Okay, so I finally stopped slacking. This is my first Back to the Future fic, and I hope I didn't do too badly. This fic takes place after the third movie.

"Dr. Brown," said Jennifer Parker, holding a piece of paper. "I brought this note back from the future and now it's erased."

"Of course it's erased," exclaimed Doc.

"But what does that mean?" questioned Jennifer.

"It means your future hasn't been written yet," said Doc. "No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one, both of you."

"We will, Doc," said Marty McFly, wrapping his arm around his girlfriend.

All of this happened a week ago. It is now November 3, 1985, and it's 9:00PM. Martin Seamus McFly was laying on his bed, looking at the poster of Sports by Huey Lewis and the News. The shelf behind him has a bunch of candy bars from the last two Halloweens. The phone rang, which Marty immediately picked up.

"Hello," said Marty.

"Marty," a voice recognized as Doc Brown's said. "I hope I haven't disturbed you."

"Doc," shouted Marty. "What are you doing back?"

"Marty, can you please shut up? I'm trying to get paperwork done," shouted a voice from down the hall. The voice belonged to Marty's older brother, Dave, who's 22.

"Sorry, Dave," said Marty, and he directed his attention back to the phone. "So Doc, what are you doing here?"

"I'll explain later," said Doc. "Meet me at my garage in half an hour."

"I'll be there, Doc," said Marty

Marty skateboarded into Doc's driveway. It's been a week since he's been there. He remembered when he first met Doc. It was only two years ago when he was fifteen. Marty was looking for work so he put an ad in the paper. Doc arrived at Marty's house and hired him to clean out his garage. Marty was payed six dollars an hour and was given total access to Doc's record collection. Doc had a large collection of rock and roll records that he allowed Marty to listen to whenever he wanted. So after that, Marty started coming over to Doc's garage all the time and the two became friends.

"Marty," said Doc, coming out of his garage. "I'll give it to you straight. We're moving back." Marty was shocked.

"Back? As in to 1985?" asked Marty.

"Precisely," said Doc. "We don't belong in the old west. I belong here. Clara is supposed to fall in the ravine, and the boys aren't supposed to be born. Besides, I couldn't just leave Brown Enterprises behind. I already bought a house for us."

"That's awesome, Doc," said Marty. "So, when are you moving?"

"We'll be here precisely tomorrow morning at 5:00AM sharp," said Doc. "But the real reason I came here is to ask you if you would like to help us move."

"All right," said Marty. "I'll do it. Where's the train?"

"I placed it right in Hill Valley Park," said Doc. "I need to do it in the night, so no one can see it."

Doc and Marty climbed aboard the time train. Marty was surprised how futuristic it looked on the inside. Doc put the circuits on and set the destination time for 4:00AM, November 1, 1895.

"Brace yourself for temporal displacement," said Doc, as they broke the time barrier.

Great start! I can hardly wait to read more! :) Do you plan to post that to FFN, too?

November 1, 1895
4:00AM PST

The flying train all of a sudden appears through the air, but luckily it's dark and no one's awake to see it. Or so it may seem.

"Hey, look, Pa," said a little boy, who looked to be around eight. "I think it's one o' dem shootin' staws."

"Otis," said the boy's father. "Ya get yer fanny back ter bed or I'd be givin' ya a whuppin."

Doc steers the train near a farmhouse and lands it in the shed. Doc and Marty get off the train, and Doc heads for a box, which held a large white sheet.

"Take this end, Marty," said Doc, throwing the other end of the white sheet to Marty. The two of them covered the entire train with the large white sheet. Doc and Marty left the shed and headed towards the house.

"Hope you don't mind the couch," said Doc, tossing Marty a fringed blanket, which Marty caught. Marty laid on the couch and fell asleep.

Marty woke up to Einstein licking his face. He arose from the couch and went into the kitchen where he saw Doc, Clara, and their sons Jules and Verne eating breakfast.

"Hi Marty," greeted Clara, as Marty took a seat.

"Hello, Ma'am," said Marty. With people from the nineteenth century, he couldn't help but be formal.

"Please," said Clara. "Call me Clara."

