Please help with story idea! I have a story idea where a group of maybe 8 year olds or so sneaks out one night to find some sort of artifact. I'm trying to figure out what that should do. Why do they want it? The story is going to start in a small town where everyone knows eachother, and this one group of kids try to go find this thing - I'm thinking the story will be somewhat like the Monkey's paw, with the three wishes, but I don't know. Does anyone have any ideas? This is supposed to be a horror story for class, but it doesnt have to be too scary, and it has to answer the question What are humans most afraid of?