17 year-old Lyla Floris' world is turned upside down when she is hurled into the world of the Elements. With the Creatures after Lyla and her younger brother, she seeks refuge with Aaron, Cam, and Sean at the Academy. But the more Lyla learns about the world she is now a part of, the more she realizes what a facade her old life was, and how she will never be able to return to it.