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Jesse Morales

Mr.Guterruiz

I woke up to the sound of a crash, along with heavy footsteps. I got up slowly, and in the back of my head, I knew something wasn't right. I stood still, listening for any other sounds, but in return was the unsettling quiet and emptiness of the night. I started to walk towards the exit of my room, when I heard someone, or something, breathing right behind me. I instantly froze, having never been so scared in my life. Before I had a chance to react, I heard my name repeatedly said."Archieeee...Archieeee." I was still frozen, scared, and now, very confused that it knew my  name. I blinked, and opened my eyes to the sight of my teacher tapping me, and calling my name. The whole class burst out laughing, and even the teacher chuckled a little. I was as red as a tomato at that point, and awkwardly let out a sly smile. The teacher chuckled, and softly but also sternly said,"Archie, class is for learning, not for sleeping" I was to embarrassed to respond, and decided to just deal with the rest of the time we had to be in class for.

Class was over, and it was lunch time. I got in line to lunch, an looked over to the place where me and my friends usually sit, but only one of my friends, Matt, was there. I walked up to him, and noticed that he had a gloomy look on his face. "Whatsup?" I said, a little concerned. Matt sighed,"They beat up Mark and Henry." I didn't need to ask who 'they' were."when was this?!" I exclaimed. "3rd period." " And nobody was there to do anything about it!?" I said, getting a little bit fired up. "Well...Yes and no, there were a few people but they wouldn't have been able to stop it, even if they tried." While starting to calm down, I asked,"well, where are they now?" "Home" he said. "Hopefully they'll be here tomorrow." I replied while sitting down. I wasn't half way through my lunch when the bell rang, and it was time to go to class. I guess I was putting more effort into thinking then eating.

School ended, and it was extremely windy outside, to the point where we can barely here each other. My friends all walk home, and we walk home the same way the same way, but we all split up to our houses on the way. There was not much to talk about, and we were both quiet throughout the walk, until we came to the ally where we would go our own ways. Inside the ally there was an intersection that Matt had to cross to get to his house, and my house was past the ally way, so we both said our goodbyes. Suddenly, I had a weird feeling in my gut, as if something wasn't right, and I just couldn't shake it off. It was like a small car crashed into my stomach, without any of the pain. Unexpectedly, as if my body forced me too, I shouted as loud as possible, trying to get my voice through the wind,"Matt!" Right when he was about to cross the intersection, he turned around."Wha-!" He was cut off by a car that sped through the intersection, where he would have been. I was speechless, for so many reasons, while Matt was on the floor from the wind forced to Matt by the car. I ran over to him and yelled over the wind,"Are you ok!?" He grabbed his backpack and got up."Yeah!" He shouted back. We just awkwardly stood there for a couple of minutes before he broke the silence with,"Archie...You saved my life!" I giggled out of nowhere, not knowing what to say. I didn't think there was any witnesses, but I had the strangest feeling in my gut as well, as if I was being watched. I looked around, and it was a surprise to see no one, because I was almost sure someone was watching.

I was almost home by then, still thinking about what just happened. I checked the clock to see I was 1 hour late to be home. I couldn't even run that far because the strong wind kept pushing me back. I just decided to keep walking, knowing I was going to get the same punishment anyways, but suddenly, I just started to have a headache. It felt as if a bowling ball fell on my head, or a pole. This was agony, I was on the floor crying out in pain. Suddenly, I hear a huge crack, louder then the winds. I turned around to a palm tree about to fall directly on me. I tried to get up, but that just made my head hurt more. I didn't know what to do, and rolling over hurt my head as much as it did when I tried getting up. I gave up, and laid there, almost in tears, and all of this happened in a matter of 13 seconds. I closed my eyes, waiting for the pain, and the tree finally reached me, and fell right through my body. I thought to myself, where am I? I realized my eyes were still closed, and my head no longer hurt. Suddenly, the tree rolled over just a little bit, and I was still on the floor, in the same position, and was very scared and confused at what just happened. I saw the headlights of a car, which I didn't really mind, until my parents came out. I was very surprised, and they were very worried. The picked me up and helped me get into the car. My parents asked me many questions, such as,"Where were you!?" or "Are you ok?, what happened?!" but I was to lost in thought to really pay attention.

The helped me out the car and into our house. I looked at the clock, realizing it was already 9:13 PM, and I left the school at 6:00 PM. My parents comforted me in my bed, and kissed me goodnight. The turned of the lights and closed the door, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I debated whether I should tell my parents what really happened, because I told them a stretched version of the truth. I myself didn't really know what was going, such as why that tree went through me, or how I felt that something bad was going to happen, but at that point, I was to exhausted. Those last 3 hours drained me of all my energy, but before I knew it I was asleep. Even today, I couldn't tell if it was a dream or if it was real, but all of a sudden felt the night breeze, and I heard a little mumbling, so but I was so tired it didn't really bother me, I actually smiled, for no reason when I was a little bit more worried then happy. At the end of the mumbling, I could still swear today, and nothing could every make me not know that I heard this, but from a small voice that seemed to be coming from outside, I heard,"Is he the one?"

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Izabella Salaises

Language Arts 7/b5

Mr. Gutierrez

8 May 2017

Archie Smith, Boy Wonder: Wings of Peace

Humans are the dominate species on the planet. That's what I have been taught and what I have learned through my lifetime. Through my experiences, I have also learned the selfishness and greediness of humans to gain power for themselves and for future generations. Maybe we were getting punished for our sins against the earth, maybe they were waiting for us to dig them out, it doesn't matter what it was. All I know is that is humanity's fault, it's our fault for destroying earth, it's our fault for being greedy for power.

That day, was the day that changed every human's power or rights to live a normal life. That day was the day we discovered something deep underground that we shouldn't have disturbed. The day the dragons awoke from their slumber, was the fall of humanity's system and our power over earth. They knew our language, they knew our weaknesses as if they were watching us evolve from the very beginning, that was their key to victory during the war with the prize of ruling earth.

They treated us like peasants, ordering us to do their simple duties,

"Feed me, clean this, clean that,” it was torture.

My name is Archie Smith and I'm was lucky to even be alive. However, I was one of the unfortunate people as well, for I am deaf. I don't hear when the dragons come, I don't hear when the dragons order me around, I don't hear them.

My "master" is an earth dragon named Rhaegal, I don't understand why he didn't disposed of me, I just required extra care help him anyways. Maybe he just thought of me as a fool or as a tool, either way I'm was pretty useless. Luckily I had my mom there to help me understand with sign language.

Rhaegal was much more patient than the average dragon, so it wasn't as bad as for me as it was for my friends. They had the two impatient twin fire dragons named Penskokes and inigoenix, they were brothers. My friends were ridiculed and beaten if they disobeyed them by their guards. Somehow even if they went through all that, when we played together, they were happier than ever. I pitted them.

Those two dragons were the supreme dragons compared to the others, including Rhaegal. However, Rhaegal wasn't weak either, if anything he was probably the closest to them in power so his word was law as well as the twins. They held meetings to decide laws or if they were able to kill a specific humans as well. If yes, the human(s) would be eaten or crushed to their ends meet. If the master didn't require the servant anymore, they had very little activities to participate, if they didn't want to do those kind of things, they had to clean. Us kids were servants as well, when we were done with our duties, we played or cleaned together.

However, one day as I was falling asleep on my bed, a tiny voice asked,

“This be the one?,” as if they were asking me directly.

I couldn't understand how I could hear for, I was deaf. I didn't understand where it came from if I heard it. The voice spoke again in a faint voice and said,

“Archie..” as my named echoed in my mind.

I was thinking I must be going insane but I wasn't, the voice kept repeating my name, I wanted it to stop, “Stop..Stop..STOP!”

The voice stopped talking, but abruptly replied,

“So you can hear me.”

I was thinking that maybe someone or something was in my head somehow and I remarked within my mind,

“Who are you? What are you? How are you doing this? Why are you doing this?”

“I am the black dragon Alduin, I using one of the few rare powers dragons have to speak to you, I am speaking to you like this because I cannot do this directly without causing a ruckus between the dragons. Anymore questions?(Chuckle)(Chuckle)“

“Yes, WHY are you talking to me specifically?”

“Oh that, if I tell an human adult about what I'm about ask you, they will call over the twins to my location. Now to the real business, can you tell Rhaegal, start the mission?”

“I can't, I'm deaf, I don't know how to speak I can only write. Plus what is this mission you are talking about?”

“I am well aware human, put those words on a paper and give it to him however I cannot answer your question human, I'm sorry.”

“Alright it’s fine, I'll do it.”

“Oh I almost forgot, DON’T tell anyone about my, I repeat, DON’T tell anyone. If Rhaegal ask how I contacted you, ask for assistance from someone to translate this to him, he said not to say it in front of other humans."

“Okay.”

“Much thanks human, I can only tell you this much, I will benefit you, goodbye we will talk again soon.”

“Wait!“

I could feel the presence in the mind gone. I had too many unanswered questions. How did he know my name? How did he know I was the only child serving Rhaegal? It didn't matter, I had to do what Alduin asked of me. I ran to my room and wrote paper. I didn't know how I would present this to Rhaegal but I had to think of a way and fast.

I ran to Rhaegal’s throne, fully Focus on the mission in trusted to me. I finally arrived with my whole body shaking from being so nervous.

“What do you need human?”

I brought my mother with me to translate my sign language into English.

“She said she has something important to give you, its a letter from your friend.”

“No dragon has a friend.”

