Open starter (for anyone!):
Dusk fell around Evangeline Rose, but she anticipated this and, determined to persevere, she came prepared to finish her seeding by light of a headlamp. She was two weeks late getting anything into the ground but that couldn't be helped. She'd only taken possession of the property two days before. Even exploring the forest surrounding it had to be put on hold to finish moving in, though Eva was already quite familiar with it. The forest showed up often in her dreams. It drew her here. Still, she was smart enough to wait until daytime to look around.
A loud snap just beyond the treeline yanked her from her reverie, and she lifted her head, light shining ahead yet revealing nothing... until she saw movement between tree trunks, heard it rustle a bush. It wasn't an animal. Someone must have come around on foot; she couldn't miss headlights coming up the small road leading to her new home.
Eva slowly rose to her feet without taking her eyes off straight ahead of her. Her fear didn't make her voice tremble when she called out, "Hey! Who's there?"