Beta read by Ranranami

All Comes Crashing Down

The Sue

I'm driving along, heading to Santa Cruz in California...the place 'The Lost Boys' was filmed! Who wouldn't be excited? It's summer vacation, and I'm meeting my friends there. We've planned this all year, and my parents even got me a car. It's just a plain old one, boring, not even a nice color. It's brown. A brown Toyota...that's like...not even a real car.

Now, me? I'm just too plain. To go along with the car. My chocolate-covered hair has a slight wave to it that curls down at the ends to frame my heart-shaped face, and in the sun it shines with natural red highlights. My lips are full, but just not as full as I'd like. I'm pail, cause I don't go out too much. Sadly, my eyes are a regular old boring shade of hazel.

I'm wearing a tight light grey t-shirt that reads: 'I only Date Vampires', and a pair of tight hip-hugging jeans, just low enough to show off my waistline and belly button. At least I've got a decent figure.

My name is Lenore Crystal Autumn. I prefer to be called Autumn. I hate my first name...it's so weird. I can't believe my parents named me that!

My parents are just clueless. Maybe they mean well, but they're just...so...oblivious...they just don't understand. They're mean. They don't like me to go anywhere, always want me back by ten, and I can't even go over to a friend's house unless they know. They're so controlling, and it's a miracle I was even able to convince them to let me go on this trip in the dumb car they bought me.

Welcome to Wonderland

I knew something was up when I pulled into the gas station to fill up. I passed the 'Welcome to Santa Carla' sign, and as much as that excited me...I knew it couldn't be real. It wasn't a real billboard, it was only in the movie.

"Um, hey...where am I? I'm a little lost," I ask the store clerk, putting my my best meek little girl face I can muster. It lights up when he says Santa Carla. I'm sure I must have confused him, because he gives me the strangest look at my excitement.

Somehow, some way, I've actually entered the world of the Lost Boys! Oh, this is so great! Maybe I can change what happens to them? But...how? How do I save my favorite group of vampires, and will one of them fall for me? Maybe...all of them? I'm sure I can help...and warn them about Star and Michael. I make a sour face, just thinking about those two; I hate them. They caused the boy's deaths, and the boys need to know they're going to be betrayed.

I wonder what part of the movie I've entered. I'm guessing it's before their deaths, but is it the very beginning? The middle? Maybe just right before they get offed? I ponder this as I giddily hop into my car. I have the chance no one else has; I can save the boys, get rid of Mike and Star, and me and the others can live happily ever after. Just...how do I approach them? I'm not stupid. I know they kill to survive, and they're probably pretty protective of their little secret.

The Boys

The boardwalk is just like in the movie: full of people and laughing kids running around everywhere. I take it all in. This is better than just seeing it in Santa Cruz, cause this is actually Santa Carla. There's no doubt. Everything that mentions the city has the words scrawled on it.

I look over to the beach. No show tonight. So it must be before or right after the moment Mike sees Star. I keep walking along, and then my breath catches in my chest. I can see them by the railing in front of the sun shop, just...hanging out on their bikes. They don't look like they're talking too much...and then it happens. They notice me. We watch each other. Paul seems to turn his head sideways with a funny expression on his face, and I giggle.

I take in a deep breath and start to head towards them. I'm not sure where I'll even begin, but I know I'll have too soon, before it's too late.