Prologue

Magma begins slowly spilling from the ground in the middle of a large field. A charred paw shortly follows it, it's fur charred off. The hole gets larger and the magma bubbles out quicker. The being pulls itself from the hole, dripping with the magma. It stands there for a moment before smirking. "At last, I'm free." James jumps up from his sleep, hitting his head on the top bunk of his bunk bed. He rubs his forehead as he lies back down. "That's the sixth night in a row that I've had that dream." He lies there for a moment, coming close to falling back to sleep, but from outside there's a sudden screech of tires followed by a large crash. James jumps out of bed, wide awake now, and runs over to his window. "What was that?" He immediately notices that the trees nearby his house are burning. "Oh no! Mom, dad, fire!" He quickly puts his shoes on and opens his door to run downstairs. His sister stands directly in front of him, wobbling slightly. There's a large gash in her arm. "Jess? Are you alright?" She makes a slight growling noise and swipes at James. He falls back slightly, tripping over his chair. He hears glass smash downstairs. "What's going on?" James turns towards his window and opens it. He hears his sister rushing towards him. He gets the window open in time and jumps out. He looks around for a moment before jumping down to his front yard from his garage roof. The woods surrounding his house are burning brightly. He turns and finds his windows smashed and his sister climbing onto the garage roof from his window. With little idea of what to do, he runs down his driveway towards the street.

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Adam sits on his chair, watching T.V. Unable to find anything good to watch, he stands and prepares to go to sleep. Out of the corner of his eye, he notices a fire nearby the high school. He walks over to his door and opens it. Outside is chaos. The fire wasn't limited to the school, it had spread far beyond that and was quickly approaching the house. He turns to return inside and warn his family, they were already standing behind him. "We need to get out of the house! There's a fire spreading!" His family remains still. Adam notices blood coming from a gash in each of their right arms. "What happened?" His dad lunges at him, hitting him in the face. Adam falls to the ground, confused. His other family members begin to walk towards him. Adam rushes to his feet and begins running in the opposite direction of the fire, unaware of what lurked ahead.

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Andrew sits, focused entirely on the game he's playing. Soon after, he notices out of the corner of his eye that it's just past 3:00 a.m. "Wow, I have school tomorrow, why didn't mom tell me what time it was?" Andrew shuts his T.V. off and goes towards the bathroom to brush his teeth. All of the lights are off and his parents are nowhere to be found. "Mom?" His cat runs past him and into his room. A crunching noise can be heard from the kitchen. "Mom?" Andrew turns the corner into the kitchen. His mom, dad and both his sisters are kneeling on the floor in a circle. Their heads are down, they seem to be eating something off of the floor. "What are you doing?" His younger sister turns her head; blood is dripping from her mouth. He looks past her at what his family is eating. It's his dog. "Oh my god! What is this?" His family stumbles to their legs and face him, leaving the bloody lump that was his dog where it is. They stare evilly at Andrew, blood dripping down their faces. Andrew rushes back to his room, gets his pocketknives and rushes from the house.