Author: katietalks

I'm a girl in Seattle.
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Behind the Door

As Judy and Bob finished setting down the last of the boxes in their clean new house, Judy was out of breath and reached for her glass of water across the table.

*Knock Knock Knock* A pleasant knocking had come from the door Bob got up off the sofa and walked over to the door wondering who could be there because they just moved in. He slowly peeked through the window above the door and his stomach dropped.

Bob stepped away from the door, staring at the door handle slowly twisting. His sweaty hands quickly turned all of the locks. “Get back Judy.” Bob said.

“How did it find us?” Judy said as tears filled her eyes. The door handle rattled violently. “Oh god…” Judy said, in tears. Silence.

 “What-“*Knock Knock Knock* The pleasant knocking had come back, but they both knew what was behind that door was definitely not pleasant.

Bob ran for the phone to call the police. As he grabbed the house phone on the wall, a horrible shock of electricity coursed through Bobs entire body and sent him flying across the room.

Judy screamed and hid behind the boxes. Splinters from the door were chipping off. There was no escape. Judy had to open that door.

“Oh Bob, what do I do.” Judy said, looking at Bobs fried corpse laying peacefully on the carpet.

 Without thinking, Judy got up from the boxes and ran to the kitchen grabbing the Butchers knife. Pure adrenaline was running through her veins. As she walked up to the door with her Knuckles turned white from gripping the knife so hard, the knocking had stopped.

She peeked through the window above the door. It was gone. She had scared it away. *BAM BAM- CRASHH* The sound of the window shattering had come from the bedroom.

Judy quickly turned around, facing the bedroom hallway. She carefully walked down the hallway, the floor creaking loudly. As she turned the corner. She never thought she would be face to face with a monster.

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I’ve Saved Johnny

There it was. The monster. Peeking it’s little head out from over the bed. It’s terrifying. “Johnny! Lights out!” his mom yelled at him. Johnny was my best friend. He would drop food crumbs beside the bed just for me. I can only walk around when the lights are out and it strikes midnight. That’s my favorite time. I get to stare at johnny sleeping so peacefully.

 If it wasn’t for johnny always shoving things under the bed, hiding it from his mother, I would be a starved, rotten corpse. The lights turned off. I had to protect Johnny from the bear monster from above the bed.

               After a few hours, it had struck midnight. I slowly crawled out from under the bed and ripped the bears head off with my Pale white, long fingertips.
                                                                           I’ve saved Johnny.

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The Kraken

CHAPTER 1: OLLY

The square rigged ship creaked and swayed with the waves as the storm brewed. On the front tip of the ship, a monstrous wood sculpture of the infamously feared sea beast bobbed up and down with the waves. “Oi! Steady da spar! Batten down da hatches! A storms a’ brewin’ mateys!” The captain said sternly.

“What’re ye doin’ sittin’ down? All hands n’ deck!” She lifted up her eye patch to analyze the grey cloudy sky more clearly. “Cap’n The storms almost over.” A tall man with a, obnoxiously big scar on his face said, steadying the sails ropes. “Aye. Almost visited ol’ Davy Jones.”

            She was sitting down studying her father’s map he gave to her before he passed when all of a sudden she heard “Allo?” A voice said coming from behind me looking around the room. “aye. What’s it?” she responded. “Some one’s taken ye daddy’s necklace cap’n ” Scarface said. *BAM.* her arms slammed down on the wood table making the beer shake. “OLLY.”

            “Ay Jeb, Where’s ye darn parrot at.” she asked the ship’s chef. “No Idea Gracey.” Jeb said staggering towards her. “ it’s grace.” She said giving him a harsh look and hovering her hand over her cutlass. That made him back off.

Everyone was scared of Grace just because her dad, the last ships captain, tortured them.  “Right then. Me saw ‘em in the forecastle last.” The chef replied as I nodded my head.

            She walked out of the kitchen and into the forecastle of the Kraken searching for that darn parrot. “Olly, wanna cracker?” Grace yelled around the wooden room full of clutter. The parrot usually responded with something along the lines of ‘Aye dah’ling give it ‘ere’ and would come flying out to get the cracker.

Olly was no where to be in sight.

            She ran upstairs to the main deck and blew her whistle on her necklace to find someone who could look for her dad’s necklace.

 “Listen up pirates, one of ye took my daddy’s necklace. And ye know ‘ow much dat means to me ye scumbags. I’ll ‘ave everyone scrub da seagull poop off da deck all day in da sun If one of ye don’t fess up. “ Grace yelled at the men down below on the main deck staring up at her.

“Found Olly, Grace.” Scarface said looking down at the deck. “well move den. Olly collects shiny t’ings like me necklace” She said swatting her hands making a gesture. Once the crew finally got out of the way, she made her way down to the deck looking at the parrot dead on the deck.

“OLLY!” Jeb screamed in tears, pushing past everyone to make his way up to the front. He bent down and pulling the bloody parrot in his arms. “Oh olly, what happened to you…”

Someone had killed the parrot.

Grace needed the necklace because it was the final piece to figuring out her dad’s map to Kraken island. “John! Step far-ward.” The ships captain said  A tall sturdy boy, about 12 years, with dirty clothes stepped forward . “I want ye to find me necklace.” Grace said to the boy

“What?… Why me?” He said with an heavy English accent. “Cause’ yer smart. Unlike us, boy.” Grace replied and spat overboard.

