So for anyone wanting to play something but wants to learn as well I recommend Prodigy. It's a maths game that mixes Pokemon Go with math, and it's genuinely really fun. I play it for fun, and I think everyone else on the website does that too.
1. Basics
So in the game you play as a wizard, and there are different themed islands you can go to (e.g. Forest island, Beach island, Volcano island... by the way these are the themes and not the names). Plus there are "worlds", which are basically servers.
And on each island there are either one or two "characters" or something that need your help, because this Puppet Master guy (and his sidekick Pippet) is wrecking everything and they are too lazy to do anything. And while you are on your way to doing or getting stuff for them you have to battle monsters using spells (math questions). If you go too close to them they run towards you and demand a battle.
Naturally, the monsters are a couple levels below you (you have levels in this game, the smartest or most powerful wizards are level 100, apparently) so you have a better chance of defeating them. When you have usued a lot of spells and the monster is close to running out of health, it's possible to rescue them (you have to pay a bit of gold, which is the game currency and still answer a math question).
You can also "finish" islands when you have completed all the tasks. Plus there's a different currency on every island, but gold is the main one.
After every battle you get gold and rewards, and slowly level up. Using gold you can buy clothing, wands, shoes, pets(they just follow you around) and looks (hair, skintone, eyes, gender). The looks are really good too, but the hair really sucks unless you have membership.
2. Membership
Ahhh, membership. It eventually had to be in here. They're always shoving it in your face, so ignore that exclamation mark on settings because yes, they want you to be a member.
I'm not against membership, though. It's really useful for people that play frequently and for people that want to look cool, because membership unlocks special hairstyles, clothes, wands and abilities and pets. Plus you get to go up the Dark Tower or something like that, and float on a cloud.
But you don't have to get it if you want to learn. Plus, there are plenty of smart and decent-looking people who don't have membership. I don't have membership myself and I'm second best in my entire class(the best doesn't have membership either). Plus I can sometimes get outfits and stuff that require membership through Conjure Cubes (very cool boxes that you get a bunch of free prizes every time you pass every 5th level).
3. Lamplight town
This is like the home page of a website. It includes shops where you can buy stuff and dress and have access to your home (which you can buy and earn furniture for). They always have some special event going on (such as Winterfest, which was for Christmas). You can also spin this daily wheel that gives you prizes. Try wandering around for a bit, there's always things to do there.
4. Interacting with strangers
On Prodigy you have the ability to chat with other people(using typing) but there are phrases written for you so you can't say anything inappropriate. You can also view a person's stats (health, level and gold, which is the currency) and friend them by clicking on them, but that's the most you'll know about them. You can battle them and see what they've been doing, and you can also unfriend them. You can even dance, but there's a special move for people with memberships, of course. It's dabbing, but I don't think anyone really needs that.
5. Maths
Math on prodigy is not that hard when you're starting, but it obviously gets harder as you level up. You can work out problems by drawing, blocks, and sometimes calculators. Usually the harder the question, the better the spell, so you're best off doing hard questions.
So overall, Prodigy is really a good game and I'm glad my teacher told me about it. It's unique and special, as well as fun and educational. Give it a try. You never know.
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By the way, my account name's Isabella Airtail, because they technically write it for you too. I'm a level 52 and you can usually see me around Lamplight Town and Skywatch, one of the islands I'm finishing.
And they're constantly updating and changing this game, so some information may not be true after a while.
Sunday, 6 January 2019
Friday, 28 December 2018
Writer's Block
Ann had spent several days hunched hopelessly over her writing desk before her manager, Janet, decided to call her again.
"Isn't it marvellous! I've spent months on finding us a publisher and turns out your story isn't good enough for the printer, Ann Marie Kelsey."
"Now, now, there's no need for that," Ann replied. "I'll get it all done by the deadline, you know that."
"You better," Janet retorted snidely, and hung up on her.
"Marvellous woman," Ann said bitterly to herself. She hobbled off to the kitchen to get herself a cup of tea, her eyes glazed over, as if she was thinking. After an hour of standing at the kitchen bench she hobbled back to the study and opened the curtains. It was still early. The half-moon was still, ever so slowly, sinking down the hill. The old woman shuffled back to her desk and glanced once more at the window. Her hand reached for the phone.
"You tell me, Kelsey. I'd love to know."
"Gosh, Janet." Ann said. "I'm a dying woman. Just give me a plot. A small one will do."
"Gosh, Ann," she barked. "You're the one writing this. I don't want my name on the cover of the book you're going to finish writing soon."
Ann once again heard the line click.
'She needs a holiday,' she thought. 'I need a holiday.'
She paused and her eyes flicked towards the sky, darting around quickly as if counting the clouds.
'I can't leave the book writing to go on holiday.' Her subconscious mind drifted towards the bare notebook. 'I need ideas soon.' Ann curled her feet up on the chair and stared into the distance angrily. 'How will a holiday give me any ideas?'
She suddenly stood up.
Janet received a call that afternoon, from that 'blasted woman' again. Ann had called to ask if she could have a holiday, to which Janet said "No."
"Getting out and exploring the world gives you ideas." She argued.
"What did I say?"
There was a small silence on the other line. Janet considered hanging up on her, until Ann said,
"I'll pay for everything except for the food."
An hour or two later, Janet showed up at Ann's front doorstep with a generous amount of bags draped over her arms.
"So are we going or not?"
Ann, however, being much, much older than twenty-one-and-four-months, allowed -maybe forced-Janet to stay for at least a week so they could properly prepare their flights and stay at Chile.
They boarded the plane swiftly. Janet shooed away a gathering of pregnant ladies near the front seats so Ann could be nearest to the ladies' room (along with the salted peanuts). Ann gently scolded a young woman who had intentionally spilled her bags of food on Janet.
It was only a matter of time after the plane took off that Janet was hyperventilating.
"I could have forgotten a bag,"
"We could have messed up the plane times and our other flight leaves now," she wheezed.
Ann rubbed her shoulder calmly, and looked out the window to see the sun slink under the clouds.
"I JUST ATE A FULL PACKET OF SALTED MACADAMIA PEANUTS AND THEY WERE GOOD AND I THINK I'M ALLERGIC AND I THINK I'M SWELLING UP." Janet screamed, waking up the entire plane.
"Oh do shut it, Janet," Ann muttered.
And slowly, one by one, every person fell asleep, snuggled comfortably into their seats or resting their heads on the windows. The lights flicked off and in the nearly-silent darkness the sound of trolleys and gentle pattering footsteps of air hostesses streamed back to the front of the plane.
All was silent.
Around exactly half an hour later, Ann jolted awake. The stench of macadamia peanuts had faded away, and everyone else was either watching a movie or still sleeping. Janet had leaned forward, her head resting on the chair in front of her with her mouth awkwardly hanging open, a generous portion of saliva dribbling down her chin as she slept.
Ann chuckled softly at this sight, and bent over to fish her notebook out of her bag, when suddenly the plane jerked about several metres. Even Janet woke up. She fumbled around before realising that it must be just the turbulence, and snuggled her head into her pillow. Just as her eyes flickered shut, the plane started jerking much more violently than before. Janet could feel her eyes bouncing around in their sockets. Right after this she felt deeply digusted at the thought, and silently swore herself to not think of the like.
The plane swerved left and right, several people gagged violently. Ann's face had drained of its pink tint, and Janet's face was a vivid green.
There was a slight crackle in the air, and a coquettish yet slightly panicked voice echoed out of the speakers.
"Hello passengers, unfortunately one of our-oh, shoot, the peanuts fell-engines have failed and we are expecting to land in the ocean. Reach for your life jackets under your seat and inflate them using the provided mouthpiece. Our staff will point to you the exits, and you will be given instructions on how to reach our emergency rafts. Strong swimmers are advised to take care of all children. Have a nice day."
There was an uproar of shouts and panicked orders as every passenger on the plane lurched over to fish their life jacket from under their seats. After ten full minutes of rustling and groans almost every passenger and member of staff were lined up at the exits. Ann fiddled with her whistle as she stared down at the long neon slide. It shrinked as it went down, it was flimsy and plastic and not very
attractive. But Ann was more terrified of dying slowly and painfully than she was of heights, so she pushed herself down the slide, internally shrieking as the wind blew her hair back with great force and her dress flapped. She could almost taste the seawater. Ann uncomfortably and slowly slid into the water, and shivered as she submerged. The silky blue liquid rippled around her body in small
waves.
