The“dominatoris tempus”
Just a few weeks had passed since Pierson’s family moved to that old and strange house located in Memphis, which is considered one of the oldest cities in the world. It was a little and isolated place, with dirt streets and simple buildings; it sometimes seemed to be an island apart from the rest of the world.
It was July 4th at 10 am when, Clark Pierson, the father of the family, found something in the basement of his own house that left him confused for some minutes. He discovered a weird object with many signs and uncommon shapes. He soon realized that it was an ancient key, created around 1500 B.C.; he knew that because he was a scientist and a historian.
Since that moment the object became an obsession, so he went to the town’s library. Despite the fact that he didn’t find much information, he hoped to find something which could help him understand the function of the key. He investigated and read several books and documents but there wasn’t any thing which could be useful for Clark.
Later, in the afternoon, when he returned to his new house, he tested the key on different doors of the house, until he found the right one and opened it. When he saw behind the opened door, he was confused, he saw the inside of the house but as if he had traveled 1000 years back in the time, and visualized a young man with white robe and a toga around his body . After this, Clark was now very scared, but understood that he had traveled in time.
The key became Clark’s dangerous obsession. He didn’t take care of his family any more; they were very sad and worried and wanted to return to their old house. The mother of the family tried to talk with her husband, but at that moment the only thing which was important to him was the magical key, so she took a very hard and extreme decision, she decided to move to Cold Town, their old hometown, with the children, leaving Clark behind.
After some hours Clark realized the horrible choice he had made. He couldn’t imagine that the key would separate him from his wife. He had to do something, so quickly he knew what to do. He took the key with his hands and tested it at a door of the house while he wished he hadn’t discovered the key. Suddenly the door opened and when he saw behind it, the house was exactly as it was before. Later he looked at his watch; it was July 4th at 10 am. Clark knew he had traveled back in time before he had discovered the key. He went to the place where he had found the magical tool and strangely it was there. So he took it and went outside; he made a hole in the ground and hid the key. After that, he walked through the door he had opened and then he closed it behind him.
When Clark finished his trip through time he went back to the hall of the house, and there he found his wife; he was glad, he had changed the story, it was as if he hadn’t discovered the key at all and so , he hadn’t argued with his wife, either. Finally, he and his wife lived as if nothing had happened, and Clark understood something: every great power comes with great responsibilities; and he named the key “dominatoris tempus” which means time’s dominator in Latin.
Pen name: Tom Fisher
Category B
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