CHAPTER 2: JOHN

            Grace was sitting so beautifully glancing over her fathers map like she always did every second she got. I still couldn’t believe she chose me out of all the crew to find her necklace for her. She must think I’m so smart and amazing. “I don’t think if I can find your necklace in a day Capt’n… It’s  a big ship.” I said pacing around the room.

            “Don’t think, do.” Grace said to me swatting her hands out the door. “What do you need the necklace for anyway?” I asked, genuinely curious, turning around from the doorway. “Ay, If I tell you boy, ye prah-mise not to tell anyone roight?” She said getting up. I walked towards the table with the map and papers with writing scattered all over the table. She pointed her finger at a certain paper with a neat drawing of a beautiful flourishing island with a gold empire in the middle of the island. “What?…” I questioned, no exactly understanding what she was showing me.

            “You want dis?” Grace asked me looking at the drawing. Of course I wanted it. It’s a golden empire. “I guess…” I replied. “I need me necklace to find dis island, unduhstand?” “Yes capt’n.” I said. “Call me Grace.” She replied.

                                                   I had to find Grace’s necklace.

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The Tug Boat

“What time is it?” I hear my father say. “Just about noon, sir.” The worker says as he’s checking his watch. The tugboat lurched forward and came to a stop. I couldn’t make out what was hiding in the fog, or where we were exactly. I couldn’t wait until we arrived to London. My mother was worried sick about me and my father’s trip to Belgium. After all, she is the one who sent us. I’m still not sure why. A tall, figure appeared from the fog. I think- it was a boy about my age. Maybe a little older. What was he doing out here?…. -In the middle of the night. I watched as the boy pulled the boat into the doc and tied it up. He had strong arms, green eyes, and dirty blonde hair. He looked at me and our eyes locked, until my father moved in front of me, getting off the boat. The boy held out his hand and helped me up.  I looked down. I felt so embarrassed. My clothes were all dirty and torn up from the boat ride. Then I looked at the boy, and he hadly had any clothes. He as just wearing shorts and shoes. No shirt. An old man driving a black Rolls royce phantom pulled up next to the old, wood, dock. “Just in time. ” Father says. As my father gets into the car, I feel a piece of paper slip into my hand. I smile, and place the letter into my pocket.

Moments later in the car, I open this mysterious letter. It’s written in beautiful cursive, and says “Meet me back at the dock at 6”. I wonder who this is from… NOT! I know EXACTLY who this is from! As i’m walking down the ally, I trip on a big rock in the middle of the path. My knees bloody, and my hands torn up. I don’t cry though. I’ve been through way worse. I finally arrive at the dock, and search for the boy. I hear footsteps behind me. It must be the ally people who followed me here. Good thing I took self defense classes. I turn around and punch the man in the stomach. “Agh! Nice to meet you, too.” The boy says as he’s clutching at his stomach. “Oh my gosh! I thought-” I say in pity. “It’s ok. It was my fault for sneaking up on you.” He cuts me off. “Anyway, I wanted to show you the sunset! It’s beautiful.” The boy says. We walk over to the end of the dock as I take my boots off and dip our feet into the water “Wow… What’s your name? We haven’t like, properly met.” I say as I’m watching the sunset. ” Oliver Wright.” The boy says as he turns to me. “I’m Charlotte Evans.” I say. “Charlotte?! Get back over here! What are you doing with a peasant?!” My father yells. “This is going to be fun…” I say sarcastically.

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🌴 𝒯𝓇𝑜𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓈 🥥 (Chapter 2)

RECAP: I lived on the island for about a month now, and I started to miss my family back at Ireland I wonder if they’re doing all right. They must be worried sick about me! Good thing they weren’t on the plane with me. I wonder what would happen if I actually made it to Hawaii with my grandparents …

“Emma?” Are you all right? you spaced out for like 10 minutes.” Kailano chuckled. “Yeah… just thinking about home. ” I reply. “Oh! you must be worried sick about your family!” Kailano says in pity. “Yes, actually I am. I was sent here by my father who is currently fighting with my mother. He thought it would be better if I stayed with my grandparents until things calmed down. ” I say. “Well, my family and friends are almost done with your boat to get back home. It’s not that far away to where you’re going. Do you know how to sail? ” Kaillano says. “No… I’ve never sailed a boat in my entire life.” I reply. “Oh no… This wasn’t planned. How are you going to get back home?. Ok. I have one solution but I would have to leave my home, or someone could go with you. ” Kailano says.

I walk to the beach and sit down. I feel the warm sand against my legs. A cool wave brushes against my feet. I slip off my dress leaving my under clothes on and hop into the cool water. As I float onto my back, I feel the warm sun against my stomach and forehead. *SpLaSh! SpLaSh!* I hear Kailano running into the water where I am. “Hey! You didn’t tell me you were going in the water! I would’ve came withy you!” Even though Kailano was about 15 she still acted like a kid. “I’m sorry, I just wanted some time alone to think…” I say. “Whatcha thinkin’ about?” Kailano says eager to hear my answer. “Just wondering about how I’m going to get home.” I say sadly. “Don’t worry, we’ll find a way to get you back home.” Kailano looked at me in pity and doubt.

