Schwoz put his feet up on the table "Ox Pox is kinda like a Chicken Pox and Measles.. Only way worse. It is caused by eating Comodium Acitate."

"But I thought no one's had Ox Pox for hundreds of years.." Charlotte remarked

"Yeah. Till' Schwoz's disease cookie gave it to my sister." Henry rubbed the bridge of his nose and sighed

My dad walked up to him with a hand on his shoulder "Hey. I'm sorry for your loss."

"What."

"Dad!"

"Piper.. She was a sweet little girl." my dad stared into the distance

"Okay, first." Henry removed my dad's hand from his shoulder "No she wasn't."

I rolled my eyes "Can we please stop talking about her in past-tense?"

He walked up to Schwoz "Kay. What's the cure for Ox Pox?"

"Here!" Charlotte chimed in "It says that in the 16 and 1700s, doctors used to cure Ox Pox by making a special medicine from the feathers of a bird known as.. The Chica-willow." she explained

"But the Chica-willow has been extinct for almost 300 years.." my dad reminded

"Well, we need one. Or else.." Henry turned to me and Schwoz "What happens to my sister..?"

Me and Schwoz glanced at each other before I put both my hands on Henry's shoulder "I'm sorry for your loss."

"Okay. No one's allowed to say that again."

"Wait a second.." my dad chimed in "I think I know how we can get a Chica-willow."

"There are no more Chica-willows." Charlotte remarked

"Not now.. But we have something right here in storage that could help us get a Chica-willow from the past."

"Time Jerker's time machine." I caught on to my dad's idea

"Yeah!"

"Yeah. And we could use it to go back in time to the early 1700s." Schwoz beamed

"And get a Chica-willow." Henry added

"But- Wait, isn't that dangerous?" Charlotte chimed in

"Oh my God." We all groaned

"Just once Charlotte, do not be a Debbie Downer." I pointed at her

"Really." Henry agreed with me

"Oh, well I'm so sorry I suggested that it might be a little bit dangerous to send someone 300 years back in time to get some stupid ancient bird so we can cure your sister's Ox Pox, which was caused by this freak show's Comodium sassafras-contaminated cookies!" Charlotte scolded

We all stared at her.

"Yeah. I'm the crazy one here!" She scoffed

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"Okay. I'm ready to test the time machine." Schwoz said

"How are we gonna test it?" I ask him

"See, I will take this fris-"

"No! No, no!" We all stopped him

He sighed "This flying disk."

"Okay." We let him continue

"And I will throw it 5 seconds into the future." Schwoz set up the time machine

The time machine lit up "Here goes." Scheoz threw the fri- flying disk inside the portal

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