MC Magazine 2017 FINAL FULL

THE RING
Teina Akama 9HS
“I have finally done it!!” I
shouted with pride at 3
o’clock in the morning. I
covered my mouth quickly
with my glue covered
hands.
“Can you keep it down?”
mum murmured.
“Sorry,” I whispered.
She went back to her room.
I didn’t really care because I
had accomplished my greatest
achievement that took 7 whole
weeks to complete - my ring!
“Is that it?” you may be thinking to
yourself. But it’s no ordinary ring.
It’s the one and only ‘hypnotizing
ring’ made by yours truly, Jeff
Hannington.
200+ hours spent on this project,
and it wasn’t even for school or
anything… well, there is something,
so keep reading. I came across
a video on MeTube with Penny
Warping, aka the prettiest girl in
school, on the thumbnail. I clicked
on the link.
“Hey guys,” the guy on the computer
exclaimed. It’s one of ‘those’ videos
again. “Do you want to gain a girl’s
attention!” My eyes quickly fixed
onto the computer screen. He
takes out a diamond ring and then
suddenly I fell asleep. That’s all I
could remember.
After I woke up, I tried to look for
the same video. Hour upon hour I
spent searching for this stupid video
but I couldn’t find it. If only I had
read the title. Then it came to me.
I only had a glimpse but I’m pretty
sure that there was a little swirly
thing in the diamond. And what
are swirly lines that are spinning
associated with? - hypnosis. I looked
on the interweb to find as much
as possible about hypnotizing
and hypnotizing rings. Everything
that I read or watched had some
kind of gold powder. So again, I
searched and I found out that it
was something called sleep powder.
Apparently, it's found in turmeric.
I went and bought some turmeric
and extracted all the sleep powder
I could. I got a ring and a little bit of
glue. That’s literally all you need.
I tested it on my pet hamster who
never listened to me. It worked.
Time to do it on a human. My mum
came back in. I lifted up the ring
so that my mum could see it. Her
eyelids dropped.
“Mum,” I said worriedly. She didn’t
reply. Finally, after all this hard work,
it finally worked. I went to school
the next day excited. I saw Penny
with her group of girls. I quickly
walked to her and grabbed her arm
and took her somewhere else.
“What are doing?” she said. I
stopped and showed her the ring.
“You will obey me,” I said in a
demanding voice. She mimicked
my words.
“Be my girlfriend,” I said.
“I will be your girlfriend,” she replied.
I was so happy. I couldn’t believe
that the prettiest girl in the school
was my girlfriend. We walked
around the school together holding
hands. Everyone stared at us. But it
didn’t feel right. We kept this up for
about a week until I did it. I broke
it. I broke the ring. I didn’t want
to trick or deceive anyone. After
I broke the ring, Penny was back
to normal. She had no clue about
what had happened until I told her
everything. She slapped me in the
face several times and kicked me. It
felt like I had been stabbed in the
stomach with a sword while having
a fish flapping on my face. That’s
like the most perfect analogy ever. It
didn't matter because I deserved it.
I walked home feeling so guilty.
The day after, at school, Penny
walked up to me. I acted like I
didn't see her and walked away
.“Hey,” she screamed. I ignored her.
A hand tapped my shoulder. “Sorry
for what happened yesterday.”
And that’s how we became best
friends.
BLACK
Makeleta Alofaki 9SI
The colour code of my school shoes
Shadows engulfing my bedroom at night
Clothes worn at funerals
Weeping for the dead
Gunshots fired
Words penetrating a victim’s soul
Chocolate cake eaten quickly
Coke cooling in the freezer
Jellybeans shared with friends
A glowering look
Drifting into unconsciousness
Closing your eyes
Black can be a dark place
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