PART-1

Hi! My name is Mira and I'm-

Okay, hold that thought. I can't focus on introducing myself when people are screaming downstairs. I open my bedroom door and race downstairs.

Then I freeze.

And scream "What IS that thing?!''

This giant black monster with tentacles shooting out of its body is in the center of the room. Two arms, tentacles-whatever were wrapped around two squirming figures.

Boys.

It had a white, deformed, skull like face- if you could call it a face really, and a big gaping hole- a mouth- wide open and filled with jagged tomb-stone like rows of 'teeth'. To sum it up, it was plain UGLY. Drool dripped from its mouth burning holes in the floor.

My attention though is on a closed book on the ground. I stare at it. Ancient, black with a lot of twisted lines on it. Did I forget to mention that it was surrounded by dislocated tentacles still squirming on the ground?

'What did you do!' I scream at the two boys.

'Run!' the black-haired one screams back at me.

'Nothing much,' the other says. His face then contorts with pain.

'You're going......... to............die!' I scream back.

'Oh, don't worry if I die I'll blame it on him on him,' the black haired one says.

'It's all his fault!' the other revolts.

All this time I'm still staring at the book. Then it finally rings a bell in my mind.

'Wait you released it !'I said taking cover behind a wall, snatching up the book as I ran.

None of them replied. The thing was crushing them, squeezing the air out of them and since it was wrapped around their bodies completely restricting their movements, there was nothing they could do to help themselves.

And I was useless against it!

I watched as it brought them closer to its mouth.

Zade, the dark brown haired one passed out. His face was tense and close to turning blue.
I wince as drool dropped from between its jagged teeth​ unto the floor. It sizzles and burns a hole in the floor.

Stupid acid!

Then I feel something wet against my leg. I look down.

It is a tentacle....

Then I run.

The stupid thing follows me with lightning speed. What was that thing?
Oh yeah, I was running for my life when I finally remember.
I run past the sitting room and leap behind the couch.

It's a Constrictor, it squeezes the air out of its prey rendering it unconscious and defenseless before devouring it. Your average carnivorous run-of- the-mill psycho predatory monster.

I can hear the tentacle slithering across the floor.

How far was this things reach anyway?

All the while I'm holding my breath. Then the sound disappears.

I breathe out deeply.
BIG MISTAKE #1.

The tentacle wraps around my foot and drags me across the floor quickly, retracting itself back to its host.
I had weaved myself in and out of like three rooms downstairs. Long story short, it was not comfortable.

I grab unto a wooden chair. Then I start whacking it 'Let go of me, you sh**ty, stupid, slimy sibling- eating......' I mutter some insult each time I whack it.

When it finally returns to the main landing downstairs, it hoists me up so I'm dangling from my foot in mid-air.

It lets go of Zade and slips a tentacle around his waist, as if testing him. His limbs hang limply from his body with only the long, slimy thing around his waist supporting his body. Then it brings him closer- into its mouth?!!

'Oh no you don't!' I scream and hurl the chair into its open mouth.

Here are the results of me giving it a mouth full of chair:
The Constrictor's body trembles violently and more tentacles shoot out wrapping themselves around my limbs.

Then it jerks me upright suddenly.

I don't know if its the fact that all my blood is rushing to my head while upside down but the chair dissolves instantly in the thing mouth.

But here's the scary part:
Eyeballs- three blood shot ones- roll out of its before empty eye sockets.
The other boy, named Junior and I scream at the same time.

That was BIG MISTAKE #2 using the chair.

'Maybe not one of my best ideas,' I say nervously.

' Ya think!' Junior screams at me ' You've only made it angry,'

'More than angry,' a deep hollow voice booms.

We freeze, our eyes lock on the Constrictor. IT TALKED!!!!!!!

'I'm calling him now, Juniour!' I scream.

'No!' he yells back. 'Which would you rather him or the freakshow here?'

I weigh my options Papa and Constrictor.
Papa and Constrictor. Papa and Constrictor.
'The Constrictor,' we say at the same time.

But still calling him is the right thing to do.

'You are going to die slowly-' the Constrictor booms ' and watch as I devour your sibling!'

'Oh, shut up and stay out of this!' we both snap.

Junior and I were bickering about Papa.

Either option we were going to die.
The Constrictor wraps tentacles around our necks and start strangling us.

Obviously, it didn't approve of us interrupting it and talking back. And I don't approve of its disrespectful way of telling us to shut up.

Juniour's pale face was turning red.
It was all over we were all dead.
'So not fair,' I think to myself.

Then all of a sudden Zade stands up. His crescent moon pendant glowing. 'Papa,' he mutters then faints.

A second later a stream of bats appear and Junior and I fall to the ground along with squirming dislocated tentacles.
'How dare you!' Papa screams.

I couldn't tell if he was talking to us or the Constrictor.

There was a giant wave of red energy released as a silver sycthe swung into the creature. He destroyed it with one blow.

I felt kind of sorry for the Constrictor. It did put up a good fight- trying to kill Papa but it just wasn't good enough. Papa had dodged everything it threw.

'Now you three-' he says turning to us.

'It's his fault!' we all said at the same time.

Zade -who was awake now- pointed at me.

Junior pointed at Zade.

I pointed at Junior.

'You're the one who released it!' Junior screamed at at Zade.

'You're the one who let me, you should be more of a responsible elder brother. That was a wonderful way to show it!' Zade said hotly.

'I literally gagged you and and strapped you down to a bed but you escaped and didn't listen!' Junior says.

'They just dragged me into this!' I whine.

'Yeah speaking of which, that's kidnapping! I should sue you!' Zade said to Junior.

'It served you right. It's not my fault you have no self control. Plus, I don't think they could charge me for how I discipline my immature kid brother. This is all your fault!' Junior said coolly.

Zade was about to retort.

'It's both your faults!' I screamed.

'I don't care whose fault it is or who started it but I will finish it!' Papa said glaring down at us.

We shut up.
He is glaring at poor, defenseless, tiny us.

We were at his mercy.

And he was about to punish us.
Then kill us and Mama would bury us.

Since he was first on the scene Mama would have what was left
BIG MISTAKE #3 letting Papa know.