The Glowing Ball


Set: 4 kids are talking about a hike they are taking


Clay: no, we turn right

Matt: map says left

Maggie: hey look at the old projector…

Travis: what has that got to do with turning right or left?

Maggie: I'll go over and look while you 3 play Clubs!! (Maggie touches the projector and she finds herself talking to a hologram of a girl with long curly brown hair) uh..ok?

Wade: I'm Wade

Maggie: and that means what to me.. (jokingly)

Wade: You 4 are the new owners of the crystal.

Clay: so how dose this..work?

Wade: (the hologram) Just touch the Crystal or "glowing ball" as you say, and say a time and place

Maggie: Like what?

Wade: April 14 1912....on broad the R.M.S. Titanic

Clay: but it sank on the 14th

Wade: yes...which is my 2nd point don't do nothing stupid ..Take turns, Clay goes first he found it, Travis 2nd.....Matt 3rd...Maggie after all they put you throw you get last pick

Matt: fine

Travis: me two

Clay: 3

Maggie: 4..If Clay goes I go…..J

Wade: good go Clay

Clay: I wish . . . I . could . . go to the day of my birth June 1, 1981 . . LA state hospital (flash of light)



Set: Hospital


Maggie: why here?

Doctor: (walking up) can I help you?

Clay: my sitter is having a baby

Doc.:3rd floor

Clay: thank you (they all go to 3ed floor)

Maggie: oh didn't you mom die giving birth to you?

Clay: yeah (stopping and looking in the window at his mother) that's her, I just wanted to see her!!

Doctor 2: time of death ... (Clay turns around and hands the ball to Travis)

Travis: I WISH . . . 1990 234 Fargo lane, LA, my Birthday (flash)



Set: house a party is going on


Travis: this is my 10th birthday party and my friend tried to kill me....we was just playing

Matt: Jake said sorry...didn't he?

Travis: yeah I just want to move the knife out of his reach, Then leave...don't want my "twin" to see me.

Clay: ok I know how you feel not wanting to live or relive a painful part or point in your life

Travis: yeah I know

Maggie: sorry about the memory lane recap but we need to get it done cause here they come (they grab the knife and move it higher up go out of sight and Travis turns around and see his friend pick up the knife...)

Travis: Matt..(hands him the Ball) get us out of here

Matt: I WISH TO GO TO THE DAY I "KILLED" MY DOG (flash)



Set: thorn bushes


Maggie: ouch, I'm going in the future not my past bad memories...ouch,you boys love the pain lane of memory lane

Clay: not to sound mean, but where did you kill the dog?

Matt: there......they told me he fell but I pushed him on it..(they look and wait...and wait....and finely they see the dog and Then...)

Clay: ouch...had to be a thorn bush patch....didn't it

Travis; shutup

Matt: look lets not fight I mean how long are we going to do this. If we keep this up we'll have no where else to go sooner or later, how do we go home?

Travis: lets go

Maggie: why? You have found out what you wanted. . didn't you?

Travis: maybe it's better this way

Maggie: maybe? (he hands the ball to Maggie) I WISH TO GO TO THE YEAR..2099..NO WHERE REALY(Flash)



Set: cliffs


Clay: not the past?

Maggie: why go back?

Wade: (appears) you need to slow down stay somewhere a few days

Clay: how do we get home?

Wade: Just say... (cutting her off....A girl falls on the small projector and is knocked unconscious brakes it so Wade can no longer help them)

Clay: ohhh man!?!

Maggie: what now? (serene is black then she wakes up)

Eric: ouch...what happen?

Maggie: you broke our projector

Eric: your what?

Clay: 3-D map

Eric: ohh, ok what's 3-Dd?

Matt: 3 dimensional

Eric: I'm not the only one who hit head

Clay: are you ok?

Eric: fine (Travis helps her up) I'm Eric

Maggie: Eric?

Eric: short for Erica

Clay: I'm Clay, this is Maggie Matt and Travis

Eric: hi (They all go over to the projector and Erik finds the ball and is throwing it up in the air)

Clay: man I wish I could go back to yesterday.... sleep in

Maggie: you can

Eric: not me that's the last thing I'll say

Matt: I wish I could go to yesterday two

Maggie: 3

Travis: 4

Eric: my mom killed herself, my dad was killed in a car in crash, my sitter was arrested for hiding drugs yeah the last thing I'll say is I WISH I COULD RELIVE YESTERDAY!!! (Flash)

Clay: what did you do? Where's the Ball?

