Prologue: Welcome to Weirdness, Population: Me.

"Corin!" I heard my mom yell. I sighed and left the greenhouse, reluctantly leaving the place I'd loved since I was 9. I wandered over to my mom, hoping that she was interrupting my last moments in my childhood home for something that would let me return to my greenhouse a few moments later.

"What is it, mom?" I asked in as polite a tone I could muster.

"Time to go." The words I'd been dreading. I hung my head, defeated. I really didn't want to leave.

"Alright." I sighed again, wondering why we had to move clear across the country in November, instead of waiting for summer. I looked back for the last time at the home I'd loved since age 5, grabbing a bag with all of my electronics.

"Corin?" my twin sister Allie asked. Despite the fact that I just called her my twin, we're complete opposites, physically. My hair is onyx, streaked with the crimson that always reminded me of my dad and the accident. Allie's is shoulder-length, the color of peanut butter with sunshine yellow highlights. My eyes are a shade of brown that reminds me of chocolate and coffee, while hers are a stormy blue-gray that is constantly changing shade. The only thing we have in common is our parents, but we're best friends.

"What?" I asked, finally tuning back into reality. "What did I miss?" She laughed at my absent minded behavior.

"I said, we're here. Our new home." My eyes widened. Apparently I'd been thinking longer than I thought. Or I fell asleep, again. I groaned, laying my head against the head rest of the van's car seat. Of all places, why Illinois? Why not someplace sunny, like California? Plus, Illinois is so far from New Orleans. I loved Louisiana. I let my gaze drift to the window. A sign proclaimed, 'Amity Park, A nice place to live.' I raised an eyebrow at the name.

"I've heard of this place..." I muttered softly.

"What was that?" Allie questioned, looking at my far off expression.

"Nothing, nothing at all." I replied, trying to figure out why this place sounded so familiar. I glanced down at the book in my hands. A Geek's Guide to the Supernatural. Recognition filled my mind, my eyes widening with realization. Amity Park was, supposedly, the most haunted town in America. I grinned. At least I wouldn't feel out of place here. New Orleans was the supernatural capital of the world, so it'd feel just like home.

"Amity Park, meet Corin Mason."

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Our van stopped at a place with something- A giant satellite? A UFO?- on the roof, with a giant neon sign announcing to the world that this building was called Fentonworks. Odd name.

"Mom, we're not staying there, are we?" Allie shrieked in horror. I rolled my eyes, smirking at her dismay. She enjoys unusual things, but technology is something that makes her cringe. How she's put up with me for so long, I'll never know. Mom laughed at her outburst.

"No, we live next door." Allie and I sighed in sync with each other, mine in disappointment while hers was in relief. My eyes finally caught sight of my new home, a 3 story appartment like building made of ashy gray brick. The door was pale lavender, the windows large with blue shutters in a lovely shade of cobalt. The best part was several vines of ivy mixed with climbing roses heading up the front of the building. I smiled with approval.

"I can work with this..." I said in unison with Allie, as usual.

"Of course you love this, Rosie." Allie said, using her childhood nickname for me. I grinned.

"Yeah." I said, filling with excitement. "Come on, let's explore." I rushed in, leaving Allie behind while our mom gathered all our things.

"Hey!" she complained when she caught up to me. "Unfair!"

"All's fair in love and war." I said, in a truly good mood for the first time since leaving New Orleans. Allie pouted at me.

"The freaky voodoo stuff is completely unneccessary."

"You'd win otherwise." I replied nonchalantly, gazing at the 'Silver Moonlight' and 'Midnight Royalty' nail polish swirled together on my nails.

"Exactly. I. Want. To. Win." Allie proclaimed, punctuating each word with a poke to my gut to make me understand. I chuckled softly at her antics.

"Never." I said, getting in her face. She rolled her eyes, smirking.

"Let's set up our room, we've got school tomorrow." I set up my half while she set up hers. She crept into her sunshine colored bedspread, yawning. I slipped into my indigo sheets, turning out the lights. I stared at the ceiling, nervously awaiting the next day. What would school be like? Would I make any new friends? Would I have reason to use the 'freaky voodoo stuff' that a lab accident gave me? The same accident that... lost my dad. I sighed, resolving to worry about those things tomorrow as I slipped into a dreamless sleep.

Hey, your loyal authoress here. I know there's not any action in this chapter, since it's mainly to set up the characters and the action. I know that Team Phantom doesn't appear in this chapter, but you'll meet them next chapter, and so will Corin. I already have the next chapter planned, and it'll be up as soon as I can get it typed. So, for now, review for... let's say cookies. {Isn't that cliche?} Allie, I don't care. {Your readers might. Say something like cake pops. Something original.} No. I don't care about your opinion. {Yes you do. I'm one of your muses, remember?} Shut it. Before I get the Duck Tape. {No! Not the Duck Tape! *runs away screaming*} Well, now that she's gone, review please! ~Corin