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The following is a sequel to twenty twenty four's The
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Grove City Werewolf. If you've not listened to it, we
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suggest going back and doing so before tuning in to
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this episode. Also, this is part four of a four
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part series. If you've missed the first three parts, we
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suggest you look at those as well. There's a link
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in the episode description that'll take you to a page
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where you can get all the previous episodes.
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Welcome to micro Terrors, scary stories for kids where it's
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always the spooky season, full of chills, thrills, and spine
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tingling spooks. Micro Terrors are family friendly frights for those
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ages eight and up, and while our stories are for
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younger years, we are still talking about things that go
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bump in the night, and some children may not be
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able to handle what others can. Parental consent is recommended now.
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Sports of Knights micro Terror.
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The Grave City Library, Part four written by Scott Donnelly,
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narrated by Darren Marler. Sean and Lucy were still holding
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onto each other, eyes closed and screaming, when they felt
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a cold wind slap against their bodies. Immediately they knew
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something had changed, something was different. Their screams dissolved as
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they opened their eyes, but instead of being in Casey
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Cox's office at the library, they now found themselves in
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a dark, dead forest with a purple moon glow brightly
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in the sky above them. Slowly, they both released their
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grip on each other and nervously studied their new surreal surroundings.
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Where are we, Lucy wandered out loud. Sean didn't have
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an answer. He didn't know where they were. All he
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knew was it wasn't right. Wait, Lucy said, grabbing Sean
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by his sleeve. Once she had his attention, she said, Creaker,
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the creeper got us back in the office. Sean's eyes widened.
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It wasn't that they had forgotten that face. It was
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just that everything had happened so fast that their brains
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couldn't keep up. Sean looked around again, the endless sea
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of dead, bony trees they stood in, the abstract purple
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moon above. This wasn't their reality the book, Sean said,
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We in mister Moran's book. We're the newest characters. Lucy trembled.
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She took a couple of steps forward, immediately stepping on
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things that cracked and broke under her weight. She looked
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down and watched as what appeared to be bones shattered
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under her shoe. Sean, noticing it, too, knelt down where
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he stood and examined a small, oblong skull. He picked
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it up to get a better look. In the dim
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amethyst delight. There were two large eye sockets and a
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hollow nasal cavity in the front. But what struck him
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as odd was its jaw. It was on the opposite
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side of the skull. Sean stood up with the nightmarish
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creature's skull in his hands. Look, he whispered to Lucy.
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Her expression upon seeing it was one of fear and confusion.
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He hell, she asked, shakily. If it doesn't make any sense,
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just that. A scream erupted in the distance. Sean dropped
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the skull and it shattered into dust at his feet.
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The scream was of someone in distress. Then a second
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scream came from behind them, followed by another and another.
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Within seconds, there were horrible screams coming from every corner
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of the dead forest. Lucy grabbed hold of Sean again.
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As they leaned on each other for comfort, they heard
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footsteps crunching through the bones and leaves on the forest floor.
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The kids spun around in the direction they heard them
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coming from. The footsteps grew louder, quicker, and doubled. There,
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Sean whispered, pointing into the darkness. Two silhouettes were making
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their way quickly to them. Sean and Lucy continued to
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hold on tightly to one another as they braced themselves
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for whatever horrors they were about to endure. But then,
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under the purple glow, the silhouetted figures appeared before them
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and stopped. Sean was relieved to see they weren't monsters
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at all, and Lucy was relieved, but she recognized both
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of the adults standing before them, Darren Casey, Lucy exclaimed,
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letting go of Sean. Yes, Darren Miller said, you are
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Lucy Buxton, Lucy. Darren said, are you guys okay? I
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think so. Lucy said, this is John Dyer. We were
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in your office, Casey, trying to figure out what happened
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to you guys, and then Kreeger showed up and took us.
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That's exactly what happened to me, Casey said. Darren nodded.
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We're all part of Moran's story. Now, how do we
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get out, Sean pleaded. No one said a word. It
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had become clear to them that Kreeger the Creeper would
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steal people to use as characters in the book, But
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what wasn't clear was the reason each of them were chosen.
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Lucy had been saved by the ghost of Moran, as
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was Ali back in the library. Sean looked up at
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Darren Miller. You're an author, right, Darren nodded. Then try
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to put yourself in Moran's shoes. What makes you pick characters?
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What purpose could they, uh, we serve? Maybe that'll give
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us a little bit of a clue as to why
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we're here. Maybe we can use that to our advantage
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to try and find a way out. Darren snapped his fingers.