Eric: look your ball lit up and disappeared

Travis: what?

Eric: look...I 've got to go (she runs off Clay stared off after her then stopped)

Clay: are you coming?

Maggie: NO!

Clay: when you "wish" for a time the "BALL" disappears somewhere on the person...and we have to go in turn

Matt: man!

Maggie: so

Travis: she made the "wish"

Maggie: so we will get it from her

Clay: and talk her in to coming

Maggie: no she's not coming with us

Clay: then whatever Time you land us in we'll be stuck

Maggie: fine let's go after her

Matt: should we split up?

Maggie: no, then will have to find all of us and her

Clay: fine let's start looking

Maggie: where do we go?

Clay: does every one have a watch?

All: (say Yeah or yes or something like that)

Matt: split?

Travis: meet here at 3:30

Maggie: not fair! We shouldn't split....I better find that brat

Clay: dose this mean you like her? (sarcastically)

Maggie: shut-up (Clay laughs)



Set: alley Clay is looking.....1 hour to look


Clay: (a man walks up) Hello I'm looking for a girl...

Man: (other men come up) tie him up...

Man 2: what should we do to him?

Clay: Let me go

Man: or what?

Eric: (turns the crooner) or die!

Man: haa, your good for a laugh

Eric: (pulls a gun) I'm an undercover cop, But a Laugh is go to!!

Man: oh don't worry I'll take you under cover

(Eric fires one shot at the man…hits foot)

Man 2: lets go

Eric: 10....9...8...7...6...(keeps counting down as they walk slowly away)

Clay: thanks

Eric: what happen, I'm in yesterday

Clay: I'll tell you on the way

Eric: way where?

Clay: just come on



Set: meeting time all but Clay and Erik are there


Maggie: where is he?

Matt: yeah I can tell you that! (sarcastically)

Travis: shut-up you to...your all ways fighting

Clay: tell me about it (Maggie smile and runs over)

Matt: Maggie says "she loves you"

Maggie: Matt says...(cutting her off)

Eric: hi

Travis: Hi, Clay did you tell her and is she going?

Clay: yes and no

Eric: going where?

Travis: you forgot that part

Clay: no, saved it for you

Eric: Hello? Go where?

Matt: Time travel?

Eric: yeah....see I'm dreaming so I figure if I got I still wake up In my Bed!

Maggie: I pray your dreaming

Matt: I don't (Maggie hits him) ouch

Clay: the ball

Eric: I don't have it

Clay: (reaching in her pocket, Maggie's face gets real red) here it is (Eric is wide eyes)

Matt: (him and Travis are laughing) Clay when we get to where ever we need to talk

Clay: I WISH TIME OF FRIST CAR (FLASH)

(SREEN GOES BLACK AND SAYS....Clay goes to time of first car, Travis goes to time, day of birth, Matt goes to mothers day of 94, Maggie goes to time of Shakespeare), Eric goes to Pompeii (flash)



Set: wild west?


Eric: wild west.....you made us go to the wild west!?!

Clay: this coming from the girl who made us go to Pompeii...Volcano.....Pompeii?

Eric: up until Maggie told me I had no clue what Pompeii was!

Clay: Maggie told you to go?

Eric: Maggie told me what Pompeii was

Clay: don't ever go to something like that aging

Eric: or what?

Travis: cut it out!

Matt: you two go at it worse than Maggie and Travis

Maggie: hey!

Matt: hello

Eric: Matt the Peace maker.....thank you for your help but I can take care of my self (she walks off)

Travis: I think me and her could go out

Clay: go after her

Travis: your turn

Clay: this is the....the...uh...past girls had dress I'll go with Maggie and Matt.. you and her can do what ever meet us here at 10:00 to night

Maggie: 12 hours away from her..(smiles)..thank goodness (Travis runs after Erik)



Set: 3 hours later at a motel


Maggie: (as some one is knocking) get that

Clay: (opens the door Eric is there) what now?

