the butterfly effect;
(with reference to chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
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In which she is sent to another world.
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[Book 1 in the Lorenz System Serie...
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Lightning.
That was her first thought upon awakening. She'd been hit by fucking lightning. Because of course she would be. Why the hell not? It's not like her day wasn't already bad enough, right?
She couldn't believe she was actually still alive. She couldn't believe she had actually done something so stupid as running out into a thunderstorm for some simple schoolwork.
To be fair, it had seemed like a good idea at the time.
Sarah winced internally.
God, her dad was going to kill her.
As Sarah shifted, flinching at the sudden searing pain in her chest, she thought of her sister. Guilt seeped into her as she remembered the terrified look on Harper's face. What had she been thinking? Who knows how long Harper was there for until her dad showed up? She must have been so scared while calling the paramedics.
Sarah couldn't remember much after the pain of the lightning blast. She must have passed out. She did have the strangest dream though. She could've sworn she saw the actor for Isaac Lahey talking to her.
At least she had a funny story to tell Harper. She thought to herself as she blinked open her eyes, before instantly shutting them in discomfort at the blinding flare of the hospital lights. She raised her hand to her pulsing headache, before letting out a groan of pain.
"Hey, dude, I think she's waking up."
Sarah froze at hearing the unfamiliar voice. She assumed her dad and sister would be waiting for her to wake up, but that was definitely not her dad. She opened her eyes again, before slowly turning her head to see a dark-haired teenager staring back at her, a lazy grin on his face.
"Hey!" The boy lightly drummed his hands on the arms of the chair he sat on. "There she is. Welcome back, Sweetheart."
Sarah stared at the boy in confusion. "Who—" she croaked out, before clearing her dried throat to speak again. "Who are you?"
The boy's grin faded into an expression of nervousness. "Yeah, see, about that—"
"Zeke, you are seriously not helping the situation." a strangely familiar voice rang out, laced in annoyance.
The young girl's whole body tensed up in shock.
Slowly turning her head again, she came face to face with the actor for Isaac Lahey.
The actor's expression, twisted into one of annoyance, instantly softened when his eyes met hers. He gave her a guilty smile and reached up to scratch at his neck. "Hey, how are you feeling?" he asked.
