Night at Collinwood, and Victoria Winters gazes out of her bedroom window as a storm threatens to break over the Great House. Believing she saw someone watching her amongst the trees, Victoria quickly shuts the window and returns to bed. She picks up Josette's music box and plays it in an attempt to calm her nerves. Carolyn Stoddard knocks on her door, and comes in. Like Victoria, she can't fall asleep with the constant thunder rumbling and lightning crashing around the house. Victoria returns to the window, and confides in Carolyn her fear of someone watching her. Suddenly, she sees a figure standing behind a tree. But the shadows make it seem to Carolyn that there are many someones behind every tree. Unbeknown to the girls, someone is indeed watching Victoria: Barnabas Collins.