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I like the way you think, he said. Then he
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thought for a moment, running through his own creative process
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in his mind. So, when you create characters for a book,
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they each need to serve a propose, and in Moran's case,
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he was writing a horror story. Horror stories typically have
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a villain and a hero. Ain't a bunch of people
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who don't make it, Lucy darkly added, right, Darren said.
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He looked around at the woods, again, a vast, endless
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scene that didn't seem to go anywhere. He thought deeper
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into his creative ways. Well, maybe this area is like
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his notes. Maybe he doesn't know what to do with
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us yet. He's still breenstorming. Casey and I have been
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walking around aimlessly for hours. It all looks like this,
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dead trees, bones, the purple light. There's nothing else here.
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How long does it take to write a book, Sean complained.
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Darren looked at him. Moran seems very specific, very precise,
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so precise in fact, that he just can't get his
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story to work. Is there a way we can contact Moran,
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Casey wondered, I mean, maybe if we beg him here.
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Casey was interrupted by a piercing, animalistic shriek that exploded
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out of nowhere. From up in the tree is a
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horrific looking creature pounced down and placed itself between the
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four of them. The creature was on all fours, had
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spiny hairs covering its body, and an elongated head with
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two large glowing eyes, and a human like nose that
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dripped goopy snut everywhere. It faced Sean and Lucy while
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Darren and Casey stood on its opposite side, where its
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dreadful mouth opened, expelling a piercing shriek and showcasing rose
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upon rows of sharp teeth. Casey screamed and Darren backed up,
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putting himself in front of Casey. On the other side,
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Sean and Lucy both screamed and stumbled backward. Lucy tripped
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over a bone that was lodged upright in the ground
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and fell on her back. A creature did waste any time.
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It lunged forward and smacked its claws down onto Lucy's legs,
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digging them nor shins. She screamed out in pain, and
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then the creature stood up on its hind legs. It
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stood nearly six or seven feet tall, then sprinted off
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into the darkness, with Lucy screaming over its shoulder. Leucy
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Sean yelled. He made an attempt to run after the creature,
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but Darren stopped him. Don't, Darren said, you wouldn't even
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know where to go. This might be a part of
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the creative process. What Sean furiously yelled, She's gone, She's
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Darren hung his head. Casey closed her eyes. Sean collapsed
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to his knees and cried. Suddenly, the ground beneath him
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cracked and caved in. Sean dropped down within an avalanche
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of dirt, leaves, and bones, into an even darker cave
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where the purple glow from above struggled to thrive. Sean
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smacked the rocky surface and cried out in pain. He
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heard Darren and Casey yelling for him, but their voices
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were muffled. Sean stood to his feet and looked around,
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but it was too dark. Without warning, two glowing eyes
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ignited in the darkness. Sean knew it was the same
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creature or kind of creature that took Lucy. With nowhere
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to run, Sean had no choice but to stand his ground.
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The creature released its horrible shriek and then bounded for Sean.
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Sean closed his eyes just as the creature grabbed him
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with its claws. A loud crash of thunder shook the
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library again. Lucy was sprawled out on the floor in
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Casey Cox's office. She sat up and turned around. Sean
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lay on the ground behind her. Sean, Lucy exclaimed, scooting
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herself over to help him sit up. As his eyes adjusted,
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he realized they were back in the library. Sparks continued
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to sporadically spew from the broken fluorescent bulbs on the ceiling.
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The file box had been tipped over on its side,
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and all of its paper contents were spread out onto
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the floor. Sean got to his knees and faced the
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office door where he was abrupt lay startled by what
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he saw. An older man stood there gawking at them.
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The man had a bushy beard and was dressed in
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very loose casual clothing. Lucy saw him too, and shot
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to her feet, Having seen this man once before and
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since then realizing who he was, she wasn't surprised by
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his other worldly appearance. She was actually relieved to see him.
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You shouldn't have been there, the man said, you're not
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a good fit for the story. The man turned around
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and walked toward the door. His body then took on
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a cloudy, translucent form as he prepared to walk right
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through it. Wait, Lucy exclaimed, mister Moran. The ghostly figure
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stopped and turned around to face the kids. I'm sorry
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he took you again, the ghost said. Sometimes Kreeger doesn't
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know any better. Sometimes he has a mind of his own.
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I need a hero in my story to stop the villain.
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The ghost of Anthony Moran turned around again and began
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to walk through the door. Wait, Lucy shouted, stopping the
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ghost again. Mister Moran turned around once more, go children,
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go home. Make the most of your time. Complete the
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things you need to do, otherwise your ending will just linger.
