1. The beginning
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All he could hear was the non stop ticking noise and the noise of his different classmates talking. He could barely hear the teacher continuing his lecture about gravity. He looked down at his notebook and started sketching something. It had long limbs and a small head. He finished rather quickly and wrote his name at the bottom, Grey.
“What is that thing?” asked Mark, staring toward his drawing.
“It’s…” he shivered, Grey couldn’t say its name. It would bring back too many painful memories of the incident.
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