Fiction Writing Summer Camp 2022 (Ages 11-13)

Fighting Words
Fiction Writing Camp
9th -12th August
At the Ukrainian Hub, Vicar Street

The Authors and Artists:
Aobhi
Aoibhinn
Arina
Conor
Danylo
Ellen
Emilia
Emily
Evan
Grace K
Grace P
Katie
Mariia
Matilda
Maya
Milana
Nikita
Sofia
Sophie P
Sophie B
Thomas
Vitalii

Blood Red by Thomas R.
The jungle fell silent, shocked at the scene that lay splattered across the
foliage floor. One of the Prey was split open with their innards strewn
across the ground. His blood had long since dried up but flies still
swarmed the area, flocking from surrounding foliage. A Hunter watched
from the undergrowth, perhaps waiting for someone, or something, to
arrive at the massacre. Baiting them in.
Alida had her back pressed up against the vine-covered tree bark, her feet
balanced carefully on a swaying branch. A dense fog had settled over the
area, hopefully obscuring her from the Hunter that lay in wait below. Alida
knew he hadn’t seen her, with the crossbow he held she would have
been an easy target, trapped as she was high up in the tree.
Her chest constricted as the Hunter shifted positions, closer to the tree.
Closer to her. A gust of wind blew through the tree tops, bringing with it
the metallic taste of lightning. A storm was brewing. Sure enough, drops
of rain began to sift through the tree canopy and drip down onto the floor.
Gripping her crude makeshift throwing axe, Alida tensed, ready at any
moment for the Hunter to make they’re move. The leather strap of her
throwing axe wrapped tightly around her hand.
Lighting illuminated the undergrowth, followed suddenly by a clap of
thunder that shook the trees. The rain intensified to a flood, too much for
Alida, who shivered even with her black coat, but yet the Hunter stayed,
eyes gazing along his crossbow still waiting for something to happen. He
was dressed in a dark brown jacket with red markings swirling like blood
down the cloth. His lower face was masked by a dark green bandana to
match the rest of the Hunter’s outfit, with black gun boots coated in a
thick layer of mud from trekking for days through the jungle. A flash of
lightning struck the forest just behind Alida, illuminating her and casting
a shadow over the clearing. A shadow of her.
The Hunter snapped around and spotted Alida lurking just above him. He
shot with deadly accuracy and if not for the axe that she held to her face,
she would have been skewered to the tree. The Hunter swore loudly and
began to reload, giving Alida precious time to run. She bolted to the edge
of her branch and dropped to the jungle floor, stumbling over roots with
adrenaline pumping through her system.
She heard the twang of the crossbow followed by a piercing pain in her
leg as she went down. Excruciating pain raced up and down her leg, warm
blood pouring from the wound she knew was just below her knee. The agonising
pain was overridden by the fear she felt as the Hunter slowed and
drew nearer, drawing out the Alida’s fate.
She whipped her axe at the Hunter, the makeshift stone blade hurtling
straight at his chest, but It wasn’t a great throw, knowing from the moment
she threw it, she hadn’t put enough power on it. The Hunter easily

caught it and snapped the leather strap, leaving Alida with a useless belt
she could do nothing with.
Turning and beginning to crawl through the thick mud towards an outcropping
boulder, Alida dragged herself into a sitting position, determined
to face her death with her head held high. The Hunter stalked forward,
his crossbow slung around his shoulder, and drew his machete. He approached
lazily, letting Alida know he was completely in control, that she
was at his mercy.
But he stopped. He stood still as a statue, fear shining in his eyes. Taking
his fear as a blessing, Alida rolled onto her stomach, and tried to pull herself
to her feet. Until she heard it. Until she heard the deep growl of a wild
cat. The growl of a panther.

Sophie P

Grace P
-Suki- my name is Suki and I have a favourite game called roblox. On roblox
I play murder mystery. I’m really good at it. I’m better at sheriff than
murderer so I like to put the settings on sheriff. I’m good at innocent because
I know how to dodge.
-Kenzie-
Hiii my name is Kenzie and my best bestie is Haru. I play a game called
murder mystery I’m good at innocent but I hate being murderer and sheriff.
Haru is good at all of them.
-Haru- my name is Haru and I have a friend that who likes murder mystery
so I play with her. I love when I get to be murderer it’s so funny when
I take out the knife and she starts screaming for the sheriff. She’s so funny!
-Brittany- OMG I JUST PLAYED A TRASH GAME CALLED MURDER MYS-
TERY AND A WANNABE CHEATER CHEATED AND I LOST I HATE MURDER
MYSTERY!!! (P.s. nobody cheated she’s just a sore loser)
-kai- hi my name is kai and I play murder mystery,it’s so fun and I love
being everything because if you are innocent and the sheriff dies you can
get their gun! It’s so cool.
So now that everyone has talked let’s get into the real story. It’s the
weekend and all of the group are playing murder mystery. Suddenly
power goes out. OMG WHAT’S GOING ON!? screamed Brittany. I don’t
know. Whispered Suki. But it’s really creepy. Just then the laptops, ipads
and phones turned on the game and they started getting sucked into it.
AAAAAAHHHH!!! They screamed and then they were gone.
OMG OMG! Screamed Brittany. Wait a sec where am I? This looks like
the murder mystery map! Wait this IS the murder mystery map! She said
startled. She looked

eside her, floating words said “INNOCENT” Then she finally got the
point of it. Ohhhhh I’m in murder mystery and I’m innocent. Wait what if
I lose? She started hallucinating and saying stuff like OMG IM GOING TO
DIE! Yeah I don’t get that girl…Over to kenzie then.
First thing she said was, OHHH IM IN MURDER MYSTERY WOW! said
kenzie a little louder than she meant. Oops. She whispered. I guess I will
try whisper the rest of the time. She looked beside her. Oh I’m innocent
yes! She shouted. God I need to practice being quiet. She whispered.
Over to Haru next. First thing he said was nothing. He didn’t say anything,
though he looked happy when he looked beside him.
Next is Kai, He he screamed AAAAH DON’T EAT MEEE! oh wait I’m in
murder mystery. OH WAIT I’M IN MURDER MYSTERY! Yeah he was
freaking out, anyways he was innocent.
Last but not least Suki. She looked and saw beside her “SHERIFF” omg
yes I’m sheriff! I guess I’ll wait until I hear screaming. She said.
Haru was murderer… so we will do his point of view for the rest of this.
-Haru-
So when I got sucked into the game I was scared. But when I saw I was
murderer I was ready to kill. The thing was I didn’t know if they would
actually die or go into spectate. So I went into setting and it said they
would go into spectate, I was ready for this.
So first I found Kenzie. She was asking me if I was murderer so of course
I said no! If I was murderer then I would have killed you by now. I said
matter of factly. Then I took out the knife and stabbed her. She screamed
and screamed until she was dead. It freaked me out on how there was
blood in this game. I was sure she went to spectate OK? she is not actually
dead because I’m writing this after all that drama happened and we are
all In the human world ALIVE.