Ann looked up towards a trembling Janet and spluttered,
"Slide down, dear! No harm in it!"
Janet hesitantly reached out, when a generously proportioned man shoved her roughly and she sped
down the slide, hissing. She landed in the water with a large splash and thoroughly drenched everyone around her.
A member of staff yelled out to them over the roaring wind to join him and form a circle until the safety rafts arrived. Janet beckoned to Ann to follow her as she glided towards the circle of people ("Because I don't want to die."), as Ann uncreased her floral print dress. Just as Ann started to make her way towards the group of people, the invisible hand of nature pushed a wave towards her and carried her away from the group. Janet and the people with her started to yell frantically to Ann and considered leaving the circle to grab her, if it had not been for the member of staff with them who halted anyone who let go of their neighbour's hands.
Ann struggled against the wind and the water, trying to propel herself towards the cluster of people, but a hidden force was pulling her away from them.
The waves rose higher and higher, concealing Ann from Janet's view, when they collapsed with a mighty splash. There was no sign of a floral print dress, or greying hair, or any distinctive body parts. No sign of Ann.
All was silent.
Suddenly, a hand shot up and waved quickly. Janet screamed and immediately let go of some hand she was holding and went to clasp Ann's, ignoring her group calling for her. She held it tightly with both hands and struggled to pull it up.
And she pulled as much as she could to get Ann to the closet safety raft. The people already on it grabbed as much of Ann's arm as they could and heaved her onto the raft. Everyone immediately checked her pulse, then her breath, and sighed gratefully when they realised that both where working.
Ann rose with a violent coughing fit moments later, but Janet said it was nothing and she should be
happy to be alive.
After some time, everyone had gotten out of the water and was wrapped in towels and blankets. Janet was shivering as she applied some lipstick as a bus slowly approached the plane passengers with a screech. She shoved her way past everyone and plopped down on a seat, her harsh blue eyes flitting over her nails.
Ann carefully sat down next to her, the warm smell of seawater still lingering on her body, and bent over to adjust her shoes, her greying hair forming a curtain around her face.
Janet swiftly leaped off the bus, beckoning Ann to follow her, as well as threatening her about the book as they walked towards the airport. The both of them had barely noticed that the sun had set and the stars were coming out.
Ann and Janet both were relieved when they stepped inside the large airport. It was rather dirty, with clumps of crisp bags sprinkled all over and some cigarettes carelessly tossed around bins, but it was warm and dry (almost) and there was food. Ann was immediately obliged to eat three bowls of Chinese food with Janet, who had an entire litre of lemonade afterwards. And with a large portion of food in her system, Janet decided that dinner would be to much for her, when she looked out the window and saw that it was much too late for dinner already.
Once they were squeezed out of the airport into the fresh air, Janet immediately turned to Ann and snapped,
"Accomodation?"
Ann had decided to to take Janet to a humble motel near the sea (Picture Anakena.). It was as homely as possible, with several porcelain figures placed around it and a large flower filled garden out the back. It seemed the only residents there were a group of Asian tourists and a few people Ann's age, who revelled in bingo and chess, much to Janet's distaste. In the mornings there was some sort of peculiarly comforting quiescence, and in the evenings laughs and yells came from the 'living' room. Janet would dig into her hot dinners with gustatory glee every night, despite Ann's desperate attemps to make her eat something lighter. Ann began to drink strong coffee in the morning and refused to go for any walks. They both would gather with the tourists to watch the sunsets and Ann would watch the sunrises (Janet disliked being woken up early.). By the end of the holidays Ann had finished the end of the book, though she didn't tell anyone what it was about, not even Janet. They eventually left Chile and went back, this time the flight being much more comfortable.
Ann handed Janet the notebook containing her story when they reached her house. Janet opened it, and flicked through the pages, her eyes skimmimg over the words. And then her face split in to a wide grin. Then it grew wider. Then she let out a loud, almost crazy laugh.
"Thanks," she said.
"Do you like it?" Ann asked.
"Like it? I love it."Janet replied, going through it again and again. "I'll be seeing you when my book's published. Chile seems ideal."
"Your book-?" Ann asked, but was cut off when Janet slammed her door shut, leaving a very, very confused Ann behind.
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"Isn't it marvellous! I've spent months on finding us a publisher and turns out your story isn't good enough for the printer, Ann Marie Kelsey."
"Now, now, there's no need for that," Ann replied. "I'll get it all done by the deadline, you know that."
"You better," Janet retorted snidely, and hung up on her.
"Marvellous woman," Ann said bitterly to herself. She hobbled off to the kitchen to get herself a cup of tea, her eyes glazed over, as if she was thinking. After an hour of standing at the kitchen bench she hobbled back to the study and opened the curtains. It was still early. The half-moon was still, ever so slowly, sinking down the hill. The old woman shuffled back to her desk and glanced once more at the window. Her hand reached for the phone.
"You tell me, Kelsey. I'd love to know."
"Gosh, Janet." Ann said. "I'm a dying woman. Just give me a plot. A small one will do."
"Gosh, Ann," she barked. "You're the one writing this. I don't want my name on the cover of the book you're going to finish writing soon."
Ann once again heard the line click.
'She needs a holiday,' she thought. 'I need a holiday.'
She paused and her eyes flicked towards the sky, darting around quickly as if counting the clouds.
'I can't leave the book writing to go on holiday.' Her subconscious mind drifted towards the bare notebook. 'I need ideas soon.' Ann curled her feet up on the chair and stared into the distance angrily. 'How will a holiday give me any ideas?'
She suddenly stood up.
Janet received a call that afternoon, from that 'blasted woman' again. Ann had called to ask if she could have a holiday, to which Janet said "No."
"Getting out and exploring the world gives you ideas." She argued.
"What did I say?"
There was a small silence on the other line. Janet considered hanging up on her, until Ann said,
"I'll pay for everything except for the food."
An hour or two later, Janet showed up at Ann's front doorstep with a generous amount of bags draped over her arms.
"So are we going or not?"
Ann, however, being much, much older than twenty-one-and-four-months, allowed -maybe forced-Janet to stay for at least a week so they could properly prepare their flights and stay at Chile.
They boarded the plane swiftly. Janet shooed away a gathering of pregnant ladies near the front seats so Ann could be nearest to the ladies' room (along with the salted peanuts). Ann gently scolded a young woman who had intentionally spilled her bags of food on Janet.
It was only a matter of time after the plane took off that Janet was hyperventilating.
"I could have forgotten a bag,"
"We could have messed up the plane times and our other flight leaves now," she wheezed.
Ann rubbed her shoulder calmly, and looked out the window to see the sun slink under the clouds.
"I JUST ATE A FULL PACKET OF SALTED MACADAMIA PEANUTS AND THEY WERE GOOD AND I THINK I'M ALLERGIC AND I THINK I'M SWELLING UP." Janet screamed, waking up the entire plane.
"Oh do shut it, Janet," Ann muttered.
And slowly, one by one, every person fell asleep, snuggled comfortably into their seats or resting their heads on the windows. The lights flicked off and in the nearly-silent darkness the sound of trolleys and gentle pattering footsteps of air hostesses streamed back to the front of the plane.
All was silent.
Around exactly half an hour later, Ann jolted awake. The stench of macadamia peanuts had faded away, and everyone else was either watching a movie or still sleeping. Janet had leaned forward, her head resting on the chair in front of her with her mouth awkwardly hanging open, a generous portion of saliva dribbling down her chin as she slept.
Ann chuckled softly at this sight, and bent over to fish her notebook out of her bag, when suddenly the plane jerked about several metres. Even Janet woke up. She fumbled around before realising that it must be just the turbulence, and snuggled her head into her pillow. Just as her eyes flickered shut, the plane started jerking much more violently than before. Janet could feel her eyes bouncing around in their sockets. Right after this she felt deeply digusted at the thought, and silently swore herself to not think of the like.
The plane swerved left and right, several people gagged violently. Ann's face had drained of its pink tint, and Janet's face was a vivid green.
There was a slight crackle in the air, and a coquettish yet slightly panicked voice echoed out of the speakers.
"Hello passengers, unfortunately one of our-oh, shoot, the peanuts fell-engines have failed and we are expecting to land in the ocean. Reach for your life jackets under your seat and inflate them using the provided mouthpiece. Our staff will point to you the exits, and you will be given instructions on how to reach our emergency rafts. Strong swimmers are advised to take care of all children. Have a nice day."
