There wasn't many things that I didn't believe in. It was a rather short list.

Sure, I was definitely skeptical of magic, though the always immature side of me believed that somewhere it existed and I just didn't know where.

God was always an iffy subject too; I wanted to believe in Him, and my Catholic religion, but the lesser known rational side of me sometimes made me doubt. I felt guilty about it, since I came from a religious family, but I was young. They understood.

My doubts mostly consisted of me. I didn't think I was anything special. I wasn't ugly, I just felt average. Dark skin wasn't exactly a rarity, and neither was dark brown eyes. Perhaps dreadlocks were, but they were a dark brown too, except the tips which were dyed a blonde.

I was literally a person of brown.

I suppose my name was rare though... Lily Olivia Issac. My family always called me pretty, but I always brushed it off. I didn't feel pretty, so I never really accepted this thought.

I was talented though, I had arrogance in that. I was an artist, a writer, a musician, a dancer, and pretty damn good at all of it too.

I was also talented at gymnastics, martial arts, and trained with swords and archery. My dad was a military man, so I also knew how to take apart and build a gun.

And I was an empath... Okay, so maybe my description of average is a bit relative.

I wasn't one of those normal girls to be fucked with in school.

Still, I wanted to be an animator and author above all of that, and I studied my ass off for it. I had graduated school with top marks, even with my crazy friends, laziness, obsession with anime.

That's right.

I was, and still am, a gigantic fan for the awesomeness that is anime. I had gotten into it around middle school when I was going through a pretty bad time. Naruto, of course, was my first with Inuyasha being the second.

Sometimes being attracted to guys in anime had its perks. At least I wouldn't be attracted to real-life assholes.

Inuyasha was ruggedly attractive. But Kagome already called dibs on that, and even if I wasn't her actual friend, I wasn't about to fuck that up. Sesshoumaru was fucking gorgeous, but cold as an iceberg; at least towards others other than Rin. But I've always had this effect that warms most people's hearts. At least towards me.

But it was Sesshoumaru, the oh-so-wonderful Killing Perfection and Western Lord, so I wasn't going to hold my breath.

And I wasn't going to deal with so many jealous demon females, so fuck that.

Inu no Taisho, the father of one cold, anal-retentive full youkai, and one very hot-headed and brash hanyou, was practically the both of them combined and drop dead god-like in the looks department. Izayoi was so goddamn lucky! Though I did feel bad for Sesshoumaru's mother; no woman deserved to be tossed aside for another, unless she was unfaithful herself or absolutely infuriating.

Although knowing Sesshoumaru he had to have gotten his coolness and venomous words somewhere, and it obviously wasn't from his father. So maybe it was justified.

But I digress.

So, I felt average except on the moments I didn't want to be average.

My personality was unique though, and I had always liked that. I was me, and wasn't changing for anybody.

I loved my family. Especially my mom. She and father divorced a long time ago, when I was eight, and so she raised my little brother and I on her own.

I wasn't close to my father. There was a biological attachment, but that was about it. I couldn't exactly willingly attempt to get close after he made my mother cry so much, after I had become her rock and became a second mother to my little brother.

Then when I was older, he tried to take custody of my little brother for money. Making me believe I was practically unwanted.

Unwillingness to get closer turned to anger and resentment. I was currently trying to learn how to forgive him, but damn it was hard.

It was him who caused my general suspicious reactions towards the masculine gender. That and one other thing….

I digress again.

So I had hit my nineteenth birthday, looking to work towards my Art major…

And then the impossible happened.

"Agh… What the fuck hit me last night…?" I came to with a groan, placing a hand to my face as I lifted my head off the hard-ass ground.

Damn, I had never felt this bad… What the hell is going on, I don't drink yet…

And that was some pretty strong wind chill, even if my bedroom was usually cold as winter….

I jerked my head.

Wait.

Wind?

Without opening my eyes, I placed my hands back down on the ground and felt around.

This was the distinct feeling of grass, dirt, and, pebbles digging into my palms.

'Unless I suddenly have a grass carpet and the window wide open, I'm outside… I'm a shut-in- I mean, not a fan of the outdoors… Why the hell am I outside…?'

Did my friends drug me and leave me outside or something? I wouldn't put it past them…

Seriously. They've done worse.

'I have a bad feeling about this…'

Being the stupid being that I was, I just had to sate my besetting sin, and slowly raised my head off the ground.

'Okay… Now when I open my eyes, I'll just see my backyard or something… Here we go.' I slowly opened my eyes, groaning as the bright light overloaded my poor visual senses, before my eyes adjusted and I carefully looked around.

This... was not my backyard. How did I know?

Well, I lived in Southern California at the time, down near Compton. Compton wasn't very clean, and was all concrete buildings with very shady looking facades. I lived near a pretty clean park though, and our lawn hardly had any grass on it. Where there wasn't dirt on the property, there was concrete.

So I was damn sure this was not my backyard. All I saw was green. Pretty overgrown green grass and leafy, large trees looming above me. And the sky was a beautiful blue, like there was no pollution at all.

No, seriously. There was no concrete to be seen at all. Just beautiful green and blue.

I looked around fearfully, my eyes wide in disbelief.

'Where... Where am I?!'

And so it begins! Now I know this is short, but it's my first time writing a story for an audience, so I'm kinda nervous. Please don't totally hate me if my chapters are short, but I really need to think of content for this! So any ideas are appreciated. Hell, having a Beta would be appreciated. So please, don't be shy. Constructive criticism is also welcome.