I was born and raised in Silent Hill. When I was 10 years old my mother and father moved us across Tolucca Lake to Shepherd's Glen. It was a small town where everybody knew everybody. I lived right down the street from the Shepherds.

I started my sixth grade year at Shepherd's Glen Middle school. I was the tallest girl there only shorter than a few boys. My hair was long and blonde. Blue eyes shone bright like stars in the night sky. I still remember when I met Alex Shepherd, his great,great,great,great grandfather had help found the town.

"Hi I'm Alex Shepherd. You must be new here." he said. Alex was taller than me by about an inch at this point. His brown hair was a mess and hung in his eyes a bit.

"Hi. I'm Codi Martina. Pleasure to meet you." I said brushing some of my hair out of my eyes.

"Do you want to sit by me today at lunch?" he asked. I said yes and sat with him at lunch all the way through High school. By Freshman year we were officially dating to no one's surprise.

Most days after school I would go home to his house and spend the evening with him. Sometimes we'd play with his little brother Josh. Other times we would just enjoy each others company. One time we even dyed the ends of my hair red in his parents' bathroom before they got home.

"Alex are you sure you know what you're doing?"

"Of course. I've seen my mom dye her hair plenty of times." Alex said taking the hairdye outt of the box.

"Just don't turn my whole head fucking red." I said.

"You'd still look beautiful either way. Now lean your head back and tie off where you want the red to start." he said kissing my nose. I rolled my eyes and sectioned off the last 3 inches of my hair.

Alex mixed together the dye and began applying it to my hair. My hair turned out great but poor Alex didn't wear any gloves so his hands and arms were red for the next month and a half. I found it hilarious, Alex not so much.

When we graduated I was the valedictorian and had to give a speech. Alex and I spent many long nights in his room's secret crevice behind the bookcase preparing my speech. I made sure to thank all the right people, my mother, my father, my baby sister, Alex and his family, and everyone else who supported me. I would practice my speech until even Alex had it memorized.

After Graduation I was going to go away to college in New York. I'd be so far away from Alex and couldn't even visit him since he'd be in the military. It broke my heart at the end of the summer when I had to say goodbye to him. We promised to stay together and write as often as we could. I gave him a kiss goodbye and was off to the airport with my parents.

Its been 4 years since I left. I graduated and got a job as an author. I had released 5 successful horror novels filled with gore and puzzles. My sixth book was supposed to be due at the end of the year. I came back home to write and see if Alex was there. It had been so long since I had heard from him, I was worried.

Walking up the front steps to our house I turned the knob and tried to open the door. It was locked. That was odd considering mother's car was in the driveway. The spare key was above the door frame. Without even standing on my tiptoes I could easily reach the key. Turning the key the door clicked signifying it was unlocked. I opened the door and was greeted by the familiar smell of home.

Everything was in the same place. A coat hanger to the left of the door with mother's coat and father's wind breaker. I always thought he should get a new one but insisted that it was a timeless fashion statement, it was not.

I lugged my suitcase up the stairs and into my bedroom. It hadn't changed at all, I would've thought by now my parents would have made it into a theater or work room of some sort. Unpacking I thought about all the memories in this room: my first kiss with Alex, trying on my prom dress for the first time, my first time with Alex and finding out I had gotten into my first choice college.

I walked around the whole house trying to find someone. My sister should be home since its the summer, maybe she had gotten a job and was at work. Dad was probably at work but mom should have been home if her car was here. There was no one to be found anywhere. I opened the fridge and made myself a sandwich before sitting down to watch some TV. I watched a whole marathon of Star Trek before I decided to see if mom was at the Shepherds'.

Walking down the street it was foggy and I could barely make out a silhouette. Not wanting to make small talk if it was an old neighbor I walked quietly to Alex's house. On the porch was Alex, at least I thought it was him.

"Alex? Is that you?" I asked walking up to the porch.

"Codi?"

"It is you!" I exclaimed running up the porch into his arms. "I've missed you so much." I said into his neck.

"I've missed you too. I wrote, did you get any of my letters?" he asked holding me tight.

"No sorry. But that doesn't matter now, I'm just so glad to see you." Alex didn't say anything just held me. It was so nice to be back home in the arms of some one so familiar to me.

"Is my mother in there?" I asked looking up at him.

"I don't know. Why?" Alex asked releasing me.

"She wasn't at the house. Neither was father or Natalie. I didn't see that many people coming into town either." I said wondering what had happened.

"Same. Most of the Main street seems to be closed. Lets go in, maybe my mom can tell us whats going on." Alex said. He held the door open for me and we walked inside.

So what did you guys think? I just beat Homecoming today and was inspired to write my own story. Don't worry I'm not abandoning the rest of my stories, just starting another one.

-CAPtainAmerica77