Here is chapter 1! This takes place 4 years after Journey to the Future. Wilbur and Kaccey are 17, Lewis is 16 and Kim is 4. Enjoy!
Wilbur jolts awake. He can feel sweat on his forehead. He takes a few seconds to catch his breath. One look around the room tell him that he's safe. He's in his room. Safe in his room. The room suddenly feels twice the size. He feels so small. He rests his head on his hand, feeling angry and worried at the same time.
"Not again." He murmurs.
This dream about Chamer has been going on for about two weeks now. At first, he thought he just missed her, but found it strange that after four years of not seeing her, he finally has dreams about her. The dream is always the same, which is strange.
He realizes what time it is. It's almost 10:30.
Wilbur gets out of bed, but he falls flat on his face. His legs are tangled in his bedsheets. He untangles himself, then gets dressed.
He goes into Kim's room after he leaves his room. Kim is brushing out her doll's hair with Kaccey by her side.
"Good morning, Mister Sleepyhead!" Kim says loudly and waving her doll around.
"Wow, I thought you'd never wake up!" Kaccey smiles. "Or were you just playing charge ball?"
Wilbur looks shocked at Kaccey.
"Yeah, I know the only reason why I still babysit little Kimmie is for you to play charge ball." Kaccey goes into a whisper. "But I won't tell anyone."
"It's a secret!" Kim exclaims, drawing an imaginary line across her lips.
"So why did you sleep in? Party last night?" Kaccey teases.
"No, I had a dream..." Wilbur trails off.
"Were there piggies in it?" Kim hopefully asks, hugging her doll.
"No, but I've been having the same dream for a while. Is that normal?" Wilbur asks.
"Depends on the dream." Kaccey says.
"Tell us! It's another secret!" Kim exclaims, drawing another line across her lips.
"Well, there was a girl in it." Wilbur says. "Her name is Chamer. We met a while back, but then, we stopped keeping in touch. In my dream, she's captured and in trouble, but she doesn't look scared. What should I do?"
Wilbur notices a hint of jealously in Kaccey's teal eyes. She tries not to look jealous with a smile, but she's having trouble hiding it.
"Well, you should go find that girl, there must be a reason." Kaccey's smile is wide and fake.
"Where does she live?" Kim asks.
"Yeah, about that...she kind of is well...she's dead." Wilbur says after a bit of hesitation.
"So...you're having dreams about a dead girl?" Kaccey asks. She doesn't look jealous anymore.
"She's dead now, but in the past, she wasn't." Wilbur explains.
"You went to the past?" Kaccey exclaims. "What is it with you and messing up the time stream?"
Wilbur is about to talk back to Kaccey, but then realizes they might get into a fight in front of Kim.
"Can I come to the past?" Kim asks, paying more attention to her doll than to Wilbur.
"No, sweetie. You can stay here." Kaccey says.
"But Lewis is from the past." Kim brushes the golden locks on her doll.
Kaccey shoots Wilbur a mad glare. "You took her to the past already?"
"Once or twice...nothing happened! No one knows." Wilbur says, crossing his arms.
"I won't tell, but it better not happen again!" Kaccey hisses.
"Lighten up, Kac." Wilbur smiles.
"Can we go to the past?" Kim hopefully asks, putting the doll on the floor.
"Yes." Wilbur says.
"No." Kaccey says in unison.
"Can Sir Piglington come too?" Kim asks. She jumps up and goes to a large pile of stuffed animals. She throws around lions, and tigers and bears.
"Oh, my. I can't fine Sir Piglington!" Kim pouts. She grabs another toy pig, which she named Oinkers.
"No, we are not going! It's dangerous, and we'll get in trouble! I am not going to go through a body switch again." Kaccey stubbornly says. "I like my body!"
"Who said you were coming?" Wilbur asks, picking up Kim.
"I am not leaving Kim with you." Kaccey objects.
"She won't be just with me!" Wilbur smiles down at Kim. "She'll be with a responsible person."
"How old is she?" Kaccey asks, still being stubborn.
"Uh...well...he graduated university, two years ago." Wilbur says. It's not necessarily a lie.
"Yeah, Lewis is very smart." Kim says.
"Doesn't Lewis have inventions to work on?" Kaccey asks.
"Nah, I'm sure he needs a vacation from inventing!" Wilbur smiles.
"To...the past!" Kim exclaims.
"You are not going to the past." Kaccey takes Kim from Wilbur's arms. "You're staying here where I can properly supervise you." Kim gives a sad disappointed look, but Kaccey ignores it. "Wilbur, go play charge ball. Don't you have a tournament coming up?"
"I can always practice later." Wilbur says.
"I wanna go to the past! I like Lewis!" Kim exclaims.
"You do realize Lewis is your dad." Kaccey says in a matter of fact way.
"Yeah, but Lewis is more fun, because he doesn't tell me when I have to go to sleep." Kim responds.
"Kaccey, let Kim have some fun! I know what I'm doing. I've been driving the time machine since I was twelve, and I got my driver's license a year ago." Wilbur says.
"After three tries." Kaccey mutters.
"So, you better let me take Kim to the past, or...I'll fire you." Wilbur says threateningly.
Kaccey glares at him. "You wouldn't."
"Yeah, I wouldn't, but it would be fun! I'd let you come along." Wilbur says in a sing-song way.
"No way are we going!" Kaccey says stubbornly.
Wilbur isn't satisfied with that answer. He grabs Kim from Kaccey's arms, along with Oinkers and heads for the door. Kaccey follows Wilbur at his heels. When Wilbur leaves the room, he almost runs into Franny.
"Oh, there you are! I was looking for you. Do you mind vacuuming?" Franny asks. It sounds more like an order than a question.
"Can't Carl do it?" Wilbur asks.
"He could, but he won't be taking care of you forever. You need to act more responsible. It'll only take ten minutes." Franny says, walking away.
"Ten minutes if you only do one room." Wilbur mutters.
"Well, there goes that idea." Kaccey gingerly takes Kim from Wilbur's arms. "Have fun vacuuming."
Kaccey walks back into Kim's room with Kim in her arms.
"Now, how about that tea party you offered earlier?" Wilbur hears Kaccey though the door.
Wilbur mutters something under his breath, about how unfair his life is. All he wants is to venture to the past, but he's stuck doing chores!
After vacuuming, which took a lot longer than ten minutes, Wilbur returns to Kim's room. Inside, he finds Kaccey holding Kim. Kaccey's talking to Franny. She must have told her about going to the past.
"Mom, I can explain." Wilbur says, stepping further into Kim's room.
"Explain? Explain what?" Franny asks.
"I was telling your mom how good Kim was today. My five hours are up." Kaccey says smugly to Wilbur. Her plan was to get Wilbur into trouble, and it looks as if her plan is working. "I'll see you tomorrow."
She says her goodbyes to Kim and Franny and puts Kim on the ground to play with her toys. As Kaccey puts her hand out to open the door, she turns her head back to face Wilbur and gives him a smile.
"Well, I think I should see Kaccey to the door" Wilbur says. Before he can get too far, Franny puts her hand on his shoulder to stop him.
"What can you explain?" Franny asks.
"Uh-oh, Wilbur's in trouble!" Kim exclaims.
"I have...to go." Wilbur says, taking his mom's hand off of his shoulder. "Bye!" He bolts for the door.
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