Back in Time

Chapter 2: Jack?!

Jack's Pov

I yawned a couple of seconds after the Attack on Titan theme started to play. Glancing over at the clock on the wall and it was only a couple of seconds away from midnight. As soon as I looked away from the clock, I started to feel a little off. Like something bad was going to happen. I pushed it off as nothing but excitement as the clock ticked it's minute and second hands to midnight. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Mark staring at me. But it wasn't in a friendly way as normal, but as fear and worry. I turned my head over to Mark and asked "What's wrong Mark?" That was when I noticed things got strange. My voice was higher than normal. I cleared my throat and tried again. This time it only came out higher! I was starting to get dizzy as Mark asked me worriedly "Are you ok Jack?"

I replied "I don't know.", as I put my hand to my head and closed my eyes to try and help with the dizziness. Then every part of my body started to tingle in a strange way. Next I could feel my clothes starting to get a bigger, little by little, as the tingling continued. I opened my eyes and looked at my other hand that was on my knee. Slowly, it was getting smaller and the bracelets on my wrist were getting looser. Scared, my hands put themselves to the top of my head. My nails were almost digging into my scalp from me pressing them to my head so hard from fear. On the palms of my head I could feel beads of sweat drip down my face. I, almost yelling out, said worriedly "Mark! What's happening?!" He shook his head and replied, fear clearly in his voice "I don't know!" Scared I said "Mark help!" He said back with the same amount of fear in his voice "I don't know how!"

Mark's Pov

I could only stand there, motionless, and watch in horror at what was happening to my best friend. He cried out for me to help but I didn't know how. After a minute or so, I just stared at what used to be my best friend. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A green-haired baby sat there in bunched up clothes where Jack was supposed to be. I honestly don't know what to do, I mean I just watched my best friend turn into a baby. That's pretty freaky if you ask me. In all my panic and confusion, I still knew that I needed to try to help Jack. Then there was a knock at the door. It surprised me, who would show up at my door a little bit after midnight? Still, I walked over to the door and opened it. Nobody was there though, I started to look around. But nothing was there except a red envelope. The envelope even had a wax seal on it. The seal had the letters "A P" carved in incursive into it. Confused, I opened the envelope. There was a letter on the inside of the red envelope. Curiousness took over all of my other thoughts and had me read the letter.

The letter read "You have within his day of birth, to find the clues needed to reverse this curse..." Someone did this to Jack on purpose?! But why?, I thought to myself. I continued to read the letter, "During this search you will find three tasks. Each one shall be more difficult than the last. If failed you will soon see, that Sean will always remain as he used to be." At this point I had a million questions swimming around in my head. What does this person mean by "tasks"?, what did the last part of that letter mean?, and who is "AP"? ,were just a few to mention. I knew a few things for certain though. Most importantly, I need to help Jack. Whatever the last of that letter meant, it didn't sound good. Second, if I was going to do this, I needed help. I decided to call a couple of people for help. First person, Bob. If anyone could help, it would be Bob. He's one of the smartest guys I know! I knew a couple things about really bad situations, and one of them is to have someone smart around to help. Quickly scrolling through my contacts list, I found Bob and called him.

He answered at the third ring. "Mark, it's frickin' 12:30 in the morning. What's up?", Bob asked me. I replied, my voice sounding a little bit hysteric "I know. Hey, um, there's been a problem with Jack's visit over here. Do you think you can come over and help?" Bob sighed and said "I guess. I'll be there later, I have to get some sleep." "Ok, I'll see you in a little bit. Bye." I answered as I hung up the phone. Next person to call, Felix. Or as you guys know him, Pewdiepie. Once again scrolling through my contacts, I called Felix. It took a while, but he picked up. "Hey, Felix. I need you to come over to my house. Jack's surprise visit went wrong." I said into my phone. I was expecting Felix to answer, so I was pretty shocked when I heard another voice on the line instead of Felix's.

"Mark?" Martzia asked me. Confused, I said "Martzia? Where's Felix? I need to talk to him." She hesitated for a moment but then responded "I don't know where he is. He left in the middle of the night, left his phone, and no trace remained. Not even a note. But if you need some help, I can come." I breathed out a sigh of relief that I didn't know I was holding. "Thanks Martzia. I'll see you in a bit. Bye.", I replied. Martzia could help a lot. She's good with kids, and extremely flexible. I hung up the phone and set it down on the couch. I put my head in my hands and sighed as I plopped myself back onto the couch. Why is Felix missing, I thought. My thought continued, Why is any of this happening?. I looked over to Jack and saw that he was peacefully asleep. Like nothing happened at all. I couldn't help but worry for him though. What's he going to do when he finds out all of this?