Memorial Day Weekend

Here comes Memorial Day weekend, this is a very exciting weekend for me. The reason it is important to me is because my family and a friend get to go camping. We usually go to Anita, or Prairie Rose. It is very fun and very relaxing. I am going to tell you my plans for this year's camping trip.

This year I am deciding to take Chicken Lips, he is pretty fun. We have a big camper, it has three bedrooms, one for each of us. When we get there we get settled in.After we get settled in we go fishing for a little bit, by fishing I mean screwing around with the fish. When we actually caught one I took my knife and we played fruit ninja until I cut it’s head off. After that we headed back to the camper. It was almost evening by the time we got back. “It’s about time you guys got back, where have you guys been?” Asked my dad. “We were fishing, just fishing.” Says Ethan in a guilty tone with fish guts all over his hands. After all that awkwardness we sat down and ate.

It’s hitting around seven, my dad and mom go for a walk and said we could start a fire, so we did obviously, with a few jugs of gasoline. We lit the fire and the flame got a little out of hand. It went and started the grass on fire, for some reason my parents left the dogs, so Chloe and Zoey were feeling a little toasty. By the time my parents got back we had gotten the fire under control and it looked like nothing happened. Except for the burnt grass around the fire.

Later that night we decided to go for a walk, a long walk perhaps, a walk to a party we heard about when we were playing fruit ninja with a fish. Leland was the one who really wanted to go. I wanted to go to, but I would be the one getting in trouble not him, so you kinda see where I am coming from. When we arrive at the party, we were getting looked at like Donald Trump in Mexico. One guy stood up, he walked over to us like he owned the place, which wasn’t true. He gave us a dirty look, and then he pulled out his knife. Just so happened Chicken Lips and I remembered to bring our weapons, I had a butterfly knife and Leland had a switchblade. We were ready to fight.

We stand there, and this kid starts to charge us. I run at him and Chicken Lips follows right behind. We met and I got him good, but when I took my knife out I went back to hard and got Chicken Lips right in the spleen. Then Jackson comes out of nowhere, he was naked for some reason, but he had fireworks. He shot the people down with his bottle rockets, and then he realised his snakes. They were all dead, including Chicken Lips.

Jackson and I sat there in sadness, but we also felt like we were successful. We rushed Leland to the hospital not knowing it was too late. The doctor said he might have survived, but after he was stabbed he was shot 10 times with a firework. I looked right at Action Jackson, he was laughing. I asked him what happened, he said nothing. They gave the body to us. We were suppose to dispose of him.

We went to the graveyard, and we dug a hole. I was carrying him, Jackson was digging the hole. No one was there, I know Chicken Lips would be disappointed. So we threw a party. We invited everyone, and it was a good time. We decided to throw Leland on a chair and put some shades on him. Everyone would go and pat him on the shoulder, everyone thought he was just being shy, but that wasn’t the case. This one guy named Jacob Roush, everyone called him Roushey. Went over and dabbed by Leroy, he didn’t respond so he flicked his sunglasses off. He didn’t respond to that so he checked his pulse, there was nothing.

When everyone realized what was going on people started to cry, Jackson and I grabbed the body and we were gone. We got on the moped and we were out. When we got to my camper we buried the body and put a stone on it. We both said at the same time, “That just happened”.

Is This Reality

Step, by step I slowly made my way home from a long day of school. I always took the short way home from school, I had to go through the small woods located behind my house. I took a turn into the woods, and halfway through them I could hear the sound of crunching leaves. I figured it was my own footsteps making the noise, but when I stopped walking the sound continued. My heart rate sped up along with my feet.

I held onto the straps of my book bag and started running as fast as I could. I looked behind my shoulder, and a man dressed in all black from head to toe was rushing towards me. With eagerness I sped up my pace into a full on run, and tried not to look behind me. I could see the back door of my house a few feet away, and started yelling for my parents. I grabbed onto the doorknob and twisted hard.

My parents were at the door with their eyebrows creased together in confusion. I slammed the door behind me, and started panting from all the running.

“Is everything alright, we heard you scream?” My mom asked wiping her hands on a towel.