There was an uproar of shouts and panicked orders as every passenger on the plane lurched over to fish their life jacket from under their seats. After ten full minutes of rustling and groans almost every passenger and member of staff were lined up at the exits. Ann fiddled with her whistle as she stared down at the long neon slide. It shrinked as it went down, it was flimsy and plastic and not very
attractive. But Ann was more terrified of dying slowly and painfully than she was of heights, so she pushed herself down the slide, internally shrieking as the wind blew her hair back with great force and her dress flapped. She could almost taste the seawater. Ann uncomfortably and slowly slid into the water, and shivered as she submerged. The silky blue liquid rippled around her body in small
waves.
Ann looked up towards a trembling Janet and spluttered,
"Slide down, dear! No harm in it!"
Janet hesitantly reached out, when a generously proportioned man shoved her roughly and she sped
down the slide, hissing. She landed in the water with a large splash and thoroughly drenched everyone around her.
A member of staff yelled out to them over the roaring wind to join him and form a circle until the safety rafts arrived. Janet beckoned to Ann to follow her as she glided towards the circle of people ("Because I don't want to die."), as Ann uncreased her floral print dress. Just as Ann started to make her way towards the group of people, the invisible hand of nature pushed a wave towards her and carried her away from the group. Janet and the people with her started to yell frantically to Ann and considered leaving the circle to grab her, if it had not been for the member of staff with them who halted anyone who let go of their neighbour's hands.
Ann struggled against the wind and the water, trying to propel herself towards the cluster of people, but a hidden force was pulling her away from them.
The waves rose higher and higher, concealing Ann from Janet's view, when they collapsed with a mighty splash. There was no sign of a floral print dress, or greying hair, or any distinctive body parts. No sign of Ann.
All was silent.
Suddenly, a hand shot up and waved quickly. Janet screamed and immediately let go of some hand she was holding and went to clasp Ann's, ignoring her group calling for her. She held it tightly with both hands and struggled to pull it up.
And she pulled as much as she could to get Ann to the closet safety raft. The people already on it grabbed as much of Ann's arm as they could and heaved her onto the raft. Everyone immediately checked her pulse, then her breath, and sighed gratefully when they realised that both where working.
Ann rose with a violent coughing fit moments later, but Janet said it was nothing and she should be
happy to be alive.
After some time, everyone had gotten out of the water and was wrapped in towels and blankets. Janet was shivering as she applied some lipstick as a bus slowly approached the plane passengers with a screech. She shoved her way past everyone and plopped down on a seat, her harsh blue eyes flitting over her nails.
Ann carefully sat down next to her, the warm smell of seawater still lingering on her body, and bent over to adjust her shoes, her greying hair forming a curtain around her face.
Janet swiftly leaped off the bus, beckoning Ann to follow her, as well as threatening her about the book as they walked towards the airport. The both of them had barely noticed that the sun had set and the stars were coming out.
Ann and Janet both were relieved when they stepped inside the large airport. It was rather dirty, with clumps of crisp bags sprinkled all over and some cigarettes carelessly tossed around bins, but it was warm and dry (almost) and there was food. Ann was immediately obliged to eat three bowls of Chinese food with Janet, who had an entire litre of lemonade afterwards. And with a large portion of food in her system, Janet decided that dinner would be to much for her, when she looked out the window and saw that it was much too late for dinner already.
Once they were squeezed out of the airport into the fresh air, Janet immediately turned to Ann and snapped,
"Accomodation?"
Ann had decided to to take Janet to a humble motel near the sea (Picture Anakena.). It was as homely as possible, with several porcelain figures placed around it and a large flower filled garden out the back. It seemed the only residents there were a group of Asian tourists and a few people Ann's age, who revelled in bingo and chess, much to Janet's distaste. In the mornings there was some sort of peculiarly comforting quiescence, and in the evenings laughs and yells came from the 'living' room. Janet would dig into her hot dinners with gustatory glee every night, despite Ann's desperate attemps to make her eat something lighter. Ann began to drink strong coffee in the morning and refused to go for any walks. They both would gather with the tourists to watch the sunsets and Ann would watch the sunrises (Janet disliked being woken up early.). By the end of the holidays Ann had finished the end of the book, though she didn't tell anyone what it was about, not even Janet. They eventually left Chile and went back, this time the flight being much more comfortable.
Ann handed Janet the notebook containing her story when they reached her house. Janet opened it, and flicked through the pages, her eyes skimmimg over the words. And then her face split in to a wide grin. Then it grew wider. Then she let out a loud, almost crazy laugh.
"Thanks," she said.
"Do you like it?" Ann asked.
"Like it? I love it."Janet replied, going through it again and again. "I'll be seeing you when my book's published. Chile seems ideal."
"Your book-?" Ann asked, but was cut off when Janet slammed her door shut, leaving a very, very confused Ann behind.
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Monday, 19 December 2016
Timekeepers
Boring fest is more exciting than this- sitting in J12 listening to the teacher drone on and on about quantum physics. I'm thinking the history teacher Mr. Kettlekoft was wrong, as this was the torture in the Middle Ages. Instead of cells and guillo-ma-thingies they just shoved kids in a classroom. Grammar=groan. Double maths=double groan. Quantum physics? Don't get me started on it. Then an idea slithers its way into my hollow head when I look at my watch.
Apart from pranking teachers to cancel their lesson and get the janitor so he checks for poisonous spills (phew!), I love pulling out the button on my watch and make it's rhythm of time stop. Then fix it.
I go to a strict school, so every now and then I have to pretend I'm listening or tying my shoelace or doing something useful.
But I still learn. I weasel out of trouble when I prank, yes, but other than that, I'm pretty much an C student. I don't want to let my parents give up on me. Back to the story.
When the teacher talks about how atoms stick to photos (it's something called a homophone, people) like how my stepdad's tongue sticks to the billion-year-old ice cream maker, I pull the tiny emoji button on my watch's side.
The tiny motors in my watch stop clicking and purring and the hands skid to a halt. I write a few facts about photons sticking to atoms in my thick notebook and smile as I trace my finger around the golden bumps that surround the watch.
Suddenly the teacher's mouth has no sound coming out of it. He's just opening and shutting it reeaally slowly. But it's a better sound than normal. And some people say silence is a bad thing.
Apart from pranking teachers to cancel their lesson and get the janitor so he checks for poisonous spills (phew!), I love pulling out the button on my watch and make it's rhythm of time stop. Then fix it.
I go to a strict school, so every now and then I have to pretend I'm listening or tying my shoelace or doing something useful.
But I still learn. I weasel out of trouble when I prank, yes, but other than that, I'm pretty much an C student. I don't want to let my parents give up on me. Back to the story.
When the teacher talks about how atoms stick to photos (it's something called a homophone, people) like how my stepdad's tongue sticks to the billion-year-old ice cream maker, I pull the tiny emoji button on my watch's side.
The tiny motors in my watch stop clicking and purring and the hands skid to a halt. I write a few facts about photons sticking to atoms in my thick notebook and smile as I trace my finger around the golden bumps that surround the watch.
Suddenly the teacher's mouth has no sound coming out of it. He's just opening and shutting it reeaally slowly. But it's a better sound than normal. And some people say silence is a bad thing.
It's really funny and I want to take a video of it. I grab my phone and tap my friend Livana on the shoulder, but she's sticking gum in Big Jim's ear. O.K. I know it. You're wondering why I am her friend. I know, if he notices her(which, I can tell) he'll leave her head looking like pizza.
Then I realise everyone is moving in slo-mo except for me. I do a electric boogaloo, spin around and jump for joy. That's my celebration dance. Hey, I'm not stuck in a time warp. Then everything goes still. Big Jim's hand is stuck a few millimetres away from Livana's head. I see my stepbrother Ace making a paper areoplane. I finish it for him and stick his finger up his nose.
Snapping a picture with my phone right now seems like a good choice. But I pick him up because this super weird time warp makes every thing as light as a feather. I put him in front of the class and put him at an angle so people see him picking his nose. Then I put his free hand forward and then I place the paper areoplane five inches away from the teacher's own nose. You know what I'm doing.
Everyone says "prank" is my middle name and I'm proud of this prank. I can just be quietly writing my unfinished narrative and Ace can be sent to corner. Sweet!
