February 13, 1986
5:30 AM PST

'Whew, this is heavy,' Marty mumbled, as he awoke. 'I wonder if there's a Juniper in Jennifer's family. She looked just like Jennifer, except that she wore her hair differently. I hope she's not a direct ancestor.'

Marty then picked up the phone, and dialed Jennifer's number.

'Uh, hello,' came Jennifer's sleep voice.

'Hey, Jennifer,' said Marty. 'Look, I'm sorry to wake up you up so early, but I need to tell you about my dream.'

'Did your dream, by any chance, include a Juniper?' Jennifer asked.

Marty was so startled, he nearly dropped the phone. 'Ho-how did you guess?'

'Because, I just awoke from a dream where I was Juniper,' exclaimed Jennifer, 'and I was tending to a Martin McFly, telling him about how he shouldn't worry about what Bart Needles and his gang think of him.'

'Great Scott!' Marty exclaimed. Then with nervous laughter, he added, 'I think some of Doc is starting to rub off on me. Anyway, this is so uncanny. Do you know anyone in your family named Juniper?'

'I just recognize the name,' said Jennifer. 'She was my great-great-grandaunt - and she, oh, dear...'

'What is it, Jennifer?' asked Marty. 'What do you know about Juniper Parker.'

'She committed suicide at the age of 17,' Jennifer explained. 'Oh, dear, that must have happened some time after Martin got stabbed.'

'Wait a minute!' exclaimed Marty. 'She committed suicide? Even after lecturing Martin about the value of life? Oh, boy, this is heavy.'

'She must have been very heartbroken over losing Martin,' Jennifer said, with a sigh. 'You know, there's no telling how I would feel, if I ever lost you. I can hardly believe that our ancestors have crossed paths over a century ago.'

'Yeah, this is heavy,' muttered Marty. 'Well, we'll have to tell Doc about this. I think someone is definitely calling for us to go back in time, to prevent this terrible tragedy. Say, you don't suppose Douglas Needles is having dreams of being Bart Needles, do you? Oh, yeah, James Nelson is probably an ancestor of Zach Nelson - my very best friend and bassist for The Pinheads! Well, my best friend other than Doc, anyway. This is so uncanny.'

'Well, just give me time to get dressed,' said Jennifer, 'and then we'll head over to Doc's home. He did promise to take us back, if you had another dream of being Martin. It guess I also had a dream of being Juniper.'

oooooooooo

An hour later, Marty and Jennifer were sitting in Doc's den.

'So what did you dream about last night, Marty,' Doc asked.

'I dreamed that I was sitting on my bed and drinking tea,' explained Marty. 'The tea actually tasted really good. Then I have received a visit from a Juniper Parker.'

'There is where I come in,' said Jennifer. 'In my dream, I was heading over to the McFly farm, and blinking back tears. I was so worried that Martin might die, or something. Seamus had told me, though, that Martin had just gotten a sprained ankle - and that he was unconscious for a little while. I was so relieved, though, to see that he was still alive.'

'Great Scott!' exclaimed Doc. 'So do you think Juniper is an ancestor of yours, Jennifer?'

'Yeah,' said Jennifer, 'but not a direct ancestor. Mostly, I know that Juniper committed suicide when she was 17. This seems to match our dreams. She maybe killed herself after Martin got stabbed.'

Oh, dear,' mumbled Doc, 'I suppose the one event where Martin gets stabbed starts a chain reaction that completely destroys the people who were a big part of his life.'

'Yeah,' muttered Marty, blinking back tears, 'someone, maybe Seamus, wants us to go back in time to prevent the incident from ever happening.'

'We'll go,' promised Doc, 'after school. You two should go to school first.'

'Yeah, Doc, I understand,' said Marty. 'We'll have to figure out how to explain who we are, though. I mean, we can't exactly tell them that we're time travellers. We could maybe pretend to be their guardian angels. They're Catholic, so they might believe us, especially if both Jennifer and I are together.'

'We'll think of something,' said Doc, 'now you two head off to school before you get a tardy. I don't want to guys to be late.'

'Right, Doc,' said Marty, as he hugged Doc. 'See you after school.'

Then Marty and Jennifer left for school.

oooooooooo

As planned, after school, Marty and Jennifer had arrived at Doc's home. Doc had picked out some clothing of the times, so that Marty and Jennifer can blend in.

'Okay, Marty and Jennifer,' said Doc, 'let's change into these clothing. We'll drive over to Virginia City, Nevada - then we'll head back in time to February 13, 1880.'

After Jennifer put on her dress, Clara had curled up her hair in ringlets, since it was customary of the time for women to have their hair up.

'My hair is probably a bit shorter than Juniper's,' said Jennifer, laughing. 'Otherwise, I'm a dead ringer for a pioneer girl.'

'How do I look?' asked Marty, as he put on his hat. 'I guess I look just like Seamus' brother, now. It's uncanny that we have so much in common. I swear that I could have been him, if I lived back in that era. We'll have to convince him to take a stand to Bart Needles. I guess we'll come up with something. Maybe we should just pose as their guardian angels.'

'Yeah, I like the guardian angel idea, too,' added Jennifer. 'I can hardly wait to meet Juniper. She seems like such a nice girl.'

'Yeah, she's just like you,' Marty said, huskily, giving Jennifer a little peck.

Then Doc, Marty, and Jennifer headed out to the station wagon - and Doc set the destination time.

oooooooooo

Within two hours, they were in Virginia City - and Doc drove over to a park.

'Marty and Jennifer,' said Doc, 'brace yourselves for temporal displacement.'

Then Doc had accelerated the station wagon to 88 miles per hour, until the station wagon broke the time barrier.