Well, here we are! The last chapter before the epilogue! I don't really have anything else to say... except for the RECAP!

Last time, Scamp went inside and surprised the rest of the family with their return home after getting them out back. While Sam was telling a made up story, Scamp found Angel and confessed his love towards her, and the two of them are happily together. Danielle then revealed Dexter to everyone and Sam convinced Jim Dear to adopt him. In the end, Danielle, Sam and Scamp all made it back home, Dexter is now part of a family, and everything is back to normal at last!

Speaking of which...

Ready? Sego!

Chapter 16 – Back to Normal at Last

The sun was setting, Jim Dear and Darling were putting Junior in bed. Danielle, Scamp were telling the rest of the family the real story on what happened. Everyone was listening with great interest. They were given the ok by Sam to tell them before he left the house to salvage the wreckage of the D.E.

"Then to Buster's shock, the D.E. slowly rose into view with me on top of it, and SLAM! Sam hit Buster with the door and knocked him out!" Said Danielle, trying not to laugh. "Man, I still find it hard to believe all of this happened! Are you sure it's true?" Asked Annette. "Yes, it is!" Scamp said as he nodded.

Danielle then continued the story. "Then I found Scamp asleep in the D.E., and after he woke up, we went back to 1911 again. Sam then told me that since we went back to 1911 AGAIN. There was now 2 Sam's and 2 me's. Weird right? Anyway, the other Sam was the one from 1911, the one who helps the other me get back to 1912. Remember that bit of my story for the first time around?"

Some nodded, Danielle once again continued. "Yeah, after future Buster gave it to the younger Buster, I had to grab that book anyway I could. All the while, being VERY careful not to run into the other me. By the way, grabbing just a single book was a lot harder than you think. Especially when he got to the dance. I did get a few glimpses of the other me while there though. Which by the way, felt REALLY weird." Danielle shuddered at that last part.

"Um, where was Scamp and Sam in all of this? What were they doing?" Asked Angel. "Well, they stayed back to fix a problem with the D.E., this will be important later! Now, I grabbed the book after the Mayor's dog took it from Buster. Only to find that it was a different book in disguise, all I grabbed was the cover!" Danielle said as lightly hit the couch she was on in frustration.

She then continued again. "Then I saw something going on outside and I remembered what's going to happen. I ran out and saw Buster get knocked out by Dad, again! After Mom and Dad walked off together, other me pulled out the picture, looked back and forth for a second, and ran off. Then I made my move and snatched the book."

Danielle then sighed. "But then, I ran into his friends. They chased me to the dance room, and they saw the other me on stage. I snuck over and dropped a bunch of sandbags on them before they could attack. After leaving the building, I thought I was finally done. But then Buster showed up and challenged me to a fight. I chose to walk away and…" Danielle sighed again, "then he called me by my trigger name… chicken…"

"Danielle, you know what happens when you turn around after being called a name?" Asked Scamp. "Yes, I do…" Said Danielle. "I walked back over to him, and… WHAM! The door flew open and slammed me in the face." Everyone winced slightly. "Ouch, that's gotta hurt!" Said Colette.

Danielle continued after everyone has quickly settled down. "Who did it? Me of course… the other me hit ME with a door. This allowed Buster to steal the book back from me while I was stunned. I got to the roof of the school and found Sam and Scamp waiting for me. Then we go off and find Buster driving along the road. When I tried to grab the book, Buster saw me and tired to knock me off his car. After I got the book, Buster tried to run me over! As I reached the end of the tunnel, Scamp swung in on a rope tied to the D.E., he caught me and saved my life, just before Buster could run me over!"

"No way, did he actually…?" Asked Annette. "Yes, yes he did. I could tell how happy he was after he saved my life." Danielle said as she smiled at Scamp. "Now, after I got the book, Sam lowered us down onto the road and I burned the book with a match from that match box I grabbed earlier, speaking of which, it disappeared after a lit the book on fire. The newspaper showing Dad's… um… you know already. Anyway, it became blank. But then…"

Danielle's tone changed. "Sam, who was flying in the D.E., got struck by lightning! It sent him back in time to 1892! Scamp and I got a letter from him after that, and he explained what happened. We then found 1911 Sam and we showed him the letter Sam wrote. We made plans to get the D.E. tomorrow because it was still late. Now, the next morning... remember when I said that Scamp showed signs of affection towards me?"

Scamp turned his head to look at her. He gave her a look, telling her not to tell them. "Sorry Scamp, I have to." Said Danielle. Before Scamp could argue, Danielle turned back to everyone else. "Yeah, Scamp spoke to me about it. He told me that he was doing that because something was bothering him, ever since what happened in 1914."

Scamp blushed slightly and slowly turned his eyes away from everyone as Danielle continued. "He told me he was scared. Scared for me, scared of something bad happening to me. He was even having nightmares about it." Danielle was speaking in a serious tone. "It got emotional too, he even broke down crying, the whole thing really got to him." Danielle said as she looked at her brother sympathetically.

"Really…? I never thought Scamp of all people would get so emotional." Annette said in surprise. Everyone knew Danielle wasn't lying because they could see Scamp was clearly embarrassed. "Yeah, me too." Said Danielle. "Anyway, I got myself together and comforted him by saying a short speech, which left him in tears. My words clearly touched him deep down, because he hugged me, crying with happiness." Danielle said as she smiled warmly. "Aww… that was so sweet of you Danielle." Said Lady. "Scamp… hugging Danielle? No way that's true." Said Colette in disbelief.

