Two giant figures stormed into the usually upbeat house. "Wait no! Give us a few more hours! We can fix this!" Delta begged from her permanent grave. She couldn't leave the aquarium, due to her being a mermaid. Monta jumped in front of Agatha, hiding her from the men's vision. "You had your chance. Hand over Agatha. She's not of your control." Monta slowly began crying. "We raised her." "But you are not legal gaurdians." One of them replied as the other picked up Agatha from behind Monta. The family broke. Delta was sobbing and Monta was angry. Monta ran up to the man holding Agatha and began punching him. "She's OURS." The agent shoved him to the floor. "Goodbye Monta." "No! NO!" The door slammed shut as Monta ran after them. He was too late. Agatha was crying in the car. Her mind was racing. She fumbled around with her gown. Certainly, this was a grave situation.
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Agatha closetld her eyes. A figure emerged in her mindscape. "Agatha Barclay-Gilia." She looked at the figure. "Y-yes! I'm here." The figure chuckled. "Hello. Its been a while." Agatha nodded. She broke down into tears again. "Come here." She went to him amd he kneeled to her height, hugging the small girl. "I'm sorry you have to go through this. I didn't plan for you to be taken away. Your mother was illegal. She can't walk on land." Agatha's tears stopped for a moment. "What?" "Your mother. Delta. No matter what she tried, she wasn't allowed legality because she can't walk this land." Agatha broke out again. "Mama...." She trailed off. "I've arranged for the court to have a change of thought. It should be three days from today." Agatha's grip tightened. "I know you can't do it.. but what about past?" Agatha asked. "You know the past isn't in my control student." She nodded. "What do I do?" She asked. "Use your watch. You can go back in time.. can you not?" "I can! But... I'm not allowed to, remember sir?" The figure laughed quietly. "This situation is an exception. I grant you permission to travel. But be warned, too much travel can ruin the barrier." Agatha nodded as her tears slowed. "Y-yessir!"
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Agatha opened her eyes and grabbed her small watch. "I can fix this." She moved her clock back an hour. "Mama..." She clicked the activate and rewound time to Feburary 12, 2021. She looked around as she saw her smiling parents. "Alright, Monta. We can get the papers." "Don't worry Aggie. It'll be okay." Agatha's tears slowed. "Mama... I'm sorry." "No, don't be sorry. This is our fault. We should have tried again." "No mama. I'm sorry about the courts." Monta looked at Agatha. "What courts?" Delta hid her face slightly. "Its nothing Monta." Monta sighed. "Is there anything we can do to fix this?" She asked. "Delta, if I knew, I would. What is this court thing?" Delta hid her face entirely. "Nothing of our concern. We need to fix-" She was cut off by the door being slammed open. "NO!" Agatha screamed. She rewound the clock again. This time, she didn't mention the court. She watched as her tears fell faster and faster. "Don't worry Aggie, it'll be okay." She kept crying. She hated reliving the same thing but she had to. She had to fix this. Again, after debate on what to do, she was taken away. Back again. Failiure. Back yet again. Faliure. "What do I do?" She asked herself. She stopped the clock this time. She ran to the courts office quickly. She only had an hour. Running from building to building she tried to find her orphanage. If she could find her papers, she could prove they were her parents. She eventually found the dull place she used to call home. "I have 10 minutes." She said to herself, dashing in the room, trying to not touch anything as that would disturb the fabrication. She ran to the cabinet and filed through. She went to the B's and looked. No luck. "Of course they would get rid of them." She said looking in other cabinets for empty papers. "I can!" She grabbed an empty form as time began to start again. She dashed out of the building and waited for everything to animate itself again. She ran back to her house, no time was to be wasted. "Mama! Pap! I have the paper! I have the-" She was cut off by the men picking her up. "Let! Me! GO! I HAVE PROOF!" The men didn't listen to her. She was thrown into the car as she rewound time again. "It'll work." She was halfway through the time slip before everything halted. She was breaking the fabrication. "No... no. Please! I had the answer!" She cried into the emptiness of time. She was flung onto the floor of her house, everything running still. "Mom! Sign this!" Delta responded, but then stopped. "Mom?" Agatha looked at Delta. She seemed... oh no. Agatha looked down. She broke her glass. "Mommy?" Delta slumped over. "No! No you need water! Wake up!" Delta's eyes closed. Monta was still in time. Rewind. Rewind. Rewind. Her time was up. Agatha looked down as the same events played in front of her again and again. She broke her clock.
