Story #8: Westfield High

Westfield High

"Wake up. Cara Maria, Wake up." Her mother frantically said. "It is your first day of school."

Cara Sighed.

Today is the day they all started new. 2026 was going to be their year. No worries, no problems, and all new people. The Sorrentino family just moved from the Phillipines and started their new life in Columbus, Ohio. Cara is the oldest child in her family, 16 and a cheerleader, while her little brother Max, 15 and a musician, start at their new school Westfield High today. The kids and their mom got to the school and it is a big, 5 building and 2 story high school, and they went into the administration building to get their class schedule. Max's schedule was pretty simple. He had a music class, algebra 2, english 2, and a study hall to practice the drums. Cara's schedule on the other hand is awful to her. She has advanced chemistry, AP world history, and then STEM, but then she has her last class of the day and it is a technology class where they build inventions and they were working on a time machine.

The day went on and Cara went to her last class of the day. She was overwhelmed, tired, and ready to go home. It was 1:46 in the afternoon and school gets out at 2:35. The teacher was talking about the "time machine" they were trying to invent and Cara drifted off into a sleep. It was 2:30 and school was almost over and the teacher, Mr. Bensenberg, told Cara to get into the time machine. They said they wanted to test it out.

"Cara get in! You're the new girl and we want you to feel welcome," the teacher said happily.

"Do I really have to? I feel like someone who worked on it should go in it." Cara sighed.

"Well, we all feel as if you should feel welcome and be the first to try it out."

"I mean, I guess."

Cara eventually got into the time machine and the teacher threw a paper into right before he locked the door.

"What is this? Why'd you throw it in here?" Cara questioned nervously.

The teacher replied, "Read it. If this works and you go somewhere read it."

"Are you kidding me? Get me the..."

"Goodbye Cara."

Mr. Bensenberg pressed the button and turned the machine to 2068. The invention started to make a weird hissing and high pitch noise when soon it disappeared into thin air. The time machine was gone. Everybody in the class was astonished and in awe that it worked and is gone.

Cara hit her head when the machine was rumbling and shaking as it went into the future of 2068. Soon, she woke up and looked out the glass window of the time machine.

"Oh my god! Where am I?" She asked scared and confused.

"You have arrived in the year 2068 in Los Angeles, California," said the animated voice of the time machine.

"Are you kidding me! Oh my. Wait, what does this paper have to say?"

"Hello, to whoever is inside of this machine we have good news. It worked! But the downfall to this is that you are in the future and you cannot go back until you get me something. This machine runs off of donuts. Not just any donuts, you need Krispy Kreme donuts. You will need to go to the factory and get a dozen of the freshly glazed donuts to return home. So have fun."

The note continued with how the process should go on and what the steps are to put the donuts in. Cara went on to find the Krispy Kreme factory and the only problem is her phone doesn't work in the future. The year 2068 has the iPhone 23 and everything here is crazy! Cara went to this business right across the street and is sounded really familiar. Her family back on Ohio owned this technology and software factory and that's why they moved to the new area. She recognized the name and went inside of it had a plaque of the CEO's name and read Maxwell Everly which is her brother! She went inside and to his office and he recognized her right off the bat and she asked where the factory was.

Cara and her brother Max made small talk and caught up and they got into his car and he kept asking questions.

"How the hell did you get here? You are you but you're 16 and how..."

"I am still your big sister, but remember the first day at school when we transferred to West Field?"

"Yeah, but that doesn't explain how you're here. With me. Right now. I don't get it you're 16!"

"Dude, calm down. You're being dramatic."

"HA. No I'm not. You came to the future and there is no explanation and I can't... I must be dead or something because this is not possible."

"STOP. Okay. I went to my technology class and they made this time machine thingy and the teacher told me to test it out so I got in and POOF, I was gone. The only way I can get back is to get a dozen of Krispy Kreme donuts. So let's hurry up now."

"This is insane, you aren't really here. You can't be---"

"Slow down, you're going 40 over the limit"

"This isn't possible. This isn't possible. This isn't---"

BAM.

Cara and Max went through a red light and went onto a head on collision and Cara flew threw the windshield. Her neck snapped, and she bled out and--

"AHHHHH!!!!" Cara screamed and awoke from her nap in her last period.

The bell rang shortly after and the kids mom picked them up from school and she asked how their day went.

"Lets just say it was scary and crazy." Cara griefly said.