from the lack of sleep. She rolled over and did not notice the crimson red flower that fell from her hair onto the floor.

The Beginning

Jenna supposed her life was much like any other sixteen year old girl. Her parents were divorced and she lived with her mom most of the time. She had a best friend and attended West Carroll High as a junior. She went to class most of the time and made decent grades, enough to get her into a local college of her choosing one day. All in all, Jenna considered her life to be pretty boring, and that was the problem.
Jenna, a product of small town USA longed to be different. She longed for magic and a life as exciting as those she read about. While her best friend, Tess, teased her profusely, she was an avid fan of Harry Potter and all things magic. Of course she didn't actually believe in magic itself, she just wanted to the excitement and the power to make something happen, something different and unexpected. Something that no one before her had done.
She sighed and grabbed her books on the way out the door, late for school as usual. She gave her cat a quick pat on the head on her way out the door.
"Make good choices today, Chester." She muttered, a phrase she heard from her mother on a daily basis. A phrase that actually infuriated her. Of course she would make good choices. Does anyone really start a day saying, "Hey, you know what, today I think I'm going to make a bad choice, just because I can."
Well, she conceded, she guessed some people would, but not sixteen year old girls that wanted to borrow their mom's car for the weekend. Really, Jenna thought her mom was pretty lucky. Sure she had made her share of "bad choices." Like the time.....