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The Time Travel Marigold

Jacob went back in Time Creator Mariann Carroll

By Mariann CarrollPublished 3 years ago Updated 2 years ago 6 min read
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The Time Travel Marigold
Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash

There weren't always dragons in the valley

It is 2030, the year Jacob Malone Discover a special Camera that can take you back in time.

How did Jacob Malone discover this time travel device? He was picking some Marigold flowers from his personal basement garden that had artificial Sunlight. The Camera was wedged between two of the marigold flowers. The Sun had just disappeared from the sky in the year 2028, it was a big phenomenon people all over the world thought that was the year the world end. The Aliens finally exposed themselves completely in the year 2025. Aliens live amongst humans freely without fear anymore. Aliens' technology was so advanced that they help humans live on planet earth without the need for sunlight and the moon.

Jacob thought the camera was just a camera, until one day he decided to play around with it and see if it still works? It so happens Jacob, took Photographic Science BS at (RIT) Rochester Institution of Technology and graduated in the summer of 2018. Jacob had used this type of camera in one of his courses, they did not stay too long on the subject 1960 35mm camera. Jacob's father Steve used to be a photographer. Steve thought Jacob how to used his Kodak motormatic 35mm. Which was replaced with digital cameras. Jacob's father brought him to visit The George Eastman House Museum, when he was ten. George Eastman Museum( built in 1905) is the World's Oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives was open in 1949 in Rochester, NY. George Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company. The Eastman Mansion is still a museum and keeps in its original glory.

The first time, Jacob went back to the past was two weeks ago. He accidentally went back to the year 2025 and stayed there for a few minutes.

(YouTube video of Mr Lion)

2025, Jacob saw Alien Dragons flying in the sky in plain eyesight for people to see. That's the year the doubt about dragons' existence was put to rest. 2022, there were just a few sighting of dragons flying in China's sky way and people thought they were made up videos on social media.

Jacob learned the mechanics of using the camera by playing around with it a couple of times.

You have to press the Shutter button once to go to the past and press the shutter button twice to go back to the original future date you came from. The Shutter Speed Dial takes you to the year in the past you want to go to. The viewfinder will take you near the location it is pointed at or the location of the picture you place in front of it. The Film advanced Lever takes you only two years in the future. The F-stop is the hour and the focus ring is the minutes in the future or past you want to be at. The film compartment of the camera is used for something beyond human comprehension. There was a missing piece to the camera.

Every time Jacob goes to the past he brings one or two Marigold flowers with him. He usually goes to visit his mother, Martha. Jacob's Dad had sole custody of him. Steve prevented his ex-wife from being in Jacob's life. Steve had legal connections that give him the upper hand in court. Steve's friend was the court Stenographer, she changed around what people say in court to favor Jacob's father's case in court to win sole custody of Jacob. Steve's uncle was a lawyer who strongly influenced the judge on the case. Steve's uncle went to school with most of the Judges in the county that decide Jacob's custody when he was five years old. Jacob used the camera to go back to the year his parents divorced and found out the truth.

When Jacob's time travel to the past no one can see him. He found out he can bring certain things like flowers, butterflies, pens, pencils and etc. Jacob leaves them there for the person he is trying to communicate with, mostly his mom. Jacob's mom was very poor and paying so much for his child support. She barely can support herself. Jacob tried to give clues out to his mom but she was too sad to pay attention to some of the clues and used them. Jacob's mom was always crying and looking at his baby photos.

Jacob's mom kept Jacob's toys, furniture, dragon figurines collectables and school artwork from when he was still living with her. Jacob would stay with her for days. When he left, he would put the two marigold flowers from his basement garden on his desk hoping his mom knew it was from him. Jacob would move the dragon figurines around. When Jacob came back to visit his mom in the past the marigold flowers would be in a clay vase he made when he was little. The dragon figurines were put back in their rightful place. Jacob tries to hug his mother but he could not feel her. She seems to feel something cause Martha starts rubbing her arms.

Jacob tries to look for his mother in the present time but was not able to. Jacob went to the future to find his mother, 2032 and found her on his 35th birthday at the church they used to attend together. She was seating in a pew talking out loud and crying. "God, please let me be with my son just once." Jacob cried, too. He put the two marigolds on the ground in the church entryway. Jacob thinks, his mom got startled cause she drops her purse and everything spilled on the ground from her purse next to the marigolds. He notices her electronic identification was on the ground showing her address. Jacob quickly remember the address and went back to his present time. He drove to the address and saw his mother holding two marigold flowers outside her home. She looks up and saw Jacob. She said, "Are you Jacob, my son?" She notices the mole, on his right cheek.

They hug each other for a long time. They spend the rest of the day reacquaint with each other. Jacob promise his mom that he will visit her everyday from now on. When Jacob got home from visiting his mother, two Aliens appear before him. They were gray with large eyes very dark on an oval triangular face. They had three weird-looking fingers on their hands and three weird-looking toes on each foot. They spoke Alien language that Jacob could understand. They told Jacob they left the Time travel device on purpose so Jacob can have his mother back into his life. Jacob returns the time travel camera back to them.

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About the Creator

Mariann Carroll

Proactive for positive change.Born in the City of Chicago ,Illinois.

Multi race .Studied in a foreign country .Fluent in several languages .

fascinated by diversity.A Romantic and a dreamer.Interest in healthy living

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  • Holly Pheniabout a year ago

    Very nice!

  • Awww, I'm sooo glad that Jacob found his mom. And the aliens were so kind to leave the camera for Jacob to use. This is such a wholesome and heartwarming story!

  • I remember this from the first time round and enjoyed the revisit

  • Dylan Crice2 years ago

    Huge fan of time travel stories. I was impressed by your intricate system for how time travel works and the rules it is governed by. Some writers have a loose system but yours is reliant on many rules and you make that work.

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