Chapter 1

Maddox hated socializing a bit too much. She hated it so much she decided to be the hall monitor during the dance.

Something ran chills down her back that day. She knew something was wrong, she could feel it in her bones.

As Maddox walked through the quiet halls, she heard a shuffling behind the wall. Probably an animal in the bushes, she thought. Another step, another shuffle. Maddox peered out the hallway window, jumping back when a hand slammed against the glass.

Just as she was about to run, she saw her curly-headed friend pop up. Maddox reached over to open the window.

"Addison," Maddox whispered angrily,"what's going on?"

Addison, as usual, was up to no good. She climbed through the window and said, "I don't know. I thought I was dreaming, it happens."

Off she went, nothing in her head. She truly deserved a "Forget-Me-Not" award. Maddox continued down the hall, checking the bathrooms. She always got a rush when she caught someone doing a bad deed.

Music and laughter pumped from the gym. Two people were stumbling down the hallway toward the nurse's office. Partied too hard at a school dance?

Maddox heard clash from behind her. Wandering around, she came to the science lab. What the...

It looked like a drunk idiot ran through the room running into EVERYTHING. Maddox shrugged it off thinking someone else could take care of it on Monday.

Too bad she didn't see it all. Not the broken beakers scattered around. Not the pliers from the janitors tool box. Not even the strange pool of...something...in the middle of the room.

She definitely didn't see the two glowing eyes in the corner, watching. Waiting.