Prologue-A New Start
The Creepiz is a bunch of hideous monsters that come in all shapes and sizes and come in serval types. Nobody knows where they come from, what everybody knows is when a creepie bites you, it turns into a monster just like them. Tons of people have been bitten by them and none can control their creepiez forms.
"And among those that have been bitten, is me, My name is Asthon Harper, and I was bitten by creepie." He told his story of what happened to him.
"Thank you, Ashton, for sharing your story, it must have taken a lot of effort for you after all that you've been through." Said his teacher, Ms. Latifah.
"Thank you, Miss Latifah," Ashton walked to his seat then the bell rang.
"Ok class, I hope you all have a nice weekend, don't forget the homework and watch out for any creepiez if you don't wanna become like your classmates."
"Yes Teacher!" responded the students while a small group of them including Ashton sighed in annoyance, the students packed up their stuff and left the class.
Ashton walked in the school's hallways on his way to the exit, as he walked in, some students stepped away from him, some gave him some "unfriendly" stares and some whispered on his back, he knew what was wrong with him. Indeed, Ash is what they call a "Creepie-Kid" which is a kid who got bitten by a creepie and still struggles to control their inner monster form. The poor black-haired boy got a long time ago bitten by a ghost-like creepie, how could that be possible? We don't know... Nobody knows... Nobody wanted to approach him afraid he might lose control and attack them. But not all...
"Hey Ash!" said a ginger-haired girl as she jumped on him
"Huh !? Oh, hey Angie! Will you ever greet me in a normal way?" Ashton asked her
"NEVER! *laugh* Any plans for this weekend?"
"Nope, just as usual, do the homework, stay home, and play video games 'til dinner time."
"Hehe, classic Ash, Taylor, and I are planning to go camping in the park with some other kids, wanna join?"
"Eh... Do I have to?"
"Come on, you never go outside since the day you've got that bite. Besides, I bet your mom would let you!
"Right..." Ashton seriously doubted it.
"Do I really have to?"
"Yes honey, this is for your own good Ash, you sure need to go outside more often," said Sindy, his mother as she drove him back home."
"Can I come with you big brother?" asked a 7 years little boy.
"No Casper, you're still too young for it."
"Aww..."
"Wait, what if a creepie comes out and attacks us ?!
"I'm sure it won't happen, the agents of the MEDICA will be around and make sure no creepie will attack."
"Right..."
"Look, I know it's hard for you, after my divorce with your father, that creepie bite you got, Casper's autism, and Lauren leaving for college... But you need to move on and keep living, you're 13 years old now."
"I know... But I don't really like myself at all... Everyone in this town sees me as a disabled person just because of that bite... It's not safe outside and certainly not with those creepies around."
"You'll be fine Ash, what could possibly go wrong?"
The car suddenly slowed down and then stopped in the middle of the road by the woods on the way back to the city's entrance...
"You were saying, Mom?" Ashton knew exactly what would happen if someone say 'what could possibly be wrong?"
"The car stopped!"
"Er, it's ok boys, I'm sure it's no big deal," said their mom as she hopped out of the car to check the engine, she opened the hood and saw the machine, "Oh crap..." she thought. Then she closed the car's hood and went back to her sons,
"Bad news boys, the engine's dead."
"Wha ?! I KNEW YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT!"
"*gasp* Are we lost in the woods then?!"
"No calm down you two, there's a gas station not far from here, we just need to walk straight ahead
"Wait... you want us to walk straight ahead on a road in the middle of the woods where tons of Creepiez hide?! No thanks, I'm not leaving the car!" Ashton exclaimed.
"Well, we can stay and call a tow truck to drag us back home instead-"
"Mom, I gotta pee..."
"Really Casper?"
"What? I was very thirsty today, I drank 5 juice boxes! And now I want to pee..."
"Oh... Ash, can you wait for us in the car?"
"Er... sure... but make it quick!"