“She is saying that he told me to write this because, he can't contact us directly, here is the thing he told me to write.”

I handed him the letter. When he finished reading the letter his face went from disbelief to fully serious.

“How did he contact you?”

“She said he told me not to say it in front of other humans.”

He was quietly muttering to himself as if he was confused or was trying to figure out what to do next. The next thing he did was surprising as he stood up from his throne and whispered to me,

“Do you want to be slave for the rest of your life human or try to save your kind from this tyranny? because what we dragons are doing isn't any better of what humans were doing to lower species long ago.”

I was confused, why was a dragon who are rulers of the world, decide to help humans? I didn't know what to say, I couldn't leave my mom here. I couldn't respond to him either, he noticed this and gave me a piece of paper to write on. He was also going to respond to me on the paper as well.

“I can't leave my mom, can she come with us?”

“That she can however, you will not be able to see her until after this war.”

I was devastated, I could barely hold my tears back as my eyes were watering and turning red. My mom who has been helping me with my problem, the mom who tells me everything will be okay, the mom who tells me she loves me everyday...I won't escape this hell with her?

I shakily responded in tears, “Okay...I just glad she with be released from this prison…”

He nodded in what it seemed of his way of saying sorry and started walking towards the arch to the outside. I followed him and asked my mom to follow me towards our salvation, Rhaegal, as we were freed from the hell we were once in.

It was hard explaining all of this to my mom, she thought it was dangerous and didn't want to be separated from me. She was about to burst her eyes out from crying about me agreeing to Rhaegal’s terms for freedom. I didn't want to leave her either but, this was the price of freedom for humanity. Or rather my price.

Our escape was eventually known throughout the world. Our battles were almost endless as we fought dragon to dragon. Most of the friends I knew from the beginning were dead. When the war was almost over. The worst tragedy of my life happened, I found my mom's body dead on the ground.

I crying was endless, I didn't know what to do with myself. My mom was everything I was looking forward to after the war, a peaceful life with her next to me. But all that dreaming was gone in a instant. Rhaegal was the only thing I had left. My hatred for dragons was growing, the only exception was the one who took care of me through the war, the one who protected me. It was Rhaegal.

We ended the war, we won. I was able to live freely. I was free for the first time in my life. I know my mom would be happy. But, I will live happy with Rhaegal for now, I know it will be good.

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Naithen Lopez

Language Arts 7/B5

Mr. Gutierrez

8 May 2017

It Was A Perfect Lift Off:or was it

Here i stand in front of my home where i grew up and my brother who once thought he killed me. He thinks i'm dead but underneath my mask lies his brother. I call myself akayo. I am now an assassinator, and have been sent to kill my brother KuroKumo. But as i am tempted to i can't do this. But then i hear a loud noise, the noise of a spaceship it is lifting off to the planet Marshmello.

1 year later

I see the news and the spaceship has landed successfully on the planet Marshmello. Me and my brother have forgiven eachother and now work under cover for the P.O.M.T ( protectors of Maple Town) the news has switch and now there is a huge crime.

News Reporter: “ The space team has reported another life on the planet that is not friendly they have invaded Maple Town P.O.M.T if you hear this we need you quick”

All of a sudden all the power is out and the ground shakes it is dark…

I see....

Was this a perfect lift off or not?...

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Sarah Gomez

Honors Language arts B/5

Mr. Gutierrez

May 10, 2017

Mr. Linden’s Library

“Okay, just remember to call me when you get there.”

“Mom you’re so overprotective, can't I just text you when I get there like a normal person, and plus it's a Library you’re not supposed to talk there.” I was beginning to feel odd about my mom’s actions as she always tries to have everything perfect  and safe. She has been acting like this ever since she came back from the insane asylum after dad was murdered, or so says my mom. The only thing that seemed peculiar about my mom’s words of my dad’s death, was that he has been haunted by a spirit, but not a nice one, it was a bad spirit of nature and it came out of a book and strangled him with tree vines. The doctor said otherwise, we were told that my dad died of heart failure but my mom insisted that she was correct. She tried telling the police but they only thought that she was some crazy women who needed to be isolated. As this shows, nobody believed her. She has been very overprotective because she is afraid that we will be separated again or that the bad spirit of nature is going to come and haunt my family, in this case only me and my mom.

I was on my way to the library when I was jerked back. “HEY!” I yelled as I turned around. As I peered over my shoulder, I noticed that my sweater has been caught on a tree branch. I turned around and I quickly  jumped in fear as somebody was right in front of me. “OH! Mr. Linden, you startled me.” I haven't seen Mr. Linden since the incident with my mom. He has always been that one mysterious librarian that you see in the movies, but I guess he okay.”Did you need something?”

“No, I was just on my way to open up the library.” He says in his slight British accent.

“I was actually on my way there now.” I say as we both start heading in the direction of the library.

As we made it to the library, Mr. Linden opened the doors and welcomed me in. I was the only one there besides him so I was able get a head start on the books before everyone came. I first stated at the science/ history section because I need to do a project on how plants have helped us in different ways.

I soon come across an odd looking book that is a bit large. I didn't feel the need to take it, but as I was looking around I bump into my friend Alice from school She was probably here for the same reason as me

“Plants project?” I questioned her.

“Yea, I am so stressed because I can't find any good resources. All these books are from like 100 years ago.”

“I'm not having too much luck either.” I said as I drifted away.

The best I was able to do was a couple of magazines and a picture book with captions. Alice and I had finished at the same time so we were in line together to check out what we got. I then notice that she has the large odd looking book that I have seen earlier. It was her turn to check out her books, so she went up to the counter where Mr. Linden will check them out. I listened in to the conversation as I seen Mr. Linden look very nervous.

“Sorry Alice but this book is not for check out.”

“Please Mr. Linden this book is my only hope, this project is due in 2 days??” Alice whined.

“Only in one condition. DO NOT OPEN TO PAGE 1,300!!!” Said Mr. Linden very seriously. I was so curious that I had to ask what the problem was

“Okay, follow me girls.” He said as he directed us to the back room.

“Mr. Linden, you’re creeping me out.” Alice said

“Okay listen closely, this is no ordinary book and it is possessed by an evil spir-

“You mean my mom was right this whole time!!!”

“Yes, your mom was telling the truth. Your dad checked this book out and one day your mother found him unconscious, and the book was opened to 1,300 and there were bark marks on him as well as leaves.”

I was so confused that I count speak.” Uhh, I have to go!” I quickly said as I ran home.

It has been hours since Mr. Linden told us the story of my dad and I can't stop thinking about it. I was quickly alarmed when my phone started ringing. It was Alice, I was not sure what she wanted so I answered.

“Hey Lisa I am going to find out what happens.”

“What do you mean?”

I am going to open page 1,300.”

“No! Did you not hear anything that Mr. Linden said?! That book killed my dad!”

“We aren't even sure if he is telling the truth.”

“Alice wai-”

I quickly ran to Alice’s house not knowing what was going to happen. I looked all over the house but couldn't find her. I then came across her mom and I asked if they had a basement and she took me there not knowing why.

“What's wrong honey?”

“I'll explain later, I need to find Alice” I said as I walked into the guest bedroom that was in the basement. We couldn't believe what we saw and the only words that could come out of my mouth were “he had warned her about the book. Now it was too late.” Then everything went dark.

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Jesse Morales

Mr.Guterruiz

I woke up to the sound of a crash, along with heavy footsteps. I got up slowly, and in the back of my head, I knew something wasn't right. I stood still, listening for any other sounds, but in return was the unsettling quiet and emptiness of the night. I started to walk towards the exit of my room, when I heard someone, or something, breathing right behind me. I instantly froze, having never been so scared in my life. Before I had a chance to react, I heard my name repeatedly said."Archieeee...Archieeee." I was still frozen, scared, and now, very confused that it knew my  name. I blinked, and opened my eyes to the sight of my teacher tapping me, and calling my name. The whole class burst out laughing, and even the teacher chuckled a little. I was as red as a tomato at that point, and awkwardly let out a sly smile. The teacher chuckled, and softly but also sternly said,"Archie, class is for learning, not for sleeping" I was to embarrassed to respond, and decided to just deal with the rest of the time we had to be in class for.

Class was over, and it was lunch time. I got in line to lunch, an looked over to the place where me and my friends usually sit, but only one of my friends, Matt, was there. I walked up to him, and noticed that he had a gloomy look on his face. "Whatsup?" I said, a little concerned. Matt sighed,"They beat up Mark and Henry." I didn't need to ask who 'they' were."when was this?!" I exclaimed. "3rd period." " And nobody was there to do anything about it!?" I said, getting a little bit fired up. "Well...Yes and no, there were a few people but they wouldn't have been able to stop it, even if they tried." While starting to calm down, I asked,"well, where are they now?" "Home" he said. "Hopefully they'll be here tomorrow." I replied while sitting down. I wasn't half way through my lunch when the bell rang, and it was time to go to class. I guess I was putting more effort into thinking then eating.