So I guess sheriff heard that and shot the first person she saw and wasn’t
me because if you shoot the wrong person you die as well so she shot
Brittany. I can tell anyone wearing those designer clothes would be Brittany.
But I knew Suki better and that was her. I decided to stay in a room
close to the gun so if Kai gets it I can come out and win! So that’s what I
did. I think Kai was hiding because he didn’t come or I didn’t see him try
get the gun so I went to find him.
I saw him through the window of the back garden and went to him. He
kept dodging me so I tried throwing at him. He ran in the direction of
the gun. I shouted at him, he started crying. I said Kai it’s okay why are
you crying? He said I don’t wanna d-die so I gave him a hug and said to
him what happened when you die in this reality game. He said I know. I
was doing this so I had a chance to shoot you and took out the gun. I said
same. And stabbed him. We all still laugh at that moment when we are on
sleepovers. And he said yeah I didn’t cry on purpose I just came up with
that so you would run away. Haha I laughed. and so we wrote a book about
it and this is the book we wrote.

Ellen
Jennifer turned the TV on and reclined on the couch. “Buy your AMPHIB-
IOUS DOG in Maxi Zoo today, for a total of $300!” She sprang up from
her nest of blankets, and looked at her current dog, Rocky, a sagging little
pug. “You’re going to have a sibling.”
Within the blink of an eye, she was in her car jamming her keys into the
ignition “Stupid car.” she muttered. When she gave up on the car, Jennifer
got desperate.``I need one of those dogs.” She peeked into her neighbours
garden, eyeing up a Princess Cinderella scooter, belonging to the
toddler next door. Jennifer looked around. Deserted. She was only borrowing
it, she told herself as she climbed over the fence. Jennifer was desperate.
And in desperate times, desperate things had to be done.She scooted
all the way to the nearest Maxi Zoo, at 4km away. When she arrived her
face was soaking in sweat, and her face was as red as a tomato. “It’ll all
be worth it” she said brightly, as she pushed the door open. She imagined
herself skipping along the beach with her soon to be amphibious dog.
What would she name it? Fishy? No, yuck…Aqua-Man? Sounds good. Her
day-dream was then interrupted by the cashier “How can I help you?” He
said. “Where are the amphibious dogs kept?” Jennifer said eagerly. His
smile vanished, and suddenly looked…almost afraid. “They’re around the
back.” She followed the cashier around the warehouse looking building.
She was only just taking in how big it was. There was a small court-yard.
There were 3 walls. One of which had a faded mural on it, and attempt
to brighten up she supposed. They failed. The second was lined with ripe
bins.The third had a splintering wooden door on it. Through the door,
there were cages, stacked upon cages of all sorts of creatures. Then Jennifer
saw it, it stood out from everything else. It was a big enough dog.
It’s paws were webbed, leaving a wet foot print wherever it walked. It
had slimy gill like things on each side of it’s neck. It was incredible. “I’ll
take it.” she said almost immediately. “Right then.” he said grimly, as he
reached for the cage it was in. It clawed at his fingers through the bars,
narrowly missing. He carried it to the front desk, placing it on the counter.
It was rattling wildly, threatening to fall over. “Its $300, you realise.”
He said. “Yep. Can I pay now or?” Jennifer said. He nodded and turned the
credit card machine towards her. She slid the card in and entered the pin
and it was done. It was hers. “Is there any paperwork?” She asked. “Nope.
Enjoy.” He walked off into the jungle of shelves, and he was gone. Jennifer
looked at the freakish dog. “Your name is Aqua-Man.” she smiled and
walked out the door. She had enough sense to bring a spare leash with her
so she did.
Jennifer foolishly let him out of the cage and attached the leash. They

walked off into the sunset. And then all of a sudden, everything went to
hell. Aqua-Man got triggered by a small passing dog, and went nuts. He
attacked Jennifer in all of the confusion and ran off.
Legend says he still lurks in the sewers, watching, waiting, for his prey.

Milana
Темень в лесу была всегда особенной. Она не страшила а будто
обволакивала и давала покой. Но эта ночь была особенной. Казалось
что лес вымер. В такой момент никто не хотел бы шастать по нему
но только не тень. Она была единственным признаком жизни, но
несла в себе лишь смерть. Тень резко остановилась у ручья. Сбросив
с себя капюшон он открылся лунному свету. Возле ручья стоял
мужчина лет эдак двадцать семь - тридцать. Кожа напоминала
шоколад. Волосы были черными как смола, над ушами было
вибрито а сверху множество маленьких косичек соединённых в
один длинный хвост. Глаза были цвета ультрамарин и светились
в темноте. Единственное что отличало его от человека так это две
пары эльфийских ушек, которые выдавали в нем тёмного эльфа.
Он присел и начал расставлять свечи. Он исполнял ритуал. Из
центра круга свечей выползла пурпурная тень с ядовито-красными
глазами. Эльф кивнул и тень облаком устремилась в небо. “Сегодня
будет облачно или даже дождливо, пожалуйста сидите дома”.
Тёмный безразлично улыбнулся. Он надеялся что тень выполнит
свою часть договора…
Глава 1
Я бежала не оглядываясь, страх бился в груде большим комом.
Я не справилась. Мне кранты. Единственное что меня сейчас
беспокоило это то что я должна успеть, я должна быть первой.
Я выскочила на окраину деревни. Шокированы взгляды в мою
сторону и тихие смешки. Нда видимо у меня не самый лучший
видок. Палки в волосах, две так точно. Ну ничего главное я успела.
В спину влетели с неимоверной скоростью, и я полетела. Три метра
мы пролетели точно, и приземлились прямо у ног Старейшины.
Видимо это было завораживающее действо, то как две наши
задницы кубарем прокатились по деревне. И затормозили мы двумя
бесчувственными тушками. Злобный взгляд Главы не предвещал
ничего хорошего. Нас ( меня и брата, про него я вам позже расскажу
) быстро загнали в дом Старейшины и начали отчитывать. Про
то как мы распугали пол деревни, и то что какими мы вообщето
порядочными должны быть. Нда.. Ладно пока нас отчитывают
расскажу немного о себе. И так я Арим и я девушка-лиса. Расцветка
ушей и хвоста у меня белая с голубым. Правый глаз лавандовый
а левый медовый. Волосы пепельные и заплетенные в одну косу.
У брата же ярко жёлтые волосы как раз под стать его оранжевокрасным
ушам и хвосту. Глаза у него полностью чёрные. Деревня у
нас не обычная, конечно же потому что в ней живут не люди. Мы
Тарпи ( название нашего рода ) дальняя ветвь оборотней, только не
превращаемся в полнолуние а ходим в таком виде всю жизнь. Ну я
вроде бы все рассказала, так что вернёмся к Главе. Старик уже был
красным от злости, и вот вот казалось сорвет себе голос. Но благо
нас позвали с улицы так что быстро извинившись и сбежали под

яростные крики в спину.

