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‚Not today,‛ the man said , as he jumped
backwards holding the bag.
In front of him, three black luminescentcreatures headed toward him. They didn’t look
happy. One broke from the pack and raced toward
him. He slid to the right underneath it, took
something out of his pocket, and threw it. It hit the
creature and froze it in place. The man jumped up and
kicked the frozen creature, shattering it. As he landed
one of the remaining creatures held out his hand and
something shot toward him. It wrapped around the
man as he struggled to get it off. The creature then
raced forward. Before it could reach him, the man
spoke some words and broke out of his bindings. He
quickly reached down and threw something at the
oncoming creature. The creature was frozen in place.
He ran toward the creature and shattered it inthousands of pieces, just like the first. There was now
only one left.
The remaining creature let out an inhuman
scream that shook the air, knocking the man back. He
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slammed into wall and fell to the ground. The creature
didn’t attempt to move forward. Instead it stood thereand waited. The man shook his head and stood back
up, a little dazed.
‚Enough of this!‛ yelled a voice.
The man looked around and saw nobody. The
creature quickly left the room, leaving the man alone.
As the man walked toward the door of the
room, he felt someone behind him. He turned and saw
a woman standing there. He jumped backwards and
reached for his pocket. Before he could grab anything,
the woman put her hand out. The man was thrown
back and slammed into the wall.
‚You have wasted enough of our time,‛ she
said, as she walked toward him.
He was dazed on the ground. As he tried to getto his feet he stumbled.
‚To think , all of this could have been avoided
had you just given it to us,‛ she said.
The man finally reached his feet, still a bit
dazed. He snuck into his pocket without the woman
noticing, and threw something at her. It was the same
item he had used to freeze the creatures. This time
though, it had a different result. The woman caught it
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in her hand and inspected the item.
‚You really didn’t think THIS was going towork did you?‛ she said , as she threw the item to the
ground causing the floor to ice up.
‚No , but this might,‛ the man said , as he
pulled something else out of his pocket and threw it at
her. This time as the woman tried to catch it, it
knocked her down. With the woman knocked down,
he raced toward the door and tried to leave the room.
He opened the door but before he could leave it
slammed shut and locked.
He turned to see the woman standing up with
her arms outstretched. A beam of dark light shot out
from her hand. He didn’t have time to escape. The
beam hit him in the face. As he fell to the ground
holding his eye in pain, he dropped the bag. Thewoman walked slowly over to the bag and picked it
up.
‚It’s time to end this,‛ the woman said, as she
closed her eyes and began to chant.
The floor of the room began to shake. As she
continued to chant, the door slammed open. A dark
haired woman stood in the doorway and looked down
at her fallen companion. She rushed over to him.
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‚I’m getting you out of here,‛ she said , as she
grabbed the man from the ground.She led him out of the room, just as the woman
who had injured her friend stopped chanting. The
woman opened her eyes to finish the man off, but he
was gone. She laughed to herself as she looked
through the open doorway and saw him being led
away.
She took the bag the man dropped, and opened
it. Inside was a book. The book was leather bound and
looked very old.
‚Finally we have it!‛ she said , talking to
someone or something not in the room.
‚There are only two left and once we have
those there will be no stopping us!‛
She put the book back in the bag, closed hereyes, and vanished.
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‚I am very disappointed in these test scores,‛
Mrs. Adderly said, as she walked around the room
and handed the tests back.
Her science tests were known to be difficult,
though she rarely voiced her displeasure to the class.
She went row by row giving each student a glance,
specific to how they did on the test. She was known
for this too. If you did poorly on a test or paper she
would look at you with disappointment, shaking her
head as she handed it back. If you did well, you
would get an unassuming smile and a nod of
approval.As she made her way around the room, she
reached Jason Vale’s desk. She took his test, handed it
to him, and smiled. Jason was one of the brightest
students not only in her class, but in the entire school.
Getting a good grade was the norm for him. He
excelled in school and enjoyed the accolades the
teachers gave him, as much as he hated the grief he
got from the other students.
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‚Now class , I expect you to do better on next
week’s test. Be sure you study chapters 12 and 13,‛Mrs. Adderly was rushing to beat the dismissal bell,
‚if anyone has any questions-‛ The bell rang before
she had a chance to finish.