"Oh, it did happen, trust me." Danielle then looked over at Scamp, "By the way Scamp, I know you like doing that, showing your affection towards me." Scamp slowly turned to her. "Yeah, but it was only during that whole time traveling thing." Scamp muttered in embarrassment. "Oh really? I don't think that's true Scamp. I can tell you want to do it again." Danielle said as she smirked.

"No, no I don't." Scamp said in denial. "Oh come on Scamp, you know you want to. I know you want to give you sister a big hug!" Danielle as she smiled warmly. Scamp's blush grew brighter. "NO, I don't want to!" Said Scamp as he turned his head away in embarrassment.

"Oh yes you do! Remember how warm and comfortable you felt?" Danielle said as she placed a paw on his back. "Oh, come on, don't make me do it!" Scamp said in protest. Danielle smirked. "Well I guess I am going make you do it then. If you really don't want to, I could be the one who will-"

Scamp looked back at her. "Okay you win!" Scamp then wrapped his paws around her back and hugged her happily. Danielle turned her head to look at Colette, who couldn't believe what she was seeing. "See? I told you it was true." Danielle said casually.

"Great, now I don't want to let go." Said Scamp as he smiled. "Well you're gonna have to, we need to continue the story." Said Danielle as she smiled warmly. "Oh, yeah… right." Scamp said as he let go of his sister.

Danielle then continued the story from where they left off. "After all of that, Sam came back and we got ready to leave. We went off to find the D.E. in an abandoned mine. Then I found Scamp looking at something in fear, when I saw what he was looking at, I yelled for Sam to come over."

"What did you see?" Asked Lady. Danielle shifted her paws uncomfortably. "Well… we found… a tombstone with SAM'S name written on it!" Everyone gasped after she said that. "That gave us a bigger reason to go back to 1892 and get Sam home." Said Scamp.

"When we got back to 1892, we ended up in a forest! We were going really fast, it was amazing we didn't hit any trees. Seriously… Sam REALLY needs to study that class more…" Scamp said feeling annoyed.

Danielle then continued the story. "But then I busted the battery after we stopped. We then made our way into town and found a Doberman named Buford, he was Buster's… I don't know how many greats, grandfather. After I spilled… uh… you don't wanna know… He tried to kill me. So, I ran away and that was where Dexter saved me. That bit of Sam's fake story was kinda true."

Danielle looked over at Dexter and smiled warmly, Dexter smiled back. "The two of them fell in love instantly by the way." Scamp said with a smirk. Danielle whipped her head around to look at him. "Hey! We didn't INSTANTLY fall in lo-… actually, you're right, we did…"

Danielle then continued from where they were and she and Scamp went on for almost an hour before finally finishing.

Shortly after they finished their story, Sam walked into the room. Everyone turned to him. "Well, what did you find?" Asked Danielle. "Well, there wasn't much left. All I found was this alarm clock." Sam said as he held up the alarm clock. "It's the one we used on the night of the famous lightning storm, remember Danielle?" Asked Sam. Danielle nodded. Sam then held up the hoverboard. "The other thing I found was the hoverboard. It somehow survived without a scratch. Because the time machine is gone, I guess we get to keep it then." Sam said before he tossed it onto the carpet, the board hovered in place above it.

"Woah! That is so cool!" Angel said in astonishment. "How is it doing that?" Asked Annette. Sam shrugged. "I dunno, I never really studied the future technology while I was there. Since we're keeping it, you can have fun with it."

"Ooh!" Scamp said as his eyes lit up. Sam caught on and immediately put a stop to it. "But NOT inside the house." Said Sam sternly. "Aww…" Scamp said in disappointment as he looked down at his paws, his ears drooping.

"I can't believe you guys got to do all of that!" Colette said in awe. "Makes sense though, you guys were gone for a while." Said Annette. "I know that the time machine is gone in all but… I still wish I got to see it…" Angel said with slight disappointment.

"Okay kids, now that the story is over, I think it's time for bed, it's getting late." Said Tramp. Everyone groaned slightly especially Scamp. While everyone was heading for their beds, Dexter spoke up.

"Wait, where will I sleep?" Asked Dexter. Sam clearly didn't think about that, and didn't know what to say. Danielle's eyes lit up when she thought of an idea. "Oh, I know! Hey Sam, remember the homemade bed from 1911?" Asked Danielle.

"Yeah, why-… Oh, I know what your idea is! Hold on, let me get it." Sam said before he walked off. He came back a few minutes later with the basket Danielle and Scamp recognized. Sam set it down close by to Danielle's bed and placed some new cloth inside it.

"There we go, Dexter can sleep in here until he gets a proper bed. I've cleaned it out and put some more comfortable cloth and blankets in there." Said Sam. "Thanks Sam." Dexter said with a week smile.

Dexter then climbed into his homemade bed and got comfortable. Danielle was going to climb into her bed with her sisters, but she stopped and looked over at Dexter. She then went over to his bed and climbed in. Danielle and Dexter looked at each other and smiled.

Annette and Colette looked at Danielle with slight surprise, but then realized what was up. Annette and Colette smiled and got ready to sleep.

Danielle slowly closed her eyes so she can sleep. But then she heard a familiar sound. Danielle opened her eyes and perked her ears up to listen. "Scamp…? Do you hear that?" Asked Danielle. Scamp nodded. "I heard it too. Is it… what I think it is?" Scamp said as he slowly got out of his bed.

"Heard what?" Asked Angel. They ignored her question. "No… it can't be, could it?" Sam had heard it too. "Guys, what are you-" Annette couldn't finish her sentence because Danielle and Scamp had already gotten up and ran off to the kitchen, Sam and Dexter following close behind.

Everyone who was left looked at each other and they too got up and followed them.