The End
Chapter 3 – Percival Wemys Madison
Little Percy had gone home almost as soon as he touched dry land. The Madisons were overjoyed to have him back, they coddled him without mercy. Once the initial excitement of getting him back wore off, his parents began to see that their darling boy was different. He had clean forgotten his name; his parents were dim memories to him. He'd taken to wearing very little clothing and his toilet training had gone out the window. Still, old habits were re-taught and Percival seemed to settle into the life of a normal child. He had fun at school, got decent grades. Night was a different story, at night he remembered The Island. He'd wake screaming about The Beast, his parents would console him and he'd wake with no memory of the night's terrors.
One day Percy was out with some other boys his own age, walking in the grassy fields outside of the school. They were playing with little beetles, making them race each other. Soon it grew dark and they knew they had to go home. Suddenly, some bushes rustled and they became scared. They could see a strange humped shape behind some tall grasses. They clung to each other, frightened and wondered what it was. Percy suddenly remembered the awful night they killed The Beast, it looked like that shape. Percy picked up a stick, still remembering that night. The boys followed suit and then Percy shouted the dread words and the boys attacked.
"Kill the Beast! Cut his throat! Bash him in!"
They attacked the slouching form and beat it with sticks until it cried and moved no more. Had the boys stayed there and looked more carefully, they would have seen it was only a small dog. They boys all went home, leaving their sticks just outside the house. Each of them went home as they always had; they washed their hands, helped with dinner, and endured their mother's affections. Forever after, these boys would meet and hunt, killing small animals, bullying other children. They began the first street gang, the first time children in the civilized world banned together to cause destruction. Their founder is Percival Wemys Madison and the other Littluns.
