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Epilogue-
“You have been doing so well. Your job is going just fine,” Veronica said to Uncle Gorgan, as they looked out to the vast horizon, atop the glorious Mt Kosciuszko.
Uncle Gorgan quit his obsession with embalming, and began working with his niece at the Little Raven’s Nest.
Uncle Gorgan has finally come to terms with his brother’s death. He has understood that sometimes you lose the ones you love and that it’s better to just let go of your lost loved ones.  Veronica and Gorgan have a better relationship now that he realised that it isn’t Veronica’s fault that his brother died.

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Here’s hoping this little Get Well wish will give your spirits a big great lift. Just relax and close your eyes because your wings will be fixed just in time. Get well soon from the boys and girls at the Australian International Academy.

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Prologue

“Okay Uncle, I’ll be home by 4pm sharp.”

Veronica is a 17 year old who works at the Little Raven’s Nest as a waitress and lives with her mean uncle Gorgan. Her Dad died in war and her mother ran away, leaving her to be raised by Gorgan. Her uncle makes her clean his own stinky room, gives her a strict curfew everyday; she has to be home by 4pm sharp!

Veronica loved her job at the Little Raven’s Nest, but apart from that, her uncle made her life a nightmare!

Veronica wished her parents were still alive.

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A huge thank you to the Australian International Academy who gave us the chance to participate and donate to this great cause. The students would like to recognise the efforts of Mr Imran Maarabani, Mrs Anoshka Khan, Mrs Huda Baluel, Mrs Basma Ammar, Mrs Nahla El-Ghazawi, Mrs Nahid Hasan and Mrs Simran Khan; the teachers who stayed with us all day to ensure we got the job done! 

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A huge thank you to the Australian International Academy who gave us the chance to participate and donate to this great cause. The students would like to recognise the efforts of Mr Imran Maarabani, Mrs Anoshka Khan, Mrs Huda Baluel, Mrs Basma Ammar, Mrs Nahla El-Ghazawi, Mrs Nahid Hasan and Mrs Simran Khan; the teachers who stayed with us all day to ensure we got the job done! 

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They both ran to chase Larry with all their might. He was heading towards the tip of Mt Kosciuszko. Veronica’s feet slips on the melting, polished snow. The steep climb made it difficult to catch up to Larry.

Uncle Gorgan had to stop. Each breath caught up with him slowly. His heart beats anxiously as he ran through the thick frosting of ice. Uncle Gorgan couldn’t leave Veronica behind. He kept on going, no matter the condition.

Veronica lost Larry, as she zigzagged upon the precipitous, white mountain. Her ankles started to freeze up. She got to the top of the mountain to stop and see where Larry got to. Veronica calmed down and lay on the snow and looked up to the horizon of the sky. Emerald green streaks among the horizon, with shimmering blots of stars.

Uncle Gorgan made it to the top, interrupting Veronica’s sight-seeing. “Larry! Larrrryyyy!!! Where are you?” Veronica shouts out as the sound of her voice echoes. “There he is!” the grumpy voice of Uncle Gorgan howls. They both sprint to the other side of the mountain-top.

They reached to Larry. “C’mon boy! Give that calculator back!” Veronica yelped out. Larry finally drops the calculator. Veronica snatched it off, before he can take it back

“How did you find this calculator? It belonged to me.”

“The cash register broke, and my boss gave it to me to use.”

“I tried to get rid of it...” mumbled Gorgon.

“Why did you try to get rid of it?” she asked.

He paused.
“Didn’t you ever wonder how I collected those extinct animal organs?” He replied.

“So you used this calculator as an advantage, just to have a business?” Veronica said confusingly.

“That’s the point!”He replied

“Then why did you get rid of it?” she exclaimed

“Because... I wasn’t using it for that anymore...I was using it to visit my beloved brother.
"...oh...that's very deep...I'm very happy you shared that with me!" exclaimed Veronica
"maaaa" Larry bleated
"What's wrong Larry?" Veronica questioned.
*spew*
"The calculator!!" Uncle Gorgan and Veronica yelled out.
"Oh well... I don't have to get rid of it now!" he pointed out.

