The Winter of Mr.Larson
~~CHAPTER 1~~
Before the snow changed everything,me and my friend were kids and used to do silly stuff.
Growing up,me and my friend were never like the other kids.
They had whole circles,teams and little armies of friends.
But for us... our whole world fit into two pairs of shoes walking side by side.
He was my best friend-and sometimes the only one who truly understood me.
Okay ,he was the only friend I had,and I was the only friend he had.
I remember one cold Winter night he came knocking on my window at around 11 pm.
I go open the door and what to see. There was him in front of me on nothing but a shirt and pajamas .
Standing outside in the snow,freezing.
Shivering so hard his teeth clicked but wearing the biggest,silliest smile I had ever seen,the kind of smile that only meant one thing:
Adventure...
"Eddie! What are you doing here!
It's freezing!!! I asked.
He didn't even answer.
He just grabbed my hand with a burst of excitement and whispered through chatterin teeth.
"Come on Nick! You gotta see this. It's the most adventurous night of our lives!
And before I could protest ,before I could get a coat or even shoes tied properly ,Eddie was already pulling me into the white ,breathless night that would become the beginning of everything.
Then suddenly...there we were.
Standing behind the house of our math teacher, Mr.Larson.
Snow up to our ankles.
Breath turning into tiny clouds in the freezing air.
Eddie looked back at me with that spark in his eyes, then pointed forward dramatically.
Right there- rising from the ground and glowing faintly under the moon,was a huge wall of ice,shaped so perfectly you'd think someone carved it with magic.
"Look Nick" he whispered ,awe in his voice .
" It's a portal from another dimension".
I stared at him, completely done with life.
"You can't be serious" I said.
"You dragged me out here at 11 pm in NOTHING but a shirt in the freezing cold...for this?
I thought something bad happened!
We started arguing - him insisting it was a portal ,me insisting he needed sleep( or help by a doctor) when suddenly a bright flashlight beam swept across the snow.
A voice rang out,sharp and suspicious .
"What are you boys doing back there"?!
We froze
The light got closer
And out stepped... Mr. Larson
"It's Mr.Larson" I whispered in relief.
"He'll take us home"
But before I could even wave, Eddie's face went pale.
"That's NOT Mr.Larson" he hissed.
"It's a demon impersonating him.
He came from the portal"!
And before I could say , are you insane? Eddie yanked me and we bolted toward the forest.
Branches whipped our faces.
Snow flew everywhere.
Behind us Mr.Larson shouted our names like a furious thunderstorm.
But for Eddie this was life or death.
"For the last time" I yelled at him while running,
"IT'S JUST MR.LAR--"
too late. He caught us.
Mr.Larson grabbed both of us by the collars with the strength of ten disappointed teachers and marched us straight home.
And that night?
Yeah...
Our parents gave us the beating of our lives...
The next day at school wasn't any better .Everyone stared.
Mr.Larson didn't even look at us.
Two weeks of detention.
Minimum.
So yeah the whole thing with the ice wall ,the fake Mr.Larson, and getting chased in the forest that was one of our adventures. Actually one of Eddie's crazy ideas .
We got caught ,grounded for two weeks and everyone thought we were ju
st being idiots again.
But to us,it was normal.
That was our life.
Until...