"Hi Marty," greeted Jules and Verne in unison. Jules is six and Verne is four. That's how old they were when Marty first met them. Marty ate the meat on his plate.

"Breakfast is really good," said Marty. "What is it?"

"Rattlesnake," replied Doc. Marty spit out his food.

After breakfast, Marty decided to join Jules and Verne in the field that they like to play in. Marty saw Jules and Verne start playing with a boy who looked a lot like Marty did when he was ten years old. Even though he had never seen the ten year old boy before, he knew that it was his own great-grandfather, William McFly. The last time they met, William peed on him.

"Hey, McFly," he heard a voice call out. "I thought I told you to never play here again."

Marty turned around to see a twelve year old boy who resembled Biff Tannen's son, Jeff. And of course, the boy had three boys with him. Jeff was fourteen years old. He wasn't a bully like Biff, Buford, or Griff. Jeff had very few friends and he gets into a lot of fights at school. Most of the boys who picked fights with him were customers of his father's auto detailing business. Like with Marty's father, Biff tries to cheat all of his customers out of a coat of wax.

"I can play wherever I want, Howard," said William. "You don't own this field." Marty was happy that his great-grandfather wasn't a wimp. Howard, however, wasn't satisfied. His friends held Williams hands behind his back as Howard was about to punch William.

"Hey," said Marty. "What's that?" Howard turned around and Marty punched him out. Marty felt kind of bad about punching a twelve year old boy, but in Marty's defense, Howard was bigger than him. Howard's friends broke free of William as Howard and his friends started chasing after Marty. Marty took the run for his life and he tripped over something. Howard and his gang caught up to him. Howard's three cronies grabbed a hold of Marty as Howard knocked him out.

Indeed I do. :)

Hey, great start for chapter two! It sure parallels what will happen in 1955! :)

You're right. It does. I didn't even really think about that.

So how old are Jules and Verne in 1895?

Jules is 9 and Verne is 7.

So, in your universe, is that how old they were when they showed up in the train at the end? I personally thought they looked younger.

They were 6 and 4 when they showed up on the train at the end of the movie. For Doc and his family, their last meeting with Marty was 3 years ago.

Just curious, why did Doc choose to stay in the Old West three years after showing up in the train? Also, how do the boys feel about the 1980s in comparison to the 1890s?

I don't know. I don't think Doc knows either. I think the boys are going to love living in the 1980s.

Then maybe you should just bump it back by three years. I guess you were going by how old they were in The Animated Series, and by the popular belief that the family stayed until 1895. Of course, it's your story - but I happen to be real partial to the 1980s myself. I'm of the school that Doc had already planning to moved back to 1985. I know there was the whole "I had to come back for Einstein" explanation, but I think Doc just said that because he wasn't sure what to say then. Anyway, if I was Jules or Verne, I think I'd be begging Doc to move up to the future.

They're actually a year younger than they were in the Animated series. I chose 1895 because 90 years is a nice round number.

Oh, yeah - well, that's true! I guess I just don't like the idea of forcing Jules and Verne to spend a few more years in the past after seeing the future. I myself was a kid in the '80s, so I guess that's why I feel a little strongly about it.

In that case, maybe just have Jules and Verne be six and four in 1895. Maybe they tried to go as long as possible without having kids, because of fears of how it would affect the space-time continuum. Yeah, I know Verne has an established birthdate in The Animated Series - but, considering that The Animated Series is generally not accepted as canon...

You do have a point. I can just have Jules and Verne be born three years later than they're supposed to.

Sounds great then! I see you uploaded to FFN! well, I just left you your first review! It's an awesome start to a great story! :)

According to the novel, I guess Otis Peabody was supposed to be only 45 in 1955 - but he sure looked a lot older, didn't he? I had him 18 in 1903, which would make him 70 in 1955. The actor who played him was pretty close to being 70, so...

BTW, if you want to, you can feel free to use the names I chose for Marty's bandmates. I don't mind. Whatever you want to do.

Otis did look a lot older than 45. I'm still stuck on a name for Biff's son. I'm leaning more towards Jeff. Buford's son, Howard, is going to make an appearance. He's going to be the twelve year old bully who picks on 10 year old William McFly.

