00:00In the town of Meadowbridge, almost everything was quiet.
00:03Key word, almost.
00:05Fourteen-year-old Sky Blackwood's family was anything but silent.
00:09Neighbours couldn't stand the loudness, and some even thought they were being loud for fun.
00:14But she was doing it for a reason.
00:16They hated 2025.
00:18They absolutely hated it.
00:20Wars, inflation, weird trends, debt, and natural disasters were not their style.
00:27Sky then had the brilliant idea to invent a time machine.
00:30It took a lot of work and a whole bunch of noise, but she finally invented a time machine, which
00:36she called the Time Search.
00:38One day, the Blackwoods decided to find a time period to call home.
00:43They all climbed into the Time Search, and before Sky could pick a year, her brother Asher Blackwood, age 2,
00:50pushed the number 1819 into the number pad.
00:53In seconds, they saw that it was definitely not 2025.
00:58But something was very wrong.
01:00It was 34 degrees.
01:02But it was June.
01:04It's the year without a summer, exclaimed Sky's mom, Ivy.
01:09Why isn't there a summer?
01:11asked Sky's six-year-old sister Quinn.
01:14A huge volcano eruption, exclaimed Sky.
01:18But guys, said Sky's dad, Jet, remember, for every cloud.
01:23A silver lining, the rest of the family said.
01:26Let's buy food.
01:28Things were much cheaper in the past, said Ivy.
01:31But when they went to the store, there was no food.
01:34They went to another store, but it didn't have anything either.
01:38They went to store after store after store, but all of them had nothing.
01:43Where's all the food? shouted Sky.
01:45I'm starving.
01:47The clerk shook his head and said, there's none.
01:50The weather led to crop failure.
01:52If you're looking for food, you're in the wrong time.
01:55Do you mean the wrong place?
01:57Jet asked.
01:58No.
01:59I mean wrong time, the clerk said.
02:02Did you see our time machine?
02:04Quinn asked.
02:06Sky shushed Quinn, but the clerk laughed, thinking it was a joke.
02:09He then explained that this was a bad year for everyone.
02:14The Blackwoods all sighed with relief and hopped back into their time machine.
02:19Where do you want to go?
02:21Sky asked.
02:22Sixty years ago, Quinn exclaimed with joy.
02:26Sky typed into the number pad.
02:29When they arrived, Sky discovered her mistake.
02:32She didn't type 1965.
02:35She typed 1865.
02:38Oops, Sky muttered.
02:40They noticed they were in a theatre.
02:43Ivy and Jet loved plays, so they were excited.
02:46When they were relaxed, minding their own business, they heard a gunshot.
02:50The noise made Quinn and Asher cry.
02:53Sky was terrified, but she knew what was happening.
02:57It was the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and it was right after the Civil War.
03:03Quinn and Asher were still crying when they left.
03:07How about the 2000s?
03:09Sky asked.
03:11Quinn said, anything other than that scary gunshot, and I want to type this time.
03:16Sky said, okay.
03:19Type 2000.
03:22Quinn started typing.
03:242000.
03:26And then she accidentally typed a 1.
03:29This time, they were in New York.
03:32I want to go see the Statue of Liberty, Quinn exclaimed with excitement.
03:36Yeah, Asher added, even though he had no idea what the Statue of Liberty was.
03:42Before anyone could say anything else, there was a huge explosion.
03:46Too scary, Asher cried.
03:49Wait, what's the date?
03:51Ivy said.
03:53Sky and Ivy looked at the time search's screen, and it read, Tuesday, September 11th, 2001.
04:00And they both were shocked.
04:03Ivy said, get back in, quick, it's 9-11.
04:07Everyone dashed back in.
04:09Ivy said, Asher, what do you want to see the most?
04:13Castle, Asher replied.
04:15Ivy typed 1350 in the number pad.
04:19They ended up in Europe.
04:20Italy, to be exact.
04:22But something was a little off about the people.
04:25Everyone looked sick.
04:27Very sick.
04:28They all had rashes on their skin.
04:31Why do they look weird?
04:33Quinn asked.
04:35Sky gasped with fear.
04:37They're sick.
04:38With the Black Death.
04:40I don't want to get sick, Quinn cried.
04:43How about we get ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, or moxifloxacin?
04:48Those medicines can help, Sky asked.
04:51Are those even words?
04:53Quinn asked.
04:54Ivy said, Quinn, those are words.
04:57And Sky, those medicines haven't been discovered yet.
05:00It's medieval times, remember?
05:03Quinn cried and shouted and screamed.
05:05I'm going to get sick.
05:06I'm going to get a big rash.
05:08I'm going to die.
05:09I'm going to die.
05:09Not if we get in the time search quickly enough.
05:12Sky and her family rushed back.
05:15Sky, it's your turn to pick, Jet said.
05:19Sky took a deep breath and typed into the number pad.
05:22They were back in Meadow Bridge.
05:24On their street.
05:25In 2025.
05:27They now loved it more than anything.
