Prologue:

The year is 1961.

Bobby Fletcher was playing with his yo-yo in the living room, watching the plastic circle move up and down on the string as though it were magic.

The yo-yo slipped from his hand, flying into the lamp and knocking it down.

"Mom's gonna kill me!" He howled, kicking at the shards of glass and porcelain.

"May I be of assistance?" Around the corner came the Fletcher family's housebot whom they had named Toby. The bot was baby blue with silver accents. Bobby thought it looked quite funny, but he never told anyone that. His father was infatuated with it - he had been the one who had named it.

"Think you can clean this up before Mom gets home?" Bobby asked, pleading the robot with his eyes.

Toby swung his extended lens in the boy's direction, "Affirmative,"

The robot moved over top of the glass, sucking up the debris through his base like a vacuum. Bobby grinned at the sight of the clean carpet.

"Thanks Toby!" He patted the robot's head between the two lights fastened there.

"You are most welcome, Bobby," The lights flashed in time with each syllable.

The door burst open. It was Bobby's mother laden down with bags of groceries.

"Can you come here and help me?" She gasped as a watermelon rolled across the carpet, coming to a stop in front of Toby.

Toby moved his lens to stare down at the watermelon. Mrs.Fletcher rolled her eyes in exasperation, "Oh yeah, that's right - you don't have hands!"

Bobby rushed to help his mother, gathering up the fallen fruit and canned goods.

Toby looked on, watching the humans with utter disgust.

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New Characters:

Name: Flora Winterson
Age: 19
Occupation: Intergalactic backpacker and travel writer
Appearance: Long brown cascading hair that she has to constantly brush away from her face in a slow motion manner. Deep dark blue eyes that exude both innocence and intelligence. Bronze tan with an award-winning smile. Tall and slender body, but is still developed and considered sexy by many.
Personality: Chirpy and bubbly the entire time, as if she was presenting a game show. Cheeky and flirtatious but also rather reserved and maintains her dignity at all times. Brave and willing to take risks. Trustworthy, yet is reluctant to trust people or take them at face value. Can be selfish and likes to gossip.

Name: Gabriel Song
Age: 10
Occupation: Young time-traveler
Appearance: Dark hair and dark blue eyes, thin and gangling.
Personality: Cheerful, somewhat rambunctious at times. He is curious about everything and anything, determined to stick his nose in everyone's business.

updated Aug 23 '11 by VictoriaGlass