Tommy was getting ready for bed when something extraordinary happened. Through his bedroom window floated a peculiar envelope, glowing with a soft blue light. It hovered in the air like a firefly, casting magical shadows across his space-themed room. Tommy sat cross-legged on his bed, his red-rimmed glasses reflecting the mysterious glow. His robot toy seemed to watch curiously from the floor as the envelope danced in the moonlight.
“What could this be?” Tommy whispered, reaching out tentatively toward the floating letter. The glow-in-the-dark stars on his walls seemed to twinkle in response, and his solar system mobile spun ever so slightly, though there wasn’t any breeze.
As Tommy’s fingers touched the envelope, it gently unfolded itself, revealing a letter written in shimmering, holographic text. His eyes widened behind his glasses as he read the first line: “Dear Tommy, This is you from the future.” The letter began projecting small, floating images – scenes from a world he could hardly imagine.
“Dear Past Me,” the letter continued, “I’m writing to tell you something important. Tomorrow at school, your best friend Alex will be very sad because he lost his favorite action figure. I want you to know where it is – it fell behind the bookshelf in the library during reading time.”
Tommy quickly sat at his desk, surrounded by hovering projections of future cityscapes and floating particles of light. He grabbed his paper and pen, determined to write back. The original letter floated nearby, casting its blue glow over his shoulder as he wrote.
“Dear Future Me,” he began carefully, “Thank you for telling me about Alex’s toy. I promise I’ll help him find it tomorrow. But I have so many questions! What’s it like in the future? Do we have flying cars? Did I become an astronaut like I always wanted?”
As Tommy finished writing, both letters began to glow brighter, lifting into the air above his bed. They slowly dissolved into twinkling sparkles, like starlight falling through his room. He climbed into bed, pulling his star-covered blanket up to his chin.
The robot toy in the corner seemed to wink its lights at him as the room returned to normal, save for a slight magical shimmer in the air. Tommy smiled, knowing tomorrow he would help his friend, and somewhere in the future, another Tommy was smiling too. As he drifted off to sleep, he wondered what other amazing things the future might hold.