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🌴 𝒯𝓇𝑜𝓅𝒾𝒸𝓈 🥥 (Chapter one)

When I awoke on an island, my head was spinning. I didn’t remember anything before I arrived on the island. I felt a warm breeze of tropical air. I stood up, brushing sand and rocks off of me. I felt a pang of hunger. I looked to the right, seeking a brown, circular fruit on the ground. It was half open, and was missing most of its copra, the meat inside. “Yum! A coconut!” I thought to myself. Without thinking, I drank the juice out of it and scrapped out the copra with a flat seashell. It felt like I haven’t eaten in a week! A few seconds later, my stomach started to hurt. My head started to spin again. I felt dizzy and scared. Before I knew it, I passed out. I woke up again, but this time, with someone at my side crushing leaves in a stone bowl. The person had dark, golden skin. She looked like she was only a little older than me. I’m only 13 years old. She also had freckles darker than her skin, along with black, long, wavy hair. She seemed harmless. I attempted to get up from the blanket made of tree bark, but I was too weak. She said “Here. Drink this medicine.” and so I did. It tasted of pineapple, Passion flower, and Ashwagandha. There were many more plants I didn’t recognize. While I was talking to the girl, I found that her name was Kailano. The meaning of her name was “Sea”. I said ” Where am I?” “Aitutaki” Was her answer. “Why am I here?” I asked. she said “I’m not sure, I think your flying technology crashed and left you stranded. That’s what happens to most Caucasian people we meet around here. You see, we don’t meet many other people since our island is so remote.” “Uhh, well first of all, it’s called an ‘Airplane’. “An ‘Airplane’? ” “yes, the flying technology?” “Ohhh…” we had a conversation about how different our islands were. I found Ireland and Aitutaki were very different. “Come. Now that you’re some-what better, I think I should show you around the island and you can meet some other people!”

Minutes later, I felt like a little kid again, running around the village meeting the whole entire island. The other people living there seemed happy to see me. ” This is my favorite part of the island!” Kailano grabbed my hand and lead me to the beach. She mad a hand gesture for me to sit down in the sand with her. I sat down next to her. The warm breeze upon my sholder, the papaya and Guava scent in the air. I sighed heavily of delight. This remined me of Vacations in Hawaii with my family. I loved this island so much. I then dosed off, and woke up to even more delicious fruit smells. I slowly opened my eyes and saw Kailano holding a big platter of food that included shrimp and avacado Salad, and tropical fruit sundaes. “While you were sleeping, I made a meal for us!” Kailano said. “this is delicious!” Flavors of Guava Passionfruit bananas and pineapples filled my mouth. “Thank you so much!”

I lived on the island for about a month now, and I started to miss my family back at Ireland I wonder if they’re doing all right. They must be worried sick about me! Good thing they weren’t on the plane with me. I wonder what would happen if I actually made it to Hawaii with my grandparents …

END OF CHAPTER ONE

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Tormentors and Rebellions (Series)

CHAPTER ONE: THE HELICOPTER RIDE

Explanation. I need one about life. Why are so many strange things happening to me, and why are all of my loved ones dead? It all started a couple days ago, when I was peacefully getting ready to get in the helicopter to Hawaii. Yeah, you may be wondering why we are in a helicopter rather than a public plane or Alaskan Airlines. My real dad owned this company called ” Hydro”. They’d sell healthy water like Vitamin Water. He also made tons of other companies. It was a VERY successful business. I mean VERY. He got $185 billion out of it. So, I guess you could say we’re wealthy. “Elysian! Hurry up!” Sorry, that’s my mom. I should probably introduce you to my family: Jacob, my step-dad, Olivia, my older sister, and my mom, Ava. My name is Elle. “No, it’s Elysian” UGHH. That’s Olivia peering over my shoulder and looking at my journal. My full name is Elysian, meaning beautiful, creative, divinely inspired or perfect. But I like being called by Elle. My step-dad named me that. He’s Greek. I HATE him. He thinks that since my father passed away he can just go and name me a stupid word, steal my family’s fortune and take my mom away from my dad. The worst thing is that my mom loves him back.

“Sissy! You’re bag is on my seat!” Olivia says as her face is getting more and more red. “Shut up Olivia! Just move it yourself!” I say. “Stop fighting you two! This is supposed to be a FUN trip. No fighting, yelling, pulling each others hair…” Jacob goes on and on about what we can’t do. I call him Jacob because he’s not my real dad, and I wont EVER call him Dad even if my life is on the line. He just doesn’t deserve the title.

As we take up into the air, Olivia (aka Olive, that’s how I tease her about her name), turns to me and says ” I didn’t mean to get super mad at you. I just over reacted.” “It’s ok. I also over reacted. Now let me go to sleep. We had to wake up at 4:00. I feel dead and ugly.” I reply. “Fine. Get your beauty sleep,” Olivia says as she snickers. After about 2 hours in the air, I wake up due to some screaming and mom nudging my arm and trying to wake me up. “What’s happening?” I say. “Olivia accidentally opened the window and we need to find the latch to close it back up, ” Mom says. I search frantically for the latch but don’t find it. As I was searching for the latch at the back of the helicopter, I found a glowing thing that looks like something out of Star Trek. I figured it’s just a lantern incase the electricity burns out. I decide to place it in my pocket incase this helicopter goes down and we get stranded on a island and are in need of light. “I FOUND IT!” Jacob says. A couple minutes later after the window gets closed, We hear another thing. It almost sounds like grenades or even worse, Nukes. It occurred to me that it wasn’t nukes because it had more of a screeching sound. I study Grenades, Nuclear bombs, Thermobaric, Antimatter, and Nuclear Fusion. It seems like I’m one weird girl, and I am, but not a psychopath type of weird. I should clarify. I study history about wars, some of the greatest wars in the world. Ask me any question about The Siege of Orleans, or Storming the beaches of Normandy. I could go on and on. I find them fascinating like Olivia does with makeup. I don’t like wars because they’re very violent. I only like them because I want to learn more about what to do if another one comes up and how to know when one’s coming. For the first time, I knew something was up.