The darkness in the forest has always been special. It did not frighten,
but seemed to envelop and give peace. But this night was special. It
seemed that the forest had died out. At such a moment, no one would like
to roam on it, not even a shadow. She was the only sign of life, but carried
only death. The shadow stopped abruptly at the stream. Throwing off his
hood, he opened himself to the moonlight. Near the stream stood a man
of about twenty-seven or thirty years old. The skin was like chocolate.
Her hair was jet black, above her ears was vibrated, and on top were many
small braids tied into one long ponytail. The eyes were ultramarine and
glowed in the dark. The only thing that distinguished him from a human
was two pairs of elf ears, which betrayed a dark elf in him. He sat down
and began to arrange the candles. He performed the ritual. A purple shadow
with poisonous red eyes crawled out from the center of the circle of
candles. The elf nodded and the shadow rushed into the sky like a cloud.
“It will be cloudy or even rainy today, please stay at home.” The dark one
smiled indifferently. He hoped that the shadow would fulfill its part of the
contract…
Chapter 1
I ran without looking back, fear beat in a pile in a big lump. I failed. I’m
cranks. The only thing that bothered me now was that I should be on
time, I should be the first. I ran to the outskirts of the village. Shocked
looks in my direction and quiet chuckles. Well, apparently I don’t have the
best view. Sticks in your hair, two for sure. Well, I managed to do nothing.
They flew into the back with incredible speed, and I flew. Three meters
we flew exactly, and landed right at the feet of the Elder. Apparently
it was a bewitching action, then how our two asses rolled head over heels
through the village. And we slowed down with two insensitive carcasses.
The evil look of the Head did not bode well. We (me and my brother, I’ll
tell you about him later) were quickly herded into the house of the Elder
and began to chastise. About how we scared half of the village, and how
decent we actually should be. Well, while we are being scolded, I’ll tell
you a little about myself. And so I am Arim and I am a fox girl. The color
of my ears and tail is white with blue. The right eye is lavender and the
left eye is honey. The hair is ashy and braided in one braid. The brother
has bright yellow hair just to match his orange-red ears and tail. His eyes
are completely black. Our village is not ordinary, of course, because it is
not inhabited by people. We Tarpy (the name of our family) are a distant
branch of werewolves, but we don’t turn into a full moon, but walk in this
form all our lives. Well, I seem to have told everything, so let’s get back to
the Chapter. The old man was already red with anger, and now it seemed
to break his voice. But fortunately they called us from the street, so they
quickly apologized and fled to the furious screams in the back.

I stopped for a break. For the third day I have been running after the
shadow that leads me to her. My next victim. I don’t know why she bothered
the baron, but he gave me a hundred gold pieces. And that’s a fortune,
especially at this time. Well, now I have to rest for about two hours
and then a shadow will appear and I will have to run around in the dark.
Hope I’m close. I wanted to eat incredibly badly. So what do I have in my
bag? Bread and a piece of raw meat with cheese. Luck seems to be on my
side today, I won’t have to starve. Even though it was gratifying. After
frying the meat and bread, I quickly began to choke on food because there
was not much time left. After drinking water, I began to wait. As soon as
my eyes began to stick together, she appeared, a shadow. Well, that’s the
end of the holiday. Jumping up, I rushed after a cloud of dust (which actually
turned out to be a shadow) which had already disappeared from sight.
After running like this for about thirty minutes, the cloud evaporated. So
the target is here. Looking around, I sighed. Tavern, well, of course, what
else. After working a little on the appearance, I was now able to safely
enter. A man with emerald eyes and blond hair entered the tavern. Sitting
down at the table, he called the waitress. The rest of the ladies gave
her angry looks. After all, the visitor looked like a prince. The red-haired
waitress ran up and stared at me with loving eyes. Looks like I overdid it
on the outside. Well, okay. Having ordered mutton and wine, I began to
look for the girl with my eyes. She found herself quickly. Brunette with
plump lips and doll eyes, turquoise. She’s beautiful, but her eyes are a bit
dull. They brought food and asked what else the young master wanted.
Pointed to the girl, said I want to talk to her. Nalir, that was the name of
the girl, immediately ran up and started chatting about this and that, and
I sat, ate, and nodded with a smart look. Having finished eating, I interrupted
her monologue and dragged her upstairs. So I saw it myself, while
she was talking, I noticed out of the corner of my eye how an orc was
pulling a joyful girl upstairs. So all is well. Entering the room, I told her to
turn away. She did just that. I killed her with one quick movement, without
blood. OK it’s all over Now. As soon as the maiden fell, a bag of gold
materialized in my hand. OK it’s all over Now. I put an illusion on Nalir,
so that she would get poisoned and die, but tomorrow, and I have nothing
to do with it. The girl got up and ran downstairs with a joyful face to talk
about the night with the beauties (that is, me). Well, let. He took a little
room and fell asleep there. Tomorrow I’ll think about what order to take
next, and now sleep ...

There is blood on my hands
A chapter of a book written by Maya R
____________________________________________
Hello, my name is Amara Jones
I’ve had many amazing adventures with my dad but none of them were as
horrifying as this one was. You see when I was 12 my family and I all lived
a great life. My mom, Amy dark brown and wavy hair with deep blue eyes,
she was artist but was fantastic at photography, my dad, Luke had light
wavy blonde hair and blue eyes, he was a football player but unfortunately
got an injury an was never able to play again so he settled to be a vet. My
sister Alice takes after my mom in every way possible from the looks to
the passion.
Our life was perfect, until one cold winter night, I was walking home from
school and when I got home I knocked on the door as normal but nobody
answered, I knocked on the door again still no reply. I let out a big sigh
and walked around to the back of our house and searched around the back
garden for the spare keys. After what felt like 10 minutes I found the keys
under the BBQ on our porch. I walked back to the front and unlocked the
front door.
“MOM I’M HOME!”I yelled. I put the keys down along with my bag.
“Mom?” I yelled again.
When I heard no reply I decided to go looking for my mom around our
mansion. Normally she would be I her art room but she wasn’t.
I started searching the whole house and couldn’t find anyone there. I got
really worried and decided to go and walk to my dad’s work. I picked
up my old school bag and started throwing some stuff inside of it. I threw
some snacks, (since my dad’s work was quite far away) a mini first aid kit
and my winter jacket. I put on my spare coat and opened out lage black
front door and felt a gush of ice cold winter breeze rush through my hair.
I stood there for five more seconds and then decided that this was a bad
idea. I closed the front door, put on my woolly hat, gloves and scarf and
then called for my dog.
“Queenie come here sweetie” She came running right to me and gave me
a lick on the face. I then opened the door once more and felt the same
rush of cold wind, and put the lead on Queenie and had to hold her back
from chasing all of the cats around our neighbourhood. I opened our gate
and started jogging to my dad’s work. As I was walking I noticed that
there was nobody around. I wondered where they all were, because normally
they would all be outside playing in the snow, I guessed that they
were all inside drinking hot chocolate by the fireplace. That is what I
would normally be doing right now but instead i was looking for my family.

As I walked on further I noticed that there was nobody around at all. I
stopped near my sisters college and saw that their was nobody there. I
took out a small chocolate bar and kept on walking to my dad’s work
through this cold and quiet city. I kept walking for what felt like hours but
was probably only forty-five minutes. When I saw the vet I started running
as fast as I could to it and when I closed the light blue gate I turned
around and all of these animals were just sitting there looking at me, I
stood there for a couple more seconds then they started getting really excited
and I started playing with them and they were jumpingall over me.
Suddenly my dad came running out of the building looking scared. “Dad
are you okay?” I asked
“What, yes....no maybe?” He said looking horrified
“Do you know what happened here dad like where is everyone?”
I asked
“No but I do know this” he began
“I was getting a form printed out for someone and the printer stopped
working, it done this alot so I went over to my computer and saw this!”
He showed me a sticky note with a stick man and little girl.
“At first it looked normal but then it started changing” he said with a
worried look on his face.
He showed me another sticky note with she same picture but they were
dead, and had knifes sticking out of them.
“ I tried to record the vidio but the same video was on my phone. I then
looked around to my friend Justin who was supposed to be at his desk but
he wasn’t there. I looked around the whole place but I couldn’t find anyone,
I went back to the photocopying room and my eyes instantly went to
the printer and I saw exactly what I drew on the sticky notes. Then everything
suddenly went dark and cold and the lights were flickering and my
heart started to race. I heard this strange ticking noise from behind me,
I slowly turned around and to my horror I saw this old antique doll with
pale white skin and dark black matted hair and its dark black eyes and
worst of all its white lace dress with blood stains on it. I started walking
backwards slowly because for some strange reason I couldn’t take my eyes
off it. As I was walking backwards the doll slowly put out it’s hand and
it’s head started to tilt and shake. I stopped for a moment then I started
walking backwards but much quicker this time. Suddenly the doll spoke
“Come and play with me” it said “ it’ll be fun” then a creepy grin shone
across its face. I stopped dead frozen staring at its jet black eyes. Then I
head you scream and I came running out here.
“Dad I never screamed” I said
“But you must have.... maybe when you were playing with the animals”
he said looking puzzled.
He looked down at his feet then started biting his nails, he did this when
he is puzzled. I started looking around and saw a big cardboard box in the

