Tales of the Young Storytellers

The Secret Club by Vida

Chapter 1

Hi, my name is Ealasaid and this is Màiri, my best friend, and we’re part of the Secret Club at the Burrell Collection. The others in the club are: Emma, Fraser, George, Mia and Oscar. We go to the club to make sure that nothing goes missing and that everything is kept in order.

Mia has the important job of keeping everyone right and telling them where they should be based. Sometimes she is alright but other times not so much. Oscar is on the CCTV 12 hours a day finding out what people are around. It’s a very important job when you think about it. Emma is so kind and caring. She usually looks after the glass at the Burrell Collection and she’s great at it. Fraser goes around making sure that everything is in the right place. He doesn’t speak much, only when there is something important to say. The other member is called George. He gives us other tasks. For example, if objects go in the wrong place but that doesn’t happen when we’re here.

Chapter 2

Wee wo wee wo. “Everyone here now” said Mia. “That was good today. You can all get back to your work now” “For everyone that was unsure of what that was, it was a vigilance exercise but it wasn’t a real one…well, if it was a real exercise that’s not good. Now, we need to go.” “We need to go now? Sorry Mia, we’ll head off now. Come on Màiri.” “Sorry, but I’m going to put you with Oscar. Right Oscar, would you like to tell everyone about the CCTV?” “Yes, so this is…cho shewww cho shewww” “Oscar! Huh, Oscar were you just sleeping? Ugh?!”

Chapter 3

Now I’ll speak about Màiri and I, you know our names: Ealasaid and Màiri. I’m tall for my age, I have brown hair and brown eyes. Màiri is small and shy, she has blonde hair and green eyes. They are big and sparkly, they’re so nice. Màiri uses a wheelchair but that doesn’t stop her from being my best friend. It’s so fun playing tig with her as she’s really fast. Now she’s looking at me like she’s embarrassed, he-he.

Chapter 4: The Beginning

Now I need to tell you this great story. On Saturday some of the lace was stolen. It was awful as people were coming from Glasgow City Council to see everything or they would need to put a stop to the Burrell Collection altogether. Oscar was the first person to noticed the lace was gone and he said that he’d gone to the toilet and when he returned he saw that the lace was gone. He returned to the CCTV and somebody must have caused a blackout. “Guys, guys the lace has gone” said Oscar. “We know” said everyone. “You’ve said that about a thousand times” said Mia. “It was George that did it” said Mia. “Me! It was Oscar” said George. “Right, he has every key” said Mia.

Chapter 5: The Answer

“Stop!” I said “Emma and I were playing and having fun and it couldn’t have been Oscar as Emma had the key and it couldn’t have been Emma if Oscar had the code. Therefore, it must be someone or something that went through the class, and it couldn’t be seen, it is invisible.” “Oscar! Come along!” “Where are we going?” said Oscar. “To the CCTV” said Mia. We went to the CCTV. There was a lot of tea. We were watching the CCTV and saw something strange. The lace went by itself! “It must have been a ghost.” “It can’t be a ghost, they’re not alive” said Mia. “Yeah, they’re not alive, they’re dead. Duhhhhh.” “But they could be right” said Fraser who didn’t speak much. People were saying that the person who make the lace comes to repair it when it breaks. “That’s not right” said Mia “It can’t be right”. “That’s alright” said Emma “We’ll fix it ourselves”.

We went to the cupboard to begin our work but nothing was there. We went to the secret cupboard instead and there was a needle that was moving by itself! It was a ghost! We chased the ghost but it was escaping. Then Màiri chased it using her wheelchair and she stopped the ghost! “Very good Màiri” said Emma.

Chapter 6: The Ghost

Now, there is a ghost there with the name Gabby. You can now see Gabby. Gabby helps at the Burrell Collection and she’s so good and kind.

The End

The Secret Club by Vida

Chapter 1

Hi, my name is Ealasaid and this is Màiri, my best friend, and we’re part of the Secret Club at the Burrell Collection. The others in the club are: Emma, Fraser, George, Mia and Oscar. We go to the club to make sure that nothing goes missing and that everything is kept in order.

Mia has the important job of keeping everyone right and telling them where they should be based. Sometimes she is alright but other times not so much. Oscar is on the CCTV 12 hours a day finding out what people are around. It’s a very important job when you think about it. Emma is so kind and caring. She usually looks after the glass at the Burrell Collection and she’s great at it. Fraser goes around making sure that everything is in the right place. He doesn’t speak much, only when there is something important to say. The other member is called George. He gives us other tasks. For example, if objects go in the wrong place but that doesn’t happen when we’re here.

