*Flashback* 17 years ago*
Melanie's POV
I was sitting on Five's bed, patently waiting for him to get ready for our everyday lunch with Dad,
"Do you wanna know something?" Five asks me, even though it was a tad out of the blue, I already knew what he was talking about.
He was always on about time travel, it's dead annoying actually, he manages to bring it into almost every conversation we have. He's also been asking Dad non-stop and every time Dad has said no, and if I'm being honest, I'm happy Dads saying no cause I don't know how I would be able to live with myself if something happened to Five. Although the bad thing is the more Dad refuses him the more angry and distant he becomes with other people.
"What?" I asked, playing dumb,he appeared beside me and took ahold of my hand making a weird feeling appear in my stomach again, like it always does when he's near.
"Five, wh-" I began, I was soon cut off when I felt my stomach lurch and not in a good way, my head started to spin and I didn't like it at all.
"Five!" I screamed, latching on to the closest thing to me, which was Five himself. It all stopped suddenly and I wasn't equipped to handle it like Five could. My knees have way and I started falling to the ground,
"Lonnie!" I heard Five shout, "Are you okay, love? I'm so sorry!".
I felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around me, stopping me halfway.
"I'm-I'm fine, Five, honestly I'm g-good" I assured him, he pulled himself away from me, which was a bit upsetting but not too much, and sat me back on his bed.
When I looked over to him he seemed ecstatic,
"This is amazing, Lonnie!" He exclaimed,
"Huh?" I asked, what was he getting at exactly?
"You're not dead!" He pointed out, don't get me wrong I love Five, is he cute? yeah he's cute, in his own weird, funny kinda way but even this was weird. I nearly collapsed and he's jumping for joy?
"Um, thanks?" I said utterly confused, he sighed at me in a playful way, he then took my hand and we both ran down the stairs and into the dining room, where everyone but Dad was, standing behind there assigned seats.
I stood at the end of the table, beside Five and Vanya. A little while later, Dad walked into the room and sat in his seat opposite Vanya.
"Sit!" He commanded, I always hated it when he ordered us about like animals at the zoo, but in all honesty I was too hungry to care. I immediately got stuck into our food and went to take a piece of Fives bread like I usually do, cause he doesn't like it.
I could see the little exchange that Luther and Alison were having, and Klaus who was taking out, what looked like, a cigarette. I also couldn't help but notice that Five hadn't touched his food and instead was staring at Dad intently.
When I moved my hand to take the bread however Five chose that exact moment to stab the table with a very sharp knife, making my eyes go wide as of how close it was to my hand.
"Number 5" Dad acknowledged,
"I have a question" Five stated,
"Knowledge is an admiral goal, but you know the rules, no talking during meal times, you are interrupting Herr Carlson" Dad reminded Five, I took this opportunity to take the bread again but no avail, Five instead shoved his plate away.
I gave him a 'seriously' look but he ignored me and continued pestering Dad.
"I want to time travel" Five demanded,
Oh no.
"No"
"But I'm ready", I finally reached across and grabbed the piece of bread, not focusing on anything else, until somebody grabbed my shoulders and I felt the same felling as I did back in Five's room, only thankfully I didn't fall to the ground this time.
"See?" Five pressed on, I realised now Five had teleported us to the top of the dining table beside Dad, and I was still holding a piece of bread in my hand.
"A special jump is trivial when compared with the unknowns of time travel" Dad said,