School ended, and it was extremely windy outside, to the point where we can barely here each other. My friends all walk home, and we walk home the same way the same way, but we all split up to our houses on the way. There was not much to talk about, and we were both quiet throughout the walk, until we came to the ally where we would go our own ways. Inside the ally there was an intersection that Matt had to cross to get to his house, and my house was past the ally way, so we both said our goodbyes. Suddenly, I had a weird feeling in my gut, as if something wasn't right, and I just couldn't shake it off. It was like a small car crashed into my stomach, without any of the pain. Unexpectedly, as if my body forced me too, I shouted as loud as possible, trying to get my voice through the wind,"Matt!" Right when he was about to cross the intersection, he turned around."Wha-!" He was cut off by a car that sped through the intersection, where he would have been. I was speechless, for so many reasons, while Matt was on the floor from the wind forced to Matt by the car. I ran over to him and yelled over the wind,"Are you ok!?" He grabbed his backpack and got up."Yeah!" He shouted back. We just awkwardly stood there for a couple of minutes before he broke the silence with,"Archie...You saved my life!" I giggled out of nowhere, not knowing what to say. I didn't think there was any witnesses, but I had the strangest feeling in my gut as well, as if I was being watched. I looked around, and it was a surprise to see no one, because I was almost sure someone was watching.

I was almost home by then, still thinking about what just happened. I checked the clock to see I was 1 hour late to be home. I couldn't even run that far because the strong wind kept pushing me back. I just decided to keep walking, knowing I was going to get the same punishment anyways, but suddenly, I just started to have a headache. It felt as if a bowling ball fell on my head, or a pole. This was agony, I was on the floor crying out in pain. Suddenly, I hear a huge crack, louder then the winds. I turned around to a palm tree about to fall directly on me. I tried to get up, but that just made my head hurt more. I didn't know what to do, and rolling over hurt my head as much as it did when I tried getting up. I gave up, and laid there, almost in tears, and all of this happened in a matter of 13 seconds. I closed my eyes, waiting for the pain, and the tree finally reached me, and fell right through my body. I thought to myself, where am I? I realized my eyes were still closed, and my head no longer hurt. Suddenly, the tree rolled over just a little bit, and I was still on the floor, in the same position, and was very scared and confused at what just happened. I saw the headlights of a car, which I didn't really mind, until my parents came out. I was very surprised, and they were very worried. The picked me up and helped me get into the car. My parents asked me many questions, such as,"Where were you!?" or "Are you ok?, what happened?!" but I was to lost in thought to really pay attention.

The helped me out the car and into our house. I looked at the clock, realizing it was already 9:13 PM, and I left the school at 6:00 PM. My parents comforted me in my bed, and kissed me goodnight. The turned of the lights and closed the door, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I debated whether I should tell my parents what really happened, because I told them a stretched version of the truth. I myself didn't really know what was going, such as why that tree went through me, or how I felt that something bad was going to happen, but at that point, I was to exhausted. Those last 3 hours drained me of all my energy, but before I knew it I was asleep. Even today, I couldn't tell if it was a dream or if it was real, but all of a sudden felt the night breeze, and I heard a little mumbling, so but I was so tired it didn't really bother me, I actually smiled, for no reason when I was a little bit more worried then happy. At the end of the mumbling, I could still swear today, and nothing could every make me not know that I heard this, but from a small voice that seemed to be coming from outside, I heard,"Is he the one?"

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Robert Renteria

Mr. Gutierrez

Language Arts

11 May 2017

Paradise

As Jake was listening to a lecture in class, he started to get bored, he then he pulled down his pants and eyes started slowly close. As he knew it he woke up to someone screaming his name, "Jake.....Jake!"
Jake finally woke up to his classmates laughing while his teacher asked, "Jake, when did the Civil War started."
"Uhhhhh.....July 4?" Jake responded. The class bursted into laughter including the teacher. "Jake when will you learn to not fall asleep in my class even on the last day of school."
During that day, Jake's mom told Jake, "Jake, me and your dad discussed that you and your brother should spend your summer with your grandpa."
"Whyyyyyyyy! I don't want to waste my precious summer with grandpa espically when I have never even met him."
His mom responded, "That's exactly why should visit him and you have met him as a baby plus it would be a good quality time for you, your brother, and grandpa to bond."
Jake's bigger brother Jason went through the front day screaming with excitement, "Yes! Finally no more school more couch and tv."
"Jason you're spending the summer with your little brother and grandpa," "Uhhhhh why do I have to spend my summer with this loser and grandpa."
His momesponded, "You need to spend more time with your littler brother and grandpa it'll be a great experience." Jake and his brother were disappointed and mad that they had to spend their summer with their grandpa.
Their parents let them on a bus drive to their grandpa's.
They arrived to the station and found a strange old man with white hair and beard and was wearing a vest and massive pants.
Jake went up to this man asked, "Grandpa?" "Hey kiddo, you've grown so much, come bring you bags my car is just at the corner," Jake's grandpa responded.
"Damn grandpa what's this rash in my arm and why does it have to be so humid," "It's just a mosquito bite and you never felt the humidity here."
They drove back to grandpa's house that was next to a junkyard that he owned. When they arrived they saw a massive forest next to house with a massive land for the junkyard.
As Jake and Jason unpacked their grandpa started to cook some dinner. The rushed downstairs for their starvation from their long bus ride and noticed he was making a pizza in his oven. "Grandpa I didn't know you cooked," Jason told grandpa.
"I cooked for a long time ever since your grandma and her incident so I realized I needed to cook for myself."
After they ate grandpa took Jason and Jake to antique shop. Jason, Jake, and grandpa splited up and looked around the shop. Jake was closely observing paintings and saw a strange painting that looked like a map of a railroad that started by a bridge and ended at the end of a painting to the ocean with a caption called "paradise."
Jake asked a worker if they knew anything about the painting and he said, "Painting shows a railroad that leads to paradise where you can live life for eternity and in peace."
Jake heard his grandpa calling his name and saw him by the cashier with a snowglobe. They all went back to grandpa's house where grandpa said, "I got this snowglobe for my collection to remind me of when I met you and-."
While grandpa was speaking a dog came in and was licking both Jason and Jake's hands. "Ahhh, that's Light good dog maybe you guys can later take him to play fetch.
Jake and Jason went outside to do something that would feed their boredom.
Jason told Jake, "Hey, I'm going to the junkyard go play with the dog or something just don't do anything dumb," Jake nodded.
Jake threw the ball to make Light go and fetch it. He threw farther and farther until it accidentally went deep into the forest.
Light went to fetch but took too long so Jake went to check on Light. Jake was yelling while walking through the forest, "Light..light here boy!" While he was searching he found Light.
"Oh man I thought I lost yo-" Jake immediately realized a railroad track and begin to wonder if it was the same railroad from the picture. He walked along the track but ended by a bridge. He walked back and heard his name being yelled and realized it was his brother calling his name. He went back to the house and saw his brother running to him.
"I thought you were lost," "No I was just walking through the forest." The   next day Jake went back to railroad and walked the other way but was still railroad after railroad and realized if there was something it would be a long way to it. He then tried to think of a way to make a contraption to allow him to travel on the railroads.
He then decided the next two days in the junk yard looking for something and then finally thought of an idea to use car rims to travel on the railroad with a platform and small engine.
While his grandpa and brother were asleep he sneaked out into the junkyard and to the railroad to build the contraption. He finally built the contraption and packed his gear.
He decided to take this journey because first he had nothing else to do for his summer and if it did lead to paradise he would live for eternity. He left a note saying what he was going to do and if it didn’t lead to anything after 8 hours he would return.
He got onto the contraption but someone followed him and realized it was his brother. His brother told him, "I want to come with you," "Why would you come with me," "The same reason you want to go."
They both got on and started the engine and began their quest to find paradise. The sun barely rose and has been a 30 minute drive. The looked around and saw as the climate and biome changed.
They stopped a few times due to some railroad problems and they both had to carry the cart over the problem.
They kept on driving with his brother complaining that there's no hope or it doesn't exist. 8 hours have passed and Jake still has faith in it. They suddenly heard a loud explosion and realized their engine broke down.
Jason was complaining about how they’re trapped and would never make it back home. Jake was in worry they would die in starvation but felt the breeze hit on him. He then realized and idea and decided to take off the engine take a piece of wood and get a blanket from his backpack on the wood to make a sail.
The sail worked but not as fast as the engine. Jake decided to keep on going to paradise. They realized the railroad was over a body water and at a distance saw an island that looked heaven.
He then realized that it had to be paradise. As he was getting closer he heard his name being shouted by his brother. While blinking his eye his brother started to look like his teacher and a second later he wakes up in the middle of class with his teacher asking him, "Jake, when did the Civil War started.”