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It doesn't have to, Lucy said, your ending doesn't have
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to linger or go unfinished. Let us help you, mister Moran.
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Let us help you finish the story. The ghost just
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stood there, wispy white fog, breaking off from his form
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and dissipating into the ether ow. The ghost said, how
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can you help me? Lucy smiled, Well, Sean and I
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have really immersed ourselves in your history, and we know
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how important it is to you for your story to
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be completed. But there are other ways to tell it.
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Krieger doesn't have to keep taking real people. Darren Miller
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is an author. He's trapped in there right now. With
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his help, we can finish your book and make sure
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you get the credit you deserve. You could be remembered
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as a writer, as you should be, not as a
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spirit haunts the building taking people. The ghost just remained
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at the office door, pondering Lucy's words. Sean knelt down
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and grabbed the leatherbound notebook that Kreeger the Creeper was
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being written in. We can start now, Sean said. We
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can create a new character, a fictional one, to save
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the day. We can make things right and save the
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people who don't deserve to be forgotten or erased. A
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tear formed in one of the ghost's eyes. You kids
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remind me of my grandson Marshall, so innocent with a long,
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beautiful future ahead. The ghost sighed, okay, he said, what
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do you have in mind? Darren was on his knees
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looking down into the hotow chasm that Sean had fallen into.
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I don't see him, Darren panicked. It's ounded like another
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one of those creatures. Casey fearfully said, wrapping herself in
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her own arms and wearily keeping an eye on the woods. Shone.
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Darren called down into the hole, but only his own
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voice echoed back. He stood up. He's gone, just like Lucy.
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Now I think we need to Darren was interrupted by
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loud jarring cracks and creaks in the woods. He froze,
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awaiting whatever horror was about to reveal itself next, But
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when it happened, it wasn't what he was expecting. The
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trees around them, all dead and gaunt, began to bend
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inward toward them, their branches and trunks cracking and creaking
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like the bowels of a ship under extreme distress. Then
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the branches all shot out and wrapped themselves around Darren
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in casing. They both screamed and thrashed about trying to escape,
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but it was no use. The branches were wrapped too
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tightly around their arms, legs, and midsections. One branch even
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enveloped Darren's neck, making him gasp for air. The course
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of screams from deep in the woods began to perform again,
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belting out frightful sounds of agony. The moon grew twice
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its size and shifted in color from purple to blood red,
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casting the forest in a dark crimson smolder. Piercing shrieks
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resounded from every direction, ushering in more than a dozen
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of the creatures that took the kids away, uncandy creatures
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with eyes radiating on one side of their head and
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vicious jaws snapping on the other, and then materializing from
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the crimson shadows themselves. Kreeger the creeper appeared in front
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of Darren and Casey. Its eyes were bloodshot, its arms
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reaching out, and for the first time, just beneath its eyes,
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its shadowy form split open to reveal the sharpest teeth
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to have ever existed. Both sides of its mouth curled
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into a sickening, menacing smile, and it exhaled a deep
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bellow that mangled every nerve in Darren and Casey's body.
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They closed their eyes and awaited their end, But then
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something happened. Someone else appeared out of nowhere, cloaked in
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a sparkling silver robe, without hood covering their face. The
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figure extracted a shimmering blade from within their robes and
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slashed it down at Krieger. The blade cut through its
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shadowy frame like butter, splitting it in two. With a
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second horizontal slash of the blade, Kreeger was sliced into fourths,
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and each of its murky parts dissolved into oblivion. The
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creatures that surrounded the scene all pounced at once toward
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the mysterious cloaked figure, but with ease, the blade cut
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them all down, silencing their shrieks and extinguishing their glowing stairs.
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All that was left with the trees, their branches constricting
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tighter with every passing second. The cloaked hero jumped and
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flipped through the air, slicing through the skeletal branches that
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held Darren and Casey captive. They fell to the ground
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in a heap. As the figure then turned their attention
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to the thick, rough trunks of the trees. They hacked
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and slashed until the trees were maimed and lacerated enough
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to bring about their end. Bark and branches fell to
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the ground as the trees began to wither away and
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slumped to the side. The Crimson forest fell silent, but
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as Darren and Casey stood to their feet, the red
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overcast began to slowly lift and was replaced by natural sunlight.
