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Pee Wee. Richter thought he survived the worst night of
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his life when a rival football player turned into a
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demon on the championship field. But now at Summer Camp,
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the nightmares are waking up and the demon has returned,
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and he plans to finish the game. What's that You
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want to be scared? Come with me. He will experience
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tales over our roam, Ghosts and death Camp. It is
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what if the biggest win of your life wasn't really
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a victory. What if the crowd cheered and the scoreboard
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lit up, and everyone called you a hero, but something
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out there remembered what you did. Something wearing a torn
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football jersey, something with glowing red eyes, something that does
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not forget humiliation. Tonight's tale takes us to Camp Red Feather,
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where the summer air is thick, the football field is waiting,
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and a younger player is about to learn that some
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rivalries don't end when the whistle blows. Because this summer,
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the Monster wants a rematch. Summer of the Demon, Part
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one by rob Fields last fall, I'm back out on
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the football field at Strickfield Academy. How many times have
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I been back here since Strickfield High beat Strickfield Academy
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for the state championship last fall. Every time I come
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back here, it's always the same thing. The fans are
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sitting in the stands on both sides, the games sold out.
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Eventually the game starts and plays out the same as before.
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Strickfield High has to show its guts and determination every
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time we play schools with enough players to make both
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a separate offense and a defense like Strickfield Academy. Strickfield
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High doesn't get enough people to go out for football,
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so we have to play both sides. We played Strickfield
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Academy in our regular season and beat them. We didn't
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have the best record in the Eerie Shore Conference, but
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we knew we had to win the Battle of Strickfield.
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This was the day that changed my life. Eddie Richter's
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my name, but everybody calls me pee Wee because of
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how short I am. YEP, I heard it all through
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the years. I'd been called things like short stack, little boy, runt, pip, squeak,
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and eventually pee wee. Anyway, there was no point being
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down on myself about it. I turned my disadvantage into
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an advantage. Early senior year, my gym teachers saw how
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fast I could run and got me on the football team.
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But I ended up on the bench until Strickfield Academy.
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During the Battle of Strickfield regular season, one of the
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wide receivers hyper extended his calf muscle. Coach Beam didn't
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have anybody else. I knew he didn't have much faith
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in me, but he gave me my shot. Anyway. I
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wasn't paying attention to the score, but I knew we
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were down considerably. Greg Branlake, Strickfield Academy's star quarterback, took
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the snap. When he had his man, he threw the ball.
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I hauled ass and ran towards it. Then I shot
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right up and intercepted it. Our side of the stands
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roared as I ran the ball back seventy six yards
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for a touchdown. I couldn't believe it my first play
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of the game. Coach Beam kept me in the game.
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But that's also when a bitter rivalry started between me
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and Greg Branlake. I don't think it was just me
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intercepting him. That got him upset. I saw his coach
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grabbing his mask and yelling right in his face before
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shoving him away. I didn't like seeing nobody get in
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trouble like that, but I knew I hadn't done anything wrong.
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The game continued until we were getting near the end.
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We were down thirty four to thirty. I kept an
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eye on brand Lake and saw him going back, knowing
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he was going to throw the ball long. As soon
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as he did, I knew I could get to it
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before this guy could catch it. I leaped right up
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in front of him to intercept brand Lake for the
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second time. When I ran the ball back, Branlake tried
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tackling me. I easily sprang up and let him slide
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under me. When I came back down, I went into
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the end zone to take the lead thirty six to
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thirty four. Our quarterback Bill Ridge called a quick huddle
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and said he was handing the ball off to me.
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We lined up. As soon as Bill got the snap,
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he turned and practically stuffed the ball right in my gut.
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I held onto it and ran straight into the end
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zone for two more points, making our lead thirty eight
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to thirty four. Strickfield Academy had to score a touchdown
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in what little time was left. Since we made sure
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they couldn't tie the game and go into overtime. We
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would upset Strickfield Academy. When one of our tacklers for
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to fumble, one of our guys picked up the ball
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and ran it in for a final score of forty
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four to thirty four. It wouldn't be the last time
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we'd see Strickfield Academy. After that game, Coach Beam made
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me a starter. We brought our record up enough to
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make the postseason. The playoffs were tough, but it all
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paid off when we reached the finals with a rematch
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against Strickfield Academy. By now, Greg Branlake was the premier
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quarterback in the Eerie Shore Conference. He'd gotten so much
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better since that regular season game. In fact, he'd been
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offered several full ride scholarships for it. Looking at him now,
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though I didn't know what it was, but he scared
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the Bejesus out of me. If I didn't know better,
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I'd have sworn his eyes were glowing red. Get out
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there and show Strickfield Academy see why you got your
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full ride, son, Coach Beam said, we got to the
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state championship game mainly because of you. I couldn't let
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my team down one more time. I had to prove
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Coach Beam didn't make a mistake with me. The games started,
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Strickfield Academy had their advantage with their separate offense and defense.
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Greg Branlake kept hitting his passes. Strickfield Academy kept putting
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points on the board. The pressure was definitely on me
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since my teammates were betting on my running and jumping.
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Every time bill Ridge took the snap, he either handed
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off or passed to me. Strickfield Academy tacklers got me
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a couple of times, but I managed to answer every
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touchdown they scored. It was such an intense game. The
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score got to be tied at sixty. It was the
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fourth quarter and getting down to the wire. Greg Branlake
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kept eyeing me throughout the whole game. Deep down, I
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knew I didn't want him getting his hands on me.
