Chapter 3: Why Are We In 1912?
Lizzie woke up with a massive headache. What had happened? She sat up, but quickly went back down, as her head was throbbing. She looked up and saw the starry sky. Ugh, someone must have spiked the drinks or something and she'd passed out outside. She started to get up, but was pushed back down by warm hands. She looked at the oddly familiar man, "Wha-what happened?" she stuttered. He looked down at her and smiled,
"You fell and hit your head."
"Oh," she sighed, how clumsy of her. When she sat up, she almost had a heart attack. "Where are we!"
"You are on the RMS Titanic, Miss," he told her. Suddenly she knew who he was, Jack Dawson. The last thing she could remember was the clock chiming 2:20, and the band playing "Nearer My God To Thee." She looked over to see that Miranda was lying next to her, shivering violently. Lizzie jumped up immediately and leaned over her, despite the pain in her head. "What happened?" she demanded of Jack. Jack looked over the shivering woman,
"I'm not exactly sure, a man had her dangling over the side of the ship, which is weird, especially after I just saved-"
"Rose Dewitt-Butaker," Lizzie finished. Jack looked confused,
"Um, how do you know?" Lizzie smiled sheepishly, how could she have let this slip?
"I know her." Jack nodded.
"So anything else about her? Did you see anything?" Jack frowned.
"He was holding her over the edge telling her that she had only four days or else? Do you know what that means?" Lizzie thought for a moment.
"Jack, what day is it?"
"April 10th, the Titanic set sail this morning." Oh no. The man had meant four days until they were all doomed! Lizzie bent over Miranda,
"Miranda! Miranda!" Miranda awoke from the voice and looked at Lizzie,
"We need to talk. Now!" Lizzie helped Miranda up, before starting to walk away.
"Wait!" The two turned at the voice. "I'm sorry, but I don't believe I caught your names," Jack said.
"Elizabeth Montgomery, and my friend, Miranda Blackwood," Lizzie told Jack Dawson. The two then turned to ran down the deck, and pulled themselves into a door. The room was a powder room. Lizzie checked to make sure that no other women were inside before locking the door. Lizzie turned back to Miranda. "What the heck are we doing here?" she shrieked.
"I don't know," Lizzie admitted, "But what is the last thing you remember?" Miranda thought a moment,
"The clock chiming 2:20." Lizzie nodded,
"Me too, and now we're here, in 1912, on board the RMS Titanic." Miranda nodded,
"The man, he-he tried to...he said we only had four days! You know what happens in four days!" Lizzie nodded,
"The ship sinks." Miranda nodded,
"I think we're supposed to stop it. But how?" Lizzie was just as confused. Suddenly, there was a pounding on the door, Miranda unlocked it and Lizzie leaned over, as if looking at herself in the mirror in front of her. "I'm terribly sorry if I am disturbing you, but I've had quite a fright tonight, and I needed to fix myself u-" The woman stopped when she saw Miranda. "Oh, it's you. Don't you worry, that man can't hurt you now," she smiled. When both the girls continued to gawk, the woman introduced herself, "Hello, I am Rose DeWitt-Butaker, and you are?"
"Ah..Miranda Blackwood, and Elizabeth Montgomery," Miranda introduced. Rose smiled,
"Lovely," before walking to the mirror to fix herself. Lizzie and Miranda crept toward the door, and left.
"That's Rose." Lizzie nodded, "And we also met Jack." Miranda felt faint, but knew that she most control herself.
