Somewhere In Time
January 21, 2000 2:26 PM
Christine
Do I really not remember? The sights, the sounds, their voices, their…. Faces…. Did time really fly by? Am I letting my life slip away? I guess all I can try to do is remember…
"Katie, Christine. This is your brother Mark." A new born Eevee was placed down in front of us. Ok, what now?
"Katie… Make him stop…." Mark won't stop poking my face. Katie walked over and laid on top of Mark to make him stop. I watched as Mark tries to wiggle free from under his older sister and then started crying.
Next memory, come on give me more.
"You can't keep her, it's just not right." I do not recognize this voice.
"I know… I just don't know what to do…" Who is this? The memory has faded… Give me another!
"K-Katie... is that really you?" I looked at her new form. She changed before my eyes.
"uh.. I guess so… I feel different… How do I look Christine?"
"You look amazing Katie."
Mark comes running in to the room. "Who are you!?"
"I'm still your sister"
"No! you look different…" He sat down looking really annoyed.
The more I thought about my past the more I seem to remember. This is good, maybe whatever that dream I had was a lie all along.
"Where are we going?" I said as I looked up at the human standing before me.
"I'm sorry Christine… We are not going anywhere… You're the only one leaving…" The figure said.
"W-what do you mean I'm the one leaving?!"
"Look, when the time comes, I'll find you, ok. But for now you gotta go, you don't belong here Christine. I honestly wish it could be different but… This is as good as it gets. Just remember I'll always be around. Now go…" There is no one there and I'm all alone.
Ok, here is one with my brother and I. "Mark..?" I reached out to him. "Are you ok?" He started glowing. "Mark!" I stood up and backed away as he changed while sleeping. He got bigger and changed shape a bit. Mark woke up after he stopped glowing.
"Christine…"
"Mark, you've changed."
"I did?" He stands up but then falls back down. "Oh…" Then he turns around to look at himself "What the! Katie changed, now I change. I don't look like Katie…."
"Why are you- woah. Mark. You evolved." Katie walked in to the room
"I w-what."
"You evolved, like how I evolved. That means that Christine is next."
"But you don't look the same. Katie, you're pink and Mark you're black." I pointed out. What would I become?
How far in time have I skipped now…?
"What's wrong with me..?" I pouted then looked up at my Espeon sister.
"What do you mean Christine?" She gave me a hug.
"You changed, Mark changed… But, I'm still the same… Why can't I change?"
"Christine, you will change when you're ready."
"But I am ready, I want to be like you…"
Katie put her paws around me. "One day it will happen. But until then you are who you are, please don't forget that Christine. I may look different but my personality has stayed the same. And that goes for our brother too."
"Hmm…. What about me?" Mark walked over.
"We were just talking." Katie looks down at me.
"Hello? Where did you go? Where did you get this house?" What the hell is this?
"A friend of mine gave it to me, I said I wanted it and he was like sure, take it."
"Who are you?" I stood there on a wooden house porch
"So, what do you think Christine? I want to get it all fixed up."
"Wow this is a really nice pla-WHO ARE YOU!"
"Come on in, I'll show you around. You're gonna love it."
No I'm walking in to the house I don't feel good. Oh man… My head is screaming… MAKE IT STOP!
"Christine!"
What?
"Christine!"
"Katie?"
"Hey Christine, come here. You have got to see this."
"What is it?" I followed Katie along the muddy beach.
"I think it washed up when that storm hit. This rock was not here last week."
I noticed Mark standing next to the rock, he was inspection it. But there was something about it. It looked more like ice then a large rock, it seemed to be calling out to me I felt like I was required to get closer.
Mark turned his attention to me. "Well what do you think..? uhh.. Christine..? Hey, are you ok?" I was not paying attention to my brother at all. I only wanted to get closer to the rock. To touch it.
"Christine? Oh wow! It's happening! Mark she is evolving!"
I could see my paws glowing and then when I started to feel different like I now have a real purpose in life that I was finally accomplishing. When it was all over I looked back at my siblings who were shocked to say the least.
"Uh.. C-christine… Wow…" Katie looked stunned.
"What?" I looked down to see dark blue paws. Are those mine? Oh wow… What do I look like? I try to walk but that feels strange and I almost fall over.
"Christine. Are you there? Hey."
"Who are you?"
"Christine there you are. How are you doing tonight?"
"I'm doing fine."
"Good. We have a lot of people out there tonight."
"Ok… I can do this…"
"Make me proud Christine."
"Hello everybody, I would really like to know where I am because I have no idea."
"CHRISTINE!"
"Where is Katie?" I walked up to Mark.
"She's.. She's no longer here…" Mark looked like he was about to cry.
"What do you mean she is no longer here?"
"They.. Took her Christine…"
"Where did they take her?"
"I don't know Christine."
Everything around me fades. It seems as if I am entering the void again. Some things are clearly not what they seem, like I have been tricked at some point. Why can't I bring it all back together, to relive the happy days and the sad days, is this too much to ask for? At what point does one stop to ask themselves if they have gone insane. I may have reached that point now. I know I am capable of thought, but the content of these thoughts may not be genuine. Or is this what I am led to believe?
I'm hoping someone is on the other side of the wall. Because I want out!
"Hey Christine, do you remember me?"
"No… Not really…." I looked up at a shadow of a person
"Don't worry, there is a good chance you are not alone out there. I'm sure I sent others with you as well."
"Who, who are the others? Who are you?"
"Like I said before, don't worry about it." The figure spoke.
"Wait, you never said that before." I'm sure it never said this before.
"Really? I'm sure I did."
"Uhh…. No, you didn't"
"Yes I did…"
"No, you didn't I would have remembered it."
"Really Christine? I'm over here trying to prove how your memory is total garbage and you're sitting there trying to tell me otherwise. And yet, you have no idea who I am. Now who looks like the asshole?"
"Yeah, I'm done here." I get up and start walking away.
"No wait! Don't go…. I uhh…. I have pizza."
"Look, your creepy, I'm out."
"Oh, come on… It get lonely in here…" I push the door closed. Another crazy person in my head, what else is new….
"Hey you're awake." I noticed Cassandra looking at me when I opened my eyes.
"Uhh… How long was I out for?" Picking my head off of my forepaws I looked over at her.
"For about an hour, if not longer, anyway you were really tossing and turning. Are you feeling alright?"
"Sometimes I wonder if I am." I looked over at the clock on the radio, she was not too far off.
January 21, 2000 3:38 PM
Yukon Territory
Christine
"Whatever is going on Christine I can feel it too. I am not causing it, but you are disturbed." Dana said in a serious tone that I have not heard from her in a long time.
"So it's not just me? Or am I going crazy?"
"I can't tell…." Dana put her head down.
"But you can feel it. Is it good or bad?"
She picked her head up again and looked past Jenny and Cassandra. "In order for me to know anything I would need to enter your dreams while you're sleeping."
"Why, just so you can mess with her some more?" Jenny sounded displeased as she spoke.
I might not have a choice… This is starting to become a problem… I'll give it some more thought later.