“There was a man chasing me through the woods I barely got away!” My mom brought her hand to her mouth and tears started welling in her eyes. My dad brought his arms around my mom's waist, and whispered in her ear.

“Whats wrong? Why aren’t you saying anything?” I asked in a rush. My mom opened her arms, and ushered for me to come to her. I wrapped my arms around her skinny torso, and hugged her. Later that day, I was in my room studying for my science quiz when I could see something outside my window. I pushed my blankets out of the way and stood on my feet. I walked to my window, and saw the same man from earlier. Even though I couldn’t see his face I could tell it was expressionless. I quickly ran down the stairs screaming for my parents. I grabbed my dad's’ arm, and pulled him up the stairs with me.

“What’s wrong?” My dad asked.

“He’s there dad, he's outside my window!” I frantically yelled. I pulled him in front of the window, and noticed my mom had joined the room sometime during my rant.

“There's no one out there Kelly,” My dad said bringing me into another hug. I didn’t understand why he was hugging me until I put it all together.

“Wait, you don’t think,” I paused momentarily, and backed out of my dad's hug.

“You don’t think it’s my Schizophrenia do you?” My parents didn’t say a word I knew I was right.

“We don’t know, but we just want the best for you,” my mom said.

“Just get out!” When they didn’t make a move I yelled once more.

“Get out!” This time they left my room, and shut the door behind them. The next day I was walking back home from school, and was very cautious of my surroundings thinking that the  man might be in the woods. Luckily, I made it safely home without seeing him, but when I opened the door my parents were standing inside with worried faces.

“Is something wrong?” I asked.

“Have you been taking your medication?” My mom bluntly asked.

“Yes I have,” I marched up the stairs without another word, and closed my door with a hard slam. I was lying on my bed when I heard someone whispering. I looked around my room, and didn’t see anyone. Suddenly in front of me was the masked man I gasped, and tried scurrying to my feet. Without saying a word he pointed outside my window, and towards the road. I got on my feet, and hurried outside to the road.

The man wasn’t behind me anymore, and I was alone the sun was going down, and I was alone. I didn’t know why I was outside, but for some reason I was. I sat criss cross on the ground, and picked up a sharp object. Suddenly, I could feel a burning sensation in my wrist, and faint sounds of screaming behind me. I seen my mom in front of me with tears streaking down her face, after that I don’t remember what happened.

Then, I woke up in my bed, in my room everything seemed normal besides one thing, my wrists. They were covered in bandages halfway up my arm. I could see a light outline of blood under the white bandages, and didn’t remember what happened. I walked down to the kitchen, and found my parents.

“You need to tell us everything,” my dad said with his coffee in his hand.

“What are you talking about?” I asked.

“About the man you say stalks you,” said my mom.

“What man? What are you talking about?” I say nervously.

“We are done with the lies. We want the truth,” my mom demanded.

“What happened? What are you talking about? What man?” My mom sighed and left the room. Today was Monday, a normal day, so I got dressed ready for school. On my walk to school I heard a shuffling noise in the bushes next to me. A man dressed in all black, that I have had recently dreamt of, was in front of me. I started running away, after noticing the knife in his hand. I ran back towards my house, and opened the door I looked at my parents, who were standing inside.

“He’s out there!” I screamed. My dad opened the door, and I prepared myself for the man to come charging in, but nothing happened, he wasn’t there.

“There's no one out there.” My dad said.

“No I’m not he was just there!” My parents gathered me into a hug I didn’t understand why they didn’t believe me he was there. I will prove it to them somehow, someway, and they will know I ‘am right.  

After the Forest

On this day April 15, 2034 President Caleb Savage swaggers the 3rd announced that the manned mission to Mars has finally landed on the Planet. There are 35 people up on the ship. The first thing they plan to do is to get to building shelter for the whole crew. The person who will be in charge of the building will be Leroy Jenkins. In order to protect the crew Sargent Gavyn Roasts alot the 4th and his team Wilhelm Mario, Luigi Mario, Ethan Hopner Lucas Song and me. We are called the Reapers! The most dangerous Team in the country.

