She started as a normal girl with a name she could remember. It was Rowan. She couldn’t tell you when she left that name behind. Or when she just completely forgot it. She used to be popular, every guy gawking at her curves. They were beautiful. Then she found the void. It was just sitting under her bed. The tunnel to it at least. It seemed to just…Appear. Out of nowhere was one way to put it. When Rowan turned 15 was when it appeared under her bed. Or rather a couple of months later. 

Rowan was packing for a trip to DC with her school. She felt a strange tugging sensation. She ignored it and went to DC. The void followed her. Rowan didn’t know it did until she felt that tugging sensation once again on the third night. She ignored it again. She only stopped ignoring it when it spoke in her head. “Come,” it said. 

She traveled down the tunnel for the first time the day after it spoke to her. It was late at night, which made it even creepier. She felt like things were staring at her every step of the way. The tunnel was quite long. Longer than she thought it would be anyways. She stepped into a wide cavern and the tugging sensation went away at last. The void looked like a hole in the ground. Except this hole looked like it had the entire night sky in it. She glanced upwards. The ceiling was gray with stalactites hanging down. A drip of ice cold water went down her shirt. The void spoke once again.