Chapter 3 

Three days later, Lilly and I are still hiding in the storage room in my sweetshop. We sit cross legged because of how small the storage room is. There isn’t a lot of food, only sweets. The only thing that we could have is a sandwich and crisps. We take a few sips of our water, as it has to last us, however long we are in there. Outside is freezing,it is so cold it feels like being in a freezer. Whereas in the inside it is toasty and warm.I haven’t slept since the night Lilly knocked and smashed my window.But Lilly is being suspicious. I think she has a plan .“So I wasn’t going to say anything because I didn’t want you to get mad but I’ve been sneaking out to the beach and I think I know where IT lives.” says Lilly. I let out a sigh. 

Apparently, Lilly has been over at the beach alot. She claims to have seen a lot of slimy and gooey stuff like I saw at the abandoned school. “ Also, Joy, I was walking across the beach and I felt a round circle whilst walking on the sand. Maybe it was where the snakemander lives.”Lilly exclaims. “ Yeah maybe” I say. We explore some more and dig up some of the sand and found something that looked like an arm. Maybe it was one of the snakemander’s victim.

After we found the arm we panicked and left. We grab a coat and some weapons.I lock the windows and the doors and we head out. The wind is blowing; the sky is black.It was so quiet there was nobody anywhere for miles. Finally, we’re at the beach Lilly and I dig up all of the sand. We continue , well that was until I heard a shout. “ Over here!” shouts Lilly. There it was, the vent. Lilly goes to open it but I stop her.”We’ve got to be careful we don’t know if it is down there.” I say. I put my head on the vent hoping to hear the snakemander. Then I heard a hiss. That was when I knew it was down there. Quietly, I open the vent. I go down first, Lilly goes down after me.

I don’t know why I decided to come, I think to myself. Lilly turns her torch on. The walls are mouldy, the floors are sticky. We had two options on which to go, left or right.” Maybe we should split up.” Says Lilly. I shake my head. We turn right. We saw sand and Lilly says “ Let’s follow it and find the snakemander”. It’s almost as if she wants to die.

Lilly turns her torch off. The cave was dark, then there was  a drip.My heart is pounding.We walk the way where there was a trail of sand. Just as I start thinking there was nothing there I see a twinkle, it was a diamond egg. “Does it belong to the snakemander? Has it given birth?” I ask.

That was when I felt it.The feeling in my stomach I know we shouldn’t be here.Lilly goes to touch the egg. She picks it up.Then there was a sound.It was an alarm.Maybe it doesn’t belong to the snakemander, maybe it is somebody’s lair. “ Lets go” I shout so that she can hear me over the alarm. “ NO!” Lilly shouts back at me. I couldn’t just leave her there.I find where the alarm was and I smash it with my weapons. Suddenly there was a loud hiss. It does belong to the snakemander after all.But some stuff doesn’t add up. For example how was there an alarm the snakemander couldn’t do that. The snakemander comes slithering in. Lilly goes towards it but I step back…