"Mia we have to stop snooping around!!! Eventually Grandma's going to get mad at us!!!" Rowan says, clearly annoyed.
"Oh come on, it's so cool up here!!!" I say. "It's not like they come up here anyway. It'll only be a minute."
"Still... Mia I really don't like this." He says while leaning up against a bookshelf. "It's all dusty and dirty and... It just gives me the creeps!!!"
I look up from the box I'm shuffling through, "Stop being such a baby."
I look around. There's nothing here but boxes and that dusty bookshelf.
Suddenly, I hear a long metallic noise.
"Rowan... What did you just do?" I say slowly.
"Umm... I might have accidentally pulled a book on the bookshelf."
I give him one of my looks. Rowan is a year older than me. He should know how to deal.
"What?!? It was orange... You know I love the color orange!" He yells back.
"Shh." I whisper. Slowly I stood up. Walking so my footsteps would make no noise, I reached the book shelf. Nothing appeared to have changed, but something was obviously off. I examined the rim of the shelf and then looked down. Right near my left foot was a knob.
"What do you say chicken? Wanna find out what's inside?" I ask mockingly.
"Actually, this time, I'm interested." Rowan announces.
I twist the knob and pull, revealing a stairwell.
"Let's go."
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As we walk down the long stairwell it gets hotter and hotter the farther we go. Almost like a volcano.
"Why is it so hot?" Rowan asks, the sweat from his face dripping onto the ground.
"To be honest, I have no idea." Normally I had a solution for everything. I was the "know it all" of the family.
It felt like we'd been walking forever. We must've walked at least half a mile.
"I hate walking." Rowan whined. "Why do we have to walk?!?"
"Well, sir there wasn't an elavator for you to rest your royal bum bum in." I replied obnoxiously.
"I hate you." He says.
"I hate you too." I smirk.
Suddenly, something glimmers in the bottom corner of my eye.
"Wait! I think we're almost there!!!"
I run the rest of the way. That's when I see the door.
It was humongous. I'm about 5'3 and it was about 3 or 4 mes tall.
"That's a big door." Rowan whispers.
"Well, we've come all this way, might as well see what's inside."
I pull the door, but it won't budge.
"A little help here?" I ask, annoyed.
Quickly, Rowan runs over to help. We try and try, but nothing seems to work.
"Come on you stupid door!!! Move!!!" Rowan yells.
"Ugh. This is so stupid. I don't have the foggiest idea of why I wasted my time doing this." I scream.
I walk backwards to about 15 feet from the door. Then, before my brother has a chance to say anything, I charge at the door.
"Mia?!? Mia are you alright?!?!? MIA?!?" I hear Rowan cry, but it all just fades to black.
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Time Shatterers
Teen FictionMia is thrown into a world of destruction and chaos. She is said to be an heir to the throne, along with her brother. For two weeks, Mia must study light and dark magic, and the fundamentals of time and space to be ready for the battle against her b...