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Vianca Perez
Block 5
Mr. Gutierrez
5/1/17
Mr. Liden's Library

I still remember when it happened, as it's forever ingrained in my head. Here I am, still alive and well, telling the story when I was about to lose everything. It happened in May, and I was walking to the town's library after school on a Friday. The air was pretty chilly for Spring unexpectedly, with some light winds passing by as it brushed pass my face. Even though everything seemed normal, I didn't know what would happen.
I finally reach the library and step inside, looking for a book about plants. No reason why, I just liked to learn about nature at its finest. Walking pass the check out area I go deeper into the building where there was shelves of books. I looked for a sign that was labeled "Non-Fiction" that was attached to one of the shelves, and walked toward the huge mass of books.
While I was searching, a certain book caught my eye. It was a thick, hard cover book in dark green with golden painted words that spelled "Plants of Dreams". I gripped it cautiously, because it seemed worn and old. Flipping through some of the old parchment pages to see cursive writing and sketches of plants. It looked really nice, and it was just what I was looking for. I decided to take it to check out the book, and walked back to the front of the building.
I saw Mr. Linden at the front desk, as usual, checking out books for somebody. When the person was done, I stepped up to him.
"I'll be checking this out for the month," I said as I eagerly put down the book onto the wooden desk.
Mr. Linden eyed it suspiciously for a moment and replied with, "Sorry, but this book is outdated. Why not check out something else? We still have more-"
I cut him off and retorted with, "Why not? I flipped through it and it's not outdated, it still has the sticker attached to it saying that it's still yours and can be used."
He stood in silence at my outburst, but I didn't care because I really wanted that book. A huge smirk was plastered onto my face because because I knew it was raw facts. Well at least I thought so, I should've listened to him.
"You're right, it's mine...which means because it's mine I demand you to put it back where it belongs." He says in an angry voice, glaring me down.
I stood quiet knowing that there was no way talking this out, and walked away with a blank face. Suddenly, a dumb idea popped in my head when I reached the Non-Fiction shelves. What if I took it home without him knowing? It's possible right? There wasn't a scanning sticker anyways, so why not? I looked down at the book in my hands, and smiled at the idea.
I sneakily looked around to check if anybody was near, and noticed that nobody was around. Quickly shoving the book in my backpack, I began to walk back to the front entrance to go home. Mr. Liden gave me confused look, and asked if I was going to check out anything. I told him not today, and lied about leaving my library card at home. He shrugged and went back to work, and I exited the library walking back home.
I arrived at my house, grabbed the key out of my pocket, and unlocked the door. The lights were still on, and I saw my mom preparing food, for work of course. I stood there for a moment until my mom turned her head to look at me.
"Oh Ella! I didn't see you there, I'm sorry but I got to go to work now. I'll be back the morning, I have to work late at night again!" She says in a rushed tone as she quickly grabs her finished lunch and stuffs it into her work bag that was beside her on the blue tile counter.
"Remember don't unlock the door at all times! See you later sweetie!" She says as she rushes towards me and pulls me into a hug and sprints out the door.
"Bye mom!" I reply back before she closes the door. I lock it, and go up to my room.
I already finished my homework, so I decided to read the book. It was amazing while it lasted, there was so many beautiful pictures with a whole bunch of different plants.
After reading for four hours, I fell asleep. Good thing I locked everything in the house, including the windows. But that didn't help the situation I was about to be in.
I heard a low rumbling noise when I was asleep, I slowly woke up and it was still there. Sitting up and looking up at the clock on my bedrooms wall hazily, it was 11:48, then looked at the book on my bed. My eyes widen as I saw vines creeping out of the page I left off of, slowly draping off of my bed. I jumped up and got off of my bed, watching in horror as more plants apart from the vines drape down touching the wooden floorboards. Soon enough, the huge clump of plants fell off of the bed. Ducking behind one side of my bed, nervous of what to do about the "moving" plants in my room. I heard a loud whack of the book being shut close, and slowly peek my head over the bed covers.
I saw a weird creature begin to form, like a huge bush but with bright golden, glowing eyes. It was entangled in a lot of plants I read about too. My eyes were wondering for too long, and made eye contact with the unknown being. We both stared for a moment, until I blinked, it scrambled on its wobbly "legs" and after me. The strange bush ran around the bed and towards me, but it wasn't as fast as me. I ran up and jumped on my bed to grab the book and quickly ran away from it.
On the way before I ran out of my room, and grabbed the flashlight on my bedside cabinet and ran as fast as my legs could. I slammed the door shut and continued running down the hallway that I was in. I turned around to see the plants vines slowly crushing the door, and the door gave in and broke into a a whole bunch of wooden chunks. The hallway was dark, but I continued to run after witnessing what happened before my eyes, standing there frozen in shock. I was so afraid of what happened but continue running. To my disadvantage, the plant, or should I say, plants, was moving towards me faster.
Running down the end of the hallway I realize I'm at a dead end. Panicking, I turn around to see the morphed plants 10 yards away from me. Then I remembered that there was a attic at the end of this hallway, I pulled down the string from the ceiling with the ladder coming down from it. Throwing myself towards my escape, I climb up on the ladder at a fast pace, and just in time, I get in the attic. The monster about to set foot onto the ladder but I lifted the ladder up and slammed the little door.
It was dark, with some light filtering through the window. With a shaky hand, I put the book down into the attic's floor and grabbed the flashlight. I flipped the switch so I could look through the book again, I had a feeling that the book was the answer to get rid of that scary clump of plants.
Flipping through the pages frantically, I search for any clues to fix this mess. I stopped at one page, noticing a wedged piece of paper between the thick stack of blinded papers. The paper read how to summon a fairy, and the fairy can specifically get rid of plants. A leaf was attached to the paper, so I grabbed it and put it also down onto the floor.
Rereading the paper out loud, I repeated, "The Dwarf Fairy, used for the disappearance of unwanted plants. To initiate the fairy, place the chosen leaf to where it belongs?" I was confused, wondering where I should put the beautiful leaf.
I grab the book again and observed it for any leaf-looking patterns, slowly rotating it to find anything similar. I open the book again, and at the last page a leaf was engraved into the back of the book cover inside. I slowly place the leaf inside, hesitant about doing this. Suddenly, the books pages started flipping until it reached the middle of the book's spine. A green glow emitted from the book, and it was so bright I had to shield my eyes.
I didn't see any bright glowing but I still covered my eyes, until I heard twinkling. I uncover my eyes to see a small fairy sitting on the book looking at me.
"I'm guessing a huge, walking, and dangerous plant monster escaped out of the book right?" The fairy says with a bored look, crossing her arms.
I nodded slowly, unsure whether or not she was going to help.
"Don't worry, just leave it to me. In no time, the weird thing that came out of the book will be gone!" She exclaims in a proud voice.
She turns around to see no monster, with a disappointed sigh she asks, "Can you at least show me where it is?"
I crawl towards the latch door, and opened it slowly, looking around for the unusual creature. The huge lump of dark green was laying on the ground against the corner of the hallway, it's eyes closed, but the bright light still seeped through.
She flies out carefully, and soon enough is standing in front of it. The monster opens its bright eyes, and both creatures are staring each other down. I was afraid that the tiny fairy would be harmed by the woken monster. The plants on the monster soon started to deteriorate and rot, and started to look more lumpy. But the fairy just stands there, looking down at the crumbling leaves and petals. Strangely, the pile of dead plants starts to turn pink, and a bright light flashes. Ducking from the light to protect myself, I lay on the flooring waiting for the fairy to reply. I heard a light twinkling, and decided that it was safe enough to check on the dwarf fairy.
I climb down slowly, to see no dwarf fairy in sight. With a confused look, I check to see if the plants were exterminated from my house. With a curious look, I crouched down to investigate the strange pile. I grabbed a handful of the unusual petals, and found the same leaf in the book hidden in the pile. I looked at the clock down the hallway, it was 1:08. Rubbing my eyes vigorously with my fists, I tried to process the whole event even though I couldn't comprehend. I was too tired to do anything, but I slowly stood up to go back into my room to sleep. With stumbling footsteps and numb hands, I grazed my hands on the wall to support me. Soon enough, I fell down, black splotches of darkness covering my vision.

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Omar Sandoval

Mr. Gutierrez

Language Arts/7

May 8, 2017

The House On Maple Street

It was cold and gloomy this night as I walked over from my friends house. I checked the time, it was currently 7:30 PM so I decided to speed up so I wouldn't miss my favorite show. I pulled up on a street were the trash cans were still left outside so what do I do? I run knocking them all down, as I ran I can hear bangs and clanks of trash cans hitting the floor.

I walked pass my friend Joey's house a decided to do a little prank. I crouched behind a car thinking and finally, it hit me I should do a ding-dong ditch prank on him. I slowly creeped up to his door, I rang the doorbell a few times and took off and before I knew it I was crouched behind a car. But no one came out so I started to wonder what was going, I was scared so I ran  home in a hurry. I heard a loud bang coming from behind me and I got to frightened to look back, I tried fighting the urge to look back but I did.

What I saw was just horrific there was a house on maple street that was taking off, off into the sky. I thought to myself am I dreaming but no I wasn't because I pinched myself and said to myself yup I'm awake.

I told my mom the house on maple street was flying into the sky and she said "Wow you truly do have a big imagination son." She said "We'll we pass by maple street on your way to school, now sit down and get ready for dinner." I couldn't help but ditch house late at night just to see what was going on. But when I got there I heard many screams and the door was open slightly so I ran in there and what I saw was horrific.

There were aliens and the house I used to know was different, there was buttons every it would look like the inside of a spaceship. I turned around and saw two hideous alien like creatures staring at me with completely black eyes that had no pupils. I screamed at those creatures and ran upstairs trying to get away but I thought "Where's Joey?" I made it up stairs and opened a door and saw another creature that looked a bit smaller and the soon it hit me, that was Joey. I pushed the creature and ran towards the window it was a 15 foot drop. I was scared, I didn't know what to do should I jump or get eaten by those hideous creatures. I had no choice I jumped but surprisingly didn't hurt myself. I ran as fast as possible almost tripping a couple of times but managed to stay on my feet. I reached home and rang the door bell a couple of times my mom came out and got vey mad. I said that Joey and his family were captured by aliens so we got in her car and drove there. We got there as fast as possible and saw the house slowly uprise into the stars.

What I heard was weird I heard many voices saying "It was a perfect liftoff."