I was 14 when I knew I wanted to join the Marines because I was in Canada to go to a hockey game and when entering Canada our Bus was attacked by Russia and during escape two marines helped most of my friends and I. We lost two of them that week in the forest they were Jaedan and Michael they were my best friends after that week the rest of us were on T.V. and the news for almost 4 months.

Gavyn and I wanted to join the military after high school but we waited till after college  so if we didn't make it. I went to college and I was studying Earth science and space travel in Iowa University. Gavyn went to Oregon for college he went out for football and was a running back and a Middle linebacker he was really good but after college we still wanted to join the military So we went to training and we graduated from that and we joined the Reapers at first we were just part of the jarheads. Delivering Supplies to outposts in the desert. But one day our convoy was ambushed. The humvee in front was hit with a IED and flew in the air Gavyn and I jumped out and took cover behind some rocks Stan was in the second humvee on the mounted gun the truck turned around and raced back to base to save the supplies so it was Gavyn, Stan, Jake, John and I. The first thing We did was take cover Stan was on the gun and Jake was heading to see if Ethan and Carl were still alive.

Jake couldn't get the door open so Gavyn ran over there and helped get the door off. As that was happening I was taking cover and putting cover fire for Gavyn and Jake. Stan was getting out of the humvee when it was hit with an RPG. I ran over there to see if he was ok. I shouted for John he ran over and carried Stan to safety. Gavyn got the door open and he grabbed Ethan then when Jake was getting Carl out he was shot in the leg.

Carl slowly crawled out of the humvee and to cover he was pretty messed up Jake sat up beside the humvee. I ran to go get him when they shot and RPG at the humvee I was thrown back then blacked out. I woke up in a hospital and Stan was in a bed beside me. That’s all I see before I black out again. When I wake up again Stan is gone and I am the only person in the room. I push a button and a nurse came in and I asked where was I. She said I was in a hospital and that I had a few visitors when I was asleep. It was from stan and he left a Poem called A brave soldier.

I lay in a pool of blood,

Waiting for that white light to come.

It is dark and cold,

But still I wait here for death to come .

I hear guns fire,

And bombs go boom.

But then I felt  you Grab me,

you picked me up and took me to safety.

That's when that light came,

When a dear friend carried me to a rocky mountain

Almost there but then I hear a clear,

And sit right up and Walk into battle again.

It was a nice thing for him to do that I just wish I could thank him myself. So we're on are way to base camp again when I see smoke in the area of the camp. The camp was under attack and on fire. Men driving turn around and drove off, back to base I knew we would not make it so I told them to turn around and head back to camp and that we wouldn’t make it back to camp we would run out of gas. So we turned around and headed into the soup of it when we pulled in. The passenger was calling in Backup as The driver and I went in we went in the front gate and ran to the guards post when in there a man was shot we moved past to the mess hall and there was a five guys in there they had Gavyn, and Lucas and someone not from my team.

We hold there and then I was told to go left and he would go right I grab the man closet to where the should have been, the door was blown clear to the other side of the room. I then knocked him out and took his gun at the same time the guys saw me and went started talking about where the armory is and when the driver grabbed the guy closest to him and grabbed his gun I opened fired. So did the driver I hit the guy right in the chest and so did the driver but the third guy must have saw us before we fired because grabbed Lucas and held a gun to his head, we didn't want him to grab his radio so we ran to the front of the table. Gavyn and the other guy that I have never seen grab guns and holds them up to the attackers he was shouting at us in some weird language. He started to get really jumpy when I said we won't hurt you if he let our friend go he almost pulled the trigger.  He starts yelling again and then he said in Eglash that we will not get him alive and he pushed Lucas at us and I jump to grab him but then I hear gun shots.

To Be Continued  

Surprise!

The wind was flowing under the large purple wings of Ladon over rivers, streams, hills and mountains. The wind was rushing through Lou Ann’s hair like water through a dam. He was swinging side to side, making her dizzy, and then his deep, calm voice filled her ears, “Awake, little one, awake.”

She opened her eyes, trying to remember what had happened and where she was. All the memories came back to her when she saw the tan, concerned face of her brother Nathan, standing over her.

