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Created on: June 12, 2008
THE SHADOW DEMONS-I had just moved to Woody Hills. It was a small town with very perculiar people. No one spoke to each other really,they all seemed to be in their own world. I didn't want to make friends anyway, the less friends I have the less trouble I can get into.
Today started like most all of my days. I was bored so I decided to go to the grave yard to see if I could come up with any thing interesting to do. Visiting grave yards always end up in excitement for me. Some of the local kids had been talking about seeing ghost after the sun go down,and it was just about evening now, so hopefully I would find my thrill.
When I made it to the grave yard the shadows from the trees made it look and feel very eerie. I opened the gate and walked in. There were bones all over the ground which could have been animal or human, and the smell was absolutely rotten. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something move. I turned to the left and there was four big black shadows flying around me. They all had red eyes and smoke coming out of their heads.
They began to speak, telling me that they were the shadow demons and they come to take all the lost souls to make them evil. They would search the grave yard for souls who had been trapped after dying and could not go foward because of wrongful death. Revenge and hate would be the main sources to make them evil.
I had to do something. Inside of my backpack I had some magic stones. The stones could only be used by someone who had good intentions. So fighting of evil would be the perfect job. Laying the stones on the ground, I said the magic words and the stones released a big light that burned the shadow demons to a crisp.
While I was walking back home I thought about what could have happened if I had not saved the world once again. I decided that saving Woody Hills would be my lifetime job. Who knew what type of evil lerked around every corner. I went to magic shop and purchased all the weapons and forces of evil books I thought I was going to need. My journey with the unknown world was going to be a long one. I didn't really expect the shadow demons to return but if they did I would be ready for them. The ancient secrets of witch craft was within me. All I had to do was seek my inner power and learn how to use it. Shadow demons had been trying to take over the world long before my time but my ancestors prevented it. Now it was my turn to go up against them and I was not afraid.
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