‚I will be here for another hour or so! Have a
good weekend class!‛ she said, as the class rushed to
leave, ‚Oh and Jason, can I talk to you before you go?‛
Jason was usually the last one out of class and
today was no exception. He always waited for the
other students to leave first, as there was less of a
chance he would get picked on. As he walked toward
her desk, the few students left in the class chuckled
and shook their heads at him. Jason turned to look at
them as they left.
‚ Jason ,‛ Mrs. Adderly said , calling out to himto get his attention.
Jason turned away from the kids who were
laughing and looked at Mrs. Adderly.
‚You have been the best student I’ve ever had
in my class, and I just wanted to see how your project
for the science fair is coming along. You know it’s only
three weeks away!‛
It was fall and time for the annual science fair
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at Forest Hills Middle School. Students from any
grade are welcome to participate, and Jason hadentered every year. Each time, Jason had won first
prize for his grade. He was in 8th grade now, and this
would be his last chance to enter the contest.
‚It’s coming along ok. I still have some work to
do but I’ll have it ready in time,‛ Jason said, with a
gleam in his eye. He always enjoyed talking about his
science projects with anyone that would listen.
‚That’s great. Just wanted to be sure we would
see you there this year,‛ Mrs. Adderly said, as she
began to gather her things and straighten her desk.
‚Thanks for asking Mrs. Adderly. Have a good
weekend,‛ he said , as he turned to leave.
As he got to the door, he looked to make sure
nobody was waiting for him. He was hoping thatenough time had passed, and that the other students
had already left for home. While Jason was the
smartest kid in school, he was also the one who
seemed to be picked on the most. He was a socially
awkward boy, though he was kind and generous to a
fault. He seemed to be in luck today, as he left the
room there were no students to be found except one.
‚How did you do on the test? Or do I even
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need to ask?‛ Faith said.
Faith was Jason’s closest friend. She was alsoone of the more popular kids in school, which made
their friendship seem strange to the other kids. They
had known each other since they were babies, having
been neighbors for years. Faith’s family moved to the
other side of town just last year. Despite not being
neighbors anymore, and their different social paths in
school, they had remained close. Faith had stuck up
for Jason on more than one occasion, getting him out
of some sticky situations.
‚I got 105,‛ Jason replied, with little emotion as
they began to walk toward the exit.
‚105? How did you manage that?‛ Faith asked ,
half laughing half astonished.
‚Well,‛ Jason began to answer pushing hisglasses back into place, ‚I got every question right
including the 5 point extra credit,‛ He said, smirking
back and enjoying showing off his grades…again.
As the two made their way outside two girls
called out to Faith. She waved to them and turned to
Jason, ‚Bye, I have to go.‛
‚Hanging out with Becky and Lauren again?‛
he asked.
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He did not like Faith’s friends, mainly because
they often picked on him and called him nameswhenever Faith wasn’t around.
‚Yup, going to do some shopping before I go
home. See ya later,‛ Faith walked over to Becky and
Lauren and the three of them left together.
Jason walked home alone, sure that Becky and
Lauren were talking about him. The trip home didn’t
take long, as he lived just a few blocks from the
school.
Jason’s home was an old , rustic, New England
home. It was gothic looking in appearance. With the
renovations his parent’s recently made it looked new
enough to fit in with the other homes in Forest Hills
though.
As usual his parents were not home. They bothhad successful careers. His father was a dentist and his
mother was a real estate broker. While it did allow
them to live in comfort, it did not afford them much
time to spend at home. He had grown up this way and
had grown accustomed to this way of life. He would
often be alone in the house for hours, with his parents
not coming home until about seven or eight o’clock in
the evening. By the time they got home he had already
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made dinner, and on certain occasions made enough
for his parents as well.He walked into the kitchen, dropped his
backpack on the table and poured himself some
orange juice. He sat at the kitchen table and relaxed
after a hard day at school. He was glad it was Friday.
As he sat there relaxing, he thought that this
afternoon would be a good time to start his book
report. He had been so focused on his science project
that he had not started on it. He had plenty of time to
get it done though, and had a list of books in mind
that his teacher had ok’d. Finishing his orange juice he
put his glass in the sink, took his backpack, and left his
parents a note telling them where he was going.
