A/N: Hi there! This is my first story. I am making this up as I go along - I only have a very loose plot idea. OC!Earthling Star Wars Insert, in case it isn't obvious. Enjoy! Read & Review ;p
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That was Evan's first thought as he woke, followed closely by Ouch.
The rocks dug into Evan's back, pressing uncomfortably against his spine. Sunlight, piercingly bright, beat down on him, warming his face and body, visible even through his eyelids. Evan winced as he opened them, raising a hand to shield himself from the painfully intense light. Sitting up, Evan looked around. He was rewarded with the sight of sand and rocks as far as the eye could see, stretching into the distance on all sides of him. How did I get here?
Suddenly, he remembered.
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"… Yeah, sounds good. I'll see you this afternoon? Okay, bye."
Evan put his mobile phone on the arm of the sofa and stretched out across the cushions. It felt wonderful to have finally finished with school exams, forever. He could sit in front of the TV without feeling a nagging sense of guilt, he could see his friends whenever he liked, for as long as he liked, he could lie in bed all day if he –
"Evan Aloysius Clarke! Are you going to laze around on the sofa all day, or are you going to do something useful? Get off your lazy backside and help me with this shopping!"
Evan sighed, and muttered under his breath, "I hate that name."
"What was that, Evan?"
She couldn't have heard me say that, she's two rooms away. She couldn't have heard me say that, she's two rooms away. "Coming, Mum!"
He extricated himself from the sofa, a task made harder by the way it seemed all the more inviting now that he was trying to leave it. Grabbing his phone on the way, he walked out of the living room to the hall. Pausing only to slip on his trainers, he jogged out the door and to the car, the boot of which was open and stuffed with bags full of shopping. Evan caught sight of his mother disappearing round the side of the house to use the door directly into the kitchen, her arms full of plastic Tesco bags. He quickly gathered up four bags and staggered with them to the kitchen door, where he deposited them. How does she manage to fill these up with such heavy stuff without them splitting? he wondered. Evan turned around and walked, somewhat more slowly this time, down the side of the house. However, before he reached the car, he noticed a flash of dusty yellow out of the corner of his eye.
Curious, Evan turned and saw something completely out of place in his neighbourhood, with its manicured gardens, carefully kept green and trimmed. A cliff edge, covered in sand, had somehow appeared between the two houses on the opposite side of the road, which made no sense as the land in the suburb was flat for several roads in all directions. Rocks stuck out of the sand at odd angles, and he could see a yellow vista beyond the precipice that was definitely not what the rest of the area looked like. Rapid footsteps sounded behind him.
"Evan, what on earth are you standing around like that for? The car is over there."
Evan kept his eyes on the sandy cliff edge.
"Mum, do you see that? Between Number Fifteen and Number Seventeen?"
The sounds of bags rustling paused briefly, then resumed.
"Oh, the Lexus? I think belongs to Susan's brother. He's visiting her for the weekend."
Footsteps went past him back towards the house.
"Bags! Bring! Now!"
Evan rolled his eyes and trudged back to the car.
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"Mum, I'm going out!"
Evan paused, but there was no response. He shrugged and opened the door, looking across the road. The cliff was still there, and he was certain that he wasn't seeing things. He looked at his watch; three o'clock. Plenty of time before he needed to get to the restaurant to meet his friends. He could just walk over and take a closer look.
Evan jogged across the road, stopping at the point where the pavement ended and the sand began. He peered at the cliff – it looked solid, and the view beyond remained a desert broken only by shimmering heat haze. Tentatively, he stretched out a foot, and then brought it down on the sand. It felt completely normal, like the sand at any beach. Evan walked forward, until he was about halfway between the pavement and the edge of the cliff. He stopped there and looked over the edge. It appeared surprisingly peaceful down below. There was nothing but sand and rock in sight for miles.
Abruptly a cracking sound tore through the silent air. Evan turned quickly to look at the road, but couldn't see anything. A deeper scraping noise arose, and a jagged line began to appear on the ground between Evan and the road. The whole cliff juddered, and Evan suddenly realised – the cliff was breaking! He began to run, trying to make it back to the road, but before he could take more than a few steps there was an even louder rumble, and he felt the ground beneath his feet begin to fall, with him on it. The wind rushed past him, and suddenly everything went black.
A/N: Let me know what you think! I need all the help with my writing I can get. Reviews will also encourage me to write more ;)