Prologue
You know, you're really lucky. Yeah, I'm talking to you. Have you ever met someone as different, as incredibly out-casted, as me? No, I thought so.
Okay, so this is really dangerous for me, considering the amount of trouble I can get into with my dad. He doesn't like me talking to people who don't really know me. But, since I'm here, and I'm gonna tell you my story no matter what, you'll know me within no time.
My name is Serena, but I go by S. Just S. I'm fourteen years old, and I live with my dad, who I just call Dad. But, that's pretty obvious, isn't it?
The perk to living with Dad is that I get spoiled to death, even though I don't ask for much. The downside, he keeps me hidden away in our own little corner of the world. Literally. I'm not talking about being grounded for a month with no friends, no cell phone, no computer, and no T.V. I'm talking I have to be chained to the house when I go outside. I'm talking I live in a dome of trees that no one can see through. I'm also talking majique get-aways if anyone sees me traveling with him.
He's protective of me. I don't know why, but that's just the way it is. Trust me, I've asked him why no one can know about me, but all he says is that I'm too special to be exposed to the Outsiders (that would be you). I think it's because majique is just so rare these days, and if I showed my majique to other people, they would bombard me with requests that could only be fulfilled majiquely.
I can tell my father means well, but… I don't like it, shut up all day with nothing to do, no connection to the outside world.
But, I love him, and I don't wanna break his heart if I left and got hurt.
He lets me out sometimes, like I said before, traveling with him. But even then, I have to stay away from people. Normally, I just cast an invisibility charm on myself, super beginner, but sometimes I don't.
This story, one caused by an idiotic mistake made by yours truly, is about when I didn't