"Melanie Young! Get your head out of the clouds, please! Class is in session!" My eyes slowly turned back towards my physics teacher who was explaining astrological phenomena as slowly as a tortoise racing a 100m sprint. As I looked into his eyes, I pointed towards the board and smiled. "That's wrong. I'm thirsty, so I'm going to head home."

Getting up out of my desk, everyone seemed amused by my nonchalant behaviour while Mr Davis was trying his best to get me to sit back down. I really don't get any of the teachers in this school. Don't they realise that going to school is just useless for me? Anyway, let me introduce myself. My name is Melanie, or as I prefer to call me, Mimi Young. I'm 18-years-old and I live on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan. Despite my appearance, I am Japanese by birth.

My parents moved here just a month before I was born, and they were both from France originally. At first, it was pretty hard living in a country where no one looked like you but I soon gained the trust of my classmates, neighbours and friends and my life went great. My parents died when I was little and left me a bunch of money, which I immediately invested into my research.

I've won countless prizes, including a nobel prize on astrological phenomena. I've published many books, and I'm kind of a celebrity in my hometown. Lately, I've been working on something that some believed was impossible. A time machine. Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Such a childish idea and dream which will never come true. Some say that time is an idea and doesn't even exist. Others think that everything revolves around it. Either way, I want to break through that barrier and I know that I'm the only one in this world who can do it. It's just a matter of finding the right formula...

I reached my house earlier than expected. Traffic was in my favour today and even my sweet pork buns were warm once I got to the restaurant. Everything has gone my way today. As I entered into the house, I ran right towards my laboratory. Most houses have a living room, or a games room. I have a laboratory filled with billions of yen worth of equipment. My sponsors are, let's say, quite generous when it comes to gifts.

I then cracked my knuckles and got started. Writing different formulas on my chalkboard wall, I inputted them into my computer and watched my machine charge up and then fizzle out. Yet another failure, but I'm not worried. I've got millions of combinations left to test. More testing, more trying, more failing... all of those elements are what I am most suitable at doing. I'm a stubborn little girl, I don't give up until I've proved someone wrong.

I'm a pretty girl. My facial features make me quite appealing to the opposite gender yet I've never quite met someone who can give me the thrill that I desire. I've given up on trying to find a man who can keep up with me. After all, who would be crazy enough to marry a woman like me?

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Sleep slowly covered my eyes as I nearly fell asleep on my keyboard. I still needed to test out 65 different more combinations, I couldn't fall asleep now! Caffeine, that is what I need! I ran towards my kitchen and plugged in my broken coffee machine. As I did that, there was a huge blackout. I then shouted at the top of my lungs "WHY IS THIS HOUSE FALLING APART? Geez, you could have left me a better place, Mum and Dad."

At that very moment, a spark lit up the machine. The orbs inside of the sphere spun around as my eyes went wild. It's working, but where it is getting its energy from? At that very moment, Tokyo suddenly blacked out. Some people saw sparks travelling across the sky towards the antenna in my house as my machine turned around and around.

It's working... my time machine is working! I then slowly saw the walls around me turn into dust. What was going on... this is too much power! Then, I looked down and saw my hands. I was turning to dust too. The pain was numbing, it was like I was getting turned into cotton candy. I'd be sweeter, of course, but that wasn't the point. I had done it... had I really created a time machine?

At the very moment that I completely disappeared, and so did my house, I saw a flash of bright light and then nothing. When I opened my eyelids, I felt numb. My mouth barely wanted to move and I felt terribly groggy. What's going on here? As I picked myself up, I looked around. I'm still in my house, with my papers of research and my... of gosh, my time machine!

I sunk to my knees again as I saw the glass sphere had broke. My life's work... all gone! I whimpered, picking up the pieces of the sphere while sobbing a little. This isn't fair... "Kill the enemy!" Who was that shouting? No one comes around here and I don't believe that I have any neighbours for miles. As I reached my door, I opened and my eyes went wide. Men in old Japanese armour were fighting each other with swords. I could hear the sounds of old-fashioned muskets in the background too.

I had travelled back in time! I had done it! I then jumped into the air, thrilled. "Yes! Yes, I did it! I-" An arrow was then shot and skimmed inches from my cheek, embedding into my wall at the back of the house. "Maybe... maybe I should just close my door and hope for the best that I don't **die **here without knowing anything about where I am." Just as I went to close the door, I then saw someone who seemed in trouble. He was surrounded by soldiers who were about to throw him off of his horse.

I could just hide away... but my conscious couldn't allow it if I let him die. I rummaged around my house and grabbed chemicals and powders which were lying around on my shelves. I grabbed one of my inventions and stuffed the two compartments. I then closed it up and took a lighter, lighting the fuse. I then ran and threw the device out of my opened door right into the middle of the soldiers surrounding it.

Immediately, a huge explosion occurred, sending the soldiers in a right fright. They ran away, scared out of their minds until I ran towards the man on the horse. I've got 30 seconds... 30 seconds to save this man. His horse, having thrown him onto the ground, made him feel disoriented. I reached out and grabbed his hand. "Hurry up! In 30 seconds, that bomb is going to give a phreatic explosion! Get up and come with me!"

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His head was bleeding, he probably hit it. I put his arm over my shoulder and started to drag him away from it. Some men saw me trying to help him and shouted to pursue me. However, by the time they were next to my makeshift bomb, it exploded, sending me and the man I had just saved onto the floor. The vapour explosion was a little bigger than I thought it would be. I threw it into a huge puddle and sure enough, the explosion was huge.

"Witch! The Takahashi forces have a witch on their side! Run!" As all of the troops in blue ran away, I glanced at the man on the floor. "Are you okay? Oh, gosh, you're bleeding!" I took off his mask and immediately took some water from the ground and dabbed it onto his face. He was bleeding a lot.

"Who are you... woman?" That's my line! Where exactly am I? And what am I doing in a war zone? "Don't worry about that! You're injured!" Seeing his mask in my hand, his eyes tensed as he snarled. "Did you see it?"

I tilted my head. "See what?" He looked at me, shocked. He finally got a good view of my face. "Are you... a fairy?" I looked at him and giggled. "Nope. Unfortunately for you, I'm not. If I was a fairy, I could fix your head. Are you sure that it doesn't hurt?"

The concern that I gave him made him look right towards me. Then, he smiled and took his mask, pinning me down onto the floor. "You're the first woman who has ever seen my face. You've got to take responsibility..."

What... what's going on? "Lord Reo!" Taking back his mask, he placed it over his eyes once again, obscuring them. A man arrived on horseback and saw me on the floor next to his pal.

"My Lord! I'm so glad that you are alright!" The man arrived on his horse and paused, looking down at me. "Who is she, Lord Reo? Perhaps a spy sent by Okami Yuuma's men." He shook his head and then grabbed me, pulling me into his arms.

"She's my new wife." Hold on, what? Did I just miss an episode or something? "Y-Your new w-w-w-wife, Lord Reo?" He then looked right into my cerulean eyes and grinned. "Indeed. I shall marry her tonight and bed her as well."

"Hold on, bed me?" Picking me up and throwing me onto his horse again, he grinned as he kept me prisoner between his horse and arms. "Fall back! We've won this battle men, because of my wife!"

"I don't even know your name! How could I marry you?" He smiled and lifted up my chin. "Takahashi. Takahashi Reo. And you, woman, are now my wife." I just saved a man and now, he's calling me his wife? Oh gosh, did I make a mistake by messing with time?

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