The Legend of The Golden Griffin (Chapter one)

Chapter One: Where It Starts1

One day on October Friday 13th, there was a teenage boy named Chris Wite. Chris was not having a very good day at all, in fact he was having a pretty shitty day. He had just gotten out of school and was ready to start his summer vacation, but his parents forgot to pick him up and not only that, but he flunked 3 of his classes. Chris just thought to himself as he walked down the side walk "What am I gonna do, I'm gonna be grounded all damn summer", so he just kept walking until he noticed that it was starting to get foggy. "What the hell is going on", As he kept walking, he ran into something hard. He looked up and saw a bright neon sign that looked like it was about to go out, it said "Golden Nightmares Video". This intrigued him. So Chris went ahead and went in. As he did, the floor creaked and all of a sudden a Old Geezer with a glass eye popped out from behind the counter. "Hey old man do you have anything good in here", The Old Geezer didn't say anything he just stared at Chris. "Okay then.. I guess I will just have to help myself"... so Chris walked away from him and over to a shelf full of DVDs. Chris seemed uninterested in the selection of DVDs available, until he saw a flash of gold light in the corner of his eye. He started walking towards the gold light as he thought "What the fuck was that?" He walked up to a dusty old shelf that seemed to be hidden in a dark corner in the store, but the only thing that could be seen was a golden glowing VHS tape. Chris took one more step towards the tape and then he blacked out, and heard a scratchy voice " Ye who holds the golden tape shall have the curse of the Golden Griffin cast upon them", and then he came back to his senses "Whats going on here". Even though the voice warned Chris he went ahead and grabbed the tape " What did I tell you boy, now the curse shall be cast upon you for eternity.....ha ha ha!", Chris Just stood there with a look of complete horror on his face. "I didn't think this day could get any worse than it already was, but now I have a damn curse on me", Chris tried to put the taped back but it wouldn't leave his hand, it was like it was glued to his skin. " Well fuck it I guess I will have to rent this piece of shit... so he went back to the counter with anger covering the features on his face. "Well Old Man, I guess I'm stuck with this one", but as Chris put his hand on the counter with the tape, the Old Geezers eye turned red... Blood red. "Holy shit! Man your eye... It's red... Like blood!" Just then the Old Geezer opened his mouth to say something, but before he could, Chris turned and ran out the door. "Stupid teenager... He doesn't have a clue what he's gotten himself into. Well, I guess my work is done for now." So he picks an old lantern full of kerosene and lites it, and then throws it across the store, as it breaks, it catches the floor on fire, engulfing the shelves and ceiling. He just stands there smiling with victory upon his face as the flames engulf his whole body.2