February third, 2005/December twenty-eighth, 1831

   Dear Diary,

    I am on the H.M.S. Beagle, the ship Darwin was on when he went to the Galapagos, on the same journey! I can't wait to meet Darwin! Janis Cooper/Brittany, who is supposed to give me fertilizer for my plants, was late today. Probably one of the animals ran away, and she had to chase after it. That's why I like plants. They stay in one place, and the only time they give you trouble is if a weed pops up in the garden.
    Mr. X seems to be seasick most of the time, but he never asks for herbs, only threatens to shoot me if I don't give him any. Ugh.
    I suppose I should tell you about what has happened between being in Acton, MA, in the year 2005, and on a ship in the year 1831. After everyone showed up, we went to Plymouth Plantation, in Plymouth, MA, and crawled under a bush. Actually, the bush was a portal to a time/space vortex where we went back in time and to another place on earth. In the vortex, my three items appeared: a sword, a book about plants, and gardening supplies. With the gardening supplies were potted plants with little label things that said which plants were which, an old fashioned quill, and somehow, my Diary. Then out of nowhere, a voice said that I was a member of the crew, and I had a fifty percent chance of getting seasick. Then I was told to pick one of the items to leave in the vortex, and that there was an entire library of scientific books on the ship. I decided that I should keep the plants and the sword, and give up the book. After all, there was supposedly tons of the kind of books I needed on the ship right? So I left the book, and landed on the deck of a ship harbored in Plymouth, England. I was shown a corner of the deck where I could put the plants so they would get plenty of sunshine, and where I was to sleep. Then I decided to meet who I would be traveling with.

    And that's pretty much what happened.

Aliaranel
Junior Crew
in charge of Plants