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The Adventures of Alan - by G. S. A.

Part I: The Cave

The mysterious things in the cave were spooking Alan. Strange writings on the wall of the cave and strange prints of claw feet in the sand…and the moaning in the cave. The air had strange scents. Alan had photographed many things that were strange or confusing in the cave. There was something strange about the wall… it seemed to be a pattern. Alan was caring for his food, which was mostly peaches and orange juice, and had a lot of notions why to turn back. Alan turned into a corner and spied a strange marking on the wall. Pushing his torch closer, the three markings came into view. They were three letters, and made initials and a word: HAS.

HAS were the initials of his great-grandpa, who disappeared and was never found. Henry Alan Sprites. Alan almost fainted at this. He moved the torch ahead of him, but it bumped against a dead end. Turning around to go back, he saw a straight line going up. It made a square around the initials. Alan inserted his pocketknife into the crack and squared it all the way around. Then, he inserted his hand and pulled out the block. A dark hole went through the wall. The block was seven feet long. When Alan threw it over to the dead end, it shattered and fell with a skull and bones to the ground. Alan crawled into the hole and fell into a darkened hallway. He lit some other wood in the torch holders and walked threw the lit hallway. Another mysterious maze to walk through.
Alan found a candlestick and lit it. To his surprise, the candle formed a bigger flame. When the room lit up, Alan spied something. The initials: HAS