middle of the animal play area.
“Hey dad, who ordered a package?” I asked
I turned to my dad
“Nobody ordered anything” he said
“They why.....” I turned back to the box and suddenly my dad and I were
walking straight to it, as if we were being controlled.
When we got to the box I turned to look at my dad.
“Should I open it?” I asked
“We will never know what is inside of it if we don’t open it” he replied
I slowly began to open it and it just looked like it was a empty box until I
felt a tiny hand tap on my shoulder, I slowly turned around and saw the
doll. With it’s shaking body, tilted head and it’s creepy grin.
“Enjoy the ride” it said as it pushed us into a portal in the box.

Aoibhinn
The day drew on,and I grew more hungry by the minute. I couldn’t go
back to my house without anything to eat. Just then, I heard faint singing
from far away. It grew louder and louder and then I saw a little girl
who wore a red cloak skipping down the path with a basket swinging in
her left hand. I watched her in silence for a few seconds until my hunger
couldn’t take it. I jumped out from the Bush that I was hiding in and the
little girl gave a slight start.
“Hello little girl, I couldn’t help but notice that you are holding a picnic
basket there. Pray tell on what you have in there that smells so delicious”
I said with a sweet tone And smile. This was one thing I was good at. I
could lure people in with my trust.
“Oh, I’m carrying all sorts of food in here. Such as fruit, a big chicken leg,
vegetables, biscuits and a big chocolate cake! But I’m afraid I can’t give
you any, wolf. You see, this basket of food is for my grandma and she’s
very weak at the moment so she only trusts me to deliver this food for
her,” The little girl said sadly.
I stared at her face for a moment and I realised that there was no way
I could just take this basket from her. Then I also realised that I needed
this food to survive. So I thought of a plan. I offered to bring the basket
to where the little girls grandma lived for her. Her eyes lit up and
she thanked me. She gave me the directions to the grandma’s cottage
and handed me the basket. I knew that my house was quite close to the
cottage so that meant that I could sort through the food to leave for her
grandma. So that’s what I did. I had a trench coat and a hat so I was able
to go to the shops and steal lots of food. But I always left half the food to
the grandma. Who knew that I was that generous.
The end.

Vitalii
If I knew why I didn’t like tomatoes, I would like them, but I didn’t. This
morning my mum forced me to eat a tomato. A whole tomato! I almost
went deaf of the sound I made while chewing the tomato. Then I almost
went deaf of the sound I made while swallowing the tomato. For the
end, I almost went deaf of mum’s question: “Well, was it tasty?” I didn’t
want to answer anything. I went to my room and listened to the birdsongs.
They were very nice. I opened a window to look at these birds and
chilled to the bone. It was a winter now. All singing birds were in Africa.
Was something to think about. This happened every time I ate tomatoes.
I heard much more, then I had to. Someone walked beside my house. I
heard his steps and breath. When I listened, I could hear his blood and
even the sound of neurons in his head. I walked and asked, what does he
think about. He didn’t answer. It was something own. But I came back to
my home and asked my mum to emulate different feelings and thoughts.
I noticed that the biggest part of the sound was the same. But some part
was different. Most impressive was that this ability didn’t disappear like
in other times. I think it was because I knew, that I have a superability.
Next three years I made me more and more experienced while listening
to people. I could understand anyone, get his feelings and thoughts. I was
convinced that it was. Until one day I was walking in the street and listening
to different sounds. I met one person. This was a suspicious man
in a very dark brown cowboy hat. The visor of the hat covered everything
down to the lower eyelashes. He was wearing a coat and jeans of the
same colour. His shoes were black. Through this dark coat and green tie
he was able to see at a meter ninety. In the mouth, he kept a pale, even
light-grey. Not yellow, like other smokers had. Also there was no smoke
near the cigar. He didn’t talk to the people. One could think that this man
wanted nothing. Even to live not really. His steps were 3 times more silent,
than others. I blinked my eyes, he disappeared. He was really fast.
When I turned back to home, the man was waiting for me in the entry to
my house. He wanted to ask, but didn’t do it. I ran away, being afraid. “Mr
McRonald – that’s my name” – I heard. Interesting thing 1 st – he didn’t
shout. He said this very silent. He knew about my superability. Interesting
thing 2 nd – I didn’t hear from him any sounds, except his voice and steps.
He was really strange. I turned home, and heard, that he was talking to
my mom. My mom felt dazed. She thought, Mr Mc Ronald also had excellent
hearing. Not as good as me, but amazing. I went into the room. Mr
McRonald said to me, “Hello,” as if we are best friends. He felt a little bit
glad. I was happy about that. I asked him, what does he want.
- To take revenge
- On whom? I asked.
- I don’t know. Would you help me?
- Why?
- Because I can’t do it for 30 years. I need you.
- Why do you want to take revenge?
- Someone killed my brother.
- Is that why you are so sad?

- Almost dead inside – he answered.
- I’ll help you. I wanna melt the ice in your heart.
- Thank you very much, my little friend.
- What do you already know about the killer?
- He has many accomplices and they are hunting for you. If you don’t
meet me, they could kidnap you in a few days or even hours.
- So, they are here, in Glasgow?
- Yes, some of them. But the main character is hunting for me in Edinburgh.
The goal is to take revenge on him after finding him.
- I’ll help you, but I don’t want to see a death.
- We’ll not kill anyone, just destroy his mafia and family. IN short, his
life, as he ruined mine.
- I agree, if only this can make you happy.
- Only this.
- Deal.
- I want you mom to let you go to Edinburgh.
- I let – said my mom.
- I can do all to make my son and my cousin happy.
- Cousin? – I was dazed.
- Yes, I’m your cousin uncle, my little friend. My brother was your
godfather.
This evening we sat on a train to Edinburgh. In the night, we arrived. We
went to Mc Ronalds flat. IN the morning, I looked around. Edinburgh was
more beautiful than any view I saw.
- Come on. We have to find them before they find your house in
Glasgow.
- I hear a shot!
- Where?
- I couldn’t explain. I could show a direction and stay a distance. Mr
Mc Ronald said, I know that place. It’s a station!
- “The train’s gone” – I said.
- The shores shop is not on the way.
- Hurry up!
I dressed in a minute. This time was enough for Mr McRonald to buy
horses and pistols. I don’t know how? I sat on the horse, we were going.
The train stopped but I heard a sound of horses’ legs. We spurred our
horses, bandits did the same thing. I heard them. Mr McRonald chased a
most fast way. IN 3 minutes, we were in the station. Then we went right
to the bandits. The horses skin was bleeding because of the spurs. The
horses ran very fast and shouted in pain. We didn’t spare them. We were
beside Glasgow in an hour and a half. We took the carriage to my home. I
saw my home. The bandits were not far from it. Mr McRonald shot. One
bandit dropped dead. McRonald fired the second pistol but someone killed
his horse. Mr McRonald didn’t know who was it. Only me. I heard all the