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The mysterious figure sheathed their blade back into their cloak
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and removed their hood. To their surprise, and despite the
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maneuvers and agile fighting techniques the hero had performed, it
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was an older man beneath the sparkling silver robe, an
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older man with a beard. Casey cocked her head. She
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recognized the man, miss DeMar, and the man smiled. Inspired
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by he boldly stated the names Marshall Dyer Buxton aka
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Grim Shadow, Grim Shadow, Casey asked, I traveled this dark
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and dangerous world, ridding it of its evil dwellers. I
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just happened to be in the neighborhood at the right time.
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I Seeger, the creeper can't hurt you anymore, neither can
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that ruthless Horde of Marlous Ores. You're safe and I
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can get you home. Thank you, Casey said, with great emotion.
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Darren shook Grimshadow's hand. Thank you, he said as well,
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looking the hero up and down, You'll fit in perfectly here.
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Grim Shadow looked around as the vast sea of decrepit
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trees began to show signs of life again. As sprout leaves,
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the bones on the ground sank into the soil, and
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in their place, bright green grass began to grow.
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Well, someone's got.
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To look after this place and keep the evil at bay,
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Grimshadow said. Darren smirked, Well, I couldn't have written a
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better character myself. All of a sudden, grim Shadow ripped
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his sword back out and sliced it down through the air,
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opening a rift that pulled Darren and Casey in as
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if they were sucked up by a vacuum. Back in
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the office, the rift opened in mid air and dropped
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Darren and Casey to the floor. Seawan and Lucy sat
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at the desk and jumped up immediately upon seeing the
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adults back in their own reality. I can't believe it worked,
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Seawn exclaimed. He and Lucy helped Darren and Casey to
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their feet. How did you, guys, I mean, did you
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write all of that? Darren asked, grabbing the leather bound
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notebook from the desk. Yeah, Lucy was happy to say,
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with help and inspiration from mister Moran. Casey looked around
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the office. Where is he? It wasn't until that moment
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that Lucy and Seawan realized mister Moran had gone. The
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room felt lighter, more joyful than it had. The angst
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that had been hanging over the Grove City Library for
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so long seemed to have lifted. Darren read the last
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paragraph of what Lucy and Sean had just written out loud.
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Grim Shadow had dispelled all the captives safely back to
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their own universe, now surrounded by an alluring land full
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of color and hope, and Seal himself until his mestery
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of monster slaying would inevitably be cold upon again the end,
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Darren looked up and smiled at Sean and Lucy. You
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kids have a bright future ahead of you. Maybe Casey
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would allow this book into the library system. Casey nodded,
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I think it'd be well deserved. Seawan and Lucy looked
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at each other and were in agreement. We don't want
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our names attached, Lucy said, we want mister Moran to
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get the credit he deserves. He's the author, this was
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his story. I think we can honor mister Moran, Casey
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gladly said. Just then, there was a knock on the
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office door. Casey walked over and opened it. The woman
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from the front desk stood there in her witch's costume,
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as did Ali, still dressed as raggedy Ann Casey. The
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woman said, as as she had never even forgotten who
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she was to begin with, there are a lot of
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people down in a lobby who want to talk to you,
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a lot, scrunched her face.
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What people?
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The witchy woman's eyes went wide as she shook her
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head in disbelief. You're gonna want to hear it for yourself,
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she said. They're claiming they'd all being kidnapped by some
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kind of dark spirit and trapped in some sinister world.
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Screaming and wailing for years. Do you know anything about this?
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Casey couldn't help but chuckle. She grabbed the book from
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Darren's hand. Let me go talk to them, she said,
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this book will explain everything. Casey followed the witchy woman downstairs.
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Allie looked into the office and gave Sean and Lucy
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a huge smile and thumbs up before following them as well.
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Darren patted the kids on the back. Good work, guys,
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he said proudly as he left the office. Next, only
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Sean and Lucy remained. They threw a hug around each other,
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one of celebration and comfort, so Lucy said, releasing a
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thankful sigh of relief. Are you going trick or treating tonight?
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Sewn shrugged.
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I don't know.
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I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I
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think I'm all spooked out. Well, if you cheeses your mind,
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we could always go together, Lucy said. Sean nodded with
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a smile. Lucy grabbed a hold of his hand and
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together they walked down in the office. Maybe next year
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we can investigate the monster bats that have been seen
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at Gantce Park, Lucy said, with a spooky, intriguing inflection,
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Sewn just laughed. You are coming back next Halloween, right,
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Lucy asked Sean thought for a moment and then said,
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never say never. Thank you for listening to the micro
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Terrors for a week Halloween event the Gravescity Library. Be
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Scary Stories for Kids
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The following is a sequel to twenty twenty four's The
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Grove City Werewolf. If you've not listened to it, we
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suggest going back and doing so before tuning in to
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this episode. Also, this is part four of a four
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part series. If you've missed the first three parts, we
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suggest you look at those as well. There's a link
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in the episode description that'll take you to a page
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where you can get all the previous episodes.