Eric: I need you Help

Clay: (laughing as he talks) so there is something in this world all through time that you can't do alone....that you'll ask for my help....me ha

Erik: forget it (walks out and shuts the door)

Matt: Clay

Clay: what? (smiling)

Matt: if she ask for help than some things really really wrong

Clay: (stopped smiling) ohh

Matt: was Travis with her?

Clay: NO! Maggie lets go (out side Clay and Maggie and Matt are looking for Eric)

Maggie: I hope some thing happen to him and her

Clay: then we are stuck here forever until we die

Maggie: no power, no T.V....

Matt: no make up

Maggie: TRAVIS WHERE ARE YOU!!!! ERIC HELLO WHERE ARE YOU TO?

Clay: stop yelling we'll find them

Eric: (coming up behind them) them? You'll be lucky if there's a them to find.. (they all follow her)

Clay: what happen?

Maggie: what did you do now is more like it

Eric: remind me, I owe you a punch in the face

Maggie: Clay are you going to let her talk to me like that?

Clay: yeah (Eric laughs)

Matt: what happen?

Eric: Travis and me..(cut her off)

Maggie: I, Travis and I...

Clay: Maggie cut it out

Eric: anyway Travis and ME where going to get so thing to eat. Did you Know Pirates live here….

Clay: Travis and Pirates?

Eric: they where hitting on me and he did something stupid by saying he would kill any man who laid a finger on me, and one thing lead to the next and I have 24 hours until I fight one of them if I win Travis lives…but If I lose he dies and I die.

Maggie: lose

Eric: but I said that Maggie would be there "undercover" girl if I lose

Clay: (Laughing) Maggie?

Maggie: so if she loses I'm a spy?

Matt: not spy undercover….

Maggie: than what…..no..no…I hate you!!!

Eric: I know and I lied

Maggie: about what?

Eric: you

Maggie: good

Eric: I said you where pretty, your not…and it was kill Travis to play along

Clay: cut it out

Matt: I have an Idea (24 hours later)

Travis: you are in trouble she'll kill all of you. I hope so I'm Travis, and You 3 are?

1: I'm BOB

2: I'm Ken

3: I'm 3

Eric: (walking up) so Dumb…Dumber…and…Dumbest

Bob: ready to die?

Eric: you are talking to yourself?

Clay: I believe he is (walking up)

Ken: you'll fight three

Eric: you said one

3: my name is 3

Maggie: (Laughing hard) And I thought Eric was a dumb name,HA!

Eric: do you want to kill her first?

Travis: please do!!!!

3: pick your weapon

Clay: Travis catch (Travis got the ball and…flash)

Matt: where?

Travis: world war 1

Eric: out of 15…..1

Clay: you are nuts…..and Eric 15?

Eric: yeah…..people fight these?

Clay: hand to hand, or Guns? We need to get out of here

Eric: cool!!

Clay: no bad….very bad (Clay looked over and saw Maggie and Travis fighting he goes over and holds Maggie back)

Eric: Matt

Matt: yeah?

Eric: please go to ww2

Matt: they will kill me

Eric: I'll stand in the way your only 1017 years older then me…..but if your chicken

Matt: what do I get?

Erik: Uh..Uh..I fraught in 3-15…now the only one I have not seen is 2

Matt: how old are you?…

Erik: oh we fright wars noton computers

Clay: (comes over and hands the ball to Matt) get us out!

Matt: I WISH WW2 (flash)

Eric: (stands in front of Matt) I ask him to

Clay: you have 3 seconds To get us out of here

Matt: here Maggie

Eric: why?

Clay: Atom bomb

Erik: no Fun…Learn to live…

Clay: if we are near that when it goes off…none of us will have the chance

Maggie: I WISH TO GO TO APIL 15,1912 (FLASH)



Set: town


Clay: why here?

Boy: extra,extra read all about it Titanic sinks…..

Maggie: to see what peace and quite is like… case pompeii, pirates, ww1&2 is just to much for me….. (later in the apartment,Erik is on the couch no one is around but Clay)

Clay: Eric…we migth be doing this for along time

Eric: there needs to be a peace agreement with you and me and Maggie

Clay: yeah…

Eric: ok…sure….but if one of you start it…

Clay: thanks (sarcastically)

Eric: your ok, for a guy

Clay: oh gee, thanks again (sarcastically, he looks at he like he's about to kiss her)

Eric: your looking at me funny (Clay gose to kiss her but Maggie yelling stoped them) that's Maggie

Clay: yeah…so she's a big girl and take care of her self (Eric walks into the other room he fallows) what's worrg?

