It felt like a jolt of electricity had been surged through her body. A loud gasp left her as she sat up and her breathing became irregular. It took a moment for her eyes to adjust to the light flooding in from the large windows and the pain in her head. Her hand went to the tender spot on her temple, her eyes closing shut. She was so flustered she didn't even notice the man sitting at the end of her bed, watching her intently. Lia opened her eyes to examine her surroundings and nearly fell off the bed as she noticed the older man.

"Who are you!?"

"How are you feeling?"

"Like I've been dropped on my head!"

"Sorry to admit it but you were."

"That little tosser dropped me?!"

The older man gave her an amused grin and Lia felt herself relaxing around him. But the tension in her shoulders returned as she remembered that she had no idea where she was.

"Where am I?" she asked suddenly.

"You are at Hogwarts."

Lia stared at him for a moment to rack her brain of every place she knew in the UK. Hogwarts wasn't anywhere near Dufftown and she knew this area of Scotland too well to be wrong. Was this some kind of sick joke?

"I've never heard of Hogwarts. Where are we really?" Lia's tone was beginning to turn hostile.

"This place doesn't really exist, you see. It is hidden to those who are not meant to find it but it seems as if this is exactly where you're supposed to be."

A moment of silence fell between them as Lia analyzed his words. She wished his voice and general nature weren't so kind because he was fooling her pretty well. Her gaze traveled around the room to see rows of beds against the walls, stands with blue curtains dividing each bed. It seemed like a health center or a room in a hospital. Except the fact that the architecture of the room was almost like a cathedral with the arched ceilings and the old fashioned black, metal chandelier. She finally came to the conclusion that she was in his lair of some sort. The old man took girls and told them that they were special enough to get into. Her eyes were beginning to fill with tears as she realized she was going to die.

"Look, if I've been kidnapped I'd rather you just tell me or kill me. But spare me the cryptic speeches."

"Rest assured… you have not been kidnapped. This is a school for very gifted boys and girls. The students who go here have the power of magic on their side."

Lia gave him a blank stare, her mouth agape. He was a nutcase who had definitely kidnapped her and now the only thing going through her head was how to escape.

"I can tell that you highly doubt I am telling anything but a lie. Let me show you," the man got up from his seat with grace and removed one of the rings on his fingers. Placing it on the table he removed his wand from the pocket in his cloak and recited, "Geminio." The ring was duplicated in less than a second into an exact copy. A sound of astonishment and fear left her mouth once the two rings sat there next to each other. Her eyes went to the wand in the man's hand; it looked like it was an extension of who he was. It wasn't a foreign object like it was to her. The man handed Lia the duplicate ring to hold for herself. Lia had no words as she examined the ring only to see the details and weight were that of a real ring. This was insanity…she needed to get out.

"That was an amazing magic trick. Thanks for the show," she told him slowly, her eyes never leaving the ring. Swinging her legs off the bed Lia stood on wobbly legs. Slipping on her boots Lia stood up straight and placed the ring on the side table. "It was really nice to meet you and thank you for the hospitality but I must be going. I'm sure I'm already hours behind my schedule." Lia took her coat from the coat rack and held it in her hands. She walked around him and towards the large doors leading out to god knows where.

"It's been days Lia since you fainted," the voice of the old man came from the back of the room. She stopped in her tracks but didn't turn around.

"That's impossible; I literally collapsed maybe 2 hours ago…tops."

"I'm sorry dear girl but time has flown by. The amount of energy it took for you to cross between the wards of your world and ours knocked you unconsciousness for four days."

Lia's breath caught in her throat and she felt bile rising in her stomach.

"I really should be going," she whispered, afraid but determined to just forget any of this happened.

"You are the person we've been waiting for. You are the key, Lia. It's time."

"Time for what?" she turned her shoulders to look at him finally.

"There is only one person who can defeat the evil that torments this world but you are they key that will complete this."

"You are batshit crazy! I'm not the key to anything, alright?"

"There are people who need you."

"Like who?!" she screamed at him. "No one needs to my help! There's only one person in this world I care about and she doesn't even need me. So stop trying to get into my head because it will not work."

Lia turned away from to open the large wooden doors only to reveal bustling hallways filled with students. They didn't stop to notice her in the doorway of the infirmary but she saw them all. Lia took a step back as the crowded hallway was too much for her to handle. He wasn't lying…this really was a school. Turning around to face the old man Lia only have one question to ask.

"Who are you?"

"Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

The overwhelming feeling finally took its toll as she felt herself fainting yet again but this time a pair of arms actually caught her.