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I Think………..

The friend

Jake looked for something to do. He looked at the good kids place. “Sorry but I’m eating fish n’ chips”. He looked at the bad kids place. “Sorry but I’m busy….. Now give me yo money”. He even looked online.

Eleven year old boy looking for friend

Twelve replies

Hi, meet me in a dark alley and give me yo money

Meet me at my house I like dogs and chocolate

No, come to my house I have chocolate

No, he’s mine

No, he’s mine

Hey, you got money kid come to the alley

Shut up he’s mine

Go get some other kid he’s mine

He’s a communist

He’s a terrorist

Yup, just your neighborhood friendly terrorist

Shut up

He then got off the computer and got on his bike, he then saw two guys fighting and saying he’s mine. He rode away and saw a big meteor and went to it. He saw something. It waddled like a penguin with a long neck. He had leathery skin and a glowing finger. “E.T.”  It said as its finger wiggled. The boy took it home and let it play with the plant. The plant was dead so it didn’t matter. The alien touched the plant and it sprang to life. The boy called his brother and his brother was amazed. He then took the plant outside and tripped over two guys fighting. The police came by and they saw the alien. They took him to a lab and tested him. The doctor came out and had a sad face. “The alien is dead” he said with a worried look. “How did he die?” the boy said. “You know how his finger glowed.” “Yeah.”  “It was a tumor”

Prologue

It began when the sun had set on the 24 of July, 3046;it had been one of the most wonderful days of my life. It had been the day that I had met him. He had had gorgeous brown eyes, brown hair that was slicked back to perfection, he had always worn a suit and tie. He had been a kind person, he was never rude to me, until the 14 of December, he had just left me there, wondering why he had gone away.

Two months later I got an invitation to a wedding, his wedding. He was going to marry a beautiful young woman, one of his kind. He was going to marry the Princess and become the King of the Fairies. I bet he was shocked, I never showed up at the wedding, I didn’t care, I mean, he did just leave me in the dust.

A few years later I got news that he had had a child, a girl to be precise, when I had heard that, I thought up the perfect plan. I was going to take away the child, not telling him where I took her, or who took her, just like when he had left me, not telling me where he was going.

Two days later I arrived at the castle and took the young child in my arms, and I ran out of the building. The baby gave a small cry, and then laughed, but nobody came after us, and I knew we were safe.

Chapter1

Figuring Out

They were coming out of nowhere, surrounding me entirely, I gasped, trying to breath. Then I sat up in my bed, breathing heavily, “I must’ve fallen asleep,” I told myself, “No big deal,” and I went downstairs for lunch. I looked in the fridge for something to eat, but there was no fridge, in fact, the kitchen I was used to was gone, and in its place, nothing. All around me was darkness and I knew there was only one way out, so I turned around and glided over to the stairs and they vanished.

I tried to scream, but nothing came, there was no sound, no light, only darkness and me. Suddenly, off in the distance, I saw a small light, so I acted like a bug and started drifting towards it. When I got there, I saw a girl around my age, crying. I drifted over and lightly tapped her shoulder, she looked up at me with a tear stained face and said, “I see they have captured you too, well, let’s make the best of it!”

“Who are they. The ones who took me, I mean you, I mean us? Who are they?” I inquired of her. At that moment her face darkened and a new voice came from her saying, “We are your worst nightmare, we will get you soon enough, but you must first wake up.”

“Wh-what do you mean, I-I am awake, aren’t I?” I asked, eyebrows creased.

“No, you aren’t!!” then she transformed, her face changed, her teeth were razor sharp, blood-red eyes, and a crooked nose. Giant wings protruded from her back, pointed at the tips, almost like angels wings, just blood-red. Her clothes changed too, they turned black, and they were shredded at the bottom, she also had pointed shoes. Then it all disappeared, and I was back in my room, sweating like a dog.

“Mom. Mom! Mom, where are you mom?!?” I called out.

