Hi! This is my third story. I'll finish my others sometime soon. For those of you who don't know me, I have two others that are about Inuyasha and Pendragon. R&R As for now, sorry this is really short I just couldn't wait to get it started officially! Jacqui

From Normal to New

Chapter 1

WARNING: I write like I'm talking. If that annoys you, well, your problem…

The alarm clock rang in Rachel's ear. She flailed her hand around her nightstand and eventually jammed her finger on the OFF button of her alarm clock. Slowly, she got up from bed, but stubbed her toe on the wall.

"Owwwwwww!" she yelled. "Today is not gonna be a good one,"

Rachel was just a normal girl with a normal life, normal friends, parents, brothers, and pets. Yes. All normal. Except school. There was always something strange about MaryJane Middle School. Especially her eighth grade homeroom. That old closet just freaked her out.

So, Rachel got to school, prepared herself for another boring day and just went along with it. There it was, homeroom. She walked in and met her friend Caitlin. "Hi Rachel! Over here!" her friend beckoned and pointed to any empty desk beside her own.

"Thanks, Kate," she said and took her seat.

"How's your book report coming?" Caitlin asked.

"Fine, I guess," she said drowsily. "Eragon isn't the worst book in the world,"

"Well at least you don't have to read," she put on a nasally voice and imitated her English teacher, "The Swamp Unicorns!" They both chuckled.

"Quiet, now!" Mr. Palmer yelled across the classroom. "Let's get started!" He began his lesson and Rachel didn't pay much attention. Until he said, "Rachel, please get the map of Asia out of the closet,"

She got up and walked to the closet. It killed her to open the door and walk in. It smelled so weird. What is that smell? Before she could even blink, everything went black and it felt like she passed out because she woke up again and didn't remember much. Instead of lying on the hard tile floors of room 319, she was lying in hot sand. Because of the burning, she opened her eyes and stood up. She looked around and saw…