[ 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 .

Billy was on foot, waiting for a red light to turn green on the corner of Lincoln and 3rd, when a pit of fire opened 
 under his feet and swallowed his body whole. 
 
 That's how this whole thing *started* for Billy. So you can imagine. 
 
 He fell for miles and miles down a steep, toboggan-like tunnel, watching dark figures of fire and light flashing in 
 front of his eyes in fast, spasming images as he descended. Thunder, monstrous roars, claws and beasts shaped like giant bears and dragons. The whole deal. 
 
 Finally, his feet hit the ground, and then the rest of his body hit the ground, and he rolled over and he got up, dusted himself off and looked around. 
 
 `` God fucking damn it, first that asshole Mr. Trigger gives me a week's worth of detention because of that *bitch* Janice Wellington, and now what? Did I fall into hell?'' 
 
 He did n't *really* think he had fallen into hell, of course. It was probably a delayed effect of the acid he and Sam had stolen from Sam's brother and dropped behind the water tower. 
 
 Then he remembered: did n't Sam's brother laugh at them, later that day, and told them the'acid' was just confetti dipped in detergent? 
 
 `` Holy shit, am I really in hell?'' Billy asked, now looking around with more attention. He was in a wide, 
 cavernous-style room lit by torches encrusted on the circular walls all around. Looking up, Billy did n't see any ceiling or exit – the darkness just kept on going upwards, seemingly to no end. 
 
 He scratched his head. I mean, he was a bad kid, he knew it. Every teacher said so. Hell, his own mother had once told him, upon finding out he had draped the whole house in plastic bubble and played'madhouse' with his friends, that he was the worst thing that had ever happened to her life since his father. It got so bad he once actually found, in his mother's search history, the term: *'Abortion after birth legal?'* 
 
 So there was that. 
 
 But come on! He did n't deserve to go to hell! At least not yet! The Devil should at least wait until the naughty kids die to snatch their souls, right? 
 
 Billy was in the middle of pondering all these variables when a jolt of energy blasted from the darkness above, and 
 then another and then another. Where they had hit, on the ground, three figures now stood – two boys and one 
 girl, all in their early teens. 
 
 `` Oh, cool, you guys were sent to hell too,'' Billy tried. `` What did you –'' 
 
 He shut up then, because one of the boys pulled his hand backwards and, in God-damned Hadouken style, blasted the other boy with a beam of fire. The other boy crossed his arms and shielded himself from the stream of flames, his body pushing backwards as his feet tried to hold on against the rocky ground. 
 
 `` It's not working, Paz!'' The girl screamed. `` We got ta try some -- - who the fuck are you?'' She stopped her eyes on Billy. 
 
 `` I'm fucking Billy,'' Billy said. `` Why the fuck does your friend has fire coming out of his –'' 
 
 `` Get down!'' 
 
 Billy looked just in time to see the fire ball glowing and spinning fast in his direction. He ducked, and the ball exploded against the faraway wall with a bang. The boy who threw it was now towering eight feet high, and was 
 no longer a boy, but rather a big bulky red demon-like creature, with horns and shit. Like if someone painted Dwayne Johnson red. And gave him horns. And a demonic face. And added another feet to his height. 
 
 This dude was big, is the point. 
 
 `` He's too strong!'' The boy who was still a boy cried. `` We ca n't defeat him, Lilith!'' 
 
 The creature turned to the girl and took a wall-rattling step towards her. 
 
 `` Wait. You guys wan na blow this dude up?'' Billy asked, frowning and pointing at the creature. 
 
 `` He's one of the most powerful demons of the Lower Levels!'' The girl yelled, stepping back as the creature headed 
 towards her. `` He's too strong! He blocks every one of our powers!'' 
 
 Billy took a step forward. He pulled his backpack upfront to his chest, fished inside and grabbed what he was looking for. `` Hey! Hey, Meatball dude!'' 
 
 The demon turned back. It let out a low grunt, and smoke oozed from its nostrils. 
 
 `` Know that this is?'' Billy asked, holding the cylinder in his hand. `` Banned in forty seven states. Strongest shit 
 ever. We buy it every fourth of July with fake IDs.'' 
 
 The demon stepped towards Billy, a mix of anger and confusion in its face. It lowered its head. Then it opened its mouth wide and growled a deep, terrifying growl. 
 
 And Billy took the chance. He fished into his pockets for his lighter, lit the Komodo Blast 5000, the most powerful 
 single-explosion firework in the world ( incidentally, the same one Billy had used in fourth grade to divert attention 
 from Mr. Thompson while Sam stole the answer sheet for the upcoming Math test from his office ) and threw it straight into the demon's mouth. 
 
 The demon closed its jaw and looked confused for a second. Billy looked past the demon at the boy and girl 
 behind. 
 
 `` If I was you I'd cover my ears right about –'' BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM! 
 
 Billy was thrown from his feet. When he came to his senses, he got up and scanned the place. On the opposite side of the room, the boy and girl were also getting up, dazed and charcoal-covered. 
 
 `` I mean it's strong, but it's not supposed to be *that* strong,'' Billy said, impressed. In front of him, what once was the red meatball demon was now a puddle of blood and fire. 
 
 The girl took fast steps towards Billy and stopped, a mesmerized look on her face. `` You just took down the Fire 
 Demon of the Lower Levels,'' she whispered. `` How the hell did you do that?'' 
 
 Billy shrugged. `` You should have seen what I did with the second floor toilet back in my school.'' 
 
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 *Thanks for reading! * 
 
 *You should also check out [ Lilith ] ( https: //www.reddit.com/r/psycho_alpaca/comments/4l2hw8/read_lilith_from_the_top_over_here/ ), the novel I've been working on set in the same universe of this story. It follows an older Lilith ( daughter of Satan and the girl featured in this story ) navigating an exchange program on Earth as a freshman student at UCLA. And fighting demons. That too. *