My watch is glowing until you can't see the numbers, the hands or even the glass. This could be a special effect or my watch is ruined. I just got it today.
It's the new version where you can slide the big circle-like bit off and press a tiny button on the side and a compartment opens. You just slide the circle thingy in and behold! It's a fitbit. So cool, right?
They called it the fitbit two. My dad is a famous watchmaker, so I get the first one he ever made. Two weeks later he died but now there's a company named after him called Marco something something
Then the compartment opens and a yellow fuzzy blob flies out of it. It's got leopard spots on it and a really cute tail. And cat ears.
"OMG!" It squeals. "It's been years since we had another timekeeper! We can go, like, go surfing in Tackshawl bay-oh no, those Tackshawl crabs, they have a really horrible bite, then you'll get Tackshawl hooba jooba for two years. Nasty. Or we can go to Liona Library. I lurve to go to the fuzzies section. We are bound to be besties! Eeee!" I kept my calm, flattened my dress and screamed.
"ARRRGGGHHHHHHHWHATTHEFUZZAREYOU!?" The leopard blob replies, "Sorry. I am like, a total fuzzy. I am a furrie, and my mom who was paired with your dad says we get this reaction like, all the time. We are just helpers to timekeepers or, like, tour guides-and best buds! O. M. G. We can go to the magic maze or Waterfall Waterpark. Mr. Walrus has to work on his rhyming. He got a Z- on it his whole lifetime. Your dad's in, um, oh yeah, in the Marvellous Mountains. Hiking. As usual."
I look at her in surprise. "Dad's dead," I snap. "And I'm having hallucinatioooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssssssssssss..."
The furrie spits out a portal and drags me in. As we are flying, she shoves my head on one side of the portal. For a ball of fluff she's quite strong. There are twisty slides and curly funnels leading to a massive, giganterous huge pool. I can hear screams from inside and on the sidelines as a wave of water nearly drowns the fuzzies, who are protected by a massive, see-through, floating umbrella. Some baby fuzzies are chasing a walrus in a suit who I guess is Mr. Walrus. He turns around and the tiny fuzzies scream as his tail nearly smothers them. He smiles and chases them.
As we're going through the portal, the scene flickers and I see the Marvellous Mountains. Fuzzies peek out of their timekeeper's backpack as their owners climb. The timekeepers munch on snow, and keep climbing, but more actively. A kid my age stops and pants. A white couch appears by his side, and he is gently carried to the top. An eleven year old can't climb that far.
Again, the scene flickers to a beautiful beach. Crabs scuttle side by side and one nips a thieving squirrel. He swells up all over and starts jiggling all over. As nasty as she said. Oof. Two years. My furrie tugs my head out of the side of the portal and pulls me towards the end of the portal. I land on my feet.
Wait. No. For the first time in my life, I am on a segway! My furrie half-screams. "Owner! We're in Segway Sails! I can't believe it! Are you gonna choose the sea segway? No, get a flying segway. Or a Clumsotté! Good for me. My name is Elizabella Saidie Annoying Softy, I am 7 years old. Who the fuzz are you?"
"Um, weird girl, I am Liberty Rain Johnson and I'm eleven."
I then look around and notice the normal people who are sucked in this place can do stuff that's over impossible. Fly, transform and even squeeze themselves into a ring's diamond. It's clearly a magical place, but Elizy wants to take me some where. I notice she's sporting an anime brooch. She really wants me to see this. I can tell. She drags me to a magnificent tree. Not every leaf isn't glowing. Every bright colour that I know. And there are pixies flying every where. Some are nursing tiny furries and some are riding robins, their hair whipping in the wind.
A robin lands on my outstretched fingers and smiles. Wait. Okaaaaay. Did it just smile? "I haven't seen you around here. I have to take you to the queen. Do you know how to transform?" And with a wink, (I am going to freak out in three, two, one ARRRRRGGHHH TALKING BIRD PEOPLE IT'S A TALKING BIRD) she begins spinning around in a tornado. And there stands a auburn red headed girl. She stumbles about, and then bumps into the tree.
"Woo! What a ride! Autumn Average, m'lady."
I shake her hand. Despite my negative attitude, I'm actually quite keen on this one.
"Now, shrink for me and I'll take you to the queen."
I really can't understand, but when I think about shrinking, suddenly, I am spinning like Autumn, and when I stop, I land on my butt.
"You'll get used to it,"
I hear her say. I get up and look around. We're on a bright pink leaf and I can't see Elizabella. Autumn grabs my hand.
"You breathe in and out and juuuummmpp!"
"ARGH!" is the thing I only scream when she she pushes me down and leaps. I bounce on an aqua leaf and a blue leaf. Autumn follows me. As I step off a purple leaf, Autumn rolls off another one laughing. She then stands up and walks over to a shop counter labelled
"Get your suction boots here!".
A half pixie, half horse stands behind the counter.
"A Canterly. They used to be banned once when Lord Lark ruled. These citizens are free."
Autumn informs me. The Canterly nods and gives Autumn two pairs of brown leather boots. She slips on a pair and tosses me the other one. While I put mine on I wonder where Eliza is. Suddenly, the same fluffy yellow blob comes around and I realise I've shrunken. She's so huge!
"Instead of riding the robins, you CAN ride with me! Oh, wait. You got your boots. Take the robins. I'll just be shrinking at the top. Bye."
She zips up to the top.
"Why did you make me use the leaves to go down?"
I ask Autumn. She then says that she wanted me to enjoy the experience, and then she hops onto a robin. I hop onto a rather quivering robin that's a bright beige.
"Hey, you're a nervous one. That's alright. I'm not horrible."
I soothe him as I stroke its beak. It chirps and we're ready to go. As we speed up, I yell to Autumn,
"This is awesome!"
And she grins. At the top, she takes me inside a heart shaped door and I see a old woman. She still has fair hair and a beautiful complexion.
"Welcome, our new guardian."
She calmly says. My heart's beating, fast. Will I have to defeat terrifying monsters? Yes. I think so.
"A new co-guardian!"
She yells as she holds up me and Autumn's hand. After the celebration, she hands me a medallion and tells me she's the pixie queen. Queen Clemence Rivers.
"I want to show you something," she says as she leads me to a japanese garden with a cottage. Dad steps out. I run to him and hug him. I bury my head in his shirt and cry.
"I missed you, Liberty, my universe to me. My lovely daughter. I missed you so much."
"I miss you too, dad."
"You are now guardian of Queen Clemence and of Kingdom Thrindaway."
I thank god that I get this opportunity in my life.
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Note from the author: Hi my fans! This story has a sequel coming. I can't wait!
Then I realise everyone is moving in slo-mo except for me. I do a electric boogaloo, spin around and jump for joy. That's my celebration dance. Hey, I'm not stuck in a time warp. Then everything goes still. Big Jim's hand is stuck a few millimetres away from Livana's head. I see my stepbrother Ace making a paper areoplane. I finish it for him and stick his finger up his nose.
Snapping a picture with my phone right now seems like a good choice. But I pick him up because this super weird time warp makes every thing as light as a feather. I put him in front of the class and put him at an angle so people see him picking his nose. Then I put his free hand forward and then I place the paper areoplane five inches away from the teacher's own nose. You know what I'm doing.
Everyone says "prank" is my middle name and I'm proud of this prank. I can just be quietly writing my unfinished narrative and Ace can be sent to corner. Sweet!
My watch is glowing until you can't see the numbers, the hands or even the glass. This could be a special effect or my watch is ruined. I just got it today.
It's the new version where you can slide the big circle-like bit off and press a tiny button on the side and a compartment opens. You just slide the circle thingy in and behold! It's a fitbit. So cool, right?
They called it the fitbit two. My dad is a famous watchmaker, so I get the first one he ever made. Two weeks later he died but now there's a company named after him called Marco something something
Then the compartment opens and a yellow fuzzy blob flies out of it. It's got leopard spots on it and a really cute tail. And cat ears.
"OMG!" It squeals. "It's been years since we had another timekeeper! We can go, like, go surfing in Tackshawl bay-oh no, those Tackshawl crabs, they have a really horrible bite, then you'll get Tackshawl hooba jooba for two years. Nasty. Or we can go to Liona Library. I lurve to go to the fuzzies section. We are bound to be besties! Eeee!" I kept my calm, flattened my dress and screamed.
