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Chapter 1 – St Joseph's RC Primary, Aberdeen City

Braw skipped happily in the sun - it was a lovely day . The trees were green, the sky was blue and so was the sea. The trees were blowing around in the air.
He was happy but not entirely - the hunter was there and he was still out there for his family’s blood and even maybe for their lives. "Never mind," thought Braw, "I just need to enjoy myself, for now it's better than that slimey pond I used to live in”.

He said to himself that he would go around the road so that he would be invisible to tourists. As he walked he saw the beautiful Loch Ness where he had left his family. The water was clear, and he could see someone on a boat catching fish. All around the loch there were huge hills. He saw a long river with muddy islands. As the wind blew, the trees gracefully danced around. The damp green grass had beds of blooming flowers on it. He could hear the traffic on the main road. In a distance was a castle which was in ruins.

The path he was walking on was wet soily ground. The sky was dark grey and the clouds were heavy: it was going to rain. There was a humungous storm coming. The mist came down and he could barely see. He heard deer and rabbits shouting for help - the hunting season was on which made them even more frightened. Braw burst into tears. He missed his family very much. He wanted to go home. He heard gun shots behind him. "Probably the hunter", Braw thought as he kept walking away from the loch. He said in his head and then out loud "I have to be brave and have courage".

Suddenly something grabbed Braw’s tail…

He was frozen in fear. In the gloomy woods the owls hooted and he heard a tree branch fall. He tried to run but whatever was holding him was as heavy as a wrecking ball. He was petrified. He was scared that the person who had grabbed his tail was the hunter and he was going to be put in his dungeon. His heart was beating out of his chest. He fought to get away but could not. He tried to grab a bush and hide in it but his arms were too short .

He wished his family was here to help him. He wished he listened to his teachers at school about how to take care of himself properly so he would be okay. He wanted to cry again, and he definitely did not want to turn around. But he had to be brave. Braw was never brave; he was a sensitive soul. But he knew that his brother James had got caught and thrown in a dungeon, and he didn't want the same thing happening to him. Braw didn't feel confident on his own because he was always with his family. He wished that his dad was here, and he wanted to snuggle up with his mum.

Braw's heart was pounding. Who was pulling him? It was difficult to see, and he was scared the hunter would have a gun and shoot him. His tail was being pulled so hard he thought it was going to come off!! He took a deep breath, and swung round.

"Hello", said his attacker. "I'm Josie".

Josie was another Loch Ness monster – just like him! Josie had a soft voice. She was very skinny and she had scratches all over her skin (maybe from hunters who had attacked her?). She had big bright teeth and was light green. Her big curly tail had lots of spikes. She had a pink bow on her head and was wearing a blue jacket. She looked friendly and strong and energetic; and Braw noticed that, under her blue cap, she had purple horns. She carried a bag which had a blue fish on, and in her hand was a blue iPad. She was wet – perhaps because she had just come out of the loch?
She looked very grown up and responsible, and she had a
mobile phone in her hand and earphones in her ears.
He could not look away from her diamond eyes shining in the fog.
"A-are you a Loch Ness monster?”, asked Braw.
He wasn't sure if she would hear him with the earphones in.
Josie pulled out her earphones and smiled.
“I’m the daughter of one… if that’s what you mean."

Chapter 2 - Strathdevon Primary, Clackmannanshire

"What do you mean?" said Braw, confused.
A sudden rustle from behind them startled Josie and Braw and they stood frozen. It sounded like the hunter was coming. The noise travelled past them unaware of Braw and Josie's presence. Suddenly the outline of a shadow started to approach them. As it got closer and closer the shadow got smaller and smaller until it was the size of a haggis! Out of the blue Josie and Braw heard a right good Scottish accent singing very loudly.

"I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more.
To be that man who walked a thousand miles to fall in at your door!"

BANG! CRASH! BOOM! "OH, me heed is spinning!" proclaimed a squeaky voice. An empty glass with the remnants of a strong whiskey rolled past Braw's foot.
"What is that?" said Braw and Josie together with looks of confusion on their faces.
The shadow emerged from the dark and revealed itself for the first time. At first it looked like a ball of ginger fluff but on closer inspection Braw and Josie began to make out the details of dark blue eyes, dinky wee arms and cobblery feet! It was a haggis! The Haggis shouted over to Braw and Josie.

