7:30 PM PST
Land of Colour Universe
Marty was feeling nervous, as he slowly followed Victoria into the house. How had she known his name? Was she the one behind the fact that he and Alex ended up in this world? As soon as he entered the house, - the delicious scents of cinnamon and spice quickly put him at ease. This place can't be too bad, Marty thought.
"Hey, boys," called out Victoria, as she put her arms around a man with blue skin and red hair, "I would like you to meet my husband, Todd." Then, as four small girls came up to her, Victoria added, "These are our daughters. Our oldest child is named August. These are May and June, and our youngest one is April. Go ahead and help yourselves to some sugar cookies, and make yourselves feel at home."
"Victoria or Todd," Marty said, with a sigh. "Don't get the wrong idea. I think this is a nice place and all - but can you tell us why we're here? I mean, I may be eighteen years old now - but I still would like to spend Christmas with my own family."
"Same with me," Alex said, nodding. "I initially wanted to go to Princeton College - but I'm glad I picked a college closer to home. Mallory and I might not always get along - but she's my sister, and I love her. I'm just concerned for her right now."
"You boys needn't worry," Victoria said, smiling. "When you boys return to your own world, you will return to the moment that you left. So, please, just relax and enjoy yourselves. You are both very fine young men, and you both deserve to have a little fun. So how do you fellows enjoy being in our world so far?"
"Oh, this looks like such a wonderful place!" gushed Marty. "alternate realities really is nothing new to me. My friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, had created a time machine out of a DeLorean - so I have taken many trips through the fourth dimension. Some of them were quite a bit unpleasent - like in the world where Biff Tannen was very rich and very corrupt. He even murdered my father and married my mother"
"I guess you may already know this," Alex added, "but Marty and I came from two different universes. He came into our universe not long ago, when his DeLorean time machine malfunctioned. It's so amazing to think of all the things we have in common - and all the things we don't have in common. What's rather amazing is how we're considered fictional characters in each other's world - and our characters are played by an actor named Michael J Fox. The one ironic thing is, I never even met him."
"I never met him, either," Marty said, nodding, "although I must say that he is one of my favourite actors. It's not just because I look like him, either. He is a great actor."
"Another ironic thing is," Alex added, "I happen to be a very big fan of US President Ronald Reagan - while, in Marty's world, President Reagan is a big fan of me, even if I am just a fictional character there. So, by the way, who's the US president here?"
"Robert Redding is the president of our country," Todd said, as he lifted up a framed photograph of a red man with orange hair. "I must say, he is a very good leader."
"So where are we, anyway?" asked Marty. "I mean, what city, state or province, and country are we in? This world seems a little like ours - but it's also a little different."
"This is the city of Orangeville," explained Victoria, "in the state of California, here in the United States of America. We really live about fifty miles south of Los Angeles."
"So where did you people come from, anyway, if you don't mind me asking?" asked Alex. "I mean, in our world, we only see colourful people in children's programs like Sesame Street. I guess the reason why I'm asking, is because I'm a history buff."
"We came here from a planet called Juniper," explained Todd. "Now, it's not to be confused with Jupiter. It's located way on the other side of the galaxy.'
"We arrived on this planet back in 1855," explained Victoria. "Our ancestors were so shocked by how racism had been so rampant in the Southern States, among other areas. Coming from a colourful world ourselves, it just never made sense to us that people would be judged and treated differently just because their skin was a different colour. In addition to racism, we were also disgusted by how wars and poverty was so rampant in this world. However, being the optimists that our people are, we saw that there were lots of kind-hearted and decent people in this world - many of whom were, unfortunately, victims of the not-so-decent people. So that's why we stayed."
"So are you saying that there's now global peace and harmony in this world?" asked Alex. "If so, maybe you guys could come to our world next - and fix everything up."
"Well, actually," Victoria said, quietly, "inter-dimensional travel isn't the same thing as travel through physical space. I mean, we are able to create wormholes so that we can easily travel between Earth and Juniper. However, there are many risks that can come from inter-dimensional travel. Most people in this world don't know about other dimensions - and it could be very dangerous, if they did. We must take certain precautions, to avoid creating rips in the space-time continuum. Know what I mean?"
"Yeah, I understand," replied Marty. "I know Doc is always lecturing me about how we must be careful, when we're travelling through time. Some time travel stories that I read don't deal with time paradoxes - but, the reality is, it can be possible to create a time paradox. I remember how I was nearly erased from existence, the first time I travelled through time, and ended up being stuck in 1955. I accidentally interfered with my parents' first meeting - so I had to spend the whole week getting them to fall in love with each other. That was the most stressful week of my life."
"Yeah, I understand what you're saying," Victoria said, nodding. "There are different risks, though, that can go with interidimensional travel. So that's why we can't come to your world and try to fix everything for you - as much we'd really like to do so."
"Well, I just thought I would ask," Alex said, smiling. "I must say it's so nice spending time here. Your children look so adorable. Maybe, tomorrow, you guys could show us around town. It will be so nice to see how this world compares to ours."
"That won't be a problem at all," replied Todd. "Why don't we come into the living room and light up some scented candles. We have some soft and comfy bean bag chairs there for you to sit on. I could put on some nice Christmas music for us."
"That sounds awesome, Todd!" replied Marty. "I almost would love to move here - but, then, I would miss all my family and friends. I really have a life there to live."
"I concur,' agreed Alex. "Sometimes my family drives me crazy, but I wouldn't want to trade them in for any other family. I love everyone in my family dearly."
"Yeah, family is so important," Victoria said, smiling. "There is nothing like spending the holidays at home with your dearly beloved family. Our daughters may not always get along - but they do love each other. They would defend each other, whenever it's necessary. Most of the time, though, our little girls can be so sweet and charming."
Marty and Alex looked at each other, as they were concerned for their own sisters.