Hello all. This is Bent. I hope you enjoy!

Snowie

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. I just like to borrow them occasionally and torture them a bit. Same disclaimer for all subsequent chapters.

Bent

Prologue:
Gone in an Instant

Jan. 21, 1994

Ten-year-old Pacey Witter disappeared this afternoon while walking home from school. His friends last saw him when they parted ways at Oaks and Main. His father, Sheriff Witter, was informed of the young boy's disappearance about an hour after the boy was due home. Search parties have since swept the area, but have found nothing. Authorities are asking for volunteers for help in continuing the search...

Jan. 22, 1994

Police and searchers were hopeful that young Pacey Witter would soon be found, but the case took a bitter turn earlier today when the young boy's schoolbag was found in a ditch along his route home...

Jan. 23, 1994

What began as a missing person has recently been upgraded to a possible abduction by a stranger...

Jan. 24, 1994

The search for Pacey Witter was called to a halt late last night as the certainty grows that this was an abduction, most likely by a stranger...

Jan. 24, 1994

Hope of finding Pacey Witter unharmed is fading with each passing minute. The young boy, missing since January 21, is now believed to have been taken, rather then having simply wandered off. Police are bombarding radio and television with descriptions of the boy as his parents plead for his safe return...

Jan. 26, 1994

Reports have been trickling in which suggest that the Witters have received phone calls from the kidnappers. These phone calls are said to point to this being an act of revenge against Sheriff Witter. Revenge for what remains in question, as does what price young Pacey Witter will pay...

July 1, 1994

After nearly six months with no leads, the disappearance of Pacey Witter has been downgraded to inactive status. Experts now believe that it is unlikely that he'll ever be found. His parents vow to continue the search, but many people now fear that the young boy is already dead...