"ARRRGGGHHHHHHHWHATTHEFUZZAREYOU!?" The leopard blob replies, "Sorry. I am like, a total fuzzy. I am a furrie, and my mom who was paired with your dad says we get this reaction like, all the time. We are just helpers to timekeepers or, like, tour guides-and best buds! O. M. G. We can go to the magic maze or Waterfall Waterpark. Mr. Walrus has to work on his rhyming. He got a Z- on it his whole lifetime. Your dad's in, um, oh yeah, in the Marvellous Mountains. Hiking. As usual."
I look at her in surprise. "Dad's dead," I snap. "And I'm having hallucinatioooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssssssssssss..."
The furrie spits out a portal and drags me in. As we are flying, she shoves my head on one side of the portal. For a ball of fluff she's quite strong. There are twisty slides and curly funnels leading to a massive, giganterous huge pool. I can hear screams from inside and on the sidelines as a wave of water nearly drowns the fuzzies, who are protected by a massive, see-through, floating umbrella. Some baby fuzzies are chasing a walrus in a suit who I guess is Mr. Walrus. He turns around and the tiny fuzzies scream as his tail nearly smothers them. He smiles and chases them.
As we're going through the portal, the scene flickers and I see the Marvellous Mountains. Fuzzies peek out of their timekeeper's backpack as their owners climb. The timekeepers munch on snow, and keep climbing, but more actively. A kid my age stops and pants. A white couch appears by his side, and he is gently carried to the top. An eleven year old can't climb that far.
Again, the scene flickers to a beautiful beach. Crabs scuttle side by side and one nips a thieving squirrel. He swells up all over and starts jiggling all over. As nasty as she said. Oof. Two years. My furrie tugs my head out of the side of the portal and pulls me towards the end of the portal. I land on my feet.
Wait. No. For the first time in my life, I am on a segway! My furrie half-screams. "Owner! We're in Segway Sails! I can't believe it! Are you gonna choose the sea segway? No, get a flying segway. Or a Clumsotté! Good for me. My name is Elizabella Saidie Annoying Softy, I am 7 years old. Who the fuzz are you?"
"Um, weird girl, I am Liberty Rain Johnson and I'm eleven."
I then look around and notice the normal people who are sucked in this place can do stuff that's over impossible. Fly, transform and even squeeze themselves into a ring's diamond. It's clearly a magical place, but Elizy wants to take me some where. I notice she's sporting an anime brooch. She really wants me to see this. I can tell. She drags me to a magnificent tree. Not every leaf isn't glowing. Every bright colour that I know. And there are pixies flying every where. Some are nursing tiny furries and some are riding robins, their hair whipping in the wind.
A robin lands on my outstretched fingers and smiles. Wait. Okaaaaay. Did it just smile? "I haven't seen you around here. I have to take you to the queen. Do you know how to transform?" And with a wink, (I am going to freak out in three, two, one ARRRRRGGHHH TALKING BIRD PEOPLE IT'S A TALKING BIRD) she begins spinning around in a tornado. And there stands a auburn red headed girl. She stumbles about, and then bumps into the tree.
"Woo! What a ride! Autumn Average, m'lady."
I shake her hand. Despite my negative attitude, I'm actually quite keen on this one.
"Now, shrink for me and I'll take you to the queen."
I really can't understand, but when I think about shrinking, suddenly, I am spinning like Autumn, and when I stop, I land on my butt.
"You'll get used to it,"
I hear her say. I get up and look around. We're on a bright pink leaf and I can't see Elizabella. Autumn grabs my hand.
"You breathe in and out and juuuummmpp!"
"ARGH!" is the thing I only scream when she she pushes me down and leaps. I bounce on an aqua leaf and a blue leaf. Autumn follows me. As I step off a purple leaf, Autumn rolls off another one laughing. She then stands up and walks over to a shop counter labelled
"Get your suction boots here!".
A half pixie, half horse stands behind the counter.
"A Canterly. They used to be banned once when Lord Lark ruled. These citizens are free."
Autumn informs me. The Canterly nods and gives Autumn two pairs of brown leather boots. She slips on a pair and tosses me the other one. While I put mine on I wonder where Eliza is. Suddenly, the same fluffy yellow blob comes around and I realise I've shrunken. She's so huge!
"Instead of riding the robins, you CAN ride with me! Oh, wait. You got your boots. Take the robins. I'll just be shrinking at the top. Bye."
She zips up to the top.
"Why did you make me use the leaves to go down?"
I ask Autumn. She then says that she wanted me to enjoy the experience, and then she hops onto a robin. I hop onto a rather quivering robin that's a bright beige.
"Hey, you're a nervous one. That's alright. I'm not horrible."
I soothe him as I stroke its beak. It chirps and we're ready to go. As we speed up, I yell to Autumn,
"This is awesome!"
And she grins. At the top, she takes me inside a heart shaped door and I see a old woman. She still has fair hair and a beautiful complexion.
"Welcome, our new guardian."
She calmly says. My heart's beating, fast. Will I have to defeat terrifying monsters? Yes. I think so.
"A new co-guardian!"
She yells as she holds up me and Autumn's hand. After the celebration, she hands me a medallion and tells me she's the pixie queen. Queen Clemence Rivers.
"I want to show you something," she says as she leads me to a japanese garden with a cottage. Dad steps out. I run to him and hug him. I bury my head in his shirt and cry.
"I missed you, Liberty, my universe to me. My lovely daughter. I missed you so much."
"I miss you too, dad."
"You are now guardian of Queen Clemence and of Kingdom Thrindaway."
I thank god that I get this opportunity in my life.
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Note from the author: Hi my fans! This story has a sequel coming. I can't wait!
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Futurist
A short story by Linh Hoang Nguyen
Chapter 1: Introduction
" You're it, Snot!" I giggled as we chased each other across the backyard. Snot's real name is Icarian Jordan Blackwell and he's 11, 3 years older than me. But I prefer Snot.And then we have mum. Mum is so colourful and REALLY positive, no kidding! And DAD. He's DEAD serious about everything. Snot and I were in the garden because that day he was separating the gravel, each and every one of them. He said if we go where he is he's taking 20c off our pocket money. Which is useless because 20c IS our pocket money. Also including Immorallia Jewel Blackwell! She's my adorwable guinea pig. And ME! I'm Leimomi Paige Blackwell. I can be sometimes negative, but can be really silly if I'm with someone I'm really familiar with.
"I'm TIRED." complained Snot. " You always are, sea slug." I teased. We have secret names for each other. Snot calls me old potato. "I'm going to bed, old potato." See? I told you! "Have fun making slithering around!" "Have fun ROTTING AWAY." He shot back, and sloped to his bedroom.
I decided to go for a walk and get Immorallia some fresh air. I went to my own bedroom and spotted Immorallia running on her wheel. I carefully carried her out of her cage and brought some carrot sticks. Then I walked to the front door and pulled my sneakers on.
I gave Immorallia one of the carrot sticks and opened the door slightly. I saw dad admiring his work on the gravel, which had been sorted out into squares. He noticed me and it was a bit too late to shut the door. "Don't worry. I'm done. Just be careful where you step." He explained. Hopping on my tiptoes like an idiot I managed to avoid ruining the squares. I crossed the agonising busy road and looked at Immorallia, who had managed to already finish the carrot stick in record time. I patted her head and grabbed a slightly larger one to give to her. She started nibbling straight away and I smiled. I turned around the corner. OH NO.
Ambimbola Smith(meaning rich child, which she is.). As you might know, some bullies are not pretty and popular. BUT Ambimbola IS. Weird, right? " OMG. Are you seriously wearing those SUPER CHEAP sneakers ? Yesterday I got sneakers for $300. Can you STAND wearing them? " She sneered. " I can," I challenged. "Where did you get that RAT from? The sewer? Where you live?" She taunted. Her gang (who was with her ) laughed. I'm okay when someone threatens me, but NO-ONE. THREATENS. MY .FAMILY. " Can you GO AWAY? YOU'RE the only RAT who's around here. What is it like with your SEWER FAMILY?" I asked, a bit shocked by my own outburst. Ambimbola glared at me and whispered: "Come on gang. Let's get out of here to avoid Miss Nuts."
They disappeared around the corner.
I went back to where I was when I crossed the road and started walking and gave Immorallia another carrot stick.
