You might have been to Cove beach during summer, you have probably dived into the crashing , blue waves and sunbathed under the Hawaiian sun umbrella. You might have activated your taste buds with a lick of Sunset cafe’s birthday cake ice cream , or dipped the freshly baked rolls into the sweet, tasty brown sugar.

But in winter, you might have bought all the coats,gloves,scarves and hats in the shop. You probably have felt the tip of your tongue feeling numb , or even your taste buds being deactivated. You should try staying in Maybank Hotel , which has all the winter supplies. The public have stopped going to the beach…. and some even say, they have a really good excuse.

Chapter 1

 Hi , my name is Olivia Lauren and I work at Blackpool Zoo , which is full of chaos against the animals. I am the caretaker of the zoo. I feed the lions,giraffes,baby elephants, etc. Someone once told me,(a Karen), I shouldn’t be working here, but I ignored them. I have a storage room to keep my stuff in because apparently a thief is on the loose in Blackpool. I’m lonely at home , but at least I have my dog Poppy. She’s almost a year old , she’s 11 months and a half. It isn’t so busy during winter because hardly anybody visits.

 A boy taps on the window and whispers, ‘Let me in!” I gaze at him confused, not sure what to do about it. I’m really not allowed to open the door for anyone at this time of night, and plus I was in the middle of cleaning.He stares at me with glowing, amber eyes as he knocks on the window repeatedly and harder saying, “ Hide me!”

 Before I continue about what happens next, there is this one story about Blackpool Beach that I have to tell you. It happened recently , about 2 weeks ago. Not really everyone knows about it. Local legends tell of a sea creature that comes out at night ,crawling out of the ocean like a creepy monster. Apparently, people are saying that its name is known as Mermander. It only comes out approximately at 12 am and when it’s stormy. It has a scaly texture like a slithering snake crawling through the wet forest. Its eyes are as bright as the sun on spring days. If the locals had heard a growling sound, they would have to immediately have to lock their doors and close the curtains.

 Rumour has it the creature drowns people if they record it and post it on the internet. Recently 5+ people have gone missing because of this sea creature. Locals have been calling the police but they didn’t believe what they were saying. When it was a stormy night at 12 am, the Mermander crawled out of the sea hunting something/ someone down. Harriet said, “ My little brother went missing! I think the creature killed him!”