Tavington fingered the blossoms as he mused over how beautiful the country was. Suddenly, he heard a rustle behind him, turning quickly he encountered a strange young woman carrying a backpack and many technical things. He, of course, had no idea what they were or what she was doing around here. He pulled his sword and demanded, "Who are you?" She seemed taken aback and stated "I'm Caelin Jacobs." Tavington smirked, "Odd name for a girl" and queried, "Patriot or Loyalist?" Caelin looked at him and said "Huh? What are you talking about? You mean Democratic or Republican? I'm a proud Republican!"
Now it was Tavington's turn to be surprised, he was unfamiliar with those terms. "No, you idiot. Which side of the war are you on? American or British?"
"Um, sir, we aren't in a war against the Brits. Britain is one of America's greatest allies; we haven't fought with each other since the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Both of which, I might add, we won." Caelin added smugly.

Tavington, being very annoyed, said "You're insane. We're in the war against you backwards Colonists right now and we are winning. You must be a Patriot from what you say so I'm taking you into custody."

With that, Colonel William Tavington of the Green Dragoons drew his sword and pushed it towards Caelin, making her turn around and walk towards the fort.

By now Caelin had figured out that somehow she was back in the 1770s. or 80s, she wasn't sure.

Col Tavington was doing some thinking. "Strange clothes she has on, modest though. And why does she have her hair like that?"
Caelin was wearing a blue denim skirt, a brown jacket, a white buttoned up shirt, and a striped shirt underneath that. She wasn't the prettiest woman, but she did have nice brown hair. She was 5'4" and not fat.

"Who are you anyway?"
"I am Colonel William Tavington commander of the Green Dragoons."

Caelin knew then that she was in one of her favorite movies, The Patriot. She thought to herself, "I knew I shouldn't have watched it so many times!"

As they approached the fort, Tavington warned Caelin to not do anything stupid. "You have a bunch of Soldiers who are trigger happy here, eh?" She asked. "No, of course not. It's just that General O'Hara, he's going to get upset."

"Upset about me? Drat. Well, not like I haven't had angry men in my life before!" That caused Tavington to give her an odd look—almost as if her statement was a precursor to her making him upset later. Having reached the fort, the sentry man opened the gate for the Colonel and his prisoner. As they moved towards the large house that Caelin guessed to be Cornwallis's quarters, a Dragoon came up to his commander and spoke to him, too quietly for Caelin to hear though. Continuing into the house, a bedecked officer appeared, looked at Tavington and Caelin and groaned, "You did it again, didn't you, Tavington?"

At that Caelin couldn't help but grin and both men stared at her in shock. Both asked, "What are those things on your teeth!?!?!"
"These? They're braces to correct the position of my teeth. Guess it's a new invention hereabouts."
"Tavington, take her in to Lord Cornwallis. He should question her, but I do believe she is insane. Braces indeed!"
"Indeed, I agree, she is touched in the head." Tavington replied.

Caelin just shrugged and walked into the large room where there was a desk, a rocking chair, and some other paraphelia from that time period.

Having been introduced to Caelin, Lord Cornwallis began the questioning without delay.

"Where are you from?"

"Sheboygan, Wisconsin."
"Where is that?"
"Midwest of the US of A. Around Lake Michigan….go to Ohio, keep heading west, when you reach Illinois, take a right and you're in Wisconsin."

"Hmm…well, how old are you?"
"Almost 19."

"What's your position in the war?"
"I support it; I think President Bush has done a great job with the War on Terror."
"Excuse me? War on Terror? King George hasn't declared a War on Terror. And who's President Bush?"
"Oh, never mind. I forgot you aren't from my time. What year is it, by the way?"

"17--."
"Oh."
"Why? What year do you think we're in?"
"2007."

"You have to be lying."

"Ah, so you don't believe me. Here, see what you think of this. "With that, Caelin got out some of her CDs and put on Toby Keith's "Angry American". Cornwallis, O'Hara, and Tavington were very surprised when Toby Keith got to the line about kicking butt.

Laughing to herself, Caelin stopped that song and put on Tim McGraw's "Back When".

That even made Cornwallis nod his head to the beat.

"You like?"

"Uhh, no, of course not." said Cornwallis briskly as if ashamed of enjoying the music.

"Back to questions. Are you a Patriot or a Loyalist?"
"Well, my mom always called me Loyal Caelin, but I'm a proud Patriot and I support the United States of America. I'm from the best country in the world!"

"Oh, really? Well, that means you will have to stay here as a prisoner." O'Hara said imperiously.

"She's made it very clear about her beliefs, put her in a room upstairs, and assign two men to guard her. Make sure she doesn't escape or else. We'll figure out a purpose for her at some point."
"Yes, milord." Tavington nodded and left the room with Caelin in tow.

"Yeesh, your Lord Cornwallis isn't a happy guy, is he?" Caelin said.

"Shut up and come with me."
"Aye, aye, Colonel."

"Don't mock me. And it's 'Yes, sir.' Not 'aye, aye'. "
"All right, all right. Yes sir, no need to get upset about it."

They continued walking out of the house and Tavington took her to the encampment. He was debating about which two Soldiers to assign to her. "Grimpot, no, he wouldn't do at all. Hmmm…Snodgrass? No, he's too stupid. I know! One of them could be Cpl Ryan Schaeffer. The other would be Pvt Andy Griggs." He mused.

Tavington shouted "Corporal Schaeffer, Private Griggs, come here!"

Quickly they obeyed.

"Miss Jacobs, here are your two guards. Schaeffer, Griggs, take her to the house and put her on 2nd floor, 5th room to the right."
"Yes Sir!"

"So, fellas what're your names?" Caelin asked.

"My name is Corporal Ryan Schaeffer of His Majesty's 9th Light Brigade, attached to the 4th Infantry, Alpha Company." Schaeffer informed her in a deep voice.

"My name is Private Andy Griggs of His Majesty's 4th Infantry, Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, 1st Squad."
"Cool, so you're like the country singer."

"What? Miss, I've never heard of such a thing."
"Oh never mind then. You wouldn't understand."

Once in the house, Caelin was escorted up the stairs and into the "5th room on the right". She didn't know it, but that was the room right next to Col Tavington's and that he was going to be keeping a close eye on her. Of course, Tavington also spent some of his time at the encampment but he had resolved to spend more time at the house to keep an eye on this strange prisoner.