Prologue
Ever since she was a baby, Maria Thompson had more tragic events occur in her life then many adults in their whole lifetime. At the young and impressionable age of two, Maria had her parent's stolen from her in an unexplainable way. No doctor's within the area could possibly understand how the Thompson's had died. They simply passed off their death's as too much stress, since Maria had been causing them to work later hours and on weekends.
Maria's nanny at the time, Katherine, had Maria in one arm and all of her belongings in the other as she searched for the house key to the Thompson's house the night that they had died. She was told to just go right in whenever she returned to their home because Richard and Vivian Thompson could not be bothered if they were in the middle of important lawyer work. So, Katherine, following the Thompson's order's, had retrieved the key and slid it into the lock; she reached for the handle and pulled it open, and the first sight that met her eyes caused her to scream in terror. Katherine continued screaming until a neighbor came by and witnessed the same scene that Katherine had just witnessed. The neighbor, with a saner head then Katherine had, called the police immediately and a few hours later they left without a clue as to what happened to Richard and Vivian Thompson. Katherine explained several times from several different angles what had happened.
"I walked into the house with Maria because it was time that she came home, and when I stepped in Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were just sprawled on the floor. There was no blood, no sign of struggle, nothing. I just knew that they weren't alive."
Katherine was shaky and terrified as the police instructed her to go home. However, Maria's situation would be more difficult. She had no other relatives, none whatsoever. So, the only suitable decision was to take Maria to the orphanage. And that was where she stayed for a full eight years of her life.
In those years, Maria had been shifted back and forth between several foster homes, but families kept claiming that strange things always happened when Maria was in their presence, and they were all so bewildered by theses strange occurrences that none would keep Maria for a long period of time.
However, after eight years of home shifting, Maria had grown quite used to the fact that she may never have a proper home. Until the month of December, that is.