Chapter 1

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After a more than 3 hours long flight a big passenger plane landed on a little island-airport. The sun shined hot when the passengers leave the plane and walk to the little terminal. Under the passengers, Arthur P. Spudinski, better known as Spud with his parents. For him and his family it was a big surprise when they found a letter in thier mail, which told that they won that beautiful vacation on that island.

Spud remembered what his friends said when he told it them:

"Aw maaaannn... and I have to clean gramps shop with my tail." Jake jammered. But Trixies reaction was not better: "WHAT YOU DRIVE TO AN CARRIBIAN ISLAND! WITHOUT ME..."

Spud was very happy. When they drive in an bus above a small coast-street, the people could see a wonderful sunburst above the ocean. Spud, who sat one row behind his parents, opened his laptop and start to write a mail to Jake and Trixie.

The bus hold in front of a small building with the word "Entrace" above the door. When Spud and his parents leave the bus he could hear a old man near the bus-door talking to his wife: "Do you remember that this hotel exist when we where here only 4 months ago."

Spud was a little confused. But than he was very amazed when he saw the luxurious building complex.

"Arthur, come on!" Spud heard his mother saying.

"Yes, yes, I come..." he said and walk to his parents who stood at the reception, nobody was there.

"Hello!" Mr. Spudinski yell "Hello, is there everybody? He.... ahhhhh...." Spud's father was interrupted by an big scarry man who appear from under the table.

"Who?" he asked with a very deep and slow voice. Spud was shocked when he realize that he know who, or what the man behind the desk was.

"Spudinski!" Mr. Spudinski said and shows a letter.

The 'creature' behind the desk, read it and said with his strange voice: "Please, follow me."

During they walk behind the big man, Spud thaught he was a ogre or a troll with a good costume, they all could see that great ground. A big pool, many bungalows, a bar, and not far from the beach, but the path to the beach was closed.

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In New York, Jake drive with his skate-board above the street when he smash into Frederic Buttersleves and both fall down at the ground.

"Awww... hey, are you blind...?" Frederic said angrly when he stand up.

"Owch... sorry Frederic." Jake said.

"Awww... hi Jake!" Frederic said when he realize that it was one of his 'friendly' classmates.

"O. Hi, Frederic!" Jake said friendly "How are you?"

"Hmmm... nice, thank you. I'm very glad that I have not to see some of... you know." he told.

"Oh, yes. I understand!" Jake said. He remembered that Frederic is one of the students on thier school who could called: 'unpopular'. Jake couldn't remember that Frederic ever have any friends or something. The most time, he sat alone or hide from the brutals of the school, Brad for example.

But now Frederic looks a little happier, he was slimer than at thier last day at school and look more self-assured than earlier. They walk a little when they arrive in front of the electronic-shop.

"Oh... I have to go. I work here for my grandfather." Jake said and discharge.

"Okay bye, I was nice to meet you!" Frederic said and walk away.

When Jake entered the store, Frederic leave and walk a few steps when he realize that thier was something in his pocket. It was a letter. He was confused, what was that? He look at the little paper-piece he found in his hand and read it.

"thank you for your help"

"What help?" Frederic asked himself and walk home.

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Spud and his parents where amazed by thier room. Spud jump on the couch and laugh. His parent's start to pack off the baggage. But than one handle of the cupboard broke away, when Mrs. Spudinski wanted to open it.

"Oh no... what..." she take a breath, and look at her son. "Arthur, can you go to the reception please and ask for that?"

"Awww... okay... when I find someone."

"What do you mean?" his father asked.

"Didn't you realize that it seemed, that we are the only guest. I mean look..." he opens the door "... there is nobody!"

Spud's parents look out and really, it seems that they where the only guest at the moment.

"Aw Arthur! This is a new hotel! That aren't surprisingly that they are less guests in the first time." His mother said and close the bathroom door behind her.

"Okay! I go!" he said and walk back to the reception.

During his walk threw the park he look at the different things there. The path to beach was closed. They weren't any maps or information-sings. Than he stoped, because he could see that there was a phone-cell, without phone. And when he entered the reception-area he saw that they aren't any welcome-sings or other typical things...

"What do you want?" the voice appear. Spud scared turn and saw that the big, scary man stood behind him...

"We... we... n...need help with that!" he said and shows the broken handle.

The big 'creature' took it said "Yes" and walk away.

"Wait a minute!" Spud yells. The scary man turn back and asked what he wanted. The only thing Spud wanted where informations. What does a magical creature do in a humans hotel? Why it looks that they never had any guests? He decided to ask a simply question.

"Are you have any magazines here?" hopefully the man will give him a normal magazin which shows the island, or a normal US-economic magazin.

But the man gave him a very big pack of newspapers and magazins and leave without to say any word. Spud looks at the magazines and was very confused. The first magazin was a more than 30-years-old britisch TV-Guide. The second one was a old-damaged russian newspaper. The only thing Spud could read was the year: 1992. Now he know that there have to be something strange here.

He took his mobile,... but there was no signal. Than he run trew the big salon to look for a phone but... nothing, no phone, no computer, no TVs, nothing what he could use to contact someone. What's that for a place?

But than it got the pure horror. When he walk back, he could hear his parents screaming...

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End of chapter 1

What will happen next? What's that message in Frederic's pocket mean? And what's that strange place? Please rewiew.

I promise it will be very interresting!