I stared blankly at the white wall. There was nothing on the wall except paint. The paint started to swirl into each other. White mixed with black made gray. What a pretty gray…

I shook my head. I was losing it! I can't be! I have only been here a day! Cole brought me to this room and went to go get me clothes to change into. He has been gone a long time now. I sighed impatiently. If they weren't going to let me go, why don't they do their best to constantly entertain me?

Cole came back a few seconds later. He held out a white one-piece suit to me. It looked so small and tight, I don't think even a model could fit into it. I decided to have some fun with him.

"So… you going to watch me change into this or what?" I asked, sliding the strap of my tank top down a little bit. He looked at my exposed shoulder and said nothing. He just turned away to give me privacy. I wasn't done yet.

"I still don't think I can change clothes with you in here. What if you turn around and look at me?" He took a deep breath.

"I wont look okay? Just change before you get me in trouble!" I squinted my eyes at his back and started to change.

Okay fine. The suit did fit. But I was scared to look in the mirror. How fat would I look exactly? I handed my other clothes to Cole and he dropped it down a nearby chute that I guess doubled as the laundry chute.

We walked past the front room and I saw again to my dismay, all of the poor souls that worked the conveyer belts. I felt the same pang of sadness I had when I first saw them and would have it every time in the future.

"Don't say a word about it" Cole said looking straight ahead. He knew, didn't he?

We saw boss man and his assistants in the next room over. They were all standing around a big round machine.

"We are back sir". Cole pushed me toward them. I groaned.

"Can I at least be treated like a normal human being?"

"You're not a normal being, Kayley. Your special. And that is why you are here" boss man reminded me.

"Its ready!" an assistant called from the other side of the machine. Boss man smiled evilly. "Perfect".

He grabbed my wrists and pulled me over to the machine. I recognized one of his assistants as Snickers. He flipped a switch on the wall beside him, turning the machine on. It produced green bubbles and started smoking. It looked like witches brew.

Someone I didn't recognize was holding my notebook. Receiving the nod from boss man, he dropped it in the bubbles. I screamed in horror as my beloved notebook melted into black goo.

"This is what you must do, Kayley. Listen carefully. You and Cole will be dropped into this machine after the notebook. You will be transported to another place that you wont recognize. It is your alternate universe. Your life will be like your notebook, filled with your poems and stories, dreams, and nightmares. That's all I am going to tell you. Figure out how to get back on your own".

Cole gasped. "Sir! I'm just the intern! This wasn't part of the deal! Don't make me go with her!"

"Too late! My mind is made up! Now go!" the next thing I knew, I was being picked up. They were counting down from five to throw me in the now black goo. Before I could utter another word, they threw me in.