The Ring of Time - A Beatles Fanfic

Chapter 1: Surprise!

"Okay my eyes are closed-" I said as I held my hands out waiting for whatever it was Robin was going to do next. I felt the weight of a box in my hands when Robin shouted "Surprise!" I opened my eyes to see a small box and when I opened it, inside was a beautiful shiny red ring, but this wasn't some random ring, no, it had to be Ringo's shiny red ring from The Beatles' film Help! It just wasn't like any other ring.

"Robin... It can't be!!! Is this really Ringo's ring from Help!???" I exclaimed. "It is! When I saw it I just knew you had to have it so I got it for you!" Robin said very pleased with himself. "Oh Robin but it was so expensive!! I was keeping an eye on what was going on at the auction, I can't believe you'd buy me that! Thank you so much!! Is... there anything I can ever do to repay you?" I said in disbelief that my best friend had spent so much money to get me this beautiful ring. "No, not at all silly, don't you know what a gift is?? And you're very welcome, I'm happy to get it for you!" Robin said, laughing a little.

For a moment we stood there admiring the ring in all its glory before Robin broke the silence, "Well, you should probably take that home before someone notices it, it was not easy to outbid the others! That ring is highly coveted!" Robin said half jokingly. "Oh I know, there's a whole forum of people that are watching where it's at, how much it's sold for, and who the owner of it is! I actually am in that forum." I said laughing. "Yikes- you better be extra careful then! Anyways, I'll see you tomorrow for lunch, don't forget it!!" Robin said poking fun at my bad memory. "Yes yes I know-" I rolled my eyes, "See you tomorrow then." I said before giving Robin a hug. "Bye!" Robin said as we both walked to our separate vehicles.

I drove home excitedly as I couldn't wait to try on my new ring. I still can't believe he bought me Ringo Starr's ring from Help! I thought. Soon I was pulling into my driveway and seconds after I got into my garage I ran into my home. As soon as I had closed the door, I took the box out from my pocket, then I opened up the box and for a few seconds I just stared at the beauty of the ring. It's even more beautiful in person I thought before I finally carefully took it out of the box and put it on my ring finger. It felt a little loose so I moved it to a different finger where it would fit better. "Yay! It fits!!" I said excitedly. After admiring Ringo's ring that was now mine, I went to go add it to my collection, in its special spot I had dedicated to it, although it was then a distant dream when I made that space, now it was reality!

When I was about to take it off I noticed that the ring was... glowing? "How strange-" I said out loud. I suddenly started to feel off, I felt normal yet... somehow different at the same time, there's really no way to describe it, you'd just have to experience it to know what it's like. I tried to take the ring off, thinking it would help but it wouldn't budge... I kept struggling to get it off but then the weird feeling increased before I blacked out...