[ WP ] A modern teenager is transported into a fantasy world , where they are forced into a quest with young witches and wizards their age . Fortunately , they 've got a backpack full of high-tech gizmos to help them along .

`` Oh no! It's the evil wizard Balthazar! We do n't have the power to stop him, run!'' the young witch shrieked, sprinting away from the terrifying wizard of darkness. Balthazar stood motionlessly, staring me down, as the two witches who had been my companions for the past few days fled in terror. 
 
 `` Do you dare to defy me?'' Balthazar boomed. His voice reverberated off the rocks and shook my bones. He wore a black cloak and a spiked helmet. 
 
 `` I'll give you three seconds to flee, weakling!'' he screamed, slowly raising his arms and preparing a spell. The smell of ozone and sulphur filled the air as energy crackled around his fingers. 
 
 `` Three!'' 
 
 I removed my backpack and scrabbled through it, searching for something that could help me. 
 
 `` Two!'' 
 
 I accidentally cut myself on my knife. It had slipped out of its sheath slightly as I desperately searched. Suddenly, my hand brushed what I was looking for, and I grabbed it tightly. 
 
 `` One!'' 
 
 With lightning speed, I drew my pistol from my backpack, took aim, and emptied the magazine into the wizard's chest as quickly and accurately as I could. I have been a sporting bullseye shooter since I was old enough to shoot a pistol, and I was clever enough to grab my.45 and some ammo just before I came to this other dimension. The wizard jerked as the bullets ripped through him, before falling backwards in a crumpled heap. A pool of blood started to form around his body. 
 
 I was shaken. I had never seen someone die before, and here I was, having just killed a man. In self defence, yes, but I was terrified. I crawled over to the corpse and checked for a pulse. He was truly dead. 
 
 Something changed in me then. I rose to my feet and packed away my pistol. If I was to rid this world of evil, I would have to get used to the sight of death, and soon. 
 