Taking his bike out of the garage he peddled toward
the bookstore. Jason was heading to one of his favorite places,
Bookmark. The local bookstore in Forest Hills, Bookmark
is a place where you could find any and everything.
While they didn’t carry many new books like the large
book chains, they did have an extensive collection of
older books. Bookmark had many things for an
inquisitive young boy like Jason, and he often spent
hours after school there. He had befriended the owner
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of the store, an older man named Anderson.
Anderson loved books, and the store had beenin town as long as Jason and his parents could
remember. Whatever Jason needed, even if he didn’t
know the right book, Anderson was always there to
suggest something. In recent years, Anderson for the
first time had hired a few employees to help him.
Anderson was still sharp, but was getting up in age
and needed help to organize his extensive collection.
While the store was in town, it took Jason some time
to get there. The afternoon was winding down and
began to give way to early evening when Jason
entered the store.
‚Hi Anderson ,‛ Jason said, seeing a man
behind the counter leaning over to pick something up.
‚Why hello Jason ,‛ Anderson replied , withouthaving to see who was there. Anderson got up and
turned around to face him ‚how are you doing
today?‛
Anderson was usually very talkative and today
was no exception. He enjoyed talking it up with his
customers and particularly enjoyed hearing the local
gossip of the day.
‚Pretty good,‛ Jason replied.
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As much as he loved talking to Anderson it
was late in the day. If he led on about anything, hemay be talking well into the next morning.
‚I have a book report due soon,‛ he said,
handing his list of books to Anderson.
Jason could have gone to the library and
checked these books out. The books on his list though,
were ones he was interested in reading and keeping.
He had a very large book collection for someone who
was only in 8th grade, and looked forward to adding
too it whenever he could.
‚Well let me see what you have here,‛
Anderson said as he studied the list, ‚hmm…well
you’re in luck. We have most of the books on your list.
Do you want them all? How many book reports are
you doing?‛ Anderson asked.‚Well, I’m doing my report on Treasure Island ,
and I want to read The Light Beyond the Forest. Why not
give me those two, then you can pick one you think
I’ll like,‛ Jason always trusted Anderson’s judgment
when it came to books. Anderson had never picked a
book that Jason did not thoroughly enjoy.
‚Well, let me see here…,‛ Anderson was
talking to himself as he walked away from the counter
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and down one of the aisles. He pulled a copy of
Treasure Island from the middle shelf. Walking back tothe front counter, he handed the book to Jason. He
then walked down a different aisle, looked up, and
pulled The Light Beyond the Forest from the top shelf.
‚And for the last one, Sam!‛ Anderson called
out, as he made his way to the front counter with the
2nd book.
A young looking man appeared from the back
of the store. Jason looked at him but did not recognize
him. He was familiar with all of Anderson’s other
helpers, but had never seen this man before. The man
walked slowly toward the front counter.
‚Here,‛ Anderson had scribbled a book title on
a sheet of paper and handed it to Sam, ‚I believe we
have a copy in the back room, can you get it for me?‛ Sam did not reply as he looked over the sheet.
As he turned to go, he looked directly at Jason for
what seemed like an eternity before he continued.
‚New helper?‛ Jason asked.
‚Yes, just hired him a few days ago, quiet
young man. Doesn’t talk much but he is a hard
worker. He should be back in a minute,‛ Anderson
said.
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‚So tell me, how is your friend Faith? I haven’t seen
her in the store in a while.‛ ‚She’s good, just been busy with other things I
think,‛ Jason replied, almost half-hearted as his
thoughts went back to Becky and Lauren and all the
bad things they must have said about him.
‚Good, good, well tell her not to be a stranger!‛
Anderson replied, with a laugh.
‚Ah here he comes now,‛ Anderson said, as
Jason looked to the back and saw Sam carrying a
shopping bag.
Sam handed the bag containing the book to
Anderson. Putting the remaining books in the bag,
Anderson rang up the total. Sam gave Jason another
glance as he walked past him, and retreated to the
back room.‚Well let me see here, your total is fifteen
dollars and seventy five cents,‛ Anderson said.
