Hi guys, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter in this story cuz here's another! Please note that I am kindof "creating science" in this chapter so all you physicists out there please don't take it too seriously.
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Meanwhile in Oak Town, at 10:45 am on a Friday morning, In Fairy High, in AP Physics…
The classroom was dark, lights turned off and windows shut. The only light available came from the TV stationed on a moving cart. Both the students and the teacher were enamored by the news broadcast that they were watching live. Well, all except one person actually.
~ (Watching the TV) A man of smaller stature and graying blue hair, and wearing a nice suit stood on a stage taking questions from the audience about his latest research on Interdimensional Transportation.
"Professor McGarden, what inspired you to begin your groundbreaking research on Interdimensional Transportation?"
The man on the stage turned and smiled at the reporter before he turned to his powerpoint to flip to a particular slide.
"I have always been intrigued by the peculiar movement of free-roaming particles, on how a particle just seems to faze in and out of existence during its trajectory. I was always bothered by the question of ' when the particles faze out of existence, where do they go?' based on the first law of energy, that matter and energy can not be destroyed or created, I came to the plausible conclusion that the particle had to go somewhere. The question then was where"
The man took a pause to turn the slides, which now showed an illustration that shows two dimensions which were divided by a wall.
"I theorized that much like particles that undergo the Energy Tunneling, particles somehow are able to 'tunnel' through the energy divider between our dimension and another. I believed that if we can harness this energy, we to could travel to different dimensions"
The audience, who were hanging on every word, jumped with question after question. Wanting to know more, needed to know more. The man just smiled again, flipped to another slide and continued to speak.
"After ten years of hard work, sweat, and tears, Ladies, and Gentlemen, we here at McGarden Sciences have successfully transported and retrieved an object to and from another dimension!"
The audience became even more ecstatic, some even jumping from their seats, hoping that the great John McGarden could answer their questions and show off even more of his brilliance. ~
But just as Prof. McGarden was to answer another question, the bell rang throughout the school, signaling the changing of periods. Students rose from their seats in an exciting murmur, animatedly talking amongst themselves about this newest development in science. The class quickly exited the classroom, except for one student who took her time raising from her seat, clearly in no rush at all to get to her next class.
Sighing, Leviana "Levy" McGarden rose from her seat. Being the only sophomore in her AP Physics class made Levy kind of a loner but after the newest release of her father's 'groundbreaking' work, Levy suddenly became the most popular person in the class. Ever since the announcement of her Father's latest work, everyone wanted to ask her questions on it.
"Levy! How did your dad even come up this his idea?"
"Levy, what type of computer systems is your dad running?"
"Levy, do you think I could go see your dad's lab?"
Everyone, from students to teachers wants the latest scoop, the inside access, anything really. At first, it was cool, especially when the most popular guy in school wanted to talk to you. But after a day of it, Levy realized that no one was really interested in her just her dad's work.
Levy finally made her way out of the classroom and headed to her locker where she found it block by to arguing males.
"You have no idea what you're talking about!"
"Well, I have more of an idea than you!"
In front of her locker stood arguing Levy's two best friends, Jet and Droy. Jet: a tall, slim young man with bright orange hair. He was also a Sophomore and a member of the track team, he's been going to states since his freshman year for his sprint times. Jet had an overall love of sports and really wanted to be a gym teacher when he was finished with school. Droy: also a tall sophomore - even taller than Jet - but was much more…. Husky. Atop of his head was jet black hair which had been gelled into a curl. Biology was Droy's favorite subject, particularly the disciple that dealt with plants. Droy had dreams of being a botanist, hoping to maybe research one day at the same company that Levy's dad owned. Levy has been friends with these two since diapers and even after years of rejection both boys still had large crushes on the small girl.
"Guys, what are you arguing about now?"
Both boys whipped their heads around towards the small girl, huffing Jet revealed the topic of argument.
"Levy! Tell Droy that you would never go to the dance with him! You would rather go with me right?"
Miffed, the larger boy turned sharply to the other and glared while replying
"Only if she had no taste! Levy is a woman of science! She's not gonna want to go to the dance with a date that only wants to talk about sports, right Levy?"
Grumbling, Levy just pushed the two out of the way and exchanged her books. If she's rejected them once, she's done it a thousand times. Don't get her wrong, both Jet and Droy were fine young men who honestly cared about her feelings and wellbeing. They really wanted her to be happy. But….. They were boring! Every day, in and out, they never changed, never had anything new. Levy didn't want boredom, she wanted excitement dammit!
