Gabriella thought she had it all--until terror struck. Follow Gabriella as she abandons all she ever knew to take on an entire new life full of danger, excitement and love. - Dedicated to: my grandmother - Based on true events (IN THE PROCESS OF EDITING!!) **I CHANGED UP THE FIRST CHAPTER AND HAVEN'T FOUND TIME TO EDIT THE OTHER CHAPTERS SO IF YOU READ PAST CH 1, SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION!**

~First draft~: 'Because of them, you children have lived in poverty and in a world of pain and grief. Because of them, your parents, older siblings and friends have been slaughtered mercilessly. We have supposedly made peace but it doesn’t erase the past. Do not ever forget that...’ Lily is a cold hearted, manipulative seventeen year old who doesn’t trust anyone but herself. As an orphan she had to look out for her younger brother and herself and she is well aware of how cruel life is. Lies, death, sadness, betrayal... She has enough of it and so in order to cope with life, she decides to think of it as a simple game. She makes mistakes after mistakes without a care in the world. Well almost. Her little games take an interesting twist when the council finally has enough of her reckless behaviour and decides to punish her...

Dahlia McLean finds herself thrust into a world of magic, monsters and immortals born at the beginning of time. She and her best friend, Troy Flarehill, and his sister, Helen are whisked away to a place where people of her 'type' are. And it is rumoured that at that place, all are descended from a magician who can control elemental magic...