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Welcome to micro Terrors, scary stories for kids where it's
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always the spooky season, full of chills, thrills, and spine
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tingling spooks. Micro Terrors are family friendly frights for those
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ages eight and up, and while our stories are for
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younger years, we are still talking about things that go
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bump in the night, and some children may not be
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able to handle what others can. Parental consent is recommended now.
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Sports of Knights micro Terror.
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The Grave City Library, Part four written by Scott Donnelly,
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narrated by Darren Marler. Sean and Lucy were still holding
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onto each other, eyes closed and screaming, when they felt
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a cold wind slap against their bodies. Immediately they knew
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something had changed, something was different. Their screams dissolved as
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they opened their eyes, but instead of being in Casey
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Cox's office at the library, they now found themselves in
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a dark, dead forest with a purple moon glow brightly
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in the sky above them. Slowly, they both released their
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grip on each other and nervously studied their new surreal surroundings.
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Where are we, Lucy wandered out loud. Sean didn't have
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an answer. He didn't know where they were. All he
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knew was it wasn't right. Wait, Lucy said, grabbing Sean
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by his sleeve. Once she had his attention, she said, Creaker,
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the creeper got us back in the office. Sean's eyes widened.
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It wasn't that they had forgotten that face. It was
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just that everything had happened so fast that their brains
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couldn't keep up. Sean looked around again, the endless sea
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of dead, bony trees they stood in, the abstract purple
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moon above. This wasn't their reality the book, Sean said,
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We in mister Moran's book. We're the newest characters. Lucy trembled.
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She took a couple of steps forward, immediately stepping on
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things that cracked and broke under her weight. She looked
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down and watched as what appeared to be bones shattered
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under her shoe. Sean, noticing it, too, knelt down where
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he stood and examined a small, oblong skull. He picked
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it up to get a better look. In the dim
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amethyst delight. There were two large eye sockets and a
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hollow nasal cavity in the front. But what struck him
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as odd was its jaw. It was on the opposite
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side of the skull. Sean stood up with the nightmarish
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creature's skull in his hands. Look, he whispered to Lucy.
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Her expression upon seeing it was one of fear and confusion.
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He hell, she asked, shakily. If it doesn't make any sense,
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just that. A scream erupted in the distance. Sean dropped
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the skull and it shattered into dust at his feet.
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The scream was of someone in distress. Then a second
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scream came from behind them, followed by another and another.
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of the dead forest. Lucy grabbed hold of Sean again.
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As they leaned on each other for comfort, they heard
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footsteps crunching through the bones and leaves on the forest floor.
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The kids spun around in the direction they heard them
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coming from. The footsteps grew louder, quicker, and doubled. There,
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Sean whispered, pointing into the darkness. Two silhouettes were making
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their way quickly to them. Sean and Lucy continued to
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hold on tightly to one another as they braced themselves
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for whatever horrors they were about to endure. But then,
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under the purple glow, the silhouetted figures appeared before them
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and stopped. Sean was relieved to see they weren't monsters
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at all, and Lucy was relieved, but she recognized both
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of the adults standing before them, Darren Casey, Lucy exclaimed,
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letting go of Sean. Yes, Darren Miller said, you are
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Lucy Buxton, Lucy. Darren said, are you guys okay? I
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think so. Lucy said, this is John Dyer. We were
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in your office, Casey, trying to figure out what happened
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to you guys, and then Kreeger showed up and took us.
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That's exactly what happened to me, Casey said. Darren nodded.
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We're all part of Moran's story. Now, how do we
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get out, Sean pleaded. No one said a word. It
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had become clear to them that Kreeger the Creeper would
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steal people to use as characters in the book, But
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what wasn't clear was the reason each of them were chosen.
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Lucy had been saved by the ghost of Moran, as
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was Ali back in the library. Sean looked up at
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Darren Miller. You're an author, right, Darren nodded. Then try
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to put yourself in Moran's shoes. What makes you pick characters?
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What purpose could they, uh, we serve? Maybe that'll give
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us a little bit of a clue as to why
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we're here. Maybe we can use that to our advantage
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to try and find a way out. Darren snapped his fingers.