way of the bullet. I shot. I’m not so good in shooting, it was my first try.
The only thing I did made a little hole in the clothes but Mr McRonald
knew it. He jumped over my horse, caught a bullet to his stomach but
shot and killed that person. He said, “Run away!” I ran away. Someone
watched me on the way but he fell down. My cousin Uncle couldn’t die!
He killed the bandit with a pocket knife and in the same time shot the
person running towards my home. The last bandit thought I heard it. I
will kill you this time. You’ll meet with your brother.”
I closed my eyes, calmed down and shot. That guy dropped dead. Mr Mc
Ronald smiled. His cheeks became pink, not so pale, I heard his feelings,
he was happy. And happy about me. About my bravery, ingenuity. We
went to my home and saw my mom. She was scared. Behind her stood a
man with a pistol directed at her head. The man said: “Give up, Lord Mc
Ronald or I’ll kill her and her son.”
I heard someone behind me, but I didn’t get lost. I instantly turned
around and hit the bandit on the head. I grabbed his pistol and knocked
out the thug with the pistol. I turned around and saw Mr Mc Ronald over
the man who wanted him to give up. His hand was crushed. I didn’t think
that Mr Mc Ronald is so strong. He was a bit angry. Mr Mc Ronald shot
to the man behind me. He didn’t want him to wake up and kill people.
He said: “Goodbye” and disappeared. In 4 hours, I got a letter from him.
He invited us to Edinburgh to visit him any time we wanted. He became a
friend for us. Hus wound wasn’t really serious, he said. A doctor promised
he will get well in a couple of weeks. We were happy about him. And he
was about us.

Danylo
In the world spawning Chitto, its like cresps chitos but Chitto!!! He can
spawning a lot of chitos. And he working and have a lot of money. In one
day he see one people and meet with him. He is name Liks he is superhero
he can Fly and He have lazer in eyes. And after this people go to help to
the world they are give free chitos. Liks can fly and Chitto give chitos, this
been so funny. In this time Liks and Chitto so popular. They are so rich
and pay a lot of money to the not rich family. This so good and they are so
good friends. They are play computers, watching TV, play football. They
are so good mans. This is end…
Its like comedian

The Man From The Window
Written by Conor D
Chapter 1: The first encounter
It all started in 1976, on a cold, dull night. A man, 23 years old, could not
go to sleep, as the wind was rough, banging hard against the window.
“Didn’t sound too much like wind” He testified. “Sounded more like a
knock! Ehhh, if only I didn’t have so much beer before I went to sleep,
maybe I wouldn’t be so-” He said as he heard a tap on the window, much
louder than wind. He then went to check it out, and then… nothing? He
looked out the window while it was open, stuck his head out, then said
“Hah! Knew i was stupid! What did I tell myself! Of course it was beer! He
turned around and…
SWOOSH! A man suddenly came up behind him with an axe and lodged it
into the side of his head, leaving his dead corpse completely lifeless hanging
off the window, then eventually falling into the corn field below, hitting
his head off the scarecrow, then finally falling onto a fence. And that
was someone’s first encounter with the Man from the Window.
Chapter 2: The second encounter
1982, In the middle of June, everyone was relaxing on the beach, having
a good time, swimming, bringing their dogs for a walk, mostly enjoying
their time. Now, this beach was part of an adventure park, and there
were apartments you could rent for a few weeks, if you are on holiday or
you can buy an apartment. One day, the person living in one of the apartments
was having an inside barbecue, making burgers, and having a nice
time, until she heard a scream coming from next door. “What was that?”
She said, while looking at the vent on the wall, which left a crawl space
between both her and her neighbors apartments. She decided to crawl
through, but crawling through would leave an echo, leaving whoever was
next door to hear her in the vent. Suddenly, a human’s dead body was
thrown in front of her leaving her to be terrified, and she started to crawl
back through the vent, trying to keep her mouth shut. But it was too late.
The man heard her and started to chase after her, while she was screaming.
The man threw the axe and it hit her leg, falling through the vent
through the ceiling, and hitting her hand off a light hanging right next to
the vent, leaving the light to flicker. She was limping on one leg, trying to
get out, but that is when she lost her balance. The man then picked up his
axe from the vent and slowly started walking towards her, while she kept

on screaming for help. It was too late, as the man lifted his axe and…
CHOP!
That was the end of her.
Chapter 3: The third encounter
It was 2003, late at night in the woods, setting up a campfire with all of
his friends. “So nice out here, sure there might be some bears and wolves,
but, hey! We’re safe!” One of the friends said jokingly. “Bears and wolves?
I don’t like them…” Another of the friends said worryingly. “I also heard
about the “The Man from the Window!” Said another one of the friends
with a flashlight up to his chin. “Who’s that?” Said all of the other
friends, confused. “I heard people died because of him. He is supposed to
tap on peoples windows and then kill them when they look out. I heard if
he taps 1 time, you are fine, 2 taps, you might be a victim, 3 taps , be careful,
4 taps, you have met your doom and 5 taps is a painful death.” One
of the friends said with a creepy voice. “I have to pee.” Said one of the
friends. “I’m going over there, in the bushes, I’ll be back in 5 minutes.”
He said quietly. “OK, but be back quickly, or you will miss the marshmallows!”
Said the friends, jokingly.
“It’s been 10 minutes, where has he gone?” Asked one of the friends suspiciously.
“I don’t know, he’s definitely gone wandering around, though.”
Let’s go see where he is!” Said one of the friends. “That’s a terrible idea-
Let’s do it!” Said one of the friends. “No, I’m not doing it.”said one of
the friends. “Well, then, The man’s going to get you!” Another one of the
friends said. “FINE! I’LL GO! I’M NOT A SCAREDY CAT!”
So, they went into the forest, and found the friend that was gone for
10 minutes dead up on a tree. “How did this happen?” Said all 5 of the
friends, scared and worried. A few seconds later, they all heard rustling
in the bushes. “I’m not going in to check what that is!” Said All of the
friends. “Fine, I will,” Said one of the friends. When he checked in the
Bush, he found nothing. “See, nothing to be scared of, there is nothing
here!” He said as he started turning back. “What the…” He said as he
turned around to see all of his friend’s heads decapitated. Seconds later he
ran back to the fire and found that the man was there, burning one of his
friends and eating his arms. He tried to run away, but the man saw him,