CHAPTER 2: THE BOT’S RETURN

BOOM! “Pilot! What was that?!” Jacob said. “It sounded like nukes or even worse! We should stay in the air so we’ll be away from the bombs.” I turn on my phone, go to the radio app, turn the volume up, and listen if there’s more information. We hear static for a few seconds then, “Attention people in Greensville, there has been sightings of potential bombers in the sky. Everyone currently in the sky, we advise you to come down for safety reasons. We aren’t completely sure who- I think I should say what- is up in the sky. I’m a believer, so I think it’s an alien. We shouldn’t jump to conclusions, folks, so stay tuned to 99.5 STAR. ”

“This is craziness! Fly this helicopter down right now!” Mom says. “No! we-” “What do you mean ‘No’? I said fly this chopper down right now!” Mom says. “Um, I…I don’t think that’s a good idea…” The Pilot replies. “Oh my god. It’s a bot. I recognize you. You’re a 4A type spy bot,” Jacob says. “What? Me?” We all gave a terrified look at him. The pilot turned his head to us and said “OK, OK, you caught me.” The pilot’s eyes started to turn pitch black. Before he could say anything else, Jacob grabbed his neck and took out a blue wire which shut the pilot-bot down. “Jacob, you better tell me and the kids what’s going on and how you knew what that thing was!” I hear Mom scream. “There’s no time to explain. I have to fly this helicopter down before we get caught by the ‘Aliens’. Everyone grab your bags and we’ll get off on this island right here. ” Jacob says. I am still in shock. I can’t believe this is happening. My life was normal and happy right up until then.

Minutes later, we land on the tiny island. “Don’t get out yet. I’ll go and see if the island is safe and is a good environment to inhabit. I may get hurt and never come back. ” Jacob says. “Sounds good to me!” I say. “ELYSIAN!” Mom yells. “Bye,” Jacob says. About an hour later, Olivia and my Mom start getting nervous. Bam! Bam! We hear a noise coming from the helicopter door. Then it opens. “I’m back! ” Jacob says excitedly. We all sigh in relief. “Good news, there are enough rations here for us to survive about two weeks. Although I almost recognize this island… I just can’t put my finger on it.” “That’s it. This is, hands down, the WORST vacation EVER!” Olivia screams. We all ignore her and hear Jacob say, “Let’s take a look around the island, shall we?” “Sure.” Mom says. I nod my head silently.

We arrive at a berry bush, when all of a sudden, these black robots come RAINING down on us from a huge ship that looks like something from Star Wars. We all stare, frozen with fright. And here comes the screaming. “AHHHHHHHHHHH!” we all scream, EXEPT for Jacob. Jacob stares in the sky with a mad look on his face and says, “Run. Run as fast as you can. Run as if your life depends on it.” We all begin to run, but Jacob grabs my arm and says, “Not you.” I struggle and attempt to be free of his grasp. “They’re safe.” Jacob says unsurely. I bit his arm and he doesn’t even flinch. The bots are getting closer, and closer by the second. Jacob throws a fishing net onto them that must’ve washed up from the shore. When they finally reach the ground, and are distracted by taking the ropes off, Jacob grabs my arm harder and runs to the mini mountain on the island. “What are we doing!?” I scream. “Say your name. Hurry! We’re running out of time! Say it!” I do what Jacob says. A small part of the mountain lifts, and it’s the size of a doorway. I run inside, turn around, and scream my name, hoping it would close the door so the bots wouldn’t get in. The door slowly closes. I could see many bots running towards us. That wasn’t the only thing I saw. I also saw my family being slayed by the bots.

CHAPTER 3: THE EXPLANATION

I stood next to the door open-mouthed. About a second later I fell into tears. “THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT, JACOB!” I screamed. “I- I’m so sorry Elysian… I didn’t know it was going to end this way.” Jacob says. “Well sorry isn’t going to help it.” I say back.

