AN. So, I cut out some of the scenes. Half of Sam's opening sequence, the scene with the shooting range, Jessica's introduction, and Matt and Emily's introduction, going straight from Sam's first scene to Ashley first scene. I did this, because I'm only including the biggest plot points, and the scenes that involve the change between Josh's story and Beth's story. Because I skipped so many scenes, I started chapter two of the Until Dawn timeline. This shows the first big change from the original Until Dawn, and my story. Hope you enjoy!

Sam looked at her watch. Nearly time for the radio report, that regarded the Washington siblings. Sam sighed; she wasn't completely sure she wanted to hear it.

'Today is the one year anniversary of the dreadful tragedy that took place on Mount Washington. Sheriff Annie Cline, who was in charge of the investigation…'

'Thanks for having me, Marty.'

'Listeners an update on Josh and Hannah Washington, the young siblings who are still missing.'

'One year ago tonight, the Washington teens left the safety of their parents lodge, and headed out into the snow storm.'

'Foul play?'

'Not officially, no. There is one individual we are considering a person of interest, but his whereabouts are currently unknown. He has an interesting history with the Washington family. He had warned them against pursuing their construction project, and claimed the land was sacred to his forefathers.'

'You know there is still the old Sanitorium on the mountain. Could he be hiding there?'

'My officers did search the grounds, but…the kids themselves couldn't have made it that far.'

'Something about that mountain seems to breeds tragic events.'

'More than you know, Marty.'

'Well, thank you for joining us, Annie.'

There was a pause.

'The remaining daughter, Beth Washington has said recently on her blog that she and her friends are returning to the mountain this week for a Winter Getaway. It's common knowledge that Beth had a hard go after her siblings disappeared, her family soon after the tragedy announcing that Beth was being hospitalized. She's in our prays during her time of recovery, and we hope that she finds solace in her trip back to her parents lodge.'

Sam turned off the radio. She couldn't handle listening to more about Beth. She was already pissed that Beth's frequent visits to the hospital were common knowledge, now. All Beth wanted was to get better.

Sam was Hannah's best friend, therefore, Beth always came to her to talk about her feelings. Beth hated the feeling of being watched, but she couldn't avoid it now. Not after her siblings disappeared and she had a breakdown.

Sam pulled out her phone, to read the email that Beth had sent her. Beth was the least formal of her siblings. A year ago, Hannah had sent out hand written notes, but Beth wasn't that kind of person. She preferred the easiest route. The note read:

'Hey, guys. I'd like to formally invite you to our annual Winter Getaway. Yay! Yep, it's still happening, even if it was a Josh and Hannah tradition, which is good leeway into the next subject. You're probably all wondering how I'm doing. I'm coping. I think that this vacation will do me a lot of good, in terms of getting better, and I know it would mean the world to Josh and Hannah that you're doing this. Now, lets have a great time! Alcohols on me. - Beth.'

Sam smiled. She was really proud of Beth for doing this. She hadn't been herself for a long time now, maybe this would finally sort her out a little.

She heard the bus stop. Sam grabbed her backpack, and left the bus.

Sam
Path to Cable Car Station
21:02

Sam took in a deep breathe, just to take it all in. Here she was once again, at Blackwood Pines, the place where her best friend disappeared. Sam took a step forward.

She heard the snow crunch behind her. Sam looked around.

"Hello? Is someone there?" She asked, looking around, but not seeing anyone. Sam shrugged, and continued walking towards the gate. There was a note hanging from the lock. Sam picked it up.

'Gates busted. Climb over. - Chris.'

On the other side of the note were directions to Blackwood Mountain; a series of messages between Beth and Chris. Sam wasn't even aware that they had each other's email. She supposed that they must have, since Chris would definitely be on the guest list. They weren't exactly close, though.

She shrugged. It wasn't the first time she had climbed over this wall.

Ashley
Washington Lodge Grounds
21:32

Ashley had arrived a bit earlier than everyone else, aside from Beth. She had made a stop to test out the binoculars she saw. She loved looking at the mountain, but she really liked spying on people. She didn't mean any harm by it, of course. Mostly, Ashley just wanted to see if anyone else had shown.

Something quickly caught her eye. Was that…Emily and Mike? No way. How much damn drama had to go on between the four of them? Emily, Mike, Jess and Matt had been the root of most of the schools drama for the last year. That, and the disappearance of Hannah and Josh.

God, Josh…Ashley missed him so much. She, Chris and Josh had been best friends since childhood. After Josh disappeared, she and Chris grew more distant than Ashley could bare. It was like losing three friends.

But, that wasn't the problem at the moment. Currently, it was Em and Mike.

"Well, hello," Ashley said to herself. "Looks like someone's getting a little 'friendly,' and not in the 'friendzone' kind of way. They might need to check the expiration date on their big breakup."

