The Adventures of a Timetravel Watch
Copyright© 2014 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 3
The Adventures of a Time Travel Watch
The craft was swift, just above the wave tops and immune to radar. However, it was NOT immune to satellite tracking ... nothing was / is ... damn satellites. The weather was bad enough that pursuit by the FED A was not completely impossible but highly unlikely.
England ... no longer Great Britain, or even the United Kingdom ... is not a part of the Federation of European States for two reasons; the English have never been joiners ... and France won't have them. So, our trip included invading the airspace of the FED E plus parts of Ireland and Wales. But we were soon in London.
Oh Joy. Going to London to see the Queen.
That's a quote ... or a sort of quote ... or ramblings from my head. Ramblings ... I prefer ramblings.
The trunk with liner but sans books was fetched and together we approached the Queen. Americans, being sovereign don't bow ... I didn't ... my escort, however, said;
"GrandMother, This is David James Austin ... of the Princessapality of North America."
"Are you in the Line?" the Queen asked.
"So my ancestors claim ... tenuous to be sure but rumor has it..."
"David?" she asked, "May I call you such?"
"Yes ma'am."
"Pleased to meet you ... have a seat." She indicated one close.
"According to all the rumors, it's only the watch holder who reigns in the Princessapality. Do you possess such a watch?"
"There was a watch in the trunk ... however, I am not cognizant of its perambulations."
Gwen ... or perhaps Princess Gwendolyn ... said, "It's in your pocket."
"Damnit, Gwen. I was hoping I wasn't going to try it."
The Queen ... England seems doomed to have more queens than kings ... the kings suffer from that Spanish disease ... Macho. The Queen summoned her Royal Communicator who summoned the Royal Librarian ... Marion ... Maid Marion.
The Maid in question appeared. The curtsying and knuckling of foreheads, bowing and scraping commenced.
Formalities concluded, a whisper conference ensued.
Marion the Librarian bowed her way out of the room and returned with a book. Thumbing through she found her place and began:
"Royal watches: Princessapality: Time Travel Watch," she read. "The watch of the ruling family of the Princessapality.
"Princessapality: Named by the first Princess, Wendolyn Too, on a whim. Quote: The Principality of Monaco has a Prince. The Island has a Princess. Seems fair. Unquote.
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