A high school student accidentally stumbles upon a time portal during an archeological dig, leading to a dangerous confrontation with a suspicious historian from the past, and must now find a way to fix the timeline after inadvertently changing the present day.
Protagonist: A high school student who stumbles upon a time portal during an archeological dig; Antagonist: A local historian from the historical period who is suspicious of the protagonist and sees them as a danger to the timeline.
The antagonist discovers the protagonist's true identity and intentions, leading to a dangerous confrontation that threatens to unravel the fabric of time and space.
The protagonist manages to outsmart the antagonist and narrowly escapes back to their own time, closing the time portal behind them. The experience changes the protagonist's perspective on history and time, and they decide to dedicate their life to studying and preserving the past.
Twist: As the protagonist returns to their own time, they realize that they have inadvertently brought back a small artifact from the historical period, creating a ripple effect that begins to change the present day. The protagonist must now find a way to fix the timeline and undo the unintended consequences of their time-travel adventure.