Step Fletcher is currently a father of 3 and his wife DeAnne is expecting again, they move to North Carolina hoping that their new home and life will be a happy new beginning. However 8 year old Stevie has an unexpected infinite supply of distress, unhappiness and disaster. Not knowing what to do and how to overcome this, with no friends at school he enters into a world of computer games and invents imaginary friends.
However there is something creepy about his new circle of friends - they all have the names of children who have recently disappeared from their new town.