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I struggled to decide what plot my first Craig of the Creek Fanfiction story was going to be. I had this idea introducing my Child of Wander/ El Tigre the new adventures Character Marcus, but I decided that I was going to go ahead and save him for another time. I went ahead and went with a plot that would fit the Craig of the Creek show, and something simple, just to get stuff started.

SO HERE IT IS!

Forgotten Children

Chapter 1 – The Tunnel

"Oh my god I thought I'd never find these!" Bleated J.P, as he picked up a bag of Oreo Chocolate Candy Bars and stared at them. "I MUST HAVE EM!"

"Same! I had those before and they're suuuper good!" said Kelsey, staring at the bag

"I'm getting the sour patch kids!" said Craig, cheerfully

The trio had stopped by the store to pick up some snacks before heading to the creek since they recently gotten their allowance from their parents. Once that was done they left the store in a rush.

"RACE YOU GUYS TO THE CREEK!" Craig called out happily.

"OH YOU'RE ON!" Kelsey said breaking out into a sprint.

"W-WAIT GUYS, I DON'T WANNA HAVE AN OREO CHOCOLATE CANDY BAR ACCIDENT!" J.P shouted following along as fast as he could.

"THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO-CRAIG LOOK OUT!" Kelsey screamed

Craig; who was looking behind him as he ran to see if Kelsey or J.P were catching up; turned forward and bumped into an elderly lady. The two of them went crashing to the ground, and candy that Craig had bought fell out of his and to the ground.

"Oooh…" The Elderly women groaned

"OH MY GOSH I'M SO SORRY!" Craig said hurrying to his feet

The Elderly women didn't reply. She rubbed her behind as she struggled to get to her feet. Kelsey and JP had caught up to Craig and the three helped the Elderly Women back to her feet.

"Where in the world are you kids off to in such a hurry?!" The Elderly Women asked frantically

"I'm so sorry! We were just racing to the creek and—"Craig was suddenly cut off by the Elderly Women's gasped. She placed her heart on her chest and backed away slowly.

"Uhh…" Craig said staring at the old women confused

"YO-YOU KIDS ARE HEADING TO THE CREEK? WHY ON EARTH ARE YOU KIDS GOING THERE?" The Elderly Women cried

"T-The creek is where all the kids in the neighborhood go to hang out and-" Craig was suddenly cut off again by the old women's gasp.

"WHAT? THE HORRIBLE EVIL PLACE IS WHERE ALL THE KIDS GO TO PLAY? WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANY PARENT ALLOW THAT?"

"Hey the creek isn't evil!" Craig said offended "The creek is a fun place to be! Why would you think its evil?"

This time the Elderly women didn't say anything. She picked up the purse that she had dropped and quickly walked away, mumbling "What is wrong with the parents of this generation? Apparently they don't care about their kids!" then, she was gone.

"Is that what being old is like? Man I'm scared of getting old now." said J.P

"Eh, it'll be years and years before we ever get like that." said Kelsey

"Let's just forget about her guys." said Craig, picking up all the candy he had dropped. "Come on! Let's head to stump! Oh and one more thing. WE'RE STILL RACING!" Craig then broke out into another sprint.

"HEY THAT'S CHEATING CRAIG!" Kelsey shouted sprinting after Craig. "MY LEGS ARE TOO SHORT FOR THIS!"

"AND I'M CARRYING TOO MUCH CANDY!" cried JP

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After leaving town, the trio had arrived back at the creek, and their hangout spot at the stump. Once they were inside the trio had began digging into the candy they had bought. Craig, who was slowly eating his sour patch kids, was looking at his map that was spread out across the table. They had been to plenty of places around the creek but he had only scratched the surface of what was out there. Craig had drawn a map of everywhere he's been in the creek, and some spots that he hasn't explored…like that heavily wooded area on the far left of the creek. He had completely forgotten about that spot. He had meant to head there with Kelsey and J.P for awhile but had always had other plans, that and after the whole extremely sour candy challenge, it had left his mind.

"Hey guys! Remember that area on the far left side of the creek?" said Craig "Let's finally get to exploring it today!"

"Sounds like a plan! Me and Mortimer had been itching for an adventure for a long time!" said Kelsey, petting Mortimer on his little bird head.