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Amber Dorado

Mr.Gutierrez

17 May, 2017

A Strange Day in July : Our Pond

It's been 14 years since i've met Amos. In kinder we became friends because neither one of us quite fit in to any of the groups around us, we were different which brought us closer together. It was pretty unusual for all the kids to see a girl and a boy best friends but we didn't care . Me more than Amos, i'm more of the confident person that stands up to people while Amos stands in the back even though i am the girl. Throughout the years Amos and I didn't have the same classes so we went on a search, a search for a place that could be ours. We could play or talk about anything and everything. It wasn't simple, we searched everywhere and nothing. Until one day we found a pond hidden in the woods near our homes. This wasn't any pond, the water was extremely blue, shined brighter than anything i've ever seen, the water was calm and the water was fresh. It was beautiful. The best part about this pond is that it was ours. Amos and I called it " our pond ". We went there everyday after school to discuss anything happening school , do homework, anything. Sadly, on a very unexpected day, things took a turn.

It was 7:30 am, the time i meet Amos so we can walk to school. I saw him walking down the block slower than a slug. " Hurry up ! " i yelled out. After i said this he began speed walking and caught up to me. On our way to school we just talked about the stressful homework assignments we has to finish the night before. Finally, we reached the school, we went to our classes which weren't the same because Amos had higher classes than I was.

3:05 pm, Amos and i were heading to our pond, we go everyday after school just to talk as we sit and skip pebbles. We got to our pond 10 minutes later, but this time it was different. Someone was there.

" Do you see that ?" i whispered to Amos.

" see what ?" Amos replied.

" The figure over there. They're sitting on the rock and they're wearing all black. "

" oh yeah i see. Who is that ?? No ones ever at our pond "

" i have no idea but i'm going to find out " i said confidently. " WHO ARE YOU " i yelled as i walked over to them.

As soon as i said this the person stood up and ran into the woods, he had ran to quickly for me to catch up to them, this freaked me out.

" This is creepy Ally , let's get out of here " Amos said as he walked up to me.

" This is our pond we shouldn't be afraid " I replied

" It's not the pond i'm afraid of it's the random stranger who ran as soon as they saw us "

" He... or She is gone now so let's just pretend nothing happened "

" Fine ! but if they return we are leaving okay ?"

" deal "

Amos and I put our backpacks down near a tree and started picking up stones to throw. Amos threw a stone  and something strange happened, it came back.

" weird " he said

" do it again " i said. So he did. Once again he threw it, and it came back.

One more try, he threw with all his might, but the third stone came skipping back.

" okay , this isn't normal we should leave " Amos said as he went to pick up his backpack

" Amos !! " i said as i followed behind him

" something weird is happening, i don't know what it is but i do not want to stay to find out , come on let's just go , we'll come back tomorrow i promise " he said as he held out his pinky finger to me.

" ugh fine " i said as i wrapped my pinky around his then grabbed my backpack and walked away. We arrived home 5 minutes later. " see you tomorrow ! " i waved to Amos as i walked into my house.The rest of the day I tried my best to finish my homework assignments but i was too distracted on the mystery person at the pond. So many thoughts were running through my mind. Who was it ? What did they want ? Why did they run ? Will they go back ?  Eventually , i gave up and just got ready for bed then went to sleep.

7:40 am, Amos and I already are heading to school talking about new releases movies. Well, Amos was talking, i was still thinking about the mystery person.

" Do you think they'll come back ? " i asked

" What ? Who ? " Amos replied with a puzzled look on his face

" The person at the pond yesterday. Maybe he'll be there today, what do you think ? "

" i don't know. I don't want to know. He or whoever that was doesn't seem like a interesting topic to me, just plain out disturbing "

" aw come on, you're not interested on finding out who it is just a little bit ? " i said with a smirk on my face.

" no, i'm serious we shouldn't get associated with this person at all " he said serious

" buzzkill " i said rolling my eyes as we walked into the school

3:00 the bell just rang and i'm heading out of class to find Amos there waiting for me and we start walking.

" maybe we should go straight home today ?" Amos requested

" what? no, we go to our pond every single day we can't skip"

" it's not safe there anymore "

" Amos, we've gone there every day we can't just pass because some person was there yesterday let's go "

" fine but if we get killed it's your fault " he said as he chuckled

" yeah right " i replied laughing

We arrived at our pond, but again, there was the mystery person, but this time, he wasn't alone.

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Andrew Rodriguez

Mr.Guiterrez

Language arts 7

May 10, 2017

Mr. Lindens Library: The last mistake.

That night was the night it happened, the night my that my friend Hannah had died. If you like hearing stories about mysterious murder then you have come to the right place, because i'm about to tell the story of how my friend Hannah cooker died. If i'm going to tell you the story of how she died you must first know some background information about her to understand the full story. Hannah was a good girl, she was the quiet one at school and had very few friends that she would talk to and spent most of her days reading books in Mr. Lindens Library. Most people at her school knew her as " the book worm", because she loved reading books.

Now, that's enough background information, let's get to how she died. It was rumored that Mr. Linden had a special book that he had locked up underneath his desk. No one knew why he had locked the book up, but Hannah had to find out. June 11,2016 was the day, the day that Hannah had made her last and fatal mistake. That day she snuck into Mr. Lindens Library, went into his office, and got the keys for the book. Hannah being a good girl was going to let the book go but, her curiosity was off the charts so she ran out the Library as fast as she could all the way to her house. She left the book un touched for several days because Mr. Linden had asked her," Hannah have you seen my special book that I always keeper locked up underneath my desk", then he went on to say," That book could be the end of someone's life".

Hannah had replied," No Mr. Linden I haven't seen your book anywhere isn't it in same old cuboard you leave it in every day."

"No it's not and i'm worried that hat book could harm someone based on my experience, ok have to run some errands Be safe Hannah.", said Mr Linden

Later that day Hannah kept on hearing these words in her head and was afraid to touch the book when she suddenly got the urge to open it. At first she was hesitant as she open the old crinkly book cover of the but, the sudden urge of curiosity gave her the courage to open the book. It was late at night as Hannah was reading the book, she was so hooked on the book that it was midnight by the time she fell asleep. It was then that Hannah had died many people thought that she had been murder but, only a few people know the real story of how she died and you are about to become one of them. As she fell asleep the book slowly started sprouting vines and tangled her body . Hannah didn't notice these vines as she was in a deep sleep. The vines slowly engulfed her whole body staring from the toe to the head. When it had finished engulfing her it slowly tightened its grasp on her neck until she woke up with a sudden jolt. She was paralyzed, she couldn't talk or move because of the increased tightening of the vines. As she turned purple her last and final breaths had arisen, and now she was dead.

That Morning when Hannah's mother noticed something odd, she had noticed that she hadn't  eaten breakfast. So she ran upstairs and and knocked on her door, first knock no answer, second knock, also no answer. Hannah's mother got worried and open the door and what she saw that day will be something she will never forget. She saw Hannah laying their, as pale as a ghost, it had seemed as if her soul had been sucked out of her body. As her mother saw this horrific sight she scream louder than she had scream in her whole life, "HANNAH ! , my baby my precious baby, what has happened to you!".

When the cops came after Hannah's mother had called they had spent a day investigating the cause of Hannah's death but all they could find was a book called "The Mysterious vines". The police couldn't find a reason for the cause of Hannah's death so they assumed it was a murder. As the news passed around the school it had reached the ears of Mr. Linden, as soon as he heard what happened he immediately knew what had happened. He warned her about the book. Now it was to late. He buried the book up so nobody could ever read it again but he already knew that someone was going it to find it one day and the massacre of the book would live on.

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Lizbeth Ruano

Language  Arts 7/B5

Mr. Gutierrez

8 May 2017

The Harp: The Mystery That People Will Never Understand

All I ever wanted to be was free from the misery. The mistakes I have made with other people's situations. It seems just like people don't really trust me with any other investigations but, I just need people to believe that Nancy was murdered. No she didn't committed suicide because people use that option as an excuse and can easily be covered. People immediately said that she had drowned in the lone, mysterious forest.

I went to the forest myself to cover the mystery of the "suicidal girl" but the only thing I had found from the rest was a golden harp in the shadows of the trees. And then I noticed that the pond was near the harp which made me think that maybe Nancy had left it there as a clue or maybe, just maybe the murderer had left it there for a reason. As I thought to myself I just thought that the harp wasn't important and people would think the same. So, I had thrown it in the water thinking that people would try to uncover what it really was. After I did it the water had been turning into a deepened black colored water. It seemed as it was draining and screaming. Then I turned around and thought to myself that people will think I'am CRAZY! I know that I won't let her down or anyone because I, Clark, will never give up.

As I look back at the river I see Nancy. With her clothes all torn apart, an x on her chest, and bark marks everywhere on her. Now I think that this was no accident and clearly it was a murder.

I left her in the bushes where no one can find her. I still want her safe even though her life had ended. Poor girl she was only 17, her parents were worried sick but to find out that she was dead on her graduation day was tremendously heart breaking. She was very intelligent she skipped 6th grade but the only disadvantage was that she was bullied. That's why people thought she committed suicide. They thought that she had enough of these hurtful words but they never knew how bold and strong she was.

I look back to the harp and now it is pitch black and I don't want to touch it because it might be dangerous enough to kill you. So, I just threw my glove and it burned as if it would be very light and a very soft cloth but it was the total opposite of nice and cottoned. As I watched it burn I thought I was turning insane or as if I was dreaming but it was. All. Real. I didn't really know what had happened at all because it used to be a shiny golden color but now it's the complete opposite! I was about to pick it up but, I didn't want to risk it so I had gone back to the office and returned my investigation.

