What if they'd kept that promise in 1918? Here will be the answer…
P.S.: Sherman was still Sherman, but Penny in the past was Flavia.
And the stone led them back to history…
October, 1918
Damascus, Ottoman Syria
In the capital of Ottoman Syria, the British troops with Arab forces had arrived into the main square in the central of the city. The British, under General Allenby, with three commanders: Edward Bulfin, Edward Chaytor and Harry Chauvel; and the Arabs, under Prince Feisal, Auda abu Tayi and Ali, with Lawrence's assists, had joined into the city. The British-Arab Army had captured the city, and the last Ottoman resistances were collapsed. Thomas, Jerry, Spike with The Doraemons Entente and American journalist Lowell Thomas of The New York Times also went to the square.
"It's time for us now…" – Lawrence said.
"Of course! Welcome to Syria!" – Fernando, the Brazilian who served in Britain's Egyptian Expeditionary Forces jumped.
"Hahaha…" – Mon smiled. Then, Lawrence suddenly remembered an important work to do: "Hang on, guys! I think… I have something to do." They looked slowly to Lawrence's eyes, but Lawrence then pushed them out: "Geez, do not scare me." The British man whom wore the Arab costume had run away to the square, where the British and Arabs were standing here, a lot. They would see the wedding, special wedding. Lowell, The Doraemons Entente, Tom, Jerry and Spike didn't want to stand much longer. Their feet wanted to move…
"Okay, let's follow T. E. Lawrence."
They heard it, from Spike. And they ran to the square…
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Umayyad Square…
When the churches in Damascus rang the bells, the British had stood in here all. Harry Chauvel yelled big:
"STAND… UP!"
They stood up. The British troops stood carefully, quiet and no more sounds. Then, General Edmund Allenby and Edward Bulfin walked into the Square. They looked into the sky, and declared: "Today, from the victory of the British military over the Turks, with the biggest helps from the Arabs, especially the Bedouins, we are going to build a new home, where the Arabs can rule ifself. So… Damascus is your, my Lord." Edmund Allenby pointed to Emir Feisal while Edward Bulfin turned close and gave the title to Emir, and kissed his hand. Emir Feisal also thanked for that: "Thank you. Allah bless the Arabs." Then, General Allenby saw Lawrence appeared in here, with Sherman, who wore like a young groom. Mr. Allenby saw it, and him, with Bulfin, automatically moved away. Then, T. E. Lawrence arrived to Sherman. Sherman walked to him…
"Are you alright, brother?"
"I'm fine, Sherman. Thank you for caring me." – Lawrence smiled.
"It's my important day, Lawrence." – Sherman spoke to Lawrence's ears. He finally nodded and then, he kept Sherman standing still: "Alright. I think… your day has come…" They watched the moment for a while, until they saw something coming…
But it wasn't the bride. It was Tom, Jerry, Spike and The Doraemons Entente. They came along with Lawrence, but slower. And then, they breezed for a tired running…
"What a hard day…"
And then, the gang stood fast, with the appearance of Ali. Ali read the Koran, while Chauvel read the Bible. By somehow…
"وآمل الله يبارك للزوجين الشباب لمساعدتهم على العيش إلى الأبد من وقت إلى وقت. إينتشعلة." (I hope Allah bless for the young couple to help them live forever from time to time. Inch'Allah.) – read Ali.
"From the God's hands, they shall live together despite the troubles and dangers." – read Chauvel. And then, the Arabs brought the special one…
The bride was behind the curtain…
"It's time." – Lawrence said to Sherman – "Prepare yourself, Sherman." Sherman didn't feel fear, instead he was ready: "Do not worry, my brother." Then, the Arabs opened the curtain…
But…
"What the…" – all looked inside. The bride'd gone. The British and Arabs didn't understand why, same like the others, like Lowell Thomas: "Where is she?" But when they were checking everywhere, suddenly Sherman saw the shadow was running very fast. The shadow wore the bride costume, and Sherman realized it…
"I think… I know where is she."
