"I'll see you tomorrow sometime, okay?" I asked my best friend, Tori. "Okay, whatever Nitana. Are you sure you don't want me to drive you home? It's after midnight and I don't want you to get kidnapped." I just smiled and said no thanks and walked out the door.
At midnight in the late fall, the temperature in Tennessee had to be at least forty degrees or lower. I put up the hoodie on my jacket and hugged myself to try and warm up. I was only ten minutes away from my house when I started to hear footsteps behind me. They were distant so I didn't think anything of it. "Tori, I told you, I didn't need you to watch me. I think I'm old enough to walk home by myself." Whoever was behind me didn't answer and started to pick up the pace.
Before I knew it, my legs had already started to run from the noise behind me. Up ahead, I saw an alley and ducked into it. Holding my breath, I thought I heard the footsteps pass. Stepping out, I looked left first and felt something hit me on the head. I saw darkness start to surround me and I completely blacked out.
I was awoken by someone carrying me. When I came to my senses and started remembering what happened the night before, I clutched the neck I was holding. "Don't worry," the voice said, "I'm one of the good guys."
"Where am I?" I asked. I looked at who was carrying me. He had a scar over his right eye, reaching from his cheek bone to his eyebrow. "In Earthrealm. When I get us where we need to be, there will be a man who will tell you everything." He stood me up on my feet, keeping an arm around my waist. "How do we get there?" I asked. He grabbed my hand and I felt cold a wind around me, then darkness.