I have completed the first three chapters of an original fantasy/adventure novel called Grace Fisk of Caliphee. It's in a similar vein as Chronicles of Narnia, The Wizard of Oz, etc. and has elements of Harry Potter as well.

The premise is about a 12 year old girl (the eponymous Grace Fisk) who moves to Dubuque, Iowa the summer before she starts seventh grade. She's a very studious and reserved, yet otherwise ordinary girl that has no idea that she's the prophesied Chosen One in the world of Caliphee, a fantastic world with dragons, demons, trolls, and other such legendary beasts and beings.

When Grace is assigned two partners (Melody Ingersoll, an affable, athletic girl and Tyrone Warfield, a somewhat unmotivated, but easygoing boy) for an upcoming American History report, they decide to do their research at the local public library. Next to the library is an old house that has been vacant for several years; in the backyard is an old treehouse that would probably break into ten thousand pieces with a strong gust of wind.

The three classmates decide to explore the treehouse just before they start their research, and Grace finds an inscription that's etched on one of the planks. Unbeknownst to her, the inscription is more than just a mere poem - it's an incantation that activates a rift once read aloud! The three are then magically teleported to the mythical world of Caliphee, where the apocalypse is nigh: There are several plagues afflicting the kingdom - drought, sickness, starvation and the like... the last plague is invasion.

The wise and powerful leader of the Conclave (the formal organization to which all practitioners of magic belong), Archmage Aloysius, tells Grace of the prophecy and says that Queen Imogen and all of Caliphee depend on her to fulfill the prophecy by defeating the loathsome warlord, Belphegor, and his legion of despicable minions.

Being the prophesied Chosen One, Grace is uniquely talented in that she can harness elemental magic - the power to summon mighty thunderstorms, earthquakes, blizzards, and can make it rain fire and brimstone. She can also command beings made of rock, water/ice, fire, and wind.

She is initially skeptical (this has to be a joke, I'm just Grace from Dubuque) but when the Archmage shows her how to summon a little whirlwind, she slowly begins to believe.

Although her friends do not share her gift of elemental magic, they have their own talents which will prove to be most valuable for certain situations (Melody's athleticism, optimism, and persistence and Ty's sense of humor, penchant for playing pranks, and sense for detecting traps). Grace clearly needs her friends because she will despair at times and she needs the occasional reminder that she's not just Grace Fisk of Dubuque, but she's Grace Fisk of Caliphee - the most powerful shaman Caliphee has ever seen.

Magic works a bit differently in Caliphee in that it draws upon an energy source called mana. So there is a bit of a power limitation - a mage or a shaman must rest, or drink from certain sources (i.e. bottled potions, or from a spring). There is also an object which grants the beholder unlimited mana called the Orb of Exuberance, which Archmage Aloysius does task Grace to retrieve as she'll need to use it to face Belphegor (it also enhances the potency of her spells), but it's very well-protected and just obtaining the orb is nearly as dangerous as facing Belphegor himself.

Of course, Grace goes on to defeat Belphegor, and Caliphee gradually returns to normal. She and her friends are summoned to the Alabaster Sanctuary (Queen Imogen's palace) for a very special award ceremony where Grace and her friends are all wearing fancy ball-type regalia, and the Queen personally presents Grace with a special pendant that allows her to return home to Dubuque (of course, the several weeks that have passed in Caliphee equate to mere hours back on Earth). She's asleep in her own bed and when she wakes up the next morning, she finds the pendant hanging from her neck... so it was more than just a dream, and it's a bit of an open ending, leaving plenty of room for another adventure!

I have the first three chapters completed so far - I was hoping someone would want to take a look and provide some thoughts. It might not be perfect, but I do hope the premise is interesting at least!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43528951/chapters/109439581