Timed Out

Time Pencil

( 2012 )

I think he must have seen it. Now if I think hard... Presto! I could take the pencil with which I wrote the thing and wrap it with a paper saying time pencil! Why? Because I have affected the future and changed certain things also.

I took a piece of paper and wrapped it over the pencil. I slowly Wrote down time pencil. The letters were very bold. Wonder whether I still have this pen. Idea! I will hide it in my piggy bank. But how will he know that we have to open the piggy bank? I thought something. I took immediate action, I erased whatever was written in the photo graph. I wrote,

' Look , you might be wondering how did it get erased. I did it. Now listen to me. Take the piggy bank and open the lid below it. You will find a pencil saying ' Time Pencil ' . Take it and try writing on the. Write it on your 4th grade notebook! I have your 4th Grade notebook. So just do it! '

I finished writing and I kept the Time pencil with me. I was going to keep the pencil in the future, but before 2016. So anyway I would get the Time Pencil !

( 2016 )

I ran to Dan's house for answers. I took the photo graph with me. I took the photograph so Dan would believe it. The photo graph was of last year. Last year for me. Or I can just say that by Last year I mean 2011 . Which is 5 years ago according to this timeline. I was still running. Man , Dan's house was far . I finally did reach to Dan's house.

In 2012, Dan was more thin and had brown hair. In fact Dan looked like a skeleton around that time. But Dan looked weird to me now. He had Blue hair instead of Brown. He was still thin, but not very. He had lost his skeleton look. I knocked on Dan's door and waited for him to reply.

Dan opened the door and looked at me. " Oh how are you Jack? What 's up? Go ahead come in! " he invited me inside. We both went up the stairs. Dan's room had changed. His room was actually in a cupboard. And mind me the cupboard was big. It looked small from outside but was spacious from inside. It was like a secret room. " Um, hey Dan. What happened to your room in the cupboard?" I asked him curiously.

" Don't you know. I told you like a million times. It got to small for me. Plus, what is it with you today? You sound so weird, you act so weird. What is it Jack? " He asked. "Its... Its that I have been. Let's just go in and talk"  I told . We went inside his room. The room was in the same setting but just a different place. "So this is what happened. I know this might sound crazy. But listen, Something weird happened this time. Ugh, Time ! Well I am not the normal Jack you know. Well I am him, but not from the same time. I am Jack from 2012. And your Jack who is from 2016 is stuck in 2012 whereas I am stuck in 2016. Please believe me Dan. I am not joking. This is a serious matter Dan. " I explained.

" Jack, I know that you hate Time Travel and stuff and that I like Time Travel. Doesn't mean you have gotta act as if you like it bro! " He said. " Dan! Look at this, I got this message from my past. Which is Jack from 2016 who is stuck 2012 . " I said to Dan giving him the photo graph . 

He looked at it. " Jack, how can I tell that this is not written by you? Its the exact same handwriting !  Wait, I see something. Jack look at this! " Dan exclaimed. I turned to see the picture. The words were disappearing. It looked like they were being erased. Then some words started to roll in. They were coming automatic! It was Jack! Jack from the Future who is currently in the past! " Read it Dan! " I shouted.

Dan nodded his head. He kept his head on the picture and read, " Look , you might be wondering how did it get erased. I did it. Now listen to me. Take the piggy bank and open the lid below it. You will find a pencil saying ' Time Pencil ' . Take it and try writing on the. Write it on your 4th grade notebook! I have your 4th Grade notebook. So just do it! " .

" Wow, man this guy is a genius! " I shouted. Dan stared at me, he frowned . " Dude you are him. Just because your Jack from a different timeline doesn't mean your not him! " He explained. " Now leave that alone. Come on let's go to your home !"

We went running to my house. I took my piggy bank opened the lid. I took a very dusty pencil outside. It was written Time pencil on it. I immediately took my 4th grade notebook . Dan started to write a small letter on the back side of the notebook. 

' Dear Jack,

Look I know what's happened. This is called inter - dimensional time travel. You can come out of this, all you need to do is, find out. Find out who he is. Take a thing in the house which is there in 2012 but not in 2016. You have to this Jack! After you get a think like that, do like this : Write something on it which will catch hold of the person's eye who made all this happen. This is the only way Jack.

Your friend,

Dan . '

( 2012 ) 

I took my 4th grade notebook and saw it immediately. I flipped through all the pages. There! I found a letter written by Dan! It said :

' Dear Jack,

Look I know what's happened. This is called inter - dimensional time travel. You can come out of this, all you need to do is, find out. Find out who he is. Take a thing in the house which is there in 2012 but not in 2016. You have to this Jack! After you get a think like that, do like this : Write something on it which will catch hold of the person's eye who made all this happen. This is the only way Jack.

Your friend,

Dan . '

I kept the book inside. Tomorrow was a holiday , and I was gonna make good use of it!