Sindy and Casper hopped out of the car and walked a few steps away leaving the big brother in the car. Ashton sighed, he was nervous; he doesn't really like being alone in empty places like the woods or roads or places like those, it made him nervous, and when he gets too nervous or too angry or feels any strong emotion, he loses control, and when he loses control, he turned into what he disliked the most... Ash turned on the radio hoping to calm him down a bit while he waited. As he waited, he felt his left hand itching he could see his left hand turning all blue under the glove.
Why this hand was covered with a glove? Because it was the one that got bitten by a creepie! Ash was too ashamed of that bite scar he had that he covered it with a fingerless glove...
"Not again Ash... don't panic or you'll transform... DON'T PANICK OR YOU'LL TRANSFORM" thought Ashton in his mind, few minutes later he finally managed to calm down, but suddenly...
"Squeak?"
"What the AH! A CREEPIE!"
A little ghost-like Creepie popped up near him knocking at his window. It was a bit blue ghost-like creepie with light green eyes that seemed harmless and was seeking food. Despite his benign appearance, the creepie-kid freaked out in the car. As he panicked, Ashton couldn't take it anymore, his body glowed and turn from a human into a white flying creature with blue claws and dark eyes, his Creepie form!
*Squeak* ?!
"Oh no LOOK WHAT I'VE BECOME BECAUSE OF YOU!"
*Squeak* ... :(
"Ashton we're bac- OH MY GOODNESS!" Sindy shouted as she and Casper came back.
*GASP* Big Brother is a ghost now!" Casper gasped.
"Mom... I... BACK OFF ME!" he said as he flew away
"Ash wait!"
Ashton flew away from the car, still in his Creepie form. He was afraid he'd hurt people or bite them and ruin their lives like how he thought, so whenever he turned into his ghost Creepie form, he stays away from everybody to prevent them from hurting them.
Many hours later, tired, he turned back into his human form. But he fell unconscious, in the woods, alone... but then...
"Mmmh, is that the kid that you saw in the car earlier huh?
*squeak*!
"I see... come on Gloomy he might need help."
*squeak* :)
A bit later, Ashton woke up, he was laying on some sort of fluffy mattress full of fur and feathers. As he rubbed his eyes, he wondered where he was. It looked like some weird treehouse in the middle of the woods, what happened? Did he got kidnapped after he passed out worried the 13 years old?
"Ah, you're awake! That's great! For a moment we thought you were dead, but you're not!"
"Huh ?! Who are you? Where am I? Have I been kidnapped?!"
"Woaw easy kid, why would I do that? I'm a creepie, not a monster like how humans think," said a 7 ft tall humanoid-shaped creepie with a dark skin color, he also had long purple hair tied in a ponytail, a big mouth with pointy teeth, he was wearing a black coat with a tall top hat on his head and his eyes were covered with bandages
*standing a the corner afraid of the 7ft tall creepie* "Who are you? What do you want from me?!"
"Aww don't be afraid kiddo, I won't hurt you at all. The name's Mr. Grinn! And this small fella here is Gloomy! Pleased to meet you young ghost Creepie-kid. May I know what is your name?"
"Ashton... I'm Ashton Harper..."
"Nice to meet you, Ashton."
: *Squeak* ! ^^
"Where am I? How did I end up here?"
"Easy peasy, while Gloomy was looking for food, he saw you then you freaked out and turned into a creepie then flew away and landed here, when you passed out, Gloomy came to me and told me everything, so we found you and looked after you 'til now. That's all!"
"Oh... So... your buddy here didn't want to hurt me?"
"Hurt you? *laugh* Don't be silly kid, Gloomy would never hurt a fly, right Gloomy?"
*squeak* !
"Yeah! It's you who overreacted and transformed."
Oh..."
"I can see you have trouble controlling your creepie form, don't you?"
"Yeah... it's so hard... when I get angry I transform, when I get too much sad I transform, when I get nervous I transform...and when I transform, I wreck everything and hurt everybody around me... And now I'm lost here in the woods and my mom must be very worried for me."
