Charlie Key stared down at her computer screen, a small smile on her face. She was a very big Harry Potter fan so she watched many musical tributes on YouTube. Today she was doing that very thing. There was a certain character in particular that she wished she could change. This fascinating character was none other than Tom Marvolo Riddle also known as Lord Voldemort. There was something about him that interested Charlie; he just seemed to draw her in, like a spider draws flies into a web until they are stuck with nowhere to go. So she spent many hours watching Tom Riddle tributes, her mind wandering to many fantasies of what she would say to Tom to try to get him to see Muggles and the vast expanse of the world in a new light.
Out of habit, she looked over at her clock on her dresser in her pretty tiny room. It read 2:00 am and while that was late, it wasn't the latest she had stayed up. Charlie knew that her father would seriously punish her if he found out, but it was the only time she could use her computer. Her father didn't even realize she had it. The laptop had been a present from her old boyfriend who had died in a car crash. She still had nightmares from the wretched event. She only wished that there truly was a heaven and that he was in a good place. Of course, that did not fill her with much hope because she did not fully believe in God. Charlie thought there was a possibility, but she spent her time in doing things she enjoyed, instead of having to follow a whole bunch of rules, like having to pray or going to church regularly.
So she spent her free time learning everything she could without her father, Daniel Key, finding out. Her father wasn't abusive, but more controlling. He liked everything his way. And his way happened to be having Charlie homeschooled, away from any teens her age, to make sure she did not run away from him like Charlie's mother. She felt a rush of hatred to her mother. How could she leave her with this controlling excuse for a father? Charlie wondered this for years and years after her mother left one morning, leaving her with Daniel and no one to cry to or to understand her.
The fifteen-year-old shook her head, trying to clear her wandering reflections of her past. Charlie's thoughts sometimes seemed to drift whenever she was exhausted. With that in mind, she hid her laptop under her bed, carefully adjusting it so nothing could be seen unless looked for. As she got into bed, her mind went back to Tom Riddle and the Harry Potter universe. If only she could be in a place with magic, even if there were darkness and evil in that world. Charlie wanted nothing more than to be able to wave a wand and to be able to lift an object, or even duel.
Far away, in a universe away from all others stood a being of raw power. It did not look like anything at all but was simply power. This power, however, had conscious ideas and feelings like any other human. And this entity could sense a shift in a person in one of its universe's. It did not expect this, but even it could be surprised. After all, the power let its creations have free will to choose. It saw the desperation in this child. Even the power saw that she no longer fit in this world, and her personality would be better for another.
The power gathered its magic to help the girl as nobody but it could transport between universes. She would end up destroying the entire world she lived on and herself in the attempt. Once it collected its power, it released it to the girl.
Charlie was sleeping in her medium sized bed with white covers. She twisted and turned in her sleep and a strange feeling built inside of her. She then suddenly woke to find a rainbow of different colors around her, emanating an ancient energy. By this time Charlie was panicking, but the pressing feeling in her chest seemed to try to calm her. The colors swirled around her, dancing as if saying to be calm and it in. Her subconscious mind seemed to comprehend these intoxicating sensations, so her body untensed, albeit still hesitant. The power rushed to her, claiming her as its own. She felt her body get light like she was merely floating on the world's fluffiest cloud.
Then came the weight and suffocation. The sense of being compacted and squeezed down a long narrow pipe became her only thought, but then panic came. She was screaming inside herself, as she was unable to move, for someone to help. After what felt like hours, her body went back to normal. Charlie landed on something soft. However, it didn't even come close to that completely weightless feeling she had undergone some time ago.
When Charlie Key opened her eyes, they were met with not to her own familiar room, but a completely different place entirely.