A/N: Right, this is just a story I'd been planning on writing forever. I don't have too much planned out, but I figured I should go ahead and write it out and post it whenever I can. Obviously it is a Dennis lives story since I hate that he died. This prologue is just giving some background information. The first chapter will take place on Allie and Arthur's first day back to school. Just to warn you, the second chapter (whenever I post it) will take place a month later. "Solving Problems" is a working title as I could not think of anything better. Also, in case anyone is curious, I don't know when I'll post future chapters as this story is not top priority, but I will try to get the first chapter up soon.

Solving Problems

Prologue

During that horrible night at the glass house, Dennis Rafkin was ready to sacrifice himself to save Arthur Kriticos. However, when Arthur saw that Dennis would be killed, he pushed the glass aside just far enough to pull the man behind with him.

The two sat huddled on the floor behind the glass and waited for the Juggernaut to leave. Once the fearsome ghost left, the two men saw Jean's ghost. Just when Arthur reached for her, all the ghosts disappeared from the basement.

After Arthur (and Maggie) saved everyone, he piled them all into his car and took them to the closest hospital. Arthur and his family, along with Maggie, were released after getting cleaned up.

However, after the beating he took, Dennis was admitted to the hospital where he would stay for three days before finally getting a chance to sign himself out. That first night, before the Kriticos family left, Arthur stopped in Dennis' room to thank him for all his help.

That was the last time the two saw each other. In the months that followed, the Kriticos family did well. Maggie did leave them, but it did not really matter.

Arthur had managed to collect insurance on the house and all items inside it, which came to a nice sum. Using that money, he was able to buy a beautiful house for his family to reside in.

His daughter, Kathy, was accepted to the local university and decided to live at home, having a new appreciation for her family. Little Bobby still reads the obituary from time to time, but lost most interest in the activity after that night.

Meanwhile, Dennis had gone back to his "home," which was really a room at a motel that people live in that he shared with his younger sister Allison, or Allie. He felt so guilty about almost sacrificing his life knowing that she needed him.

He had become Allie's guardian after their parents died three years ago. Allie is now fifteen years old. She is not too tall, not too short at 5'6" with long, wavy brown hair and hazel eyes. Her features are similar to Dennis' but her face is rounder.

If Dennis was asked to describe his little sister, he would say that she is quiet, tense, rarely smiles, and she hates school. He would also tell you that she loves listening to classic rock bands and reading murder mysteries, and is not psychic in the slightest, to his relief.

Dennis refused to tell Allie what happened that night and told her that all that matters is that he's safe and out of another job. During the following months, he has gone from one mediocre job to the next, his "condition" getting in the way every time.

The two families continued living their lives, forgetting each other in their quests to put that night out of their minds. They never saw or spoke to each other.

Until now.