I walked dizzily down the busy streets of Boston, my pale orange dress swishing around my ankles and my dark brown bun bouncing on top of my head. After traveling over 200 years into the past, I was still trying to recover from the long trip as I jogged away from the abandoned building where I had left the remaining tea. I focused on my mission. I had to steal the butterfly ring to become rich in the future. In 2030, it is worth over 583 quadrillion dollars. All I have to do is find Catherine Newdercoff its owner, follow her home, and wait for her to take it off. Then I can take it, time travel back to the future to sell it and become rich. My situation may not seem too serious, but let me tell you a little bit more about time travel. First of all, you only have a limited amount of time in the past. In my case, I have until 5:00. And in case you were wondering, it's 4:05 right now. After you run out of time you …show more content…
Buzz! I woke up to my watch vibrating and quickly hit the small silver button turning off the alarm. I disappointedly sat up and checked the time realizing it had all just been a dream. My eyes popped out of my head as I saw that I only had 5 minutes left. I peeked into the window and saw all the lights out inside the Newdercoff house, everyone gone. I had missed my chance, and now I had to make a decision, go home empty handed or have everyone I care about forget me. I knew this choice would affect my entire life yet, I only had an instant to decide. This only made the decision harder. Wouldn't it be better to just leave my family and be rich alone? But, could I say goodbye to a loving family that needed and loved me? My little brother, who always giggles when I tell him silly stories and sees me as his hero? My older sister who helped me study for every quiz and test I've ever taken? My parents, who are always there when I need them and raised me with seemingly impossible amounts of love for 16 years? Suddenly I knew what I had to