A/N: Hey, sup everyone? This is my first fanfiction that Im posting on , I'm so exited!!!!!!!!!!! Here is a better summary for this fic: Melinda and Jim moved to this town called Carleton Place years ago, basically so that Jim could become a doctor with Melinda, (yes, she's a doctor in this fic lol). They have one kid, named Maria-Annabelle, and new neighbours move onto the street, seeking for revenge, for some odd reason, againsts Melinda and Jim's daughter.

This book is the first book out of a trilogy, and if no one likes this one, I wont continue posting. You'll find its very different, this ff, from the others, im sure. Please Review, and please no harsh words. I worked really hard one these fics.

~Chapter One~

Melinda Gordon-Clancy was walking down a dark alley.

At the end of it, was an elevator.

She did not know what the elevator meant, so she was trying to find out.

She walked slowly, hesitating from time to time, deciding if she should go on or not.

Finally, she reached the end.

She pressed on the down button.

Then, it opened. Melinda's daughter came out, all bloody.

-"Maria-Annabelle! Oh my god!"

-"I told you, not to go! You left me to die!" Maria yelled.

-"NO!" then, Melinda woke up, sweating.

Every single night since the day she came home from the hospital, she had the same, horrible dream.

She thinks it's a warning, to watch out for her daughter or herself.

Either way, she hoped that it would go away.

But, it has been ten years, and she still had the exact same dream.

Every night she'd always be freaked out, even though she dreamed it about a million times.

She never talked to anyone about it, even her husband.

It was just to awful. Melinda got up, and went downstairs. Her husband was at the door, leaving for work.

-"Hey, babe. You don't look well." he told her as he went up and kissed her.

-"I'm worried."

-"About what?"

-"A lot of things. Maria-Annabelle, you, our marriage-,"

-"Hey, hey! Why are you so worried about our marriage?"

-"Who says we need to get divorced? I love you, don't you love me?"

-"Of course I do! But one day, I think the thing that I do will barge in on us and will force us to be apart, married or not. I just have the weirdest feeling…."

Jim hugged her.

-"Melinda, no matter what this world throws at us, I will always bewith you and love you, ok?" he whispered in her ear, then released her then headed to the door.

-"How can you be so sure that everything will be alright?"

-"Because you drive me insane."

-"Love you too." he smiled and left.

Then, the perfect child came down the stairs.

Maria-Annabelle Elizabeth Clancy wasn't exactly perfect, but she's close.

She is well mannered, talented, extremely smart, had many friends, and many more things. A lot of people say that she should be on magazine covers for her looks, too.

But, she is not perfect, she has her own flaws.

A very bad relationship with her father is one of them.

-"Hello, mommy!" she said as she planted a kiss on her mother's cheek.

-"Morning, my angel. How did you sleep?"

-"I had the most wonderful dreams."

-"I wish I could say the same thing." Melinda muttered as she begun to make pancakes for her and Maria.

-"Did you sleep well, mommy?" she turned around and looked her daughter in the eye.

-"Maria-Annabelle, what do I answer you every time you ask me that question?" Maria looked down at the kitchen counter.

-"You always respond that you do not have a good night's rest, because of these dreams you receive, every night since you came home from the hospital, ten years ago."

-"Good girl." Melinda returned to the pancakes and Maria sat on one of the bar stools.

-"Mommy, what are these dreams you have? You never tell me!"

-"Because, I already told you, baby girl, that they are too awful to talk about."

-"I can handle it! I'm ten, mommy!"

-"I know, honey. But mommy doesn't want anyone to know about my dreams, ok?"

-"Alright, but this will eat you up inside."

Melinda laughed.

-"You sound like an adult at times when you speak. It's cute."

-"No, I don't, I still call you mommy."

-"Only when your friends aren't here."

Maria-Annabelle rolled her eyes.

-"Well, I need to cover up the fact that my parents treat me like a baby."

-"Now, that is your father's fault. Not mine."

-"Your correct, I'm sorry, my mistake."

Melinda smiled at her daughter as she brought her pancakes.

Melinda grabbed some for herself and sat down.

-"Mommy, I want to go to a party on Saturday. May I go?"

-"Who's party is it?"

-"Ashley's. Mommy, I need to go, I'm her best friend."

-"Sure you can go. No problem."

-"But what about dad? He never lets me go to punish me for fun."

-"Sweetie, let me handle him. You know that he doesn't punish you 'for fun'. You're always rude to him, so he's allowed to punish you. But… you are a good little girl to mommy so I'm allowed to stop those punishments from happening. Once in awhile." she blinked at her daughter and a smirk spread across Maria-Annabelle's face.

