Chapter 1
A knock. Someone was knocking on her door...in the middle of the night. Rielle awoke to the sound and immediately climbed out of her bed. It was probably some advertizement. Nothing serious-hopefully. She hated important stuff. Just ignore it and they'll go away. But that would be rude, and her family was never rude. Why did this have to happen when Mom was away?
She finally gave into the pure curiousity mounting inside of her and climbed out of her bed, sneaking towards the door. Glancing out the rain-streaked window by the door, Rielle saw it was just an old woman, squinting at the door while covering her head with one hand to protect herself from the downpour.
Rielle opened the door and let out a casual, "Hello?"
The woman stared for a second and shook her head, then replied, "Yes. I have a message for you, from... Oh, just take it" She stuffed a thin package into her arms and took off running.
Rielle followed the disappearing lump of a person off the horizon with her eyes, then glanced down at the package. It was relatively small, mustard yellow and stained from loose raindrops that had dripped onto it, even though it had been covered in a bag. She ripped it open to find a passport and a letter.
"WE SENT THIS TO YOU FOR A TOP SECRET MATTER. GO TO THE TOWN LISTED ON THE PASSPORT AND STAY THERE. DANGER IS COMING TO YOUR CITY AND YOU MUST FLEE NOW. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU AT THE ALL READY REGISTERED HOUSE. THE ADDRESS IS 511 MAPLE COVE, PORT HAVEN 75565. IT IS QUITE EASY TO FIND AND HAS A GREEN ROOF UNLIKE ANY OF THE OTHER HOUSES IN THAT TOWN. THANK-YOU VERY MUCH."
Rielle paused and inhaled quickly before turning her attention to the passport. The town was called Haven. It was popular to add "Port" to any town to indicate it wasn't a city on addresses, and she guessed that was what the letter sender had done.
She reasoned and finally decided to go, since she had nothing important in her quiet life here in the city of Yellep, by the sea.
But first she wrote a note for Mom when she got back from her cruise. She bit her lip in guilt, remembering the promise she had made that she wouldn't cause any trouble while she was gone. But there was no going back now, either way. The house was apparently registered. She gathered the remaining money her mother had left her for groceries and then left the note.
"Dear Mom,
Something came up, so I'm going to have a little vacation at the town Haven. I'll leave the address at the end so you can mail me. Don't worry, I have the money you gave me, or at least most of it, enough to pay to get back here if I have any trouble. Maybe I'll have something interesting happen for once. The address is:
511 Maple Cove
Port Haven, 75565.
I'll miss you!
-Rielle"
Then she gathered up the few belongings she had and left for the train station.