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     LAST TIME: A regular middle-class business 

man, Sam, purchased a strange transparent 

pocket watch from a garage sale near his offices, 

not realizing its true potential. After a long day at 

work, Sam arrived home late, watch in hand. 

When the hand struck midnight, Sam began to 

fade in and out of corporeal existence before the 

astonished eyes of his wife and dog. He found 

himself enveloped in the strangely blue fabric of 

time, and floated around for ages. Just when he 

gave up hope of escape, he landed in the middle 

of ancient Greece. Sam was drafted into the 

Trojan War, but disappeared whilst still on a boat 

due to his watch striking midnight. Not that it 

bothers him, anyway.

     Sam slowly finds himself appearing at the gates of 

a large castle. He looks around as his body once again 

solidifies. One of the guards stationed by the door 

takes notice of the man with strange clothes. "Hey, 

who goes there!" he yells, startling Sam. "I am Sam, 

of New York City." Sam states calmly. The guard 

dismisses the idea of a new York, as he had never 

heard of it. However, he allows the man to continue. 

"I've popped by to tour your castle, if at all possible." 

The guard looked stunned. "How... How... dare you! 

Tour the castle Hillstone! Who do you think you are?"

"I am Sam." Sam said blatantly. He didn't stop to think 

about the differences between this time period and the 

last. He just remembered having to be forceful in 

Greece.

"The way you speak of yourself..." The guard replied, 

"You must be a knight?" Sam thought for a moment, 

then said "Yes, yes I am. I am Sir. Samuel of Bronx." 

"Did you not say that you were from the new city of 

York?" The guard asked skeptically. "I am. Bronx is the 

name of our castle, and our king." "What business do 

you have at our castle?" the guard asked. "I have an 

urgent message for your king." Sam replied cleverly. 

This seemed to be enough for the guard, as he ended 

the conversation, and called for the guard on the 

inside to open the gate. Sam thanked the guard, then 

entered, the large doors slamming shut behind him. 

Sam did not have a plan, other than to climb to the 

top of a tower and get his bearings. Sam found the 

tallest unguarded tower in the castle, and began