By and copyright of Owen Quinn
“Wonder why the water is so different here?” asked Rose trying to see something in it. Rose, Lala and Diamond stood together looking down into the murky pool.
Suddenly a long orange…something with big white suckers all along it, slapped the rock before them. It looked like a leg of some sort. In a heartbeat another quickly followed, also slapping on the rock.
Suddenly, a huge bulbous head rose slowly before them, water running off it. Three more leg like sucker things broke from the water. They glistened with the salt water.
Lala, Rose and Diamond, all alone, clutched each other tightly in fear as they realised just how far they had come.
The great bulbous head, unlike anything they had ever seen before either in books or real life, opened two yellow and big black coin eyes on either side. The eyes stared at them as a beak where the mouth should be snapped open and shut.
“Only birds have beaks!” cried Diamond holding tightly on to the others. They were trembling, their legs refusing to run.
“What is it?” cried Rose staring at that hungry beak.
“It’s a big, baldy bird monster!” Lala cried, closing his eyes
“No, it’s…it’s a sea monster!” cried Rose. “And I think it eats frogs, rabbits and butterflies!”
The trio hugged each other tightly, afraid to move as the monster reared before them.
“Aaaaargh!”
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The Time Warriors and Beyond 