“She’s awake,” he breathed as he turned behind him.

Only then did Lou Ann realize that another man was there. The man had dark brown, almost black hair, curling at his neck, and bright piercing blue eyes. His eyes stared directly into hers, and for a second, Lou Ann forgot that Nathan was there at all until he put his hand on her forehead.

“You’re burning up. You should try to eat something before you fall asleep again,” Nathan said, with that brotherly tone her had used on her so many times when they were little. He only used that voice when he was pitying someone, and she did not want to be pitied right now.

“I want to get up. Now,” she said in her best impression of their mother she could muster. He looked at her for a second, squinting his eyes, and then turned towards the man again.

“Cole, why don’t you take Lou Ann outside. Fresh air does wonders to the mind and body,” Nathan said. Nathan got up, and then left the room, apparently in a hurry. The man behind him, Cole she now knew, was walking towards her with a mug of some warm, brown liquid and sat down in the chair her brother had been in moments ago.

“You have to drink something first, then I will take you somewhere… wonderful.” he said in a deeper voice then Lou Ann expected. He pressed the mug into her hands, and then sat back, staring at the ceiling.

Only then did she look over the mug around the room. It was a brick-walled room, with dark stained wood flooring. A metal counter top and sink took up the wall opposite to her bed, and a little circular window was directly behind where Cole was sitting now. After taking everything in the small room in, she turned her gaze to Cole. He was still gazing at the ceiling, and as if he could she was looking at him, he turned his blue eyes to her. He looked at her for a long time as if thinking of something that was important.

“You look a lot like Nathan,” was all he said.

“I don’t care if I look like him,” she spat at him. “I am a separate person entirely. Different ideas, different interests, different person.”

“I didn’t mean it in a bad way, your brother was one of my only good friends in the army,” he stated.

“He can be nice when he wants to, and only to people he likes. He must think you are very important or something,” she said in a bitter tone.

“The girl’s feisty,” he said as he got up and put his hand out towards her. She glared at him for a second, and then got up by herself, but when she stood up, she got very dizzy, and somehow she ended up in his careful grip.

“You hit your head pretty hard when you fell off that dragon of yours,” he said, looking into her eyes with an emotion she couldn’t quite place.

“Hmph. Well, are we going to go see that wonderful place you were talking about now?”

All he did was drop his hands, and turn around. He opened the door and stepped out of her path so she could walk through the door. She didn’t say thank you, she just walked ahead, absorbing the view.

The hallway had a very musty smell. The wall and floor were made of very dark, rough stones that held veins of fool's gold. Everything looked very wet, and mold was growing near the chipped wood trim. It was lit by blue glowing dwarven lights hanging off the walls.

“Not exactly a palace, but this place keeps us safe. It is more of a bunker in the warmer parts of the Beor Mountains. I put wards up on the door, but they aren't very strong. We were waiting for you to get up, so you could put up stronger ones to block stronger dragon riders like Galbatorix and Murtagh,” he said as they walked up a set of steep stairs. The path was still lit by the blue hanging lights, but small windows at the top of the walls every few yards let in the yellow warmth of the outside world. Lou Ann knew from the moment she looked at Cole that he was something else, but a warlock was different. Too much like Galbatorix, she thought.

The stairs ended and Cole and Lou Ann walked for another few corridors until they reached two rusty, wooden doors. They were held tight by large iron beams that were branded will the symbol of the Yawe that indicated the bond of trust. Cole quickened his pace and opened the doors with a grunt, swinging them wide enough for her to fit through easily. The world outside was entirely different than the inside of this nasty place, Lou Ann thought to herself.

They stood on a swirling marble patio with large, white marble columns holding up a sapphire blue gemstone roof that most likely cost more than her entire house in Daret. It looked like the sea, with its uneven edges reflecting blue light in odd angles. Cole sat down on marble benches that matched the columns and admired the blue light. Lou Ann went to sit next to him, but as she did, the entire structure started to shake. Cole’s head snapped up to attention, and Lou Ann reached down to find her sword, only to realize that all of her weapons were gone, taken from her for safety reasons.