I was thinking either Cliff or Jiff. To be honest, the only reason I came up with Miff as the name of Biff's second son is because it was suggested by another ficcer. I like the idea of Biff's son and Griff's father having a name that ends in -iff - and isn't Biff Jr. Since Marty already has Needles for a bully - maybe Jiff/Cliff should be Dave's bully.

Jeff sounds sort of like Jiff. I wasn't planning on having him be a bully, though. He's only going to be mentioned. He is going to be described as a kid with very few friends who gets into a lot of fights at school.

Oh, okay, that sounds like a nice original idea! I guess the idea of Biff's son and Griff's father also being a bully maybe sounds a bit too cliche. Maybe have him be a few years younger than Marty, and Marty always tries to be nice to him. Of couse, this would then raise the question of why Griff turns out to be such a bully.

Hey, I have an idea, for when you get to the story of where Doc and Marty enter other worlds. Why don't you have him enter a world where Marty has a twin named Calvin - and another world where Marty also has a twin named Calvin, who is really Hell Valley Marty. They would be similar to the Twins Universe and the Almanac Universe, but based on your own interpretation of the BTTF Universe.

If you want to use some of my universes, though, then I really have no objection. I know it's been done before where Marty and Doc from two different fans interpretations of the BTTF Universe have met before. The most famous one was done between Kristen Sheley and Mary-Jean Holmes - and then Flaming Trail's friend, Lisa, did one where her own interpretation of Doc and Marty (with Alien Lisa) entered some of FT's universes.

November 1, 1895
6:00 PM PST

Marty feels a hot towel on his forehead. He groans and turns in his sleep.

"Mom, is that you?" Marty asked.

"You've been asleep for nearly eight hours," replied a female voice that sounds a lot like his mom's. Only that female voice had an Irish accent. It sounded so familiar but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"I had a horrible nightmare," said Marty. "I was being chased by bullies."

"Well, you're safe and sound now back on the good old McFly farm," said the female voice.

"McFly Farm?" said Marty. The light turned on as Marty arose. The woman he was talking to was none other than his great-great-grandmother Maggie McFly.

"But you're my.. my," said Marty.

"The name's Maggie McFly," said Maggie. "That's Mrs. McFly to you. Don't forget the Misses." This was getting way too familiar to Marty.

"I made some dinner," said Maggie. "I hope you like venison." Marty had no idea what venison was, but he hoped it wasn't anything like rattlesnake. Marty followed Maggie to the kitchen table which seated William, his father Seamus, and a two-year-old boy.

"You've already met William," said Maggie. "That's my husband Seamus and our son Angus George Douglas McFly, the second McFly born in America. William was the first." Marty now knew where his father got his name. Marty was named after Seamus and his brother Martin, who like his namesake, also had a big problem with being called names like Yellow or Chicken. Marty got over the chicken problem when he realized it could endanger his life. Marty didn't even have the chicken problem in the original timeline.

"You know," said Seamus. "You remind me of someone. Do you, by any chance, know a Mr. Clint Eastwood?" Clint Eastwood was the name Marty used during his first visit to the old west.

"Yeah," said Marty. "He's my older brother. I'm John Wayne Eastwood."

"Your brother was a fine young man," said Seamus. "They named the ravine after him." After Marty's return from 1885, Clayton Ravine became Eastwood Ravine after Clara was prevented from falling in there and 'Clint Eastwood' supposedly fell in there instead. As Marty ate his venison, he thought it wasn't bad. It had a lot of flavor, but it was really hard to chew.

"You know," said Marty. "I really got to go. Doc- I mean, Emmett Brown is probably worried about me right now. Dinner was great. I'll see you again later." Marty left the McFly Farm and headed back to Doc's house. As Marty walked in, he saw Doc holding a newspaper.

"Great Scott!" exclaimed Doc.

"What is it, Doc?" asked Marty.

"Buford Tannen just got released from jail!" replied Doc.

"Holy shit! This is heavy!" exclaimed Marty.

"There's that word again. Heavy. Is there something wrong with the earth's gravitational pull in the future?" said Doc. Marty and Doc bust up laughing as Clara walked in.

