-- Full Disclosure: This is almost entirely written by LLMs. I provided an outline of the story I wanted to create, the previous stories in full as reference materials and have edited the story chapter by chapter, removing or adding bits to help it along but it's pretty much 80% AI generated content. I'm not worried by the way, more curious. I think it's just incredible how it puts this together and if I'm honest, after its had a bit of human-tweaking, I really like the story it came up with. --
A scorching summer afternoon. A packed local park. And a van parked just a little too far from everyone else.
When Emily, Ruth, Anna and Tallulah are practising dance routines with two new friends—Holly and Isla when they spot a suspicious vehicle lurking at the edge of the field. As they pass, they hear it: muffled animal sounds coming from inside.
Anna is instantly fired up. No animal should be trapped in this heat. Ruth starts connecting dots between the van and a sudden spike in missing-pet posters. Emily, never one to back down, challenges everyone, especially the grown ups around them, to do better.
Because the pets aren’t just lost.
They’ve been taken.
And if the Slay Squad don’t act fast, the next “vanishing” could be permanent.
The first truly hot Saturday of the holidays always did something strange to the town. It made grown-ups melt into benches like forgotten ice creams. It made toddlers scream as if their very souls were offended by suncream. It made dogs …