"Guys, I already said I wasn't going with either of you 'cuz I'm not even going to the dance. I'm busy tonight remember?"
Yes, Levy McGarden was probably the only girl in her school who wasn't going to the school dance. Not because she doesn't want to mind you. Levy would kill to go to the dance but no, she has to 'help her dad' more like sit there while he works while getting a lecture simultaneously. Not her idea of a fun night.
Levy turned to walk to her next class, a class that both buys also were in. noticing that she was leaving the boys quickly dropped the topic and followed after her.
"Well, was can always go with you to help your dad?"
"That's sweet Jet, but don't bother. You two should go to the dance, have fun for me!"
The three friends headed to class, unbeknown to any of them that after tonight, nothing would be the same.
Later that night….
"Leviana could you hand me that wrench? The one on the left, that's a girl"
Levy wordlessly handed her father the wrench he wanted, all without lifting her eye away from her latest adventure novel. It was a spin-off of Beauty and the Beast, but with much more action along with romance. Levy just fell in love with the story. All her life, Levy had wanted an adventure like that. One filled with far off places, new faces, thrills, and chills, and simply exploring. Levy personally loved languages, she always thought that if - when - she goes off into the wide world, it would be easier to move about if she could understand the native tongue. She already knew 4 languages rather fluently through self-study and she was currently working on her fifth, Danish. She was fascinated by the language, one how rough but the same time pleasant to the ear it was. Currently, in her book bag, there were stored away all the books she used for study, but after her father saw them she had to put them away.
"I don't understand you Leviana. You've been gifted with such a mind for knowledge and you would rather devote your mental powers to learning languages that you'll never even use!"
Levy and her father have always been at an impasse about Levy's future. Levy was a genius, she really didn't even need highschool she could just jump right into college if she wanted to but Levy didn't want to be a scientist! Her father had always encouraged her to go for the sciences, however.
"You could make so many breakthroughs with your mind Leviana, what good comes from being a linguist?"
In truth, Levy wasn't interested in 'making breakthroughs'. She wanted to see the world not stay in her town and take over her dad's lab when he retires. She wanted to make a difference, a real difference, not solve a theoretical problem but a real, current one. She wanted to travel the world, meet new people, see how they live and see how they're different. Heck, maybe even find true love!
"Dad I don't want to be a scientist. I want adventure! I want to see places and meet people and…. And…. find where I'm supposed to be!"
John McGarden paused in his tinkering, frowning he turned to his daughter in confusion. During their discussion, Prof. McGarden had been working on his scaled up model of his current dimensional transporter. With this model he hoped to test the effects of dimensional transportation on larger objects, maybe even people once fully tested.
"I just don't understand why you have to leave to find yourself. You're my only daughter Leviana and I would rather not have you gallivanting through some jungle somewhere where you could be eaten or attacked or killed!
Huffing, Levy closed her book and placed it back in her pack. Turning towards her father she continued to defend her position. As the two debated, however, in the night sky, a storm was starting to stir up. Dark clouds gathered, blending as lightning cracked across the sky followed closely by rolls of thunder. In the lab, Levy and her Father had decided to call it quits for the night, packing up Levy throw her back pack on and turn to leave when it happened.
CRACK
A violent shock ripped through the building as a power jolt of lightning smashing into the frame. The power in the building surged, making some devices go dead while other come to life. One such device with the enlarged dimensional transporter, which was still untested. The power charge from the bolt caused a large power surge to the transporter, bypassing all of the safety features to create a large, human sized, vacuum. The force of suction was immense, every object in the room that was not bolted down was quickly absorbed by the swirling vacuum portal.
Both Levy and her father quickly grabbed onto tables and desks, each fighting to retain their grip.
"Levy! Don't let go!"
Her father screamed over the sound, himself braced against a bolted lab bench. Levy, however, was not that lucky. In her panic, she clung onto the first piece of furniture available, a simple wooden desk. Levy, due to her small stature wasn't very strong physically and was losing her grip fast. Noticing this, Her father tried to stretch his arm to pull her to him.
"Levy! Grab my hand!"
Fighting the gale, Levy looked and saw her father's outstretched hand. Fearfully she out stretched her arm to grab his, but that was what broke the camel's back. Without her second hand, her grip weakened immediately and the force of suction swiftly pulled her in. As she sailed through the air, in a late-ditch effort, Levy's hand caught onto a sample container that was clamped into the machine. But due to her acceleration, her ended up ripping the sample out with her.
"Dad!"
"Levy!"
And then she was gone.
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