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And then Greg Branlake was charging my way. I just
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couldn't believe it. Bran Lake's cleats came apart, his helmet
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literally split right down the middle. He grew until he
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was a good seven or eight feet tall. He even
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had these gargantuan hands. Did I mention those glowing red eyes.
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I don't know what happened to brand Lake, but I
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saw what was left of his Strickfield Academy jersey on
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the field. He had a second one on underneath, with
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double zero on both sides. I think I even made
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out the word demon on the back where the name was.
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Bran Lake eyed me like he'd been waiting for this moment.
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You belong to me now, little man. I think I
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nearly pissed myself hearing that demonic voice. Charlie Thass, the
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biggest guy on our team, slapped me on the back.
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Snap out of it, peewee. I raised my hand a
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little and nodded to him quickly. Bran Lake took the
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snap and watched his own team run away. Now, my
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teammates they charged right after him. Sure enough, bran Lake
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easily knocked our guys out of his way like they
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were little kids. He even smacked big Charlie Thaws enough
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to where he flew almost twenty yards downfield. And now
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Branlake was coming my way. When he got close enough,
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he smiled and growled, I know you can't hear people
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go growling on the field. Grunting, maybe not growling, But
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I heard brand Lake loud and clear. Then he said,
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you made this personal, little man. When bran Lake was
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almost on top of me, he raised the football high
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and roared. I think both sides of the stands could
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hear it because they all stood up. They didn't run away,
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though I knew I couldn't run away. My teammates were
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depending on me. They stood by me. When Coach Beam
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gave me my shot and accepted me as one of them,
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I had to stand and fight. I took a deep
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breath and charged at Branlake. He couldn't believe it when
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I was climbing right up his body. Hell, my teammates
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yelled at me, asking what the hell I was doing.
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And then I gasped when I looked bran Lake right
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in his horrible looking face. Having seen enough, I snatched
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the football and dropped off him. Oh God, I gasped.
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Running for my life, I squealed when Branlake roared. I
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even heard his huge feet stomping the field and knew
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he was chasing me down. I think being scared kept
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me moving. I couldn't hear my teammates, but I could
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hear that demon's feet getting louder and closer. I was
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almost to the end zone. When I didn't hear the stomping.
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I knew I had to jump fast. I leaped up
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and dove right into the end zone. No I heard
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Branlake roar. I turned onto my butt and saw the
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scoreboard change. We won the state championship by a final
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score of sixty six to sixty. Suddenly bran Lake was
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right on me and lifting me off the ground. God.
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I really did not want to die that day and
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fought against him with everything I had. Branlake was going
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to kill me for humiliating him again. Then he raised
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me up over his head. One of his big hands
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held onto my neck and the other held one of
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my legs. When I saw myself starting to come down
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fast towards Gregg's knee, I knew he meant to break
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my back. I screamed when I felt the sudden jolt
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in my spine. Present day, I suddenly woke up screaming,
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Oh my God, I gasp. I'm in my bunk and
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my cabin at Camp Redfeather. Just to make sure, though,
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I check my body all good. Damn it. It's the
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middle of June and I keep having these nightmares about
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the state championship game last fall. I'm damn lucky to
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be alive. Just as I was about to be ripped
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in half, Greg Branlake's demonic head exploded right underneath me.
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I don't know what happened, but we were both suddenly
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on the ground and Branlake was dead. I'm still sweaty
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all over, not because it's hot outside. It's actually cool
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enough that I was using my blankets. I'm here now
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because Camp Redfeather was rented out by Strickfield University as
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a football camp. We should be practicing at the university's
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football field, but it's getting a new astro turf put in.
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There were quite a few of us from Strickfield High
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who got full ride athletic scholarships. A few of our
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guys went on to other colleges. Guess they didn't want
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to stay in Strickfield after what happened last November. The
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rest of us accepted our scholarships to Strickfield U. What's
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really interesting this year is that we're no longer part
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of the Mid American Conference. The Strickfield Serpents were the
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best team there. They were the only team who could
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make it to the big Bowl games almost every year.
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They even won some NCAA national championships. Now this is
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the first year the Serpents would be playing in the
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Southeastern Conference. Yeah, the SEC, and we ain't even in
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the South anyway. Our season's gonna have us playing teams
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like Ole Miss, Alabama, Texas A and M and MISSOO
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just to name a f you for Strickfield. You this
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move is huge. I should be more excited about the move,
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but I keep having them damn nightmares. There are times
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when I won't have them, then they just come back.
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I'm beginning to think maybe a piece of Greg Branlake
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got inside me that night. Ah, come on, Eddie, I
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tell myself it's all in the past. Now, I get
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out of bed and grab what I need to take
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a shower. But when I open the door to the cabin,
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it's still dark outside. Wait a second, when I woke
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up a few minutes ago, it was morning. Then I
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get a feeling I ain't alone. Greg brand Lake is
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right in front of me. Now. Everybody's been calling him
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the demon since that night, Like back when Mick Night
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became a stric field legend. He was wearing that very
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same jersey. He's all big and bulky, and his glowing
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red eyes are looking right down at me. Did you