The Dark Shadows Of Darkness and Evil
Chapter 1
Danger was always lurking around the corner of Elm Street. Everyone feared Elm Street. It was always dark and deserted. No individual dared to walk through the street alone or even drive through it. There were no signs of life in the gloomy houses, no lights in the bare windows. The streets lights were never on and even if they were, they would simply flicker on and off, then, with the blink of an eye, fade once more into the darkness.
The homes of Elm Street used to be million dollar mansions. They were enormous and exquisite. A famous engineer had built the homes. Many tourists had been enthralled by these million dollar homes. Sometimes they were invited to stay and look about them. Elm Street was known for its mansions- until something terrible happened.
People started dying in the homes. It was absurd for a whole entire family to just drop dead. Last week a family who was still in their dinner things were found dead in one of the million dollar mansions. They were staying for a visit. All the hotels were booked, so they were forced to stay in one of the mansions. Their relatives came to check on them and there they were- lying on the cold marble floor still in their dinner things. Their eyes were cold as ice. But there was a sign of panic in them. Their mouths were wide open in shock. Investigators never found out what was the cause of all this- there was no trace of any diseases in them, or poisoning. They were in perfect shape. They were healthy. So what caused four people to drop dead? The answer was never found. There were no signs a struggle in the house or of anyone trying to break in.
After the incident, everyone in the little town of Smallville kept talking about Elm Street for years. It was biggest mystery in a century. Some people thought that the engineer who built the mansions was a wizard and had put an evil spell on them. Some people thought that was the stupidest thing they ever heard. Magic doesn't exist, everyone knows that! It was just some fairytale. Others thought ghosts haunted the mansions. But everyone else agreed that it was just an ironic story. Everyone knows ghosts don't exist.
All of Smallville's villagers met in the town's most famous bar, debating about what they should do about the mansions. "Let's destroy them," someone from the crowd that formed a circle around the table, shouted. Everyone agreed. So they set off to destroy the mansions. They grabbed their axes and crushed the lovely homes. They destroyed them with so much hatred inside of them. The whole town pitched in to help. It took them five days to destroy the mansions. The town worked day and night with no sleep. The mansions were replaced by pieces of the gigantic homes. Every one was so tired to even say one word as they cut the last part of the mansions. It fell to the ground with a loud thud and out of thin air came out a green- lit torch, which gave the jet-black sky a greenish color. Suddenly it lit even brighter, causing it t blind everyone by its brightness. Everyone stared at it in awe, wondering what it could be. It looked so serene. Suddenly, with a flash as if lighting hit the place, the ground shook. Huge cracks formed on the ground causing people to fall in. With that the history of Smallville and its existence vanished. All the people in Smallville were forgotten. Their bodies vanished just like their homes. Suddenly Smallville was just a huge quantity of green land. The cracks all fixed up and gone. The green flame torch lay on the ground soon sinking in the quicksand as trees grew all over the place and later on weird animals roamed the land that was once cursed calling it their new home.
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Years after four people (if you can call them people) dressed in weird cloaks came along the land they went by the names of: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. They agreed to build a school here where they could teach young witches and wizards about magic and keep them away from muggles. They protected the school with many chants and spells. They each did their share. They named the school Hogwarts. They decided to divide the school into four houses. Godric took the brave and bold, Slytherin took the slick and cunning, and Ravenclaw took the smart, while Hufflepuff took the rest. They promised to be united no matter what happened between them, But suddenly a fight broke out. Salazar only wanted pure bloods in the school. But the rest did not agree. Helga and Rowena were muggle born and they did not think this was fair. Godric agreed with Helga and Rowena. They told Salazar,
"We shall teach the ones who want to really learn magic, Muggle born and pure bloods, we shall teach them both."
Salazar of course did not agree. He was so upset that he built a secret chamber in the school. He alone (and of course his true heir) can only open this chamber. He built his chamber day and night.
Rowena, and Helga thought Salazar was finishing his tower for the
Slytherin house Common Room, but Godric was suspicious. He went to
check on Salazar.
Godric heard weird hissing sounds from the bathroom. He opened the door a little. What he saw was astonishing. He never knew Salazar could talk to snakes. But what was Salazar doing? What was he telling the snake? Suddenly it occurred to Godric that Salazar's ambition was to rid the world of muggles. He remembered Salazar telling him the other day about his childhood.
Flashback:
It was a cold winter day as both friends, Salazar and Godric entered Hogs Head, laughing.
They took a seat near the Christmas tree that was decorated with colorful lights.
"You never told me about your childhood, Salazar," Godric told his friend. "I told you about mine. Now its your turn."
The smile on Salazar's face turned into a frown as he tried to remember his childhood.
