It was a stormy day, in the early hours of April 15, 1999, as the Chipmunks and Chipettes were preparing for school, and as usual, Alvin was causing a ton of trouble. The thunder and lightning rumbled the Seville residence, as if an earthquake had struck the house, causing Theodore to hide under the couch cushions. The storm had even startled Simon, who was normally not afraid of thunder or lightning, but something about this storm didn't seem right.

"Alvin, would you please stop!", Brittany exclaimed, trying to calm the crazed chipmunk.

"Never!", he shouted back.

"Ugh! You are so immature!"

"Wow, Britt! You just barely figured that out!?"

Brittany ignored Alvin, rolling her sky-blue eyes at him, returning to doing her hair. While doing her hair, Brittany heard a voice, but not just any kind of voice; the voice was grim, with an ominous tone to it. Brittany looked around, wondering if had been one of her sister's, but there was nobody else, causing Brittany to get scared.

"Hello?" said Brittany.

There was no response, so Brittany returned to doing her hair, still a bit petrified from the voice she had heard. When she was done with her hair, she went to breakfast. At breakfast, she felt as if she were being watched by someone, or something, and suddenly felt like she shouldn't go to school today, so she confronted Dave, hoping not to sound crazy.

"Dave," she said.

"Yes, Brittany," replied Dave.

"I'm not sure if I want to go to school today."

"Why not?"

She didn't want to mention the voice she had heard, so she made something up.

"I don't feel well," she said.

"How are you going to make the cheerleading squad, if you don't?" replied Dave.

"I'm just not sure, Dave."

"You need to go to school, Brittany. You need to catch up on your grades."

Brittany sighed. "Okay, Dave. I'll go."

"Good, Brittany."

Brittany finished her breakfast, along with the Chipmunks and her sister's, into a day that she would never forget.

That school day was terrible; Brittany was teased, picked on, and even laughed at for the dumbest reasons, some of which include, keeping her hair in a particular place, constantly redoing her nails, and losing her pencils. Something else that happened at school that day was, she left her after-school activity clothes in her closet. It was Brittany's worst day of school, ever, and she was glad when it was over, because she just wanted to get away from West Eastman High School, as far as possible.

After school was over for the day, Brittany asked Dave if she could hang out with her friend's. Seeing Brittany was under a lot of stress, Dave allowed her, as long as she was home for dinner at 8:30 pm. While at her friend's house, she listened to music, had a karaoke competition, which Brittany dominated in, naturally, and gave beauty tips to one another. When it was time for her to leave, she asked for a ride, unaware of what had happened, earlier that day. When she walked in, dinner was already on the table, and everyone had started eating.

"Hey Britt," Alvin said, as she walked in the door.

"Hey Alvin," she replied. "Dave, can you put my dinner in the fridge? I'm going to take a bath and relax for a while."

"Of course, Brittany" said Dave. "Take your time."

"Thanks, Dave," she replied.

As Brittany turned to go bath, everybody swore they saw something follow her.

Brittany proceeded to the bathroom, shedding her clothing, and tossing them onto the floor. She turned on the water, adjusting it to a decent temperature, even adding her favorite lavender scented bubble bath, allowed the water to fill up to a certain level, due to her being small. Once the water was filled to her level, she shut the water off, and hopped into the large bathtub, settling under the warm water. Her nerves were immediately calmed, and she forgot all about that terrible day. Brittany lowered her entire upper body under the water, and peeped her eyes shut. She felt so much better, but that was all about to change.

Brittany opened her eyes, only to be horrified; the water was now, blood, and it was pitch black. She also started to hear strange voices again, only they were in a demonic tone, this time. She started to feel heavy around her chest area, and coughed, only to see bits of blood in her paw. She wanted to scream, but she couldn't even scream, due to the heaviness on her chest. It was unbearable, and Brittany was scared to death, but it got worse, as she was pushed under the water by an invisible force, so strong, she couldn't even budge it off of her.

Under the water, she saw two red dots, and heard a voice, but it was too hard to make out what it was saying. Brittany's vision was fading, as she ran out of breath, and screamed under the water, only to see a black mass come from her mouth, choking her to death. She was on the brink of death, until she heard a familiar voice, and was pulled out of the bloody water by someone.

Brittany opened her eyes, letting out a long, deep breath, and saw that everything was back to normal. Her small heart was beating rapidly, and Eleanor stood above her, scared to death.

