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Adam's eyes became a blur and he fell to the ground with a "thud".............."Wake up Adam, Hello Adam are you listening to me.",Tommy was saying and trying to wake up Adam. "Where am I? what happened?", said Adam meekly; "It's alright Adam, we are in my house.",said Tommy and he continued ,"Its' been just a few hours since you fainted,". "What were those things that went through me.", said Adam now rubbing his eyes ; "No idea dude, seemed like some Grey smokey thing." "How are the others, how did I get here.", "Adam, when you fainted Kristen got a little emotional and she just started crying and with her mobile phone she had to try three times to dial the phone number of the Ambulance Service right and then some ghostly things started happening in the school - lights flickering, all the lockers were opening and closing very rapidly by themselves. Ambulance arrived quickly and my Mo...

A few days later,when Adam went to school as usual he was met by Tommy near the narrow path which ran across Dark Woods . they were discussing about the test which would be conducted that day by their class teacher-Ms.Amanda. But as the two of them went deeper into Dark woods, they heard the rustling of leaves behind them. When they turned around, about a few meters away from the place they were they saw the form of a creature running fast behind the bushes. Then there was dead silence for some time Tommy broke the ice by saying, "Adam, what do you think it was?" Adam replied,"Don't know man never seen anything like it." Adam asked Tommy if he was scared and Tommy said," Adam, even I am as brave as you are but its just that I am not able to keep my legs from shivering ad stop sweat from trickling down my face." Adam then said."Let us not linger around here unless you want to be late for school." Even before Adam completed his sentence Tomm...

His plan was simple: just be brave and try to scare those creatures. So they gathered all their courage and tried scaring the monsters by making sounds and different faces. His plan seemed to be working because the Bog Monsters were not only becoming small but also were losing their body parts. First they lost their horns next their scary face then their big bellies, fish tail followed and finally in the end their hands and legs. Now they became Small Tadpole and eventually vanished. Everyone were stunned by the outcome of events. Adam decided to keep the puppy to himself and call the puppy “ Lupus ”. Finally the sun was rising and the attack of the bog monsters was over; thanks to the brave little hero “ Lupu s”. Then all of them went to their houses hurriedly and Adam had to give a lengthy explanation to his mother for not turning up early. The lame explanation he gave to his mother was that they were attacked by some Bog Creatures and they hid all night and nothing was said abo...

The dog in Adam’s hands which was yelping and wagging its tail stopped doing that, Adam thought it was frightened too but it was not, he knew it was angry because he could hear it growling and it suddenly jumped to the ground from Adam’s hands. He could see its eyes becoming red and gray smoke covered all the students when the smoke covered them all the students some how just froze, it was as if the time stopped for all the students except Adam and Kristen who could still move and that was very strange experience for both of them and in that smoke Adam and Kristen gasped at what they saw, the pup was now transformed into a huge bear like dog about 10 feet tall and looked more like a cold blooded killer rather than an adorable puppy. It gave a menacing growl that caused all the Bog Monsters to retreat back and the strange thing was that they grew smaller in size. As the Demon Dog roamed from side to side growling and staring ferociously the Bog Monsters grew further smaller in size...

Adam and Kristen were running together and they stopped to catch their breath and looked back, there was no one behind them. Both of them gave out a sigh of relief, but a sound suddenly made them jump, the sound was not that of a Bog Monster but then Kristen spotted something on a nearby tree. She and Adam went closer for a better look at what it was and were surprised to find a small puppy trapped on a branch, Kristen said,” Some monster must have left it there.”, she then asked Adam to climb that tree and help the poor little thing, Adam tried to argue that dogs could not climb trees and that a dog which could climb might not be ordinary but could also be dangerous, but as usual Kristen was adamant and said that something as cute and innocent looking as that puppy can never harm anyone, Adam finally gave up and climbed the tree and went closer to the puppy, instead of barking it remained very calm which was even more surprising for Adam, so he grabbed the puppy and brought it do...

In the thin light from moon which was shining on the bog they spotted a strange human like creature coming out of the bog. All were rooted to the spot as fear gripped them. The Bog Monsters walked on their 2 hind legs like a human but they had no features of one. Their hands and legs were slender, the legs had 2 giant claws instead of toes and they had webbed feet, their hands had three claws in the place of 2 fingers and a thumb, their skin was scaly; their belly was enormous and protruding. Their head was round and had the jaws of shark and on the back of their head were 3 horns but the strangest thing was that they had the tail of a fish. They had putrid breath which could be smelled for miles; which was like a mixture of stinking onions and rotten tomatoes. All the students gasped in horror and a few even fainted. But most of them were frozen like ice. The worst was about to happen. Many other such creatures came out of that bog. Adam thought that they were going to be dead meat....

She explained that this swamp was a beautiful picnic spot One day a man carrying a deadly virus came to the picnic spot and all the people present there got infected and died after a few days from fever.After no one took care of the place and it became a swamp and was called “Fever Swamp” in remembrance of the incident. The place had been closed down for years but few scientists with their latest technology came here and cleared the swamp of all viruses and made it public again. She also told them that there had been a lot of mysterious sightings over the past few days. People claim to have seen strange creatures that come out at night to hunt. As scientists never had any proof of such things they closed the case saying it was a fake. But Adam and his fellow class mates were soon going to find out because the sun was setting and everything was becoming dark. The students wondered if the sun set here quickly or did they have a problem with their watches because it was still only 5 P.M. ...