Sometimes, people don’t know how to express their love.

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Veronica and her Uncle Gorgan both live together in a rustic old house at the base of Mt Kosciuszko.
Her mean uncle Gorgan always claimed that Veronica's mum abandoned her after the passing of her father.
Her life turns upside when Veronica discovers a time machine hidden within the most ordinary of objects.
Truth unfolds to finding a mysterious past
She discovers that perhaps, sometimes, the past lies...

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Chapter 1 - The little raven's nest - Zakariya  

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Chapter 1 - The little raven's nest - Zakariya  

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“AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!” screamed veronica. It happened again. Her skin boiled and burned as the hot coffee sunk into her ragged clothes/skin. “Oh come on Veronica, you tripped again?", Elise asked as she poured cold water onto  veronica. “Aaaaaaaaah” Veronica breathed a sigh of relief.

Elise was Veronica's best friend because she was always there for her.
“Thanks Elise, and sorry about the mess, my shoes are old and worn out and my uncle promises that he will buy me new shoes for my 17th birthday tomorrow but he hasn't even gotten my shoes for 2 years .”

She remembered when her mum used to buy nice shoes for her. Veronica lives on mount Kosciusko with her uncle. Veronica hugged Elise, thanking her for being such a good friend, said goodbye to her and began her journey home.

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The sun was warm on her back, birds were chirping in the distance and the snow was pure white. Today was a beautiful day but she knew it would be ruined once she stepped in that house.

Then, she noticed a dark figure speed past in the corner of her emerald eye. Someone, or something, was watching her. Then all of a sudden, she was tackled to the ground by a furry figure. "Baaaaaaaaaa" Larry bleated.

It was just her pet Larry the lamb. His face was filled with excitement and happiness. He licked her and his moustache tickled her face. " I missed you too Larry" she exclaimed affectionately. Together they walked to the rickety shack they called home.

The house was dark and dank with a lot of spiderwebs. Bits of it were broken and out of place. The house looked like it was filled with depression and sorrow. The paint had peeled off leaving only the black rotten wood underneath. The windows were boarded by wood so you couldn't see him embalming animals.

Larry and Veronica opened the door and went in. The heads of animals and their preserved remains were hung on the wall with labels. Veronica even didn't know what the animals were: Dodo bird, Tasmanian devil,    T-Rex. To Veronica, these sounded like a bunch of random words because her uncle didn't give her an education. Also for some reason, No one believed that the T-Rex was real.

She was welcomed by the cold, mean, ugly face of a retired embalmer. Normally, a person who saw this would bleach their eyeballs and run away screaming at the sight of this but, Veronica was used to it. "Your late! Go clean my room!" He shouted. Veronica did as she was told. After cleaning the room, she went to bed to wait until she could leave this horror house for work.

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In the Year 2000, 17 years from now Veronica Clarissa Romaine was born and her mother was MURDERED By her own BROTHER Gorgan Veronica'`s uncle.The red blood rushed out of the deep hole that goes through Veronica`s mothers liver.Veronica`s Uncle Gordan was trying to get something from in her body and the Beautiful,Brave and beloved mother sacrificed her life for Veronoica. Her father had passed away at war fighting for their country.In the meantime for the rest of Veronica`s life her uncle Gorgan was taking care of her and wanted something.Something you wouldn`t expect.Even though he extremely wanted to do something that would cost her life he was still staying cool with her.Veronica wasn`t as successful as her other siblings.She was a Waitress at the top of Mountain Kosciusko in a cafe called Little Raven`s Nest.

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Ring-ring! The doorbell rang and in filed the usual  customers. “The usual, Greg?” asked Veronica. Greg swiftly moved his fingers.”Thought so,” Veronica said, as she walked off. After she had finished getting the order of the rest of the customers, the first few customers had already finished their food. “So that’s...wait...why isn’t this working?” Veronica tried typing in more numbers in the cashier but nothing was typing up. “Archie!!!” yelled Veronica as she walked up to Archie’s office.  ”The cashier isn’t working!!!”