"I didn't have a normal childhood," Salazar began. He didn't feel like talking about it. But he had to confide in someone. "My father was a muggle. When I was seven he abandoned my mom and me, after he found out my mother was a witch. He told everyone in the village what my mom was. What I was. Some thought he was going crazy. Others believed him." Salazar stopped a moment and there was a long silence.
Godric looked at Salazar with a comforting expression. "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. We could go back. Rowena and Helga should be done with their shopping for the school by-
"No," Salazar interrupted, "I have to tell someone before I do something crazy." Godric nodded and Salazar began speaking again. "My father and his muggle friends came up with the idea about burning witches and wizards."
Godric gasped. "But that idea didn't even work."
"I know," Salazar laughed. " He tried burning my mom and me."
"That's horrible," Godric told Salazar, shocked that his friend was laughing about it. " I mean, I know it doesn't work and all, but what kind of father would burn his family?"
"That's what other town's people thought of my father," Salazar said. "But soon enough he had the whole town convinced. He was really popular back then. He just stood there watching and laughing at us with the rest of the town as they hung us on sticks with orange flames making contact with our bodies. It was fun though. But my mum and I had to change our identities later on.
"Wow," was all Godric could say to his friend. He couldn't believe how his friend just sat there in amusement.
"My mom died when I was fourteen," Salazar ignored his friend's surprised look. "She couldn't believe father betrayed her like that. She died in grief. A pain expression bore on Salazar's face.
Godric didn't know what to say.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to build a secret chamber in the castle and have it kill muggles," Salazar joked.
But Godric did not laugh. He saw a glint in Salazar's eye when he said that. "He's not joking," Godric thought. Just then Helga and Rowena appeared at their table.
"Come on, we have to go up to the castle, Helga began. "We finished shopping all the supplies for the school."
Godric, Helga, and Rowena made their way toward the exit. Salazar followed them, still thinking about what he had just told Godric.
End of Flashback
"I cannot let you do this Salazar," Godric shouted to a startled Salazar. Salazar jumped up and hissed to the snake. The snake slithered swiftly to Godric who just stood there. He was afraid of snakes. He didn't have any time to act and suddenly he felt the sharp fangs of the snake deep into his skin. With that he fell to the floor. Helga and Rowena came rushing in. Before they could say anything the snake bit them too. Salazar laughed a high-pitched laugh and fled.
A thousand miles away a little girl named Sarah awoke with a start on
the cold marble floor.
Chapter 1
Danger was always lurking around the corner of Elm Street. Everyone feared Elm Street. It was always dark and deserted. No individual dared to walk through the street alone or even drive through it. There were no signs of life in the gloomy houses, no lights in the bare windows. The streets lights were never on and even if they were, they would simply flicker on and off, then, with the blink of an eye, fade once more into the darkness.
The homes of Elm Street used to be million dollar mansions. They were enormous and exquisite. A famous engineer had built the homes. Many tourists had been enthralled by these million dollar homes. Sometimes they were invited to stay and look about them. Elm Street was known for its mansions- until something terrible happened.
People started dying in the homes. It was absurd for a whole entire family to just drop dead. Last week a family who was still in their dinner things were found dead in one of the million dollar mansions. They were staying for a visit. All the hotels were booked, so they were forced to stay in one of the mansions. Their relatives came to check on them and there they were- lying on the cold marble floor still in their dinner things. Their eyes were cold as ice. But there was a sign of panic in them. Their mouths were wide open in shock. Investigators never found out what was the cause of all this- there was no trace of any diseases in them, or poisoning. They were in perfect shape. They were healthy. So what caused four people to drop dead? The answer was never found. There were no signs a struggle in the house or of anyone trying to break in.
After the incident, everyone in the little town of Smallville kept talking about Elm Street for years. It was biggest mystery in a century. Some people thought that the engineer who built the mansions was a wizard and had put an evil spell on them. Some people thought that was the stupidest thing they ever heard. Magic doesn't exist, everyone knows that! It was just some fairytale. Others thought ghosts haunted the mansions. But everyone else agreed that it was just an ironic story. Everyone knows ghosts don't exist.
All of Smallville's villagers met in the town's most famous bar, debating about what they should do about the mansions. "Let's destroy them," someone from the crowd that formed a circle around the table, shouted. Everyone agreed. So they set off to destroy the mansions. They grabbed their axes and crushed the lovely homes. They destroyed them with so much hatred inside of them. The whole town pitched in to help. It took them five days to destroy the mansions. The town worked day and night with no sleep. The mansions were replaced by pieces of the gigantic homes. Every one was so tired to even say one word as they cut the last part of the mansions. It fell to the ground with a loud thud and out of thin air came out a green- lit torch, which gave the jet-black sky a greenish color. Suddenly it lit even brighter, causing it t blind everyone by its brightness. Everyone stared at it in awe, wondering what it could be. It looked so serene. Suddenly, with a flash as if lighting hit the place, the ground shook. Huge cracks formed on the ground causing people to fall in. With that the history of Smallville and its existence vanished. All the people in Smallville were forgotten. Their bodies vanished just like their homes. Suddenly Smallville was just a huge quantity of green land. The cracks all fixed up and gone. The green flame torch lay on the ground soon sinking in the quicksand as trees grew all over the place and later on weird animals roamed the land that was once cursed calling it their new home.
