Chapter 2

The fifteen year old girl made her way to Dr. Allen's office, an interesting place located in a four story high building near the center of the city. She had only walked a few blocks before she arrived, carrying a bag filled with gadgets and whatnot. The weather was dreadfully hot, as it often was in the D.C. area in June. She was welcomed by the cold air of first floor of the building, where the air conditioners were blasting quite loudly. Kayla went over to a chair, ignoring the looks she attracted from the security guard at the front desk. He was probably wondering why she was there, but as she posed no threat, he left her alone. Meanwhile, Kayla was going through her bag, making sure she had brought everything she wanted. The contents of her bag were: her iPhone, which she took with her everywhere, a flashlight and batteries, food such as chocolate, a sandwich, some chips, a bottle of water, and a bottle of coke, a notepad and pen, and a few other things.

Once she was done organizing her bag, Kayla got up and headed over to the elevator and pressed the up arrow. She saw from the lights that the elevator was coming down. 4, 3, 2, and at one the door opened, revealing distressed woman who quickly hurried out of the elevator. Kayla got in, joined by another person who looked at her and said, "Hit 3. Thanks." She did so and hit 4 for herself. The door opened at three and she got off at four. She rushed down the hall and eagerly knocked on the door. Dr. Ronald Allen opened it and let the girl in.

"So I get to go back in time!" Kayla blurted out.

Dr. Allen smiled, gesturing for her to sit down. "Maybe." he said.

She sat and asked, "Maybe? I thought you said-"

He cut her off and said, "It's complicated, but it should work. Now let me explain my experiment to you." She nodded. "In the past year I have invented something that I think might be capable of transporting a person to another time. I'm not sure that it will work, and the problem with time travel experiments is you never really know if they worked."

Kayla, confused at what he was saying, asked, "But you know the mind-switching experiment worked."

"No I don't. There is no ultimate proof. I believe that it worked because you claim that it did. And if I were to send something back in time, now in the present, it would be buried in history so I would never know for sure."

"What if history was changed because of going back in the past?"

"That's where paradoxes come in. As I said, it is all very complicated. I think this new technology will work. You should be able to go to that girl Jane's time and meet her."

Kayla was very excited about all this, yet naturally, she was fearful as well. She had no idea if it would work or not and if she would be lost in time. It was all very scary, but she wanted so badly to go back in time and meet Jane. Now she had a chance, and she was not giving it up. "What's your invention?"

Dr. Allen showed her something that looked like a big watch. "This is a time travelling device. All you have to do is enter the date that you want to go to and you will go there." He handed the device to Kayla and let her study it. It was simple looking yet it was not simple at all. Kayla's mind was awhirl with thoughts. It was all so confusing and there were so many paradoxes that made it seem like it would not work. She didn't like paradoxes. They were too confusing. The fact that she could go back in time and keep something from happening that would change the present made her stomach hurt.

"So all I have to do is enter June 1, 815 and I will go to Jane's time?"

"Yes. You need to enter the location too."

Kayla realized something. She didn't know where Jane lived. It was somewhere in England but she didn't know where. "I don't know where she lives."

Dr. Allen remembered that when he had met Jane when her mind had come to the future, she had told him she was a knight of King Caradoc's guard. He quickly went up to his computer and googled "King Caradoc." He found a page on King Caradoc Cedric Bartok Kippernook, king of Kippernium. With a few more minutes of quick research he found the name of the castle, Kippernia Castle. "Did Jane live at a castle?"

"Yes."

"Then I found out where she lived."

"Really?"

"Yes. Enter 'Kippernia Castle, Kippernium' for the location."

After she entered it, Kayla stared at the watch. All she had to do was press the button and she would be sent to the Middle Ages. Dr. Allen noticed her expression of worry and asked, "Are you sure you want to do this?"

Kayla nodded her head as a response. Then she asked, "How long will I stay there?"

"You control when you want to come back. I suggest soon though. Maybe in a week or two?"

"Three weeks."

"Fine. Go whenever you're ready."

Kayla just stared at the watch. She laid her on top of the button, ready to push it, and grabbed her bag of things.

Meanwhile, in 815, Jane was battling against the practice dummy.