Then, Sherman decided to run with. Lowell, Lawrence, Mr. Brighton, Chauvel, Ali, Feisal, Allenby, Tom, Jerry, Spike, The Doraemons Entente, Auda and others were surprised, but for its love, they must keep distance.
"Oh… do not chase. Let's follow slowly." – Nichov suggested to everyone, but only few joined. And Lawrence was in, too…
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The bride ran from the square into the street in Damascus. The people living here felt weird about it.
"ما كانت تفعله هنا؟ تشغيل عروس؟" (What is she doing here? Running as a bride?) – A man asked.
"تعرف منظمة الصحة العالمية؟ وقالت أنها قد يخيف حتى حول العريس لها مستقبلا." (Who know? She might so scare about her future groom.) – the woman wore the niqab thought different.
But she was keeping running. It was Flavia. Flavia was Penny's ancestor, and she would marry to her future groom Sherman. But she wanted to challenge him, so she ran away. But Sherman did not scare. He found Flavia, and yelled: "I saw you, my wife!" He ran far, with the strange from both. The old Arabic man thought that the woman was right, because they did not learn English:
"ربما كنت على صواب، ناجي." (Maybe you are correct, Naji.)
But about the couple, they kept chasing together, in happy. The wind from the sunset was come. But with them, it was endless day. They smiled, and continued their most beautiful moment in the future capital of Syria. They jumped into the place where the Arab tribes were gathering to decide about Arabia's future. Without Feisal, the tribes argued, insulted, made trouble about it.
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Headquarter of Governor of Damascus…
"ضبطنا العربية مرة أخرى من هؤلاء الأتراك. وقد ساعدنا أكثر الخاص بك." (We have seized Arabia back from those Turks. We helped more than your.) – a leader, wore blue costume, argued.
"كذاب، كذاب، كذاب! كنت لا شيء أكثر منا! تعرضنا لهجوم دمشق أولاً، في حين بقي لك في جبل لبنان." (Liar, liar, liar! You're nothing than us! We attacked Damascus first, while you stayed in Mount Lebanon.) – the others, who wore cool, shouted back.
"لك اثنين اغبياء! الألغام وقبيلة قد سحقت الأتراك، حتى دخلنا إلى دمشق في وقت متأخر، ولكن كان لدينا أكثر مما كنت." (You two are idiots! I and mine tribe had crushed the Turks, so even we entered to Damascus late, but we had more than you.) – the other, wore a white costume, replied.
They made war inside. But then, Flavia jumped over the meeting. She opened her legs, and flew like a butterfly. The tribes were amazed, they opened its eyes, until Flavia jumped like this again. But then, Sherman followed behind by did the same like Flavia. The tribes were shocked, but Sherman then said: "Excuse me!" and continued the chase. Then, they talked again…
"لماذا حدث الكثير من الخيال ومتاعب بالنسبة لنا؟" (Why so many fairytales and troubles happened to us?)
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And later, they came to the place where the British troops were marching on the street. Two British generals: Edward Bulfin and Edward Chaytor had been asking for a race.
"Edward Stanislaus Bulfin, want a ride?"
"Edward Walter Clervaux Chaytor, I'd like to start it."
They prepared, and tried to kick its horse. Henry West Hodgson, who arrived late to Damascus, had yelled for start: "Alright, if you want. Three, two, one…" But when they almost started, Flavia made trouble: she ran toward to them and made the horse kicked Edward Bulfin out. She also made trouble to the troops by running away. A British questioned:
"Why did she run?"
Meanwhile, Chaytor laughed at Bulfin's face: "Hahahaha… Bulfin OUT!" But then, Sherman also appeared by running cross around them. And the last horse, under General Chaytor, also… kicked Chaytor out. He fell to the ground, and Bulfin didn't miss it…
"HAHAHAHAHA…"
And the British felt weird more…
"And now is a boy?"
But they didn't care…
The British troops had to restore the order, and finally continued marching on Damascus. Two British soldiers: Finn and Robin, felt weird about this.
"Hey Finn!" – Robin, the guy with bad blue-haired, green eyes, and looked fat asked – "Do you think they're hating each others?"
