[Dana's POV]

Dana watched as Daniel cautiously approached the door. Daniel turned to his friends. "You guys hide, okay? If there's someone at the door and he sees a group of teenagers together, I don't want him to get the wrong idea.

"Or a 15 year old boy alone in his house," thought Dana. "What if it's the cops again and they find that you're alone?" she said.

"Already on it," replied Daniel.

"You going to summon your parents?" asked Willy.

"Probably."

"How 'bout your sister? That will make it seem more realistic."

"Pork Chop?" asked Daniel, "She'll make it worse."

As soon as he said that, a 12 year old girl appeared right next to him.

"GAH!" yelled Daniel as he fell backwards from the surprise. Dana suppressed a giggle, while Brenda was laughing her head off.

"Wha-how?!" stuttered Daniel. "You didn't need to summon me, brother dear," said Brenda, "Just thinking of me was enough."

"Shut up Pork Chop," muttered Daniel.

"My name is Brenda," she replied, sticking her tongue out.

"Fine! Just- act natural! Someone's at the door and I- forget it! Just do something!"

"Wow," thought Dana, "I'm glad I don't have a sibling."

Brenda huffed as she plopped on the couch and grabbed the remote, flipping through the TV channels. Daniel's parents appeared.

"I need you for backup," said Daniel, "I don't want a repeat of Portland."

Daniel's parents nodded.

"Guys! Hide!" whispered Daniel as he opened the door and looked out just as a swirl of dust was dissipating. Nothing.

"Huh," was all Daniel could say.

"Daniel! Look!" said Dana, "An envelope with your name on it!"

Dana pointed to a white envelope with a red wax seal. On the front it said, To: Daniel X, From: Merlin. "How did he...?" Daniel looked around. Even his parents were at a loss for words.

"Read it!" urged Joey.

Dear Daniel,

You are hereby invited to...you know whut? Screw it. How's it been the last fourteen hundred years? For us, it's been two years since we last saw you. By the way, saw how you handled Beta. Pretty impressive if I do say so myself. And that letter:

"Hey, Sparky, I enjoyed seeing you getting skewered and freeze-dried back in the Dark Ages. Remember King Arthur, Merlin, and me? Why don't we do it again sometime? How about at Stonehenge tomorrow night? You bring the marshmallows. Love, Daniel X"

Hilarious! Could not stop laughing laughing for days! Didn't know ya had it in you, buddy.

"That stalker!" growled Daniel.

"Really?" said Joey, "That's what you wrote Beta? No wonder he was so P. at you! HA HA!"

Daniel glared at Joe. "There's more," stated Emma.

Anyways in case you think I'm a stalker, that's partially true. As soon as you left Arthur and me, I quickly followed you through the vortex and disguised myself. Then I followed you to Stonehenge where you defeated Beta. Then I traveled back to the exact nanosecond that I left, so Arthur didn't notice me being gone. I must say, Daniel, you are proving yourself to be an excellent Alien Hunter.

Now to the point of this letter, Arthur was wondering if we would ever see you again, so I took the liberty of sending this letter to you via time travel. If you want to travel to an exact point in history, then all you need to do is focus on punching a hole through the time-stream and imagine the exact date and location that you want to visit. I'm not going to tell you the exact year that we reside in, for secrecy purposes, so the date that you will visit us is September 17, 1234 in London, England. We'll rendezvous there and I'll take you with me. Oh and your friends can come along, too.

"Awesome!" yelled Joe, "I've always wanted to time travel!" Dana shushed him.

Just have them hold your hands and imagine them coming with you. Otherwise, they'll get lost in the time-stream forever.

See ya soon,

Your pal,

Merlin

"He's just as annoying on paper as he is in person," said Daniel.

"Well, can we go?" asked Joe.

Dana turned to Daniel's parents.

"Okay," said Atrelda, "but remember, time traveling isn't a power to take lightly. You might rip a huge hole in spacetime, which is not something that you want. You could end up in a completely different timestream or an alternate reality."

"I know," replied Daniel, "I'll be careful."

Graff looked between her husband and her son.

"I don't want you to mess with history as well, young man," he said, "If ancient humans find out about Alparians or Alien Hunters, then the present could result drastic changes. Some of which you will not like. We could end up never coming to Terra Firma and die during the bombing on FirstStrike. You'd never become an Alien Hunter."

"Geez, Dad. Way to lighten the mood." said Daniel sarcastically.

"Daniel," he said in a clear warning tone.

Daniel sighed. "Yes, Dad. Yes, Mom."

Atrelda turned to Dana, Willy, Emma, and Joe.

"And that goes for you four as well. Although Graff and I aren't technically your parents, we are still your legal guardians and we still need you to behave yourselves."

Dana could tell that they were mostly looking at Daniel and Joe.

"Ah, c'mon," whined Joe. "Why is everybody looking at me?"

"That a trick question?" whispered Dana.

Joe glared daggers at her.

"What was with your parents?" Dana asked Daniel.

"I dunno," replied Daniel, "Maybe they just want us to be safe."

"Well, I don't have parents, but to me, they seemed a little scared."

Daniel turned back to Dana and frowned.

Dana quickly continued. "I mean, it seems that they know something and they're not telling us."

Daniel sighed, "I don't know, but I think they know that something's going to go wrong."

"Don't tell the others," said Dana. "We don't want to get them worried."

Daniel nodded. "Okay guys," he said as he walked into the next room, "Are we ready?"

They all nodded.

"Okay," he said, "Grab my hands,"

Dana, Joe, Willy, and Emma each grabbed his hands and his arms while Daniel closed his eyes.

"September 17, 1234, London, England," Dana could hear Daniel's voice in her head.

Then, everything around them started to swirl. Dana could see the events of the day backtrack like pressing the reverse button on the TV remote. Everything disappeared and was replaced by blackness mixed with swirling colors.

"Is this how it's supposed to go?" asked Dana.

Daniel shook his head. "Not really," he said. "It's supposed to be darker and more immediate."

"Oh great, Daniel," complained Joe, "You broke time"

Emma faced Joe. "You can't exactly break time," she explained, "If you did, then we would all cease to exist."

"Well I'm not exactly a time expert," observed Willy, "but did I just see Earth get blasted into smithereens?"

Emma gasped. A huge something fired a giant laser at Terra Firma and it exploded.

"NO!" shouted Daniel and Dana simultaneously.

Then, the shockwave hit. And everything went completely dark.

Cliffhanger!

Oh, and in case you were wondering, Atrelda is Daniel's mom and Graff is his dad.

What will happen next? Stay tuned.

[I probably won't update for a little bit because I'm also working on another Fanfic, Sari Sumdac: Cyber Ninja. Check that out as well!]

Richman, out.