Verities of History

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"Hurry, now! Find your seats! We're about to leave!" Mr. Roberts exclaimed as he assisted his students into the bus. They are about to go to a museum for their field trip.

"Aren't you excited, Heinz? We are about to see great inventions on the museum you've wanted to visit!" Isabella excitedly said, seated next to the guy she's talking to.

"I am, Isabella," he shortly responded without even looking at her and remained a poker faced.

He heard his classmates discussed about their trip but he remained unbothered. It's true that he had always wanted to visit that museum and tour himself all over the place. Unfortunately, his parents won't allow him for it will only waste his time, instead of spending it for studying.

The whole road trip was fun, at least not for him. They sang along, shared jokes and riddles and laughed along the way. It was a great hangout for them. Just in time, they have arrived at their destination.

One by one they went out of the bus with excitement and giggles. They all waited for this trip.

"Okay, class, just a reminder. Do not go any farther from each other. Prepare your pens and notebooks so you can jot down notes related to what I'll discuss later."

"Yes, sir!" They all replied in unison.

"Let's get inside." Mr. Roberts led the way towards the museum.

Everyone took out their pens and notebooks, ready to write down notes. As they enter the museum, amusement were written in their faces. Each stations displayed various inventions from the past that became popular during their time. On the walls were portraits of famous inventors of different eras.

Heinz looked around as well. But one station merely caught his attention. The greatest invention of all, the time machine.

One of the reasons why he wanted to be in this museum was because he found out that his parents were not his biological parents, instead he was just adopted as to what they also said. He tried asking them about his real parents but unfortunately, they didn't bother to answer him. Knowing that this museum has a time machine displayed, he asked permission from them so he can buy a visit, but they never agreed.

He glanced at his classmates and teacher. As he saw them busy, he took that chance to approach the time machine without thinking twice.

He touched it and let his fingers ran onto its shiny and glossy arm rest before hopping in. As he comfortably took a seat, he saw buttons and a controller on the machine's front desk. He was wondering how to start this thing up. He looked closely onto the buttons and saw signs which he thought corresponds to its uses.

Moreover, there were three buttons: the first one in green is 'Go', the second which is yellow says 'Wait' and the red one says 'Stop'. The controller on the right was basically the on and off switch.

He pushed the controller upward and a small light bulb above him turned on.

"Welcome! On which time will I take you?" A mechanical voice of a woman spoke. It's like a voice command.

Heinz smirked. This thing's very facinating. He would finally know the answers to all the things and questions that bothered him since the day he knew the truth. He took a deep breath and uttered, "take me to the time where all about me started."

"Your journey will start in a blink of an eye. Just sit back and relax."

The moment he blinked once, he was already taken to the time he requested. He was in front of a hut. He pressed the yellow button and the mechanical voice of a woman spoke again.

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