Chapter 2: The interesting bits
I noticed a news agency as I walked. I went inside and felt around in my pocket. YES! $20 was enough to buy something. I looked up to find a happy and positive lady smiling down at me. Reminded me of my mum. "Hello! Welcome to my shop. I'm Gabrielle, but call me Gabe. Choose any thing you want! What's your name?"
"Leimomi." I mumbled. I turned my head. There were so many things! For some reason I was drawn to the magazine section. I took 1 Total Girl magazine and walked over to the newspapers. Oddly, they looked rather interesting, so I took one. Then I realised I was a bit hungry and got a Kit Kat bar. I walked over to the counter where Gabe was and gave her what I had chosen. " I love Total Girl magazines! And mmmmmm, I'm mouth-watering at that chocolate." She sighed. I left the news agency with $15($4 dollars discount). I read the newspaper:
MIRACLE SLIPS AWAY FROM SCIENTIST'S HANDS
Dr. Mathew Jones managed to make a time machine that can transport you to the past, the future or even the present to see what you are doing now.
As it was so small, he put it in a robot so you have assistance and a guide. Sadly, he lost it and it is so important he sent out a search party to find it. " I spent half my own money on it and I have also wasted days, months of my life." Mathew sobbed. When it is found Jone's University will study it to see how this brilliant professor made it.
Back to the story. I folded the newspaper up and smiled. Immorallia finished her carrot stick. Thank goodness I had a dozen. I tried to give her another one but she refused. Full, I thought. I looked down, as I had bumped into something. A tiny robot appeared at my feet.
"HELLO. YOU MUST BE MY MASTER. HELLO MASTER. WANT TO GO TO THE FUTURE TO SEE YOU STILL 9/8?" It said. I was a bit bedazzled by it and had randomly muttered 'yes,'.
Before I realised what was happening we flew down from a ceiling. Immorallia was nuzzling her head against my hand for another carrot stick to check if she was dreaming. I gave her one because I knew how she felt. I sat on a bed. I noticed controllers and pressed a button. "WOOOAAHH!! AARRGGHH!!!" I cried. The bed was FLYING! I managed to get the bed on ground.
"Who's there?" Shouted someone. I had no choice but to dive under the bed. I looked at Immorallia, who was shaking. Poor thing. A girl who looked exactly like me barged into the room with the same parents as mine and the same Snot(I mean Icarian). I crawled out of the bed. The girl looked at me in shock. "Wh-Wh-Who a-a-are y-y-y-y-y-you?" She stuttered."Leimomi." I answered. "But that's me! How did you get here? This place has 100% security!" She stammered. "Calm down, Leimomi. If she speaks like you and looks like you and has the same name we can trust her, like we trust you." Leimomi's dad said. "Okay. Hi! How did you get here?"She smiled. "Well I found this robot and it somehow transported me here.""So you didn't come on purpose! Welcome! You must be hungry! This way to the kitchen!"Leimomi"s mother grinned. "I don't mean to be curious, but how come you're just like me?"Leimomi asked me."I'm not sure too. Maybe ask the robot."I replied. My twin turned to the robot and her mouth moved. The robot answered back. Leimomi turned back to me and smiled."You own a TIME MACHINE?! Lucky you!"She gushed. We went to the kitchen and my jaw dropped.
This house was AWESOME! The plates and bowls including cutlery set themselves up on the table, a TV sat in the corner and changed channels itself and a robot was happily cooking the food. "It's like you have never seen a normal house before!"Leimomi exclaimed. I was like, NORMAL?!
Anyway, we sat down. Leimomi's mother ate granola with chia seeds and apple juice, while Leimomi's dad(who is lactose intolerant) had orange juice and toast and the other Snot and Leimomi had strawberry yogurt and milk with some fruit. The kitchen robot twisted it's head around to face me."Hello, new earthling. What would you like for your meal?"It spoke."Erm... jelly and chocolate with lychee juice?" I spluttered. The robot turned it's head around again and gave me the exact same thing I wanted. I chose those things because the food I have is BORING!"And something for your pet?""No thank you. She has food already."I answered, while giving another carrot stick to Immorallia."She's so adorable!"Squealed Leimomi.
"I thought you had one?"I asked Leimomi. "Oh yeah! IIIIIImmmoooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrraaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!"
She called. Suddenly the same Immorallia came in a ball. WITH LEGS. And get this! It had CONTROLLERS. My own Immorallia squealed as she knew she would have this in the future."That's not all,"Leimomi proclaimed proudly. She clapped her hands twice and the other Immorallia fiddled with some buttons. The ball went up and she jumped out."NOOOOOOOO!" I screamed. But just before the guinea pig reached ground the ball(which had somehow shrunk) stuck onto the other Immorallia's(I'll call her O.I.) back and pulled her up. The ball pulled her up to the ceiling and then it stopped for a few seconds. But then O.I. sprouted wings! Yes, WINGS! She flew across the room until she looked a bit tired and landed. The ball grew back to it's original size and O.I. climbed in. I thought she would go but a small bed popped up and O.I. flopped on it. I took a bite out of my chocolate to check if this was a dream. Nup. "You'll have to get used to that,"Said Leimomi and we giggled.
Chapter 3: Not so nice to meet you, Odilo Poison Dart!
When we finished our meal Leimomi's mother asked me if I wanted to go to the news agency with Leimomi and her. I nodded and she told her husband to bring something. He came back. WITH HOVERBOARDS! And soon I was back with ye old jaw-dropping routine. Leimomi taught me how to balance and turn it on and stuff like that. "You stand on it side-ways,"She informed,"And press a button. Don't worry, there's one on each side. Then you stand up straight and then you need to tell it where you want to go and it takes you there. It's also solar powered so it's actually charging when you use it. And the amount of time you use it can be limit-less. You can also sit on it." I decided to sit on it, as I have MAJOR problems balancing sometimes. I pressed a button and WHOOSH! Off I went, hair flying behind my head. Veeerry ssllloowwlly I lifted my fingers off the board. "Who hoo!" I yelled, waving them in the air. I looked side ways at Leimomi, who was grinning.
We tiptoed into the news agency. I expected to find the future Gabe, but instead there was this big burly man whose muscles bulged whenever he reached for a can of tomato soup."HELLO! WELCOME! GREETINGS! LEIMOMI, IS THIS YOUR TWIN? YOU LOOK SO ALIKE! WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?" He-well, said? No, too quiet. Bellowed? That's better. He bellowed. "That's Bob. A GINORMOUS man with a even bigger heart."Leimomi said, while her mum bought newspapers and magazines and handfuls of guinea pig food. Mrs Blackwell(in the future) gave us some money to buy something. We both bought a Nerf Rebelle gun. You know, those mini ones.
BUT when we stepped out the door a
- rabbit with a snake's head was smashing stuff( it was gigantic)
-gorilla with lion fur was picking up cars and throwing them everywhere
-stripy, roaring zebra kicking barriers
And the most terrifying was this animal with a rabbit tail, a snake's mouth, a gorilla's arms, a lion's body, a tiger's face and a zebra's legs, doing all three and assisting them. I looked closer and noticed a mad scientist was riding on its back. I turned to my twin and said "Leimomi. I learned something in science and I think it's gonna help. Please get some snake poison AND MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T COME FROM A KING COBRA. All snakes are immune to their poison,especially the King Cobra. I'd recognise that snake any time of the day. Ask Bob for some. Make sure it's super deadly and I hope it doesn't go in your mouth." She nodded and ran back to the shop. Soon she returned with a small bottle. I read it.
BE CAREFUL
VERY DEADLY EVEN FOR SNAKES
USE ONLY AT CRITICAL TIMES
I thought this was sure critical, so I popped open the lid. I got my Rebelle gun out and soaked the foamy bullets with poison. Carefully, I ran out to the intimidating animal and shot one out. It hit the animal on its back, and it hissed/screeched and turned its head. My eyes widened. I forgot that fly spray doesn't kill you, and it's poison-same with the Rebelle gun and THAT THING. "RUN!" Leimomi screamed. We tried to escape but the mad scientist had seen us. He clicked his fingers and robots appeared out of nowhere. They took hold of our wrists and flew away. We heard the faint sound of of Leimomi's mum crying for her daughter and her friend, saying she should have not taken them to the news agency. Fog surrounded us and using our free arm we tried to bat it away.
