User blog:Nooso/Unknown Monsters. Vol. 1 Series 1: Lady in Blue

Me, my sister, brother and mother went on a road trip over summer vacation to get out of the house for a few hours. I was the oldest, my sister, Paris was the second oldest and my brother, Denn, was the youngest. We all packed our stuff in our car and made our way down to "LBL" Camp, LBL standing for "Lady Blue Lake".

The day was humid and beating hot, the sky was empty and no wind or breeze would pass by, Thankfully though, where we'd be going had a Lake, hinting the name of Lady Blue Lake. Realizing we had air conditoning, I turned it on and we all have a sigh of relief, finally, we can cool off and enjoy the ride.

"Mommy, I'm hungry" Denn whined.

Mother looked through the rear view mirror, making eye-contact with Denn, then she moved her focus onto Paris, "Paris, can you hand everyone those sandwiches from the ice cooler, they should be infront of your feet" Mother asked.

Paris didn't refuse and glady handed out the sandwich to Denn, Paris even gave me a sandwich that mom prepared.

Paris was obiviously the favorite out of the bunch, She didn't refuse orders, She loved helping out with the den and garden, Paris was a good kid, on the other hand, Me and Denn were the oppisite.. Kinda, I'd help out but it would take some convincing to do. However, Denn was difficult, He wouldn't listen, and if he was told to do something out of his comfort zone, he'd throw a fit, But that's normal behavior for someone who was young, so, we didn't mind to much.

"Thanks" I said, unwrapping the saran wrap from the sandwich. I took a bite out of my veggie sandwich, Crunchy and bitterly sweet, a perfect lunch for a summer day. Paris and Denn both munched down on their sandwiches as well, equally enjoying it.

"Mom" Paris continued, "How long will we be gone for?" Paris asked, finishing her sentence.

"Hmm, I'd say around 5 hours, maybe more" Mom said, "Why?" Mom asked, Looking at paris before looking back at the road. Paris went quiet, then spoke, "I was just wondering because.. Because I'd like to go to bed early" Paris said, glancing at mom.

Mom took a moment to process what Paris said, "It's summer though? You're allowed to stay up a bit" Mom said confused. Denn and I both waited for Paris to say something, but all she said was a simple, "Okay".

We parked our car on the pavement, which was practically sand at this moment. Me, Paris, Denn and Mom helped take out the stuff from the trunk to take down to the lake. After getting everything, we made our way down the hill and to the water. Denn, of course, was already there before us because he only carried his sand bucket and shovels.

Placing the chairs, blanket and cooler onto the grass underneath a flowing maple tree. Before going for a swim, Mom made sure we had sunfur on, A clear substance that was made specifically for fur, so we wouldn't over heat.

Paris and I walked away from the area we were gonna chill at, and headed towards Denn, who succesfully made a sandcastle. I sat down beside Denn and played with the sand, Paris did the same, and after a few minutes we all helped make a sandkingdom, which to our surprise, looked pretty decent.

"Can we go swimming?" Denn asked, and smiled innocently. "Sure, I'm down, but I'll go ask mom permission first, since I think we'll be eating soon" I said.

I got up, brushed my knees and then jogged up to mom who was reading a magazine. Noticing me, she held the magazine low, now focusing on me. "Hey, Mom, can we go swimming?" I aked.

"We'll be eating shortly though, how about you guys go swimming after? besides, you'll have 2 more hours  before we head back home" Mom said. "Just go play down by the sand for now, and once you guys finished eating, you can go for a swim" Mom said before giving a smile.

I smiled back, Not so keen on the idea, but knowing mom, I agreed and headed back to where Paris and Denn were. "Mom said after we're finished eating we can go for a swim" I said, Sitting beside Denn. Denn frowned, but quickly lightend up. We hungout for a while, making sandcastles, playing tag and even tossed some rocks into the water, seeing who can make the most skips before the rock sunk.

"Paris, Denn, Bowie, Dinner!" Mom shouted from a distance. We all raced over to where mom was, all laughing and smiling like idiots. We took a moment to take a breath, Mom smiled and handed out our paper plates we'd be using, as most royals would.

We all took either a burger, sausage or hotdog. I took a burger, Paris also took a burger, Denn and mom took hotdogs. We ate together at the picnic table, all enjoying our dinner, making small conversations here and there, but mostly just eating quietly.

Denn took a couple bites before standing up and going to grab his swimwear from the bag, before doing so, mom stopped him, "Denn, you're not going swimming alone, wait til Paris and Bowie are finished" Mom ordered.

"But, I wanna go swimming now" Denn whined.

Paris and I both exchanged eye contact, both feeling awkaward being brought into the situation. I swalloed, "I'm finished, I can go take Denn swimming until Paris is done" I smiled.

Mom looked over at me, knowing I wasn't finished. I forced a grin and took a quick glance over at Denn, making it obvious that I just wanted to help. She quickly understood and agreed, "Alright, but make sure you keep an eye out on Denn" Mom said. Me and Denn both got our swimwear on, and then walked down by the water. Denn waited for me to test the water, So I dipped my toe in the shallow end, expecting it to be cold, but caught by surprise when I felt warm water. "It's warm" I said, looking back at Denn. Denn smiled and walked to the water, putting his feet in, "It is warm" He giggled.

We went in deeper, only hip height, but for me, it was just above my knees. Denn looked diapointed by the distance we went. "Can we go further?" He asked. "um, I don't know how mom would feel with that" I said hesitantly. I looked at Denn, he wasn't happy, and I understood his disapointment. I sighed. "Okay, but, we're not going to far" I said. He bounced with joy and swam ahead of me. Now, we were further, but not to far away that mom wouldn't notice us, but definitely a noticable distance then what we were previously. Denn and I splashed eachother and had a good time, Laughing, giggling, basic fun emotions, That was until Denn said, "Did you grab my leg?"

I looked confused, "No?" I said. He looked down at the water, looking to see if he could find something, like a fish or whatever. Before he could say anything, Denn was dragged down. I paused in disbelief, did Denn do that on purpose or did someone or something grab him? My thoughts vanished and I quickly dove underwater. Opening my eyes, all I could see was dirty, foggy and swamp colour water, but I could make out two figures, one was smaller and the other was huge. The huge one was tall, lanky and boney, barley containing hair. I hesitated but swam towards it. I saw Denn, he was being squished by this.. thing. I was sickened to my stomach but I couldn't leave him, I swam faster, almost able to reach him. I forced the huge thing off of him, and grabbed him, swimming up to get air.

I was almost close but was suddenly pulled down, I let go of Denn, seeing him get smaller and smaller the further I went down. I looked behind me

That was episode 2: Lady in Blue

If I made any spelling errors, then I do apoligize, however, I hope you enjoyed it. Episode 3: Come play, will be coming soon.