Suddenly, I remembered how I erased Tara from existence by erasing her birth year from the calendar. Maybe I could erase Kevin's birth year from the calendar so that he will never exist. This is great, I thought. I can finally get back at him.
So if he's turning 14 this year, 1998, then nineteen ninety-eight minus fourteen is nineteen eighty-four, then Kevin must've been born in 1984. This is awesome! Now I know just want to do.
Later that day I rushed home. I greeted my Mom and Dad and ran immediately to the den. What I saw was the shock of my life.
The cuckoo clock is gone!
How could it be gone? It has been in here for the past three years!
"What are you looking for Michael?" Dad asked.
"The cuckoo clock!" I answered. "You know, the one you have been admiring for the past eighteen years?"
"Well we moved it to your room. We are going to leave tomorrow and we won't be coming back for months. Just remember to wind the clock every eight days so it doesn't stop. And always make sure the date dials are showing the correct date."
"Got it, Dad."
Dad gave me the winding key to the clock and I went upstairs. Finally, I can study this clock for as long as I want. I've always wondered about that clock. It's really unique. Like I've never seen a cuckoo clock that looks like a grandfather clock before. Either way, I don't think I've even seen a clock that shows the years before, let alone one that shows the month and the date as well.
I sat down on my bed and stared at the clock. As I stared at it, I wondered, how could a clock that old be so advanced? I opened the large door on the middle of clock to take a peek at the workings of the clock.
Inside the door was the clock's pendulum, surrounded by six weights. That's weird. The most weights I've seen on a clock were three. I looked at the door above the clock face next. I opened it, and saw two small dials. One was labeled "chime" and the other was labeled "cuckoo".
Around the chime dial were the words "No chime", "Canterbury", "Whittington" and "Westminster". I figured these were probably settings for the clock's chimes. The dial was currently set to "No chime" and that's probably why I've never heard the clock chime before.
Around the cuckoo dial were the words "No cuckoo" and "Cuckoo". I guess it's a switch to trigger or to silence the cuckoo chimes. I left this set to "cuckoo" because of tonight's grand plan.
I went to the right side of the clock and opened the door on the right side of the clock face. I looked inside and saw the main workings of the clock. I could also see an elaborate system of bells and hammers inside. Suddenly, I saw something move.
It was the cuckoo. Apparently I was already nine o' clock at night. In the dim light coming from the open cuckoo door, I could see a strange blue oval thing that looked coated in blue gems. It was connected to a shaft which slowly rotated clockwose. But before I could look closer, the cuckoo door slammed shut, cutting off the only source of light.
I waited and waited until midnight. I almost fell asleep twice. As I was about to fall asleep a third time, I was awakened by the call of the cuckoo. It was finally midnight!
I opened the door on the right side of the clock. Using my other hand, I twisted the cuckoo's head backwards to initiate the time travel. The cuckoo immediately went inside the clock, and its backwards beak hit the blue oval, which suddenly glowed and started to turn backwards. I lay down in my bed, hoping to wake up on the day Kevin Flowers was born.
But as I went to sleep, I realized something. But it was too late.