"Sure I'm down for the exploration!" said J.P, happily

"ALRIGHT, let's pack all our snacks with us and head out!" said Craig, excitedly.

Once they had prepared, they all had left the stump, and went on to destination. As he went, Craig was marking a pathway to where they were going on his map. Then, Craig looked up, and the trio stopped dead in their tracks. In front of them the pathway they were walking had tall grass cutting off the path they needed to take.

"Man that grass looks really thick." said J.P

"Man we're going to need something really sharp to cut through that." said Craig, moving his hands through the tall thick grass trying to see how much was there. "Man…It'll take forever even with something sharp." He said with a sigh.

"Ahem…" Kelsey coughed "Did you guys forget that I have a sword?!" She said whipping out her sword. She let out a battle cry and began slashing at the tall thick grass. "ITS-NOT-WORKING!" she said in between her slashes.

"Come on think…" Craig said to himself "There has to be a way to get around it…" Craig then began to scan around the area. He looked up; seeing a long green vine heading down the big tree above them. "UP THERE!" Craig pointed up. "We'll take the vines up to the tree and head over the grass from there!"

The trio climbed up the big tree using the vines. The three of them stood on top of branch overlooking the tall thick grass below them. The grass went on and on and on, almost looking as if it was never ending.

"Man we'll never see the end of this!" Kelsey groaned.

Craig began to look around the tress they were standing on, and he noticed that there were more vines that hung from the trees above. Craig reached over and grabbed one that was close to him. He stared forward, seeing plenty of healthy branches sticking out.

"I got an idea!" Craig said with a smirk. "WATCH THIS!" Craig grips the vine, leaps off the branch and swings over to the next one with ease.

"OH MY GOD I CAN FINALLY LIVE MY DREAM OF BEING TARZAN!" J.P bleated

J.P grabs on to a vine and swings over to the branch Craig landed on while letting out a Tarzan yell.

"Hang on Mortimer!" said Kelsey as she grabs on to a vine and swings over to Craig and J.P

They would continue to do this till finally the trio had reached the very end. They looked in awe at the wide open green field full of healthy grass. They even saw a couple of lily flowers alongside some sunflowers. In

"Wow…" The tree of them said.

Craig pulled out his map and began drawing the location and how to get this spot. "Done," he said proudly.

Kelsey stared on, and that's when she spotted something in the middle of the field.

"Hey look…" said Kelsey, pointing over to the middle of the green grass. "You see that big hole?"

Craig and J.P stared forward. Just as Kelsey said, there was gaping hole that sat in the middle of the field. The trio used the vine to safely lead themselves back down to the ground. The grass itself was pretty deep, as once their feet hit the ground the grass almost went to their knees.

"Man this place is the definition of healthy nature." said J.P

"You can say that again." Kelsey agreed.

The trio walked to the middle of the field and stood over the large gaping hole. They stared down, seeing nothing but complete darkness.

"Creepy…" Whispered J.P

"How deep do you think it is?" Craig asked

"Let's find out." said Kelsey, reaching into her satchel, pulling out a bag of skittles. She took out one piece, and dropped it down into the hole. The trio listened carefully.

Tack

"Oh good it's not that deep." said Craig, letting out a sigh of relief. "Alright, let's explore!"

"Umm Craig, I don't mind going down there and searching for monsters to slay buuut how are we going to get back up?" Kelsey asked raising a brow.

"Oh Paladin Knight Kelsey, you should know Craigy boy always comes prepared!" Craig said reaching into his bag pulling out a large heap of rope. Craig stabbed his staff into the ground and tied the rope around it. "There we go, secured way in, and out!"

"Not bad," said Kelsey, "But what about lights? We're not exactly bats who can see in the dark you know?"

"I know one kid who can see in the dark but I don't think he's a bat." J.P added in.

"NOT TO WORRY!" said Craig, confidently, as he reached into his bag, pulling out different colored mini flashlights! "Like I said, I always come prepared."

Kelsey took the mini red flashlight, while J.P took the blue one. Kelsey turned on the flashlight and pointed it down the hole. It barely broke through some of the darkness that lied inside the hole. Kelsey turned off the flashlight, and stares at Craig giving him a look.

Craig chuckled nervously "It was all I could get…"

"Well…as long as we stick together and shine our lights at the same time we should have no problem." Kelsey suggested.

