Out of Time by Livingstone Loretta

Author:Livingstone, Loretta [Livingstone, Loretta]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

The buzzing eased; the mist cleared, and the car park started to appear before me. I stepped through the tree and saw the Abbey once again in ruins. I looked behind and saw nothing but the huge trunk of the ancient beech. Giles, Hildegarde, everything from that time was gone. It even felt as though it was fading from my mind. Had it all been a dream?

I stepped away from the tree, caught my foot in my dress and toppled towards the ground. As I put out my hands to break my fall, a small object fell from my fingers. Landing heavily, I lay there winded for a few moments, watching the object roll away from me before reaching out to grasp it. It glimmered brightly in my hand; a gold ring set with a garnet which looked vaguely familiar to me for some reason. As I slid it onto my index finger, I realised it truly had been no dream, no fantasy. It really had happened, and now I was committed to keep a promise for years and years to someone I would never see again. It was a strange, eerie feeling.

As I sat up, the tree vibrated again. I watched as a hand came through the trunk and placed my sandals neatly beside it. The hand hovered for a second and withdrew. I had wondered what had become of them. They must have fallen off when I first fell through into the past. Looking ruefully at my dirty feet, I shrugged; there wasn’t much I could do about them now.

As I slipped my sandals back on, a shout of, “Mum!” made me look up. Chloe was sprinting across the field towards me, Shannon hard on her heels.

“Did you fall over?”

“Are you okay?”

“We wondered where you were.”

“We thought you’d got lost.”

“Didn’t you have your phone switched on? We rang and rang.”

They panted out the words, butting in on each other in their anxiety. I put my arms out to draw them close, so relieved to be back with them. The other place was magical, fascinating, but this was where I belonged, with my family. Now I was finally safe, their hugs melted the last of the fear from my heart, and we turned and walked back towards the ruins, away from the old beech tree.

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