30 minutes later of silence… “You know, I should explain my self a little better… I’m not actually Jacob. I’m Axel Wells and I come from the Resistance.” Jacob says. Or shall I say ‘Axel Wells’. “Hold up. So… you come from a Resistance, lied to my family, then KILLED them?” I say in anger. “No, no, well.. I guess… I didn’t know your family was going to be killed. I just had to get them someplace safe so we could come back and get them after our journey. ” Jacob answers. ” Our what-now?” “Our ‘Journey’. I have to use you to call for the resistance. I was very good friends with your father. We worked in the resistance together. We had some good times up there, until your father passed from the bots. That’s when I studied the bots for 4 years. I then knew to much and they took me and erased my memory. My captain saved me just in time, so I didn’t forget everything. I vaguely remember the resistance. Anyway, before your father passed, he told me how he studied you for a while when you were just a newborn, and found extraordinary facts about you.” “Like what?” “Umm. I don’t think you’re going to believe me…” “Just say it already.” “Well, your father is from a different planet called Exzulsia. It’s extremely similar to this planet. Except… They have supernaturaul powers…” “WHAT?! So does that mean I have powers?? Like what type?” “Psychokinesis. It’s when you have telekineses, levitation, mind reading and mind control.” “Sure…” “I knew a young human brain can’t handel that much information.” “ok ok, so what if my powers are real, why haven’ I noticed anything?” “Simple. Your father told me that Zionite triggers your powers. A shard of rock from the Exzulsia core. But enough chatting, we need to move. Follow me. your father built this cave for safety reasons, so I know the way to the escape pods.”

CHAPTER 4: ZIONITE

” How’s it goin’? ” Axel asks. “I’m currently riding in a SPACESHIP and have NO IDEA where were going. ” I say loudly. I burst into tears. I couldn’t help it! My family is gone… DEAD. Axel places his hand on top of mine. I slipped my and out from under his. “Y-you have astonishing powers, Elysian. ” Axel tries changing the subject. “I JUST WANT TO KILL WHOEVER SENT THOSE BOTS!” I scream and pull my hair in anger. OK, that was a total toddler moment, I know. But those bots SHOT DOWN my family… “And you’ll get a moment to. I just have to get the Zionite from my old ship. It’s all the way in California.

1 HOUR LATER: We arrive at a small shack, near a lake. Axel presses a button and *PCHHHHhh…* The doors open and steps outside. I follow after him as he bends over to pick up a capsule in the water. “Elysian, come forward slowly… you might feel a weird sensation, but don’t worry. it’s just your supernatural cells waking up and activating.” Axel say as he opens the capsule and takes out a dark, red rock. I take baby steps towards it. I feel something… my hands start to glow blue! ” O-oh my gosh…” I say, intimidated. Nothing else happens. I’m standing there with glowing hands. “That’s it?” I say relieved. “That’s not what is supposed to-” My feet lift off of the ground. ” I’M FLOATING!” I scream. “telekinesis, levitation, mind reading, mind control, and flying.” Axel says impressed. “Um, is this Telekinesis?” A stick starts floating up towards me and into my hand. “Yep!” Axel says excited. Axel tossed me some harsh obstacles, and I demolished them all. It’s like I don’t even need any practice. As long as I have that Zionite, I can do anything.

CHAPTER 5: THE BOY

With just a flick of my finger, I tore an old shack up from the ground and threw it more than 300 feet. I didn’t even break a sweat. Razing is getting easier and easier. What about killing… I turned to the sheep in the farm house. No! I can’t do this! What has happened to me?… I slowly float down. “Something wrong, Elysian?” Axel says. “Nothing.” I say.

THE NEXT DAY: I was getting used to my powers. Maybe even taking them for advantage. I think as I’m baking pancakes with a swish and a flick of my finger. “Morning, Elysian. Do you like my house?” Axel says sarcastically and points to the tearing down wallpaper. “It actually isn’t that bad. I could live here for a couple months.” I say. Now, that wasn’t a lie. It really wasn’t that bad, just the colors and decoration were horrible. “Well, you’re in luck. We’re going to stay here and wait for my friend from Exulsia. He’ll help us find the source of the bots.” Axel says. “I think you’ll like him.” He wiggles his eyebrows at me. I laugh at him.

2 WEEKS LATER: As I step out of the shower, I hear talking downstairs. I peek open the door and see a tall, blonde hair, blue eyed teen, about my age standing there. “Oh! Hello there.” The boy looks up at me, peering down the banister with just my towel on. I must look like a complete creep. I panic- “Heyyyy…I’LL BE RIGHT BACK.” I panic as I frantically search for some clothes. I throw on an oversized tee I got from the racetrack with my (REAL) dad, and some biker shorts. I run down the stairs and fall face first into the wood floor. *BOOF* “Oww…” I say as I get up. “Well that’s awkward.” Axel laughs. I slowly float upwards and do a total Scarlet Witch pose as a threat. I look down at my hands and say “Huh. That’s strange, my powers changed colors. Now it’s-” Axel cuts me off. “Silver… a color of peace in Exulsia. AHA! So you weren’t going to hurt me! Wow, this is exciting.” The boy examines me and says “So, her powers change based on her mood?” The boy’s eyes change color to bright white. “Wow. She has a lot of powers.” He says amazed. “WHAT?! Get OUT of my HEAD! ” I scream at him. I cover my ears and tuck into a ball yelling “La la la la ” Thinking he wont know what’s in my head. “Uhhh… Anyway, can you help us track down those bots?” Axel says to the boy. “Yep.” He replys.