Maggie: good Eric will back me up

Eric: on what?

Matt: Travis said "Girls can't do nothing right" Maggie siad "Girls Do everything right" and then yelled for you

Eric: MEN are stuiped when it comes to do anything

Clay: hold on…who got us out of Pompaii?

Eric: someone from my time said " that when it comes down to it…woman can..and will someday inharet the erath"…I think it was me..but that's not the point

Maggie: and some one from our time said "god created earth and said I can do better….

Clay: so he created man

Eric: he looked at Man and said I can do better he made woman….

Travis: then he said nope I was worrg (Eric gose up and balls her fist and pulls it back to puch)

Maggie: Eric where to?

Eric: the Titanic?

Clay: if you take us there I'll throw you over

Eric: If you throw me over the ball will go with me, and I'll make sure some one sees and you'll be locked up under in the bothom to drown. I was kidding but now (takes the ball) I WISH TO GO TO THE TITANIC 2 HOURS BEFORE IT SINKS!!!!!(flash)

Clay: grow up!!!!!!!

Maggie: is Clay worried about his head?

Clay: in the time I have knew Eric she has taken me on a wild goose chase, taken me to pompeii, and put me on Titanic. Threw all this played with some thing she should not have

Eric: (throwing the ball at him) fine I'll end it all If you want to go home than go home but take me home frist

Maggie: we don't know how

Eric: try home..the word "HOME"

Clay: fine but what I say no..uh..what if I said you can learn you leason..by dieing here?

Eric: do you want to go that far..uh..I'm game

Clay: yeah I say you die within the hour….surrival of the fittess..and here the fit is a lady being a lady…(Maggie, Travis..And Matt go over to the seats and give Clay and Eric some space to "talk")

Eric: I can be a lady…but when it comes to..will you stop caring what others think and save your friends..or even you?….save your self…..I'm not going anywhere untill you decide to take me home!!!

Clay: past your bed time?

Eric: maybe It's past everyones…and the peace agreement…so much for that?

Clay:(yelling) if you was not so hard headed…(cuting him off)

Man: (walking up) you dare raise your vioce to a lady

Clay: she's no Lady

Eric: this Man thinks I'm an fool…and that I can't see that this…..never mind

Man: don't worry my lady…you can join me for dinner to get a way from him

Eric: (looks at Clay) I would love to!!!……



Set: Still on Titanic..Clay and Matt, and Maggie..and Travis are talking when Clay sees Eric and that guy

Clay: oh man….

Matt: Clay when he starts hitting on her what are you going to do? (just then the man hits Eric and she falls to the floor)

Clay: crap! (runs up their and puches the guy) Ouch! (the guys head had not even moved…as if the punch didn't even hurt him..Eric stands up and punches him and he falls)…Ouch!!

Eric: he hit me!….no guy has ever hit me…and live to tell about..(Eric goes to recover and Clay grabs her arm) what?

Clay: so your OK?

Eric: would you care? (he Kisses her on the cheek)

Clay: yeah..I would

Eric: your full of it

Clay: full of what?

Eric: crap (kisses him, grabs his head and pulls it to her, down with others)

Matt: Maggie look…..Maggie?….Travis?…(truns to see them kiss as well, starts laughing) Ha..hA!!

Clay: (as they walk down and over to Maggie..who has stoped kissing) Ready to go home

Clay: I wish to go to Eric's home (flash)

Set: sameplace they pick up Eric. (Maggie,Matt,Travis, and Clay are standing aroud while Eric is in the back ground)

Eric: sorry I don't think so

Clay: (truns) what?

Eric: relive yeserday

Clay: kidding rigth?

Maggie: she don't remember anything

Eric: look, you should see a doctor. Cause I'm not the only one who hit my head…look I

Clay: got to go

Eric: bye (leaves)

Clay: nothing?

Maggie: played with your heart? Didn't she?

Clay: I love her!!! Why?

Maggie: funny way of showing it!!

Clay: who has a funny way of showing it

Maggie: (she simles) lets go home!!

