Chapter One: The Boy From Nowhere

The boy opened his eyes and tried to sit up. His vision blurred as his head throbbed with pain. "Agh," he muttered, rubbing the lump on his head. He tried to sit up again, to get his bearings, but he nearly blacked out.

"No point in doing that," said a voice from somewhere near him.

"Who is that?"

"Who are you?" the voice replied.

"My name... I'm Sammy," said the boy.

"Sammy? Nice name. I'm Cass."

"Where are you?" Sammy blinked a few times. He was in some sort of forest, lying on his back.

"Right here." A girl's face popped up right in front of him.

"Don't do that," Sammy breathed. "Where are we?"

"A lot of questions today," Cass muttered. "How am I supposed to know where we are? One minute I've fallen aboard, into the sea, the next I'm in a stupid forest with a stupid boy. Ugh, I hate water."

"What makes me stupid?" Sammy asked. He would have been amused if he'd known where he was, or who this girl was, or why he couldn't remember much.

"You hit that head of yours all by yourself," said Cass. "I'd say that comes under 'stupid'."

"Why didn't you just walk off?" Sammy asked. "You could've found some people or something. There doesn't seem to be anyone here."

"There isn't," said Cass. "Look, I couldn't just leave you here. Who'd be here to answer all your dumb questions?"

Sammy gave a faint laugh. "Help me up, would you?"

Cass grumbled, but obligingly helped him sit up against a tree. "How did you fall?" she asked curiously.

"Fall? I didn't fall-" Sammy cut himself off.

"And remember – there's a steep drop at the end of the eastern path. Be careful, and don't fall off."

"Sammy! Be careful!"

Sammy walked along the edge of the cliff, laughing at Mia and Ellen who called for him to stop. "I'm always careful!"

"Sammy! You're going to fall!"

Me? Nah, I'd never-" And then he was falling down the cliff, his head pounding with fear.

"Sammy!"

"It was just an excursion," Sammy said quietly.

"What happened?" Cass asked.

"There was a cliff, and I fell," said Sammy. "I- I died, I think."

"Whoa, that's some pretty big stuff," said Cass. "You can't be dead – you're here."

"I don't know," said Sammy, shaking his head.

"Look," said Cass, "There's got to be a town or something around here. Should I go have a look around?"

"Why are you asking me?" said Sammy with a small smile.

"Well, we're in this together now, I think," Cass replied, cringing. "I mean, neither of us knows what's happened, so it's best if we work together until we do."

Sammy nodded. "Sounds good," he said. "I'll come with you."

"Uh-uh," said Cass. "You're staying there. I'll be back in a bit."

Sammy watched the girl walk off into the trees, watching her ponytail of curls bounce on her shoulders before she disappeared from sight. She came back a while later, Sammy couldn't tell how long, looking a bit more enthusiastic than before.

"Did you find anything?" Sammy asked.

"Yeah, I did," said Cass breathlessly. "Just that way – I found a road sign. It said 'Bremin, 2 Miles'."

"Bremin?" Sammy repeated.

"Yeah, why?" Cass looked confused, though it was hard to see because it was getting late.

"Bremin's my town," said Sammy, "I live there."

"You do?" said Cass. "That's great news! Think you can walk?" She helped him to his feet, which in itself was a great struggle.

But the spots soon cleared from Sammy's eyes. Resting for what must've been an hour or two when Cass was gone had done him good, and he was just about able to walk with help. Soon, they were out of the trees and approaching the town.

"This is great!" said Sammy. "My parents must be pretty worried about me. We should go to my house."

"We?"

"Yeah," said Sammy. "You helped me get here, Cass, so it's only right."

Cass gave an embarrassed smile. "Alright then," she said, and they made their way to Sammy's house.

The lights were still on in the windows, and the car was in the drive. Sammy eagerly went up to the door and knocked. "I don't have my key," he explained to Cass with a shrug.

"Don't worry, Mum, I'll get it!" an unfamiliar voice called from inside. A key turned in the lock and the door opened. A boy was standing there, speechless.

"You?!" both he and Sammy said in unison.

"Do you guys know each other?" said Cass. "I thought this was your house, Sammy."

"Sammy?!" the other boy burst out.

"Who's at the door, Sam?" a voice called from inside.

"Sam?!" Sammy repeated in disbelief.

"No way," said the other boy – Sam – shaking his head, "No way, no way, no way."

"Okay, what's happening?" Cass demanded. "Sammy?"

"No way, no way-" Sam was cut off by Cass.

"Shut up, will you?" she said. "What is going on?"

"You left," said Sammy. "Why are you still in my house?"

"This is my house, alright?" said Sam. "I think a couple of things need explaining to you, and there's only one guy I know who can explain it all."

Sammy looked at him and scowled. "Fine," he said. "Get this guy and explain why you're here. Then, you can get out of my house."

Sam just rolled his eyes. "Mum, I'll be back in a minute!"

"Don't be late for dinner, Sam!"

Sam stepped outside and closed the front door. He got out his phone and jabbed in a number. "Hey, yeah, I've got a bit of a problem."

"I'm not really the one to go to for relationship advice, Sam," said the voice on the other end.

"You and Ellen are alright, aren't you?" said Sam. "But that's not the problem. I think you'd have to see this."

"Are you at your place? I'll be right round."

Sam sighed and put his phone down. "I thought all of this was over," he muttered.

A few minutes later, a skinny boy with a mop of black hair came round the corner. "What's going on, Sam?" he asked. He completely stopped when he saw Sammy and Cass.

"Yeah," said Sam, "It's what it looks like."

"Why are you here?" the gangly boy burst out. "Actually, never mind. You probably have no clue."

"What I want to know is why he is living in my house," said Sammy.

"Well you haven't changed," said the black-haired boy.

"Wait," said Sammy, "You're the weird Emo kid that came to Bremin last year."

"It's Goth, mate, not Emo. I'm Felix." Felix didn't even bother with a handshake.

"This guy said you could explain everything," Cass cut in. "Can you?"

"I can try," said Felix. "It all started with the school excursion..."

A/N: Hey again! I love Nowhere Boys and there aren't a lot of stories in the archive, which is kind of sad. Since I think there should be more, I wrote one! As you've read by now, Sammy is back, and in the boys' universe. Why? Because Sammy was and is my favourite character, even if he's not in season 2 (Well, apart from the boys, of course - Jake is my favourite). But that's not the only reason he's there. Hope you liked it and please leave a review - it really makes my day to read other people's opinions of my work :)

I also uploaded the first chapter of another story today, which is a Once Upon A Time fanfiction with Wendy Darling and Peter Pan as the main characters, and pairing. So if you like OUAT, be sure to check that out too. I had a fresh burst of inspiration recently and have been writing loads!

Thank you so much to everyone for all your support!

Ginger xx