Agent Through Time (Old Version)

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"Nice to meet you both."

"It's nice to meet you too Rose."

"I hope you enjoy your stay on our island." The ferry arrives, and Astoria leaves her bike at the pier with Victor and Pedro. Astoria leads Rose down the pier. She spots a young boy kicking a soccer ball, and smiles.

"Charlie." Astoria calls out. He looks to them, and picks up the ball. He then walks over to them.

"Hiya Ria. Who's this?" Charlie says in his Jamaican accent.

"This is my friend Rose. Rose this one of my cousin's friends Charlie. His father, Samuel, runs the restaurant over there." Astoria motions to the restaurant where there is a line for food.

"Yeah my dad makes the best fish and chips on the whole island. Jamaican style." Charlie gushes.

"I'll have to try some before we leave then." Rose responds smirking.

"I better go and help him dish up the food." Charlie says bye, then runs off. Astoria continues on the way with Rose.

"I can't wait for you to meet Clifford. He can be a little scary at first, but he is the best friend anyone can know. He's the greatest dog ever. He's so loyal to Emily Elizabeth, and is always ready to lend a helping paw."

"He sounds great. I can't wait either." The duo continue towards the town center, where the fountain lies. Rose looks around the shops, and spots one with a giant shell in the window. She sees it is a pink and white spotted one. Astoria notices where she's looking.

"My aunt Caroline and Uncle Mark run this shop, The Sea Shell. They often find shells and other items and create new items out of them."

"Sounds like a cool job." Rose says. The two move on, and Astoria tells her about how she got Clifford for her cousin's birthday, and a dog for herself.

"I found a neighbor of theirs whose dog just had four puppies. Two brown, one black and one red. I had Emily Elizabeth choose one and I chose another. She picked the small red puppy who was the runt of the litter. I picked a brown one. No one expected Clifford to live for long. But somehow he kept growing and growing until he was to big for their flat. They then had to pack up and move here to Birdwell Island. My dog, Tripper, was a good dog, but he got sick after three years, and passed. He was an energetic, funny dog. It's weird seeing Clifford, and not hearing Tripper." Rose goes to comment, when the ground begins to shake. She is scared, but when she hears Astoria laugh and bounce around, she calms down. Around the corner comes a large dog that's bigger than a house. Rose's jaw drops as the dog stops upon seeing Astoria. He skids along, and stops inches from Astoria. A small blonde haired girl is on his back. She jumps down and runs to Astoria.

"Stori." She hugs Astoria, then turns to Rose.

"Hi. I'm Emily Elizabeth, and this is Clifford. My big red dog." Rose smiles at the bright girl, and introduces herself.

"I'm Rose Tyler. I'm a friend of Ria's."

"I assume you were looking for me." Astoria asks. Emily nods.

"Yeah. Uncle James sent me to find you. Aunt Jasmine said you were on your way here." Astoria nods as Emily climbs on Clifford. She follows behind with Rose nervously climbing on behind them. Clifford then stands and makes his way to their home. As they walk Rose speaks to Emily.

"Ria was telling me about Clifford."

"Yeah. He's a really great dog. Everyone on the island loves him now, but they didn't always." Emily tells her.

"What do you mean?" Rose asks.

"When people first saw how big Clifford was they thought he was gonna be a big problem." Ria says, hearing the story before from her mother.