I went through my morning routine, and decided to listen to music for a bit. Long Road Out of Eden by The Eagles was the album I chose. As I listened to it, I reflected on the major events of the past few days: Leah had moved in and I bought The Who's most recent studio album (2006) Endless Wire and liked it (I wasn't expecting to after some of Face Dances). That last one probably isn't too major, but The Who being my favourite band made it feel major to me.

I was on Last Good Time In Town when someone knocked on the door.

It was Isabella.

"Hey Edward, whatcha listening to?" She queried.

"Long Road Out of Eden by the Eagles." I answered. "It's my first time listening to it, and I'm liking it so far."

"Well, it certainly sounds interesting." Isabella said "Anyway, I need to talk to you about something."

I turned off the stereo and turned to face Isabella.

"What's up?" I asked curiously.

"Well, I received a note yesterday." She replied. "But the note's for you."

"What? But surely it would be easier to send me the note directly?" I was confused, but apparently not as confused as I was about to be.

Isabella gave me the note, and I read it.

Edward,

This note is, as you might be expecting, about the event.You may be confused as to why this note's come to you through Isabella. To explain that, I need to reveal some secrets.

First off, I'm from the future. Don't forget that, it's important. All of this is important.

Second off, the event isn't happening. There's still something c

Thirdly, I'm not you.

Finally, I couldn't deliver this directly, because this is a fixed point in time, and I would technically be changing it. This was meant to happen. It's a timey wimey thing.

About the event: I can't give you the specifics, but you might want to listen to a certain album by Jeff Wayne.

Signed: A friend.

"Well, I know exactly which album's being referred to there." I said confidently.

"Do you have it?" Isabella asked. "Because it would be annoying if you don't"

"Don't worry." I replied coolly. "I have it. And I know exactly where it is."

I walked to my room and picked up my copy of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds, which happens to be my third favourite album of all time, and walked back to the living room.

I took Long Road Out of Eden out of the stereo, and put War of The Worlds in.

"Uhh, I'm not sure what kind of music you're into, but I think you'll like at least one song on here." I disclaimed.

"What kind of music is it?" Isabella questioned.

"Prog rock. With an orchestra." I answered. "Get ready."

"Sounds… interesting."

I pressed play, and the sound of Richard Burton's voice filled the room.

One masterpiece later…

"I'll admit, I kinda liked that." Isabella said.

We chatted for an hour, and just as Isabella was getting ready to leave, there was a huge crash!

I cautiously stepped towards the door, and slowly turned the handle.

"Please tell me that's a coincidence." I pleaded, looking out on some kind of alien ship. It had a cylindrical shape.

"Considering what we just listened to, and what the note said, I wouldn't think so." Isabella speculated. "But there's a chance it could be."

That didn't fill me with much hope. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. Answering it, I heard Leah's voice.

"Hey Edward." She said, sounding worried.

"Not the best time, Leah." I started. "An alien ship's just crashed in my backyard. Like War Of The Worlds."

"Yeah… I heard the crash. That's why I rang."

Right then, the ship's lid started unscrewing, making a horrible scraping noise.

"Don't worry Leah, I'm fine. For the next ten minutes anyway." I attempted to reassure her.

"I'm coming over anyway."' Leah hung up, her final statement a signal of her intent.

I didn't want her to be here when the lid fell off. I wanted her to be safe. If a second war between Martians and Man was going to happen, then I wanted to make sure my loved ones were safe.

As I was thinking this through, the ship's lid crashed to the ground.

"You might to leave now, Isabella." I suggested.

"Good idea." Isabella agreed.

As she walked out the gate, the alien inside the ship revealed itself. It's eyes were a beautiful aquamarine colour, but it's body was a mess of tentacles and black flesh. The alien was about thrice my height, and twice my width.

I was starting to slip into a panic attack, only made worse by hearing a scream from behind me.

It was Leah.

"Get away from here!" I warned. "Run!"

"What is that thing?!" She shouted.

"The thing that's about to kill you if you don't get a bloody move on and RUN!" I shouted back.

Leah followed orders, and I ran too, just as the alien was about to fire it's weapon at me.

It missed, but I realised it could destroy the whole street. I decided to warn everyone I knew about the threat, but worried that they wouldn't believe me.

Luckily, most of them had heard the crash. And believed in aliens.

I ran back into my house to grab a few bits, like a survival knife, and some food. I also quickly called Mom and warned her of the alien threat. She believed me, and hung up to continue her job.

I ran back out, and narrowly avoided being shot by the alien's weapon, it instead hit the fence, causing it to burst into flames.

"No, no, no! That can't be a heat ray!" I panicked, running from the monstrosity in my backyard.

Just as I turned the corner to leave the street, a cylinder crashed right in front of me. The shockwave threw me to the ground and I fell unconscious.