and could run faster than the boy. The man picked him up and brought
him back to the fire. He then threw him in, burning him alive.
Chapter 4: The death of The man.
One day, in a neighborhood in the middle of the day, when the sun was
shining, a man was enjoying his time at home, at the age 34. It was August,
23rd, 2022, when the phone rang. Normally, the man never got
phone calls, so he instantly got up and went to pick up the phone “Hello?”
The Man said. “1, 2, skip a few, that’s how many taps it takes to Kill
you.” The phone rang several times. Then suddenly, the man heard five
taps on the window. He went to look out the window, pulled the curtains
and- The man was there with a kitchen knife and jumped out and kicked
the man to the ground. “GET OFF ME!” He shouted. The man tried stabbing
him, but the other man rolled out of the way and kicked the man in
the arm, making him able to run away. He secretly went to the bathroom,
locked the door and called the police. After he called the police, he waited
until he heard sirens, but the man found where he was hiding. He tried
kicking the door down first, but then he had trouble doing that and got
his axe, which was attached to his back. Then he heard the sirens, while
the man was chopping through the door. He put his arm against the door,
then unlocked it and hit the man with the door, leaving the man to escape.
When he got out of the house, he told the police to kill the man. The
man found out the police had a fire molotov, and they let the man throw it
in the window to the bathroom, then setting the whole house on fire. The
Man tried getting out, chopping the door, but it was too late for him. Just
as he got out of the house, he fell on the floor, face melted. They lifted his
face up, revealing the biggest secret they could find.
Chapter 5: The Secret of The Man from the Window
When they lifted up his face, his face fell off, revealing that he was a robot.
His back was also burnt off, revealing a chip, and the numbers of
someone’s dna.
5 years later, scientists found out that the man was created by a mad scientist,
who went completely psycho after his dad went to death row after
killing 20 people in 1945. His dad also made time travel, as he was also a
scientist. The robot he created was made to be smart, but he made 2 chips.
One that made it friendly and one making it evil. Because the robot had
an advanced AI, it picked up the evil chip, while the robot had the friendly
chip in its back, took it out and put the evil chip in. Then, the robot took
the fire emergency axe, and killed the scientist. The robot went over all

of the scientist’s plans, and found victims to kill, who were past scientists
that worked with him, but quit because he was a psycho. The victims
he went after included the names of James, Alistair, and other ones that
the names couldn’t be found. Maybe someday the Man from the Window
mystery will be solved.

Arina
Сакура любви
Возле моря стояла нежная сакура. По берегу прогуливался
грустный мамонтёнок Брод. Встретив дерево, он уныло присел
возле него.
Он уже хотел уходить, как вдруг из-за спины, услышав шорох
он насторожился. Из-за веток дерева показалось нежное лицо как
у мамонтёнка. Он испугался,но в сердце он почувствовал искринку
счастья.Это была маленькая мамонтиха по имени Белл. Они
смотрели друг другу в глаза. А сакура расцвела.
С тех пор мамонтёнки дружили, играли.И были лучшими
друзьями:)
Сон в невесомости
Одним летним днём, я решила пройтись лужайкой. Сквозь облака
прояснился самолёт со странными знаками.А высоко в небе летали
неизвестные птицы.
Идя, я упала в фонтан с чайками. И оказалось возле собора
Святого Патрика. Услышав кола-кола, я испугалась. Меня встретил
инопланетянин. Он указал мне путь домой, я обрадовалась. Когда я
пошла обратно, у меня было чувство, что я иду вперёд. Посмотрев
на мои часы, я упала в ужас!
Я открыла глаза! Это был мой сон. Музыка! Я слышу музыку! Я в
невесомости!
Земля в илюминаторе, Земля в илюминаторе видна…..
Sakura Love
Near the sea stood a tender sakura. The sad mammoth Brod was walking
along the shore. When he met the tree, he squatted dejectedly beside
it.
He was about to leave, when suddenly from behind, hearing a rustle,
he became alert. From behind the branches of the tree, a gentle face like
that of a mammoth appeared. He was scared, but in his heart he felt a
spark of happiness. It was a little mammoth named Bell. They looked into
each other’s eyes. And the sakura blossomed.
Since then, the mammoths have been friends, played. And we were
best friends :)
Sleep in Weightlessness

One summer day, I decided to walk the lawn. A plane with strange signs
cleared up through the clouds. Unknown birds flew high in the sky.
Walking, I fell into a fountain with seagulls. And it turned out near St.
Patrick’s Cathedral. Hearing cola-cola, I got scared. I was met by an alien.
He showed me the way home, I was delighted. When I went back, I had
the feeling that I was going forward. Looking at my watch, I was horrified!
I opened my eyes! It was my dream. Music! I hear music! I’m weightless!
Earth in the porthole, Earth in the porthole is visible ... ..

Matilda
The Agent
Dawn was breaking through the curtains of his bedroom. A sliver of sunlight
kissed his pale face. Those blue eyes opened, once again another
day arriving. A phone ringing alerted his senses as he shot out of bed. He
answered wearily. ‘Hello? Mr Hill?’ He knew that voice all too well. ‘It’s
my day off.’ He said curtly. ‘Yes well, something has happened…’ and so
on. Another pathetic excuse to use him to fix their messes. When he had
first started, if someone told him that he was planning to fake is death in
six years he would have laughed in their face. A perfect new start, he had
thought. How wrong he had been.
It was about six years ago when Jacob had ruined his life. College dropout,
found it too hard and boring, all of his friends married and with children,
his mother disappointed and his sister perfect as always. Jacob was tired
of being undermined and feeling depressed in his small hole of an apartment.
The rent was cheap and for good reason. At night he could hear the
mice in the walls. He was tired of all his friends pitying him, their nervous
laughs when he mentioned college. It’s not that he couldn’t do anything,
it was that he couldn’t find anything he’d like to do.
It was a Sunday night, Jacob was lying on his uncomfortable couch, with a
bag of popcorn and watching James Bond Casino Royale. He watched Bond
twist and turn and shoot is enemies in the face. ‘It’s a bit like football.’
He said aloud. Jacob had been actually quite good at football. Jacob spent a
few minutes fantasizing about being James Bond when he realised; he had
nothing going on in his life so he could technically do whatever he wanted.
That’s when he went to work. A few weeks of making calls, arguing
with secretaries and working out, finally he was able to go to the interview.
He was going to be part of the MI6. Finally, he wanted to do something.
The building had been big and boring. The walls were grey inside and
the feeling of dread crept into Jacob’s throat. What if all this had been a
bad idea? What if it didn’t suit him? A woman approached him, she was
dressed in a brown suit, with brown hair and brown eyes. ‘Please, follow
me.’ she had an accent. Jacob figured she was Spanish or Italian He followed
her through a corridor, his palms sweating furiously. ‘I’m actually
quite nervous.’ Jacob admitted. ‘Usually I wouldn’t be but this feels different,
y’know? I feel like I could actually be something and this interview
comes down to it all. The pressure! I’m sure you’ve heard it all before
people blabbering about being ner- oh no. I’m blabbering, aren’t I?
Oh please forgive me. I sometimes do that when I’m nervous. Which, of

course we’ve already established I am nervous. Is it hot in here are is that
just me? They should really open the windows in here. It’s like a bloody
furnace.’
The woman in the brown suit stopped at a blue door. ‘This is you.’ She
turned to walk away then stopped and looked back. ‘And for a little bit of
advice, do not, how do you say? Ah blabber.’ She walked away her brown
shoes clacking on the floor. Jacob knocked on the door and waited for it to
open.

