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People are born believing. Believing in magic and wondrous creatures. Believing that there is life on other planets and monsters in the closet. But as we grow older we become skeptical. We think seeing is believing and we won't believe it if we see it. Another side affect of growing is fear. Fearing the unknown and hating it for being different. In my line of work I need to be beyond that. I need to know that different things aren't scary and to believe that knowing, is believing. I know that monsters exist, I know that they live among us. I know this because it's my job to know. I'm a teacher, and this story... is about my students.

Chapter 1: The Offer

The day after I graduated my university, I found myself at a coffee shop pondering what I was to do next. I had majored in UFOlogy and cryptozoology and wondered what I would do for a living. What job had use for people who knew what I did. That's when it hit me, nothing. No job had a use for my knowledge. Everyone who would read my resume would laugh at me. I became angry at the choices I had made and in my anger I managed to spill my coffee on myself. That's when a man placed several napkins on my table sat in the chair across from me.

"Mr. Stankowski?" The man asked.
"Yes." I replied cleaning my self off. I looked at him and beheld a well dressed man with hair as green as grass. "How can I help you?" The man reached into his coat pocket and produced a piece of paper which he placed on the table.
"My card." He said sliding it to me. I looked at it carefully before picking it up and reading it'



The rest of the card was blank. It only had two lines. I looked at the man. "What exactly does this mean?"