Prologue

You’re probably been to paradise palms.In summer there would have been an ice cream van there selling the most delicious ice cream you;ve ever had.When you went there you probably made a sand castle with a moat around it and many slippery,shiny rockpools to explore.It’s that place… in the summer.

But in the winter,when you’re on the roads it’s like a ice skating area (but in a bad way);the sand was probably as hard as titanium.Don’t even try to catch crabs as they would be out the water in one of the caves.Only a few people visit then and the people who don’t have good reasons why…

Chapter 1

My name is Kat Kit and I work at the fish and chips shop.Most people just call me Kat.I am the cleaner;I polish the windows and clean up at the end of the day.Someone once told me it must be a boring job but I like it.I have a room with a sleeping bag and a old fire to keep me warm.At summer we get lots of customers but in the winter we bareilly get any.

A boy bangs against my window and yells “Let me in!”.I stared at him wondering what to do.It’s very late and the shops closed.He looked really cold so I opened the door and he rushed in and sat on one of the chairs.Breathless,he says,”Hide me!”

Before I continue with what happens next,there’s a story about our town that I should tell you.It happened along time ago that no one remembers.Theres a legend that says that there is a sea monster that only attacks at night and if you were at the beach at night it would attack.It is known as the Sea Serpent.It smells like rotten fish and people say that its spikes are made of sailors bones.When people heard its screech locals would close windows and doors.

Some say that it was finding its child or finding its food.But when someone went missing on the beach at night,people have been locking everything when they heard it.

“Why do you need to hide?” I asked her.”What is it?”

“It’s here!”he says,”look carefully”.