Emilia
У моєму житті мені пощастило побувати на чарівному
смарагдовому острові.Там я отримала багато незабутніх враженні
та познайомилась з чудовими людьми.
Цікаво дізнатися,що ж це за магічне місце?
-Острів омивається двома морями та океаном.
-Там живуть самі дружелюбні, добрі люди у світі.
-Там немає комарів та змій.
-На острові обов’язково треба мати гумовики та парасольку.
-Майже кожна сім’я піклується про маленького, чи великого:)
пухнастого песика.
-місцеві жителі полюбляють картоплю, до речі так само як і
українці:)
Сподіваюся ви здогадалися?
Вірно, це-Ірландія.
In my life, I was lucky to get to visit the magical emerald island. There I
received many unforgettable experiences and met wonderful people.
Are you interested in knowing what kind of magical place this is?
- The island is washed by two seas and an ocean.
- The friendliest, kindest people in the world live there.
- There are no mosquitoes and snakes.
- On the island, you must have rubber boots and an umbrella.
- Almost every family takes care of a small or big:) fluffy dog.
- local residents love potatoes, by the way, just like Ukrainians :) I hope
you guessed?
That’s right, it’s Ireland.

Maria V
Футбольний матч у хлопчика
В мене сьогодні матч по футболу.
Хлопчик:Мама не забудь що в мене сьогодні матч!
Мама:Добре, як таке можна забути!
Хлопчик:Я зараз іду на тренування
Хлопчик зустрів свого друга.
Хлопчик:О привіт друже
Друг:Привіт ти не забув що сьогодні що в нас матч
Хлопчик:Звісно не забув як таке можна забути
Тренер: Ви такі молодці, дуже гарно працюєте
Хлопчик: Ей ,а якщо ми прогрограємо або я зломаю ногу чи руку?
Друг:Нічого цього не буде чому ти переживаєш
Матч почався хлопчик зробив два голи 1:2.Він дуже радий, але
потім щось пішло не так хлопець підтвердив ногу або зломав ногу,
але дуже боліло його друг побачив підійшов помасажував ногу,
але особового ефекту не було він покликав на допомогу прийшли
лікарі віднесли подивитися на ногу. Сказали що з нього все добре
перелому не має.
Лікарі:Все добре!
Хлопчик:Але все ще болить!
Пройшло декілька хвилин біль набагато зменшилась. Хлопчик
знову вийшов на поле було 2:4. Не дивлячись на біль хлопчик забив
ще один гол.Гра закінчилась.Хлопчика команда виграла. Всі дуже
раді. Нашій команді вручили кубок.І до них приїхав Кристалографії
Рональдо і похвалив їхню команду. Поті вони поїхали додому
святкувати перемогу.
Mariia V
Boy’s football match
I have a football match today.
Boy: Mom, don’t forget that I have a match today!
Mom: Well, how can you forget that!
Boy: I’m going to practice now
The boy met his friend.
Boy: Oh, hello, friend
Friend: Hello, have you not forgotten that we have a match today?
Boy: Of course I didn’t forget, how can you forget
Coach: You are so good, you are doing very well
Boy: Hey, what if we lose or I break my leg or arm?

Friend: Nothing will happen, why are you worried
The match began, the boy scored two goals, 1:2. He was very happy, but
then something went wrong, the boy confirmed his leg or broke his leg,
but it hurt a lot. on the leg They said that everything is fine with him, he
does not have a fracture.
Doctors: Everything is fine!
Boy: But it still hurts!
A few minutes passed and the pain subsided a lot. The boy went on the
field again, it was 2:4. Despite the pain, the boy scored another goal. The
game was over. The boy’s team won. Everyone is very happy. Our team
was presented with a cup. And Ronaldo of Crystallography came to them
and praised their team. Then they went home to celebrate the victory.

Sofia N
7:00 Опять будильник, зачем начинать уроки в такую рань.
Проснувшись парень лет 10 встал и пошёл в ванную. Встав напротив
зеркала паренёк посмотрел в него.
М-да, выгляжу я ужасно, - сказал он. Под большим зелёными
глазами были небольшие мешки, обычно круглое лицо, без острых
черт и почти белоснежный кожей. Сейчас было помятым и имело
небольшие красные пятна, а вот блондинистые волосы стали, как
мочалка.
Вдруг в дальнем углу послышался писк.
О, Avakin ты уже проснулся,- разворачиваются и выходя из ванны
сказал он.
Да, Pastan Balanesar или мне тебя как раньше называть Solaris?, -
спросил робот.
Не, называй меня настоящим именем. А то-от тебя это звучит
странно.
8:00 Я вышел из комнаты и меня уже ждал учитель-lightmasl. Сел в
автобус.
Сегодня урок мастерения будет проводится в другом кабинете
так-как в 11-зоне произошла вспышка неизвестной болезни и на
данный момент обстоятельства вспышки устанавливаются. Такчто
эта зона пока что будет опечатка, - закончив свою речь lightmasl,
завёл машину и поехал в класс.
15:00 (После уроков)
Что ж уроки окончены, - произнёс учитель.
Ей, Avakin, как думаешь, мы сможем пробраться в 11-зону, -
шёпотом произнёс Solaris своему роботу.
Хей, Balanesar, скем это ты там разговариваешь? - задал вопрос
один из парней, что постоянно издевался над Sol.
Н - никем, - заикаюшимся голосом произнёс он, взял и одел на
плечи рюкзака - Avakin и поспешил ко входу в в опечатанную часть.
Слушаешь, Avakin? - спросил у него Sol, - сможешь открыть вход
хотя-бы на несколько секунд?
Снова спросил Pastan у превратившегося в свой более
человекоподобный вид робота.
Смогу, - ответил Avakin и подошёл к консоли управления. Спустя
пару нехитрых манипуляций он открыл двери и огромные,
железные под 4 метра ворота открылись. Когда же Solaris зашёл в
зону ужасный запах, что пошёл оттуда многократно усилился.
Зайдя внутрь он увидел два силуэта, у которых судя по нему на
голове были вёдра. Он аккуратно начал двигаться в мир сторону
когда услышал голос судя по всему одного из незнакомцев.
Solaris Potens, мальчик чьи кости исполняют желания…
Он не успел договорить как сзади их обоих по голове ударил Avakin.

Кто это? И что с ними? - спросил Sol.
Это мусорщики и судя по всему именно они убили всех. А второй
ответ мусорщики мертвы. Так-что можешь не переживать, -
ответил Avakin.
Что ж пошли, - сказал Pastan.
И они ушли в закат…
7:00 Alarm clock again, why start lessons so early. Waking up, a guy of
about 10 got up and went to the bathroom. Standing in front of the mirror,
the boy looked into it.
Yeah, I look terrible, he said. There were small bags under the big green
eyes, usually a round face, without sharp features and almost snow-white
skin. Now it was rumpled and had small red spots, and the blond hair became
like a washcloth.
Suddenly, a squeak was heard in the far corner.
Oh, Avakin, you’re already awake, - he said, turning around and leaving
the bath.
Yes, Pastan Balanesar, or should I call you Solaris?, - asked the robot.
No, call me by my real name. And that sounds weird to you.
8:00 I left the room and the lightmasl teacher was already waiting for me.
Sat on the bus.
Today, the mastery lesson will be held in another room, as there was an
outbreak of an unknown disease in the 11-zone and at the moment the
circumstances of the outbreak are being established. So this zone will be a
typo for now, - after finishing his speech lightmasl, he started the car and
drove to the class.
15:00 (After lessons)
Well, the lessons are over, - said the teacher.
Hey, Avakin, do you think we can get into the 11-zone, - Solaris whispered
to his robot.
Hey Balanesar, who are you talking to? - one of the guys who constantly
scoffed at Sol asked a question.
N - no one, - he said in a stuttering voice, took and put on the shoulders
of the backpack - Avakin and hurried to the entrance to the sealed part.
Are you listening, Avakin? - Sol asked him, - can you open the entrance
for at least a few seconds?
Again Pastan asked the robot, which had turned into its more humanoid
appearance.
I can, - answered Avakin and went to the control console. After a couple
of simple manipulations, he opened the doors and the huge, iron gates
under 4 meters opened. When Solaris entered the zone, the terrible smell