"Do not ask why, Robin." – the thin guy, but looked like a model, with yellow-haired brush two side and smart, Finn smiled big.
"Yeah yeah yeah what ever!" – Robin said. Then, Captain Dundee yelled: "STOP TALKING AND KEEP GOING, LADIES!" They stood up, and marched on…
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About the couple, Flavia ran further, and faster. She tried to continue challenging Sherman. But Sherman didn't stop. They ran cross the face of the Ottoman prisoners. Those prisoners, first saw Flavia ran, then to Sherman, they weren't understanding why.
"Hıristiyanlık düğün gördün mü?" (Have you ever seen a Christianity wedding?)
"Gördüm. Ama çoğunlukla her Hıristiyanlık düğün kilise içinde ne olduğunu biliyordum. Bu damat ve gelin gibi giydi ve İngiliz aksanıyla, ama bu şekilde takip var mı? Bu konuda hiç söz." (I saw it. But I mostly knew that every Christianity wedding must happen inside the Church. On this they wore like groom and bride, and have British accents, but chasing like that? I never mention about it.)
"Belki geç davranıyorlar." (Maybe they're being late.)
"Ya da yeni bir Avrupa düğün istiyorlar: çalışan bir düğün." (Or they want a brand new European wedding: a running wedding.)
But then, the British troops keeping the prisoners replied: "Shut up, bitch! Those Turkish invaders should know the Ottoman era is about to end. Hahaha…" and relaxed it. None of them understood, but from the British's faces, they disliked it. They both served under Mustafa Kemal Pasha, so they replied angrily:
"Bir gün Mustafa Kemal Paşa, Çanakkale, kahraman o İngiliz işgalciler yok etmek ve Türkiye'de yeniden!" (One day Mustafa Kemal Pasha, the hero of Çanakkale, shall destroy those British invaders, and rebuild Turkey!)
Those British heard it, but some of them could speak Turkish. So they were angry. But…
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…let's turn back. Flavia ran like a flower flying on the sky. She ran to the gate of Damascus, where the British troops keeping it. The British stood quietly, so they didn't notice it. But then, Flavia said:
"Dare you catch me, Sherman!"
She ran to the gate as a bride. The two British soldiers were amazed about it, but they had to calm. But then, after Sherman's voice, they might think a lot…
"I will get you, my wife!"
They laughed and chased out from gate and ran cross into the desert. S. F. Newcombe, who was staying outside, also looked it. He thought: "What is going on here? They want a running wedding?" S. F. Newcombe must walk out and checked why, until he faced Lawrence and the gang…
"What's all about, Lawrence?" – Newcombe suspected.
"I don't know… but definitely it would be fun!" – Lawrence talked to Newcombe. Newcombe keep suspecting about it until he saw Sherman almost caught up Flavia. It was the sunset, so Lowell Thomas, the American, didn't miss it. He called Harry Chase, his cameraman: "Chase, Chase! We need to get that picture!" And…
Lowell was right. Sherman finally caught Flavia Peterson, and now they looked their eyes. Their biggest moment: to be a family, was about to come.
"Sherman… you came for me." – Flavia cried.
"I love you, Flavia. Despite the Lawrences and the Petersons never same, but we shall break it like Romeo and Juliet." – Sherman said slowly. Then, they kept looking. Sherman took Flavia up and helped her clean the bride costume. And it was very beautiful moment…
About Lawrence and gang, they knew that they wouldn't have more time, so they prepared to leave. But Mr. Lowell convinced them…
"Hey, I'll get your photo. But please can you stay here?"
"What?" – Matadora asked – "Wanna a photo?"
"Yes, you should." – Lowell smiled. At first, Spike didn't agree, but due to Tom and Jerry liked it, so they also sat back, and waited…
Meanwhile, Sherman and Flavia prepared for their greatest moment…
"Sherman… will you be my husband?" – Flavia said small to Sherman's ear.
"I do, Flavia. Will you be my wife?" – Sherman said – "And now… we shall become… Mr. and Ms. Lawrence-Peterson."