Why would they take away her sword? She needed to defend herself as much as anyone else, especially when she didn’t know where Ladon was. He could be anywhere, and just the thought made her stomach turn. Galbatorix might have him. No one had told her otherwise, and she didn’t think anyone was looking for him. She was about to turn around and search for her dragon herself when a big cracking noise vibrated through the ground, and into Lou Ann’s body.

She looked up, and saw at least two hundred soldiers, all wearing Galbatorix’s uniform. Lou Ann screamed and dived for Cole, who was still standing next to the marble bench, with his sword in hand. A look of horror was one his face, and Lou Ann realized then that Nathan had indeed protected Cole the entire time in the army. He was only a warlock, and he had no battle experience.

She reached for his belt, hoping to grab one of the daggers, just as the entire roof collapsed in on them. The doors opened, and a group of soldiers came out of a bunker and collided with Galbatorix’s soldiers. The clashing of steel on steel, and of bone cracking echoed off the walls.

Lou Ann searched for her brother. What had he been wearing last? Why hadn’t she payed more attention in the bunker? Then she saw him, leading a group of five soldiers towards her. He had an odd look on his face, like he was in pain. When he reached her, she felt a wave of dizziness. She didn’t know where Cole was, and Nathan wasn’t helping her stand at all. She looked around in confusion. Nathan grabbed her arm and threw her on the ground. She realized it then. Her brother was wearing the wrong colors.

He was on Galbatorix's side, and he was a commander in his army.

Long Night

  Long night

Hey you crazy kids, you wanna hear a story about a big party that turned into a riot?

Of course you do. It started like this, there once was these tree friends, Mark, Bob, and the one with class, Bill. These boys were green, lene, partying machines, if you count Mincraft. These boys weren't very popular in school. They were having a hard time being popular. They had this dream of throwing a huge party and getting everybody in the school to come.

No one in the school really knew who they were, but that was all going to change in one, huge  night. They talked to there friend Bill about throwing it at his house because he had a pool, and because it was his birthday, the decided on his house. They debated on what to give Bill for his birthday, and they decided on the best present ever, girls. They were all Juniors in high school, so they party had to attract other teenages, and as sad as it is, alcohol was the key to its success.

Bob hooked them up with that, so now all they need is to spread the word. The group had Mark go around the hole school. He was handing out fliers, got beat up a few times, but that's why we had Mark hand them out. Bill had his parents go out for a romantic cruise for a week, that he won from eating fifty boxes of cereal, which is an entirely different story.

They went to the store to by all the stuff, and then got to the house and started decorating.

It was 9:45 p.m. and they started to get worried to see if anybody was going to come. Around 10:56 p.m., a ton of people showed up, in one large, rowdy group. Before we knew it people were breaking stuff, and there was blue jello in the swimming pool. No one cared about the jello, because a whole group of hot babes were in the pool.

It was very fun for about two hours, but then some of the school bullies started to show up. Mark tried to get them to leave but he got beaten to a pulp. As Mark tended to his wounds,  we tried to ignore them but they started breaking stuff. Bill got fed up, and he went up to his room and got a baseball bat. He chased the bullies away, and as he turned around, everybody started cheering. After an hour, the number of party-goers went from 155 to 370. The hole backyard was full of people, and people no one knew started to show up.

Bill was playing ping pong with some people, and met this really old guy, who looked to be around fifty years old. He said he heard about this party through the radio. Bill went down to talk to his friends that were talking to some girls. They told him that they did play it on the radio. Bill was very mad and tried to shut the party down, but every time he got up on a table they all cheered and made him play a drinking game. It started to get overwhelming, and now there was about 850 people at his house. He tried to force people out of his house but then it didn't end up very well. Someone was driving his dad's car, and drove it into the pool. There were freshman spray painting on the walls, using some gang unknown signs.

Everybody was mostly in the front of the house on the street. Thank god someone called the cops, but that's where things went really wrong. These people were throwing beer bottles. and started fighting the cops next thing Bill know there's a flaming cocktail thrown at his house. There was a fire and people started cheering. Bill started throwing water on it but that didn't help. The fire department showed up and spared the house down with water. Bill heard shooting and he just took his friends and ran. They passed out in a baseball field and had huge headaches.