Jason pulled out a twenty dollar bill, leftover
lunch money he hadn’t used this week. He was lucky
it hadn’t been taken by a bully.
‚Here is your change, and you will enjoy these
books, I just know it!‛ Anderson said.
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store.
Jason got on his bike with his new books, and began the ride home. It was still light enough for him
to see, but it was getting dark quick and he was eager
to check out his new books. By the time he peddled
home he saw his parent’s car in the driveway.
‚Hi Mom,‛ Jason said, as he entered his house
carrying his backpack.
Jason’s mother was on the phone and cooking
at the same time. She must not have heard him as she
did not respond immediately. She turned away from
the stove and looked toward Jason and let out a big
smile. She waved to him with the hand that was
holding the stirring spoon. He shook his head and was
about to make his way upstairs.
‚No hello for me?‛ his father asked, as he sat inthe living room watching T.V.
‚Hi Dad, sorry just have some things I want to
do,‛ he replied.
‚That’s ok, I had a hard day too, where did you
go?‛ his father asked.
‚Went to Bookmark , I have some things due for
school,‛ Jason replied.
‚Ok that’s good, that’s good,‛ his father said as
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his attention shifted from his son to the T.V.
Jason was used to his parents behaving thisway, they both worked long hours and it was hard to
really have any family time together. He found some
solitude in his studies and especially enjoyed escaping
in a good book. He made his way upstairs eager to see
the ‚surprise‛ book Anderson had given him.
Jason walked into his room and put his
backpack on the bed. His room was adorned with all
sorts of posters and scientific items. He had a poster of
Albert Einstein on his wall, two microscopes on his
dresser which was right next to his computer desk. He
also had two large bookshelves in his room. The
bookshelves were filled with all sorts of books, from
scientific biographies on Isaac Newton to books like
The Hobbit.He sat down on his bed next to his backpack,
and took the bag with his new books out. He took
each book out one at a time. He took out Treasure
Island first. He always wanted to read this book, and
now with his book report, would finally get the
chance.
The second book was called The Light Beyond
the Forest. The book was a tale about King Arthur’s
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knights in their quest for the Holy Grail. He enjoyed
tales of knights and chivalry and this was one book hehad never had a chance to read, until now.
The final book, the one Anderson had selected,
was larger than the others. Its exterior was leather
bound and appeared to be very old. There was also no
title on the front cover or binding. Before he could
inspect further, his mother called to him that dinner
was ready. Having not eaten since lunch time, he was
hungry. Placing the book on his bed, he headed
downstairs to join his parents for a rare family dinner.
Dinner was salmon and macaroni and cheese.
Jason enjoyed both and was looking forward not only
to eating, but also spending some time with his
parents for once.
‚So, what did you do in school today?‛ hismother asked.
‚Well,‛ Jason began, ‚I got my test back from
my science class!‛
‚Oh that’s great, how did you do?‛ his mother
continued, as his father began to eat his meal.
‚I did- ,‛ he began to answer, but his mother’s
cell phone rang.
‚Hold on Jason , I have to take this,‛ his mother
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said, as she got up, her plate of food untouched. She
walked into the living room to take the call.His father looked up at her as she left the room,
and then looked over at Jason , ‚So tell me son, how
did that test go?‛ he asked, in between eating.
‚Well, I got a 105,‛ Jason said, though with a
little less enthusiasm than he had before.
‚105?! that’s terrific!‛ his father replied,
genuinely happy for his achievement.
‚You know when I was in school I don’t think I
ever scored that high on anything!‛ his father said,
with a chuckle. Before his father could continue his
cell phone rang.
‚It’s Mrs. Tanner,‛ he said , exasperated at the
notion, ‚I’ll be right back, if I don’t take this she will
call me all night.‛His father got up from the table and stepped
into the hallway.
‚Hello Mrs. Tanner, yes that’s perfectly
normal,‛ his father’s voice trailed off as he walked
into the den. Jason was left sitting by himself at the
dinner table, eating his salmon and macaroni and
cheese.