"What's so funny?" questioned Clara.

"Well, you see," explained Marty. "When I first visited Doc in 1955, I said 'this is heavy' and he thought there was something wrong with the earth's gravity in 1985."

"Are you alright, Marty?" Doc asked his young friend. "I heard about the Tannen boy knocking you out."

"Yeah, I'm fine," said Marty. "I ended up at my great-great-grandparents house again. I wonder why Maggie looks so much like my mom. My parents aren't distantly related, are they?"

"I don't think so," said Doc. "It could just be coincidence. Ever heard of the Oedipus Complex?"

"I think so," said Marty. "Isn't that when a boy falls in love with his mother?"

"Precisely," said Doc. "I believe it was Sigmund Freud who came up with it."

"I always thought Freud was a quack," said Marty.

"I agree," said Doc. "Freud actually believes that little kids want to have sexual intercourse."

"Get out of town," said Marty. "They don't even know what it is."

"I know that my Vernie definitely knows nothing about it," said Doc. "I'm not so sure about Jules, though. He was always a very precocious little boy."

"How old the boys, anyway?" asked Marty.

"Jules is six and Verne is four," said Doc.

"I thought they were a little older," said Marty. "But then again, I was always so short." Marty is five foot four inches.

"Jules and Verne actually are pretty tall for their ages," said Doc.

"Well, I gotta turn in," said Marty. "I had a long day." Marty went on the couch and fell asleep.

Great chapter! Just some questions to ask, and I'm not sure if you even thought about it, yet? In your fanfic universe, does Martin look like Marty? Also, how old was he, when he was killed?

Martin does look like Marty but with red hair. He was killed when he was 18.

So does he look just like, except with red hair - and wearing different clothes, of course? What about that soft dimple in his left cheek?

Yeah. Pretty much. I haven't really thought about the dimple. I guess he would still have it.

Bump.

What about the lopsided MJF grin? :)

I 'spose.

November 2, 1895
10:00AM PST

Marty and Doc walked out of the saloon to be greeted with the presence of Buford 'Maddog' Tannen, the fastest gun in the west. As usual, Buford was accompanied by three cronies. One of them bore a strong resemblance to Butch Wynne, a member of Douglas Needles' gang. He was probably an ancestor. Douglas Needles is Marty's worst enemy. He always tries to get Marty to do stupid stuff by calling him a chicken. Jennifer often tells Marty that Needles is just jealous of Marty and that Needles wishes that he was as cute as Marty. Needles is a really ugly guy.

"You!" growled Buford, pointing at Marty. "You're 'sposed to be dead!"

"You must be thinking of my brother Clint," said Marty. "I'm John Wayne Eastwood." Marty extended his hand to Buford. Buford did not take it.

"You have the same pearly whites as him," said Buford. "I don't take kindly to your kin."

"Since when did you ever take kindly to anyone?" Marty shot back. Buford was really angry now. He drew his gun from his belt and aimed it at Marty.

"If you shoot John," said Doc. "I'll shoot you." Doc had his gun out now. It was nothing like Marty has ever seen. It had four barrels arranged like a fan in a yoke on a four-trigger stock.

"I made this gun myself," explained Doc. "I call it the Terminator!"

Buford pulled the trigger, but no bullets came out. Buford got pissed off and ran towards Marty, punching him in the gut. He howled in pain with the crack of his knuckle bones. Marty socks Buford in the face and kicks him in the groin. Buford goes down howling in pain.

"Buck," Buford said to the Butch Wynne look-alike. "Kill that kid!" Buck aimed his gun at Marty. Suddenly, an array of guns are cocked.

"I'd be droppin' the gun if I were you," said Seamus. Seamus had his gun out. It was the same gun Marty gave him in 1885. A bunch of other men pointed their guns at Buford's men. His cronies wisely dropped their guns. Marty took off his serape and revealed a cast-iron door from a pot-bellied stove.

Meanwhile, Buford was still on the ground, clutching his hand in pain.

"It's broke," cried Buford. "My gun hand's broke."

"Well, if you'd like to be tryin' honest work," said Seamus. "You can have a job on my farm, sloppin' hogs, washing wagons, and hauling manure. Your son is more than welcome to help out."