Chapter 2

Wee wo wee wo. “Everyone here now” said Mia. “That was good today. You can all get back to your work now” “For everyone that was unsure of what that was, it was a vigilance exercise but it wasn’t a real one…well, if it was a real exercise that’s not good. Now, we need to go.” “We need to go now? Sorry Mia, we’ll head off now. Come on Màiri.” “Sorry, but I’m going to put you with Oscar. Right Oscar, would you like to tell everyone about the CCTV?” “Yes, so this is…cho shewww cho shewww” “Oscar! Huh, Oscar were you just sleeping? Ugh?!”

Chapter 3

Now I’ll speak about Màiri and I, you know our names: Ealasaid and Màiri. I’m tall for my age, I have brown hair and brown eyes. Màiri is small and shy, she has blonde hair and green eyes. They are big and sparkly, they’re so nice. Màiri uses a wheelchair but that doesn’t stop her from being my best friend. It’s so fun playing tig with her as she’s really fast. Now she’s looking at me like she’s embarrassed, he-he.

Chapter 4: The Beginning

Now I need to tell you this great story. On Saturday some of the lace was stolen. It was awful as people were coming from Glasgow City Council to see everything or they would need to put a stop to the Burrell Collection altogether. Oscar was the first person to noticed the lace was gone and he said that he’d gone to the toilet and when he returned he saw that the lace was gone. He returned to the CCTV and somebody must have caused a blackout. “Guys, guys the lace has gone” said Oscar. “We know” said everyone. “You’ve said that about a thousand times” said Mia. “It was George that did it” said Mia. “Me! It was Oscar” said George. “Right, he has every key” said Mia.

Chapter 5: The Answer

“Stop!” I said “Emma and I were playing and having fun and it couldn’t have been Oscar as Emma had the key and it couldn’t have been Emma if Oscar had the code. Therefore, it must be someone or something that went through the class, and it couldn’t be seen, it is invisible.” “Oscar! Come along!” “Where are we going?” said Oscar. “To the CCTV” said Mia. We went to the CCTV. There was a lot of tea. We were watching the CCTV and saw something strange. The lace went by itself! “It must have been a ghost.” “It can’t be a ghost, they’re not alive” said Mia. “Yeah, they’re not alive, they’re dead. Duhhhhh.” “But they could be right” said Fraser who didn’t speak much. People were saying that the person who make the lace comes to repair it when it breaks. “That’s not right” said Mia “It can’t be right”. “That’s alright” said Emma “We’ll fix it ourselves”.

We went to the cupboard to begin our work but nothing was there. We went to the secret cupboard instead and there was a needle that was moving by itself! It was a ghost! We chased the ghost but it was escaping. Then Màiri chased it using her wheelchair and she stopped the ghost! “Very good Màiri” said Emma.

Chapter 6: The Ghost

Now, there is a ghost there with the name Gabby. You can now see Gabby. Gabby helps at the Burrell Collection and she’s so good and kind.

The End

The Loch Ness Monster

Every day strange things happen in Loch Ness. 28 people left on a boat but the boat came back empty, amidst mist with nothing but broken glass. Other people started going under the water to see what was happening and to find the missing people, but the divers' cameras were breaking. But one day people saw a very strange shape, a small piece out of the water. Then there was a huge wave which dragged cars and people who were walking into the loch. A lot of people thought it was the Loch Ness monster…

At the same time I was training in an army camp to catch the monster. I was chosen, with four of my friends, because we were 18 years old. They drove us to a place near Glen Urquhart. That happened two weeks ago, now we are on our first mission. We got tanks that can go underwater and they can shoot at places that are far away. We drove to the northern part of Loch Ness. Then we fired a few traps down into the deepest part of Loch Ness. Then we pushed the button to go underwater and with a big splash we were on our way to catch the Loch Ness monster.

It was really beautiful under the water. There were glittering rocks on the floor and lots of different types of monsters and aquatic animals to see. There were lots of boats, which looked like they had been there for a thousand years.

But then I heard a very loud noise. Something or someone broke three of our tanks. Then we started firing our guns but something caught me and all the other tanks broke. When I woke up I was in a cave on a beach but I saw a head in the water. It was the Loch Ness monster and he was very kind and he fetched me food. I saw a picture of the Loch Ness monster fighting a water dragon on a rock. I asked the Loch Ness monster “Is the dragon the mischievous creature?” and he answered by nodding his head up and down. After that we got ready to fight the water dragon, we got some stuff from the cave and I jumped on the Loch Ness monster and we left.

