Tabither had a good, normal life. Some might even say that it was perfect. She had loving parents, caring friends, an affectionate boyfriend and some of the best grades in the year.

There were those who were jealous, be it for her loyal friends, cute boyfriend or her brilliant mind, they whispered and made jokes as she passed, too scared to do more. This didn't affect her however. Tabither carried on living her life as a happy, content 17 year old girl.

On that day, the day everything changed, it all seemed so normal. Tabs went to bed stressed about homework and weighted down by all the usual teen problems. When she fell asleep, she dreamed of peaceful meadows and a life where she had no worries. Little did she know, she was about to enter a world that was the total opposite.

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Tabs was woken up by someone shaking her
"Wake up Tabither!" The voice shouted
"5 more minutes, Dad!" Tabs whined, rolling over to avoid the brutal assault on her slumber
"Tabither! Get up! You have to go! Now!!" Her dad shouted, pulling the duvet off her bed.
"WHAT!" Tabs shouted. She jumped out of bed, almost tripping over in her haste. As her eyes accommodated to the darkness, she realised it was still the middle of the night.
"Dad! Why are you waking me up!? It's not the morning yet. I still have," she checked her clock, "4 hours until I need to get up for school"
"Tabs. I haven't got time to explain. All you can know for now is that you are in great danger. Grab your shoes and a jacket and meet me downstairs in 5 minutes" and with that, he was gone.
Tabs stood still for a moment. Too shocked to move. What could be so important that her dad had to wake her up at 2 in the morning and make her leave? Then remembering she had 5 minutes to get ready, she hurriedly washed her face, put on her shoes and jacket, grabbed her book (she wasn't leaving without that) and ran out of her room.
When Tabs got downstairs, she found her mum sat in a chair near the door as her dad paced back and forth, stopping occasionally to look out the window.
"Good." He said, looking up as she appeared "you didn't bother changing. It'll be quicker that way"
"Mum" Tabs said, turning to her and looking into her worried face. "What's going on? Where are we going?"
"We're not going anyway sweetie." Her mother said with a sigh, a single tear falling from her eye. "You're the only one leaving. We can't tell you where you're going or why but someone will explain everything tomorrow, don't worry."
"But-" Tabs started but she was cut off by the sound of a car pulling onto their driveway.
"They're here." Her dad said after looking at the window one last time. "Tabither, you need to go now. These people are good. Do what they tell you. They'll keep you safe." He hugged her one last time before going to open the door. Her mother ran over and pulled Tabs into a hug, squeezing her so tightly she could hardly breath.
"Look after yourself honey. I love you so much. Don't forget that" she cried into her shoulder.
"I love you too Mum" Tabs replied, squeezing her back. When she detached herself from her mother, she walked over to the now open door. On the porch stood a man in a black suit with slick black hair. When he saw Tabs, he smiled.
"Hello Miss Miller. I'm Stephen. Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you. You can trust me. We're sort of in a rush so be as quick as you can. I'll be waiting in the car" he announced. He then turned and walked back into the darkness.
Tabs was about to follow him when a hand grabbed her arm. She looked up to see her dad's sad face, his eyes shinning.
"Stay safe Tab" he said, letting go of her arm. He kissed her forehead quickly before pushing her out of the door and into the dark night.

Hi. Welcome to my first story! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm hoping to update regularly but I'm sorry if I can't fulfil that.

I came up with the idea for this story a while ago when I was thinking about how weird it would be to be woken up in the middle of the night and whisked off to some unknown place.

I will get to Tabither's physical description probably in the next chapter so get excited for that (or don't😂) and you pronounce 'Stephan' like 'Stefan' just incase you were wondering. I had someone read this before I published it and they thought it was 'Stevan' so I just wanted to be clear

Thank you so much for reading and please vote and comment. If you comment of my wall I can't reply cause I have an issue with my email verification  don't worry about me ignoring you.

Again, thank you for reading and I'll see you in the next chapter! (Not physically obviously that would be weird)