Author's Note: I do not own the characters and the movie (story in line with the movie's story line and plot) from The VVitch: A New England Folktale (They belong to A24). As well as the crossover character "Balto" does not belong to me either and belongs to Balto films by Universal Pictures.

Setting: Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630's. (Movie setting)

Prologue

In 1629, a young boy named James lived with his mother and father in the outskirts of Ipswich. Their home was a few feet away from the town and near a beautiful shore towards the ocean. His father was a carpenter and a farmer and his mother was a faithful Christian and wife to her husband. After everyday's work before sunset towards the evening sky, all three would walked to the isolated beach and watch the waves crashed into their feet staring to the sunset. They were happy, loving and above all, a faithful family to God. However, one day, a terrible thing occurred. A black figure-less creature appeared out of no where and murdered the poor boy's parents in seconds. Since James' parents had been deceased, his home and farm has been confiscated by the Commonwealth leaving nothing to the boy. They came to the agreement that the boy would be serving a family in Andover. James felt more dissolute from his beautiful home and his birthplace. The head of the family, who took him in, William; was a farmer. He was married to Katherine and have four children, Thomasin (eldest and daughter), Caleb (second eldest and son), and the young twins: Jonas and Mercy. The family moderately took James in as their third son, until they treated him as a matured young man months after bringing him in to help with the family. In about two years, William began to questioned the Puritan's belief at the meetinghouse. It wasn't short until they decided to banish the family including James. As the family settled near to the woods, their fifth child came named Samuel. The family were intended to be a hardworking family to harvest their own farm and live out on their own. Another turn of events came, this time affecting William's family. While Thomasin was looking after her youngest brother, Samuel vanishes without a trace. As their conclusion turn out to be a wild wolf took the baby. However, James thought different and was dismissed by the family.