Ashley turned the binoculars a little bit, just to be greeted with a face full of Matt. Ashley screamed, pulling away from the binoculars.

"Oh my GOD!" Ashley said, briefly covering her face. Matt walked to the platform, chuckling to himself.

"Whoa, sorry there, Ash. Didn't mean to scare you-"

Ashley began to lightly punch his arm, repeatedly. "Jeez louise, Matt!"

"Well, I did mean to scare you 'sort of' scare you, but not like, for real scare you…" Matt said, beginning to take a step back. Ashley was stronger than she looked.

"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh…" She said, her heart only beginning to return to a normal pace.

"Whoa, man, I'm really sorry, Ash," Matt said, putting his hands up.

"It's fine, it's fine," Ashley said, shaking her head. Matt looked at the binoculars, a coy smile appearing on his face. Ashley's eyes widened, feeling a start of panic. Oh lord, she hoped he wasn't gonna…

"So, what were you looking at? See anything juicy with this thing?"

"Um…"

"Lemme take a look."

Ashley thought for a minute.

"Uh, sure, help yourself…" Matt had the right to know. Not that he'd be real happy when he found out. Matt put his face up to the lens.

"Alright…" He said, settling a bit. "Aw, son of a bitch…" Ashley had secretly been hoping that Matt wouldn't see. "Seriously, Emily? What the hell, man?"

"Hey, listen! It's probably nothing-" Ashley began, trying to fix the situation.

"Nothing? You think? Is it ever just nothing with Em? Like, ever?" Matt asked, looking as Ashley. He looked disappointed and angry.

"Well, I don't know…"

"God damn it…"

"Matt!"

Matt began to walk away, in a huff. Ashley cursed to herself, before following him. Well, that couldn't have gone any worse.

Sam
Washington Lodge Grounds
22:00

"Man, the mountain feels so much lonelier this year, don't you think?" Sam asked, with a sigh. She looked over at Beth, awaiting her response.

"You know, for once, it feels pretty much the same," Beth shrugged.

"Really? Even after…?" Sam asked. She knew Beth had asked not to talk about it, but Sam couldn't help it. Beth sighed, looking away from her.

"It just feels nice having everyone back. We're gonna have a great time, okay? We're not going to dwell on that. Got it?" Beth asked.

"Okay, deal…" Sam said. Beth and Sam walked towards the lodge. Beth seemed a bit distant, but Sam decided not to press it. Of course she was. Beth was going through a lot right now. She looked at the steps. Sam smiled, seeing Ashley, Matt and Chris already here. Chris stood at the top of the steps, Ashley sat at the bottom, and Matt leaned against the landing.

"What's got your knickers in a twist?" Sam asked, as a greeting, smiling as she approached Matt. Matt didn't respond, looking away. Sam raised an eyebrow. Ashley stood, giving both Beth and Sam hugs.

"He's a bit of a Debbie Downer. Em's up to some of her old tricks, and Mike is a willing accomplice," Ashley whispered to Sam. "Best not to mention it. He's been giving Chris and I the silent treatment for the last half hour."

"Damn," Sam said, with a sigh.

"Thought we'd moved passed all this drama," Beth said, shaking her head. "Oh well. Why aren't you guys inside, yet?"

"The doors iced closed," Ashley said.

"Is there any other way in?" Sam asked.

"Dunno," Beth said. "I think there's an open window around back. Chris, why don't you come with us?"

"Yeah, sure. Why do you need me, though?" Chris asked.

"Well, I'm certainly not boosting Sam through that window," Beth said. "And there's no way in hell I'm letting Sam boost me."

"Okay," Chris said, with a shrug. He walked passed Ashley. He turned his head to look at her, a little, but didn't say anything. Sam knew that they hadn't spoken much, since last year. It was a pity. They used to be best friends. More than best friends. But, after all, it was Josh who had brought them together in the first place. Maybe they were too upset about what happened to even speak to each other now.

Beth, Sam and Chris walked around the building. Beth stopped the group.

"So, how're things with Ash?" Beth asked. Chris seemed to flinch.

"Why do you wanna know?" Chris asked.

"Just curiosity. Ash seemed like she wanted you to talk to her. Why didn't you?" Beth said. Chris didn't meet her eyes, looking down to his left and crossing his arms.

"Well…we haven't really talked at all, why start now…?" Chris asked.

"Jeez, Chris," Sam said. "You seem pretty pissed off at her. Is there something we don't know?"

"Look, I wasn't the one who broke contact with her, alright? Ash was the one who stopped talking to me," Chris said, throwing his hands up into the air. Beth put a hand on his shoulder.