Eventually we came to a isolated mountain with a big(and I mean BIG) metal building with a sign saying "The EVIL", and we were taken in. I looked around and there was tecnological devices everywhere-the biggest were giant tubes connected to a huge green sphere with buttons and those things that look like sticks and-doesn't matter. The robots took us into cages and the mad scientist climbed into the sphere and pressed a button, twice. Instantly these gloopy rubbery thingies(sorry, I say that so much) shot out and wrapped themselves around our arms TIGHT. The robots then removed the cages. "If you are trapping us here, then why are you removing the cages? True evilness wouldn't do that." I protested. "Excuse me? I am taking over the country. BAM! Evilness;IN YOUR FACE! I, Dr. Poison Dart has done 30 years of evilness studying." He replied proudly. "I wouldn't like to hear your criticism, so instead you're going in a big metal box instead of those lame handcuffs." He went on.
As Dr. Poison Dart spoke, the handcuffs melted away and the metal box grew around Leimomi and I. "So we gotta find a way to get rid of him and save the country. Mind's blank - any idea?" Leimomi muttered."Well,er, we could control the robots to take him away?""I'm worried if we take him to another country he does it again and in the sea it's the same. Maybe you had something in your time that could make him unevil?""No way! We didn't have all that moolah for the stuff you even have now!" We couldn't think of anything and waited ten minutes.
I already had snapped the Kit Kat bar I bought in Gabe's shop in half and gave one side to Leimomi. "Hey... don't you notice that when we first saw Dr. Poison Dart and his animal he was holding a whip and some kind of walkie-talkie? It's pretty clear he's controlling it to do stuff. Poor thing. I bet it doesn't like him." Leimomi said. "Wait a minute! If the animal doesn't like him then it can destroy him. Serves him right for trying to take over the country." I exclaimed. Leimomi jumped to her feet."If you think the animal can destroy him then let's try it!" Then I had another brain wave and said the poison could break open the metal cage. We tried it, and it worked!But a the metal dissolved into goey mess the robots were coming at us. Lucky I know how to punch and kick well.
Chapter 4: Fight for our country like an army (except without all the people and we're fighting against a mad scientist and have not much hope.)
Okay, I'm really bad at that. I'm not the type of hero who's a ninja star and has just recently saved the universe 245 times. I'm that kind of person who waves their arms around like I have gone mad when it comes to punching and I have no sucess. Let me prove it to you.
-In all of my school athletics and swimming carnivals I have come last.
-In tests I don't go well because I go crazy. I can't manage time. Let's say for now.
-I am most CERTAINLY not good at being real careful. Really.
So I did what I could. I waved my arms like crazy. But I somehow managed to knock them out. I used this tactic on the rest and soon all of them were lying on the floor. While I did this Leimomi clogged all the shooters that could get out dangerous things. The scientist had disappeared. "So now we find the animal." I said. After searching we found a tunnel and crawled through it . We were struck lucky as a ladder led down to... IT.
I carefully climbed down and when I got to the bottom I signalled to Leimomi to follow. After she went down we heard a low growl. We turned around and the animal was there. It thought I and Leimomi was dangerous. As I looked closer it had camoflaging wings. It reminded me of How To Train Your Dragon and like when Hiccup met Toothless, I lifted my hand to try and stroke it. It came closer. Very carefully its furry head touched my hand. Slowly I stroked it and it nuzzled its head against my arm. "Aw, cute."Leimomi said. "By the way, I managed to get Dr. Poison Dart in ye old handcuffs. We just gotta get the animal to-""GRRRRRRRR!" The animal growled. It went towards Dr. Poison Dart but there was a chain attached to it's neck. Suddenly I remembered the poison and the metal cage and checked the bottle of poison. Only one drop left! I very very very very very carefully put it around the chain, which instead snapped.
The animal ran towards Dr. Poison Dart and took him in its hands and stood up on its hind legs. It went outside, and its arm went round and round and then it let go-the scientist was flapping his arms about-I didn't realise I was grinning.
Chapter 5: The reward
We were sent to Leimomi's mum straight away and she hugged us. She was so quiet and her eyes were red from crying. We all got a flight from the president who gave both of us a medal. He dropped us at the house. But before he went he said "It has been nice flying with you. The scientist's animal can be taken care of. Just touch my hand and it will go to your hand. Whenever you want it it'll appear in a cage. Even if you leave it the last time it'll appear next time still in the cage." I touched his hand and a ball of light went into my hand. He went. I collected my robot from the house and Leimomi gave me a necklace . She had one on and she said we could communicate and see each other in it. I got Immorallia back.
I said bye and asked the robot to bring me back to the past.
I floated down to the streets and gasped. No time had passed! Joyfully I went home and told everyone I had found the robot-the time-travel one! Very soon a bedraggled but over-the-moon scientist went to collect it and said thanks.
But the next day Dr. Mathew Jones arrived at our door. He said the robot still thought it was my owner. It missed me 24/7 and he had to take it back. It appeared at my feet and I took it to my bedroom. Dr. Jones left.
A week later I was having my first chat with Leimomi."Have you thought of a name for the animal?" Leimomi asked. "Of course! Amelia Advia Blackwell.""Good for you!" I said bye and pushed down the locket. I looked at Amelia, who was playing with Immorallia. I smiled and thought of the things I had achieved. I was happy who I was.
Friday, 17 July 2015
Camp Lakebottom Is The Best Show ( ever! )
Have you seen a show called Camp Lakebottom?
If you haven't, you should. It's about a boy called Mcgee and his friends, Gretchen and Squirt. Squirt is a funny boy who loves animals and can communicate with them. Mcgee is the opposite of Squirt.
Mcgee may not like animals,but he always loves an adventure,while Squirt may not, as he's concerned about safety. Gretchen is a ninja star and is enemies with Suzi, older sister of Mcgee, even though Mcgee and Gretch (short for Gretchen) are best friends. Jordan Buttsquat, rich son of the camp owner of the camp (with NO cool adventures)Sunny Smiles is enimies with Mcgee and is the boyfriend of SUZI. Which explains why Suzi and younger brother Mcgee are enemies.
In the first episode "Escape from Camp Lakebottom,"Mcgee,Sqirt and Gretch try to escape from Camp Lakebottom to Sunny Smiles where they can't stay because of Buttsquat and return back to Lakebottom, where the counsellors (Rosebud; the chef,Armond...well, let's assume he's assistant sasquatch and Sawyer; the nice zombie handyman who can break into pieces)rejoiced by screaming the Lakebottom song.
Well,the song was just screaming! My favourite episode is the one where Mcgee shrank and accidentally went into Buttsquat's brain. Soon Mcgee figured he could control Buttsquat and ride huge bees and save his friend by saying to Buttsquat he'd annoy him. Sooo... IF your're looking for the best show ever,
I reccomend Camp Lakebottom!
If you haven't, you should. It's about a boy called Mcgee and his friends, Gretchen and Squirt. Squirt is a funny boy who loves animals and can communicate with them. Mcgee is the opposite of Squirt.
Mcgee may not like animals,but he always loves an adventure,while Squirt may not, as he's concerned about safety. Gretchen is a ninja star and is enemies with Suzi, older sister of Mcgee, even though Mcgee and Gretch (short for Gretchen) are best friends. Jordan Buttsquat, rich son of the camp owner of the camp (with NO cool adventures)Sunny Smiles is enimies with Mcgee and is the boyfriend of SUZI. Which explains why Suzi and younger brother Mcgee are enemies.
In the first episode "Escape from Camp Lakebottom,"Mcgee,Sqirt and Gretch try to escape from Camp Lakebottom to Sunny Smiles where they can't stay because of Buttsquat and return back to Lakebottom, where the counsellors (Rosebud; the chef,Armond...well, let's assume he's assistant sasquatch and Sawyer; the nice zombie handyman who can break into pieces)rejoiced by screaming the Lakebottom song.
Well,the song was just screaming! My favourite episode is the one where Mcgee shrank and accidentally went into Buttsquat's brain. Soon Mcgee figured he could control Buttsquat and ride huge bees and save his friend by saying to Buttsquat he'd annoy him. Sooo... IF your're looking for the best show ever,
I reccomend Camp Lakebottom!
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
The New Neighbours-fiction
"Hurry up! Elerra, Ezdar and Emmyiah are celebrating their 24th birthday!" Mum cried.
