--3RD PERSON POV--

What would it feel like to be tied up somewhere you had been transported against your will?

What would it feel like knowing that you're stuck in a room with your best friend and 2 strangers you had met online?

What if you knew one of them was a time-travelling shapeshifter?

That's how Sofia felt after she had made the biggest mistake of her life. Replying to that email.

Tied up to a chair, blindfolded, tied down to a chair while being unable to speak or move. She had been this way for a few minutes, but it felt like she had been stuck here for years.

'Had I died? Was this hell? What had I done wrong?'

Just as she had lost all hope, her blindfold was removed.

"MMH! MMMH!" Sofia tried to scream, but the tape was still stuck to her mouth.

Looking around the room, Sofia saw a figure in front of her. It looked like her, but way older. It was smiling, not in a sinister way, but not in a friendly way either. The figure's hair went all the way to her hips and was let out, and her eyes were the same colour as Sofia's eyes were. She assumed this 'thing' was about 5'9. 

Looking to her left, she saw 3 people, each of them still had their blindfold and tape on and were tied to a chair, just like Sofia was. The first one she instantly recognised to be her best friend, Mikayla, from school, except that she seemed to either be much shorter or Sofia had suddenly grown much taller.

Looking at the second person, she couldn't entirely recognise them, but they somehow seemed familiar. The second person had short black hair and light skin, however, it was a bit darker than hers.  If Mikayla was 5'0, this person had to be at least 5'7. 

She first thought the 3rd person was Alexander Hamilton, as they had ginger hair, seemed to be around 5'7 or 5'8 and was wearing a tricorne, or as she liked to call it 'funky revolutionary hat.' Just as she was about to look back to the front of the room, she realised something.

These people were the ones her friends had described when they accepted to be in her Hamilton book.

'Short, black hair, light, but not too light skin, and brown eyes. Also 5'7.' That was exactly how Jarker described his character.

'About 5'8 in height, with ginger hair and bluish-green eyes. Has light skin, but not pale, and is wearing a black tricorne, with maybe gold on it too?'  That was how Skeeter had described his.

Feeling a sharp pain around her mouth, like wax being stripped off, she looked back at the figure and saw that they had put on a black mask and was holding 4 blindfolds and 4 pieces of tape in their right hand. Suddenly turning to her left, she saw that these people had their blindfold and tape taken off, and feeling her mouth, hers was taken off too.

"WHO ARE YOU!?!"

"WHERE ARE WE!?"

"IS THIS SOME SORT OF MIMIC GAME BUT IN REAL LIFE!?"

The figure chuckled, and with a snap of their fingers, the tape was back on everyone's mouth, except for Sofia's, but the blindfolds had completely disappeared from the persons hands.

"Chillax, let me explain some things." The figure then stared at Sofia. "Sofia, do you know who I am?"

She shook her head, and looking to her left everyone was now staring at her. Awkward much.

"I didn't expect for you to know that anyways... To sum it up, I'm you but fr-"

"WHAT!? HOW!? I'M ME, YOUR YOU, HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE!?" Sofia interrupted, her mouth hanging open in shock.

"It's hard to explain, but I'm you from 2024. Call me Sophie to prevent any... Issues... Anyway, now that that's done, let me tell you why your here." With a snap of her fingers, the tape was suddenly back on Sofia's mouth. "I brought you here to introduce the Founding Fathers, and some extra people, to react to Hamilton: An American Musical, and some more things. I'll explain the rest later." With another snap, the tape was off of their mouths, they were no longer tied to the chairs and Sophie had disappeared. 

Standing up and looking around the room, Sofia saw a huge tv with Disney+ open, and a few couches. On the side were 2 tables, full of snacks; chips, lollies, chocolate, you name it, it was there. To the left there was a hallway with multiple doors on each side, and one door at the end labelled: 'DON'T ENTER.'

"This is creepy as all hell.." Jarker mumbled, taking a step forward and then turning to face the rest of the group. "So.. What now?"

—END OF CHAPTER 1–

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A/N: FINALLY I FINISHED THIS CHAPTER OH MY GOD!

If you have any advice, feel free to tell me! Criticism is fine with me, as long as it isn't mean. 

Thanks to historicfics_101, MIKKI0MI and Jarker, who doesn't have an account on Wattpad sadly, for agreeing to be in this book. See you all next time!

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