Hello there to everyone brave enough to read this. Yup, it's my first fanfiction ever. I only discovered this site a while ago after one of my Twilight obsessed friends recommended it to me. Well, I've had so much fun reading some of your stories, and decided to write one of my own. I hope you enjoy it and would love some reviews! You Rock:)
- KittyKat
Chapter One:
I saw the light of the sun through my closed eyes. Soft grass tickled my cheek and I felt a slight breeze on my face. I could smell the sweet scent of wildflowers and pine. My body was completely limp and relaxed. I slowly began to understand, which meant this couldn't last much longer; my mind was in the realm between dreams and reality. This dream felt so real though…. so peaceful that I didn't want it to end. However, right when I acknowledged the fact that I was dreaming, I unwillingly came to.
For a moment, I believed to be in my bedroom, then my great-grandmother's library. But when I lifted my head to observe my surroundings, I concluded I was most definitely not in either room. In fact, I was not even inside. What the heck? I thought. I stood up rapidly, which made my head spin. Where am I?
I was standing in what seemed to be a perfectly circular meadow. The sun was positioned directly above, and a dark forest, thick with trees, encompassed me. I sat down cross-legged in the tall grass and began to sort through my memories, trying to figure out how I got here…. wherever I was.
The last thing I remembered was reading in my great grandmother's library. My family and I had been visiting for the holidays. I loved GG's antique home, which was actually more like a mansion. My favorite room was her library, where she kept timeless classics, purchased long ago. I remembered sitting myself in one of the plush, old-fashioned chairs and cracking open my favorite book.
After that, I recall absolutely nothing.
I groaned and lay back down in the grass. Is this a joke? Have I been kidnapped? I sat up quickly and scanned the meadow for any potential predators, but no one was insight. What am I supposed to do now? I sat perfectly still in the grass for a few minutes, listening for any sound that could help or direct me, but only the quiet humming of birds reached my ears.
There seemed to be only two options. One, I could stay here, with no shelter or food, and wait to be rescued. Two, I could wander through the forest and try to find help. Option two seemed the best to me, especially since I did not feel like lying here all day.
I approached the edge of the meadow and peered through the dense wall of trees. With a deep breath, I entered. Sunlight fell through the trees to the forest floor and everything seemed much less threatening than before.
When the sun began to wane, I started to panic; I wasn't sure how long I had been walking, or how far, but I didn't plan to spend tonight in a forest. I thought I had been going in a straight line, but what if I was going in circles? Building up a sweat, I removed my sweater and tied it around my waist, wishing I was wearing shorts instead of blue jeans.
Right then, I heard a WOOSH, which sounded very much like a passing car. I stumbled towards it, feeling exhausted and hungry.
Sure enough, I walked out of the forest and fell to the side of a county road. I was relieved, but at the same time frightened. Yes, I had found civilization, but what was I supposed to do? I considered my options again, and this time there seemed to be only one: hitchhiking.
I gulped as I tentatively stuck my thumb to the side and stood facing traffic. Wasn't this illegal? I could be picked up by some creep! But I would never make it anywhere walking, my legs already felt like jello. So, I stood my ground and kept poking my thumb obnoxiously at cars, vans, and trucks as they drove by.
About fifteen minutes later, I got a hit. A truck pulled over towards me, and a burly woman yelled out the window, "Climb in!"
She seemed safe enough, especially since she was female.
"What's a nice girl like you hitchhiking for, now?" She asked.
"Well…. I got kind of lost…." I replied, not wanting to give away how really lost I was.
"Let's take you home, now, okay? I'm Sally by the way. Where are you heading?"
"I'm Sam." I wasn't sure how to answer her question, figuring I would just go where she went, and continue with a plan from there. "Um, what's the closest town?"
"We're about to pass on by Forks. I'm gonna fuel up my truck there."
My breath caught in my throat, "F-F-Forks, W-W-Washington?"
"The one and only."
My eyes bulged in their sockets, and my mouth fell down with a popping sound. First, how in the world did I end up in Washington, when I lived in Virginia! It was on the other side of the country! Secondly (and this was perhaps even more eerie), was the fact that I had just been reading of this town in GG's library….
"Say, y'all right there Sammy?" Sally looked worried.
"F-Fine." I tried to say coherently. "Um, Sally? What day is it?"
"Let's see…. I do believe it's the twenty fourth."
Was that possible? I had been visiting GG on the twenty fourth, for Christmas Eve. Could someone have flown me across the country the same day, and then throw me in a meadow before afternoon? All this made me very dizzy.
"Yes, April just flew by." Sally reminisced.
"April?!?"
"Um Hum. It's the twenty fourth of April, honey."
I was definitely more lost than I'd originally guessed. Maybe I'd been in a coma for nine months…. It was possible. None of this made sense.
"What?!? What year?" I was majorly freaking out.
Sally looked at me like I was crazy, "2006."
This was not happening; I must be hallucinating, or going crazy, because last time I checked, the year was most definitely 2007.
As if to confirm my insanity, we drove by the sign I had goggled and marveled so many times, but never seen in person; the sign welcoming me to Forks, Washington.
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Overcome with an adrenalin rush, overwhelmed with excitement and fear, I almost fell out of the truck when Sally opened the door for me.
"Thanks so much for the ride Sally, it means a lot to me. You were awesome." I presumed myself very lucky to have found such a nice person to hitchhike with.
"It was nothing darlin', you're probably the best hiker I've ever picked up!" Sally responded cheerfully.
I grinned, and we parted.
I meandered over to a metal bench positioned right outside the gas station. The bench was wet from a rainfall that had occurred during my ride with Sally, but I sat down on it anyway With a wet rear, I contemplated what was happening. If Sally was right, I had apparently traveled through time. I couldn't get my brain around this phenomenon, so I moved on.
I was in Forks, a town I'd read about a million times because it was the setting of my favorite love story. Under other circumstances, I would be delighted to be here. But now, I was scared.
I had no idea how I'd gotten here, or how to get home. I considered going to the police station, but what would I say? Besides, the thought of who I might find there also frightened me. Was this really just a time warp, or something else?
I wondered if my parents were looking for me, if the fifteen year old me from 2006 was with them orif they even existed here, wherever I was.
It was almost dark now and time for some action- to figure out where I really was and what was going on. Time warped, or stuck in a work of fiction? Neither seemed very plausible, but I was betting on the fiction.
Yes, I know, "just a time warp." Anyway, if you made it this far, congratulations! I only just realized that my idea is not completely original, even though when I wrote this, I believed it to be. I'll hold your attention some other way then; I'm working on a second chapter which should be posted by tomorrow, and it will be more interesting, (as in actually involving characters from the book). Also, I'll try work on some more interesting chapter titles. Again, I would love some reviews!
