Summary: Jordan is a newly out of highschool student who, because of her dads job, has to stay with her grandfather over the summer. But what will happen when she finds that one of her childhood fairytales could be real.

A/n: this is my first fan fic. so go easy on me please!

Stupid fairy tales! chapter one.

The endless empty fields pass, miles upon miles of wired float over head. The world seems frozen, and only after what seems like an eternity does the car movie an inch. Jordan sighs and shifts her cheek to a more comfortable position, on the dashboard. To put it very simply, she really hates road trips.

School has let out for the summer and Jordan (her father had raised (her mom 'died'), has to go stay with her Grandfather.

'This seems a little ridiculous, because I've finished my senior year in high-school, but no, I have to be supervised! Its like he doesn't trust me!" To add to the fact her grandfather seems to be a tad bit off his rocker, at least that's how she sees him. He would always tell her stories about magic, made up creatures, and even other worlds! She was five when these stories would fascinate her, but now there only fairytales. Her parents on the other hand, never seemed to contradict the over spun stories. It was almost as if they believed the old fart! He would go ranting on and on about a other world that is 500 years in the past that is ruled by demons! How there was this thing called a shikon jewel that supposedly had mystical powers, and had once been possessed by some half-wit priestess who went and got herself killed! (chough, chough, hint, hint, guess who that is).

As the family SUV pulled up in the driveway of her grandfather's house she noticed her grandfather watering the flowers with some sort of extension hose. (he's in a wheelchair). He always was in the garden, everyday hot or cold, rain or shine it never mattered. When noticing the car he look up and gave one of those wrinkly smiles, and waved. He rolled the weelchair over to the drive way as Jordan was getting out.

"Jordan! How nice it is to see you again. How you've grown!" he said. She bent down and gave him a quick hug and turned around to get her stuff out of the car's trunk.

'I have grown, a lot, almost 7 inches sense I've seen him last. What was five years ago?' she thought. (Jordan's about 5,6") she had only brought a suitcase full of cloths, a bag with her drawing stuff and her sword. She had been taking lessons with a sword since she was twelve, and now its become attached to her night and day. Jordan studied the sheath it was black and had green vine-like designs covering it. After lugging her stuff into the guestroom, she when back down stairs to say good bye to her father. In the hallway, between rooms, she over-herd her dad talking to her grandfather.

"I want you to show her. She has become much too ignorant and I fear she no longer believes in what we say." Her father said in a hushed voice.

"I will do what I can, but it is her chose to believe or not." Her grandpa said in a saddened voice. "I had only hoped that she would be like you and your mother, curious and willing to believe the impossible."

Knowing what her dad and Grandfather were talking about Jordan walked into the room with a scowl. 'Why must you two always talk about some made up story? And about me no less.' she thought.

"Ah Jordan. I hope you are not to bored here, and I must be going I have a lot of work to do and very little time." He gave her a kiss on her cheek and left. No one spoke until the car engine could not be herd.

"Well now that your fathers gone, what would you like to do?" he asked, with a smile.

The next few days were like that. They would do something in town all day, then come back for dinner and go to sleep. But one day her grandfather had some business to do with the neighbors down the street so Jordan was left to come up with her own source of entertainment. Deciding that she should really get some practice in she ran up stairs, grabbed her sword, and ran to the backyard. After about 20 minutes she got bored, very bored. 'Life sucks, and then you die' she thought. 'God I need a life.' She walked into the woods that are behind the house. 'I'll explore a little, then maybe I might find something interesting…..' BAMM…… "STUPID TREE!" 'How in the hell did I run into that?' she looked around. There was a tree in front of her, but that wasn't it. It had some writing on it. "GATE" Was all it said. "Yeah that was a gate alright. Why in the world is this tree right in the middle of a path way?" she turned around to leave and go home, but her home wasn't there. 'Did I really go that far?' after walking about 10 minutes in the direction where the house SHOULD be she concluded that either she was lost or she was asleep. Turning back around she found her way back to the tree, but she wasn't the only one there.

A/n: how was it? please review. flames are welcome cause they tell me what i need to work on! XD

~thnks~