Stories From The Shadow Zone

The Story of Curver - Brian

Curver Barker Cleveland was born October 13th 2002 to parents Beter and Lana Cleveland, in a hospital in Pacific NorthWest Oregon, he was born three days early. He was born into a middle class family, but they struggled to get by. Barker worked as a fireman while his mother part time at Stanlee High School. Curver growing up was a creative, clever kid who seemingly had a lot of charm for him. All his teachers called him “smart” and “innovative” in elementary school. He found his first real friend in 3rd grade. Before 3rd grade Curver mostly hung out at lunch and recess alone for the most part. People talked to him, but not regularly and he mostly tried to stay back to himself. But 3rd grade was when he met his first real friend, Trey Jolt. He met Trey while he was on a “take your kids to work day”, while waiting for his Dad to clock out he met Trey as Trey’s dad was also a Fireman. Trey was a great way for Curver to get his name out in the world. Trey was a popular student, who just recently moved to Curver’s Elementary school. He and Trey were probably the best friends in the entire elementary school. They did everything together, recess, lunch, classes. All of the teachers were very excited by their friendship as Curver was always alone, while Trey wasn’t the smartest person. So Trey gave Curver the confidence to talk to people, which was easy for him after Trey because of his charm, and Curver helped Trey with his school work. 
During the Summer between 3rd and 4th grade, Curver and Trey had gone to Trey’s Grandma’s place in California for all of summer. While they were down there, Curver and Trey made a plan. They found their Grandma’s old metal detector and went down to the beach. Their goal was to find enough valuables that they could sell them and then drop out of elementary school and live their lives and millionaires. So for the entire summer that's what they did. Everyday they would wake up, eat breakfast with Trey’s grandma and talk about the previous day, go out treasure hunting, eat lunch at a local food truck, and more treasure hunting, and then dinner with Trey’s Grandma at a restaurant of Curver’s choosing. And then at night Curver and Trey would make a plan for the next day, tell Trey’s Grandmother and she would help them with locations, and then they would sleep. That's how everyday summer went for 99% of summer. Curver and Trey went back to Curvers house, like they usually do, where Curver found the secret of immortality under his bed. Trey begged him not to drink it, but he did, granting him life eternal over the years Trey aged, but Curver looked the same. By age 35 Trey was a man, but Curver looked the same as the day he drank the bed liquid. Trey could not handle it. The looks of others, “Is that your kid” they would ask. What would Trey say, “No it is my best friend” Trey could not say that. No. Trey would get strange looks, the cops called, Trey was lost in his own  thoughts, what would he say, minutes seemed like hours then days, Trey had lost his mind before responding, “yes”. Accepting that Curver pretending to be his child was not the worse idea. Curver has already fulfilled all of his life goals, but Curver got tired. Life lost meaning. By the age of eight Curver already did everything he could in life, while his good friend Trey grew old and bitter. Eventually getting to the point of madness, “I do not want to be your friend anymore!” Trey shouted. This was the first time Curver felt emotion in years. Then Curver began to glow. Shining, Curver started to panic. Suddenly Curver was in his room. The bottle gone. Trey goes, “You good man, you spaced out for a sec” Curver looked around, Studying his good friends face like it was the first time in years. He hugged his friend. Excited that they are both Children.And Throughout the first 101 days of summer vacation, they earned a grand total of $13.89 from their treasure hunting. On the 3rd to last day, Curver’s school had 104 days of school off for summer, While Curver and Trey were treasure hunting, a girl walked up to them and asked what they were doing with the metal detector. Trey told her that they came to treasure hunt and showed her their grand total. The girl was impressed with their work and asked if she could join them. She told them that she could be a good member of there treasure hunting, And Curver asked how, and she brought them to her sister, which at the time was the lifeguard, and she begged her sister to close the beach, and after 15 minutes she finally shut it down for “cleaning” and for the last 3 days of summer Curver, Trey, and their new friend Sarah, hunted treasure and on the finale day they found a wrist watch that they pawned for $132 dollars, making their grand total $145.89 over there treasure adventure. They said their goodbyes and Curver and Trey went back to Oregon.