Camping With Demons

• Xander Kirkup, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2015

Today Dad and I are going camping, I love camping, you get to stay up late and tell ghost stories. Little did I know that where I wanted to go was crawling with demons at night.
It takes seven hours to get there it was very boring so I fell asleep. When I woke up I realised we were there. The tent was up and Dad had got wood for a fire. Later that night we were telling ghost stories around the camp fire.
We heard a screech. We both rushed into the tent then we heard the screech again and we both jumped. It was getting closer and closer, then the fire went out and we jumped.....we saw a face with two horns, a waist coat and pants. Dad told me it was a demon. I had an idea. Do demons like water? Yes. But they don't like the light. I remembered we brought down some lights that are not that bright. So I asked dad for his phone and a mirror. I snuck out without the demon noticing and got the lights and set them up around the camp.
I returned the phone and the mirror to the tent and told Dad to go to the car without making a sound and stay still until I get there. OK? OK he said and ran to the car as fast and as quietly as he could. I went into the tent and bingo! I saw him run off into the woods. I followed him as he tried to dodge the light. I was able to spot him. He climbed a tree and jumped to the next I followed him. Luckily I'm the second fastest runner and fastest at long jump in the school because this meant I could keep up with him.
Eventually he went into a cave and hit a wall and fell to the floor. I picked him up. He was out of it. I sat with him and when the sun rose and he woke up he turned back into a human.
I spent the rest of our camping trip waiting for darkness so we could have some more demon night time adventures. He was crazy cool and even a bit funny.