Bill talked to them about how much trouble he was in and how it got outta hand. At the end of the statement, Mark added “ Ya but that blond doe!”

We punished him in the arm. We all slowly walked home Mark and Bob got off the hook. I was the one that got all the charges. My parents were disappointed and my mom was crying.

Bill's dad Just shook his head and said i didn't think you had it in you. Over all the crying and they arger bill didn't regret a thing because he was popular.        

Finding out the Truth

Long Lost 3: Finding out the Truth

*Previously on Long Lost*

Elizabeth had been living a lie her whole life. She was kidnapped by her real parents, and they never found the kidnappers, Elizabeth and her friend, Tori had recently been on their way to New York. While on their way, Tori swerved off the road, and they got into a car crash. Tori replaced Elizabeth’s body with someone else's before they were going to the hospital. She knew it was risky, she was suffering from many injuries Tori wanted to be a doctor so she knew what to do. The girl Tori replaced Elizabeth with died in the hospital. Elizabeth’s twin sister, Lily had gone to the hospital too see the body, she later found out it wasn't her.

*The Kidnapping*

“If we steal these babies we will have to live a lie our whole lives, everyone we've ever loved, or ever communicated with will die!” Exclaimed Jodi, one of Elizabeth’s kidnappers.

“It will be okay Jodi, I promise, we will eventually live a normal life.” Answered Derek climbing up into a window to get the FBI agents’ daughters. Heather and Alex had been in the FBI for six years. Their parents were in the FBI, and retired when they joined. They had Elizabeth, and Lily a little less than eight months ago. They were unbelievably happy with life.

*Present Day*

Elizabeth was in a cabin, a cabin in the woods. She had been there since the car accident. She was there with someone, it wasn't Tori. She had no clue who it was until one night when she was sleeping.

“You need to get up right now!” Yelled the other girl in the cabin. Elizabeth still had a lot of pain from the crash.

“Who are you?” Elizabeth finally asked as if she was dying. She was angry and afraid she would be hurt.

*Back to the kidnapping*

Jodi and Derek were climbing up the gutters into the twins’ room. They got into the room, Lily wasn't there. They were both in a panic trying to figure out where she would be.

“I can't do this anymore, she’s just an innocent baby, she needs good parents!” Jodi said as she was looking for the baby Derek picked up Elizabeth.

“Do you remember why we’re doing this?” Derek questioned as if Jodi had forgotten.

“Well, yes I couldn't forget I’m not able to so you wanted to steal two innocent babies! I can't do this, it will make me go insane, stealing an innocent child.” Jodi said as she was frantically pacing around the room.

“We can-” Elizabeth started crying as Derek stopped talking. “Take the baby now! Jodi we need to hurry!” Derek continued to yell at Jodi. Jodi grabbed Elizabeth and jumped out of the window.

*Present Day*

Elizabeth and the girl from the cabin got up, and left the room they were in. They went upstairs, they saw a hidden door. They saw supplies that would last them two weeks, there were guns, food, water, and blankets with pillows.

“Should we take the supplies?” Elizabeth quickly asked, the girl immediately replied with a yes.

“My name is Blanca, you can just call me “B” for now, but we need to hurry so let's grab the stuff and go.” The girls left the house in a hurry.

“I know who kidnapped us, let’s go to the police about this!” Elizabeth saw a car driving by, they asked for a ride and were headed to the police station. They were at the police station, they caught Elizabeth’s “parents” they were locked up for good. Elizabeth was reunited with her real family. They adopted Blanca, they had an amazing life. Well, until lily was released from prison, and came to find her. Tori was looking into where Elizabeth was living, she found her. Tori had been anxious to get her hands on Elizabeth, and kill her. Elizabeth's fake parents got out of jail three months after Tori. Tori was waiting for them and got ready to kill Elizabeth. They went into Elizabeth's room one night, got their guns out. They all shot her at the same time. They went to prison and were never released. Elizabeth's family was devastated, they never thought they would get out. When Tori got out, Elizabeth went to see her, that's how she knew where she lived.