“What Anabell, what do you want?” she asked as she stomped up the stairs. When my mother finally got up the stairs, I ran and gave her a hug. She looked at me and said, “Where have you been Anabell? We were so worried about you.”

“I don’t know where I’ve been, all I know is that there was darkness,  then there was a light, I went over there and there was a girl. The girl turned into something and said that THEY, whoever they are, were going to get me soon,” I told her.

“I think she was telling you the truth, don’t go outside, THEY are waiting for you there,” she had replied.

“Who are they mom? Everybody keeps talking about them,” I inquired of her.

“I can’t tell you yet, I promised him I wouldn’t,” was my mothers reply. I looked up at her, trying to hide the fear that I was sure was evident in my eyes. Then my mother said, “Oh Anabell, it’s your father, he wants you back, he needs you back.”

“What do you mean he needs me? Is there something going on that I don’t know of?” I inquired of her.

“Yes, Anabell, and I think its high-time I told what’s going on.”

***

That afternoon had been one of the hardest afternoons of my teenage life, my mother had me doing some of the most ridiculous things in the world, but the last thing, oh the last thing, was the most ridiculous thing of all. My mother had grabbed me by the hand and dragged me to the 2nd floor balcony overlooking the first floor. When she brought me up there she said, “Before I can tell you anything, you must first learn to fly. Now, get up on the railing, I’ll do the rest my young child.”

I did as she told me, but I did it reluctantly. As soon as I got up there, she pushed me off and I fell. I closed my eyes, bracing myself for impact, but it never came. Slowly, ever-so-slowly, I opened my eyes and noticed that I was floating 2 feet above the floor. I was shocked, this was something that I was not used to. Then I slowly uncurled and stood, not on the ground, but in the air.

“Mom, what’s happening?” I shouted up to her.

“You’re flying darling, you’re really flying!!” she beamed down at me. When she said that, she herself got onto the railing and dived, head-first, towards the ground, laughing like a madman, then she was gone. That was the last time I ever saw her  alive.

***

I had cried myself to sleep that night because I had lost the only person in the whole world that had ever cared about me. That night I had ad a dream, a dream about a day when I still had my mom with me. It had gone like this….

“Anabell, darling, come here and get inside before you catch a cold,” my mother had said.

“Coming mother,” I had said reluctantly, and I ran into the small, two-story, house. My mother gave me a quick hug and said to stay away from the woods. “Why can’t I go to the woods mom?” I looked up at her with big, round eyes.

“It is for your safety baby, I don’t want you to get hurt or anything,” she had replied and rubbed my head.

“OK, mom,” I had replied, not even knowing why, and I went inside to go to bed, “night mom.”

“Night Anabell,” and she looked down, almost as if she were worried about something, so I ran and gave her a huge hug, not letting go for a full 2 ½ minutes. I felt tears rub off on my back, and I asked, “Why are you crying mom? There’s no reason to cry, is there?”

“I’m not crying, Anabell, go to bed,” she had told me with a stern voice. So I did as she told me and went to bed.

***

The next morning I woke with a start, I had just now realized that I was really hungry. I went downstairs and got breakfast. When I got down there, I looked up at the clock that hung over the oven and sighed, that used to be my mom’s favorite clock. I opened the fridge, got the milk out, went the pantry, got the cereal out, went to the cupboard and got out the cereal. Then I went to the silverware drawer and got out a spoon. I brought the materials over to the kitchen table, set them down and poured my cereal into a heaping mound in my bowl. Right after that I poured my milk in, and I put my spoon in to eat. Then I put the materials back where they belong, and I sat down to eat.

When I was finished, I washed my bowl and spoon. And put them away. Normally after breakfast I would go and sit outside in the backyard, but my mom had said not to go outside so I just sat down and watched T.V. After I had watched 1 hour of T.V., I went to my room and read. When I started to get bored, I decided to break my mom’s command, and I went upstairs to pack.