Archie was the owner of the Little Raven’s Nest. He was kind most of the time but he knew when to be tough. There was one time, a few months ago, when Uncle Gorgan had been in a bad mood since no one had bought anything from him. He had banned Veronica from eating a single crumb of food. The next day, Veronica had told Archie what had happened and out of sympathy for her he cooked her a big meal. Sometimes, she wished he was her uncle instead.

Archie rampaged through his drawer. “Use this.” He handed her a peculiar-looking calculator. “I recently bought it from a second-hand store... for emergencies” he added, giving her a heart-warming smile... “Thanks,” said Veronica. She rushed back to the counter. “Sorry,” she apologised to the customers.”So that’s.....$20.00 altogether.” As soon as she pushed the equal button, the calculator started to vibrate. What is happening?

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Noor
“So that’s a large box of fries, with extra chicken salt and a chicken burger with extra thick red sauce so.....” Veronica mumbled to herself. “$19.50 all together,” Veronica said.  “Thanks, Greg,” Veronica added sarcastically, as some coins were flung at her. “Another day done and dusted...” She murmured to herself.

It was her day to do clean up, so she has to stay at the Little Raven’s Nest for an extra hour. Boy, would Uncle be mad, thought Veronica. Uncle Gorgan always got angry if she came even a second after 4:00pm... for some reason. He was always so over-protective. Veronica walked up to the broom closet and glumly grabbed her equipment. She immediately drops it. Man, was she clumsy.

One hour later, when she finished clean up, she got up and collected her bag. From the corner of her eye, she saw someone marching along the path way to the diner. It was Uncle Gorgan. Oh great... thought Veronica. It was the man himself.

“VERONICA!!!!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN????!!!! I SPECIFICALLY TOLD YOU TO BE HOME BY 4....”and on and on went the lecture for what felt like five years. Eventually,  he stopped because his voice tired out. “Next time....you come home late,” her uncle threatened, “you will regret it.” With that, stormed off without a single word.

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“It’s time to find out”, thought Veronica. She walked down the zigzagged hall and into her uncle’s room. She curiously observed the walls and shelves, just being her usual self until she reached one of the bottom shelves. She grabs the container that caught her eye and brushed against the  label

”R.I.P Stephen, brother never forgotten”. things were starting to piece together. In the container, was one of her dad’s military badges. She saw a Polaroid of her uncle and her dad. Then she found a journal. she turned a page and relised it was her dad’s diary. it read,

‘Dear Diary, Celestia keeps on asking me to go to the army and I’m not sure if I want to. I’ve decided i will.’

She turns the page and sees an entry written by Gorgon. It read

‘that SELFISH SELFISH Celestia wanted my brother to go to war and now we receive word that he’s DEAD!!! And Veronica is really as ugly and cold hearted as her mother’ now it all made sense he hated her because she resembled her mum and Gorgon had the calculator first and used it to get the badge; a reminder of her dad, his brother.

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Veronica stormed home, angry thoughts swirling through her head. Gorgan accused her mother
She always thought Uncle Gorgan was a curious man. He has animal skins from around the world but he doesn't even have a passport. Also a majority of his animals are extinct. There were animals like; Mammoths, Tasmanian tiger or even a Dodo. Veronica was having a mental clash with herself whether to confront him or to keep quiet and disappear from his life. At that moment it seemed that it was best to disappear. How else was she going to survive? He bossed her around, bullied her and placed an abnormal curfew on her.