that came from there increased many times over.
Going inside, he saw two silhouettes, which, judging by him, had buckets
on their heads. He gently began to move to the side of the world when he
heard the voice of what appeared to be one of the strangers.
Solaris Potens, the boy whose bones grant wishes...
He did not have time to finish when Avakin hit them both on the head
from behind.
Who is it? And what about them? Sol asked.
These are scavengers and apparently they killed everyone. And the second
answer is the scavengers are dead. So you don’t have to worry, - answered
Avakin.
Well, let’s go, - said Pastan.
And they went off into the sunset...

A MONSTROUS MOUSE
by Katie
Avery was flicking around on the tv and Avery decided to turn on the
world news, as her friends had been telling her to watch less tlc and more
CNN. Little did she know how mind bending the news would be….
*a news presenter appeared on her screen, looking quite disheveled like
he hadn’t slept in days* ‘BREAKING NEWS!! A ‘monstrous’ mouse has
been spotted storming the city of many cities, including New York leaving
destruction and calamity in its wake. No one quite knows its whereabouts
at the minute but authorities are on the hunt to find it. Nicknamed Frankenstein’s
most vile creation, this creature is on the stupendous height of
a 10 storey building and has a reputation for scratching its victims to their
death. Originally a test mouse in a lab at New Orleans, scientists made
the fatal mistake of injecting the wrong serum into the mouse, mistaking
growth serum for botox and causing the mouse to grow rapidly. The
scientists fled the scene, but police are on the look for these individuals.
*Their pictures flash on screen* if you have seen or had contact with
these people, please call the New York police station.’
Tasha sucked in a breath. There was no mistaking that the picture on the
screen was undeniably her childhood best friend Milo, whose family had
moved to America when she was 15. She was overcome with raw emotion.
Was he alive ? Had he been arrested ? And how on earth had he gotten
himself into such a sticky situation ? Her ears were still working as far as
she knew, she was still listening to this incredulous news report but she
still couldn’t believe what she was hearing. This kind of stuff only existed
in the movies. And not very good ones. Ones made in the eighties with bad
acting and special effects. A giant mouse/ serial killer on the loose ? She
must be dreaming, she thought and as she pinched herself and nothing
happened, she realized just how real and horrifying this sort of news was.
Maybe it was April fools day and the world was just playing one big joke
on her, but alas, it was true. She switched off the tv and put the blanket
over her head, like if she could hide from her world, none of this would be
real, none of it would be true. She reminded herself how to breathe, and
walked towards every window and door in her house making sure it was
secure, not that it would be much of a match against a mouse the size of
an apartment block but it was something.
She was in England, and hadn’t heard anything of the sort until now, despite
a few rumours that she thought couldn’t be true…until now. This
was the type of stuff the conspiracy theorists on reddit talked about. A
dark shadow she noticed was walking up her footpath toward the door.
She started shaking in fear. ‘This is the end’ thought to herself, whim-

pering as she knew was going to come next. Was he going to scratch her
to death too ? Was he going to take her eyes out like that one guy did in
a horror movie she watched last night ? She took a deep breath, and going
into the cloakroom, grabbed her old baseball bat and cautiously made
her way to the door. She unlatched the lock, and swinging the door open,
her eyes squeezed shut as she wielded the baseball bat around, screaming
‘ I’m too young and beautiful to die !! ‘. ‘Well’ a deep voice echoed back
at her, ‘ I would agree with you on the last bit’. Slowly, Avery opened her
eyes to see a man with a smile, the only way to describe it was devastating,
like with one look at it the world and everything in it would bend to
the will of his random stranger at her door. She looked at him once more
and suddenly something clicked in her head. He looked terribly familiar.
It was Milo standing before her, the same person who she had grown up
with, who had carried her back to her House that was miles away after she
sprained her ankle on her bicycle, who had listened to all her boy problems
and who had unwittingly set out a creature that could ruin the world
as she knew it…..

Luna by Grace
I wake up late at night, I don’t know what time. 1 AM would be a good
guess. The moon shines through the open curtains, illuminating the
room faintly. I’m not bothered to get of bed to close them, so I lie there
doing nothing. Shadows dance through the room, changing shape with
the wind.
My eyes scan the small room that seems so much larger at night. I look
at the books, the walls, the other bed in my room that used to belong to
someone. I stare
at the bed for a long time before looking elsewhere.
My eyes look out the window, but there is something on the windowsill
that catches my attention.
There is a girl on the windowsill.
At first I think she is a reflection. She looks so similar to me. She has black
hair that goes a bit past her shoulders and a thin, pale face. There is only
one real difference between us.
Her eyes.
Her eyes are a brilliant glittering red, the colour of rubies. Even in the
dark they are easy to see. Her eyes focus on mine and I feel unsettled. She
steps off the windowsill and smiles at me.
“Hello,” she says calmly.
“Who are you? Are you real, or am I hallucinating?”
She doesn’t reply. I’m probably hallucinating. I shut my eyes and try to
think about good things. I take deep breaths and relax. I open my eyes.
And she’s right in front of me, staring at me.
“Boo.” She says with a grin.
“HOLY-”
She bursts into laughter. Her laugh is creepy. I hope that as long as I live I
never have to hear her creepy weird laugh again.
“Don’t do that,” I say angrily. “I asked you a question, who are you?”
“What you don’t recognise your own face? I’m you,”
“Very funny,” I say sarcastically. “Now go away,”
If I’m not a part of you, how come I can do this?”
She disappears. But I hear her voice in my head. She screams and shouts
and cries until my ears feel like bleeding.
“OKAY YOU CAN STOP! I BELIEVE YOU!”
And she materialises again sitting on the foot of my bed

“Okay I’ll stop. Happy?”
“What do you want from me?”
“I want to help! I care about you! I’m your only friend!”
“Yeah, totally true,” I say angrily.
“But it is! Your life is terrible! Your miserable, so I have taken it upon myself
to help you!”
“And how do you plan to do that?”
“I’ll talk to you, give you advice! You need me!”
“What’s the catch?” I say sceptically.
“There is no catch! I’ll take control for a while but you’ll still be there!
We’ll make decisions together! I’ll get you back on track!” She says
cheerfully.
“I don’t know, okay for no-”
“WONDERFUL! I’m so glad your letting me help you! You need it, after
all.”
“Okay then, what should I call you?”
“Lua, obviously,”
“No, that’s my name. You need your own,” I say stubbornly
“Alright then, I’ll be…. Luna!
I smirk. How creative. Lua with an “n”.
“Alright then,” I say, deciding to play along. “ Luna it is.”
“Okay, so we’re partners now, right buddy?”
Luna extends her right hand to me.
“Okay.” I say, shaking her hand.
And that’s how it started. Luna couldn’t have ever said no anyway.