2. 65 Years Ago

Slowly Megan's eyeballs moved even though they were still closed. A resounding sound of bells jolted her to the spontaneous opening of her eyes. But the eye was immediately wide open as soon as she saw two pairs of middle eyes staring at her.

Besides, Megan can feel her whole body getting wet. She slowly tried to rise from her current position of lying down. As soon as she stood tall, she passed her eyes around the place.

Still the same, there's a well where Megan stands on it. Strangely, however, the sighting of the well is far from previously filled with moss, dull even some parts have cracked.

This time Megan saw the well as if it was maintained and when walking near it, the water did not freeze. She jumped in disbelief, especially with a small building next to the well. And as I recall, there were only trees whose leaves had fallen.

"Who are you guys?" Megan asked quietly.

Megan's attention was distracted to the two people she had seen while still lying down. The two people of different sexes stared in wonder and became suspicious of Megan. But one thing Megan caught was the dress-up of the women.

Megan saw the woman in a dress that featured an hourglass body shape silhouette covered in a jacket, then paired it with low heels, complete with socks and gloves she wore. Meanwhile, the middle-aged man who wears a long leather suit and wears a hat.

"Who are you lady?" The man asked Megan.

Megan can catch the Norsk language that the man used. "Is this Dasford?" She asked with her index finger facing down. She's trying to remember where she was the last time. Because what she saw a few hours ago is now very different in her eyes today.

At least the sky has darkened, unlike in her memory that the sun is still shining, even though the sky is quite cloudy because of the snow that falls. And she just realized that there's no snow on her feet.

"Yes, this is Dasford and what are you doing in the Jazmore forest?" This time the woman who asked while staring closely at Megan especially the way Megan dressed was quite foreign in her eyes.

"I took a walk from the hotel after a trip from England," Megan replied in Norsk as well.

The woman and the man's eyes became wide-open. "United Kingdom?"

Megan nodded quietly. "Yes, but why is there no snow?"

Both them were shocked again, but then laughed quietly. 

"How could there be snow? Now it's March, the flowers are still blooming," the woman replied.

This time it was Megan who was shocked to hear it. "What? Shouldn't it be December?"

The woman and man stare at each other, before looking at Megan. They can't deny Megan's weirdness.

Megan closed her eyes briefly, then took a breath and slapped her face once. She opened her eyes again, then still saw both of them. "Isn't a dream?" she murmured in English.

"Is she sick?"

"Or maybe crazy?"

Megan grunted quietly at the both statements. "All right, if it's December, what year is it?" She had thought of some weird and crazy theories in her head. Especially looking at the way the hairstyling of the woman in front of her is inflated and covered by a hat. A little reminiscent of Audrey Hepburn.

"Did she forget her memory?" The man asked, looking nervously and anxiously at Megan.

"Please answer me first," Megan asked with a pitiful stare.

"Of course it's 1945." 

Megan opened her mouth a little to hear something that really didn't make sense to her. "What? Are you kidding me? 1945?" She remembers clearly that it will soon enter 2011. But now she's back 65 years.

Before the three returned to talk, suddenly there was a loud siren sound. The woman and man's faces looked shocked and scared and immediately pulled Megan's hand.

Megan, who still doesn't understand what happened, only ran, knowing that she was in 1945, meaning World War II was still happening. At least she still remembers the story Thomas used to tell her over and over again. Let's just say her father who was a soldier likes to tell the story of past wars.

Megan's legs felt cramped after a long run. She now enters a two-story brick house, where the lighting still uses Petronas and all the furniture is still made of wood.

"All right, my name is Megan," Megan said, holding out her hand for the first time.

The woman welcomed the helping hand. "I'm Ann, this is my father, Rudo."

Rudo then shook Megan's hand with a smile.

"What was that noise?" Megan asked, recalling the siren.

"It looks like they saw a plane belonging to the Germans," Rudo replied as he knew about that.

Megan snapped her finger. "Hah right, Germany still hasn't lost."

"What? Will Germany lose?" Rudo asked with his eyes wide open.

"You're saying it's March now, aren't you?" Megan is now massaging her temples, trying to remember the history Thomas always told her.

Ann and Rudo nodded quickly while staring at Megan waiting for an answer.

