Between college and her part-time job, Faye Winter has enough on her plate. When she is forced to look after her ten-year-old niece, Amy, she makes do as best she can. Living together, Faye quickly realizes that Amy is a very special child as strange magical phenomena begin to occur in her apartment. With fire-hurling strangers hunting them, a mysterious man who claims to only want to help, Faye and Amy must rely on each other to stay alive, to save themselves, and possibly, the world.