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I like the way you think, he said. Then he
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thought for a moment, running through his own creative process
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in his mind. So, when you create characters for a book,
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they each need to serve a propose, and in Moran's case,
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he was writing a horror story. Horror stories typically have
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a villain and a hero. Ain't a bunch of people
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who don't make it, Lucy darkly added, right, Darren said.
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He looked around at the woods, again, a vast, endless
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scene that didn't seem to go anywhere. He thought deeper
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into his creative ways. Well, maybe this area is like
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his notes. Maybe he doesn't know what to do with
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us yet. He's still breenstorming. Casey and I have been
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walking around aimlessly for hours. It all looks like this,
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dead trees, bones, the purple light. There's nothing else here.
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How long does it take to write a book, Sean complained.
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Darren looked at him. Moran seems very specific, very precise,
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so precise in fact, that he just can't get his
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story to work. Is there a way we can contact Moran,
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Casey wondered, I mean, maybe if we beg him here.
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Casey was interrupted by a piercing, animalistic shriek that exploded
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out of nowhere. From up in the tree is a
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horrific looking creature pounced down and placed itself between the
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four of them. The creature was on all fours, had
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spiny hairs covering its body, and an elongated head with
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two large glowing eyes, and a human like nose that
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dripped goopy snut everywhere. It faced Sean and Lucy while
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Darren and Casey stood on its opposite side, where its
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dreadful mouth opened, expelling a piercing shriek and showcasing rose
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upon rows of sharp teeth. Casey screamed and Darren backed up,
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putting himself in front of Casey. On the other side,
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Sean and Lucy both screamed and stumbled backward. Lucy tripped
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over a bone that was lodged upright in the ground
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and fell on her back. A creature did waste any time.
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It lunged forward and smacked its claws down onto Lucy's legs,
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digging them nor shins. She screamed out in pain, and
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then the creature stood up on its hind legs. It
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stood nearly six or seven feet tall, then sprinted off
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into the darkness, with Lucy screaming over its shoulder. Leucy
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Sean yelled. He made an attempt to run after the creature,
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but Darren stopped him. Don't, Darren said, you wouldn't even
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know where to go. This might be a part of
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the creative process. What Sean furiously yelled, She's gone, She's
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Darren hung his head. Casey closed her eyes. Sean collapsed
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to his knees and cried. Suddenly, the ground beneath him
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cracked and caved in. Sean dropped down within an avalanche
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of dirt, leaves, and bones, into an even darker cave
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where the purple glow from above struggled to thrive. Sean
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smacked the rocky surface and cried out in pain. He
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heard Darren and Casey yelling for him, but their voices
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were muffled. Sean stood to his feet and looked around,
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but it was too dark. Without warning, two glowing eyes
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ignited in the darkness. Sean knew it was the same
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creature or kind of creature that took Lucy. With nowhere
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to run, Sean had no choice but to stand his ground.
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The creature released its horrible shriek and then bounded for Sean.
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Sean closed his eyes just as the creature grabbed him
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with its claws. A loud crash of thunder shook the
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library again. Lucy was sprawled out on the floor in
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Casey Cox's office. She sat up and turned around. Sean
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lay on the ground behind her. Sean, Lucy exclaimed, scooting
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herself over to help him sit up. As his eyes adjusted,
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he realized they were back in the library. Sparks continued
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to sporadically spew from the broken fluorescent bulbs on the ceiling.
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The file box had been tipped over on its side,
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and all of its paper contents were spread out onto
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the floor. Sean got to his knees and faced the
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office door where he was abrupt lay startled by what
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he saw. An older man stood there gawking at them.
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The man had a bushy beard and was dressed in
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very loose casual clothing. Lucy saw him too, and shot
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to her feet, Having seen this man once before and
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since then realizing who he was, she wasn't surprised by
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his other worldly appearance. She was actually relieved to see him.
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You shouldn't have been there, the man said, you're not
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a good fit for the story. The man turned around
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and walked toward the door. His body then took on
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a cloudy, translucent form as he prepared to walk right
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through it. Wait, Lucy exclaimed, mister Moran. The ghostly figure
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stopped and turned around to face the kids. I'm sorry
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he took you again, the ghost said. Sometimes Kreeger doesn't
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know any better. Sometimes he has a mind of his own.
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I need a hero in my story to stop the villain.
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The ghost of Anthony Moran turned around again and began
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to walk through the door. Wait, Lucy shouted, stopping the
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ghost again. Mister Moran turned around once more, go children,
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go home. Make the most of your time. Complete the
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things you need to do, otherwise your ending will just linger.