Chapter2

Leaving

With the crescent moon shining over-head, and my bag packed, I headed out the door. The instant I stepped outside I heard the voices. I urged myself to ignore voices and continue walking. I shrugged the strap of my back-pack onto my shoulder and continued walking. When I reached the edge of the forest I stopped, I didn’t know why, but I just stopped.

Then I felt them, hands grabbing me, pulling me up, up towards the clouds.

Prolouge

It was late in the night when Krystalene was entering the anique store. She was never expecting this would happen, even though she had been trained before. She was disguised as a tourist, trying to find her way through the small town. In reality, this town was the headquarters of the cliques. No one knew what they were up to, nontheless, who they were. Sources indicated, no, confirmed positively that the antique store Krystalene was entering was a key point into unlocking the secrets of the cliques. And to make matters worse, Krystalene was being folled by a stranger she didn’t even know. You could feel the tension rising as Kystalene was entering the store, only to find that she didn’t see it coming, and only to find that Kystalene woke up the next day in a hospital bed.

Chapter 1

I’d known her all my life. She was the most brilliant girl in school, and pretty, if I do say so myself. Almost all of the girls who came up to me, asked me how was Krystalene and what was she up to. She wasn’t even my girlfriend and people think that she is. I live in the same roof as her. I still do. But still, that question got me wondering, what was she up to? I was finishing college when she was staring high school. 

I don’t know how that happened. I still don’t believe it. Right now, a college graduate would be 22 at the least. Not me, I am 17. Some people cosider me a genius, but I don’t. Some of my good friends even tease me that I have a superhero family, and that they are all geniuses. Actually we are. My father is a scientist in the NASA 2. My mother is a microbiologist and an engineer. She graduated with a Ph.D and 2 majors in science, chemistry, astronomy and physics. Me,

here were 6 of us, not including our parents. I was the oldest one, she was next, following my other little sister, my little brother, and the youngest ones, my twin baby brother and sister. And ever since then, she stopped talking to me. But she still gave me a hint of what she was doing

Prologue

It began when the sun had set on the 24 of July, 3046; it had been one of the most wonderful days of my life. It had been the day I had met him. He had gorgeous brown eyes, brown hair that was slicked back to perfection, he had always worn a suite and tie. He had been a kind person, he was never rude to me, until the 14 of December, he had just left me there, wondering why he had gone away.

Two months later I got an invitation to a wedding, his wedding. He was going to marry a beautiful young woman, one of his kind. He was going to marry the Princess and become the King of the fairies. I bet he was shocked, I never showed up at the wedding, I didn’t care, I mean, he did just leave me in the dust.

A few years later I got news that he had had a child, a girl to be precise, when I had heard that, I thought up the perfect plan. I was going to take away the child, not telling him where I took her, or who took her, just like he had left me, not telling me where he was going.

Two days later I arrived at the castle, and I took the young child in my arms, she laughed, and I ran out of the building. The baby gave a small cry, but nobody came after us, and I knew we were safe.

Chapter1

Figuring Out

They were coming out of nowhere,  surrounding me entirely, I gasped, trying to breath. Then I sat up in my bed, breathing heavily, “I must’ve fallen asleep,” I told myself, “No big deal,” and I went downstairs for lunch.

