Prologue

You’ve probably been to Cheerie-On-Sea. In summer time, made sand castles and pushed your siblings into the water.Or if your parents have nearly fallen asleep you bury them in the golden sand. You would’ve gone home exhausted because of how much fun you had in Cheerie-On-Sea. Well… it is that kind of place in the summertime.

But in the winter time the c and h have blown off of the sign and makes it eerie- on – sea. The sea, which is freezing cold, has frozen over.About 2 people visit but goes home after 5 minutes to be in the warm.You will start to get frostbite. Even the locals don’t go as it is way too cold. Some people say that they can hear slithering noises when they walk across the sand so they run off as fast as they can.

Chapter 1

My name is Joy Rancher. I work at sweet shop Galore opposite the pier.I’m the manager at Sweet shop Galore. In the summertime, my shop is packed with people buying candy floss and sweets. People say that I should get a new job as selling sweets must be boring but it isn’t , it is as amazing as it can be. There is a regular customer called Ava Cardo, she comes every day and we have a long talk. We’re always busy but in the winter not even Ava visits. There is maybe one person- if that.

I was packing up my store and was locking up when suddenly,there was a loud knock at the door : it was a strange girl shouting “ Help me“

I go to let her in but she smashes my door down. She looks desperate for help and has blue lips. She says “ Hide me please”

Before I continue with what happens next , there is a story about our town that you should know. It was such a long time ago I don’t think anyone remembers this story. It was a cold winter’s night when something rose from the sand. It was 100 foot tall and was slithering down the streets. In 1950, there was something called a Malamander that only came out on a cold winter’s night. Whereas with the one now, it is slimy and lives under the sand at the beach. It hisses so loudly people wake up wondering what the noise is. But when they looked it was gone. So  they just lock their doors.

Some people say it was just a cat and lots of other things until there was another winter’s night when it came out again but this time it was way scarier. I’ve heard it once or twice when it is dark.

“ Why do you need to hide?” I ask “ What’s happened?”

“ I’ve seen it” she cries “ The snake or whatever it is. “We need to hide!”