New World

Chapter 1

"Hello whoever you are, my name is Fiammetta. I know, it's a pretty weird name right? Haha well when my mom went on her senior trip to Italy she met a girl with this name and she just fell in love with it. It means 'little fiery one' which totally matches my personality if i say so myself. I'll probably never find my name on a key chain or a necklace or even a coke can but I don't mind. Any way! Off the name subject, this is the first of many videos i will be putting into a time capsule before we move to Seattle. I'm 16, I love music, i'm a gamer girl, i'm a sophomore and I love cats! My main goal for these videos is to..... I don't know, I guess help future people kinda understand whats happening right now. In my time. My dad thinks it's a goofy idea. He thinks no one will ever find it, but I have high hopes.... Well! Until next time, Fiammetta out!"

The screen went black. Nova took the flashdrive out of her laptop and put it in a plastic baggie labeled "1," then tossed it into a box with a few other labeled bags. Nova sat, staring at the sad looking box. it was old and had duct tape covering holes and tears. This was Nova's third time watching the first video. It intrigued her. What were coke cans and keychains? How were Fiammetta's clothes so clean? Her hair wasn't stringy and her teeth were so straight, so white. How!? It was driving Nova crazy. All of Nova's clothes had some type of stain, Nova's teeth were yellow and decaying. What's a sophomore? What does it mean to be a gamer girl? Nova shoved the box under her bed when she heard someone coming down the hall.

    "What have you been doing back here all morning Nova?" asked her mother. "You missed breakfast."

    "Umm, I was just reading." she replied.

    Her mom chuckled. "Oh, you and your books. Come with me outside, it' bathing time."

Nova sighed and followed her mom to the back yard. She was alway grateful to have a pond behind her house so she didn't have to use the community bath. Her father tried his best to keep it clean so that them and their clothes could stay as fresh as possible. Shampoos and conditioner ran out a long time ago so her mother made her own out of plants in their garden and different oils she got from the market. Nova and her family were one of the wealthiest in the city. Her father built all kinds of appliances that people could use without electricity. Most of the people Nova knew didn't have electricity, so everyone wanted the things her dad built. They say it makes life a bit easier.

    After Nova dried off she went back inside. Her mother was making candles for some of the people in the neighborhood.

"Your father wants to talk to you." She said. "He's in the workplace."

"What about?" Nova asked.

"He didn't say." Her mom replied.

Nova started walking to her dad's workplace. Back in the day people called it a garage and Nova had been told that was where they stored their vehicles. The use of cars slowly died out when we milked the world  dry of fuel. Every ounce was gone and no one could find another resource. When Nova opened The door she immediately started coughing.  There was an unhealthy amount of sawdust in the air. When her dad heard her coughing he stopped working.

"Hey hun." He said, sounding excited. "How's that laptop treating you? I thought it was beyond repair when i found it. Are there any glitches?"

"Hey dad. I like it a lot and nope, it works very well. You're a genius, thank you so much."

He smiled from ear to ear.

"Anything for my little girl. I'm gonna see if I can find any Cd's that don't have too many scratches on them for you. If that doesn't work out I can surely find some flash drives around here somewhere."

Nova laughed. "No dad, it's okay. I like just using the draw pad app. That's all I need really."

"If you say so sweetie! So what happened to that thing you found in the backyard?" Her father asked.

"What thing?" She replied nervously.

"You tell me." He said. "I saw you poking around back there. You had the metal detector out and everything. I saw you dig something up."

"Oh that! That was nothing, really. It was just an old lunch box I think."

"Was is of any value?"

"No, I don't think so."

"Oh, okay. Well I guess I don't have anything else to talk about." Said her Dad.

"See you later dad!" Yelled Nova, walking out the door.
Nova didn't want her dad to know what she actually found. She knew he would try to sell the videos and she wasn't ready. She wanted Fiammetta all to herself.