Author's Note:
Hey, guys. This is my first ever Journey To The Center Of The Earth story.
Cast: Brendan Fraser as Prof. Trevor Anderson, Josh Hutcherson as Sean Anderson and Anita Briem as Hannah Ásgiersson.
Enjoy :3
Disclaimer: I don't own Journey To The Center Of The Earth. It belongs to New Line Cinema and Walden Media but, I do own my OCs.
In the year of 1997, a man went missing.
His name was Max. Maxwell Anderson.
He had a son named Sean Anderson, a wife named Liz Anderson and a brother named Trevor Anderson.
Maxwell Anderson was a true Verneian.
What that meant was that Max believed that Jule Verne's writings were actual fact.
He wanted to prove to Trevor and the world but, he knew that time was coming to a close for him when his escape back to the surface failed and, on top of that, the underground ocean inside the air pocket was turning into a big oven.
Max knew that he would have traded it all to watch Sean grow up into a brave and caring man.
Two years later, after Max went missing, Trevor Anderson and his wife Layla Monique Anderson had a daughter.
She was born on July 2, 1999 at 10:45 A.M.
They decided to name her Sierra.
Sierra Marie Anderson.
As the little girl grew up, she was having issues.
Not only medical suchlike her bladder defect but family issues as well.
Trevor and Layla both argued and have came to a decision.
They both decided to each take turns having custody of her.
Trevor was a professor so he knew exactly how to take care of Sierra.
Layla, however… Was a doctor though, yet she trusted Sierra to Trevor, who was generous to take his daughter in and continue giving the love and support that she needed.
Sierra was a cute and clever girl.
She had brown hair and blue eyes, just like her father.
Plus, on the bright side, she had both book sense and commonsense, meaning that she was very smart.
She never got to know her uncle Max.
She has heard her father Trevor and her cousin Sean talk about him but, she never got to meet him.
Sierra had always wondered where Uncle Max was and so far, no answers had turned up.
….
One night, as the young girl was sleeping, she tossed and turned.
In her dreams, she was falling into a portal that led straight to the center of the earth.
When she fell, she landed against some sort of tropical tree.
Max Anderson was on the beach of the underground ocean when he heard…
THUD!
It was coming from the forest.
He looked a lot like Sean except that he had curly orange-red hair.
When he got into the forest, he saw a young brown haired girl unconscious against a tree.
This must be Trevor's daughter. I have always been there for him and now, I have to be there for his daughter. But, since I'm dead, I have no idea how to be there. Maybe within Trevor's and her spirit? Max said to himself as he picked the girl up and carried her back to the cool, beach tent.
He placed her onto one of the beach chairs and began to wait for his niece to wake up.
…
Sierra slowly began to open her eyes.
She found herself in some sort of resort-like beach tent and as she was looking around, she saw Max.
"Hi. I'm Sierra. Sierra Marie Anderson, your niece." She said as she was introducing herself to the orange-red haired man.
Max chuckled.
"I know who you are, Sierra. I was there with Trevor, spiritually when you were born." He said as he sat down by her chair side.
Sierra smiled at her uncle.
"Yeah. Dad doesn't talk about you much…" She said as her voice began to trail off.
Max looked at her, concerned.
"Are you okay, sweetheart?" He asked as he placed his hand in hers and looked at her, with worried and concerned eyes.
"Uncle Max, I never got a chance to know you." Sierra began to say as she looked at him, with tears in her eyes.
"I know…" Max said as his eyes were tearing up.
"Now...I'm afraid that… That I'll…" Sierra said as she was hesitating and breaking.
Max continued holding the girl's hand and looking into her eyes.
"That you'll what, Sierra?" He said, concerned.
"That I'll lose my father since he's interested in what you was interested in, Uncle Max." Sierra said as tears were now dripping down from her eyes.
Max then wrapped his arms around her.
"Aww, Sierra. It's okay. You don't need to be afraid. Trevor has promised you that he would take care of you and never leave your sight." He said as his blue hazel eyes met her blue eyes, reassuringly.
Sierra began to smile and dry her tears.
She looked around.
"Where are we, Uncle Max?" Sierra asked as she saw an ocean and above the thin white clouds was some sort of Earth-like mountain, which looked like an upside down volcano.
"We are in a volcano, a thousand feet below the Earth's surface." Max said as he looked in the same direction that Sierra was looking.
Sierra nodded her head yes, silently in agreement.
"But, where on Earth are we, Uncle?" She asked, clarifying her question from before.
"Well… We are between Iceland and Italy…" Max said as he looked at her.
Sierra looked around, concerned.
"Does that mean that I'm trapped here and I'm not going to see my Dad again?!" She said as her anxiety began to flare up.
Max grabbed a hold of Sierra and held her close to him, just like Trevor would do whenever she had a really bad panic attack.
"Sierra, sweetheart… Right now, you are in a dreamlike state. When you wake up, you won't remember anything." He said as he looked at her.
Sierra began to yawn.
"Okay, sweetheart. I believe that's enough talking for one day." Max said as he began to help Sierra feel more comfortable.
Sierra began to lay back against the beach chair.
Her eyes were beginning to slowly close.
As her eyes were closed, she instantly shot back up, gasping for air.
…
Just as Max was about to go sit back down in his seat, he heard Sierra gasp for air.
He looked at her, concerned.
"What is it, sweetie?" Max said as he was now kneeling down beside her seat.
Sierra looked at him.
"Will we talk tomorrow, Uncle?" She asked, tired and about to slip.
"Yes. Of course we'll talk tomorrow, Sierra. It'll depend on whether or not your mind is active or if you can slip between two worlds…" Max said as Sierra was beginning to relax and fall asleep again.
"Love you, Uncle Max. Talk to you tomorrow." Sierra said as she was nodding off to sleep.
Max kissed her on the top of her head.
"Love you too, Sierra. Talk to you tomorrow." He said as he now watched the young girl disappear into thin air.
Max smiled.
He now knew that he could talk to Trevor's daughter anytime that he wanted to but, there was one thing that he was worried about.
Would Sierra really tell Trevor about what she saw?
(My 100th story on Fanfiction and I'm really enjoying this movie with Brendan Fraser as Professor Trevor Anderson. He's awesome. Anyways, sorry for the late update and please stay tuned for chapter two.)