Part 4
Their meeting with this mysterious old man, the voice and the melody made them very interested. They would have really liked to learn who that is, who they have to serve, who this person is whom they have to be obedient to. They would have liked to see the ceremony after the hunt, but they could only hear the song and the drumming, they did not see the person. However they did realize this must be the shaman, nobody else. They hid behind a bush and they finally saw the dancing men and they could see the drum of the shaman, which was decorated by a tree with many branches. They would have been very eager to see further this scene, but they were afraid they would be noticed and that’s why they were going on.
At night when they were looking for a place to rest they found a location which had trees and bushes, again they saw the person coming out from the steam who they had met before. He said a forecast and suddenly he disappeared again. They had not recognized the shaman, but his voice was very familiar. The children realized that by getting a magic stone they may get closer to the 21st century. From this time on there was only one aim which directed them and that is to get back to their own time.
They joined a family who were looking for good pastures for their animals. This location was rather familiar and they recognized it, they tied to explain that the time from where they come from is called Gulyadomb. They learned about many things. They heard again this old strange man of whom they learned that he was the shaman, he was the magician. An unusual, magical message warned them that they should be very aware of him, because he may have revenge against them. The shaman told the kids to repair his drum, but before they would have turned he disappeared again, just left the job to be done. The kids started very diligently to take care of this assignment and only after a while they noticed that quite many people from the tribe were standing around them and they were eagerly and interestingly watching what they maybe doing. Their abilities and their diligence were very appreciated and the head of the family gave them a present which was a small stone, which was quite obviously well regarded and highly honored by the people of the tribe. “Maybe this is the stone which the prediction is about”- thought the kids. The shaman was trying to hinder them on their way, but in vain, they could still get it.
The stone at night caused a major panic, because out of its own energy it started to emit light and it was in a small house made out of animal skin called jurta, where they were sleeping. They didn’t dare to sleep close to it. Only then they calm down when the stone also lost its light and became one of those ordinary stones again. They checked everybody and everything, because they were worried that the shaman put a spell on them. But when they found everything in order, they went to sleep. Only in the morning it turned out that during the night the stone moved them across a segment of the time tunnel.
The familiar voice was heard again, but this time they knew this could be only the shaman who murmured to a man: “My lord, your faith is Betereg, this cloak cannot be his, because then we’ll lose everything. The sword, the sword…” The kids did not understand the message, they did not know who the lord was, they only knew that every man disappeared from their vicinity. They were witnesses of a really large battle, and they were taking notes very diligently. Who knows, maybe they can use it at one of the history lessons. They were thinking quite heavily about what the name could be of this location, but one of them suddenly occurred this must be only Sóly. Then the lord of the location cannot be anybody else, but Koppány.
They felt that the shaman was following them. They got a message from the Monastery of the Greek Nuns that the coronation cloak had been hidden. The people of the shaman were watching the monastery and thus it’s their job to find the clothing in the forest. They found it in a chest, which was hidden in a house among many other clothes. They gave the cloak to the faithful followers of the king, in exchange they received a copy of the cloak, which when they put it on themselves, emitted so many positive energies which helped in reducing the power of the shaman. This way they could give the cloak to its rightful owner, King Steven.
They were little afraid when at night they decided to go to sleep. They felt that the shaman was in their vicinity. Ádám suggested that it would be the best if they were to cover themselves with the cloak, they would grip it to wake up in case somebody wanted to take it away from them. They agreed and now they were calm to go to sleep. They were very cheerful and fresh in the morning, but stepping outside of the lodging they were surprised how much their surroundings was changed. They were sure to realize that during the night they again stepped through quite many years. They were very excited and had lots of energy to search for new assignments, because by this time they realized that they could only reentered their own time period if they produced some useful help for people. They looked around very carefully where they happened to be. They were in a beautiful valley and the quiet was only broken by little noise.
Getting closer they realized that there was a small chapel being built for the queen. The kids offered their help. They were asked that they should get the foundation document for consecrating this small chapel. The copy of the cloak which they had received offered the kids free entry to anywhere. With some fraud and also being very careful they managed to get the foundation document. Their main enemy, the shaman wanted to take it away from them, because the seal opened and closed the door of the building which he could use this seal very well. There was an enormous chase started, but the kids managed to put the seal into the door and with this they also succeed in flying across a few years. The shaman could not follow them and for a while they were free of him. They were very happy and thus quite much braver, because they felt that the power of the shaman was getting weaker, as they finished an assignment. This gave them strength to step further.
They managed to trick the magician again. As if he could not follow them with the same speed as before. By all means they were laughing at the magician, because they knew, they felt that they were getting closer to getting back home. They were studying the foundation document which they got as a present and as they were looking at it, the letters started to dance in front of their eyes. They felt that they took their eyes off the writing for only a second, but when they began to see sharply again, they found themselves in a different environment. They realized that they again jumped once more in time.