At exactly 6:41 and 32 seconds I sat straight up in my bed. Something was right. I felt…awake… which was really weird because I’m not a morning person. I had the strangest feeling that exactly at 7:36 and 52 seconds right after I had just swallowed my fourth cheerio, I would get a brilliant idea. I was right! Just as my fourth, soggy, cold cheerio slid down my throat, I got an amazing idea. You think I’m joking don’t you? Well, fine don’t believe me. See if I care. Anyway back to my brilliant idea… what was it again? Aha, I remembered! Well today was a rainy, cold, and wet day. This means that eventually there would be a rainbow! Well my brilliant idea was that I would go to the end of the rainbow and look for a pot of gold. As the boring, slow school day passed, I got more and more excited. RRRIIINNNGG! The final bell finally went off! I ran straight past the buses and stopped near the middle of a big empty field. I looked around and saw the rainbow. Oh, it was so close! My heart was pounding so hard with excitement and I started running towards the rainbow. I ran the whole way and I didn’t stop for anything! I ran for 10 minutes straight and eventually got there. What I found was way better than a pot of gold! I saw her…. She was gorgeous! She was tall, strong, and much prettier than anything I’ve ever read about in books!  She stood there and stared at me and then let out a soft neigh. I walked slowly towards her, afraid that I would scare her off, and reached out to her. She walked straight up to me and pushed her head against my hand and demanded to be petted. A real live unicorn! She was light blue with a baby pink mane with sparkles all over her! She was absolutely gorgeous and she was mine! She came towards me and threw me on her back. I know right, odd. But anyway, I got myself situated on her back and when I squeezed her sides, she ran straight up the rainbow! She ran all the way into the clouds while I just sat there and stared in amazement. She let out a sharp cry and we fell. We fell so far down and I knew we were going to die. “Melanie, wake up!!” I heard my mother’s voice yell. I sat up in my bed. Huh? Oh, it was just a dream!! I stood up and opened my closet and a light blue unicorn with a baby pink mane with glitter all over her put her nose on mine.

What did I do?  The harsh sound of her fading screams pierced through my soul. I looked down at my hand. In my hand, lie the bloody long curved butcher knife… I kneeled down beside her bloody body. “Please, tell my family I love them…” She whispered her last wish. I couldn’t take it. I broke down and sobbed. Loud choking sobs came from deep within me. The women coughed and blood trickled out of her open mouth and into her dark red hair. I curved my body around her as if to protect her. I realized completely what I had done. How could he?? The evil witch who had put a curse on me when I gave him our child, to keep forever. He said the only way to release the curse was to kill my very best friend, Raine. I looked down and realized a strand of my long blonde hair had fallen onto the bloody hole in her stomach. I couldn’t take it, I took the knife that I still held in my hand, raised it to the part of my chest just over my heart, and plunged it in as deep as I could. There was no pain… Black dots danced across my vision. I looked down at her, kissed her on the cheek, and lie down beside her, waiting for death to come.

“What is your name?”

No reply

“Why are you here?”

Nothing

“Please talk to me…”

The curtains on the window fluttered, looking like white pixie wings. That’s odd; I know that window was closed. I stepped towards the window and looked at the glass. Something stirred in the corner of my room and I snapped my neck towards it. There was a howling, as if a baby was sobbing for her mother. I walked towards my bed and looked down. There was a bright red lump on the ground. I knelt closer and poked it with my tape recorder. The cloth fell off and there was a baby. You could barely tell it was a baby. She was pounded into a pulp, there was blood gushing everywhere. I screamed and closed my eyes. The sobbing stopped. I opened my eyes and looked down. She was gone.

I Miss You

Things come and go but cherished memories last forever, that’s why I haven’t forgotten you.  I miss you a lot though, I remember wading in your shallow waters, and swimming in the deep. I remember the small sweet kisses the bright silver fish would give my toes. I remember catching green spotted tadpoles in your emerald green waters. I remember jumping off that long rope tied to that big oak tree branch that dangles whenever someone swings. I miss the embrace of your cold water on my skin. I miss your small waterfall that let the water flow through like veins. I miss the wonderful picnics on your banks, when the sweet red watermelon called out to me, as I would bite in, the sweet pink juice dripped down down my cheeks and chin. Last spring I came to you and was shocked, you were thirsty and dry, the sun took you away from me, so now you are gone, and you’ve been gone since then. It hurts me to see you like this, dehydrated, thirsty. Will you ever come back? When will you come back? I need answers, please comeback…

By: Zulema Jurado

The gerbils are playing with the clothes on the dry line. One was falling so the other gerbil  caught him. HORRAY!!!! Oh, Gerbils! Be careful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

By: kristian