Messenger Of The Ancients

Chapter 2: Liam

I wish I could be the messenger of the ancients. Mira wants to be the messenger of the future, I would want to trade with her if it was not for my parents who have to ruin my 15th birthday. They think that I don't know what is going to happen. I know things they don't know, after all I am the messenger of the future.

I found out I was adopted on christmas eve, dad had thought I had fallen asleep. At this time Mira was not even adopted yet and the classes had not yet started so I got everything I wanted.

I don't know why they made up a story of why Mira can't see her father again. They should have just told her that he was working for mr.dwyer. People are weird. Mira always suspected me. She got close some times, it was a good thing that classes started when they did. The night before our first class Mira had heard me talking to myself about a plan. After classes started she was busy with mr.sharp's homework and when we got our time watches and started traveling she was too busy to even see me at all for days at a time.

The people of the future have good ideas but they don't use their knowledge in the right and proper way. They came up with a formula they makes trees become gold so they started cutting down trees and then entire forests were destroyed. They were was about to destroy a forest on the top of a hill that was close to town. I stopped them.

Mira and I had planned to have lunch in 3050 about a week after I had finished the save the trees assignment. I had thought it was a day before my 14th birthday but when Mira asked "Hey tomorrow is your 15th birthday, are you excited?" I realized that it was my 15th birthday and I started freaking out!

Mira wanted to know. She knew I knew something she did not know. I know a lot of things she does not know. I made up some weird story about aliens and that seemed to make her more mad. I had to get her of my tail so I said a truth I had said she was adopted and we could never be family. I knew that was wrong. I wanted to take it back as soon as I had said it. We were family but she would never forgive me now. I did not know what to do so I traveled to the time of ramses the great as I had told you I want to be a messenger of the ancients.

My party is today and I am not excited the only thing I am looking forward to see is for grandma grains to pinch Mira cheeks like she always does. It is present time just as I am settling to start opening the doorbell ringing my mom opens the door. It's dad! I am so excited to see him. "How did you get here?" I asked.

"Boss gave me a break so I decided to celebrate my son's birthday, I also need to talk to Liam about tomorrow," he looked at me, I finched. We had chocolate cake for dessert. After the grandma and grandpa grains left my dad came into my room where I was reading a I got from Mira.

"Hey kiddo," he sat down on the bed next to me, "do you want to go get ice cream and catch up," he was so calm, it was weird.

Dad is acting like he was here the for last five years he was not. I know how important his job is but, the only big decision he has ever made for me was to go to the end of the world. Kids my age say the biggest decision their dad has ever made was whether or not they should play football. I wish my dad was more like that.

We drove to the ice cream shop down the street. It was the longest most awkward 2 minutes of my life.

When we got there we got our ice cream and found outside seating.

"I need to tell you something," said dad, looking down at me worry coming into his eyes. I have to tell him I already knew before it got more awkward than it already was.

"I already know where I'm going," I blurted out. Dad's eyes filled with tears.

"How do you know? Does not matter anymore, Liam I am sorry, I did not want this upon you," dad said, I have never seen him cry since the night overheard them talking over me. It was his fault, I was there, he had chosen me.

"It is your first fault, you chose me!" I shouted, by this time I was standing up. People around us started to leave, This made me more mad. We finished our ice cream without saying another word and drove home.

We got home there was an unusual car in front of the house. We went inside and saw Mira sitting at the table with some boy doing homework.

"Oh...um... hi Liam this is Riko, he is helping me with my homework," said Mira. my face started heating up, I could tell it was red because Mira was giving me a questioning look.

"I will get the car keys and drive you home, thanks for the help," Mira said to Riko. Then gave me a be-nice look, of course I ignored it. When Mira left room I went to sit next to this Riko guy. I was about to tell him to be nice to my sister when I heard a chopping sound above the roof. Dad came in the room with wild eyes. Mira ran back into the room. All four of us ran outside to see a helicopter with the words Time Travel co. on the side. I am guessing that was where dad works ,but why was it on top of our roof!

The engine turned off and the side door swung open. A short man stepped out onto the roof. This must be mr.dwyer because dad described him as a elf. A big man in a tuxedo came out behind what seemed to be mr.dwyer with a ladder and placed it against the house. mr.dwyer began to climb down.

"Hello, grains family I am happy to see that the family is back together again, but I am sad to say that we have some business to take care of. Mira and Liam can you please climb up after me into my helicopter." I looked over at dad and he gave me the "business look." There was no way I was going to get on a helicopter with some creepy elf dude no matter how much dad pleaded me.

"Liam please just follow him everything is going to be alright, Mira follow your brother,"dad said he sounded serious. I gave one look at the elf who was now climbing back into the helicopter.

"What are you guys waiting for, get up here!"mr.dwyer shouted down at us. I stepped on to the first ring of the ladder and started up the ladder and Mira began climbing right behind me. My heart thumped loudly as I stood on the top of our roof looking down. Mira joined me up there a few seconds later.

"Get in! We don't have all day!"mr.dwyer whined. I stepped into the helicopter it smelled like lemons and it looked larger than it looked from the outside. Mira slipped in next to me. She looked at me, she looked so scared and to tell you I am scared to. The seats were a black leather and there seemed to be a wall blocking the seats that we were sitting in and who no's what was up in front. The helicopter's turned on again. Before I knew it we hovering over our street. We went higher and higher and as soon as the ground was out of sight I started to worry even more. Where were we going?!

mr.dwyer cleared his voice and looked over at us. "Liam are you ready for tomorrow? Has your dad told you yet?"mr.dwyer wanted answers and he wanted them now.

Mira looked so confused. I love the feeling of knowing something she does not know, but right now I wish I did not know what I know. "Yes," I said trying to sound confident.

mr.dwyer nodded trying to decide what to do next. "Tonight and early tomorrow morning you will receive further information and training on what you're going to do.

Mira could not help but blurt out "What is going on," she was perplexed. Her mouth was tight and her face started to heat up "I am sorry sir I just don't understand why I am here." She was as red as a cherry at that point.

"No need to apologize my dear Mira, I have a plan that will make you family proud," mr.dwyer said to Mira, who now looked more nervous. "While Liam is off on his adventure, you will have fun with me in The Lab," mr.dwyer grinned. It is no fair. While I am going to The End of the world Mira is going to be safe in a lab. I could tell Mira wanted to switch with me, but if she knew what I was really going to do she would not want to. I still had my plan and I was not going down without trying. In other words Mira might get her wish to switch.