**FINISHED, AWAITING EDITING, WILL PUBLISH VIA SMASHWORDS SOON, only the first five chapters btw**
Prologue
Hello? Hello, can someone- anyone- hear me? Is this thing even on? Damn it, whatever. I can always do it later if it’s not. This is the vocal transcript of my life. This isn’t the same earth you once knew, because honestly? If I haven’t lived it, I wouldn’t have believed me either. The year is 2116, and nearly a hundred years ago, Queen Circe Redd split her soul in half, sending Michaela Redd to take over the earth. She- they- won with ease. Since that day, the day of the Undertaking, the earth became known as the Overworld. Where they came from, you ask? That’s the beauty of it really. They ascended to Earth from Wonderland. Nobody ever saw it coming.
My name is Ashleigh Lewis, and I am going to kill the Bloody Red Queen.
"You're different from what I expected," she said softly.
"How so?" he asked, glancing at her.
"I don't know," she replied, searching for the right words. "You just... have this way of making people feel like they matter. Even here, in this... nightmare."
He was quiet for a moment before responding. "You matter, Y/n. Don't forget that."
OR
Y/n wakes up in the deadly Squid Game, surrounded by strangers and fighting to survive. What she doesn't know is that the mysterious Frontman is watching her every move through the cameras- and she's caught his attention.