"Ick!" Lizzy exclaimed as her alarm clock buzzed. She shoved her head underneath her pillow hoping to block the incessant buzzing. She didn't want to leave her nice, warm, pillowy heaven. BUT she had too. Her stupid job hauled her out of bed at five o'clock every morning. Lizzy rolled over in her bed to hit the alarm clock and wound up on the floor.
"This is SO not fair!" Lizzy picked herself up off the floor and slowly got ready for work. Soon zombie-like she made her way towards the door of the apartment she lived in. Lizzy didn't bother telling anyone she was leaving; the rest of her family was sound asleep. The early-riser, knowing the elevator was very picky and never worked in the morning, made her way down the six flights of stairs where she met her best friend, Jane.
"Morning!" Jane greeted cheerfully. Lizzy groaned and walked past her friend out into the hot city of Manhattan.
"How can you be so hyper in the morning?" Lizzy asked as she walked towards the inviting smell of coffee sold hot on the corner.
"Because this is like Newsies!" Jane exclaimed. Lizzy and Jane delivered newspapers to stands and stores in Manhattan along with numerous other kids their age.
"Yeah right Newsies," Lizzy muttered as she fished around in her pocket for coffee money. Jane loved the movie Newsies about newspaper boys that went on strike. She knew the entire movie by heart, Lizzy had never seen it.
"Here, I'll pay," Jane, said as she bought her friend a cup of coffee. Lizzy muttered her thanks as they made their way to the Distribution Office, more commonly know as the DO. The whole way there the two girls talked and window-shopped. Soon they arrived at the bustling DO and got their required amount of papers. Lizzy drank her coffee slowly as they made their rounds, but half way through she realized something felt wrong.
"Hey umm…Jane?" Lizzy asked as she looked around the bustling streets of Manhattan. The streets were not just occupied by cars but horses pulling carriages as well, but no one else seemed to notice.
"What?" Jane inquired as she collected the money from the shopkeeper. She looked over her shoulder at Lizzy. Her mouth fell open.
"So you see the horses too huh?" Lizzy whispered. Jane nodded and the two stood there in awe as they watched things change right before their eyes. First the cars changed the horses and carriages. Then the buildings changed to older looking ones, ones that Lizzy knew very well didn't have elevators. Next the people around them, their clothes changed to ones of Victorian time. Finally the girls themselves changed, their clothes matched everyone else's…in a sense and the papers read June 3, 1900.
"Jane, what's going on?" Lizzy asked, her voice soft and timid. She was scared to death, but Jane on the other hand seemed to be just fine.
"You know, I'd say we're in Manhattan in 1900," She stated in a matter-of-fact kind-a tone.
"No really? I could've told you that!" Lizzy shouted as she shoved Jane a bit and grinned. Jane smiled too.
"Well I donno I guess we're…" Lizzy was cut off when someone collided into the two girls.
((DUN DUN DUN!!! Who is this person? What's going on? LOL that was stupid…anyway I'll add more soon. Until then I'd love it if you reviewed…yes I know the beginning is slow and this whole time-travel thing is over done a bit but I couldn't resist. Anyway…r/r! Thanks! ~Sobe A Lizard))