Seth receives an invitation to a party from his friend Fred at an old, disused theater. When Seth arrives, he finds himself trapped in a dark corridor. He meets a girl named Sapphire who warns him about a shape-shifting creature called Nameless that captures children. Seth and Sapphire are thrown in a cage. Nameless prepares them as food, torturing Sapphire while Seth watches in horror. Seth realizes the invitation must have been fake and he has walked into a trap.

1. Nameless
By Ruth
“Seth! You have mail!” Seth bounded down the stairs
and snatched up the letter.
“It’s from Fred.” He muttered, recognising his friend’s
untidy writing. “Dear Seth,” He read. “Please come to
my party at the old theatre. 1.00, Friday 13th.”
The next day, a slightly anxious Seth walked to the old
disused theatre. I’m not scared. Who believes in
ghosts? He reassured himself over and over again, but
Seth still shuddered at the thought of going inside that
spooky place. The door was painted yellow with
balloons on the knocker, even so, Seth’s spine pickled
with fear as he opened the door…
Expecting a bright hallway, Seth jumped back in fear
when he found himself at the end of a long, dark,
shadowy corridor. He tried to back out, but the door

2. had silently shut itself. He hit his head on the hard
wood, and collapsed onto the dusty floor.
A sudden scream roused his consciousness. “RUN,
BOY! RUN! NAMLESS IS COMING! RUN!” A tall girl was
running towards him, her matted blonde hair flying.
She was wearing a torn, tattered, blue hoodie and
black trousers. She pulled him through a door into
another long hall. A rusty key lay on the floor. “Take
the key, and lock me in.” The girl instructed, pointing to
a barred door. Seth followed her confusing orders,
then carried on running. He heard noises behind him.
First, a sinister scuttling followed his feet, a hissing
slithered across the stone floor, then a huge beating of
wings echoed down the endless tunnel. Huge talons
snatched him up into the air. Suddenly, he
remembered. He remembered the newspaper
headlines: Children missing! Nameless captures
innocent children! Of course! Nameless was the
famous shape shifter! “Help!” He cried. But nothing
came but a hoarse rasp, “This one looks a weakling.
Chuck him in the cage! He may not be strong, but he’ll
make a good meal.” Human hands carried him back to
the cage where the girl was. Seth was thrown inside.
The key clicked in the lock.

3. “Hello boy. I’m Sapphire. You are?” Said the girl. Seth
blushed. “Err…Seth.”
“Nameless is pretty creepy, huh?” Sapphire chatted.
She seemed perfectly happy in this spidery prison. “So
you got caught. Unlucky you. You’ll be first on his menu
with that!” She prodded Seth’s rather large belly.
Echoing footsteps silenced them. “Nameless is hungry.
Yes very hungry. One midget won’t be enough today,
Grit-face. Get the tall one and the fat one, fast.” Hissed
nameless. An ugly man with a stitched up eye opened
the door of the cage. Seth’s heart pounded as so called
Grit-face lead them through winding corridors to a
large blood-stained hall. Grit-face chained Seth by his
wrists to the high ceiling, and left him dangling there.
He then began to prepare the meal. Sapphire screamed
in agony as her blue eyes were gouged out of their
sockets. “Oh shut up, will you!?” He growled, and cut
her tongue out. Seth adverted his eyes from the gory
scene to a stone table. A piece of paper was lying on
top. He strained against his chains, and if he looked
carefully enough, he could just make out To Keith in his
own handwriting. “Oh no.”