*Chapter 1: Free Horrorland Tickets*

Jordan Vanders, 16 years old, is walking home from the bus stop with her 14 year old stepbrother, Max Hymer. They both live together with their parents for 3 years now. Jordan's mother marries Max's father, and they move into Max's house since it's bigger. Jordan at first wasn't used to live with her stepfather and stepbrother, but then things got better when Max shares his family story with Jordan when his mother passed away. The two never got closer. And they will get closer when they go to a special trip...
They made it to the house and see the mailbox open. Jordan reached for the mail, and saw a purple envelope. She opened it and see that there are four tickets.

Horrorland Ticket: Admit One
Welcome to Horrorland! Where nightmares come to life!

The background shows the ferris wheel, roller coasters, lights, and a drawing of a monster with horns, and sharp teeth. Jordan turned to her stepbrother.

"Max, look at these. Free tickets!"

"Of what?"

"Horrorland." Jordan replied. "Never heard of that place, have you?"

"Oh yeah. My friends been there, and they said it was one of the most terrifying places on Earth! I've always wanted to go." Max said. "Now that we got free tickets, we should go!"

"And look, it says we have a free room to stay at their hotel called, Stagger Inn." Jordan said. She brushes her black hair away from her brown eyes, adjusting her glasses. "Hopefully mom and your dad can take us. They have a free admission to go." The teens walked inside the house and found the father sitting on the sofa, watching tv. Max grabbed the tickets and got in front of him.

"Dad, guess what?!" Max cried out. "We got free tickets to go Horrorland! Can we go? Please?" His father took the tickets, looking at them. "We get to stay in the hotel, go on the rides and everything!" Max continued.

"I don't know..." His father spoke, but his wife came in.

"What's going on?" She asked.

"Barb, look at these. We got free tickets to go to this theme park I never heard of." The husband said, handing one of the tickets to her. "Did one of you guys enter a contest to win these?"

"No. They're in the mailbox." Jordan replied. "I'd like to go."

"Well, we haven't been on a vacation in a while. Stan, what do you think?" Barb asked. "I think we should go on Friday so we get a weekend off." Max is cupping his hands together, hoping that his father will say yes. Stan made a shrug and said that he will take them to Horrorland for a weekend. Two teens cheered, giving each other high fives. Barb giggled at them. "Look at them. They sure are excited." She said.

"It'll be good for our kids to have fun together." Stan said.

Jordan is on the phone with her friend, telling her about Horrorland tickets. Jordan is very excited to go there. Her friend on the phone never heard of that amusement park, or hear anything about it from tv. Jordan couldn't find the website about Horrorland. Is that a new place or something? Jordan found something else in the purple envelope and told her friend she had to get off the phone. Jordan pulled out the map of the whole park.

"Whoa. Horrorland is twice as big as the other parks." She says. There are so many rides, different areas, shops, and there is a hotel, Stagger Inn. Looks like a castle. But there is a picture of a different building that is near Werewolf Village and the plaza. Looks like a mansion. Jordan couldn't find a name of that mansion. Could be a tour of a haunted mansion where monsters come out and scare people. "I would totally check that place out." Jordan said.

*Horrorland*

"Are the rooms ready for the family that are coming over?" A horror monster asked.

"Of course. A little batty told me that they will be coming for the weekend." Another horror said. "They will be in for quite a surprise. The rulers of Horrorland will be happy to have them." The horrors laughed evilly as they are clearing their front desk of Stagger Inn. A cloaked figure watched and listened to them from behind the wall. Her green eyes are filled with worry.

"The family will be trapped here." She whispered. She walked away from being noticed.