"Christopher, this is a great opportunity, than! We're all back up here together, the place where you and Ashley met! Can you imagine a more perfect scenario? You need to go for it. At least talk to the girl. If my emails with Ashley are any proof, it's that she's still totally into you," Beth said.

"Right, okay…maybe you're right," Chris said. "I do miss her."

"Good boy. Now, lets get Sam's ass through that window," Beth said. Sam sighed. She didn't really feel like squeezing her ass through a tiny window, like Beth would put it, but she supposed there wasn't any other choice.

Something caught her eye. It was the axe holder, except, there was no axe to be held.

"That's…weird," Sam said, tilting her head.

"Hey, Princess, found the window!" Beth called. Beth was sounding more and more like Josh used to. Sam wondered why that was. In fact, Beth had been acting a little strange since she had got there.

"Okay," Sam said, walking to Beth and Chris. Chris looked at her expectantly.

"So, one, two…" Chris wrapped his armed around Sam's legs, and hoisted her up. "Three." Sam grabbed hold of the windowsill, and pulled herself through, landing on her feet when she reached the floor. She dusted off her skirt, looking around.

"Okay, what now?" Sam shouted. "I can't see anything!"

"Here!" She heard Beth call. A lighter flew through the window. Sam caught it before it hit the ground.

"Great," Sam shouted back. "So, should we bring everyone to the window?"

"Maybe. But we can't just use the window as our way in and out, now can we?" Chris shouted.

"Yeah, that's true," Sam said, with a shrug. "So, how do you suppose we get the door open?"

"I think Josh had some deodorant in the upstairs bathroom!" Beth shouted.

"How's deodorant gonna help?" Sam asked.

"It's that gross spray on crap that gave Em an allergic reaction. It's flammable!" Beth said.

"Oh, crap, like the little army dudes! That sounds awesome!" Chris said.

"Okay, I'll find it," Sam said. "I'll be back in a second. Go back to the front door, than."

Sam walked through the house, going straight for the upstairs bathroom. The house was really chilly. Clearly, no one had been here in a few weeks, aside from Beth, who Sam knew came up here every now and again. She wasn't sure why. Her family didn't usually come up, with her. Maybe Beth found it theraputic to be up here. Everyone grieved in different ways.

Sam reached the bathroom pretty quick. "If I were a stick of deodorant, where would I be?" Sam said aloud. She hummed to herself, opening the cupboard. There it was. She went to grab it.

A wolverine jumped from behind the door. Sam screamed, holding her heart.

"What the heck?" She asked, taking in a deep breathe. "God damn it. How'd that cutie get in here…?" She grabbed the deodorant, and made her way back downstairs, to the front door.

"Let there be light," She muttered, spraying the deodorant in front of the lighter. The ice began to melt. Sam turned off the lighter, and opened the door. "Tada."

"Great! I was freezing out there," Ashley said, stepping inside. The wolverine was quick behind, running through the open door. Chris and Ashley both screamed.

Sam laughed. "Oh, come on guys, it was just a baby wolverine."

"Jeez, that thing is probably loaded with diseases," Chris said, wiping his hands down his jacket. Beth, Ashley, Chris and Matt stepped inside.

"Finally. I thought we'd freeze out there. Sam, wanna help me started a fire?" Beth asked.

"Yeah, of course," Sam said.

"It feels weird to be back," Matt muttered.

"Yeah, really," Ashley said.

"It looks nearly untouched. Everything looks the same from last year," Matt said.

"With the police being in and out, I couldn't move anything," Beth said.

"So, not a lot of action?" Chris asked.

"Nope."

The door opened again, and Jess and Mike walked into the room. Jess had a grin on her face, and Mike looked oddly guilty of something. He wore the same stupid grin he did when he was ashamed of something.

"What's up, party people?" Mike said.

"Heeeey," Jess said, waving. Beth stood up, from the fireplace.

"Hey!" She said. She walked over to Jess, giving her a hug. "Make yourselves at home! Sam and I were just getting a fire started."

"Will do," Mike said, putting a bag down.

"Yeah, come on in. Take a load off, have whatever you want. You just take whatever you want anyway, right?" Matt said, walking towards Mike. Beth let out a sigh, returning to the fireplace. This could only mean trouble.

Matt
Washington Lodge
22:28

"Mike, stay away from my girlfriend," Matt said, in a defensive tone.

"Dude, what are you talking about?" Mike asked, stepping away from Jess.

"You heard me. Stay away from Emily," Matt said, taking a step towards Mike.

"Emily? Why would I want anything to do with Emily?" Mike asked.

"What the hell were you doing with Em out on that trail, huh?"

"What?" Mike was looking at Matt like he was crazy.

"I saw you with Em, through the telescope," Matt said, crossing his arms. His anger was rising by the minute.