Travis: (takes the ball) I WISH TO GO……HOME (FLASH, as the flash goes away we see Eric standing on top of the ciff in wich she had fell10ft in the beginning -she's crying)

Eric: good luck…..



Set: woods Wade's there

Clay: I remember

Maggie: maybe she though it would be easier

Matt: lets go shopping!

Maggie: yeah….you?

Matt: to the Mall …. big pillow

Maggie: book to write all this stuff down

Triavis: fun time no danger

Clay: I….I..I'll tag along

Wade: good bye



Set: 2099

Eric: that one

Girl: that crystal?

Eric: yeah

Girl: are you sure

Eric: yeah

Girl: it's called the "glowing crystal"

Eric: or the glowing ball

Girl: it was sayed 5 kids could travel to any time in the history of time and the future

Eric: 5 kids?…..(Eric hands her all of her cash and) I WISH TO GO TO CLAY'S HOME (flash)



Set: the mall


Clay: (talking but noone's listening) what are you talking about…just sorry I hate you bye

Maggie: clay..

Clay: what?

Maggie: shutup

Matt: Maggie your finally getting along with Travis

Maggie: so

Matt: But not with Clay….do you have to have some one figth with

Maggie: yeah

Travis: Clay …(looks aroud)..Clay where are you? (Clay walking aroud with out any one)

Clay: Travis & Maggie are in love, I'm home sick, love sick…..head over heals in love with a girl 1017 years younger with me I could be her great great great 10 more greats grand father….Matt what should I do? ……..Matt?….Matthew?..Man now I'm lossed….can things get wose?

Jewel: Clay?

Clay: yeah there wose all right..Jewel

Jewel: It's like you disappered in the past

Clay: or future!

Jewel: the last time I saw you, I asked you out…that still stands

Clay: I can't

Jewel: Maggie?

Clay: no Eric…A new girl

Jewel: oh you dumpped Maggie for her?

Clay: I neaver went out with Maggie..she's going out with Travis

Clay: we time travled

Jewel: you know whoever this Eric is, then I have to hate her…

Clay: I got to go (he leaves and Eric walks up)

Eric: hi was that…

Jewel: hello you must be new I'm Jewel

Eric: Eric…short for Erica

Jewel: really…..(smiles)..Don't hang around Clay White and you'll be O.K.

Eric: Clay….Does he hang out with Maggie and Travis and Matt

Jewel: yeah (Maggie and the 2 boys are looking for clay and see Eric with Jewel)

Maggie: Jewel!

Jewel: Maggie..dumb…dumber…and dumbest…

Eric: can I be dumbest…..I would hate to take your title Jewel but it is a title you must try very hard to keep…

Jewel: how could you?

Eric: easy you're a lauy human bean

Jewel: you'll pay for this

Maggie: you know Jewel this could be a hole new friendship

Matt: don't worry Eric can't be dumbest until you get a brian cell

Travis: Eric will never be dumbest

Eric: dumber

Travis: that's me

Eric: dumb

Matt: me

Eric: smart

Maggie: me

Eric: smarter

Maggie: Clay

Clay: that would make you smartest (grab Eric and truns her to him…he kisses her)

Jewel: I hate you all

Maggie: yeah we know J

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A few Years Later:



Set: Chuch


Preacher: Do you

Bridy: I do

Preacher: do you

Matt: you better believe it…oh..I Do

Preaher: mmm…than you may kiss the bride (after)

Travis: you better believe it

Eric: oh I Do

Matt: sorry I forgot

Clay: DUH!!

Maggie: so what do we do now? Grow apart and forget?

Eric: I don't know I'm still getting used to the fact that I'm living in my school books…

Clay: I want to know whats the deal with that guy and the prozac bottle?

Eric: in the 70's we took acid to make the world look weird now that it is weird we take prozac to make it normal…

Matt: I'll be right back (he goes over to Bridy)

Maggie: Travis will you dance with me

Travis: I would love you…uh...toJ (they leave)

Eric: ok can I start to worry now?

Clay: no!!!

Eric: and why can I not worry now?

Clay: becase you got other things to worry about!!!J

Eric: Jyeah well……will I get to see this worry of mine tonight or does he have to work?

Clay: I think he has the night off!!!!J (leans over and Kisses her)
The End…..


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