A Twist In Time

Chapter 1

FOREWORD:

This novel is also published in booksie.com under the username pan12. This is originally 44-chapter work but I merged the short chapters. Please be guided accordingly. franzpan12 and pan12 are the same person. And that's me. Thank you and enjoy reading. Feel free to share your opinions!

Sincerely,

THE AUTHOR

USA, JULY 26, 2010

I woke up with a light feeling in my heart. I knew that my long wait has come to an end. Today is my eighteenth birthday, and I just can't help but to be excited.

My dad, Keith Davidson, greeted me the moment I walked down on the stairs. I rushed to him and gave him a big hug, for he has always been there for me through the years. We sat opposite to each other on the table. He had already prepared breakfast for us.

" Carmel, we prepared a small party for you. We're so sorry that we can't give you a grand party." he said with a bit of an apologetic tone.

"It's alright,dad. You don't really have to prepare a big party for me. I'm okay with just a small one. Together with you and my friends." I answered and took a sip of my milk.

He smiled at me.

I am Carmel Davidson. A simple girl living in a town in North Carolina. I am a high school student and the only daughter of my brilliant parents- Keith and Jane Davidson. Life has been good for us all these years. My dad is a successful painter in our town while my mom owns a restaurant . They taught me to always put my feet on the ground and to be nice to everyone. And as a result, I gained a lot of friends.

The party was just a small one, held on our medium-sized backyard. Many of my friends and relatives came to greet me, and one of which was Angela Keates, my mom's best friend, with her five- month old son.

"Happy birthday, Carmel!" she greeted me happily.

"Thanks. This is Sean, right?"

She nodded.

" And he greets you a happy birthday!" I smiled at her and looked at the child. That cute little kid is so innocent and so handsome. I wish I will have a son like him. He seems like an angel to me.

I lay down on my bed that night, looking at the hourglass that my mother gave me a while ago. It's like an heirloom that has been passed on to another generation. I don't know why, but that thing seemed to be so mysterious to me. I grabbed it from my side table and looked at it for a long time. And then, when a burst of intuition came into my mind, I reversed it. My eyes widened when I saw a beam of light came out from the hourglass. The light was so strong that it made me blind. I closed my eyes and never opened it for some time.

I felt like I was on a journey, to some unknown place and time. I closed my eyes, afraid that I would see something terrible.

In just a few minutes, I fell asleep.