The Quest of the Sea Monster

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Chapter 1: Troubled

It had been 3 weeks since the monster had proclaimed what it had to say and Liam could not rest. He couldn't figure out what the monster wanted and he couldn't sleep until he knew.

"Liam!' He sighed as he beard his mom yell at him from the kitchen .

"Yes mum?" He yelled back.

"Come down for dinner hon." He slowly got down from his bed and descended from the stairs taking each step slowly.

He had been troubled for days of what the monster had said. He had even told his sister, Olivia and like always, she had been no help at all. All she cared about was her clothes.

As he was eating dinner, he thought about the sea monster. Even though the sea monster left, he knew it was coming back. But, he didn't even know something like that would exist. It was confusing. With his thoughts jumbled up, he needed to organize his thoughts.

His mom had prepared a dish which he and his family ate most of the nights since they had nothing else much to eat. They lived in a small house in the village. It looked big from the outside but in the inside, it was small.

His house was painted white with some chipped painting here and there. From the time you enter the house, the room is filled with pictures and pictures of the village, Albia.

Since his dad was the captain of the fish crew, Liam and Olivia were well known. Lam's dad has been the captain of the fish crew basically since he was born. All their lives, he had grown up in the village if Albia and he had been used to this place.

"How waz your day Olivia?" Liam's dad, whom everyone called Roald, asked wiping his mouth with a handercheif.

"It was gut, father." Olivia replied curtly.

Olivia and Roald had a very strange relationship. They haven't ever fighted, argued, or disagreed with each other. Sometimes it was strange.

"Liam, please do tell us about the sea monster." His mom insisted.

Liam hasitly swallowed his food, wiped his mouth, then started talking. He retold the events of what had happened that day when the sea monster had come. Every time dinnertime came, Liam's mom always wanted to be retold the events of the fateful day.

Liam's mom looked at the ceiling staring at it while thinking. Whenever she did this, the whole family knew it meant she had come up with a new fact.

""Hmm." She quickly turned to Roald. "Do you remember when we were young and some monster visited us then?"

"Yes dear but that was long ago." Roald said matter of factly.

"Perhaps it was a while ago but remember that monster. It scared this whole village. Do you think he is back?"

"Oh don't think thoughts like that. He is just a stupid monster who wants to play with us."

Liam's mom who was called , Lily, argued back and forth with Roald about the sea monster.

But all Liam could think about was what the sea monster wanted with him.

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Ever since the sea monster had visited Liam, all the attention had been on him. Olivia couldn't help being jealous. Liam had always been the golden boy of the family and he had been the one who had the most attention. He was always successful with his studies. He already had a lot more attention from her family then they did to her.

When Liam had mastered fishing class in 2 days, all the attention had been plastered on him. Him only. Then the sea monster event happened and all the attention had once more been on him. Liam always thought that Olivia only cared about clothes but she also cared about attention.

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Liam had seen it coming. Everyone payed more attention to him and he hated it. All they did was watch him like a hawk and ask him about the sea monster. Like he knew anything about it. If he asked for anything, he would wish to not have attention. Words could not describe how much he hated it.

Olivia had been ignoring him worse then before which wasn't't helping. He wanted someone to talk to him that would understand him.

His used to have a best friend whose name was Chance. They used to do everything together. That is when he mastered fishing, his best friend lost connection with him because he always hung out with the men. He hated it. He had lost his best friend. He never even had time to hang out with people his age.

He slowly stepped outside and the cold air hit him. He loved walking in this weather. It was not cold or hot. A little chilly that was it.

"Hey boy!"

Liam turned around to find Roger, one of Roald's best buddies. He started walking towards Roger.

"Yes mate?"

Roger seemed to be searching for something in his jacket pocket. He held up a finger. He finally tom out a sheet of paper and handed it to him.

"Give it to your fatha aye?" Roger appealed.

Liam nodded and headed back to his house. He was itching to open the paper to see what it was but he figured it was private so he didn't open it. The paper looked like it was a letter.

He carefully opened the door of his house that he had kept unlocked. He hung his sweater on the closet and dumped his on the shoe cabinet.

With each step he took to his dads office, he kept thinking about what was in the paper.

He gently knocked on the office door and waited impatiently tapping his foot on the floor.

He waited for about 30 seconds but since no one opened, he went into the office himself. He peeked inside and saw no one in. Where was his dad?

I guess I will just put it on his desk and tell him later. He thought.

He gently closed the door behind him and walked across the room to his father's desk. It was filled with papers and files and everything seemed to be organized. Once again, he wanted to see what was inside the paper but didn't want to at the sane time. He decided the latter. Roger specifically told him to give it to his dad not himself.

Without making any sound, he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

He screeched when he came face to face with someone.

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