Chp.1- An Unexpected Surprise

A/N- I own nothing besides Sam and her family. I don't even own too much of the plot. I'm just introducing my character into the story.

"Who wants to be it?"

"I'll be it!"

This is the scene of Samantha Scully's back yard the day of her birthday party.

"Count to 60!" Sam yells.

It wasn't long before they were tired of hide and seek and it was time to eat. The pizza they had for dinner was followed by cake and the singing of Happy Birthday. It was 10 o'clock at night when they finally settled down and Sam was telling a scary story.

"One day a girl bought a beautiful porcelain doll. A few nights after the purchase the mother heard a noise in the kitchen. She thought it was her daughter, so she thought nothing of it. Then she heard a voice," Sam paused for a dramatic effect before continuing, her voice now creepy and high- pitched, "'One, two, I'm coming for you, three, four, you better lock your door, five, six, you're going to crucifix, seven, eight, you better stay up late, nine, ten, you'll never sleep again.' The door opened so the mom got up to investigate. She felt a stab in her leg, and felt blood trickling down it," Sam glanced around at all her friends before continuing. "She looked down and saw the porcelain doll stabbing her legs with a knife. She screamed and fell. That was her mistake. The doll stabbed her to death."

At that there were many screams… but not because of the end of the story.

An owl had flown through the window. Everyone ducked and closed their eyes, except Sam, so she was the only one that saw the letter the owl dropped into her lap. She quickly stuffed it into her sleeping bag to read tomorrow.

Sam's friend Chloe bravely stuck her head out of her sleeping bag.

"What was that?" she fearfully asked.

"Don't worry, it was just an owl, I'll just close the window." Sam assured her.

Her friends were far from assured, but they let the incident pass, and they went to sleep, hoping they wouldn't have nightmares about birds.

A/N- 'Kay, this is the first chapter of revised Acceptance, hope you guys like it! R&R, and read my friends stories! See their names in my bio.