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"So, we're in 2046, now?" Marty Jr asked, as the station wagon broke the time barrier. "Where do we go from here? I'm feeling so nervous. I mean, anything could happen in the future. I mean, what if I'm not even alive in this year?"
"Marty, please don't say that!" exclaimed Melody, horrified. "Anyway, the future can always be changed. I mean, Dr. Brown tells us that our future is whatever we make it. Let's just have some fun here. Anyway, that's what we came here for, right?"
"Why don't we head to the Courthouse Square," suggested Harmony. "We'll leave the time machine here, and I don't think anyone else could get their hands on it."
"That sounds good," exclaimed Jamie, as everyone stepped out of the car. "I wonder what we'll see, in place of the Cafe '80s. I'll be so sad to see that place shut down."
"I've always been fond of the '80s," commented Marty Jr, as the group were making their way out of the park. "It was so nice being able to spend a whole week in 1986. Sometimes, I do envy my parents a little. The '80s really had great rock music."
As the time travellers headed out of the park. Marty Jr could barely believe what he was seeing. There were many people wearing colourful tie-dye shirts and necklaces with peace signs. If it wasn't for the hover-cars above them, he would have thought that the group had ended up in the late-1960s instead. This seemed so surreal.
"I don't believe this," gasped Marlene. "A lot of the houses are flying rainbow flags, and I don't see quite as many American flags. I wonder what's going on here."
"I really was not expecting to see this," Harmony breathed, in amazement. "I guess the hippie movement had somehow made a revival. I now feel a bit out of place. Of course, back in 2016, some of the kids laugh at me for wearing 1980s clothes."
"Hey, come check this out!" Marty Jr called out, as he caught sight of a billboard. "It says here that a movie is going to be filmed here in Hill Valley. It also says that this movie will star Marty McFly III. Jesus, this guy looks exactly like me!"
"It looks like our future son may choose to be an actor," Harmony said, smiling. "At least, it's your future son. I don't know if you and I end up getting married."
"Well, let's head over to the library," suggested Marlene. "We could look up all kinds of stuff on the internet. I'm sure the internet would still be around. I really do wonder what brought about the hippie movement. Maybe there's another war?"
"I certainly hope not," Marty Jr said, shuddering. Just then, he caught sight of five teens walking by who really looked familiar to them. The other group took a good look at the time travellers, and they shrieked. "It's okay, guys," Marty Jr said.
"Why do you look so much like me?" asked the Marty look-alike, confused. Turning to Melody, he added, "You sure look so much like Suzy!" To Marlene, he continued, "You really look like Eileen and Meg. So where did the five of you come from?"
Marty Jr turned to Harmony, as he was a little uncertain of what to say. This crowd was most likely their offspring, and even the Tannen look-alike looked real nice.
"All right," Harmony said, as she cleared her throat, "you may have a real hard time believing us, but here goes. The five of us are time travellers. We all just came here from the year 2016. From the looks of it, you guys appear to be our children."
The other group stared at each other, stunned. The Marty look-alike then said, "We sure aren't the type of people to believe just anything, but I almost have to believe that you're telling us the truth. My name is Marty McFly III, and my parents happen to be Marty Jr and Harmony. Two of you do look like my parents as teens."
"My name is Eileen Hartford," explained one of the twins, "and this is my twin sister, Meg. I suppose the girl who looks much like us is Marlene. We saw a few pictures of my mother as a teenager, and we were amazed by how she looked just like us."
"I'm Suzy Nelson," added another one of the girls, "and the girl who looks just like me must be Melody, am I right? I guess the other girl here must be Jamie."
"You got us all right," Melody said, smiling. She turned to the Tannen look-alike, and she asked, "Who might you be? Would your father, by any chance, happen to be Bill Tannen? He was always the friendly Tannen - unlike his jerk of a cousin, Griff."
"Yeah, my name is Will Tannen," the Tannen boy said, smiling. Turning to Jamie, he added, "I think you're my mother, if you're name's Jamie. You and Bill are married."
"Whoa, this is heavy!" gasped Marty Jr. Turning to Marty III, he asked, "So you're an actor? I just saw a billboard announcing that you were going to be in a movie."
"That's right," Marty III said, smiling. "I had my first break in a commercial, when I was twelve years old. This will be the fourth movie that I have a major lead role in. My parents insisted that I should still attend Hill Valley High School, though."
"I can hardly believe it!" breathed Marty Jr. "Well, I suppose it only figures that your mom and I might want to be as much of a normal kid as possible. So, is your school still run by a Mr. Strickland who actually looks down on most of the students?"
"Actually, this Mr. Strickland is nice," Suzy explained. "We have heard horror stories about his ancestors, though. Anyway, let's just say that you guys are our cousins."
The time travellers all glanced at each other, then Harmony said, "That works fine with me. You know, I'm really amazed they even still have actors in the future. I would've thought the movies would be completely done by computers by now."
Everyone burst out laughing, as Meg explained, "Actually, people have begun to step back from technology a bit - as we began to appreciate the value of nature more. Not that technology is all bad - but nature is very important, too."
"That's exactly why the hippie movement has made a revival," added Eileen. "Even the entertainment industry has finally found the innate value of old school rock, old school video games, old school TV shows, and old school movies. That's just so awesome!"
"You know," commented Marty III, "we've heard a lot of horror stories about what the entertainment business used to be like back in the era that you came from."
"The future is looking a whole lot brighter," quipped Marty Jr. "Where should we head off to? I suppose we should try to avoid running into our other selves. I'm a little surprised that some of our offspring didn't faint at the sight of us."
"Well, we were a little frightened," Suzy explained. "It was almost like seeing a ghost. Anyway, this is such a surreal experience for all of us. It's so shocking."
"Let's head to the Psychedelic Pstand," suggested Will. "It's over in the Courthouse Square. You really should see the inside of the restaurant. It's so beautiful."
"Now we have to be careful not to talk about time travel," Harmony warned. "We felt that we could trust you people, though - since you were our offspring."
Marty Jr and Marty III each flashed a lopsided smile at each other. Marty Jr was so stunned to think that his future son's acting career could start at twelve. He began to wonder if his son has ever been compared to Michael J Fox. He felt so giddy, as he followed the rest of the crowd to the Courthouse Square.