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Sofiya
BANG! She went flying through a vortex. The Craziness around her not making any sense. She heard whispers and yells and saw madness all around. But she isolated two specific voices. One seemed very familiar...
"Gorgon! This is ridiculous! It was never my fault! He would be considered a 'Wimp'. You know this town, they judge very easily"
"No! You Liar! Celestia, Tell me, did you know how much  you would receive from your husband if he died?"
"Gorgon! How dare you accuse me of purposely sending my husband to war full knowing he would die! I never have heard such ridiculousness! You knew I loved him! I never knew of this so called 'Fortune'. "
It was Uncle Gorgon arguing with 'Celestia'.
"I will leave this house and abandon little Veronica"
Veronica was dizzy with disgust! Uncle Gorgon lead her mother to ABANDONING her!
"WHIRRRR!" What was going on? The calculator was whirring like mad!
"NOOO! Not again!" Veronica was pulled violently back into the vortex. She could barely breath! She was suffocating!
"Veronica? Are you okay?"
"Wha... What happened Archie?"
"I found you passed out on the floor!"
"Oh...I'm fine. Thanks for staying"

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Chapter 8- Mum lies...

The day was gleaming like a star, but to Veronica’s eyes it was a gloomy, dark doomsday...

“Arghhhhhh!!” Roars of anger soared through Veronica’s body, like a flash. She was frustrated. Furious! Her face was burning hot like fire, and her veins popped out with anger! “How can he do this to me?” Veronica whispered heatedly to herself. “I was only a child!” she shouted feeling the irritation. Veronica threw her fuzzy pillow on the ground. It was because of him my mother left.

“He threatened my own mother, forcing her to depart from me, just to raise me up with a miserable life! All he cared is about was his annoying exotic organ collecting!

Veronica began to pack her bags. “Gorgan will get it” She murmured to herself angrily. “Baaaa” bleated Larry. “I agree”, Veronica maniacally replied back. (could be funnier)

“Veronicaaaaa!” “Veronicaaaaaaa!” a manly voice howled out. Veronica ignored it. “Come clean my room!”

Veronica ignored him. She wanted nothing to do with him. “Veronica? Now!” he shouted again. “Fine! Tell me why you threatened my own mother!” she shrieked.

His eyes bulged out. His faced turned into a tomato. There was an awkward silence.

“How did you know? Who told you this?”

Veronica clenched onto the calculator in her behind pocket.

A swarming shadow rushed into the house and hit Veronica right on her bottom. Larry snatched the calculator from her pocket. “Maaa” he bleated. Larry sprinted to the door, looking at Uncle Gorgan and Veronica tilting his head sideways.

Both Uncle Gorgan and Veronica knealed down to come reach Larry. “Come here boy!” as Veronica attempted to get his attention.

With on large “Maaa”, Larry turned, and sprinted out the door.

With.
The.
Calculator.

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Veronica was lying in her bed. She felt so uncomfortable. Two sides were stressing on her. “Should I let him tell me the so called “truth” or ignore him?” Veronica questioned Larry the lamb. Obviously he will just reply with ‘maaaa’, but she still trusts his judgement.

*sigh* Veronica got out of bed and felt much more, calm. She walked into the kitchen looking for Uncle Gorgan. He wasn’t there. She went outside. He still wasn’t there. She went back into the house and found him in his room, wounded.

It was a very deep cut. “Uncle Gorgan! What happened?! Are you okay?” Veronica expressed with care. “Uh...uh get the... anti...dote! Quick! In my draw” Gorgan said stunned. Sharp pains were knifing away in the wound.

Veronica was rushing into the rustic rusty draws. Searching. Searching. “Found it!” Veronica claimed. She poured the antidote all over the wound. She grabbed a cloth and cleaned up the red, wine coloured blood. She wrapped a long bandage around Gorgan’s stomach. “It’s okay! You’ll be okay! Just relax your body and breathe in and out!” Veronica gasped.

Uncle Gorgan went to rest. “How did this happen?” Veronica said to Larry curiously. “maaaa” Larry replied. “...Okay?” She answered back.

Gorgan woke up. “Are you okay?” Veronica asked. “Yeah, I’m fine. I saw a woman. She looked familiar. Like your mother”, he said terrified. “My mother? That’s not possible. She’s dead”, Veronica said shockingly. “Maaaa” Larry agreed.