"That's a good idea!" Craig said nodding and smiling. "You guys ready?"

"LET'S DO IT!" said Kelsey, taking out her sword and pointing into the sky.

The trio grabbed on to the rope, and carefully slides down into the hole. Surprisingly, the light from their mini flashlights were lighting up more of the darkness then they expected. The trio made it down to the bottom of the hole, and quickly flashed their lights forward. The pathway was much wider than they expected. There were spider-webs above them, roaches, and all sorts of bugs just crawling around them.

"Guys, do see the size of that spider?!" J.P said pointing above them.

"Just ignore it J.P, come on!" said Craig, and then the three of them continued forward, their footsteps echoing on the walls of the underground tunnel they were walking to. The father they went in, the wider the tunnel got. "Man…where does this place lead?"

"This must've been some old secret passageway or something…pretty cool!" Kelsey said with grin.

J.P stopped walking. He turned around and flashed his light behind him. "Huh?" He said confused.

Craig and Kelsey noticed that J.P stopped walking and turned around to look at him. "Uhh…J.P…what is it?" Craig asked hesitantly

"Did…you guys hear another pair of footsteps?" J.P asked slowly turning back to Craig and Kelsey

Craig and Kelsey looked at each and then back at J.P "No…" replied Craig and Kelsey.

But then, coming from behind the two they heard echo's of footsteps bouncing off the tunnel walls. This made trio's heart race immediately as they turned forward and shined their flashlights forward.

"Maggie…"

"WHAT?" Kelsey cried as she whipped out her sword.

"Where are you?"

"WHERE IS THAT VOICE COMING FROM?!" J.P screamed

Craig was shaking uncontrollably. He was shinning his mini flashlight all over the tunnel. His eyes was beginning to play tricks on him, Craig thought that there creatures crawling on the wall. Tears were beginning to form in his eyes and stream down his cheeks. He felt cold, as he breathed he could actually see his breath. Then, he shinned his light forward, and his eyes widened. Standing In front of the trio was a girl, wearing a red dress, blond hair, sunken cheeks and bloodshot eyes.

She spoke "Where's Maggie?" She said in a soft voice

The three of them screamed at the top of their lungs. They turned around bolted for exit. They didn't need the light to know which way to go. Once they collided with the wall they quickly grabbed onto the rope, Craig went first, then Kelsey, then J.P. Just like that…they escaped. The three of them lied on the soft green healthy grass panting, trying to catch their breathes.

"WE-ARE-NOT-GOING-BACK-THERE!" Kelsey said in between her pants.

"NO WAY! NEVER AGAIN!" Craig shouted

"Guys…" J.P said as he lied up panting and sweating beads "That girl…do you think we should call somebody?"

"What are you talking about John Paul?" Kelsey said aggressively.

"What do you mean what am I talking about? There was somebody trapped down there!"

"J.P…" said Craig, lying up and looking over at J.P "I…I don't think that was an actual person."

"Huh?" J.P said looking at Craig confused

"J.P that girl was ghost." Craig explained

"S-She was a ghost?" J.P said surprised "A-Are you sure?"

"Yeah…I'm very sure. I mean…when I saw her…she didn't look…well she didn't look very much…you know…" Craig said, not really wanting to go any further.

"Oh…" J.P said, sounding very saddened "Man…she was…stuck down there, all by herself?"

"OK!" Kelsey said getting to her feet "WE'RE DONE! LET'S GO! NOW!" she said as she struggled to storm off back to tall tree with the vines.

There were no objections. Once they got through the vines and landed back down to the normal path over the thick tall grass. The trio didn't really say much after their horrifying experience. They arrived back to the stump. Still, they said nothing. They didn't even feel like eating their candy at all. Time seemed to have flown by, because when Craig was about to speak, the dinner horn was blown.

"Well…looks like its dinner time…" said Kelsey

"Oh…yeah…" Craig said

"Well…I'll see you guys tomorrow…"said J.P, still sounding saddened.

They all left the stump, and walked home. It seemed that this was an experience that the trio would never forget, or get over for a long, long time.

End of Chapter 1

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Well here's the first chapter! I do hope everyone enjoyed! Please tell me what you guys (Or gals) think!

R&R!