"Really?" – Flavia hugged tie to Sherman. Sherman, felt less to breeze, had nodded with fear. Flavia then let Sherman go and finally… the moment had come. They touched its lips…
And kissed…
"This is our moment!" – Lowell Thomas didn't miss it. The kiss happened right in the scene of sunset, so he took a photo. Harry Chase also amazed about it.
Turned to Lawrence, he knew now he would not have many influence to Sherman anymore. Now he would become brother-in-law of the Peterson family. T. E. Lawrence and the rests looked, and from their eyes, the tears fell down under the desert. Edward Bulfin, Edward Chaytor and S. F. Newcombe had reached this place too, and also… opened its eyes.
"WHAT?" – Bulfin posed.
"It's so awesome!" – S. F. Newcombe slapped his hands – "Congratulations, Lowell."
"Sunset kissing in desert!" – Chaytor told – "I'll make a poet about love. It's just like another Romeo and Juliet."
"Me too."
This voice made everyone surprised. It was from British's Edmund Allenby. Behind him was Ali and Emir Feisal. They walked out from Damascus, looked to them, and then, Ali said to Lawrence:
"So… from now on, you will become brother-in-law."
"Me too." – Lawrence's eyes did not hold the tears – "I'm happy to see this moment."
The kiss was ended happily, and now, they would have children. Just like Mr. Peabody today, but it was granted to Mr. Lawrence. Lawrence of Arabia…
But the time didn't wait more. So they decided to leave. Lowell Thomas, the American journalist, also kept the photo inside and by somehow, he didn't give it to The New York Times. Definitely… somehow. Sherman and Flavia also entered back to Damascus, and would write the words Just married into the car. Flavia and Sherman had become… a family…
But what about T. E. Lawrence? Thomas Edward Lawrence and his gang had entered inside and finally walked away. They went on the desert and… returned home… But behind them, they still had many friends, including Sherif Ali – Lawrence's ally; Auda abu Tayi – the greatest patriot of Arabia; Emir Feisal – King of Syria and Iraq; Edmund Allenby – one of seven legendary generals written later by Bernard Montgomery; Edward Bulfin, Harry Chauvel and Edward Chaytor – the last legends of cavalry; Philip Chetwode – the knowledge mastermind; The Doraemons Entente's members – the warriors of war; Tom, Jerry, Spike – the greatest animals in the frontier and more. But it didn't like Sherman and Flavia. Sherman and Flavia, despite had nothing much, but they were the greatest, and always living in Lawrence's heart. The reason: they were brave, kind, love, loyal and especially… living for people. They left away, with joyfuls and beliefs… forever…
Years later, in home, Lawrence remet Tom, Jerry, Spike. Lawrence would rise a dog he called… Mr. Peabody, first ancestor of the current Peabody… And he lived like that until his death in 1935.
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Current…
Beirut, Lebanon
In the capital of Lebanon, Sherman and Penny saw the reason why Lawrence dreamed it. But then, when they looked again, T. E. Lawrence had gone. He disappeared, that meant he had rested in peace. The others were also gone too, leaving Sherman and Penny alone in the garden. They realized why T. E. Lawrence always defended them until the wedding…
"Thomas Edward Lawrence…" – Sherman cried.
"I will miss him so much." – Penny said.
And the young couple looked together. This time, they made another kiss. In the sky, Lawrence watched them, and smiled. And the cloud in the sky also showed the face of Thomas Edward Lawrence, and the legends in Arabia. The couple, now became family, kept reminding about it…
"Miss you forever, T. E. Lawrence."
And from then… they started their life… like a family…
P.S.: a gift to remember the legends of Arabia for the war against the Turks:
: T. E. Lawrence (1888-1935).
: S. F. Newcombe (1878-1956).
: Prince Faisal (1883-1933).
: Auda abu Tayi (1874?-1924).
: Edward Bulfin (1862-1939).
: Harry Chauvel (1865-1945).
: Edward Chaytor (1868-1939).
: Henry West Hodgson (1868-1930).
: Philip Chetwode (1869-1950).
: Edmund Allenby (1861-1936).
…and more…