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Alex walked down the narrow passageways of the dungeons and into a small cellar. He slammed the door shut and bolted it just in case the monster returned. He then looked around the room for more information. On the right side stood a staff with a blazing purple crystal floating between 4 spikes. On the left was... nothing. Alex sighed and headed towards the staff. He picked it up and saw words cut into the metal. He peered at it more closely. This is what it read: '27, 105, 2974'. 'They're coordinates of the failed experiment' he exclaimed. He looked around quickly for more evidence. Then, he spotted it. A necklace hung around a statue. He took it carefully and studied it. It had a blue rune hanging from it. Suddenly, two cold and clammy hands clamped down on Alex's shoulders. 'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!' screamed Alex. 'I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIEEEEE!!!!!!!!!' 'Oh brother,' said the figure behind him. Alex slowly turned around. It was Maya! The girl that had guided him around the library and told him about the monster! 'What are you doing here?' Alex asked Maya. 'What are YOU doing here?' retorted Maya in a annoyed voice. 'Ummmmm...' said Alex. Alex definitely did NOT know what he was doing down in the dungeons. 'Are you trying to find that monster?' asked Maya, exhaling. 'Yes?' said Alex. 'Okay, this is how many people died searching for the Beast of Black,' said Maya. 'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten...' (I will not write everything she said because she took an awfully long time). 'Five hundred and fifty-five, five hundred and fifty-six' said Maya. 'STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP!!!!!!!!' shouted Alex for the 15th time. 'Fine,' said Maya, turning to Alex. Suddenly, *click*! The floor under Maya and Alex opened and the fell for a terrifying 1 second. Alex screamed all the way down. 'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!' screamed Alex. 'Oh brother,' said Maya.

The Monster Description: This monster comes out of the books in the library using the ink in the books to shape itself. It can shapeshift into anything as it’s made of liquid. Bullets would penetrate it and do no damage. This makes this monster nearly unbeatable as only acid or lava would be able to dissolve it. What it does: It goes around at night and finds wandering security guards and drowns them and kills them in its ink. It also splatters the walls and priceless artifacts with ink just for fun. It also changes itself into objects or the floors and tricks people into picking it up and then the monster covers them and drowns the victim. Rumors: Librarians told the story of this monster to stop kids from being noisy in the library. Later, they found out this monster was real. After people forgot about this scary rumor, the liquid monster struck back, killing many people. From then, brave adventurers have tried to defeat the monster. They have all never returned. Historical Wrong: Some evil scientists went against the law and did an illegal experiment in the State Library of NSW and it failed and exploded, spreading a virus called MAGLEV 34 into the books. It spread across the state and is now in every library in the world, haunting the books. Whenever it’s forgotten, it strikes back, putting fear into hearts of people around the world.