The Time Loop

It was past midnight in 2025 when Arjun sat studying his grandfather’s old 1941 calendar. The date, July 30, glowed faintly under the lamplight.

Suddenly, the pages began to flutter on their own. A low hum filled the attic.

Then—a wormhole tore open in front of him.

Blinding light engulfed the room. Arjun stumbled forward, clutching the calendar—just as a man in a lab coat appeared on the other side.

Their eyes locked.

“Grandfather…?” Arjun whispered.

Suddenly, his room door opened. It was his father, Vikram. He said, “Dad!”

Before Arjun could react, the wormhole pulled them both in. The world twisted. In a heartbeat, Arjun collapsed onto a floor—a science lab, papers filled with wormhole and time loop theory.

And across time, Ravi landed hard in Arjun’s attic in 2025. He barely had a second to adjust before the wormhole shuddered violently. With a final flash of light, it sealed shut—

—leaving Arjun stranded in 1941.

And in 2025, the legendary scientist Ravi Varma was gone. Vanished.

While in 1941, a door opened. It was Vikram, running into the lab to find his father. Then Arjun realized, once his father said he saw Arjun’s face somewhere. But suddenly—

Arjun clutched the calendar, staring at the circled date. The ink shifted before his eyes, his watch started spinning backwards, and on the calendar, the words began appearing. It said—

“Hi, my dear grandson.”

Arjun was in shock. He threw the calendar away and ran outside. On the calendar again, some letters started appearing, saying—

“The loop will continue, my dear.”

By Kedareshwar Kothakota

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