Author's Note- please be aware I wrote this on my phone. in addition, I have another account that I do not have access to :( the username was tarobubblesx .

I am not sure how it would look on PDF format. Also, please excuse grammar errors since this is written on my phone. I do not own any characters except for my very own OC. This is a time warp history. At the end, please read and review and vote who she should work for!! Enjoy!

Chapter 1

The sun was shining so bright that day. Leila Xu was at her university campus, getting ready for her finals. She was studying to become a history teacher. Her parents wanted her to become a doctor but she decided she chose her own fate. It was her life, after all.

"Leila, are you coming to the Taps Star tonight?" asked Meaghan.

"No. I have so much to do. The finals are weeks away too! You should be studying, you little future nurse," Leila said without looking from her laptop.

"Ugh, please. And I heard Andrew will be there," Meaghan teased.

Leila huffed. She had been dating Andrew and so much, she wanted him back for a time. She decided that it wasn't time for a boyfriend and to just focused on her education. Meaghan was her best friend and she knew all of her secrets. Leila couldn't let her friend go alone on a Friday night. She sighed and said, "if you come, I'll go."

Meaghan screeched and clapped her hands. "Great! It is Friday the 13th so get your black dress out! Let's meet at your place in like 4 hours?"

Leila smiled gently at her. "Sure. See ya then." She turned to her computer and finished typing her essay. She saw Meaghan grabbed her tablet and her Starbucks coffee cup.

After a short while, Leila packed her things away and walked out of the campus. It was a nice hot spring day in Hefei, China. Leila was originally from the United States but her parents were military officials who traveled the world. She lived in seven different countries and with that, she picked up four languages. When it came for her to pursue a bachelor's degree, she settled in China. She grew up here as a young child and with Meaghan persistent on living in China, it was a done deal. Her parents finally retired from the military and resided in Portland, Maine. Her father was a cop and her mother was a wedding planner. Because of her consistent travels, Leila was an only child. She was her parent's life.

It was 4 PM. In America, it was 4 AM. Leila sighed and said a few more hours to chit chat with her parents a bit. She looked at her Apple watch and decided to just go home. Since she lived only a few blocks away, she decided it would be good to walk home.

As she was walking, she passed by the old heritage park about the Battle of Xiaoyao ford. It was the quickest way to get home so she always cut through it. As she walked down the path, she noticed the statues and monuments of Lord Sun Quan with his valiant steed, jumping over the river to avoid the wrath of Zhang Liao. She soon passed the statue of Zhang Liao.

"I wonder what's scary about you? The kids still make boogey man stories about you at night," chuckled Leila. She touched the statue and looked at it. Then, she turned around.

The car sirens and honks faded and she heard battle cries instead. Leila blinked and saw an array of chaos right in front of her. She let go of the statue and cleared her throat. Feeling a bit worried, she opened her eyes slowly. She was in 21st century China.

Leila knew that the park was the exact location of the battle. She always found it peaceful but today, something was off.

Four hours later, her mother called her.

"Leila, honey, how are you? How are the finals doing?" her mother asked.

"Mom, its going good. I am really busy but everything is getting done!" Leila cheered.

"Now what are you doing? Do you have a date or something?" her mother joked.

Leila was wrapping up her last bit of makeup. She curled her eyelashes and placed a thick coat of black mascara on. She checked herself in the mirror. Standing 5 foot and 3 inches with long black hair that curled at the ends and cut as layers, her petite frame was tightly snugged in her little black dress. Leila was fully Chinese. "Oh God mom! No! Just going out with Meaghan." Leila said.

"Well, where are you going? Please be careful. It is Friday the 13th." Her mother cautioned.

"Yeah, I will. Just go to the Taps for a beer and maybe some dancing." Leila replied.

Soon, she heard Meaghan's loud voice. "I have to run home real quick. I forgot my freaking heels. Can I meet you at Tapps? Or do you want to come back home with me?"

Leila rolled her eyes. "She's always forgetting something. I have to go, mom. But I will take care. Love you."

"I love you too, my little butterfly. Please call me again when you get home, Mei Xua." Her mother used her childhood nickname.

Leila chuckled and nodded and pressed the red button.

"Hey bitch! I said are you coming with me or not?" meaghan yelled as she came barging in her room.

"Dude, I was talking to mum. Anyways, I will just meet you at Tapps okay? Can you handle that?" Leila flipped her hair.

"so eager to see Andrew." Meaghan laughed. "Fine I will see you there."

The girls departed when they got out of Leila's apartment. Meaghan jumped in her cab as Leila waved bye. Tapps was again a short distance to her so Leila decided to walk. She walked through the park. It was pretty busy for a Friday night. There were vendors selling ice cream, food, BBQ meats, toys, and little tourist facts about the park.

Leila noticed a family, a couple sharing a meal, tourist groups hovering around the vendor with goods, people swarmed with food and there was laughter. She walked further down and a shimmering light towards the other end called to her.

"what was that?" Leila asked.

Curious, she went in investigation mode.

She saw the statues and the monument honoring the battle. She noticed some words were carved out in the Chinese manuscriptsl. Feeling like an archaeologist, she took a stone and decided to rewrite it. The glimmering light grew brighter. Leila thought something was inside so instead of writing, she tried to crack into it.

Feeling like the ground beneath her was falling, she gripped onto the monument stone. The light grew so bright that she closed her eyes. Her body felt like there was no gravity. She effortlessly floated in this time warp tunnel that flashed brightly against her eyes.

Feeling like she was falling into the ground, she screamed. "AAAAAAHHHH!" she yelled.

The next thing she knew, she wasn't at the park. No, she stood up and looked around. She had her purse, her keys and phone. She had only a really short tight little black dress. She took off her heels and walked further down with her Toms. Upon a certain mile, she looked over the hill. There was palaces and a town with entry gates. It was nothing like her old time. Suddenly, she heard horses neighing and running at high speed.

"Quickly! We have to get to Lord Cao Cao with this information!" A man yelled.

Three or four others quickly whipped their horses to mount faster. Leila saw them coming her way and she quickly hid behind a bush.

"I must be fucking dreaming. This ism't real." Leila whispered. The sun was up so she tried to lower her skirt to her knees. "I am gonna die if I stay here. Bring me back home!" she yelled at the bush and the sky.

"what are you doing out here, little Mei Xua? You need to hurry up and get cleaned. You are due in court. And what is this disgusting outfit you have on?" a plump older woman said. She grabbed Leila up from the ground.

They spoke old Chinese but she knew the language. Should I sound crazy or act normal? Why is she calling me like my mother? Leila got up and looked down.

"Seriously child! I better get good money out of this. Your father had to get killed in Wan Castle and I can't afford to feed you. You want to act rebellious now? Especially at this time!" the lady yelled.

"Please, I don't understand how I got here. What am I to do at Court? I don't know how or to do anything!" Leila stammered.

The lady smacked across the face. "Do not talk to your mother like that. You are to be a strategist. Your father raised you well enough. You know his scrolls. Now come on!" she dragged her arm and walked down the hill.

"Please, you have to understand." Leila pleaded.

"No more talk. Let's get ready." Her mother persisted.

Leila tried to recount her steps. How did I get here? Who will I be serving? Guandu is Late Han dynasty or Three Kingdoms Era. Good thing I majored in history… just who will I be serving? The question wondered in her mind.

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