" I'm not very familiar what this. I doesn't seem like yours Clark it seems like a newbie has came to do this and it straight up turns out to be a hallucination." Said Chief Monagram.

Then I said," Chief I know it sounds strange but, trust me something is out there and it turned a beautiful lake black!"

He still refused so I went there myself and looked at who was very close to her lately.

There's he boyfriend Markus, her best friend Susan, and her enemy Patrice. At first I thought of course it would be Patrice but it wasn't there was a camera recording saying that she was at a dance with her friends. Patrice told me that Susan had been looking for her all night but couldn't find her until they saw her fake dead body in the back of the gym. Nancy's cover up was that there was a gun right in her hands and there was blood everywhere. Also, Susan had been told by Nancy, the same day of the dance, that her and Markus weren't going to the dance at all because they had just broke up. So, that left Markus he just acted helpless and that he helped a demon posses her but then, his body was slid in the air and cut into half. I knew it was a monster who had been part of this.

I grabbed my gun but it was already too late, the monster was gone. I called in for an emergency to the office. Only two sheriffs had came in and saw what had happened. After they called backup as well and the rest of the sheriffs and policemen had came. One of the sheriffs had told me that Chief Monagram didn't want anyone to really go because he thought that you were lying about a serious case, but now he knows the real truth. Once the word spread the town was in danger and there was an outbreak of parents not being addressed sooner.

" What happened? Why do you do this!" Said, Chief Monagram, "I expected so much better from you, but we'll do this case by ourselves and you won't be part of it. Understand!"

Me being me I said sarcastically, " Yes Sir."

In seconds I thought to myself that I will redeem myself and prove to all of them that I can do it and no one can stop me.

So, I went to the library to see the discoveries around this areas and see if there are monster related ones. As I searched, there was this man named David Rivers that had previously been a monster hunter for 15 years but decided to stop because there was a monster he couldn't defeat and it was very powerful. It's name was Devilish Soul. It had features as if it looked like the devil and it has animal in stinks which can refer to scratching. I thought that it would have been a monster that you can capture but I was wrong. Then I went to Markus's house and his room was full of pictures of Nancy which had seemed strange. I checked one of his notebooks and it showed the plans he was making to kill her. As I suspected he had put the x on her chest because she had broke his heart into pieces and he wanted her to feel how it felt like. So Markus did kill her, but it wasn't only him.

The monster could be seen or captured but only if there is blood or a reference to the devil. So, I had done both and it absolutely worked. I trapped the monster in a box with a knife in its chest holding it down. After it had been captured and I had gone back to the office and had shown them the monster. Once, I had opened the box the monster completely desolved into shreds of ashes.

"I've seen what you have done Clark and I am very proud of you. Now you have gained my trust and respect." Said Monagram.

"I pleased of what you have given me thank you."

The official murder was Markus by stabbing her in the forest and then the monster had scratched her up and had thrown her in the water. I still wonder if there are more monsters just lurking in the black shadows....

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"I'm telling you there real!" Joseph yelled at his parents. His parents have been telling him that the fairies he saw were just a dream. For the last four weeks Joseph has been visited by fairies that have been giving him all he has ever wanted. He had been bullied the whole day and didn't even come home to a nice family. He never got anything for his birthday and never got any good attention. He only ever got noticed by his parents when he did something bad or got a bad grade in school. His only friend, Bob would only talk about memes. He would cry himself to sleep every night and it has stayed this way for 10 years. Until one particular day. It was his tenth birthday and he had been extra upset that his parents didn't even remember that it was his special day. He was about to start closing his eyes after a long day but instead saw a light. A bright white light had entered his window. There was a small voice that called out to the boy. "Stay awake Joseph", called the voice. His eyes opened wide as he heard this voice and was about to scream. Another small voice called and reassured him that it was alright. "We're not here to hurt you" the second voice called out. "We are the granting lights." Suddenly, a box appeared with colorful wrapping paper, a bow, and a tag that read 'Happy birthday Joseph'. Joseph kept thinking this was all a dream but opened the box out of curiosity. Inside he found clothes, a hat, and even a few toys. He was stunned and very excited to be presented with such things. But Joseph was smarter then this. He knew something was wrong with this. "What's the catch?" Joseph asked as he was grabbing the toys. One of the voices said,"There will be no cost as long as you do no wrong with our powers." Being the ignorant child that he was he grabbed everything out of the box with a bright smile on his face and ignored everything the lights said. As he turned to his bed stand to put down his things, the lights slowly formed into fairy like creatures. They had no wings, no eyeballs, still glowing, and were completely white. The two lights were now standing on the window. One of the lights said,"That is all we have to give you for now. Everyday for the rest of the week we will give you whatever you ask for as long as it's possible for a human to posses." The other light spoke," What would you like for tomorrow Joseph?" Joseph happily responded," I want a full meal!" The lights understood why he wanted this considering the way he lived. Joseph's family was very poor and could only afford foods like bread and crackers. The lights said their farewells and were off. Joseph slept with a smile knowing his life would be better. At least for the next week it would. The next day that Joseph went to school everything seemed a lot better. He was called on by the teachers, he wasn't met with disgusted faces as he sat down at the lunch table, and even made a friend named Lucy with a similar life as Joseph. As soon as night hit Joseph waited for the lights in his bedroom. He had told his mother that he didn't want dinner knowing the lights would bring him the dinner he had asked for. The lights didn't lie to him and brought him the meal he asked for. Over the next couple days Josephs life had been getting better but his requests were getting more and more greedy. He never asked for anything other then himself asking for things like more toys, more clothes and even a laptop. He hid everything from his family and never requested anything for his family. On the last day of the week Joseph had the biggest request of all. The power to rule the world. He had been saving the best for last.  He waited in his bed impatiently as the fairies flew in.

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Alyza Gomez
Language Arts 7/B5
Mr. Gutierrez
May 18, 2017
Archie Smith, Boy Wonder

A tiny voice asked, "Is he the one?"
Another responding in desperation, "Oh God, I hope so."
It was a hot, and humid summer day in San Diego, California. The hottest summer in over 10 years with no breeze, heavy air, and the sound of window ACs ringing in the ears of 12 year old Archie Smith and his parents (Laura, and Jimmy) as they were on their way to the beach. The plump, lined up Palm trees on the divider that separates a street into two opposite direction lanes were barely swaying as multiple birds landed on the thick, spiny, branches to rest from flying in the still, and clear, sky.
As "boy wonder" (boy wonder was Archie's nickname from his parents) and his family drove through the isles of a fully packed parking lot, searching for a place to park their nearly over-heated Toyota, Archie could see so many families having the time of their lives, playing in the water, and building sand castles, there was even one family who was running away from a flock of seagulls that were not chasing the family, but clearly chasing the bag of lunch in the dad's hand. Archie and his parents unloaded the car, and struggled to find a place on the sand to setup for their day of fun. When they finally found a place, they setup, and Archie and his dad ran into the blue water while Laura laid down to tan and yelled to them, "I'll be in in a bit!" Archie had the most wonderful day with his parents, and would do anything to relive that day just one more time.
On the way back home, everyone was tired from splashing in the water all day long, so with Archie being in the back seat, and Laura in the passenger seat, resting her legs on the dashboard, they both decided to take a nap in the car. Not long after Archie fell asleep, a gigantic, semi truck blew a tire, and lost control, crashing into their Toyota and smashing the car against the center divider. It didn't help that Jimmy was also exhausted, and most likely half asleep. Surprisingly Archie survived the crash with only a broken arm, and some other fractures and bruises because he was in the middle backseat and didn't get directly hit by the truck, or divider. But unfortunately, Laura died instantly due to her being the closest to the impact of the truck, and because her legs were up on the dashboard, which dramatically worsened the impact. Jimmy also died, but not instantly, Jimmy went into a deep coma and was asleep for three months before his heart line went flat. The last good memory of Archie with his parents was that one summer day on the beach. Oh, how he would do anything to relive that day just one more time...anything.
An orphaned child, Archie continued to live his incomplete life, without his parents in it.
Everyday was another day of hurt, and sorrow. Everyday, Archie would see little things in the world that would trigger a memory of his family. He would go to the beach everyday and watch other families have fun and think to himself, "Why are they so happy? What did I do to deserve my happiness to be ripped out from under me?" And he would begin to sob, uncontrollably for hours, not caring what people thought of him.
But little did he know, that the spirits of Laura and Jimmy have been searching for him ever since the day after they passed. Them, along with the spirits of all other deceased parents searching for their children. Every night, while all the children were asleep, the spirits gradually came out from hiding, in the form of floating, nearly blinding, round orbs. They endlessly searched for their children, looking desperately in every room, of every house, on every street, of every city, and in every country of every single continent.
Laura: "Jim, Archie is probably feeling so much right now. "
Jimmy: "I know but, we can't do anything as of now."
The whole point of looking for your child after you've passed is to bring them back to the after life, in order to go to heaven. But of course, in order for this to happen, the child would have to die, which means that the parents would have to kill their child-which is not allowed under even the worst circumstances. Unfortunately the parents don't understand this once they've become spirits. So for however long they are spirits (time varies depending on the situation) they will do everything they can to try to get their kid to also become a bright glowing orb of light. And of course this is not accomplished, so they start life over again-not remembering any events from past lives-and they continue to be reincarnated until they don't have children in their current life.
Archie continued to live his life with his grandparents, and still craved that day that they all played on the beach-together.
Laura and Jimmy searched and searched for their boy wonder endlessly for almost three years until one day....
Laura, in a tiny voice asked, "Is he the one?"
Jimmy responding in desperation, "Oh God, I hope so."
The two orbs of light circled around the bed of a precious, sound-asleep, young teenage boy.
"He looks exactly like our boy Jim!" Laura excitedly whispered, as if she would wake the boy if she screamed.
"Honey, that's because it is our boy....Its our boy wonder Laura. It's really him." Jim said almost with a sense of relief.
For that night, and that night only, Laura and Jimmy were transformed into a human form, but of course they were still only the spirits of Archie's mom and dad. They were able to let their boy wonder know that they were there. The rest of he night, as Archie slept, he felt warmer, and felt more comfortable as usual because his parents laid with him as he slept. When he awoke, his parents were still with him, and he felt them, as they gave him his last kiss on the forehead.
At that moment, Laura and Jimmy Smith had to say goodbye to their boy wonder until they are reunited in heaven. And in that moment, they saw a bright light coming form Archie's open window. Them, along with other spirits that found their children that night walked into the bright light, and woke up crying in a doctors arms as a newborn baby.