"I HATE MANURE!!" yelled Buford.

Sounds like a great start! :)

Just out of curiosity, in your fanfic universe, do you imagine Jennifer as Claudia Wells or Elisabeth Wells? If I remember correctly, I think you mentioned before that you preferred Claudia. What about with Marty? Do you imagine him as MJF from Part I or MJF from the sequels. In the sequels, I think he looks a little too old to be a teenager - and I think he just looks cuter in Part I.

It is Claudia Wells and Part I MJF. MJF does look a little heavier in the sequels, doesn't he?

Yeah, he does! It's not that he looks ugly or anything, but he 's just not as good-looking. Likewise, I imagine Marty Jr and Marlene looking more like '85 Michael - albeit Marty Jr looking a little more scruffy. In the improved timeline, though, Marty Jr looks just like his father thirty years ago. I guess I did make him too much like his father, but just think of it as the answer to this question: what if Marty was born thirty years later?

I know one might argue it wouldn't work out too well, as Marty Sr was never a wimp - while Marty Jr was a wimp in Part II. The difference is, though, Marty Sr was so determined to not be like his wimpy father - while Marty Jr probably saw what being overly-confident did to his father, so he was maybe afraid to take a stand. I don't know if I'm explaining this well enough, but you probably get the idea.

bump

November 2, 1895
9:00PM PST

Marty and the Browns are getting ready to go back to 1985. They were hauling their last item into the train.

"I had no idea that you were wearing armor this morning," Doc told Marty.

"When you told me that Buford was released from jail," said Marty. "I knew couldn't go into town without it."

"That was really good thinking," said Doc. "I wish I had thought of it myself."

Doc ascended the train into the air and flew it to where the tracks are. He lowered the train over the tracks and sped the train to eighty-eight miles per hour.

"Brace yourselves for temporal displacement," Doc told his family and Marty, as they broke the time barrier.

The name Wynne came from Christopher Wynne, the actor who played both the guy in Needles' gang and the guy in Buford's gang. Buck came from the Paradox script.

Right, I pretty much figured that. Wynne from Buford's gang is probably a direct ancestor of the Wynne from Needles' gang. Initially, I didn't plan to make Rufus an Unger - which was actually D.J. scales' idea. I'll have to figure out which of the other two members, other than Wynne, is Rufus Unger

Of course, the whole Ungers thing got started, when I had Rafe "Data" Unger be the son of Ray "Rex" Unger from Needles gang. I know the other member of Needles' gang is played by the same actor of Skinhead from Biff's gang, so I'll have him be Skinhead's son. Now I have to figure out which one is Hammer and which one is Ox.

You know, strangely enough, I think Marty's Torment 2 is the only story where I really fleshed out the members of Needles' gang.

I think Christopher Wynne was the one sitting up front, with the headset. The other two were in back

Maybe I'll have Hammer be Skinhead's son, as the name go together a little better. We should try to snag a screencap of Needles's gang.

The major reason why I chose to focus on the Ungers, is because we know the real names of all of Griff's gang members - and the actor who played him also played a member of Needles's gang. So I decided to have Rafe's grandfather be the bully in 1946, since there weren't any direct Tannen or Needles ancestors that would be around the age. I guess Skinhead was also called Joey.

Interesting enough, we never hear any of the gang members referred to by name in the Trilogy. We only know about them through the credits.

Can I use Ray Unger for Data's dad?

Sure, that's fine with me! :)

It seems like you and I agree on so many things. Then again, it only seem logical that each of Needles' gang members are related to the members of the Tannen gangs played by the same actor.

BTW, did you read my latest post in the Thanksgiving topic? I'll have the Ungers fic finished tonight - but I found a better way to include Billy and Bobby Winterson at the Ungers Thanksgiving dinner, without making them biologically related to the Ungers. Then we don't have to worry about the whole interbreeding issue.

I guess I like to try to connect everyone together. I finally figured out who Cherry Coke Guy can be. He's the boy (Todd) that takes Betty to the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. Poor Run For Class President Girl will be dead by 1997, but I had it try to try to include her in there somewhere.