During lunch, I found out that the boy’s name was Ben. So now I can stop calling him ‘The boy’ I pick up my plate through the kitchen, without touching it. When I was almost to the kitchen sink, Ben sneeks up behind me. “Hey, about-” Ben says, though something cuts him off… *CRASH*

CHAPTER 6: PLATES

The plates drop. I squat down and put my hands over my head in embarrassment. No, I don’t think that’s it. I don’t know what I’m feeling. Emotions-I can’t describe. Tears pour down my face. flashbacks play in my head, over and over. My family’s death. It’s been about 4 weeks and I still can’t shake the feeling that they might be alive, held prisoners and tortured by the bots. “Are you OK?” Ben says as he squats down next to me. Without a second thought I reply “NO. I’M NOT OK. MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS DEAD.” Tears pour down my cheeks. I stop my tears and pick up the shards of plates with my hands. Blood. Lots of it. “Oh geez! What are you doing?” Ben says. I don’t respond, because I don’t feel like it. Oh, and because I don’t want to. Ben grabs the back of my hands and we both stand up. He creates a blue ball with his powers, hovers over my hands and collects the sharp splinters out of my hand. I look up at him in amazement. “Um, how did you do that?” I say as look down at my hands-completely healed. “Wanna learn?” He smiles and looks up at me.

A COUPLE MINUTES LATER: “Wow this is really cool!” I say as levitate and create a fireball. “Wait, watch this.” Ben says. He floats up, creates a blue shield around him and his eyes turn white. Great, I know what this is again. I run away, as far as I can so Ben wont read my mind. He catches up to me anyway. “Hey! Wait up! What’s going on?” Ben says. “You’re reading my mind again, aren’t you.” I say, furious. “No, It’s called a power charge.” Ben replies. “You don’t always have to be afraid of me.” He says as he looks at the ground. “So, ‘Power Charge’? it sounds pretty legit. Teach me?” I ask. “Whatever.” Ben laughs. “Ok, levitate upwards, and concentrate your mind on this stone. In a quick second, the rock shatters. “Why did you do that?” Ben says. “You said to concentrate on it…” I say. “Don’t destroy it, concentrate, and focus.” He says as he hold out another rock. I float upwards and feel a weird sensation. “It’s working! You’re eyes are turning white!” Ben says. “When are we going to kill the source of the bots?” I say. “When I’m done preparing my ship.” Ben says, wiping dirt off his hands.

I splash my face with cold water. “Hey. Ben told me he taught you how to do a power charge last night?” Axel says, leaning on the door. “Yep, it’s pretty cool.” I fidget with the Zionite necklace Axel made for me. ” Something wrong?” He says. “I feel something coming.” I reply, as my hands glow red.

CHAPTER 7: THE TIME IS NOW

*CRASH* The entire half of the house gets blown up. I use that power charge ben taught me and created a forcefield around me and Axel. “What do they want from us?!” I say. I feel my feet lift off the ground. “Your powers.” Axel says.

The door of the ship opens up, and some bots/troopers come pouring out. “We’re surrounded.” Ben says. “Ya’ think?” I say. “Do it, Ben. Now.” Axel says. Ben does this amazing power trick thingy and knocks out half of the bots. “Your turn.” Ben says, looking at me. I have a little panic attack and think of my family dying all of a sudden. I do the power charge and take out the rest of the bots. “Woah…” Ben and Axel say. And I didn’t even break a sweat.

It happened so quick. The bots came, they destroyed half of the house, then all of a sudden they’re gone. “We need get some where safer.” Axel says. “No. We can’t just hide forever. We have to fly up to the source, and destroy they Astharite technology. It’s the root of all bots. ” Ben says. As i’m currently eating breakfast. I shake the last 2 cookies from the cerial box. “UGHH! Could this morning get any worse?!” I say. I go outside just for some fresh air. “Are you ready?” Ben says as he walks out from behind me. “For what?-” I reply, suspicious. “To destroy the bots. What else? This!?” Ben says, and throws a big rock at me. I stop the rock without a motion of my hands or thought. I flick the rock and it breaks into pieces. “it’s getting easier, eh?” Ben says.

I pack up my stuff and we all get into Ben’s fixed-up spaceship. “To Astharite!” I say and point forwards. Ben and Axel both move this stick-shift thingy forward and we move at the speed of light.

CHAPTER 8: THE CITY

I doze off to sleep for an hour and a half, which is the longest I’ve ever napped in this situation. I’ve had trouble sleeping. I finally leave my beautiful dream land for a disgusting city. It looks as if there had been a horrible apocalypses. We land in a rusty space ship dock. “We’re here…” Says Axel. “Yep…” Solemnly says Ben. *PTCHHH* The ship door opens up and we walk onto the dock. I look to the left and see a building that looks like the Empire State Building, but more techy. “The root of all bots. We can finally stop all the torturing the bots are doing to innocent people.” Ben says. “C’mon. We can sneak in the building through that alleyway and in the guards quarters.

As we walk around the corner a group of people start whispering to each other like we’re criminals or something. They all slowly start gathering around us and follow us. “Uh… B-” I say as Ben cuts me off. “I know. Keep walking.” Ben, Axel, and I walk into the dark alley way. A hand grabs my mouth and I can’t scream. I feel a needle pierce my skin, painfully. “MMPHH” I hear Ben and Axel struggling. I try using my powers and knock every one down, but nothing happens. A hear two loud thuds and finally a third.

