzling something to wanting to figure out some year date for a cure, whatever it might be was zoomed in closer for being the most mysterious?
"He really is a crackpot?" Tom exclaimed with a frown expression to grabbing his forehead by his right hand, not believing that his father has gone a bit nutty like people have said to him? "He probably wouldn't understand how important it is to be a ForchunKnotty?" Tom put his hand down to remark in thinking that his dear father would never understand how important it was for him to be so lucky to be in a club society to aid in his future. "He never would have been asked to join?" Tom shrug off from the scene showing him shrugging his arms in knowing his father might never have been asked to join his club, just as he was about to turn and leave when….
"BRiisuuhmmm….." Suddenly, there was a blue spark of electric current running through the lab machinery which spoke and surprise Tom to notice this was going on? "GRusuhmmm…briziziztrizihmm….." Suddenly, more noises were heard while papers were flying all over the room, like something was really happening here? "Poopphh…Truushuummm…." After a gun shot noise, something incredibly bright had appeared in the room which made Tom try to shield his arms over his head!
"Ahhhhh?" Tom yelps out from the bright lights appearance, unsure of what's happening here while his eyes were closed.
"Grugruhmm…Wuushhuphm….." Suddenly, in the center of the room, the faded light grew brighter until it was the size of a sphere ball while red-violet smoke mist escaped on the ground. "Brusuhhm…Brushhmm…Brushhhmm….." Soon multiple flashes were flashing so bright, it was almost blinding for Tom to keep himself covered and protective from watching this. "WRuushophm….." Soon, after the whole flashing waves were ceasing, so did the extra bright light show?
"What the?" Tom asked puzzled, as he unshelled himself to see what has happened here?
"PRushoomm….bisisitrizzihmm…." While the noises were going off, Tom begins to investigate this strange phenomena?
"BRrisistrizizzihum….." From looking at it, there was some lever in a chair spot, some turbine engines attach to it, even a year chart date, all were sparking from the blue light's electric circuit current from appearing out of nowhere? Soon the machine's year chart showed it was 1901, the year of where Tom is living in? Once we zoom outwards, we see Tom coming over to see a strange built land travel device with three comfy cushions?
As Tom looks to see this, he finds a note in the seat of the strange device vehicle, with a message written on it, as Tom picks it up to read it.
"If you find this note, know that something has happened to prevent my return from the future?" Tom read out with his serious face, eyes following the lines until they go wide eye from catching that last part on 'the future' that was something to not be ignored! "Signed, Henry Spender?" Soon Tom noticed the signature that were 'HS' which were short for Henry Spender, who was also the name of his father! "The Future?" Tom replied out with deep puzzled and surprise while letting the message be dropped from his hands.
"Crushmm…Crughmmm…." There was some thunder boom noises in the background, just as the note from Tom's father landed beside his feet! Soon the scene goes dark after that, stating that whatever happens next, one thing's certain….Tom Spender's life, will change before his eyes.
VISION NOTE: Now for many of you are very puzzled by knew and unrecognized words like 'ForchunKnottas' & 'ForchunKnotty', are the basic label terms for describing a member of a secret club and the name of the club itself. And believe me, trying to find the right spellings to make it close to having words like those be said by computer alone is tricky, so be pleased to know that what they are written, is how they are pronounced from the actual animated film.
Also, the whole 'how to join' is suppose to be a performance by clubs to how new members can join by going through a ritual standards to a performance that this group requires one to for-fill! And as stated by what was seen in the 'kiss the sash' might be lead to a wrong conclusion if not explained further, so really, everything, is as how it's explained and shown.
Now this was a story to VISION the best from it, and Bellevue me, it's about to get better from here out? For in the next chapter, Tom must find his father, but he'll have his first experience time traveling, and will see where his future and 'relative descendants' shall be like? Not to mention, a 'SPECIAL' appearance of the BONUS cast I promised you all shall be seen! What IN-VISIONED work shall take place where someone of an animated 'Time Machine' meets those from the 'Sonic The Hedgehog' series, all to be later discovered the next time? So for now, the VISION-KING is pleased by this little work in how he's made this story, and as stated, shall get better as it'll go on. So please enjoy this, the work is still small, but it will grow on you in due time, that will be no lie, til next time, "ha", time joke?