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It doesn't have to, Lucy said, your ending doesn't have
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to linger or go unfinished. Let us help you, mister Moran.
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Let us help you finish the story. The ghost just
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stood there, wispy white fog, breaking off from his form
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and dissipating into the ether ow. The ghost said, how
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can you help me? Lucy smiled, Well, Sean and I
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have really immersed ourselves in your history, and we know
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how important it is to you for your story to
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be completed. But there are other ways to tell it.
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Krieger doesn't have to keep taking real people. Darren Miller
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is an author. He's trapped in there right now. With
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his help, we can finish your book and make sure
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you get the credit you deserve. You could be remembered
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as a writer, as you should be, not as a
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spirit haunts the building taking people. The ghost just remained
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at the office door, pondering Lucy's words. Sean knelt down
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and grabbed the leatherbound notebook that Kreeger the Creeper was
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being written in. We can start now, Sean said. We
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can create a new character, a fictional one, to save
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the day. We can make things right and save the
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people who don't deserve to be forgotten or erased. A
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tear formed in one of the ghost's eyes. You kids
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remind me of my grandson Marshall, so innocent with a long,
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beautiful future ahead. The ghost sighed, okay, he said, what
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do you have in mind? Darren was on his knees
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looking down into the hotow chasm that Sean had fallen into.
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I don't see him, Darren panicked. It's ounded like another
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one of those creatures. Casey fearfully said, wrapping herself in
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her own arms and wearily keeping an eye on the woods. Shone.
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Darren called down into the hole, but only his own
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voice echoed back. He stood up. He's gone, just like Lucy.
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Now I think we need to Darren was interrupted by
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loud jarring cracks and creaks in the woods. He froze,
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awaiting whatever horror was about to reveal itself next, But
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when it happened, it wasn't what he was expecting. The
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trees around them, all dead and gaunt, began to bend
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inward toward them, their branches and trunks cracking and creaking
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like the bowels of a ship under extreme distress. Then
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the branches all shot out and wrapped themselves around Darren
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in casing. They both screamed and thrashed about trying to escape,
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but it was no use. The branches were wrapped too
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tightly around their arms, legs, and midsections. One branch even
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enveloped Darren's neck, making him gasp for air. The course
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of screams from deep in the woods began to perform again,
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belting out frightful sounds of agony. The moon grew twice
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its size and shifted in color from purple to blood red,
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casting the forest in a dark crimson smolder. Piercing shrieks
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resounded from every direction, ushering in more than a dozen
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of the creatures that took the kids away, uncandy creatures
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with eyes radiating on one side of their head and
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vicious jaws snapping on the other, and then materializing from
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the crimson shadows themselves. Kreeger the creeper appeared in front
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of Darren and Casey. Its eyes were bloodshot, its arms
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reaching out, and for the first time, just beneath its eyes,
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its shadowy form split open to reveal the sharpest teeth
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to have ever existed. Both sides of its mouth curled
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into a sickening, menacing smile, and it exhaled a deep
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bellow that mangled every nerve in Darren and Casey's body.
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They closed their eyes and awaited their end, But then
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something happened. Someone else appeared out of nowhere, cloaked in
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a sparkling silver robe, without hood covering their face. The
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figure extracted a shimmering blade from within their robes and
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slashed it down at Krieger. The blade cut through its
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shadowy frame like butter, splitting it in two. With a
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second horizontal slash of the blade, Kreeger was sliced into fourths,
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and each of its murky parts dissolved into oblivion. The
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creatures that surrounded the scene all pounced at once toward
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the mysterious cloaked figure, but with ease, the blade cut
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them all down, silencing their shrieks and extinguishing their glowing stairs.
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All that was left with the trees, their branches constricting
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tighter with every passing second. The cloaked hero jumped and
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flipped through the air, slicing through the skeletal branches that
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held Darren and Casey captive. They fell to the ground
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in a heap. As the figure then turned their attention
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to the thick, rough trunks of the trees. They hacked
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and slashed until the trees were maimed and lacerated enough
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to bring about their end. Bark and branches fell to
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the ground as the trees began to wither away and
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slumped to the side. The Crimson forest fell silent, but
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as Darren and Casey stood to their feet, the red
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overcast began to slowly lift and was replaced by natural sunlight.
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The mysterious figure sheathed their blade back into their cloak
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and removed their hood. To their surprise, and despite the
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maneuvers and agile fighting techniques the hero had performed, it
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was an older man beneath the sparkling silver robe, an
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older man with a beard. Casey cocked her head. She
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recognized the man, miss DeMar, and the man smiled. Inspired
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by he boldly stated the names Marshall Dyer Buxton aka
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Grim Shadow, Grim Shadow, Casey asked, I traveled this dark
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and dangerous world, ridding it of its evil dwellers. I
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just happened to be in the neighborhood at the right time.
