She was a quiet girl with red hair, and naturally had the freckles to go with it.
As unremarkable as she was, freckles notwithstanding, in general appearance, she had recently discovered something truly remarkable about herself that would irrevocably change the rest of her life. It had come to her in a vivid dream, after falling asleep still holding the notes for her school essay on reincarnation. It was during this apparent slumber that it was given to her to know that centuries ago, and in a past life, she had been a powerful sorceress. At some length, she found herself engrossed in a discussion about spells and enchantments and how they can be used, with some unseen second party. More surprisingly, she learnt that these awesome powers were still with her!
On waking, she had real doubts about the validity of these revelations, especially the latter one. It was for this reason, and because she had woken extremely early, that she proceeded to test her powers with a number of demonstrations performed in her room, proving conclusively that all that she had been told was undeniably true. Somewhat shaken by the entire affair, she nevertheless realised that her life, going forward, would take on a completely different direction.
Although it was not at all clear how any of this would pan out, the one thing she did know was that the nasty boy that sat behind her at school, who continually called her spotty and poked her in the back with his ruler, will have a hard job explaining why his few facial pimples had so rapidly multiplied in number and had developed into large, yellow pus-filled blisters.