"Mmmh indeed, when creepie kids like you get missing, the parents call the cops, but then they suspect us the creepiez so they also call those bad guys who hunt us."
"Who? The MEDICA?"
*GASP*
"Sssssshhhhhhh! Nobody must say their name out loud, it carries bad luck. And yes, those guys... they hunt us, kill us, capture us, torture us just to gain money."
"What-?! No way they'd ever do that... can they?"
"You're still too young to know, anyway, come on, let's get you back to your mom, she must be at the gas station about to call the cops."
"Still, why did you help me? I mean, you saw how scared I was when I saw you so why are you helping me?" asked Ashton
"Easy! Your aura was pure, that's why!"
"My What now?"
"Your aura! The energy your body and soul make. Us Creepiez can feel it, it's with it that we can find out if you're a good guy or not."
"Oh... that's unexpected."
"Believe it or not Ashton, you have this power as well."
"Wait really?
"Yup! Every creepie has this ability! Tell me, whenever you transform into your creepie form, did you ever notice something like energy radiating from people's bodies?
"Well, I never actually noticed it, must be too busy freaking out."
"You have a lot to learn if you wanna control your creepie form."
"How can you know? Nobody can control their creepie forms before."
*smirk* "Really? Want me to show you how?"
"Why yea- WHA ?!
"Stick with me, kid! You won't regret it! *chuckles*
*squeak*
A few hours later, they reached the gas station. In there they found Sindy's family car tied to a tow truck, Sindy was indeed there at the station. She was talking to two police agents while Casper was standing near them peacefully drinking an orange juice box. The mother was bawling her eyes out worried for her missing son as the two agents were trying to calm her down
"Calm down ma'am, we'll find your son, we just need more details," Agent I said to her.
"More Details?! I JUST WANT MY BABY BACK! *sob* FIND HIM PLEASE!"
"The little kid said he's a creepie-kid, so maybe it's best to call the MEDICA for it."
"Yeah as long as we stay away from those freaky monsters and their bites."
The police agent was about to pull out his walkie-talkie and call the agents of the company, but suddenly get interrupted by-
"WAIT!" Ashton shouted as he came out of the woods.
"Huh?"
"ASHTON!"
"Big brother!"
Sindy and Casper both run to Ashton and hug him very tightly. Sindy cried even more while hugging him, but those were tears of joy. "You're okay! Thank goodness you're ok! I'm sorry for what happened! Forget about that camping trip, you're staying home with us! My precious babies!" cried Sindy as she hugged her two sons
*nervous laugh* "Mom! I can't breathe,"
"How did you find your way back here?"
"Well... I was lucky. That's all I can say" answered Ashton as he turned around and saw Mr. Grinn and Gloomy hidden behind.
Later back home, Ashton was in his room laying on his bed, he was still processing all that happened during the evening. "Those creepiez... they were so nice to me. Wow, maybe I was wrong about them...but what's that thing they said about the MEDICA company?" thought Ash as he couldn't sleep.
He hears knocking on his window, by his surprise it was Gloomy; the little ghost creepie of earlier! "Squeak!" ^^
"Gloomy?! What are you doing in our street? Everyone might see you!" Ashton asked.
(Don't worry Ash, nobody will see me when it's dark)
"Wait, did you just... talk?!"
(Actually, I'm just talking through telepathy.)
"You mean...we can read each other's minds!?"
(Kinda! We're creepiez of the same type, so we understand each other, right friend?)
"Hell yeah! I take back all that I said and thought about you. You guys are amazing creatures! We're gonna be great buddies you and I!
(Yeah!^^)
Meanwhile, Mr. Grinn who was hidden in the shadows saw the whole thing, he smiled and then turned to the sky... "Gloomy, Ashton, I am so proud of you guys. This is a new start my friend... just wait...Darla," he said as he walked away.