"Before? We just ran into each other. It'd been a while so we hugged and I said hello. Is that against the law?" Mike asked. He was pissed off. Matt wasn't helping the situation, even though he did consider Mike's words for a minute.

"Hmm. Right. I'm sure that's all it was," Matt said.

"You know what? You can think whatever you want. It's a free country," Mike said, turning away from Matt.

"Watch yourself, Mike," Matt said, before turning away. Matt looked over at Beth. She looked pissed off. She and Sam almost had the fire ready. Beth made eye contact with him. The message was clear. He needed to stop dicking around, or else Beth was gonna freak out.

Jess and Mike sat down on the couch, beginning to cuddle. Emily walked through the door. Matt began to walk to her, but Emily's eyes were somewhere else.

"Oh, my god. That is so gross. Are you trying to swallow his face whole?" Emily asked, glaring daggers at Jess.

"Em…" Matt said. He looked between Jess, Emily and Beth. No option was good, here.

"Can you be more obvious? No one wants in on your territory, honey," Emily said, her arms crossed, shaking her head. Jess stood up, and Matt knew it was all gonna go downhill from here on out.

"Excuse me, did you say something?" Jess asked.

"Oh, did you not hear me? Was your sluttiness too loud?" Emily asked. Beth sighed.

"Sounds like someone's bitter, she didn't make the cut," Jess said.

"Yeah, it's all a big cattle call with that dreamboat. Congrats, you're top cow!" Emily said, with a coy grin.

"Cuts real deep, calling Miss Homecoming Queen a cow," Jess aid, raising an eyebrow.

"Jess, you're making everyone uncomfortable-" Matt began.

"Jealous, much? Emily too frigid for you, too?" Jess asked, cocking her head to the side.

"Hey! That's uncalled for!" Matt said, taking a step forward.

"Whatever. I don't give a crap what you think," Jess said, beginning to walk back to the couch.

"At least I can think. 4.0, bitch, honor roll. Suck on that when you're trying to sleep your way into a job," Emily said. Beth begun to stand. Sam put a hand on her shoulder.

"Who needs grades when you have all the natural advantages you can handle?"

"Oh, please."

"You couldn't buy a mold of bread with your skank-"

"Stop it!" Beth shouted. Both Jess and Emily turned to look at her. "This isn't why we came up here. This was not the point! Can't you assholes pretend to be friends for two freaking seconds? Seriously, I thought that Josh and Hannah disappearing would bring you two closer together, but I guess not. This weekend was supposed to be about fun. Can you guys be any more selfish? Em, Matt, why don't you two go check out the guest cabin? It's beautiful, and I think it will calm you down a little. Please. But come back for dinner, I know that there's some pizzas in the freezer."

"Yeah, sure, Beth," Matt said. He put a hand on Emily's shoulder. Emily pushed him off, but listened to Beth, leaving the room.

"Sorry about all that, Beth," Mike said.

"You're not off the hook just yet, Michael Munroe," Beth said, crossing her arms. "But yeah, thanks. I'm sorry, too."

Outside, Matt and Emily stood on the porch.

"I can't believe that skank. I hate being around her," Emily said, shaking her head in anger.

"That's why we're going to the cabin. We've got to stop fighting, okay? Beth is gonna-"

"Beth is gonna what?" Beth asked, opening the doors.

"Jeez, sorry Beth," Matt said, looking down.

"It's fine. Sorry about kicking you two out like that," Beth said.

"No worries, we get it," Matt said.

"But I'm sure you two won't be too lonely. Here, you're gonna need these," Beth said, handing Matt the keys. "Careful out there. It's pretty slippery. Wouldn't want you to fall on your pretty faces."

"Thanks, Beth. Have fun with those losers," Emily said.

"I'll try," Beth shrugged, walking back inside. Matt watched her leave.

"Oh my god," Emily said, beginning to walk away, her face scrunched up.

"What? What did I do now?" Matt asked.

"Can you be any more obvious?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You were totally checking Beth out! What, do you want to just invite her up with us?"

"Seriously, Em? I was not checking Beth out. I only ever check you out."

"You're not helping, Matt," Emily said. Matt wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Well, tell me how I can help," Matt said, kissing her cheek. Emily sighed, but relaxed just a little bit.

"I think you're finally starting to figure it out. Come on, lets get to that cabin before I freeze to death," Emily said.

"Oh, don't worry, I'd make sure you wouldn't freeze."

"And how would you do that?"

"Use your imagination."

Emily laughed, pulling out of Matt's arms. They began to walk down the path, towards the cabin.

AN. Before you ask, yes, I do remember that this is the part where Emily forgets her bag. That does come into play later on.

This also means that Mike and Jess are in the house during the seance. Stayed tuned for the next chapter! Thank you guys for reading!