Ms.Amanda told that this swamp was once a beautiful picnic spot, One day a man carrying a deadly virus came to the picnic spot and all the people present there got infected and died after a few days from Fever . After no one took care of the place and it became a swamp and was called “ Fever Swamp ” in remembrance of the incident. The place had been closed down for years but recently some scientists with their latest equipment came here and cleared the swamp of all viruses and made it public again. She also told them that there had been a lot of mysterious sightings over the past few days. People claim to have seen strange creatures that come out at night to hunt. As scientists never had any proof of such things they closed the case saying it was a fake. But Adam and his fellow classmates were soon going to find out because the sun was setting and everything was becoming dark. The students wondered if the sun set here quickly or did they have a problem with their watches because it wa...

As the days passed by Adam got along with everyone at school except Arnold and his rowdy bunch of friends who thought their only work at school was to bully their juniors and tease girls but the worst thing for Adam was that they were in the same class as he was. One day their class teacher Ms.Amanda entered the class and announced that they were going on a field trip to “ Fever Swamp ” All of them were filled with zeal and there was a din of chatter which broke out among the students. The bus that was going to take them to Fever Swamp arrived as soon as they reached the bus stop. Everyone had the opinion that the bus was very luxurious compared to their school bus. They reached fever swamp about half an hour later. It was a very thick swamp and the teacher had brought them there to learn something about this swamp which had a very tragic history.

The next day Adam could not get rest because of all the excitement he had the previous night. He thought about the night he spent with the Werewolves . His school started from the next week and he was eager to meet his new teachers and make new friends. Time seemed to pass very slowly for him. Monday Morning came late but it did come at last. He got ready early that morning and went to the first day of his new school “ Spook school ” as he entered the class he found that the first class had already started and there was a teacher who was introducing herself to the class as soon as he entered he introduced him and he said to everyone “Hi friends, my name is Adam Macmillan . He saw that Kristen was also in the same class. After completing his first day as a tenth grader he and Kristen talked for a long time and she introduced him to Tommy who after a few days became Adam’s best pal. Adam felt that Tommy was a very good and dependable friend who was an easy going guy. Kristen on the ...

Now he was really tensed about where his mother could have wandered off to. So he went outside on his bicycle and he was happy that it was a full moon night, he saw the moon for sometime as it appeared from behind the clouds and the full moon cast a little bit of light aiding his vision. He then moved deeper into the jungle and saw a few people moving towards the big moon. Through the moon light he could see that they were sprouting hairs all over their body and were growing huge in size, he then remembered why his mother had warned him from going out into Dark Woods at night because it was famous for its Werewolves ( people who become wolf like creatures on the night of the full moon). Now he had to find his Mother in a dark forest which was infested with blood thirsty werewolves. But gathering all his courage he went towards them slowly and he heard a woman’s scream and the voice was none other than his Mother’s, now he started racing towards the sound only to find a group ...

Later she asked him where he learnt to fight like that and he simply replied that he learnt a fighting style called “ Kaijudo ” and that he passed Level 2 out of the total 5 levels in it , sensing that she had no interest on the subject he let go of it, he later dropped her near her house and finally asked her which school was she going to this Kristen replied that she was going to “ Spook Schoo l” the best school in the entire Dark woods and Adam was thrilled because that was the same school he was going to join after 1 week, he was glad that he made a friend even before the school began. He just remembered that his mom was going to return any time soon and he rushed back to his house wondering whether his Mom had returned or not and what reason to say if his mom had already returned. In a chaos state of mind he went back to his house and was overjoyed to find out that his mother had not yet returned from work he opened the door with the spare key and quickly had a wash and changed h...

A million thoughts raced through his mind and he finally decided to venture out in to Dark woods and explore the place a little bit. He opened the front door and then locked it slowly, he took his bicycle and went into the deep forest alone with only the cool breeze giving him company. As he penetrated deeper into the forest a whole new world lay ahead of him. Dark woods was nothing like Red woods (the place in which he earlier lived in) the more he went into Dark woods the more excited he felt, then after coming some distance he heard a girl’s cry, curious to find out who was it, he went in the direction of the sound and he then came to a clearing In which he saw a pretty girl gripped in fear as a “ Rock lizard “( a medium sized monster which has hide as strong as a rock and spikes surrounding its back. ) Was closing in on her. He quickly dropped his bicycle and with lightning fast reflexes he picked up a club that was lying in the litter and threw it on Rock lizard’s head an...

“Adam wake up”, came a call from below. Adam who had rolled out of bed at night suddenly woke up with a starl as he had the worst nightmare ever, then he got ready and went down to have breakfast. His mother said “Adam you have school within a week why don’t you do some preparation before it starts”, to this, Adam replied “Mom there is no need to prepare as this a new year and nothing has been taught yet”. His mother then said “We have come to Dark Woods just for your education and I will not appreciate if you are going to neglect it like this”. Adam then said “Really mom? And I thought we were here because Dad got a promotion and got transferred here”. “No more talking young man I am going to my office and I do not want you to leave the house no matter what, OK”. “OK mom it is not like I am going to run away or anything”. “I am locking the door and going so no moving out of the house”, said his mother and went off in a hurry. Adam always thought why his mother was so worried about...

Man has been telling stories of fantasy since times immemorial. He has believed in the unknown and wanted to know more about the things he did not know it was the nature of mankind. In different parts of the world we keep hearing myths and legends of things which we cannot even imagine, in some cases the truth is definitely stranger than the fantasy. This is one such story. This is the tale of Adam an average teen whose life changes drastically in a span of three years. Adam lives in an alternate earth where the humans and demons, monsters live together or actually where humans are dominated by different creatures. The number of humans is very less and the earth is covered with swamps and different kinds of forests which are called "Woods". So a sight of a werewolf or any other demon is not such a rarity in Adam’s world. The tale starts from when Adam’s age was 15 years and continues until his age becomes 18 during the span of these 3 years he has to sacrifice many thin...