Well, here goes, I had a bit of time that I decided to put to good use today, and using inspiration from my Year 8 English lesson
first thing this morning, I decided to have a go at the descriptive piece of
writing that they had been completing from last week. The task was to write a short piece about
traveling in a time machine to another time, and describing the place where they landed. Success Criteria was all about
using varied sentence types and the appropriate punctuation and leaving the
story on a cliff hanger.
My first problem was I’m not really a sci-fi kinda girl, so I was struggling
for what my time machine might look like.
So, doing the obvious thing; I googled ‘Time Machine’ and had a look
through the cars, make-shift sleighs and tardis’. None of them really grabbed my attention;
this however had my mind crawling with ideas immediately.
(No copyright intended - the image belongs to Chris [Sparco2] on Deviant Art and I hope he doesn't mind me using his awesome artwork as my inspiration this morning)
Check out this link to have a look at some of his other work
http://sparco2.deviantart.com/
So, here you go; half an hours work!
The world went blue as I concentrated hard enough to feel
the beginnings of a warp headache begin to pulse behind my eyes. Changing the time and date to around 150
million years ago, I planted my feet firmly on the ground and stood with my
back against the cold brick wall of the alleyway.
Time started to speed up and I watched the hands spin on the
clock that was perfectly in focus in front of my eyes. Faster and faster, the hands began to rewind
in time and I pressed my hands against the rough brick behind me in the hopes
of grounding myself in both time and space.
I hated this part. The overwhelming
sickness descended upon my stomach in a gigantic wave as images started to
flash past my eyes.
The scenes, along with softened noises and acute smells, disappeared as quickly as they arrived, making
them hard to focus on, only adding to the pressure headache that pressed down
behind my eyes; one I had nicknamed a warp headache, as I only ever felt it
when travelling through time and space.
The icy blue haze that clouded my vision affected all the images zipping past, making me feel
cold, not physically, nothing that was actually tangible; just an overpowering
feeling in my head that made me shiver.
I fought the urge to wrap my arms around myself, knowing that breaking
contact with the wall would make me stumble and fall when I landed in the
Mesozoic Era.
With a thud that reverberated up my legs, I landed firmly on
what appeared to be a parched landscape.
What should have been lush green grass beneath my feet was dry and
scratchy against my bare ankles as I shuffled my feet to gain my balance.
There was no longer a wall behind me, and the disorientation
that swept over me had me falling to my knees for support. My fingers clawed the dusty earth as I put my
head down for a couple of seconds to breathe through the pressure behind my
eyes. I blinked away the blue haze, no
longer in need of the time device until I wanted to leave again.
Looking up from my position on the floor, I scanned the
horizon. The sun was disappearing
slowly, casting a warm orange glow across the already burnt out plains, setting
the edges on fire with colour. Smiling
to myself I made to stand up, locking my knees against the jelly-like feeling
that always resided there after travelling so far.
The air around me was fresh and peaceful in a way that I had
never experienced before living in the heart of a busy city. Where I would normally smell exhaust fumes,
factory rejects and hear the hectic bumble of people milling around, a fresh
breeze carried the scent of pine trees and the faint smell of salt water. If I listened hard I could hear the water
running in what I could only assume to be a river crashing its way through the
valley.
I began to turn slowly, taking in the luxuriously plain
views around me when a rush of hot air on the back of my neck made me
freeze.
Breathing slowly, I turned at the most sluggish pace I could
manage, not wanting to alarm whatever stood over me. Watching the floor carefully where a huge
shadow had completely drowned out my own, I spun till I was face to face with
the creature.
My history lessons raced through my head in an attempt to
put a name to the beast standing in front of me, as if that was going to make
the situation easier to handle. I took a
tentative step backwards and got a full view of the dinosaur that had taken an
interest in me.
My eyes were immediately drawn to the two long horns
protruding from the top of its head and the shorter, stubbier horn half way
down its nose. A loud clicking noise
filled my ears as it opened and closed its mouth in confusion. Flat black eyes peering out from a burnt
orange reptilian like skin roamed my body, trying to sum up my worth as prey
and I took another step backwards, tumbling to the floor in a cloud of dust.
The drastic sudden movement caused the dinosaur to huff out
another loud snort of hot air and it took several shuffled steps forward until
it was stood over me.
Panic flitted through my body as I tried to summon up the
time device to get me as far away from this beast as possible. I took several deep breaths, closing my eyes
to the view in front of me in the hopes of it being a nightmare, but when I
opened them again, it still stood staring down at me.
I tried again to bring the time device to the forefront of
my mind, but I knew better, I had to concentrate hard to gain control, and
concentration was the last thing on my mind right now…
Hope you enjoyed reading my randomness. Don't ask me why I picked the dinosaurs, because I know absolutely naff all about them, lol, but hey ho, I enjoyed writing it!
:) Louby x
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