-"I love you mommy!"

-"I love you too. Now, you may go upstairs and play, mommy will clean up."

Maria hugged Melinda and jumped off the bar stool and went upstairs.

Melinda smiled.

Then she had a flashback …

-"Melinda, I'm not sure you're ready to hold her yet."

Melinda frowned at Jim.

-"Yes I am! Jim, I know that I just came out of a coma because of child birth, but it doesn't mean I'm not strong enough to hold her!"

-"Melinda…."

-"Ugh, give her to me." they were in the hospital, ten years ago, and Melinda just came out of a coma the day before.

Jim handed Maria-Annabelle to Melinda.

-"You realize that this is the first time I hold her, right?" Jim nodded.

About twenty minutes passed and Jim didn't say a word.

-"Jim, what's wrong?"

-"It has been just very difficult. First, it takes us about a year to conceive her. Then, you go into labour two days before Christmas, right after she comes out you slip into a coma. There was a huge chance that you wouldn't make it. For the past four weeks, I looked at our daughter wondering if she would be the only part of you I have left, and if she would grow up without a mother. Do you know how painful it was?"

-"Jim, I'm sure it was difficult. But, everything will be fine."

-"But, what if Gabriel tracks us down, Mel? Then, we are screwed! He might try and kill us all!"

-"Jim, please, we need to stay positive."

-"You're right… but Mel, do you think that she should know about Gabriel and everything when she gets older?"

Mel shook her head.

-"No, it is not a good idea for her to know....." she paused.

-"...But what if she finds something out? She might get curious and go look for him!"

-"Mel, if that would happen, she would be by our sides 24/7. I will not let them meet. No matter what."

-"You're right. She will never know about Gabriel."

Then, Melinda was back.

Suddenly, she had the urge to go riding, to get away from home.

-"Maria-Annabelle! How would you like to come to the barn with me?"

-"Ok!" her daughter yelled back from upstairs.

-"Well, get your riding gear on! We'll leave at nine!"

-"Alright, mommy!" then, after she cleaned the kitchen, Melinda went up the spiral staircase to the second floor.

Melinda sighed in happiness, she loved her home. It was an ancient home too, it was built in the eighteen hundreds. It used to be the home of a rich man, back then. But, it was a fixer-upper, so Melinda and Jim got it really cheap, and renovated it, a lot, so it was worth loads now. Its not, a mansion, but its big enough, and everyone in the town loved and adored their home. Melinda took a shower, then got dressed in her riding clothes. Once she was ready to go, around nine, Melinda knocked on her daughter's door, and went in.

-"Hey, mommy!"

-"Hey, sweetheart, ready to go?"

-"Yes, mommy, I'm ready!"

-"Ok, then!" they went downstairs and put their boots and jackets on then Melinda put the alarm on and locked the door.

Then, they went to Mel's jeep, then got in then they drove to the barn.

The barn was just a few minutes away, it was just a bit out of town.

Melinda and Maria both own horses, and board them at this barn, named Carleton Place Riding academy.

It is a really fancy and expensive barn.

During lessons, they even need to wear uniforms.

But, unfortunately, it was the only barn for miles.

Oh well, Melinda didn't too much, since that service was great and the horses were treated well.

Finally, they drove up the perfectly paved driveway, surrounded by white picket fencing, and horses were grazing in the fields.

Melinda looked at her daughter, and Maria's blue eyes were sparkling.

Melinda smiled and looked back on the road.

She parked in the mini parking lot and then they got out and headed to Barn 3, where their horses were.

As they entered, horses nickered in greeting.

Then, they walked over to Clancy's Storm 'Stormy' and Melinda's Graceful 'Grace'.

About twenty minutes later, their horses were tacked up and they were already on the trails.

They were just having fun.

Around noon, they were by the lake, having lunch.

Then, they needed to head back because Mel needed to be by the hospital for a shift by 2:30. They got back by 1:30, and to their surprise, Jim was waiting for them at the beginning of the trails.

-"Jim, what are you doing here?"

-"I went back to the house and you two weren't there. I called your cells, and they were turned off. I was worried, and begun looking for you two."

-"Aww, you are just too sweet." Melinda told him, and he smiled.

Maria rolled her eyes in disgust.

Then, she cantered past Melinda and Jim, and then by accident jumped over the pleasure riding arena fence.

-"Maria-Annabelle! Stop!" Jim yelled, but then, Stormy begun going crazy.

Melinda and Jim watched in horror as their daughter got thrown off of Stormy.

Then, a ghost appeared next to Maria-Annabelle, who was still on the ground.

-"The end is nearer." then the ghost disappeared.