A young girl, transported to the future, must outsmart a powerful leader and use her knowledge of the future to prevent a dystopian society from ever coming to be.
Protagonist: A curious and resourceful young girl who is determined to find a way back to her own time; Antagonist: A powerful and manipulative leader in the future who sees the protagonist as a threat to their control over the society.
The protagonist discovers a hidden time-travel device in the future and must navigate the dangers of using it to find her way back home while avoiding the antagonist's attempts to stop her.
In the climax, the protagonist outsmarts the antagonist and successfully travels back to her own time, but not before leaving behind a message of hope for the future inhabitants. The antagonist's control is weakened, setting the stage for a better future.
Twist: As the protagonist returns to her own time, she realizes that the artifact she touched was actually a catalyst for her own future, and she must now use her knowledge of the future to prevent the events that led to the antagonist's rise to power.