After dinner he returned to his room and
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turned the desk lamp on. Taking the book from his
bed, he went to his desk and sat down. He wanted tospend more time inspecting the book Anderson had
selected for him. Looking over the book, he again
found it very strange. The outside of the book showed
no author or title. There also seemed to be grooved
embroidering throughout the cover and back of the
book, that he did not notice before. As he ran his hand
through the embroidering, his phone rang. Jason had
his own personal phone line, though he rarely used it.
He knew of only a few people who would be calling
him. He placed the book on his desk, determined to
keep this call short.
‚Hello?‛ he said.
‚ Jason quick turn on Ghost Seekers , you have to
see what just happened!‛ Faith said, barely able tocontrol her excitement.
‚Ghost Seekers,‛ Jason groaned, ‚you called me
for that?‛
‚ Jason just do it! It’s crazy what just
happened,‛ Faith replied , getting even more excited as
she spoke.
‚Alright, alright, what channel?‛ he asked.
‚Channel 106…quick it’s coming back on!‛ she
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said.
Jason flipped through the channels wonderingwhy he was wasting his time with this.
‚Ok it’s on, what am I looking for? What’s
going to happen?‛ he was hoping whatever it was
would happen quickly, and he could give his full
attention to the odd book he had.
‚Just watch when they go into the basement,‛
she replied, ‚oh there they go, check this out!‛
Jason watched as the two women from the
show entered the basement of an old wild-west
saloon. As they walked down, the camera was on their
faces. It showed them talking to whatever unseen
force they thought was there. When they got to the
bottom of the stairs, they both let out a scream. The
camera panned quickly to the left, then the right. Thetwo women looked right at the camera and asked ‚did
you see that?‛ Some ominous music played in the
background as the entire encounter was replayed.
As the show headed for commercial, a scene
from the next part of the show was shown. The two
women were asking questions in an empty room, and
again shouted and asked if anyone heard that
response.
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‚Faith, I didn’t see anything. The camera was
on the two women the whole time. Besides this is anentertainment show, of course they need to have
something happen every week,‛ Jason said, after
feeling he wasted his time.
‚I saw it! Didn’t you see that dark figure when
the camera turned? It was amazing!‛ Faith responded,
her excitement not dampened by his lack of
enthusiasm.
As she continued to tell him about what she
saw, and going into great detail, Jason took out the
book Anderson had given him. He again marveled at
how odd and interesting the book looked and finally
opened it. The first few pages had no writing. Flipping
through the rest of the book, he found it wasn’t just
the first few pages but the entire book that had nowriting. The book was thick and had hundreds of
pages but each one was blank.
‚I can’t believe it,‛ Jason said, while still on the
phone with Faith, who by this time had calmed down
from her excitement.
‚I know isn’t that show great, I told you how- ,‛
Faith began to talk, as Jason cut her off quickly.
‚No, not the show the book Anderson gave
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me.‛
‚The book?‛ Faith asked , not knowing what hewas talking about.
‚Yes, I went to Bookmark today to start on my
book report and- ,‛ Faith cut him off
‚Book report? That isn’t due for another couple
of months, you’re starting it now?‛ Faith asked,
though it really came as no surprise.
‚Two months is not that long, and I’ve always
wanted to read Treasure Island ,‛ he replied, ‚the point
is I bought three books from Anderson. One he picked
out himself, but that book has no writing in it.‛
‚No writing? You went to a bookstore and you
got a book with no writing? Are you sure about that?‛
Faith asked, not really believing his story.
‚Yes I’m sure , I flipped through the entire bookand there’s no writing at all ,‛ He replied, flipping
through the book one more time.
As Jason flipped through the book he
overheard Faith’s mother calling her in the
background, ‚That’s really weird, but listen my mom
is calling me and I have to go. I will talk to ya later.‛
After the call with Faith, Jason sat on the bed
wondering how a bookstore, much less a bookstore he
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had grown so fond of, could even have a book with no
writing in it. Maybe the book was so old the ink hadfaded away. That had to be what happened he
thought. The book looked like one of the oldest books
he had ever seen. Faded ink that made it look like
there was nothing written, had to be the answer.
Jason was satisfied with his own explanation.
Tomorrow he would be going back to Bookmark to tell
Anderson what happened. Jason placed the book on
the table next to his bed, took out Treasure Island , and
began to read it. He was determined to make
something of his evening, and he could think of
nothing better than to start reading Treasure Island.