Darren-shan Stories

DISCLAIMER- I sadly own no Cirque du Freak characters :'(

People talk about the future like it is a book that can be read by special people. Like it is a new play, just waiting for the actors to start their parts. Just one big story with one sure ending. I think differently. The future is not something you can read out of someones palm. It is forever changing with the choices we make. The things we say and the things we do. The future is like a huge maze, filled with endless dark and deadly tunnels and dead ends, where you have to fight for your life or turn and run back to safety. And when you reach the end of the maze, There is only one end to your story. There has ever only been one fate; waiting around every corner, behind every trap, every weapon. There is only one fate.

A huge, jagged patch of light forms at the foot of my bed. Then a shape presses through. I'm too horrified to scream. It's a monster from my very worst nightmare. Pale red skin. Dark red eyes. No nose. Sharp grey teeth. As it leans further forward, I see a hole in the left side of its chest, and inside - dozens of tiny, hissing snakes. The monster frowns and stretches a hand towards me... When Kernel Fleck's brother is stolen by demons, he must enter their universe in search of him. It is a place of magic, chaos, and incredible danger. kernel has three aims: learn to use magic, find his brother, stay alive. but the heartless demon awaits him, and death has been foretold...