A/N: This idea sounded good in my head-I just hope I expressed it clearly
in words. Science was never one of my strong points.
"I think I know what happened," Challenger said. "Yes. Yes, that must be it," he mumbled to himself.
"Well don't keep us in suspense, Challenger. Tell us what happened!" Marguerite exclaimed, exasperated by the scientist's meaningless ranting.
Challenger looked up and discovered three pairs of inquisitive eyes staring at him. "Er, yes. Sorry. Well, William Maple White believed that we caused this by going into the future and bringing Finn back. I did not agree with him at the time, and I'm even more convinced now that his theory is wrong. I believe that this is not something that was caused by one event, but an occurrence that was destined to happen since the beginning of the Plateau's existence. There are many scientific theories to back up my suspicions, but I think the best way to describe it in layman's terms would be to use the ancient Chinese theory of the yin and the yang."
"You mean that everything has to be balanced," Marguerite stated.
"Exactly," Challenger replied. "The yang represents things such as masculinity, heat, light, and the sun. The yin represents things such as femininity, cold, darkness, and the moon. They are opposing forces, working together to balance the other. Now, this Plateau is a place of great energy. The energy comes from all of the colliding worlds that meet here. Lost civilizations, alternate realities, and supernatural beings seem to gravitate to the Plateau. I believe they use this as a meeting place because the Plateau is the only place strong enough to control such great energy. If all of this energy stayed in our world instead of gravitating here, our world might not have enough yin to balance the yang of the energy, and one element overtaking the other could cause the destruction of the world as we know it. I think that the Plateau is on another plane of existence than our world, and anything that is too strong for our world to handle raises to this next level as kind of a resting place. Now, in order to balance the energy produced by these colliding worlds, or, the yang if you will, there needs to be a substantial source of yin on the Plateau.
When Professor White was here, we learned that his maps greatly differed from ours, and our maps have always seemed to differ from Veronica's parents' maps. And now, Malone here has told us that he noticed a severe shifting in the topography on his travels. My belief is that the source of the yin, the nexus of that power, is right under this tree house, and that is why Veronica's parents chose to build their home here. Her mother, as Protector, must have known that this day would come, and that the best way to find this power source would be to never go far from it-to use it as a home.
I believe that the shifting topography of the Plateau is due to the ongoing struggle for balance. I think that recently, the yang was getting too powerful, and starting to shift the yin off center so that it became harder for the yin to do its job. The time warps were a result of the overpowering yang. They obviously began in the farthest places from the source of the yin, which is why Malone ran into them before we did. They kept coming closer to the tree house until they were surrounding it, and the storm was a sign of the battle where the yang would attempt to overtake the yin. I believe that whatever Veronica did with the Trion yesterday resulted in a rebalancing of power. Finn described the light that was emanating from the Trion. Perhaps the Trion used the yang's power of light against it, and that caused the brief period of darkness. During that time, the power under the tree house worked as kind of a reverse black hole. Instead of pulling things into it, it pushed them out, evenly distributing the energy around the Plateau, so that the tree house is once again the center of the yin power to balance the yang. That's why we all ended up outside of the tree house instead of where we were when we went into the time warp. The time warps had been surrounding the tree house when the battle began. When Veronica unleashed the power to push the time warps away from the tree house to be redistributed, at the same time, it pulled us towards the tree house and out of the time warps, evenly distributing us around the tree house.
The group was silent for quite some time. It was a lot to take in. But, they didn't dare doubt Challenger. They had only made that mistake once- when they didn't believe his theory of the Plateau and the dinosaurs that resided there. That machine in the future time warp was right about him, as far as all of them were concerned. He truly was the greatest mind of his time. Finally, Marguerite broke the silence.
"But how did Malone end up in London?" she asked.
"Well," Challenger began, "we all ended up in different situations. Roxton ended up in the place of his ancestor, so he was in the past. You, Marguerite, were also in the past, except that instead of living as one of your ancestors, you were living in a past life. I believe that body that you and Roxton found was indeed a Druid priestess, and probably the person who you are the reincarnation of. However, the time warp would have changed events so that it was your body instead of hers in that tomb. Finn ended up back in New Amazonia, which would have been her destiny if we hadn't changed it. So, she ended up in a version of the future that could happen depending on events. I was in a very similar situation. I was in a future world, and perhaps one that I still may end up in one day, depending on the turn of events. Now, Malone was the only one of us that was dealing in the present. But he was dealing with an alternate reality. You see, we are constantly changing the future. Every decision we make sets off a series of events. Had we made another decision, it would have set off another series of events. I believe that sometimes, when the decision which is more likely to occur does not occur, an alternate reality is created to carry out the events, and destiny is satisfied. Somewhere in his travels, Malone must have made a decision that led him on his way back to us, but the decision that destiny believed he would make would have led him back to London, and put him on trial for our murders. Such alternate realities end up here on the Plateau, and that happened to be the particular time warp that found Malone."
Malone let out a breath. "I don't know exactly what that decision was, but thank God I chose 'the road not taken.' Otherwise, I'd be a dead man right now."
"Nothing you haven't experienced before, old boy," Roxton quipped to lighten the mood.
Everyone had to chuckle at that. But, one thing was still bothering Marguerite.
"But, what happened here with Veronica? How is it that she had the ability to wield the power of the Trion?"
"That, I'm afraid, is something only she can answer," Challenger replied. The group lapsed into silence once again.
TBC-I might not be able to get the next few chapters out as fast as these first ones since the weekend is almost over, and I will be busy with law school during the week. But I promise that I will continue writing in my spare time, so hopefully you'll never have to wait too long for updates.
