Malamander. 

Have your heard of Gulls by the Sea? A small beach town on the coast. You probably have, there would have been an Ice cream van where you bought a strawberry cone, remember? Oh and that toy shop where everything in there you wanter thats where you got your souvenir a small fridge magnet of the beach. Happier times. You wouldn’t have been there in winter though, where the harsh wind blew the beach shacks over and all the stores where shut; where the heavy rain soaked every roof. The people there don’t dare to go to the beach at this time and its not because of the weather conditions another reason lies a secret between the people of this town. Skulls by the Sea.

My name is Daniel Sponge and I work at the small toy shop down the road opposite the gulls and shells fish and chip store. Most people call me Dan.S or just Dan. I don’t make millions at my shop but enough to buy a pack of harribo on the way home, I like my job. My home is small and old and most of the foundation is falling apart but that is irrelevant because ,being close to the third floor at the grand naughtless hotel, I often go in and work as a inspector and cleaner of each room to get a few extra bucks. These walls may look unpleasant to walk between but secrets lie in them like the secret of the… maybe its a tail for a later time. Sometimes I spot people walking in the corridors while I’m here in winter but it’s packed in summer every room is occupied by at least 2 or more people. Except 1 room. I get my own room which is pretty nice, it has a window where I can see the sea but I didn’t expect anything different when I came in today but surprise’s come every day. 

A girl taps on my window into my room firmly and I can hear her shouting out to me ‘let me in’ but it sounds quiet almost like she’s trying to not make a sound. But anyway I rush to the window confused because this room is 7 stories high and its 4 in the morning (on my night shift) but I open the window and she comes tumbling in. Before I can even get a good look at this random girl thats just appeared at my window she rushes around with wide eyes saying he’s coming! Hide me! She then spots a bunch of clothes and boxes and stuffs herself in on of them. 

This may seem like a odd place to change the subject but there is a local legend that I think you might of heard of, a mander. Heard of those? Well more specifically a scubermander. This creature has been a mystery to the people here for generations. People say its rusty metal like body lurks in the sea and only comes out to wander the streets on cold stormy nights making the clunking sounds of your nightmares but don’t think this thing is harmless because inside the suit of its skin a slimy alien like creature that can morph into your best friend lies ready for its next victim. Don’t let this thing scare you because it’s only a local legend. 

Or is it?

Before I can even go and ask whats going on a loud bang hits my door 3 times. It couldn’t be a person at this time it’s to early how would he even have got up here, I locked the doors. I open the door to see a tall, scarred skin, green eyed man standing and staring down at me. I begin to analyse his as he says’ Girl? ‘ ‘Where!’ In a hissing voice to I then realise he has a hook for a hand.