CHAPTER 1

Lori slept with her head against the cold window. Her boyfriend Will was tired but drove along the road anyway, the road was covered with leaves left behind by autumn.

The couple had been moving around America for a year now. They were trying to get away from the past, a gruesome past that didn't even seem real…But it was

Lori

Lori gasped and woke up. She rubbed here eyes, she didn't want to go back to sleep now.

"You okay?" Will asked.

"Yeah I'm fine" Lori answered in a groan. "Where are we?" she asked, looking around the new scenery, it was early in the morning.

"Haddonfield. I think we might of finally found our place, Lori"

"How do you know?"

Will pointed to the houses along the street they were driving. They were all decorated for Halloween, which was only a few days away; most of the decorations looked a bit childish.

"There must be a lot of children here" Lori said tiredly.

"Yeah, which means no crazy dream killers or hockey mask psychos" Will agreed jokingly. Lori chuckled softly. "I'm gonna find a motel we can book into until we can try and find a house somewhere here" Will said.

They pulled up at a motel that was just opening. The man opening up the reception waved at them, beckoning them to come in. Will followed the man inside, Lori was hanging on to him, falling asleep.

"Uh, what can I do for you two this morning?" the man asked, he must have been in his 50's

"We'd like to book a room if that's alright" Will answered. "We've been driving all night and are pretty tired"

"Say no more young man. Just take the key and go down to room 4, I'll come around fix everything else up later when you got more energy in you"

"Oh, thank you so much. You don't know how long we've been travelling" Will thanked, taking the key being offered.

"Can't be much longer than I've been around" the man laughed.

Lori and Will spent all morning sleeping. The motel room was simple; two single beds, a small round table, fridge, bathroom and a TV; there was a painting or two with a country side theme.

They were both awake by around lunch time. They served themselves a late breakfast when the motel owner came around.

"Are you two up yet?" he asked on the other side of the door.

"Yeah" Will answered, wiping honey off his cheek.

He opened the door to let the man in.

"Uh, that's all good. I just need you to fill out the information on your stay here. It's uh, $70 for one night, $200 for a week"

"Wow, that's some cheap prices you got there"

"Eh, it's a small town. What am I gonna buy?"

Will dug out $200 from his wallet and handed it to the man.

"I'm sorry, whats your name?" he asked.

"Paul"

"Okay, I didn't want to refer to as the owner"

"Heh heh, that's alright son. So, a week huh. Holidays?"

"Actually, we're trying to find a place to move in"

"Oh?"

"We've been travelling America for a year, trying to find a nice place to…settle down" Will said, looking at Lori. She smiled.

"Heh, this town is anything but nice" Paul said.

"I'm sorry?"

"The people of this town don't like to admit it, but we have a dark stain on our history"

Lori got up and moved closer to Paul and Will, she was eager to hear this.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Now come on, don't tell me you ain't ever heard of Michael Myers"