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Sebastian Deleon

May,10 2017

Language Arts B/5

Mr.Linden's Library

I'm going to tell you the story about my best friend that suffered in a Mysterious death. Her name was Jessica Jensen , She was a remarkable girl was always maintaining a 4.5 GPA and loved reading realistic fiction and nonfiction book in the library. She would go so much that the owner was also her friend. She would go for 3 hours straight at the library Studying, Reading, And doing homework. I would be with her half of that time after school.She was always interested in mysterious books. Intrested enough that she would read every book mysterious that would come out at the library, Mr.Linden would always notify her when new books arrive of her kind. Her parents were always so proud of her when she would ace a math, history, Science, Or Language arts test.Furthermore Mr.Linden was also friends with Jessica's parents.One Day Mr.linden said

"Jessica!A load stacks of books that you love will come in tomorrow!100 books precisely,Will you be intrested in some choices?

Jessica exclaimed "Oh YES of course give me some tomorrow when I get here!"

The next day Mr.Linden gave her some books he suggested for her she read all 5 in one week!I noticed how fast she was getting in reading books.She was always reading in the night also and she would fall asleep reading some type of books that would get her sleepy and lazy. In Mr.linden's Library there was one book were no one would take because people think it was mysteriously ancient and had spirits.That book always had a little stem of leaf popping out.People think it grew out of the book or maybe it's just a bookmark...One week after that a truck came in with so many books that it took the crew hours to sort out all the books. Jessica was interested with many of the books.While she was trying to find some of the books she wanted ,Mr.Linden's phone had a notification he checked and it was breaking news in the city, The reporter said

"I'm here at the scene with a mysteries murder here in LA,Officials say that the alarms never went off."

Which was very odd,There was a book near the women that died and it has a huge line of plants covering the body which was maybe used from the murderer to cover his/her tracks. This got people at the city wondering.

A big question was spreading around the city:How did that women die?Mr.Linden had such a different question:How did that book create plants out of it when their is absolutely no energy or light absorbing some sort of seed?After a few days A new book came in....Mr.Linden was really curious enough about it because it looked very similar to the book that killed the women,it was very old,and was over 1000 pages long! After school ended Jessica and me,Courtney went to the library to seek for some more cool books that came.

Jessica questioned "Any new books came into the library today Linden?"

Mr linden gasped "Unfortunately,Only one book today came in...But the book is over 100 pages long!,I don't recommend u taking it Jessica.”Jessica exclaimed

"Well that we'll do it will take me a few days but I'll finish it!"Mr.Linden talked sorely

"Well,I don't suggest u get that,It is very dangerous to keep in the night.Trust me you don't want to find yourself dead next morning..."

Jessica laughed “Is this a joke?If you're trying to scare me linden,You my friend.

Jessica screamed "I don't know where you're getting this from but I'm going to read this whole book tonight and I won't GO to Sleep,That's a fact Mr.Linden!"Linden said

"I hope so,Wish u luck!,Don't come up to me tomorrow saying i didn’t warn you!”

It was now midnight...Jessica was 934 pages out of 1013 pages into the book ,She started to get lazy,Sleepy,And worried.While she got to 950 her eye started closing,She thought about the night stars...Dreaming into the light,Going word for word.Closing her eyes each second  and then a nice breeze came into the the room and WOOSH!!!!She was in deep asleep...Mr.Linden was in his bed almost falling asleep only wondering about Jessica finishing that book and closing it!”Linden got out of his bed put some clothes on,got his car and drove as fast as he could to Jessica's house to get that book before anything was going to happen.As she was asleep the book was wide open and next to her,It grew a few leaves into between of the book,Growing and growing leaf by leaf.Linden got on her drive way and started to climb on her her bedroom floor.The leaves tight ended her whole body as it was growing.he couldn’t open the window,it was locked.So he got to his car,Got a wrench,Ran back up that window and started slamming and slamming and slamming.Her heart was beating slower and slower...Window cracked barely.He had warned her about the book.Now it was too late.

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Rigoberto Rodriguez
Mr. Gutierrez
Language Arts7/B5
May 17, 2017