"Alright lads! I'm Haggis Harry. I'm getting wed on Saturday to my beautiful bride Midgey Megan. You wanna come?"
Braw and Josie looked at one another dumfounded. They did not know what to say. They were relieved they were talking to Haggis Harry rather than a hunter but they were taken a back at the creature that was now on front of them. Haggis Harry's invite seemed a little peculiar considering they had only just met one another never mind him and his wife to be.
Suddenly, Braw, Josie and Haggis Harry heard footsteps approaching them urgently. The minute the footsteps were visible Harry knew they had to run before it was too late
"Follow me! We need to run away, far, far away!" Screamed Harry to his new found friends.

Chapter 3 - Kirkhill Primary, East Renfrewshire

Scrambling through the forest they were trembling with fear, as they ran all they could hear was thundering footsteps like a stampede of elephants charging down a mountain. Braw ran, worried not only about the hunter but about his new found 'friends'. "What if they're not who they say they are?" Braw quietly thought to himself.

In the distance a shot rang out, Josie shrieked with pain! Braw looked around to see if there was anywhere safe to take Josie, out of the corner of his eye he spotted a ruined castle. Braw lifted Josie up on his shoulders and started running towards the ruins. As he gently put her down, Josie's diamond eyes shone into Braw's, for a moment they froze like rabbits in headlights. All of a sudden, Braw realized something – he was in love.
Suddenly as Harry opened the door,
a lightning bolt struck the ruined castle.
Josie took off her jumper and tearing off one
of the sleeves Braw wrapped it around her leg.

The lightning struck again, the flash of light conjured the shadows of the hunters' silhouettes on the crumbling walls. Almost blinded by it, Braw turned around and realised... Harry was no longer there. In the distance they heard a scream, hesitantly Josie and Braw started heading in that direction. Down in the dark, spooky dungeons it smelled so foul they felt they would be sick. Looking around there were doors and cages everywhere, as they walked further they could feel their feet getting wetter and wetter. Shivers running down their spines they continued, almost frozen in fear. At the end of the corridor there was a door flanked by two armored Knights. Petrified, they crept along holding onto each other, the floor creaking as they went. Suddenly Josie's phone rang, hoping that would distract the hunters she threw her phone down a chute. The knights guarding the door ran off in search of the noise coming from Josie's phone,
leaving the door for a moment unattended...

Chapter 4 - St Columba's Primary, Dumfries and Galloway

Suddenly they heard the clashing of metal armour! The remaining footmen had been alerted by the two who followed the strange noise down into the dungeon. The earth trembled as they rolled the trebuchet from the bailey through the portcullis of the castle. You could hear the ground tremble from a mile away. They were out to kill the intruders! It felt like an earthquake. The trebuchet sprang into action, Braw and Josie saw the huge boulder coming straight at them. Fortunately, it hit the tower, the bell awakening and warning the pair who were rooted to the path with fear. They had to think fast! The fierce guards were approaching, and the tower began to crumble. They had no choice but to go through the door. The boulders came crashing down, wiping out the fearsome footmen.

Behind the door were four passages. There were no doors just cob-webbed lined, disintegrating walls. Adders occupied one, the hissing of the snakes filled the passage, and they both agreed they were not going down that terrifying chamber! Passage number two had a torrent of water, swarming with slimy eels, slithering in the crevices of the nooks and crannies. From the bubbling water an eel hissed questioningly, “which trail will you follow?” They were unsure which to take.

Braw asked, “Should we each take a passage or stay together or ask for the eel’s advice?” Josie screeched, “no we have to act fast, time is running out. Safety in numbers, let’s stay together! Should we take this one,” said Josie reassuringly as she could see a light at the end of the tunnel. “It must have a way out.”
As they entered their chosen tunnel, they stepped onto a pressure plate that sent them tumbling down a pitch-black hole that spun them twisting and turning until they were washed onto the banks of Loch Ness.
After regaining consciousness, lying drenched on the shoreline, dizzily they stood up wondering where they had landed. They were clueless! Braw heard in the distance his brother James laughing and joking with their father. Startled, the pair searched their surroundings for a familiar face. However, a swirl of smoke rose into the fresh air. Suddenly they noticed a camp had been set up on the opposite bank. Was it his family...or was it the hunters? Braw frantically looked for a way to cross the loch. He saw an old wrecked canoe in a nearby boathouse. Slipping and sliding down onto the rocky shore they thought this could be the way to escape. "How can we mend this?" said Josie encouragingly, "it could help us to get to the other side."
Braw replied warningly, "do we want to go to the other side?"
"What about Harry?" panicked Josie. She looked back searchingly but could see the two armoured knights were following their tracks. "We have to act now. Let's goooo!"