I had a plan. I would walk on the floor and when I saw the dragon I would run away. Then the Loch Ness monster would swim in and kill the water dragon. The monster swam down to the floor and put me in the right place. Ten minutes passed and there was no sign of the dragon until I heard a sound, it was the dragon! I ran away as fast as I could and he swam closer and closer to me until the Loch Ness monster knocked him out of the way.

They fought with their claws and then the Loch Ness monster sank its claws into the dragon and it died. The Loch Ness monster and I were very happy but the dragon wasn't dead... It was still alive. When he saw us, he swam away in fear. After that the Loch Ness monster helped me get out of the water. After that, he swam away and that was the last time I ever saw him.

The Loch Ness Monster

Every day strange things happen in Loch Ness. 28 people left on a boat but the boat came back empty, amidst mist with nothing but broken glass. Other people started going under the water to see what was happening and to find the missing people, but the divers' cameras were breaking. But one day people saw a very strange shape, a small piece out of the water. Then there was a huge wave which dragged cars and people who were walking into the loch. A lot of people thought it was the Loch Ness monster…

At the same time I was training in an army camp to catch the monster. I was chosen, with four of my friends, because we were 18 years old. They drove us to a place near Glen Urquhart. That happened two weeks ago, now we are on our first mission. We got tanks that can go underwater and they can shoot at places that are far away. We drove to the northern part of Loch Ness. Then we fired a few traps down into the deepest part of Loch Ness. Then we pushed the button to go underwater and with a big splash we were on our way to catch the Loch Ness monster.

It was really beautiful under the water. There were glittering rocks on the floor and lots of different types of monsters and aquatic animals to see. There were lots of boats, which looked like they had been there for a thousand years.

But then I heard a very loud noise. Something or someone broke three of our tanks. Then we started firing our guns but something caught me and all the other tanks broke. When I woke up I was in a cave on a beach but I saw a head in the water. It was the Loch Ness monster and he was very kind and he fetched me food. I saw a picture of the Loch Ness monster fighting a water dragon on a rock. I asked the Loch Ness monster “Is the dragon the mischievous creature?” and he answered by nodding his head up and down. After that we got ready to fight the water dragon, we got some stuff from the cave and I jumped on the Loch Ness monster and we left.

I had a plan. I would walk on the floor and when I saw the dragon I would run away. Then the Loch Ness monster would swim in and kill the water dragon. The monster swam down to the floor and put me in the right place. Ten minutes passed and there was no sign of the dragon until I heard a sound, it was the dragon! I ran away as fast as I could and he swam closer and closer to me until the Loch Ness monster knocked him out of the way.

They fought with their claws and then the Loch Ness monster sank its claws into the dragon and it died. The Loch Ness monster and I were very happy but the dragon wasn't dead... It was still alive. When he saw us, he swam away in fear. After that the Loch Ness monster helped me get out of the water. After that, he swam away and that was the last time I ever saw him.

Cardross by Anna

Mia could hear one thing on the way home from Queen Street Station in Glasgow. That was the chugging of the coaches. She closed her eyes and her imagination was free. She went up the mountains and back down on the back of a brutish squirrel on the wing! She had been drawing and the picture came to life, they went through pages and pages, Mia in her picture; they made mountains, the sea and everything else in creation.

But then she woke up. The train stopped but they weren't at a station yet. They wouldn't be for about another quarter of an hour. Then the conductor spoke on the radio to the whole train...

“Hello everyone. I'm sorry a thousand times about this. The electricity went out on us. But don't worry we'll be back on the rails in about twenty minutes. Again I'm very, very sorry about th-” The radio went off, and the train went silent. It was like everyone disappeared.

After about fifteen seconds (it felt like fifty years) Mia stood up without thinking and went up to the other end of the train. All heads turned to Mia. Walking with fear, shaking in her shoes, with sweat running down her face she reached the door.

Everything was quiet. But, one sound as loud as a child crying.

Knock, knock, knock.

She did this three times but the conductor didn't make a sound. She opened the door and entered…

When she walked in it was very very dark except for the sliver of sunlight that was setting behind the mountains. Mia put one hand over her eyes. There was something black on the windows. Something gooey. She put her hand out, the thing jumped off the window and all the light poured through the window and into Mia's eyes.

“Aaaagghhhh!”

The next time she looked at the goo it was sliding out the door into the next vehicle.

