This work includes 8 previous 'rounds,' each having won the right of the othereight belts; all rounds are part of just ONE story, continuing with the charactersfrom the beginning, Twins; Jazper (Jaz) and Jolana (Jo) who can hear oneanother's thoughts and have conversations between themselves. The storybegans in the Dark Ages, around 400AD and when the prompt contained thechoice of fanfic— Tony Stark - Iron Man— was chosen. Tony had invented atime-machine which is not yet perfect. It is able to go back to the Dark Age ofaround 400AD and in this Round 9, he has caused Jo to return to 2014 withhim, to the USA, but in a different location to his.
Coming from the Dark Ages into modern times, Jo finds herself in Manhattan—lost— to her it is 'A New World'.
The chief antagonist in this story is a teenager named Mark. He is here from thebeginning of Round 9 and becomes famous, or, rather, infamous, with so manyhelping him, it seems he, or rather, they, will win.
The continuing story is on wattpad.com and from Round 1 through to Round 9,it is all connected, and yet, after Round 9 here, it calls for continuing with theAvengers together there to search for inventive, elusive girl from 400AD.
Part I - The Time Machine
The refugees from Ulodia had settled in Zufloria, many employed within theroyal castles and military; others out in the city and in some smaller settlementsclose to the vast lake. Fishing, an attractive vocation, was one of the largestoccupations other than orcharding, farming and marketing.
The markets ran seven days a week in every area of Zufloria, from noon untilsunset or sell-out when marketers pack up their carts and head for their abodes.Morning time is harvest and preparation time.
The expanded population kept growing as more Ulodians took further passageout to the lake then around to the border of Zufloria to settle there. Due to thelow population of the kingdom, newcomers were welcome.
Finding themselves ignored right now, Jo and Jaz spent much time in the hugelibraries, focussing on studying the surrounding kingdoms with their differinglanguages.
Not understanding at first how Tony could be missing for up to an hour, theysoon realized from chatter in the 'Tech Room' that he disappeared often toreturn to, 'My dimension, my time.'
He joined them in the main library one day, urging them to learn 'English.'
"It's the language from my home country," he explained. "You speak somethingbetween Danish and Russian." Changing to speak in English, Tony continued,"I learnt yours in less than a week, so you'll pick it up mine fast."
In perfect English, Jo and Jaz replied together, "We know English, or, Anglo-Saxon. But your English has a different slant, or, accent, to it."
"American English I guess," Tony said, his attention upon a small box-likething. Attaching a cord by threading it through a small hole in it, he lifted itover Jo's head, around her neck.
