Chapter1: Helen Cartwright
In the small town of Bellbridge, London, lived a twelve year old girl by the name of Helen Cartwright. She had many friends who loved to hear her play the violin. She and her mother had traveled many places to show their musical skill. After settling down in Bellbridge, Helen had made some very close friends and had starting skipping rehearsals with her mother to play with them.
At first it was not a big deal, yet she had started skipping more and more often, troubling her mother deeply. Helen often thought about how she was letting her mother down, but she felt that her friends came first and started forgetting about the violin all together.
To encourage her daughter to play the violin once more, Mrs. Cartwright had arranged for the two to play a duet at one of the finest concert halls in all of London. Helen was ecstatic about the news and started rehearsing with her mother once again. This did not last long, however, because her friends would often call Helen and invite her to play during practices. The time soon came that just less than two weeks was remaining till the concert and Helen had hardly practiced at all.
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One afternoon, Helen and her mother were out in the backyard, practicing for their performance. Helen and her mother were perfectly in sync and their song seemed to go on in a forever swaying tune. That is, until Helen's cell phone started to ring. Helen came to a halt and dashed to the table, quickly reading the message and placing down her violin.
"Sorry mum!" She called behind her as she grabbed her purse and ran out of the back yard and out of sight.
With a look of disappointment, Mrs. Cartwright tried to keep Helen, but let her go. Sighing, she looked down at the small calendar on the table. Eight days remained until the concert.
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Helen and her two friends walked down the streets of Bellbridge. The talked and laughed as they swung their shopping bags freely in the air. A small, bluish, cat trailed them, though they paid it no attention. As they walked past a music shop widow, something caught Helen's eye.
It was a violin.
Helen remembered her mother, and for a moment, she could see the disappointed look in her mother's eyes in the widow. "I'm sorry." She said as she lowered her head shamefully. That's when everything went terribly wrong.
The reflection in the window turned to a shadow-like-demonic figure, screeching and causing the glass to shatter. Helen turned and gasped, only to be knocked to the ground by the sheer surprise. Everything around her turned black, with the exception of her two friends (now also turning to demon-shadows) and the other. The shadows' eyes glowed red, the only color Helen could see beside various shades of grey and black.
In shock, Helen did the only thing her instincts told her to do. She ran. She ran into what seemed to be nothingness, the shadows carrying on their chase. Her sprint seemed to go on for ages. Seconds felt like hours to her. The shadows kept with their pursuit, screeching and making other frightening noises. Then Helen's savior came.
A glowing white light pierced the darkness around her, causing the shadows to screech and flee. Helen ran towards the warm, welcoming light. She didn't know what it was, but she knew that this nightmare had come to an end. Or so she had thought…