This is my first 'fic, so please don't judge me too harshly. It took a while to write, but I'll bypass that and just begin the story. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

It's been a hard day's night. Hell, it's been a hard day's night for the past 6 years! It's been so long...my only asylum from this backwards world is the memory of that night…and the hope that I can return, or wreak vengeance on my old enemy.

I remember it well. I lived at my father's log cabin. Since we weren't exactly close to any cities, I was homeschooled. I learned how to fish, how to hunt, and how to tend to injuries, even gunshot wounds (long story.) It was midday, and we had just finished lunch.

"Slow down," my father chided. "You'll get sick."

"Dad, I'm not a kid anymore!"

I scarfed down the last of my food. It was delicious. My father always worried about me. He didn't know the worst thing he could think of was going to happen so soon.

"We're running low on firewood, my girl. Could you be so kind as to get some?" he asked.

"Sure," I replied. I packed my things- A backpack, a revolver and 48 rounds (don't ask why). As I left the cabin, I grabbed the woodcutting axe by the door. I strolled out into the woods; it was beautiful. We didn't have a television, or any link to the outside world, really, so this was all I had. And I didn't mind. The only thing we did have was a flatbed truck. We used it to buy whatever we needed from a nearby town, 'nearby' being about a two hour drive away. Aside from that, we had only the wood we cut and the animals we killed.

I walked up to a clearing and started to collect wood from a nearby tree that we had chopped down a week ago. When I felt I had gathered enough, I turned to return home. But I noticed something…a glint in the air, like a firefly. I turned around. It took me a moment to realize that it was growing. It expanded like a balloon, quickly forming an oval-shaped, blinding doorway in thin air. It was mesmerizing, worse, it was tugging, pulling me in, like a black hole.

"Did it work?" A voice asked.

"I….I-I think so," Another replied.

The pull was getting stronger, pulsing with unseen force. It was draining my strength trying to resist. And yet it seemed warm, cozy, like I was dreaming. I began to slip towards the doorway.

"So, what happens now?"

"We step through, I guess."

"How do we know, um, if it's safe?"

"We're about to find out…"

My footing gave way, and I screamed.

A thunderclap jarred me back to reality, and I got up from my makeshift bed and looked around. If I had learned anything from my time here, it's that these creatures can do extraordinary things. They seemed to be hyper intelligent. They had the same one of their kind appear again and again, as if in a leadership role. They lived in buildings and had complex concepts; school systems, lawmen, and hierarchy. Then there were things that made me think I was going mad. Some had the godlike ability to control storms, turning single rainclouds into raging hurricanes. Some had the ability to call forth mythic spells and eldritch hexes. Some were insanely strong or could outrun fighter jets. I wondered if they had a caste system, ones without powers being underclass or even serfs. I had managed to steal some supplies off them, signal flares, rope, medical supplies, a kitchen knife. Whatever I needed, I took. Oh, I had almost forgotten… they could talk. Not just a few simple words and phrases, I mean full, intelligent, admirable conversation. It was remarkable.

The environment was perfect, too perfect. No marks or signs of war, not a single tree out of place, the sky always blue, and the grass always green. It would be scary if it wasn't so beautiful.

More thunder. I grabbed my revolver. It would be next to useless in a fight; I had wasted 41 of my bullets in the last few years. Only seven left. And I reserved them for my enemy. But it felt better in my hand. It always did.

My name is unimportant right now. But I will tell you my age: 13.

And I will find my seven enemies…and put a bullet between each of their oversized eyes. That is a promise.

Well, there you have it, my first chapter. Sorry you didn't exactly get what you came here for, but I promise you it will get exciting very soon. Until then…