"Do you think that if we got sucked back in time, anyone else did?" Lizzie asked. Miranda shrugged,
"I don't know, but we should find out." Miranda led the way down the hallways and corridors before they entered the grand dining hall. The two were amazed at how beautiful it was. "Look," Miranda pointed to the grand staircase where four people were standing, "Let's look there." The two girls walked over to the grand staircase, and just as Miranda had guessed, the figures standing there were very familiar. "It is where the first class guest elegantly enter the dining room," Mandy was telling the boy who stood next to her, examining the clock. The boy was none other than James Foster. The other two figures were boys as well, though Miranda didn't know them, she could tell that they all went to school together. Lizzie cleared her throat as the two walked up the staircase. The four turned and Mandy grinned, "Oh thank goodness! Oh Miranda, I thought that I'd been sucked here without you!" Miranda smiled. A boy with messy blonde hair and dark brown eyes smiled and extended his hand for a handshake, "Hi! I'm Carter Jones, and this is my cousin, Jason Jones." Miranda took Carter's hand and shook it as a boy with messy brown hair and green eyes smiled. Miranda knew that the boy must be Jason. Lizzie smiled,"Oh, well hi! I'm Lizzie Montgomery, this is Miranda Blackwood, and Mandy Seymore, my friends." Carter and Jason smiled.
"And I'm James Foster!" James interrupted.
"We know!" his five companions yelled, annoyed. James shrunk under their annoyance, and stepped beside Mandy. Mandy cleared her throat, "All right, introductions out of the way, um, Lizzie, Miranda, you do know where we are right?" Lizzie nodded,
"We are aboard the RMS Titanic." Mandy nodded,
"But how we got here is beyond me." Carter piped in,
"Do you two know anything?" Lizzie nodded,
"It's April 10th." Jason nodded. Miranda didn't want to share, but she knew that she should,
"Um, a man tried to throw me off the ship."
"What? Jason and Carter asked in unison. Miranda hurried on,
"But Jack saved me-"
"Jack? As in Jack Dawson?" asked James. Miranda nodded,
"We also met Rose in the powder room but, anyways, back to my man kept saying, you only have four days."
"Four days," James nodded in thought, "What happens in four days?"
"The ship sinks," Lizzie explained. Everyone paled at the thought.
"We have to get out of here before then," Jason stated and everyone nodded. Lizzie looked up, "Unless we're here for a reason. But what?" Carter nodded,
"Lizzie's right. What if we're supposed to, I know it sounds crazy, but save the ship?" Miranda looked surprised,
"How could we do that? There's no guarantee that we could even meet with someone that could help, and if we could, who would believe us? We'd just sound completely insane!" Mandy grimaced, looking up at her new friends. Just thinking that they might all die made her want to run and hide. Mandy then thought of something that might help them. If there was anything in their purses or the guys' pocket, it would be quite helpful. She checked her purse and frowned, "I have nothing on me. What about you guys? Anything that could tell us where our rooms are? Or anything?" One by one, they checked their purses and pockets. No one had anything. "I believe that I can help you with that," a voice sounded behind them. They turned, surprised, as they saw the person they least expected to see. Miranda looked at Carter, who in turn looked at Lizzie. everyone looked at someone else, hoping that they would have an answer. No one did. Miranda was the first to recover. She looked at the person, who was standing at the bottom of the staircase, looking like any normal person from first class 1912 would, the only difference being that said person had an iPhone in their hand. "Mrs. Jackson?" Miranda asked as the woman grinned devilishly.
OH! CLIFFHANGER, I know, I'm so evil! Well, I bet that none of you saw THAT coming! Sorry that it's so short, but for this particular story, the way that I want it, it's easier to do a bunch of short chapters, rather than only a few long ones. So now all the main characters are introduced, and they are finally on board! I will try and update soon, but I have a SUPER busy schedule for the rest of the summer, so I will probably only be able to update on weekends. But If I get a good amount of reviews, I may try super hard to update on weekdays, instead, to get it done sooner. It's all up to you! By the way, I'm watching Edward Scissorhands while writing this (Don't ask why, I really don't know...) So if anything seems very wierdish, it's because I've been watching a Tim Burton film, but I LOVE this movie:) I'd love to hear from you guys what your favorite movie is, and if I get some feedback on it, I just might tell you mine;) Well, see you later! (I did go back and check for the spelling and grammatical errors. Sorry, guys! If there are more, please inform me immediately!)
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