Madison Williams was not having a good day. She had gotten a D in Social Studies on her report card and dreaded her father finding out. Worse yet, she'd get detention if said report card wasn't signed and returned the following day. [i]Damned if I do and damned if I don't. Joy.[/i]

Her elbow accidentally brushed against a cheap painting of a mountain castle her father had hanging on the wall, and she suddenly found herself falling through the air, landing with an undignified thump. She looked around and realized with a shock that she had ended up inside the painting. [i]Oookay. This is weird. I'd better find out what the hell is going on here, and the castle seems to be the best place to do that.[/i] She walked up to the castle gate, noting that there didn't seem to be any guards, and asked, "Anybody home?"