“Where's Mia?” The father wasn't talking to anyone but her older brother answered. “The train she was on just stopped half way from Dumbarton East to Dumbarton Central, the power went out on the whole track.” His father looked out the window with a worried expression on his face, the house fell silent.

The goo went quietly down the carriage, but in the darkness no one had seen it. However, Mia could (perhaps because she saw it go out the door) she went as slowly as a snail from carriage to carriage. A, B, C. Where was this gooey thing going? But then.

Power back… … … … Power is back.

The electricity came back on but the goo wasn't there. It was just the conductor, on the floor shaking from head to foot. After about ten seconds of this, he stopped. He stood up and walked back to the other end of the train!

“I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen but the electricity is now back!” The radio was like a knife in Mia's head. She saw the thing sliding down the carriages but now the conductor was there as if nothing had happened? She went back to her seat but heard a scream behind her.

The goo came up the carriage. There was a box with a bat. She broke the box without a second thought and…

Bang!

The material was squashed in two seconds. But that was not the end. It picked itself up and turned into a knight with a very soft sword (this battle was really easy). They fought from Dumbarton Central to Cardross. Mia hit it three more times… Bang! Bang! Bang! And at that moment the thing turned into an osprey and flew away to a tree above the station.

Mia went home and told the story about the black goo on the windows and the bat on the wall that was now on the ground outside. She scoffed all her dinner and went to bed. She didn't want anything else to happen tonight. She jumped into bed until she fell asleep with a little black osprey on the windowsill.

Cardross by Anna

Mia could hear one thing on the way home from Queen Street Station in Glasgow. That was the chugging of the coaches. She closed her eyes and her imagination was free. She went up the mountains and back down on the back of a brutish squirrel on the wing! She had been drawing and the picture came to life, they went through pages and pages, Mia in her picture; they made mountains, the sea and everything else in creation.

But then she woke up. The train stopped but they weren't at a station yet. They wouldn't be for about another quarter of an hour. Then the conductor spoke on the radio to the whole train...

“Hello everyone. I'm sorry a thousand times about this. The electricity went out on us. But don't worry we'll be back on the rails in about twenty minutes. Again I'm very, very sorry about th-” The radio went off, and the train went silent. It was like everyone disappeared.

After about fifteen seconds (it felt like fifty years) Mia stood up without thinking and went up to the other end of the train. All heads turned to Mia. Walking with fear, shaking in her shoes, with sweat running down her face she reached the door.

Everything was quiet. But, one sound as loud as a child crying.

Knock, knock, knock.

She did this three times but the conductor didn't make a sound. She opened the door and entered…

When she walked in it was very very dark except for the sliver of sunlight that was setting behind the mountains. Mia put one hand over her eyes. There was something black on the windows. Something gooey. She put her hand out, the thing jumped off the window and all the light poured through the window and into Mia's eyes.

“Aaaagghhhh!”

The next time she looked at the goo it was sliding out the door into the next vehicle.

“Where's Mia?” The father wasn't talking to anyone but her older brother answered. “The train she was on just stopped half way from Dumbarton East to Dumbarton Central, the power went out on the whole track.” His father looked out the window with a worried expression on his face, the house fell silent.

The goo went quietly down the carriage, but in the darkness no one had seen it. However, Mia could (perhaps because she saw it go out the door) she went as slowly as a snail from carriage to carriage. A, B, C. Where was this gooey thing going? But then.

Power back… … … … Power is back.

The electricity came back on but the goo wasn't there. It was just the conductor, on the floor shaking from head to foot. After about ten seconds of this, he stopped. He stood up and walked back to the other end of the train!

“I'm sorry ladies and gentlemen but the electricity is now back!” The radio was like a knife in Mia's head. She saw the thing sliding down the carriages but now the conductor was there as if nothing had happened? She went back to her seat but heard a scream behind her.

The goo came up the carriage. There was a box with a bat. She broke the box without a second thought and…

Bang!

The material was squashed in two seconds. But that was not the end. It picked itself up and turned into a knight with a very soft sword (this battle was really easy). They fought from Dumbarton Central to Cardross. Mia hit it three more times… Bang! Bang! Bang! And at that moment the thing turned into an osprey and flew away to a tree above the station.

Mia went home and told the story about the black goo on the windows and the bat on the wall that was now on the ground outside. She scoffed all her dinner and went to bed. She didn't want anything else to happen tonight. She jumped into bed until she fell asleep with a little black osprey on the windowsill.

