Part 1
Ádám, Liza and Dia found themselves in an unknown location where a group of hunters were chasing a wonderful animal. The kids suddenly decided to go after this group of hunters to find out where they are and which era. The deer and the men suddenly disappeared before them as if this had been only a vision. But what vision? The figures, the clothing, that deer, oh, it’s impossible! As if the world of Hungarian legends had come to life.
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: e.g. making felt from the women of the family. 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 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 found a shelter in the Monastery of Greek Nuns where the coronation cloak was being made. They were helping in its sewing and that’s why they were given a copy of the cloak and they put it around themselves. With this clothing they gathered so many positive energies which helped them to decrease the power of the shaman. This way they could easily give the cloak to the right 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.
A church was being built at the edge of the village. The kids offered their help. The people asked them to get the foundation document, because without it they could not consecrate the church. The copy of the cloak which they had received offered the kids free entry to the archbishop’s residence. When they said what the aim of their visit was, they did 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 and 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.
After the many adventures and trials one kid of the three got ill, and because they did not have any kind of medicine with them, they could only rely upon healing plants and the Hungarians’ knowledge about medicine. 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. The shaman did not miss the minute to use his knowledge, because he felt that the kids became smarter (cleverer), and he was afraid that he would lose his power over them. He offered them an apple and he suggested eating it quickly, because it also had a healing power. Luckily the kids put the apple aside with the thought that this would be good later on. At n)ght it occurred to them that they would share the apple among one another, but they realized sadly that the apple had been totally changed. From the red patch became the shield, from the stem became a cross and it looked like as if it were made from gold. They were looking 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. The shaman unknowingly helped them.
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.
Ádám went for water to the well and he heard a noise, a screaming. Not just him, but everybody was rushing in the direction of the voice, but by the time they reached there it was too late. On the dusty road at the edge of the village there was a man who lay down and beside him there was another who was taking deep breath, his eyes were goggled and his sword was dripping from blood and even then he was shouting and moving around his sword. He was screaming around that nobody could hurt his honour. At this moment the man of the ispán appeared and puv strings around this man who was taking the law into his own hands and in the name of law he set up a court. At this moment Ádám had an idea how good that this scene was not seen by the girls. But at this second he recognized Liza and Dia who were attracted by the noise and the crowd. The man of the ispán recognized the three kids who had established already a record of their talent and they were also selected to the group who would make justice. The kids had to make a justice according to the laws of the time and as a result the ispán gave them the copy of the royal scepter. Everybody was very happy, but a shadowy figure, who was looking at the events from the distance.
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 girls joined the ladies-in-court (ladies-in-waiting), who were talking about the current fashion. Liza said that gossiping was not a new kind of thing, because the ladies were very critical of the people walking in front of them; let it be a man or a woman. In a few minutes they became quite aware of the fashion of the time. Suddenly Queen Gizella appeared in the middle of the bustle. She was in a very good mood, she was making jokes with the servants and from just one strange thought she was asking the group of Dia to choose a dress for her and her husband from the very big clothing opportunities. The girls’ choice was so much according to her taste that as a present she offered a small miniature of her throne. Liza and Dia were very happy to join Ádám to show him what they gained.
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.