John’s Supertacular Journey
Through Time’s Back Pages
Through Time’s Back Pages
By Imi
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John’s Supertacular JourneyThrough Time’s Back Pages
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© January, 20211
Today I was studying with my robotic teacher T.I.B.S. and he said he had a very special surprise for me. I wouldn't have to learn history with him again. I had learned barely any history, but he did tell me about a world where they don’t have teleporting stations. I wondered how hard it would be to get around when they didn’t even have an upside down section. In my castle courtyard, T.I.B.S. pulled out a secret cupboard hidden in the stone wall. Sitting in it was a normal book with a green cover. It read, History of the 21st Century.
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I took the book and said, “How is this book going to stop us from learning history when there are so many books that we’ve already read in class? Why can’t we just read this one in class too?”
T.I.B.S. said “ this book is special. It’s a time travel book. It will take you back to the 21st century, but never drop it while you're using it. It will activate an emergency portal, but it will only last for one hour and the emergency portal teleports you somewhere.”
“I hope I will never have to use the emergency portal,” I said.
T.I.B.S. said “ this book is special. It’s a time travel book. It will take you back to the 21st century, but never drop it while you're using it. It will activate an emergency portal, but it will only last for one hour and the emergency portal teleports you somewhere.”
“I hope I will never have to use the emergency portal,” I said.
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While I was walking up the finely polished stairs of the palace, I passed by the portraits of my ancestors and a dark oak door came into sight. I entered my room. Right now the walls, floor and ceiling were projecting to make it look like I was in the middle of the sky. When I closed the door, it projected the sky too. So I was pretty scared. I switched the setting to project a submarine in the middle of the ocean and I opened the book. A white glow surrounded me and it startled me so I dropped the book.
I felt a hundred centuries passing backwards as I stretched through time.
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“Emergency portal has been activated. One hour timer starting now. Say clink to open timer.”
I heard a robotic voice say,
I was on a normal street on the sidewalk. A sign above me read Rogers Road.
I said clink and my timer showed that I had 59 minutes and 30 seconds. I hoped that it would say some clue to where the emergency portal was, but I was out of luck. I looked around and thought the portal must be close.
I was on a normal street on the sidewalk. A sign above me read Rogers Road.
I said clink and my timer showed that I had 59 minutes and 30 seconds. I hoped that it would say some clue to where the emergency portal was, but I was out of luck. I looked around and thought the portal must be close.
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Then I looked above me. The sky wasn’t green like it was supposed to be. It was blue. I had heard in T.I.B.S.’ history lessons that the sky was blue here but one green cloud passed by the intersection of Rogers and Dufferin Street. It was hovering above a flower shop. I knew the portal must be by that cloud. I walked down the street until I saw a sign:
This Intersection Is Closed.
Please take a detour around it.
All shops are closed on this intersection too.
We will be open tomorrow.
Please take a detour around it.
All shops are closed on this intersection too.
We will be open tomorrow.
Oh no, I thought. I had never heard of a skysection being closed.