Kentsville was a small town virtually in the middle of nowhere, it was bordered on one side by Kentsville forest, and on the other by countryside, it was a contented and quiet town that harboured an evil secret. “The legend of the Altipeds.” exclaimed Emma, “what the fuck are Altipeds?” “You’re eighteen and you don’t know about the Altipeds?” Josh replied.  “Then I shall tell you, are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.” The 6 teenagers were spread out over Josh’s parent’s living room, they were staying over while Josh’s parents were out of town. “Legend has it that just into the forest, there is a well….” “Yeah, me and Sarah used to play there when we were kids,” Katie jumped in “Can I carry on?  Thanks.  Anyway, at the bottom of the well there are small snake like demons called Altipeds,” Josh said calmly, the sentence was met with giggles from the four girls until Ray shushed them and told them to listen, Josh continued; “These demons were banished down there by a witch doctor and are down there to this day.” “That’s total bullshit and you know it Josh, is this some kind of freak night or something?” Maria muttered “So, what do they do?” Emma asked Josh inquisitively “They possess you, but the thing is, they can’t survive without some kind of energy in the blood, something to do with the chemical reaction.” Josh shrugged “So, how do they possess you?” Katie enquired, by now all 4 girls were interested “Exquisitely!! But their needle like tongue can only pierce the thinnest part of your skin.” Josh raised his eyebrows “What?” Sarah exclaimed with a puzzled look “The sole of your foot!, they have a razor sharp tongue that pierces the soft skin of the sole and they suck a little of your blood.  You trade your blood for, apparently, sheer ecstasy.  Oh, and after that you are under their power, but don’t worry, they aren’t coming to get ya!!, the spell has to be broken by the talisman and that was sold onto a museum in Paris.” Josh finished “Fuck, that sounds good.” Smiled Sarah “Oh, Sarah, are you coming out of the closet?? Do you have a foot fetish?” Maria enquired “Oh yeah, a big foot fetish, that situation would probably be my ultimate fantasy you know.” Sarah smugly answered “Ok, whatever turns you on” said Katie giving Sarah a disapproving look in the process “And just how do you know so much about this particular subject Josh?” Ray asked “I did a school study on Local Legend and History, and my great, great Grandfather was the person that got rid of them” He exclaimed proudly This was met with a slight pause and fits of hysterics from the party in the living room but something was going unseen. Just inside the Forest, a woman stood in a dark coat at the foot of the well.  She turned to see the orange glow of the town through the trees that surrounded her “Soon, they will be free again!” she whispered and with that she took out an old book and….the Talisman. “This is for you Great, Great Grandfather.” she exclaimed and started chanting a demonic passage of words, she threw the talisman into the well and after a couple of seconds she heard a plop as it hit the water.  A few seconds later; “Nothing, not a thing, Damn, I thought the legend was true, what a fool.” and she turned around and started to walk back to the town.  She had got to the edge of the forest when she heard a faint hissing sound and turned around, she beamed with a wide grin as she saw a green light coming up from the well.  Then she saw what can only be described as a giant flower bud.  It rose up slowly out of the well and swelled as it rose.  When it stopped the bud started to open like a flower but as the outer skin of the bud fell away the woman in the dark coat saw about a thousand or so of the Black, shiny, wet Altipeds clinging onto the centre stem. The woman herself was in her late 30’s, slim and was dressed in jeans and trainers “Oh, wow, it’s beautiful.” she whispered to herself and as she did so, the Altipeds began to fall from the stem and start racing away from the well towards the town, Towards her!  Her reaction was calm as the demonic beings raced towards her.  All she did was kick off both shoes, pull off both socks and kneel on the floor with her back facing the Altipeds. She waited until she felt one brush past her foot, then it stopped, she could feel it’s coldness on the sole of her foot and smiled with anticipation, it was playing with her, making her want it.  Then it’s tongue slowly shot out and approached the soft sole.  It pierced her skin and latched onto her sole, sucking contentedly.  “Oh, oh, oh fuck, ah,ah,ahhaahahah” she screamed as the beast took her human life with so much ecstasy.  After the Altiped had had enough, it took off to the town after the rest. The woman, Ashley, got up, walked to the well and sat on the side, dangling her legs over until something covered her wet feet and pulled her in.