Dad, mum and I ran outside with our gifts. A note book for Ezdar, a book for Elerra with the information for her work and a phone cover with the shape of a owl for Emmyiah. As mum, dad and and I ran out we heard Mr. Ed Johnson yelling, "$3295! 1,2,3. SOLD! Congrats,Mr. Turquoise! "
Oh, dear. Ezdar told me they accidently put the date of the party on the day they would sell the house. "Anyways, the Jeromes let us use their shed for a place for the party. You'll find my mother, Elerra and Emmyiar and some other kids, including the son and daughters of the family who just won our house.
Mum, dad and I ran to the glowing shed and saw some "kids" jumping around to the music inside. Mum and dad already had gone to help Mrs Anne Johnson with the food. Between the smoke and the people dancing I saw a bench.
Oh! I forgot to tell you! I had brought a ENORMOUS Hans Christian Andersen book. I sat on the bench. Then I noticed what I hadn't seen through all the smoke and stuff. A girl and boy were holding the same book. Oh, I was very lucky! They were the children of the winnners of the Johnson's house. They told me. We all got acquainted. The girl was named Ruby and the boy was named Zircon. Ruby was eight, too. Her birthday was on the 24th of June but mine was on the 25th! Zircon always was one year older. Ruby's twin, ( she was too busy jumping around to music to know me ) Sapphire was the same age. Even though Ruby and Sapphire were twins,they were totally different. They also had a dog called Garnet. The mother was called Pearl and the father was called Peridot.
Really,really,really,really I'd love my whole family to be named after gemstones. EVEN their surname is the name of a gemstone. The next day the Turquoises next door invited their neighbours ( including dad,mum and I ) to tea. It was like a welcome home celebration. There was no children,just me. The Turquoise children showed me their bedrooms. They were pretty. I played with their toys. They showed me their new,new pet, a rabbit called Emerald. They gave me a book. It was a book with the names of all the gems in the world. The Turquoise family had circled their names and wrote their position. Like,mother,father,son,twin,twin and pets( animals don't know how to write in english so Mrs. Turquoise wrote it for them ). You know they're named after gemstones, don't you?
Dad,mum and I gave them a pretty box with a big turquoise for their surname( the gems,not the names,nutsoid ). There also was a Ruby,a Sapphire,a Garnet,a Emerald,a Zircon,a Pearl and a Peridot( dad told me gems need capital letters ).
I then had a video chat with the Johnsons. Then the Turquoise kids and I went bicycling. Zircon rode his skate board. After the holidays on the first day of school there was a pet day at school. The Turquoises bought a guinea pig just for me! AND they bought it's stuff! I gave a new book back to return the favour. I happily carried my cute new pet to school. We fed our pets and then did the Pet Parade. My pet won MOST CUTE!
It is such a delight to have the Turquoises next door.
Dad, mum and I ran outside with our gifts. A note book for Ezdar, a book for Elerra with the information for her work and a phone cover with the shape of a owl for Emmyiah. As mum, dad and and I ran out we heard Mr. Ed Johnson yelling, "$3295! 1,2,3. SOLD! Congrats,Mr. Turquoise! "
Oh, dear. Ezdar told me they accidently put the date of the party on the day they would sell the house. "Anyways, the Jeromes let us use their shed for a place for the party. You'll find my mother, Elerra and Emmyiar and some other kids, including the son and daughters of the family who just won our house.
Mum, dad and I ran to the glowing shed and saw some "kids" jumping around to the music inside. Mum and dad already had gone to help Mrs Anne Johnson with the food. Between the smoke and the people dancing I saw a bench.
Oh! I forgot to tell you! I had brought a ENORMOUS Hans Christian Andersen book. I sat on the bench. Then I noticed what I hadn't seen through all the smoke and stuff. A girl and boy were holding the same book. Oh, I was very lucky! They were the children of the winnners of the Johnson's house. They told me. We all got acquainted. The girl was named Ruby and the boy was named Zircon. Ruby was eight, too. Her birthday was on the 24th of June but mine was on the 25th! Zircon always was one year older. Ruby's twin, ( she was too busy jumping around to music to know me ) Sapphire was the same age. Even though Ruby and Sapphire were twins,they were totally different. They also had a dog called Garnet. The mother was called Pearl and the father was called Peridot.
Really,really,really,really I'd love my whole family to be named after gemstones. EVEN their surname is the name of a gemstone. The next day the Turquoises next door invited their neighbours ( including dad,mum and I ) to tea. It was like a welcome home celebration. There was no children,just me. The Turquoise children showed me their bedrooms. They were pretty. I played with their toys. They showed me their new,new pet, a rabbit called Emerald. They gave me a book. It was a book with the names of all the gems in the world. The Turquoise family had circled their names and wrote their position. Like,mother,father,son,twin,twin and pets( animals don't know how to write in english so Mrs. Turquoise wrote it for them ). You know they're named after gemstones, don't you?
Dad,mum and I gave them a pretty box with a big turquoise for their surname( the gems,not the names,nutsoid ). There also was a Ruby,a Sapphire,a Garnet,a Emerald,a Zircon,a Pearl and a Peridot( dad told me gems need capital letters ).
I then had a video chat with the Johnsons. Then the Turquoise kids and I went bicycling. Zircon rode his skate board. After the holidays on the first day of school there was a pet day at school. The Turquoises bought a guinea pig just for me! AND they bought it's stuff! I gave a new book back to return the favour. I happily carried my cute new pet to school. We fed our pets and then did the Pet Parade. My pet won MOST CUTE!
It is such a delight to have the Turquoises next door.
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Sovereign Hill
The juniors at St. Pauls had been looking forward to go to Sovereign Hill. We were mostly exited to collect and bring home GOLD. Real gold!
Firstly we were given coloured badges and on the badge there was the school's phone number just in case a child got lost. Michelle ( now my friend ) and I looked at a board to check if my SUPER DUPER ( Lucas wegener ) archenemy was in our blue group. "Phew," Michelle sighed. "He's not in our group. "Yeah, he'll be far, far away." I thought. We were so relived. "I want to go hooooome, it's so looooooooooooooooong!" Michelle groaned when JLC ( our class ) departured. " It'll take, like, 100 hours." " A million," I challenged her to the highest number we could get to. "9999,999 and 99 trillion." I finished. "I'm not sure if that is a number." Michelle wondered.
During the bus trip we tried fake snoring. Unpurposely we made a game up. Michelle made some fake snores and I did hand claps to myself "humming" to the tune of The Chicken Dance. I started clapping. "Dot dot don, don don! Dot dot don, don don! Dot, dot, dot dot( clap,clap, clap clap )! Do-" "SNORE!" I paused. That's how we made our game. This time when you can start and during the song to resume clapping when you've been paused already. And when you have been paused you CAN'T MOVE.
When we arrived I saw the vice principal of St. Pauls welcoming us off board. We ate our snack and then we went to a old, old school. JLC learned about the olden days. Michelle kept complaining about horse poo and smells. Then JLC looked for the gold! My friend Jacob and his mum helped me find gold. We even saw a man make a huge bar of gold. Then we used some money for snacks and ate our lunch.
I enjoyed Sovereign Hill.
Firstly we were given coloured badges and on the badge there was the school's phone number just in case a child got lost. Michelle ( now my friend ) and I looked at a board to check if my SUPER DUPER ( Lucas wegener ) archenemy was in our blue group. "Phew," Michelle sighed. "He's not in our group. "Yeah, he'll be far, far away." I thought. We were so relived. "I want to go hooooome, it's so looooooooooooooooong!" Michelle groaned when JLC ( our class ) departured. " It'll take, like, 100 hours." " A million," I challenged her to the highest number we could get to. "9999,999 and 99 trillion." I finished. "I'm not sure if that is a number." Michelle wondered.
During the bus trip we tried fake snoring. Unpurposely we made a game up. Michelle made some fake snores and I did hand claps to myself "humming" to the tune of The Chicken Dance. I started clapping. "Dot dot don, don don! Dot dot don, don don! Dot, dot, dot dot( clap,clap, clap clap )! Do-" "SNORE!" I paused. That's how we made our game. This time when you can start and during the song to resume clapping when you've been paused already. And when you have been paused you CAN'T MOVE.
When we arrived I saw the vice principal of St. Pauls welcoming us off board. We ate our snack and then we went to a old, old school. JLC learned about the olden days. Michelle kept complaining about horse poo and smells. Then JLC looked for the gold! My friend Jacob and his mum helped me find gold. We even saw a man make a huge bar of gold. Then we used some money for snacks and ate our lunch.
I enjoyed Sovereign Hill.
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