Meghan woke up early, at 6:30 in the morning. Why? She's not entirely sure. Maybe she's just excited. Today's her 9th birthday, after all. She looked in the mirror and started brushing her long blonde hair. She had got the tips of her hair dyed blue as a present from her mom. She sighed and started braiding her hair. When she finished, it looked like a waterfall flowing down her back. She checked herself out and headed downstairs. Normally, her stepdad would be making himself breakfast before he went to work, but he wasn't there. Weird. The dogs weren't out either. Also weird..... She went back upstairs to wake up Ben, her 17 year old step brother. Maybe he would know what was going on. She knocked on the door repeatedly. No response. She opened the door, but he wasn't there. The bed was made, everything nice. She went to Joe's room, he's her 12 year old brother. He wasn't in his room either. By now, Meghan was pretty freaked out. She went back to Caitlin's room in the basement. Nothing. Bed made just like the other ones. She was really scared now. She got the house phone to call her mom. Nothing. The phone was dead. Then, she heard the doorbell ring. She walked over to answer it out of habit. She didn't even have time to scream.