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I Seeger, the creeper can't hurt you anymore, neither can
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that ruthless Horde of Marlous Ores. You're safe and I
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can get you home. Thank you, Casey said, with great emotion.
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Darren shook Grimshadow's hand. Thank you, he said as well,
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looking the hero up and down, You'll fit in perfectly here.
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Grim Shadow looked around as the vast sea of decrepit
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trees began to show signs of life again. As sprout leaves,
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the bones on the ground sank into the soil, and
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in their place, bright green grass began to grow.
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Well, someone's got.
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To look after this place and keep the evil at bay,
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Grimshadow said. Darren smirked, Well, I couldn't have written a
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better character myself. All of a sudden, grim Shadow ripped
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his sword back out and sliced it down through the air,
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opening a rift that pulled Darren and Casey in as
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if they were sucked up by a vacuum. Back in
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the office, the rift opened in mid air and dropped
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Darren and Casey to the floor. Seawan and Lucy sat
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at the desk and jumped up immediately upon seeing the
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adults back in their own reality. I can't believe it worked,
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Seawn exclaimed. He and Lucy helped Darren and Casey to
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their feet. How did you, guys, I mean, did you
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write all of that? Darren asked, grabbing the leather bound
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notebook from the desk. Yeah, Lucy was happy to say,
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with help and inspiration from mister Moran. Casey looked around
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the office. Where is he? It wasn't until that moment
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that Lucy and Seawan realized mister Moran had gone. The
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room felt lighter, more joyful than it had. The angst
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that had been hanging over the Grove City Library for
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so long seemed to have lifted. Darren read the last
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paragraph of what Lucy and Sean had just written out loud.
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Grim Shadow had dispelled all the captives safely back to
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their own universe, now surrounded by an alluring land full
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of color and hope, and Seal himself until his mestery
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of monster slaying would inevitably be cold upon again the end,
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Darren looked up and smiled at Sean and Lucy. You
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kids have a bright future ahead of you. Maybe Casey
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would allow this book into the library system. Casey nodded,
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I think it'd be well deserved. Seawan and Lucy looked
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at each other and were in agreement. We don't want
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our names attached, Lucy said, we want mister Moran to
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get the credit he deserves. He's the author, this was
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his story. I think we can honor mister Moran, Casey
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gladly said. Just then, there was a knock on the
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office door. Casey walked over and opened it. The woman
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from the front desk stood there in her witch's costume,
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as did Ali, still dressed as raggedy Ann Casey. The
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woman said, as as she had never even forgotten who
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she was to begin with, there are a lot of
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people down in a lobby who want to talk to you,
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a lot, scrunched her face.
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What people?
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The witchy woman's eyes went wide as she shook her
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head in disbelief. You're gonna want to hear it for yourself,
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she said. They're claiming they'd all being kidnapped by some
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kind of dark spirit and trapped in some sinister world.
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Screaming and wailing for years. Do you know anything about this?
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Casey couldn't help but chuckle. She grabbed the book from
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Darren's hand. Let me go talk to them, she said,
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this book will explain everything. Casey followed the witchy woman downstairs.
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Allie looked into the office and gave Sean and Lucy
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a huge smile and thumbs up before following them as well.
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Darren patted the kids on the back. Good work, guys,
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he said proudly as he left the office. Next, only
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Sean and Lucy remained. They threw a hug around each other,
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one of celebration and comfort, so Lucy said, releasing a
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thankful sigh of relief. Are you going trick or treating tonight?
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Sewn shrugged.
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I don't know.
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I can't believe I'm about to say this, but I
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think I'm all spooked out. Well, if you cheeses your mind,
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we could always go together, Lucy said. Sean nodded with
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a smile. Lucy grabbed a hold of his hand and
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together they walked down in the office. Maybe next year
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we can investigate the monster bats that have been seen
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at Gantce Park, Lucy said, with a spooky, intriguing inflection,
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Sewn just laughed. You are coming back next Halloween, right,
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Lucy asked Sean thought for a moment and then said,
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never say never. Thank you for listening to the micro
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Terrors for a week Halloween event the Gravescity Library. Be
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bit nervous here the monster bats at Gants Park. You
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mean I gotta get scared all over again.
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Darren, just get out of the booth.
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No way, I'm staying safe in here.
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