Prince Adam and Aryanna stood anxiously outside Queen Marlena's door at 2:00 sharp. The young prince had wondered many times about his mother's past and what her life on earth had been like. He knocked on the door and the queen shouted out for them to enter. He opened the door and began to go inside but Aryanna kept her feet firmly planted where she was.
"Aren't you coming?" Adam asked her.
"No. I don't feel right about this. Marlena is your mother and this is something the two of you should share together alone."
"My mother values your company. It's obvious with how she acts when you are with her. I think she would feel comfortable if the daughter of a close friend were there."
Ayanna said nothing to this and only nodded. She followed the prince silently into the room.
"Why don't you two sit?" Marlena gestured to her bed and Adam and Aryanna sat quietly. Marlena moved to a large chest bound with dark brown leather and adorned with beautiful golden shapes. With a key she opened the chest and took out a box that was the size of a suitcase. She opened the small box with a key and sighed as she looked at its contents. Whatever was in the box was carefully kept under lock and key. What she took out next surprised Adam. It was a silver metal hoop with a black wire connected to one side of it. The wire connected to some sort of box. Aryanna had no idea what the contraption was, but Adam knew right away.
"So you're the one who took Duncan's memory projector." He said aloud.
"Yes." Marlena answered softly.
"But why?"
"I needed some way to help me never forget my past and those I left behind me on earth. With this I can see them anytime I wish."
"I don't understand." Aryanna finally said.
"The memory projector is a device that Duncan invented. You put the headpiece on your head and it reads your thoughts or memories and converts them into images that can be displayed and are projected. You can watch events that occurred long ago as if they were happening again right in front of you."
"Fascinating."
"Since I can not see my family or what is left of them on earth or contact them, I can see them again with this." Marlena told Aryanna.
"So you're going to show us your life not tell it to us?" Aryanna asked.
"Yes." Marlena put on the headpiece.
A little red haired girl no older then 7 was nestled in the branches of a tree outside a small gray house. It was dark outside except for the light of a single full moon. She was leaning back against the branches staring up at the sky with wide eyes.
"Marlena!! Marlena where are you??" The masculine voice became louder. "There you are. What are you doing up there, pumpkin?" The little girl looked down at the man below her. He was tall and muscular with dark brown hair.
"I'm trying to see the men on the moon, daddy."
The man laughed and reached up his arms as her. "Come down from there before you fall." She did as he asked and slid down the branches until she was safely in his arms. "You can't see if the men have landed yet, pumpkin. You'd need a powerful telescope to see them."
"Like the one at the observatory?"
"That's right."
"Jim! Marlena! You're going to miss them landing on the moon!" came a feminine voice.
"Let's go pumpkin, we've been waiting all year to see this." The pair entered the house. A strange box shaped contraption was in one corner and it had moving pictures on it. Sitting on a couch in front of the contraption was a blond haired woman.
"Was she up in the tree again?" the woman asked.
"Yes, trying to see the men land on the moon."
"Daddy says I would need a tel-scope to see them."
"We've got something better then a telescope Marlena. They have a camera in the rocket ship and they are going to show the whole world the men landing on the moon."
"They're going to show us on the television, mommy?"
"That's right." Her father told her. He sat beside his wife on the couch and Marlena bounced in between them. Together they watched as men landed on the moon for the first time.
"That's one small step for man, ...one giant leap..for mankind."
The phrase echoed and the projection stopped. Adam and Aryanna looked up at Marlena with wide eyes.
"I was fascinated with space ever since my father brought me to the local observatory when I was 5 years old. It was a weekly tradition to search for the stars and name all the craters in earth's moon. When humans first landed on earth's moon it effected me deeply and changed the course of my life. I was devoted to the adventure and exploration of space and there was no one going to stand in my way."
"Aren't you coming?" Adam asked her.
"No. I don't feel right about this. Marlena is your mother and this is something the two of you should share together alone."
"My mother values your company. It's obvious with how she acts when you are with her. I think she would feel comfortable if the daughter of a close friend were there."
Ayanna said nothing to this and only nodded. She followed the prince silently into the room.
"Why don't you two sit?" Marlena gestured to her bed and Adam and Aryanna sat quietly. Marlena moved to a large chest bound with dark brown leather and adorned with beautiful golden shapes. With a key she opened the chest and took out a box that was the size of a suitcase. She opened the small box with a key and sighed as she looked at its contents. Whatever was in the box was carefully kept under lock and key. What she took out next surprised Adam. It was a silver metal hoop with a black wire connected to one side of it. The wire connected to some sort of box. Aryanna had no idea what the contraption was, but Adam knew right away.
"So you're the one who took Duncan's memory projector." He said aloud.
"Yes." Marlena answered softly.
"But why?"
"I needed some way to help me never forget my past and those I left behind me on earth. With this I can see them anytime I wish."
"I don't understand." Aryanna finally said.
"The memory projector is a device that Duncan invented. You put the headpiece on your head and it reads your thoughts or memories and converts them into images that can be displayed and are projected. You can watch events that occurred long ago as if they were happening again right in front of you."
"Fascinating."
"Since I can not see my family or what is left of them on earth or contact them, I can see them again with this." Marlena told Aryanna.
"So you're going to show us your life not tell it to us?" Aryanna asked.
"Yes." Marlena put on the headpiece.
A little red haired girl no older then 7 was nestled in the branches of a tree outside a small gray house. It was dark outside except for the light of a single full moon. She was leaning back against the branches staring up at the sky with wide eyes.
"Marlena!! Marlena where are you??" The masculine voice became louder. "There you are. What are you doing up there, pumpkin?" The little girl looked down at the man below her. He was tall and muscular with dark brown hair.
"I'm trying to see the men on the moon, daddy."
The man laughed and reached up his arms as her. "Come down from there before you fall." She did as he asked and slid down the branches until she was safely in his arms. "You can't see if the men have landed yet, pumpkin. You'd need a powerful telescope to see them."
"Like the one at the observatory?"
"That's right."
"Jim! Marlena! You're going to miss them landing on the moon!" came a feminine voice.
"Let's go pumpkin, we've been waiting all year to see this." The pair entered the house. A strange box shaped contraption was in one corner and it had moving pictures on it. Sitting on a couch in front of the contraption was a blond haired woman.
"Was she up in the tree again?" the woman asked.
"Yes, trying to see the men land on the moon."
"Daddy says I would need a tel-scope to see them."
"We've got something better then a telescope Marlena. They have a camera in the rocket ship and they are going to show the whole world the men landing on the moon."
"They're going to show us on the television, mommy?"
"That's right." Her father told her. He sat beside his wife on the couch and Marlena bounced in between them. Together they watched as men landed on the moon for the first time.
"That's one small step for man, ...one giant leap..for mankind."
The phrase echoed and the projection stopped. Adam and Aryanna looked up at Marlena with wide eyes.
"I was fascinated with space ever since my father brought me to the local observatory when I was 5 years old. It was a weekly tradition to search for the stars and name all the craters in earth's moon. When humans first landed on earth's moon it effected me deeply and changed the course of my life. I was devoted to the adventure and exploration of space and there was no one going to stand in my way."