"In May the Germans will surrender unconditionally," Megan replied, recalling where German troops would declare surrender to the allies.

Ann and Rudo seem skeptical of Megan's words. But the look on both faces made Megan laugh quietly.

"You guys don't believe me, do you? See later, you'll hear the news on the Internet, television-- oh in 1945 something like that doesn't exist yet. Ah, the radio. You will hear allied forces invade Berlin and the Germans will surrender."

Although Ann and Rudo find it hard to believe Megan's words. Both of them showed a hopeful eye for the war to end soon.

Different things were felt by Megan. She who is too late in the memory of her historical story is now dizzy with her situation.

"How do you know?" Ann asked now, questioning the credibility of Megan's remarks.

Megan smiled thinly. "If I told you that I come from the future, would you believe me?"

Ann and Rudo instantly shake their heads making Megan chuckle.

"The fact is a few hours ago I was still in 2010 and now... in 1945?" Megan still finds it hard to believe how she was thrown in the past. Even worse was when World War II was peaking. "Oh yes, how did you find me? I'm in the deep enough part of the Jazmore forest?"

Ann seemed hesitant to answer. Makes Megan now switch to staring at Rudo.

"It is actually abstinence for us to enter the Jazmore forest, especially when the moon is full. At first Ann and I wanted to go to a relative's house who had just celebrated her wedding, but on the way heard a wolf howl. Then unknowingly we ran into the Jazmore forest. Right near the well, we saw you leaning against the wall of the well, then took the initiative to check on your condition," explained Rudo with a serious face.

Megan bit her lower lip. "Then I came here, didn't I... I passed through the passage of time through the well," shee murmured, which Ann and Rudo could still hear.

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Although Megan still doesn't understand even being very surprised by the situation, she is now in Ann's room and has changed clothes in a night dress that she thinks is very classic.

"I feel like I'm in a Pride and Prejudice movie," Megan said of noticing herself in a large mirror in Ann's room.

 "You look so beautiful," Ann praised with a plain face making Megan laugh.

"So are you really from England? That European country right?" Ann asked holding Megan's arm.

Megan nodded quietly. "Yes, I came to Norway for a vacation and investigated something."

"I heard a few things about England, one of which was about the kingdom."

Megan chuckles a little. "Yes, even as of 2010, the United Kingdom still exists. Queen Elizabeth will hold the throne."

"All right, let's go to bed. I'm tired," Megan said, inviting Ann to lie on the bed. She didn't really intend to take a break, but she was hoping that maybe she was just having a lucid dream. That what she is experiencing now is all sheer.

But Megan couldn't fall asleep. She may have closed her eyes, but her mind was still wandering and searching for answers. Unable to lie down without being able to fall asleep, she got back seated and glanced at Ann who had fallen asleep next to her. She is lucky to meet Ann and Rudo who live alone and kindly accommodate her temporarily.

Megan's gaze then turned to the window, where the moonlight appeared to break in. She walked closer and tried to stare out the window. She thought that out there it would look very dark, because of the absence of streetlights. But it turned out that she was wrong, the moonlight was around a tree branch that made her see a seat under a tree.

Megan at first wanted to ignore it and stare the other way. But her forehead frowned realizing there was someone sitting there. She thought it might be Rudo, but she became hesitant when the man got up from his seat and walked closer to her. 

The silhouette of the moonlight on top of the person makes Megan not see clearly the person's face. But her eyes were wide open realizing, what she see was a man and was not wearing clothes. 

Megan can also see the athletic body of the man. "Isn't he cold?" she murmured, then snapped in shock as she felt a hand holding her shoulder from behind. She turned around and discovered that it was Ann.

"Why don't you go to sleep?" Ann asked, checking her eyes.

"No, I just looked outside and saw a...." Megan's speech came to a halt as soon as she turned her back and did not see the man again.

At once Megan felt her feathers stand up. She walked quickly to bed and curled up. Ann soon catches up with her and returns to sleep.

In fact Megan's chest was pounding fast what she had just seen and disappeared in the blink of an eye. She took a deep breath, hoping nothing else strange would happen to her. But the sound of wolf howls was heard making her imagine the beast was around her.

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