"What happened?!" asked Brittany, struggling to catch her breath.

"All of us were eating, until we heard you screaming from the bathroom," replied Eleanor, scared for Brittany.

"I was screaming?"

"Yes. It was loud, and sort of scary."

Suddenly, Brittany's nose started to leak out a small amount of blood, like a nosebleed. Brittany used her index finger to wipe it away, and stared at her finger, in horror.

You okay, Britt?" asked Eleanor, concerned for her oldest sister.

"To be honest. I'm not sure, Ellie," replied Brittany, scared to death.

Eleanor stared at her sister, terrified. Brittany was terrified, and decided to not tell the others about her encounter, due to it being late. After her bath, she re-heated her dinner since everyone else was half asleep. During her dinner, she couldn't help but feel as if someone was watching her, and she knew it wasn't Alvin because he would be snickering the entire time. She was unsure of what to think, and quickly, finished her dinner. After she was done eating she joined the others, in bed, and had a hard time going to sleep, but eventually did.

The next morning, Brittany told Dave what had happened the night before, including the terrifying nightmare she had, in the bathtub.

"Dave, it scared me to death, and you know that's not a good thing" she told him

"Well, Brittany, until I hear these sounds, I have to make you go to school. " Dave replied. "I'm sorry, but that's final."

"Ok, I'll go, but if this happens one more time, I'm not going. Do we have a deal?"

"We have a deal, but don't say it happened when it really didn't just to get out of going to school."

"Ok, I promise."

At school, Brittany didn't sleep in class, and did all her work, to back it up. All of her teachers were impressed with her, and told her to keep up the good work. That evening, she went to the kitchen table, and actually did her homework. Dave noticed this change in her and was stunned, so he asked her about it.

"Brittany, can I speak with you for a minute?" asked Dave.

"Of course, Dave", she replied to him. "Just give me a minute."

When she was done, Brittany went into the living room, and sat down, across from Dave

"You wanted to speak with me?" she said.

"Yeah, I did", he replied. "I didn't get a call from any of your teachers about you sleeping in class today, and I didn't believe them, until I saw you doing your homework, and to be honest, you startled me a little bit"

"Ok, maybe I want to do better in school. Could that be a possibility?" she countered

"With you? Maybe."

"Very funny," she said with a sarcastic tone

"Ok. Go back to your homework," he said, dismissing her.

"I just finished the last sheet," she said leaving the room.

Before going to her bedroom, she made a quick stop at the bathroom to fix her hair, and surprisingly, the strange voices didn't appear, which she was glad for; she hoped it would stay away. Throughout the afternoon, the Chipmunks and Chipettes did various activities including karaoke, in which there was a tie between Alvin and Brittany, as usual, along with the usual argument between Alvin and Brittany, about who really won; Brittany actually won that argument.

Around dinner time, Brittany decided to help make dinner, which was unusual, due to the messes that come along with cooking. That night they had lasagna; Brittany's favorite meal, and decided to make the sauce on her own, using her own recipe. When dinner was all complete, the seven of them had the first most enjoyable meal in a long time. Everybody loved it, and thanked Brittany for the food; she accepted their thanks.

Later that night, once everyone else was asleep, Brittany went to the living room and turned on the TV. She couldn't sleep at all, and Brittany was a big sleeper, always needing her "beauty sleep," but tonight was different. After about an hour, Dave came out to the living room and saw her.

"Brittany, what are you doing out of bed?" asked Dave.

"Sorry, Dave. It's just, I can't sleep for some reason." she replied, with a tone of exhaustion

"Ok. Just don't stay up too late, after all, you do have school in the morning."

"I know Dave. I won't stay up late. I'll go to bed after this episode."

"Ok, Brittany. I trust you," said Dave, wandering back to bed.

After her show was over, Brittany went to bed, as promised, but as she got close to her room, she noticed that all the lights were on, but no one was awake, and she knew for a fact that they were off when she left.

"Dave!?" she yelled.

"Yes Brittany?!" replied Dave, from his bedroom

"Did you turn our bedroom light on when you came back here?" she inquired

"No, did you leave it on when you came out to the living room?"

"No, I swear I turned it off."

After waking and questioning the others extensively, she came to the conclusion that nobody turned the light on, and that scared them all, but mostly Brittany, who had been through many spooks lately. The rest of the night was restless for them, because nobody knew who turned the light back on, or even when, for that matter. Everything was fine, for now, then one day things started to change.