I slowly lift my head up and open my eyes. I’m in a dark room laying on a couch. I sit up and frantically look around the room for Ben and Axel. I sigh in relief, they’re on floor next to me. “Sorry for that rough greeting, Jack said we would have to use the drugs to pause your powers but I guess we did. A girl walks in the room floating a coffee cup from meteoroid dollars (A coffee shop) Ben takes control of the boiling hot cup of coffee so it’s above the girl. “Woah… Slow down dude-” The girl says, frightened. “Who the heck are you?” Ben says, moving the coffee closer and closer. “Alice. Alice Wood. I’m part of the resistance against the bots. I know who all of you are. Elysian, Ben, and Axel. We’ve missed you.” Axel sits up. Whaaa……… OH MY GOD It’s Alice! Guys, this is the resistance! They can help us break into the core! A middle aged man, like Axel, walks into the room. “This is Jack.” Ben lets go of them coffee and moves it to Alice’s hand. “Mornin’ Sunshines.” Jack says sarcastically as he looks at our rugged clothes and hair. “Pick you weapon. ” Jack says. as he walks over and opens a closet full of futuristic guns. “Jack, they’re only 16.” Alice says.”17.” Ben says and rolls his eyes. “I was 12 when I picked up my first gun. They gotta fight for themselves.” Jack says. “Oh, I don’t do guns. I have these bad boys.” I say as I make 10 floating fireballs, moving around each other like planets. “Hey, I taught her that.” Ben says and puffs up his chest. “Although I think Axel would love-” I look over at Axel already stuffing his belt with guns. Ay, Su casa es mi casa.” Ben says. “All right, everyone ready?” Alice says. “Let’s do this.”

CHAPTER 9: THE BIG FIGHT

“I can’t do this. They have over 200 bots loaded with fancy space guns, and we have A girl who can shoot fire from her hands, a woman who has telekinetic abilities, and two men who can barely fight. ” I say doubtfully. “Oh, I haven’t introduced you to my team yet!” Alice rings in 2 burly men and 3 random people. “This is Jack and John, the unstoppable smash brothers, Kylie who can freeze things, her sister Anna who can heat things, and finally Emma, who can pick locks and do some crazy flips” “I can also make really good Spaghetti” Emma says. “Alright who’s ready to kick some robot butt now. Get in the ship.” Says Alice.

After 30 minutes of stressing in the ship, we’re ready. It’s all come up to this moment. My family’s depending on me… “Want some spaghetti?” Emma says to me. After we land on the mothership of bots, Ben says “Wait where’s the Smash Brothers?”. *CLANGG* “Is that?-” Alex says as the brothers walk out of the hallway with two robot heads in their hands. Alice jumps out of the ship first. “Emma, stay in the Ship’s control center and tell us where to go.” “What no fairrr” Emma says solemnly. “Fine, I’m not sharing my spaghetti then.” We all put an ear piece in so we can hear her. “Kay, I know the center of the ship is just over there, If we kill all four of the big brainiac bots, They won’t have a leader, and will freak out. After we cause that distraction, I’m pretty sure somewhere near them is the power source of all bots.” Alex says. 10 bots come out from the corner and rapid fire. Alice uses her ability to make a shield. “Anna! Toast ’em!” Anna’s eyes turn red as she shoots fire from her hands. Huh, that’s funny my eyes do the same thing. “Elysian! Focus!” Ben says as a bot almost shoots me. “Geez that was a close one.” I say. “There will be no more ‘Close one’s’. Elysian.” Ben says, punching a bot in it’s face. “Ok guys, Take the doors on your right and run down that hallway to the center.” Emma says. We all bolt to the hallway, and see 1 more bot, but it’s different than the others. “J&J, get ’em!” The two brothers barely tear apart the bot with all their might, but it hardly does any damage. Kylie freezes the big bot and I sneak past to the center. The doors shut and I’m trapped.

“Elysian?… is that you.” A shaky voice says in the darkness. As the figure comes out, It’s a rotting human head with a robotic body. “It’s me- your father.”

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🗻Never-Ending Mountain 🗻

Once upon a time, There was a little girl named felicity. 

And every day, she would ride on the subway to pick up groceries from the super market downtown in china. 

Until one day, when she was walking back up to her house, an old, wise, man asked her to do a favor. 

Unfortunately, he was asking her to hike up to the never-ending mountain and bring him one of the fruit from the tree on the top. Felicity’s grandmother would never EVER allow her to go that far. 

Fortunately, he said that if she did go to the top of the Never-Ending mountain and camp there for a day, it won’t just be giving him something to eat, but to bring her parents back from the supernatural world. It was a big decision for Felicity.  

Until finally, she agreed and quickly dropped off the groceries and left a note in the bag that said: “Be right back. Love, Felicity”. And so after months and months of hiking, she found the fruit, camped out for 1 day and came back to the old man. Felicity gave the old man the fruit and he tossed it over his shoulder. “WHAT?!” Felicity exclaimed. “Don’t worry about the fruit.” The old man replied. The fruit came straight back to his hand. He took a bite of the red, plump, juicy, fruit and the fruit just grew back to it’s original shape. The old man said “Ever since you came back from the mountain, did you feel anything?” “yes.” Said felicity. “Good, now come with me”. The old man lead her to a cave and told her to stand right exactly in the middle of it. And so she did. All around felicity started glowing. “Wha-what’s happening to me?” Felicity said. “Shhhhh… it’s working!!” The old man said. She closed her eyes in fear and felt some one holding her hand. She couldn’t see who it was because of the glowing. “Another hand?” She thought to herself. The glowing soon stopped. She now could see the people’s faces who were holding her hands. When she glanced, she noticed they looked exactly like her parents. The people looked at her and said; “I’m so so sorry we left you.” The short woman said. “What do you mean?” Said Felicity. “We are your parents!” The tall man said.  