"I think I know what happened," Challenger said. "Yes. Yes, that must be it," he mumbled to himself.
"Well don't keep us in suspense, Challenger. Tell us what happened!" Marguerite exclaimed, exasperated by the scientist's meaningless ranting.
Challenger looked up and discovered three pairs of inquisitive eyes staring at him. "Er, yes. Sorry. Well, William Maple White believed that we caused this by going into the future and bringing Finn back. I did not agree with him at the time, and I'm even more convinced now that his theory is wrong. I believe that this is not something that was caused by one event, but an occurrence that was destined to happen since the beginning of the Plateau's existence. There are many scientific theories to back up my suspicions, but I think the best way to describe it in layman's terms would be to use the ancient Chinese theory of the yin and the yang."
"You mean that everything has to be balanced," Marguerite stated.
"Exactly," Challenger replied. "The yang represents things such as masculinity, heat, light, and the sun. The yin represents things such as femininity, cold, darkness, and the moon. They are opposing forces, working together to balance the other. Now, this Plateau is a place of great energy. The energy comes from all of the colliding worlds that meet here. Lost civilizations, alternate realities, and supernatural beings seem to gravitate to the Plateau. I believe they use this as a meeting place because the Plateau is the only place strong enough to control such great energy. If all of this energy stayed in our world instead of gravitating here, our world might not have enough yin to balance the yang of the energy, and one element overtaking the other could cause the destruction of the world as we know it. I think that the Plateau is on another plane of existence than our world, and anything that is too strong for our world to handle raises to this next level as kind of a resting place. Now, in order to balance the energy produced by these colliding worlds, or, the yang if you will, there needs to be a substantial source of yin on the Plateau.
When Professor White was here, we learned that his maps greatly differed from ours, and our maps have always seemed to differ from Veronica's parents' maps. And now, Malone here has told us that he noticed a severe shifting in the topography on his travels. My belief is that the source of the yin, the nexus of that power, is right under this tree house, and that is why Veronica's parents chose to build their home here. Her mother, as Protector, must have known that this day would come, and that the best way to find this power source would be to never go far from it-to use it as a home.
I believe that the shifting topography of the Plateau is due to the ongoing struggle for balance. I think that recently, the yang was getting too powerful, and starting to shift the yin off center so that it became harder for the yin to do its job. The time warps were a result of the overpowering yang. They obviously began in the farthest places from the source of the yin, which is why Malone ran into them before we did. They kept coming closer to the tree house until they were surrounding it, and the storm was a sign of the battle where the yang would attempt to overtake the yin. I believe that whatever Veronica did with the Trion yesterday resulted in a rebalancing of power. Finn described the light that was emanating from the Trion. Perhaps the Trion used the yang's power of light against it, and that caused the brief period of darkness. During that time, the power under the tree house worked as kind of a reverse black hole. Instead of pulling things into it, it pushed them out, evenly distributing the energy around the Plateau, so that the tree house is once again the center of the yin power to balance the yang. That's why we all ended up outside of the tree house instead of where we were when we went into the time warp. The time warps had been surrounding the tree house when the battle began. When Veronica unleashed the power to push the time warps away from the tree house to be redistributed, at the same time, it pulled us towards the tree house and out of the time warps, evenly distributing us around the tree house.
The group was silent for quite some time. It was a lot to take in. But, they didn't dare doubt Challenger. They had only made that mistake once- when they didn't believe his theory of the Plateau and the dinosaurs that resided there. That machine in the future time warp was right about him, as far as all of them were concerned. He truly was the greatest mind of his time. Finally, Marguerite broke the silence.
"But how did Malone end up in London?" she asked.
"Well," Challenger began, "we all ended up in different situations. Roxton ended up in the place of his ancestor, so he was in the past. You, Marguerite, were also in the past, except that instead of living as one of your ancestors, you were living in a past life. I believe that body that you and Roxton found was indeed a Druid priestess, and probably the person who you are the reincarnation of. However, the time warp would have changed events so that it was your body instead of hers in that tomb. Finn ended up back in New Amazonia, which would have been her destiny if we hadn't changed it. So, she ended up in a version of the future that could happen depending on events. I was in a very similar situation. I was in a future world, and perhaps one that I still may end up in one day, depending on the turn of events. Now, Malone was the only one of us that was dealing in the present. But he was dealing with an alternate reality. You see, we are constantly changing the future. Every decision we make sets off a series of events. Had we made another decision, it would have set off another series of events. I believe that sometimes, when the decision which is more likely to occur does not occur, an alternate reality is created to carry out the events, and destiny is satisfied. Somewhere in his travels, Malone must have made a decision that led him on his way back to us, but the decision that destiny believed he would make would have led him back to London, and put him on trial for our murders. Such alternate realities end up here on the Plateau, and that happened to be the particular time warp that found Malone."
Malone let out a breath. "I don't know exactly what that decision was, but thank God I chose 'the road not taken.' Otherwise, I'd be a dead man right now."
"Nothing you haven't experienced before, old boy," Roxton quipped to lighten the mood.
Everyone had to chuckle at that. But, one thing was still bothering Marguerite.
"But, what happened here with Veronica? How is it that she had the ability to wield the power of the Trion?"
"That, I'm afraid, is something only she can answer," Challenger replied. The group lapsed into silence once again.
TBC-I might not be able to get the next few chapters out as fast as these first ones since the weekend is almost over, and I will be busy with law school during the week. But I promise that I will continue writing in my spare time, so hopefully you'll never have to wait too long for updates.