The Hand of the Loch

The oar of the boat plunged into the black water, turning in a small circle. The boat only moved a little bit.

“Oh my goodness, Eilidh!” Luna said with a sigh like a camel. “Where did that year lifting weights go! We've been on Loch Fyne 2 hours now, and I can still see the bottom of the lake as if it's dancing beside me!”

Avi put his hand in the water and splashed Luna in the face. “Eilidh is trying, gobby!”

The boat started to move much faster and they all jumped. A wave came across the loch and when the three of them looked over at the Inveraray road, there was a beastly green and blue hand, climbing up into the air from the water. The shell covered hand lifted a small red car from the road and the two occupants fell out. The hand took the car down under the water of the loch and nobody ever saw it again.

Eilidh was sitting by the fire, her two brothers and her sister sitting at her feet. They were arguing because their favourite program wasn’t on the television. The news was only talking about “The Hand of the Loch”.

Eilidh found herself in the Co-Op in Inveraray at eight at night. She was alone, but the shop was quite busy. She picked up the things she needed, her legs like stones. Suddenly, a girl hit into her. Her artificial nails in Eilidh’s eyes, her Nike platform shoes breaking poor Eilidh’s toes, long blonde hair like a whip. “Oh! My! Goodness! I'm so sorry!!” She stood up, her tight trousers strutting away. Eilidh paid and drove away. It was dark, nothing could be seen in the dark blanket that lay on the loch. Out of the darkness there was a girl - the girl from the shop - climbing over the river. Eilidh stopped. “It's you! I'm Chloe! Can I have a lift?” She jumped inside.

A week later, Eilidh, Luna, Avi and Chloe were all sitting in the caravan in the forest next to Eilidh's house. Luna and Avi were asking Chloe questions and Eilidh was writing on a board. “Okay then!” Eilidh stood up, in this small place, the whole caravan shook from side to side. “I've created this board to figure out what in the mad world was that beastly hand. As you can see, I have obtained pictures from the newspaper and, with a lot of research, I found out that this has happened more than once. I'll just say that the last few times it wasn’t only a car that monster had got.” Chloe gasped and put her hand over her mouth.

“What?” Luna said. “Luna! It ate people!” This time Luna made a small gasp and Avi was horrified. “And...” Eilidh began again. “I've identified patterns. Scary patterns. Every time the hand appears, it’s moved around 1.5 miles. It started at the end of the loch, near us. Meaning that this hand, for as long as it takes, is going to Inveraray.”

‘The Hand Club to Stop the Beastly Fingers of the Loch’. This was on the front of the caravan and the four of them were standing at the door. They all had badges, with their names. Eilidh, Breaker of Nails. Avi, Cracker of Knuckles. Luna, Puller of Fingers. And finally, Chloe, Turner of Wrists. Luna raised the large net. “Well then, are you ready?” She smiled, and they started for the loch. They were on the beach, where Eilidh thought the hand would appear again. “It will be a miracle if the hand comes up,” said Eilidh with a sigh. Avi shouted, as he saw a green finger break the quietness of the loch.

Luna ran down to the end of the beach, jumped into the water and the net went over the monster’s finger. The finger went higher and higher, dragging the net with it. A hand, shoulders, belly, neck, and finally a head appeared. Sunlight bouncing off the side of its teeth. Luna shouted and tried to jump off. The beast grinned and gave a frightening laugh as it went back down, Luna screaming as she disappeared under the water.

Two hundred 'lost' posters across Inveraray. 'Luna, 15, Long black hair’ and a picture of Luna. Eilidh, Avi and Chloe were sitting at the pier. “Three months.” Chloe said. “Three months without a single word.”

Avi looked at them. “Aye. This is crazy!! Chloe!! Eilidh!! Look!!” Avi went like a deer down the shore, heading straight for a large patch of seaweed. Or they thought it was seaweed…

“She’s still breathing!” Avi was going crazy, jumping around like an idiot, arms flying around his head. Eilidh and Chloe came over to him. “What?” Eilidh said with a sigh. Amongst the seaweed, as cold as the poison, was Luna.

They were all standing around a hospital bed, with flowers and balloons covering the place. Luna opened one blue eye to a light blinking. “Luna?” Eilidh said softly, kneeling by the bed. Luna didn't say a word, but with all her energy, she put her hand on Eilidh’s.

Epilogue

The four of them stood at the beach, looking out at the head of the lake, beyond Inveraray. In the middle of the sunset, there was a huge tail. It waved, and it went under the water for the final time.