And ever since that day, felicity came back to her grandmother and lived with her parents happily ever after. 

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🐎Russel 🐴

“Papa!” said the little boy, “Papa, look at that beautiful, brown, and white accented horse! It looks magnificent!” He said. Russel, the grey and white pony was a “mere pile of rubbish” according to the other children. “Oh papa, may we get a horse like that one connected to the wagon?!” “That one?” his dad pointed to the horse. His dad grinned and said; “Russel’s good enough. ” the boy cried; “Russel’s not nearly as pretty as that one!” “yes.” Said his father, “but is beauty more important than work?” The boy stood silent. Indeed, this was a good question. Russel was a hard worker. When the other wagon passed, his papa put a carrot 13 feet away from Russel. Russel ran toward”s it as fast as a cheetah. The brown horse passed again and it ran as slow as a tortoise. “Oh…” said the boy the boy patted Russel on the mane and looked away. In the corner of his eye, he saw that all of the chickens were gone from the cage. He told his father. It was spilling into nightfall as fast as his Mother pouring milk for him before his bedtime. *click* the boys father got ready his gun. “go prepare for bead.” said his father “papa!” said the boy. “what about you?!” his father was evading the little boys questions. “never mind me. your mom and sisters made a pretty quilt. why don’t you go inside and see it!” said his father. “now go.” the little boy went inside, shut the door, and went to bed. In the morning, they had no breakfast nor lunch. Soon, it was time to do chores. they swept, cleaned the stalls, and went to the river to grab clean water. They soon fed their dog; “Betsie”. Then, Dinner flew by. Their mom prepared carrot soup”father,” said Alexia. (one of the sisters) “might I ask…” “go ahead.” replied her father.”Not to sound greedy or anything, but where is the meat?”said Alexia. “no meat.” replied the father. “all the flocks were stolen.”” what about the market?” said the little boy. “too expensive” said their mother. “your father and I already have the bills for your school.” “we can work!” suggested Isabella ( the oldest sister.) “we can work at the river and fetch water for the school!” “well…” sighed her father. “it doesn’t hurt to try. ” so the next day, they went to school. when thy came back home, they put all of their well earned money on the table and counted the money. “let’s see…” said their father. “3.08” “Well, kids, I’m so proud of you all but that’s not even enough to buy one egg!”their mother exclaimed.” “we need 7.00 more!” replied their father. so, they baked bread, made beans, and scrubbed icky stalls for 14 months straight. Then, they had enough to buy two more houses three times the size as their regular one!! 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃.

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👻Ghosts👻

𝕎𝕙𝕪. 𝕎𝕙𝕪 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦? 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕚 𝕛𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕗𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝕝𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝕚’𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕠𝕟𝕝𝕪 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕨𝕙𝕠 𝕚𝕤 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕞𝕖. 𝕀’𝕝𝕝 𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕚 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕜 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥. 𝕆𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕦𝕡𝕠𝕟 𝕒 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖, 𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝕒 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤 𝕒𝕘𝕠, 𝕀 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕒 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥. 𝕐𝕒, 𝕘𝕠 𝕒𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕟’𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝. 𝕀𝕧’𝕖 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕒𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕥 𝕒 𝕞𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕟𝕠𝕨. 𝔸𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕒𝕪𝕤, 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕣𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖… “𝔼𝕞𝕞𝕒!” 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕞. “𝕨𝕙𝕒𝕥?” “𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕡 𝕞𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕟 𝕦𝕡 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥.” “𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕖.” 𝔼𝕞𝕞𝕒 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕. 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕗 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕖𝕪𝕖. “𝕦𝕙…” 𝔼𝕞𝕞𝕒 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕. “𝕚’𝕝𝕝 𝕓𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕒 𝕤𝕖𝕔 𝕞𝕠𝕞!” 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕙. 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕒𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕒 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥. 𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥. “𝕃𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟, 𝕀 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕪𝕠𝕦.” 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕕𝕚𝕕𝕟’𝕥 𝕤𝕒𝕪 𝕒 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕕. 𝕚𝕥 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕗𝕝𝕠𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕦𝕡 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕒𝕚𝕣. “𝕆𝕂, 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥’𝕤 𝕖𝕟𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙.” 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕠𝕗𝕗 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘. “𝕒𝕙𝕙𝕙𝕙!!!” 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕜𝕚𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕞 “𝔸ℍℍℍℍℍℍℍℍℍℍℍℍ!!!!!” 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕦𝕕𝕖𝕣. “𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪, 𝕨𝕙𝕪 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕘?!” 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕞𝕠𝕞”𝕘𝕙𝕠-𝕘𝕙𝕠-𝔾ℍ𝕆𝕊𝕋!!!” 𝔼𝕞𝕞𝕒 𝕖𝕩𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕞𝕖𝕕. “𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕪, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕟𝕠 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥.” 𝔼𝕞𝕞𝕒 𝕣𝕒𝕟 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕦𝕡𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕡𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨., 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕦𝕡 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝔼𝕞𝕞𝕒 𝕣𝕒𝕟 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕝𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕨 𝕟𝕠 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕥𝕖 𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕥𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕪𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖. 𝕤𝕙𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕕 𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕗 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕕𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕗𝕒𝕤𝕥.