Prologue
The young girl sat in her overly decorated room. Her light brown hair was cut into an even bob, the length was just above her shoulders. Her attire was made up a light yellow, almost cream colored T shirt, and light denim overalls. She sat on the knees, hovering over a crudely drawn picture of a yellow house. Across from her sat a red haired rag doll. She would constantly look over at it, as if asking for approval. Outside her room, an argument began. She looked up at the door, and then looked over at the light pink record player. She watched as the plastic arm reached over the black vinyl record and fell into place. The record player turned on, and the light sound of Percy Faith's "A Summer Place" began to full the room.
Her drawing became more erratic, using brown and black crayons drawing round objects on different parts of the house. The music became louder, and so did the argument. The girl began humming the sweet tune. The music got louder, drowning out the argument, which quickly turned to banging on the door.
"Annie!" A masculine voice called.
"Annie, please!" A softer, feminine voice yelled.
Suddenly, the door burst open, and her father and sister came into the room. Annie's father turned off the record, and Annie sat back and picked the rag doll.
"Look Sister, I have baby," Annie said, holding up the doll.
"Dad, look," Sister said as she pointed to her little sister's drawing.
Her father bent down and picked up the crude drawing. He examined it before holding it up to show Sister, and his wife, who peeked in from the hallway. Annie stood up and walked over to the open window across the room and watched as fire trucks and an ambulance raced past.
The Seattle Sun
January 27th, 2001
Rocks fall on elderly couple's home
The Whitaker home on Chamberlain Drive was destroyed yesterday, apparently after boulders fell from the sky. According to neighbors, the rocks fell shortly after 2 pm, and then stopping no more than five minutes later. The homeowners, 67 year old Harold Whitaker, and his wife, 65 year old Janice Whitaker were found alive, cowering in the basement of their home when the rocks fell.
Local authorities have no answer as to why rocks would fall from the sky. We tried reaching out to Sheriff King, but no we received no response on the matter.
We reached out to Professor Takanashi at Beaumont University, who is the leading Forensic Meteorologist in the country, and asked what could cause such damage.
"We have yet to test the rocks to see if they came from space, but the samples we did receive seem to be earth-bound," Dr. Takanashi told us.
"If they are indeed space rocks, then our next question will be why they fell in this one area, and not everywhere else."
The Whitakers have been relocated to their daughter's home while local authorities investigate.
Rachael sat at the table across from her father. He was a large man of 45, and often ran out of patience when dealing with his daughter; and this was no exception.
"Why did you take her near that house, Rach?" Dan asked his daughter.
"It was a shorter walk, I didn't know the dog was going to bite her," Rachael replied.
Dan furrowed his brows. "You know where to walk. You know Annie gets frightened easily. It was totally irresponsible of you."
Rachael looked down at her hands. "Do you think it was Annie that destroyed that house?"
"Let's not talk about it, Sister."
Annie sat on the floor in the living, playing with the rag doll. She was humming "A Summer Place".