Just a Moment

Just a moment can change the course of history, which is what she had been taught; which was every logical reason as to why time travel stayed illegal. But, with her endless curiosity and wild spirit, Oceania just had to try it for herself.

Now she knew why the laws were in place. She had meant to send herself only five minutes to the future, so she couldn't screw anything up, but her calculations had been off. It was obvious from the moment she'd opened her eyes. Instead of the white walled room greeting her, she was staring at a horse. A horse connected to a carriage.

This was not five minutes to the future, or even to the past. The machine was nowhere to be seen either... Oceania was stranded, in some godforsaken time.

Six months later Oceania was used to living in the Victorian era. Her expiriments with useless materials, to try and recreate the time machine, had become practically nonexistant. Balls, courting and afternoon teas consumed most of her days. Men of her new town flocked to her, intriuged by her stories of the future, though most believed them to be fiction. She didn't mind the attention, especially not from a young man named Alexander.

He was the dictionary definiton of a gentleman: Unfailingly polite, intellegent, charming, funny, and not to mention, handsome. He was a head taller than her, lean, and had an adorable crooked smile that she loved. His eyes were a deep green, like the color of a dense forest, and the contrasted with his golden skin. He was handsome in the most traditional of ways, but Oceania didn't mind; not when his attention was on her and only her.

The memories of her time had nearly faded. Years had passed and she gave up on finding a way back. Alexander proposed, and they'd eloped together, ready to travel the world with each other. Oceania didn't want to go back, couldn't go back. She had a life here in this year, damn the conciquences of the future.

Just a moment can change the course of history. It can change the future, that's certain. But one moment adds up to so much more. One can fall in love in a moment, then fall out of love the next. Oceania changed her history, and the worlds future by traveling in time, but she didn't care. Not when she had Alexanders love all to herself, even if was for just a moment.