They got to King Steven and Queen Gizella’s milling court. An old monk was walking slowly in front of them carrying a massive codex. He dropped it and he didn’t notice that a sheet of paper had fallen out of it. By the time the children would have jumped for it to pick it up from the ground, a troop of dogs got the plunder from before them. They managed to get it back from the dogs with difficulty, but unfortunately only in pieces. Finally they could join the pieces together, and they ran after the monk.
The kids were just relaxing on their lodging, when suddenly they heard rolling of drums. They were jumping up excitedly: what could this be? There were lots of people gathering in front of the huts by the time they reached there. The king’s messenger was holding a roll of paper in his hand and he was reading the words of the ruler. These words were about that in the last times there had been lots of fights, crimes, and problems, and as a result he demands a lawful order. The almighty king asked the ispán who was in charge of organizing: he had to strengthen the soldiers, the taxes had to be collected and a very lawful court had to be set up. The three good friends were interested in listening to this announcement and immediately offered their help to the leadership of the village. They promised that they would be studying the leadership of the nearby town and they would tell the locals what they would have to do. The children produced such good result out of this assignment that when they came back from the neighboring town they could carry the present of the ispán, which was the copy of the royal scepter. They were only concerned when they realized that on the road taking them back to the village they were followed by a dark figure. Finally they agreed that they would not be bothered since whoever this person was who could harm them, could have done it earlier. Maybe his force was not that big any more.
When they got to a more pleasant and quiet location, they all wanted to see closer the scepter and the orb. But in the minute when they touched it they felt a very strange feeling, suddenly everything became fuzzy around them and by that time the picture became clear they realized that they were again in a different time period.
The three kids became much more trusting and now they fully started to believe that they managed to get back to the 21st century. They were excitedly expecting the next challenges. Well, they didn’t have to wait for long.
In the meantime one of the kids got ill, but because they didn’t have any medicine with them they could rely upon healing plants and the medicinal knowledge of the Hungarians. They were a little afraid to ask the healing woman for some advice in the village, but by the next day Liza got better and so they could calm down. It occurred to them that they did have the apple and they took it out to share it among themselves, but they sadly realized it had been totally changed. From the red patch became the shield, from the stem became a cross and it was shining as if it were made from gold. They were surprised to look at the orb, because they realized it was the symbol of the country. They didn’t know, they only expected that this would be helpful. At this occasion the shaman had unknowingly helped them.
After all these exhausting tasks the three friends went to sleep. They were asleep very quickly. From a distance as if from the bottom of a deep, deep well they heard a very quiet voice: “No, no, no, I can’t let them go.” But in spite of this the children were attracted by a mysterious power as a magnet, ahead in time.
They woke up in the queen’s palace, because they were woken up by lots of movements around. Everybody was running in all kinds of directions, everybody was carrying something. What were they getting prepared for? Dia figured out soon that they were preparing for a feast in honour of Queen Gizella. They decided to play and they form a band to the surprise of the royal household. But with what musical instruments?
The court of the palace was already full of riders and soldiers in full dress and behind them all the hunters and falconers of the court were lined up. In a long while the show started to begin. One of the falconers took the leather cap off the head of his bird and from his hand he let the bird fly to catch a pigeon. The falcon took a very quick round in the air and then caught the dove. “What a pity!”- thought Liza. Gizella, who was sitting close to her, was very pleased to hear in secret that somebody is as sensitive as her. “Just because we felt the same way for the dove accept the miniature version of my throne as a souvenir.” Liza was very pleased to show her friends what she got.
After the presentation the festivity continued with an enormous dinner. The tables were covered with lots of excellent food and drinks. The court musicians were playing music. Suddenly the master of ceremony requested silence and announced the gift of the musicians: they wrote a song for honour of Gizella. This very pleasant song was so much melodious that the children decided they would learn it too. Liza and Dia were writing notes diligently during the time of the festivity. They decided if they get home they will tell everything in town about the celebration Gizella’s own age, because it can be useful for the organizers of the Gizella Days festivity in Veszprém.
Gizella also wanted to make this day memorable that she gave a copy of the crown to the three kids. The minute when they received the crown they could not resist the temptation and tried it on.
At this time they had an image in front of them: and this was the shaman in his unclear image suddenly moving around and then disappearing with a soft murmur. Suddenly everything disappeared in front of them and they fell asleep. By the time they woke up they were again in front of their computer. At this time the screen was just shifting to 2007. The three kids were very shocked and looking at one another, because they did not understand what was happening. Suddenly they realized that their travel in time ended. Or did they just dream the whole thing? They were about to believe when they realized all the gifts which they had. Well, it was all true. They were the first who became time travellers.
The city declared Dia, Liza and Ádám as a freeman and the whole world was celebrating them as the first time travellers. The professor was very happy and satisfied since it was proven that his invention was working and he invited the kids to show his machine and they were sitting in the first row.
There’s an article which was published in the local press about an English professor who was successful in trying time travels. According to his latest research there are two or three points from where one can start this travel, but for now he will not tell where these locations are. He will arrive in Veszprém very shortly. This article was written by three kids and one can find this article on the second page of the local newspaper.