When Maria's parents are brutally murdered when she was a child, she is set on discovering who committed the crimes. She studied extra hard in school so she could be done with it faster, and in order for her to be able to find out the murderer. She lives with her Uncle Igor, an angry man who isn't very fond of children. But one day, when she is working on her physics project, her life is flipped upside down and inside out. Literally.