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Years after four people (if you can call them people) dressed in weird cloaks came along the land they went by the names of: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Helga Hufflepuff. They agreed to build a school here where they could teach young witches and wizards about magic and keep them away from muggles. They protected the school with many chants and spells. They each did their share. They named the school Hogwarts. They decided to divide the school into four houses. Godric took the brave and bold, Slytherin took the slick and cunning, and Ravenclaw took the smart, while Hufflepuff took the rest. They promised to be united no matter what happened between them, But suddenly a fight broke out. Salazar only wanted pure bloods in the school. But the rest did not agree. Helga and Rowena were muggle born and they did not think this was fair. Godric agreed with Helga and Rowena. They told Salazar,
"We shall teach the ones who want to really learn magic, Muggle born and pure bloods, we shall teach them both."
Salazar of course did not agree. He was so upset that he built a secret chamber in the school. He alone (and of course his true heir) can only open this chamber. He built his chamber day and night.
Rowena, and Helga thought Salazar was finishing his tower for the
Slytherin house Common Room, but Godric was suspicious. He went to
check on Salazar.
Godric heard weird hissing sounds from the bathroom. He opened the door a little. What he saw was astonishing. He never knew Salazar could talk to snakes. But what was Salazar doing? What was he telling the snake? Suddenly it occurred to Godric that Salazar's ambition was to rid the world of muggles. He remembered Salazar telling him the other day about his childhood.
Flashback:
It was a cold winter day as both friends, Salazar and Godric entered Hogs Head, laughing.
They took a seat near the Christmas tree that was decorated with colorful lights.
"You never told me about your childhood, Salazar," Godric told his friend. "I told you about mine. Now its your turn."
The smile on Salazar's face turned into a frown as he tried to remember his childhood.
"I didn't have a normal childhood," Salazar began. He didn't feel like talking about it. But he had to confide in someone. "My father was a muggle. When I was seven he abandoned my mom and me, after he found out my mother was a witch. He told everyone in the village what my mom was. What I was. Some thought he was going crazy. Others believed him." Salazar stopped a moment and there was a long silence.
Godric looked at Salazar with a comforting expression. "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it. We could go back. Rowena and Helga should be done with their shopping for the school by-
"No," Salazar interrupted, "I have to tell someone before I do something crazy." Godric nodded and Salazar began speaking again. "My father and his muggle friends came up with the idea about burning witches and wizards."
Godric gasped. "But that idea didn't even work."
"I know," Salazar laughed. " He tried burning my mom and me."
"That's horrible," Godric told Salazar, shocked that his friend was laughing about it. " I mean, I know it doesn't work and all, but what kind of father would burn his family?"
"That's what other town's people thought of my father," Salazar said. "But soon enough he had the whole town convinced. He was really popular back then. He just stood there watching and laughing at us with the rest of the town as they hung us on sticks with orange flames making contact with our bodies. It was fun though. But my mum and I had to change our identities later on.
"Wow," was all Godric could say to his friend. He couldn't believe how his friend just sat there in amusement.
"My mom died when I was fourteen," Salazar ignored his friend's surprised look. "She couldn't believe father betrayed her like that. She died in grief. A pain expression bore on Salazar's face.
Godric didn't know what to say.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to build a secret chamber in the castle and have it kill muggles," Salazar joked.
But Godric did not laugh. He saw a glint in Salazar's eye when he said that. "He's not joking," Godric thought. Just then Helga and Rowena appeared at their table.
"Come on, we have to go up to the castle, Helga began. "We finished shopping all the supplies for the school."
Godric, Helga, and Rowena made their way toward the exit. Salazar followed them, still thinking about what he had just told Godric.
End of Flashback
"I cannot let you do this Salazar," Godric shouted to a startled Salazar. Salazar jumped up and hissed to the snake. The snake slithered swiftly to Godric who just stood there. He was afraid of snakes. He didn't have any time to act and suddenly he felt the sharp fangs of the snake deep into his skin. With that he fell to the floor. Helga and Rowena came rushing in. Before they could say anything the snake bit them too. Salazar laughed a high-pitched laugh and fled.
A thousand miles away a little girl named Sarah awoke with a start on
the cold marble floor.