The Crossed Paths

chapter 9

Elenor's  pov

I was standing in front of Brandon and I was going to sacrifice my life for him my whole body was stiff and I was imagining my mom and was ready to join her which seemed to be like an eternity. And finally I heard the sound of shot but pain was not felt by any part of my body for a second I felt that maybe I was in the state of oblivion. My head started swirling and my whole body felt an extreme pressure .I was falling down my whole body was becoming as light as a feather I could see a tiny bit of light at the other end of tunnel in which I was falling everything around me was pitch black for a moment I had a feeling that I was in space but soon I got unconscious and fell hard on a floor .

I woke up with throbbing headache and dizziness my surrounding was dark which I was thankful for, every thing was disheveled and more over seemed to be old and dusty. I tried to gain my conscious by grabbing something near me that's when I found my bag , a wave of relief swept over me . I slowly opened my eyes and realized that the surroundings were familiar to me. The hallway in which I was laying down was similar to the one in the my palace I stood up and started taking a closer look at the walls there were huge photographs on the walls but were completely covered by dust and other insects . There was a window near by which was also the end of the hall I walked towards it and tried to open it but the hinges were gammed . So I took a heavy object and smashed that window with it . What waited for me outside left me trembling . The garden outside was same as mine in palace and there stood a statue of my father and Helena . Horror crept over me and after full ten minutes of examination I was sure that it was my palace . I searched my bag to find something useful , I found my phone but there was no signal so I turned on its flashlight and kept looking inside my bag that's when I found the answer to all my question deep inside my bag laid the mini time machine that Brandon and I were working on. It transported me to future , it seems like  I have  time travelled to year 2120 which means I am in 22nd century . 

One thing that I was desperate to know was what had happened to the castle and my family ?when and how did they die? there was one place that could give answer to all my questions LIBRARY . As I was lost deep into my thoughts I heard a noise from the end of the corridor during all this time I forgot how scary this place looks and god knows for how long this place was abandoned . Maybe some spirit resides here that's why no body lives here .  I quickly rushed out of the main door while thinking about the palace . 

The Garden outside palace looked like graveyard many random things were in it moreover it looked like those things by mistakenly fell over the fence and nobody came to get them back. Maybe some spirit really resides here for that I must ask some local about its history.

I open palace main doors to get out and as I do so the hinges made a screeching sound maybe no one been here in a very long period of time I quickly get out before anyone noticed me . The palace was as I remembered it from 21st century but the city wasn't, palace was in the middle of the city but in 22nd century it was almost surrounded by forest . Only one road  joining palace to the future city which was present in 22nd century. 

The walk to the future city was interesting that's the least I can say the roads were as smooth as an ice cream and to my shock these future people found a way to defeat newton's third law THERE WAS NO FRICTION I was sliding on the road . But all I could think was this is only the starting there are going to be a lot of more surprises waiting for me ahead .

I was always interested in physics and this could be my dream city there is a lot that these people must have discovered and one of them could be a time machine my only hope to go back to my father. As I was making plans to go back one question kept arising in the back of my head  did I ever belong there with Helena and all the drama of being a royal I always thanked god of all the privileges that I had but some where I knew I wanted to be a normal girl out of all the pressure . I wish I could fall in love with someone and not marry to a man who was eligible  for the throne . But in all of these wishes I also had guilt hidden in them because I loved my parents and they wanted me to be a queen and it would be selfish of me wanting to stay here just because this is my dream land. My heart was aching and maybe bleeding internally due to all the hurt and damage caused by people themselves during all these years  but I think I  was too busy to notice it.