Natalie Chen isn't adjusting well to her new town. The other kids pick on her, and it doesn't help that she's so quiet and reserved that she gets along better with animals than other people. When she begins exploring the woods in her backyard, she notices something strange about them. They're cold, dark, empty. No animals can be found hiding, no birds can be heard chirping, no sunlight can be felt filtering through the trees. Even the trees seem completely lacking in life, without a single leaf growing on any of the branches. The only thing alive thing she finds is a girl. A strange, mysterious girl who claims she's a part of the woods. At first, she's Natalie's only real friend, someone she keeps visiting to talk to and confide in. But over time, Natalie wonders if she's as pure and innocent as she makes herself out to be...