Welcome To Steemit Story Chain #8

Welcome Steemers to the latest Steemit Story Chain where I invite you all to help write a story together. The contest is sponsored by Whaleshares and there are 100 Whaleshares to be won for the writer who contributes the most engaging and original part of the story chain.

I would like to thank all of those who contributed to the last story chain including Hive account@krazykrista, Hive account@lucyridingmoosey, Hive account@sostrin, Hive account@tinajordan and Hive account@littlejibblet. There was some fantastic writing and we saw some very original narratives developing. However, there can only be one winner and my co-judge, Hive account@nikflossus, and I have arrived at a decision.

Hive account@sostrin

You made a very interesting and original contribution and you clearly have a very powerful sense of imagination. On the order of the co-judge Hive account@nikflossus I must also commend Hive account@tinajordan who came an extremely close second, you wrote a very professional piece and you are clearly developing your craft, so keep on writing. As for the winner Hive account@sostrin you have won 100 Whaleshares. Please reply with your Bitshares account information and I will send the Whaleshares to your account immediately. Enjoy! If you don't have an account don't worry it's very simple and completely free to set one up here - https://bitshares.openledger.info/?r=akrid-1.

Here is a reminder of Hive account@sostrin's winning entry.

Elias was sitting on a chair in front an old commodore 64 computer. It was turned on and the cursor was blinking on the screen. “Elias is everything ok?” asked the nice older women. Elias didn’t answer his purple eyes seemed to catch the light of the computer screen and seemed to almost glow. “Ashley! Ashley come here…..” Elias could hear her voice trailing off as she left the room, maybe to find the younger woman. “Yes M I understand” said Elias. He starting typing at the keyboard and the screen filled with ones and zeros. Elias shook his head as if he had understood. Ashley and her mother had entered the room. “Mom, I didn’t even think that old thing worked anymore. What is he doing? “Ashley mother shook her head slowly as if she was confused. “ Elias honey? Are you ok? “She said softy. Elias turned to the both of them and calmly said “Yes, everything is clear now. I understand what my mission is here. Let’s go downstairs and I will tell you what I can."

Elias explained to my mother and me that he was not entirely human. He was a hybrid. He was human on the outside but he had a cybernetic enhanced brain. Time was an illusion. He came from the past but he explained that he also came from the future. Something about the folding of dimensions and that the science was beyond our understanding. He came to this place to meet Ashley. There was going to be something that she discovered in the future that would have horrible consequences to the continuum. M was his contact here. He didn’t know what his true mission was here until M relayed it to him. Elias told me that his mission was to be my Teacher. He explained that with his guidance it might just be possible to avoid disaster. I just stood there looking at my mother. She looked at me and shook her head. “Elias Honey it’s been a long day. Let’s get some sleep and we can talk about all of this tomorrow.

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Moving on to this week's new story I thought I would get all creepy on you and embrace Halloween with a very aptly titled new story Happy Halloween. As usual if you wish to take part in the contest please ensure you upvote and resteem this post. I have written the first part of the story below and then it's all up to you guys to develop the story in whatever way you wish to. Make sure you are creative and original. Be ambitious and have fun with it. We're only looking for a short paragraph or two at the most. Please don't forget to number your part of the story.

This contest is sponsored by Whaleshares and I owe a big thank you to Hive account@akrid. There is 100 Whaleshares for the winning entry. If you would like to learn more about Whaleshares and how they can significantly increase your post rewards please visit https://steemit.com/whaleshares/@eirik/guide-on-how-to-use-whaleshares-updated-version where Hive account@eirik will gladly explain more to you.

The immeasurably talented writer Hive account@nikflossus will be helping me to decide which one of your entries deserves the winning prize. We are looking for:

• A strong sense of imagination
• Creative intelligence
• Originality
• Narrative fluidity (ensuring the story chain links smoothly)
• Use of language, grammar and syntax (we need to understand what you're saying!)

The winner will be announced in a week's time. A new post will be published then announcing the winner along with a new story chain. Now here is part one of Happy Halloween.

I had heard the rumours but had never really believed them. For decades we had all been led to believe that something bad had happened there. No one in the town ever used to really talk about it. The older residents would immediately shut down any conversation involving that house. This time though me, Kyle, Becky and Joe wanted to know more and as it was Halloween we couldn't think of a better way to enjoy a full on Halloween adventure than by visiting the house. It was not going to be the usual costumes, drinking and party night. No. We wanted a real Halloween experience. We set off around 10pm, arriving at the house an hour later. Immediately we knew something was wrong. The house had stood derelict for thirty years yet on this occasion the lights were on. But was anyone in?