The Hand of the Loch

The oar of the boat plunged into the black water, turning in a small circle. The boat only moved a little bit.

“Oh my goodness, Eilidh!” Luna said with a sigh like a camel. “Where did that year lifting weights go! We've been on Loch Fyne 2 hours now, and I can still see the bottom of the lake as if it's dancing beside me!”

Avi put his hand in the water and splashed Luna in the face. “Eilidh is trying, gobby!”

The boat started to move much faster and they all jumped. A wave came across the loch and when the three of them looked over at the Inveraray road, there was a beastly green and blue hand, climbing up into the air from the water. The shell covered hand lifted a small red car from the road and the two occupants fell out. The hand took the car down under the water of the loch and nobody ever saw it again.

Eilidh was sitting by the fire, her two brothers and her sister sitting at her feet. They were arguing because their favourite program wasn’t on the television. The news was only talking about “The Hand of the Loch”.

Eilidh found herself in the Co-Op in Inveraray at eight at night. She was alone, but the shop was quite busy. She picked up the things she needed, her legs like stones. Suddenly, a girl hit into her. Her artificial nails in Eilidh’s eyes, her Nike platform shoes breaking poor Eilidh’s toes, long blonde hair like a whip. “Oh! My! Goodness! I'm so sorry!!” She stood up, her tight trousers strutting away. Eilidh paid and drove away. It was dark, nothing could be seen in the dark blanket that lay on the loch. Out of the darkness there was a girl - the girl from the shop - climbing over the river. Eilidh stopped. “It's you! I'm Chloe! Can I have a lift?” She jumped inside.

A week later, Eilidh, Luna, Avi and Chloe were all sitting in the caravan in the forest next to Eilidh's house. Luna and Avi were asking Chloe questions and Eilidh was writing on a board. “Okay then!” Eilidh stood up, in this small place, the whole caravan shook from side to side. “I've created this board to figure out what in the mad world was that beastly hand. As you can see, I have obtained pictures from the newspaper and, with a lot of research, I found out that this has happened more than once. I'll just say that the last few times it wasn’t only a car that monster had got.” Chloe gasped and put her hand over her mouth.

“What?” Luna said. “Luna! It ate people!” This time Luna made a small gasp and Avi was horrified. “And...” Eilidh began again. “I've identified patterns. Scary patterns. Every time the hand appears, it’s moved around 1.5 miles. It started at the end of the loch, near us. Meaning that this hand, for as long as it takes, is going to Inveraray.”

‘The Hand Club to Stop the Beastly Fingers of the Loch’. This was on the front of the caravan and the four of them were standing at the door. They all had badges, with their names. Eilidh, Breaker of Nails. Avi, Cracker of Knuckles. Luna, Puller of Fingers. And finally, Chloe, Turner of Wrists. Luna raised the large net. “Well then, are you ready?” She smiled, and they started for the loch. They were on the beach, where Eilidh thought the hand would appear again. “It will be a miracle if the hand comes up,” said Eilidh with a sigh. Avi shouted, as he saw a green finger break the quietness of the loch.

Luna ran down to the end of the beach, jumped into the water and the net went over the monster’s finger. The finger went higher and higher, dragging the net with it. A hand, shoulders, belly, neck, and finally a head appeared. Sunlight bouncing off the side of its teeth. Luna shouted and tried to jump off. The beast grinned and gave a frightening laugh as it went back down, Luna screaming as she disappeared under the water.

Two hundred 'lost' posters across Inveraray. 'Luna, 15, Long black hair’ and a picture of Luna. Eilidh, Avi and Chloe were sitting at the pier. “Three months.” Chloe said. “Three months without a single word.”

Avi looked at them. “Aye. This is crazy!! Chloe!! Eilidh!! Look!!” Avi went like a deer down the shore, heading straight for a large patch of seaweed. Or they thought it was seaweed…

“She’s still breathing!” Avi was going crazy, jumping around like an idiot, arms flying around his head. Eilidh and Chloe came over to him. “What?” Eilidh said with a sigh. Amongst the seaweed, as cold as the poison, was Luna.

They were all standing around a hospital bed, with flowers and balloons covering the place. Luna opened one blue eye to a light blinking. “Luna?” Eilidh said softly, kneeling by the bed. Luna didn't say a word, but with all her energy, she put her hand on Eilidh’s.

Epilogue

The four of them stood at the beach, looking out at the head of the lake, beyond Inveraray. In the middle of the sunset, there was a huge tail. It waved, and it went under the water for the final time.