Why Me? (Book 1 of Time Memory) #Wattys2015

21 - Life

EARL

"Doing?" Then I was back here. Back on Earth. And after a few seconds I heard something explode and what I so was a big cloud. A big cloud of explosion. I just stood there in silence as I watched the ship explode taking Lepython with it. No, not Lepython, older Earl. He deserved it because he had a change of heart when he knew that he was gonna die. I heard someone shout my name behind me.

"Earl!"

"Ylona?"

"Earl! Don't you ever do that again!"
She said as she hugged me.

"Don't worry, I won't. I love you."

"I love you too."

And I kissed her. As I did, a flash of light appeared and Jan and Diamond showed up.

"Ew gross man! Quit it!" Jan said.

"Shut up." Diamond said.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I said.

"Who..... are they?" Ylona asked.

"If you would be so kind."

"I'm Jan and she's Diamond. We're from the future."

"Thats it?"

"Yeah. We have something to tell you."

"Oh yeah. Its gonna happen now?"

"Yeah. Sorry man."

"What is he talking about Earl?"

"He is saying that we need to become our past selves now. With our memories erased."

"What? No way!"

"Its true." Diamond said.

"Blue?" I called out.

"Can't you do something? I mean thats how we got the dreams about the invasion right? Because our second selves asked to preserve that memory?"

"Yes."

"Well? Can time handle it if we preserve our memories? Like all of it."

"You are asking me what will happen if you have memories of a future that is not gonna happen?"

"Yeah."

"I don't know. We can handle it. We can stop time from collapsing but..... Are you sure thats what you would want?"

I looked at Ylona and she nodded.

"Yeah..... We're sure."

"Ok."

"Do it, Jan."

"Ok. But I'll tell you Earl, once you replace yourselves, you're gonna wake up at your home. With the same things. Like instead of having a phone that you're supposed to have in the present, you're gonna have your phone that you had in this time. You just have to find Ylona again."

"Ok." I took out my phone and typed something.

"Hey Jan, do me a favor. When we go ahead and replace ourselves, hit send." I gave my phone to Jan.

"Sure but remember, no one and I mean no one can know about your memories. The future will be different since Earl will try to not be Lepython right? Anyways, since the future will be different, Blue and Red never gave you the keys. No invasion happened and you never met these versions of us. But you will remember them. Now thats all done, you guys ready?"

I looked at Ylona one last time before these versions of ourselves will be gone. We will be 14 again. We both smiled and said something at the same time.

"Yeah."

We closed our eyes. And I woke up.

"Woah!" It was just a dream. Figures. No way a girl that beautiful would like me anyway. Haha, I was just making a fool of myself.

"Just a dream, huh?" I said to myself.

I was just getting ready for school when my phone received a text.

It said,

"Hey! Still using this phone huh? It wasn't a dream. Thats what we always think right? Now go! Find her! Find Ylona! Change the future! Don't be the man that you once were and love her.

-Older You"

I can't believe it. It was actually true. I was already planning to skip school to see her. I smiled and whispered,

"Why Me?" as I walked outside my house.

And I received another text. It said,

"Hey again! You heard them. We're special!"

And I ran towards the place where I first met her.