The Monster in the Depths Part 1

This is my first ever original story so guys please be nice in your comments.

It was a peaceful night in Miaran village, the house lights were turned off, everybody was indoors and asleep. At least they were, until–

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"

The doors of houses burst open and people rushed towards the house of the Tarez clan. They opened the front door(because people left their doors open in Miaran village because crimes were nonexistent there), and hurried up the stairs, where the bedrooms in all houses were located. When they got there, they found Dira and Molu Tarez,the head and matriarch of the Tarez clan trying to console their youngest out of four children, Kiwa. He was shaking and looking around the room with fright and his parents couldn't provide him any comfort because they certainly didn't look any better.

The villagers were all trying to talk over each other and inquire what was matter was, but nobody could provide answers, since everybody was talking at one. "Everybody keep quiet, so they can finally answer our questions ", a commanding voice suddenly said. The whole room became quiet immediately, because that voice belonged to the High Chief of Miaran, whom was called Wanek. Wanek came to the front of the crowd and directly addressed the distressed family.

"Dira, what exactly is the problem?, that scream was heard all over the village" asked Wanek.

Kiwa just kept muttering to himself and shaking on the bed.

"Speak up boy, we can't hear you" commanded Wanek.

"M-M-M-M-Monster! There was a monster here in my room. He was trying to eat me.

The villagers became angry, thinking they had been woken up and had rushed out of their houses because of the imagination of a child but his parents supported him.

"It's true, we saw the monster too with our eyes", they declared.

The villagers were still angry and disbelieving. They didn't believe them and thought they were just asking for attention. That is, until the village medicine man, Xar, started questioning the family.

"Describe the monster you saw to me", he asked the family.

"It had tentacles extending from its back,it had a long snout and very long fangs. It had demonic looking yellow eyes and malformed hands and legs with claws."

"It is as l feared then, Raozarkin, the beast from the depths has awoken", sighed Xar.

"You know this beast?", questioned Wanek.

"I know of it but not personally. It is a secret that is passed down in my clan, passed down to each successor of the previous medicine man. It is a beast that lives in the depths of our sea, Tarumir. It awakens every 1000 years and attacks the village looking for food to eat until it is satisfied or it is driven back to the depths."

"Why have you never told me, the village chief about this", demanded Wanek.

"It is a secret that was entrusted to my clan,the Marez, by the other 8 clans, including yours, the Karez. The purpose of keeping it secret is to prevent panic amongst the villagers.

At this point, true to his words, the villagers had already begun to panic after hearing the monster was real and not just created from the overactive imagination of a child or the attention seeking of the Tarez clan.

"We must leave-, We are going to die". Everybody was clamoring and panicking and discussing escape from the village.

"Everyone, calm down. Let me ask the medicine man a few questions before we begin to consider an evacuation of the village", Wanek implored them.

Turning to face Xar, he questioned him.

"You say this has happened before. We are all alive today though and this means even though it has come before, it has been defeated successfully previously ", stated Wanek.

"Yes it has, but that is a topic for the morrow. Right now, we should all sleep and gather at the village square by noon tomorrow so that I can tell you all about it. It has gone away for the night and will not attack again till at least tomorrow night", the medicine man assured them.

So, grudgingly, the villagers went back to their houses but no one got any sleep that night, they were too scared about the threat of Raozarkin.

To be continued

Like I said, this is an original story. Be nice and tell me what you think.

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