Now, before you go saying "But laugh, the state is officially called Keystone in the SU Universe". Yes, I know that, but Pennsylvania is nicknamed The Keystone State in our universe because it was the center of America's early development, its largest city (Philadelphia) even served as the capital of the United States for ten years while Washington D.C. was under construction!

Anyways, because of this, it's at least recorded that Pennsylvania first gained its nickname in 1802. So, let's just say that in the SU universe, before 1802, Pennsylvania was still called Pennsylvania, and then, by 1803, the state of Pennsylvania wanted to change their official state name to "Keystone", and, after a process, finally gained the name in 1805. Anyways, enjoy!

Characters created by: Rebecca Sugar

Chapter 5: A Missing Declaration

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-July 4, 1776

"Philadelphia…"

Steven looked around at the old city.

"Well, might as well look around a bit."

Steven passed by crowds of people. Some gazed over at his unusual attire. He attempted to swim through the crowd.

He turned to run into someone. From the man's pocket, a piece of written parchment paper fell onto the ground. Steven looked to the man, who had reddish hair running down to his ears, blueish eyes staring into Steven's.

"I'm so sorry about that." said Steven.

The man countered his apology.

"I have to be somewhere."

The man walked past Steven. Steven turned to the man walking away. He then noticed the piece of written parchment paper on the ground. He picked it up and looked back in the direction of where the man walked off to.

He was nowhere to be seen.

Steven ran towards the direction the man went.

"Excuse me! Sir, you dropped your piece of paper!"

He turned right down the next avenue, but he still could not sight the reddish-haired man. Steven stopped.

"What did he even drop anyways?"

Steven looked to the written parchment paper and read the top.

"In Congress, July Fourth, Seventeen Seventy Six. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen.."

Steven started to talk slower as he read each word.

"United States.. Of… America…"

Steven realized what he was reading.

"Is this.. The Declaration of Independence?!"

Steven started pacing around while speaking.

"The Declaration of Independence! One of the most important documents in American history! The reason we have a Fourth of July!"

People were looking at Steven as he was talking to himself. Steven noticed this and went silent. He laughed nervously, and ran off. As he was running, holding the declaration in his right hand, he spoke to himself again.

"I've got to get the declaration back to that man!"

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew the declaration out of his hand.

"No!"

He saw it fly in the wind. He chased it, attempting to grab it. The paper landed on top of a street gas lamp. Steven leaped up over the gas lamp, and slowly descended down next to the lamp. But then, another gust of wind blew the declaration away. He grunted in annoyance and fell at regular speed onto the ground. He looked to see townspeople, staring at him, with awestruck faces, seeing Steven's floating power. Steven stared at them as he slowly shuffled away, and eventually ran again. He saw the declaration fly over a building. He leaped up onto the building and followed it. Leaping from building to building, he overheard people from down in the streets yell out.

"Look yonder! There is a man in the sky! He is leaping over buildings!"

Hours Later

Steven was exhausted from his long chase after the declaration. He was talking to himself.

"No no. I lost the declaration! Now America won't be able to tell England "Go away", and nobody will have a holiday to celebrate. Well, they could just write another one, but I'd have changed the whole day that we celebrate. For all I know, I could've delayed Independence Day a whole month! August Fourth, Seventeen Seventy Six, or something! I-"

Suddenly, Steven overheard someone.

"I found this piece of parchment on my front door."

Steven looked over to see two men in front of a blacksmith workshop, holding a piece of paper.

"Look at this. In Congress, July Fourth, Seventeen Seventy Six. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America."

The other man spoke.

"That's today. You think it could be something important?"

"Well, it does say "In Congress", and I heard from a reliable source that the Second Continental Congress are meeting at the State House for something very important. This document saying "In Congress" must be talking about that Congress."

Steven walked up to the two men.

"Um, excuse me, but I've been looking for that paper. I lost it, and need to deliver it somewhere."

The man looked at the declaration.

"Alright."

He handed the declaration to Steven. Steven smiled.

"Thank you."

Steven walked off.

"That was easy. Now to get this to the Congress."

Meanwhile At The Pennsylvania State House

At the Pennsylvania State House, which would eventually be known as Independence Hall, a group of men were sitting at desks, and in front of them, another desk, with two men, one sitting in the chair, the other standing next to him. The man sitting spoke.

"The Congress will now introduce Mister Thomas Jefferson, and his committee, to draft this declaration, granting us independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain."

The same reddish haired man that Steven ran into before stepped up, with four other men standing behind him. The man in the chair spoke again.

"Mister Jefferson, do you have the document?"

The reddish-haired man reached into his pocket for the declaration. He could not feel for it. He reaches into his other pocket. Nothing. He's feeling all around his suit for it, but nothing. After a few seconds of muttering, he stopped, and looked to the man seated in concern.

"I do not have it…"

The whole room erupted in gasps and sighs of disappointment. The man in the chair spoke.

"Mister Jefferson, you lost the declaration? How could you have misplaced it?"

Jefferson replied.

"I myself am perplexed on how I could have lost it."

Meanwhile Outside

Steven stood in front of the State House, examining it.

"This is where everybody said they'd be meeting."

Steven walked forward to the front entrance. Then, two men stopped him.

"Halt. You are not allowed inside."

"Look, I've got to get this declaration inside."

"No. You cannot come in."

Steven tried to talk them out.

"Look, I'm in a hurry to save the United States."

Steven saw from a nearby window the man in the chair raising his voice while pointing at Jefferson. He could barely hear what he was saying.

"I think it's necessary that we find a new person to write this declaration who is capable of keeping up with his papers."

Steven used his overbearing strength to push the two men away and ran inside. He came to a door that led inside the room that Jefferson was in. He opened the door and yelled out.

"Wait!"

Everyone in the room turned to Steven. Jefferson turned around and gasped.

"You are the man I ran into earlier today."

"Yes." said Steven, "And.. you dropped something."

Steven handed him the declaration. Jefferson was completely amazed.

"Thank you. I can't believe you did this."

Steven smiled.

"No problem. Now, I have to go."

Steven walked out of the room and out of the State House. The two men guarding the entrance before spoke.

"What were you doing in there?"

Steven turned to them and laughed.

"Saving America."

He ran into an alley and took out the hourglass again. It glowed.

"Oh boy… Another random time perio-"

Suddenly, Steven found himself in the middle of a battlefield. He saw a sign laying on the ground that read "Borodino".

"Nope!"

The hourglass glowed again, and Steven found himself in a city. Snow was everywhere. On the pavement, on monuments, on buildings. Steven read a sign.

Saint Petersburg