The Harp
Just as school is coming to an end, the adventure is just beginning. It is an ordinary June morning. The sun is out and shining, skies are blue, and of course a teacher is yelling at me. Hi there, my name is David Garcia. Honestly, I think I'm a good kid, but like always there has to be that one teacher that just plain out hates me. Mr. Ramirez, my science teacher, hated me from the beginning for no reason. At least none that I could think of.
Anyway, back to my horrible morning. So Mr. Ramirez is yelling at me for not taking notes but I wasn't listening.
“I can't believe you didn't do the homework again” he said.
I was actually too distracted by something outside the window. I live in Los Angeles, California and in this sunny, wonderful land there aren't many forests, but luckily my school is right next to one. But what was distracting me wasn't the forest, it was what was in the forest. No one has ever gone into that forest because of old legends, but they didn't scare me because I often went in there to think in my special spot, the sweet spot. This is why it was distracting, because I can see a shiny light coming from the direction of my sweet spot, and no one knows how to get there. All day this was bothering me.
I kept thinking that someone found my special spot and left their belongings there. Those dirty animals! As soon as school ended I grabbed my bike and rushed into the forest, speeding towards the light. As I got closer, I realized there was music coming from the object but as I got closer, the light dimmed. When I finally reached the spot where it was, the light was gone.
That day when I got home I couldn't stop thinking about the glowing object. All week I couldn't stop thinking about how the light just vanished out of thin air. Days passed and I never saw the light again, but since that day there has never been anything that has kept me out of the forest. It was getting to the point where I thought it was just a dream, but around two weeks later there it was again same spot only this time it was much brighter.
Once again I went to the spot after school, but something didn't feel right, because this time as I got closer the light didn't fade. As soon as I reached a safe distance I hid behind a bush a peeked over the top, I was so surprised I didn't know what to think. It was a glowing harp! It was literally just a glowing harp, I realized how over reacted I had acted over an instrument, which explains the music I had heard days before. This is why it felt different, because days before I heard the harp being strung but now it was still being played but there was no sign of anyone being here, no footprints no nothing. I was fascinated, but I couldn't move, and I was scared not because of the self playing harp but because each time a string was strung the river rippled. This scared me because the hard wasn't the one making the sound, it was the river creating the music. Of course you could guess I was freaked out, and I was indeed so I did the thing everyone else would do, I ran away flailing my
arms, and screaming my lungs out as I rushed home.
Finally reaching the footsteps to my door I heard that sound again, it was the river music, I rushed inside ran to my bedroom window and stuck my head out listening and once again it was gone. The next morning things for scarier. I woke and I noticed something new nailed on my wall, it was a picture, a picture of me standing next to the harp. As soon as I saw it I ripped the picture of the wall and ran to the kitchen demanding answers, but they had no idea what I was talking about. By now I am pretty much terrified because in only two days I find a river that can play music and I find of picture of me in the most secretive place in the forest.
Luckily it was the weekend, meaning no school, so I grab my bike and rush to the spot where the harp was. As I arrive I look around for any clues of who may have taken the picture, but all I found was my own footprints. As I continue to look around I notice that my footprints are everywhere which is impossible because I didn't walk around I only stood next to the harp. Yet again I continue to get scared, but I want to know who took the picture, and as I am leaving I hear it, SNAP!
The sound of a camera, I turn around and there he is, there I am? This person I was looking at looked exactly like me, as I approach this look alike he starts to run, then some fun begins. It was your ordinary chase, constant gaining and constantly out of breath but finally I get him. I grab onto his shoulder and he stops, just completely comes to a stop, he turns and just stares at me.
As he is just looking at me I observe his body, and soon realize this person wasn't just a look alike of me, it was me! He did all of my exact movements, copied what I said and just looked like me. There are so many questions zooming through my mind questioning how there could be two of me. As I was about to ask question he talks
“Hello there my name is 0756, and I'm here to help you David Garcia,” he said.
Once again I had so many questions.
“Why are you trying to help me?” I respond.
“To prevent me” he says with a very serious look while looking at the harp.
Wondering why he was looking at the harp I ask,”Why is that here?”
At first he doesn't say anything, but then he responds with,”I don't know.”
Then all of a sudden he turns and walks away, quickly reacting I scream out.
“Where are you going!” I scream.
No response, he just continues to walk and then suddenly he is just gone. Out of all the weird things that have happened lately this did not freak me out at all.
As I am riding my bike back home I realize my bedroom window is open, which is strange because it's broken and can't open. Tiredly walking to my room I notice there is talking coming from my room, peeking through the side of the door I see my parents talking to someone.
“Why are you always late” my dad said.
“And why are you suddenly spending so much time in those woods again” my mom says in a very concerned voice.
“I just go there to relax and do school work” says a different voice.
I open the door a little bit more and notice who they were talking to, it was future me. At first my parents don't notice me, but he does, then he did some hand gesture to show that everything was ok.
As my parents continue to question him, he either answers their questions or just gives them a blank stare. Finally they decide that it was enough questioning for one day, and tell him dinner will be ready in 20 minutes. As they walk out of my room they don't notice me as I sneak into my room.
Walking towards him, as he is now looking outside of the window I say,”How did u get in here?” in a very confused voice.
He simply responds with,”To help you out” still to eye contact being made.
I lean in to grab his shoulder when I notice something, he is wearing my clothes.
“Where did you get that” I ask.
“From my room” he responds this time looking directly at me.
With a very puzzled look on my face I ask,”Your room.”
Looking around the room he slowly spreads his arms out into the air and says,”Yes, my room.”
Quickly I realize he was right, this wasn't my room, looking around I couldn't find the poster I keep on my wall. This by far was the weirdest thing. The only question I had on my mind at that moment was,”How did I get here.” Walking to the bedroom window I realize that everything is the same just like my world. I start to wonder.
“Am I in the future?” I asked.
“Indeed it is” he says with a big smile on his face.
“Why am I here?” I said while still looking outside.
This time he didn't respond, he just kept smiling and looking in the direction of the forest. Without saying anything I walk out of the room, into the garage and look for a bike. Searching everywhere I give up because it is nowhere to be found, then he comes in with a big look of disappointment on his face.
“You do know we are in the future right?” He says while giggling.
“Yes” I said.
“Well we don't ride bikes, or drive cars in the future” he says with a very serious face.
“Well then how do you go places?” I ask sounding very confused.
“We run” he says as he starts walking out of the garage.
“Run?” I say under my breath while following him.
“1...2...3!” And as soon as he said three he took of sprinting.
Franticly trying to keep up with him, I realize he was starting to get taller and taller. Quickly realizing he wasn't getting taller, I look up at him and notice he is flying! He was now wearing some sort of suit and was looking down at me smiling.
With an astonished look on my face I say,”That's so cool” sounding like a little kid.
He simply responds with,” I know right.”
Then I say,”So how do I get one?” With an enormous grin on my face.
“You don't” he says laughing.
Quickly my smile was gone as I asked,”So how do I get there?”
“Jump on” he says turning around and coming down from the sky.
“Ok” I say as I climbed onto the suit.
It was honestly amazing, having the air in my hair as we sailed the skies speeding through clouds on our way to the forest. Finally arriving we venture of to the spot where the harp usually is. But as we get there most of my questions are answered in one sight. One kid was playing the harp, while a girl sang matching the same rhythm as the harp as she swam in the river. This all explained how the strings moved and how the river was supposedly making the noise. Then all of a sudden the weirdest thing I have ever seen occurred. The harp turned purple, and the boy playing the harp reached up and pulled a bike out, my bike!
“That's mine!” I screamed at the boy scaring him because surprisingly he hadn't seen us arrive.
Walking towards the boy future me grabs my shoulder causing me to stop. Turning around to face him, I realize he looks worried about something. Looking back and forth between the kids and future me, I realize something must be wrong. Quickly running things through my head, I put two things together. I somehow ended up in the future, and the little boy pulled my bike from the past into the future.
Suddenly I remember right after David disappeared I was also gonna leave, when something made me fall backwards and when I fell I passed out for a while. Then instead of waking up in my timeline I woke up in the future because I was pulled there through the harp. Then things picked up from there putting us back to the present.
The boy playing the harp was stunned at first but then he relaxed. Both the girl and the boy are just standing there, the girl now out of the water,smiling at us waiting for something to happen. I make the first move. Walking toward my bike without saying the anything, the boy quickly reacts reaching out towards me. As soon has his hand touched my back I was in a different place, I was back in the present standing next to the harp, but the boy wasn't there. A little frightened I look around, everything  thing that was not five feet from me was dark and gloomy, almost like there was a circle of sunshine around me. Taking a step forward I was automatically put back into the future.
Without any questions I continue to walk towards my bike, then turning back around I look into the harp. There I was standing there looking directly back at me, only that he didn't know I was there. Looking back at future David I smile and with no words said I walk through the harp.
There I was back in the present, turning around I see that the harp is gone. My life was back to normal.

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The Seven Chairs

"What is wrong with you!", said the Bishop.

2 weeks prior.... "Hello this is father Armando from the church on 21st street how may I help you".

"Oh yes hello this is an agency calling to tell you that we have received calls that say there are 7 churches that you owned that are now abandoned we will need you to go see if there is anything there you would like to save".

Once the father heard this he started to think about what the man on the other line said because he had received a letter the day before telling him to go to those 7 churches but he didn't really pay attention to it.

When father Armando saw the directions to the churches he saw that there was one in every continent so he had to contact a priest from every continent so he could get the valuable items from each church.  When father Armando got hold of the priests he told them where the churches were and told each of them to go there and collect all the items that they thought were valuable. All of the priests went back to their church safely after gathering all of the valuables they found.  Except the last priest that went to his assigned church which was named Zoya and he is from Africa.  "Wow" said Zoya when he arrived at the church.  Zoya saw lots of beautiful paintings and the glass windows and 7 beautiful golden chairs.  The first thing that Zoya did was start taking the paintings off the walls one by one.  Eventually Zoya got tired and made a huge mistake because he sat down on the chair but when he did he passed out but when he started to wake up he was 40 feet in the air Zoya started to panic but then he thought it was God trying to send a message to him.  What Zoya found out tho was that his body was slowly being taken over by the devil.

When Zoya was completely taken over by the devil he was put back down to the floor and he took the chairs back to his church.  When Zoya got back to his church he put the chairs in his office.  The next day Zoya called for a meeting but he had a surprise waiting for the people he called.  When the bishop, archbishop, and the nun came to Zoya's office Zoya told them to sit but as soon as the nun sat down the chair went straight into the air with the nun still on it.  This is when the bishop said "what is wrong with you".

The nun just laughed and said,"shut up".

As the nun said that she came down and sat him down on one of the chairs forcefully and Zoya sat the archbishop on another chair but the bishop and archbishop freed themselves before the chairs took effect because the archbishop punched Zoya in the face and went to help the bishop by drop kicking the nun.  After the bishop and archbishop freed themselves they went over to the nearest person they saw and told them everything that happened but people didn't believe them so they told the townspeople to go see for themselves and so the next day all the people were talking about taking a weapon just in case.  When the bishop and archbishop called all the townspeople to go with them to the church they followed them to the church.

"Why are we coming here" said a lady.

The bishop said,"so we can prove we aren't lying".

After stopping for a quick talk the bishop told all the people to not sit on any of the chairs.  Once everyone said they understood they continued to walk to the church.  As the townspeople and bishops were arriving the door to the church swung open and everyone screamed.

One lady yelled out, "what if it is God".

As she said that a deep and scary voice said,"come in or else".

When the townspeople heard that they were so scared that the were paralyzed with fear.  When one lady was able to move again she tried to run away but suddenly she dropped dead to the floor.  Now everyone was certain it was not God.  As soon as everyone saw the lady drop to the floor they hurried to get into the church.  As soon as the townspeople were in the church they saw that Zoya had his face fully covered with blood.  All the townspeople were terrified.  One man had his draco and when he pulled it out and shot at Zoya he was astonished when the nun got in front and received the bullet instead and she just walked it off and started walking towards the crowd of people.  When the townspeople saw she was walking towards them they attacked the nun and Zoya so they could buy time to escape.  When the townspeople eventually escaped they went back home and started praying for Zoya and the nun to turn back to normal.  As the townspeople talked they thought up a plan to destroy the chairs.  When the townspeople thought of a plan they all agreed to go back to the church the next day.  All though the townspeople had their plan they knew it was going to be difficult to destroy the chairs.

The next day the townspeople came together with the bishops and had plenty of weapons with them.  When the townspeople set out on their trip to the church people were getting nervous.  Once again the townspeople were in front of the church but this time there was no voice and no door swung open it looked quite normal but the townspeople weren't getting fooled they new it was a trap.  When the townspeople entered the church they saw that there instincts were right the nun and Zoya were still in the church and still possessed.  As soon as the townspeople got to the first bench in the church they ran towards the nun and Zoya but to there surprise they didn't fight back they just gave in to the townspeople.  As the townspeople tied the nun and Zoya up they started to destroyed the chairs number 1-4 one by one but as soon as they destroyed the fourth chair everything just went dark for the townspeople and bishops.  They had all passed out but how what went wrong.  When the bishops woke up they saw that there were no townspeople left.  As the bishops went back to town they noticed no one was there but what they did notice was that there was a red stream of what looked to be blood heading to the river nearby as they followed the stream they saw all the bodies were beheaded and there organs were not in there bodies.  After this the bishops left Africa and went to North America.  The worst part of all of this mess is that Zoya and the nun were never found and the two remaining chairs were never found either the only clue is that the fifth one ended up in France.

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Angel Garcia

Language Arts 7/B5

Mr. Gutierrez

17 May 2017

Under the Rug

Edward is a hunter but not just any hunter he is a demon hunter and his next target is at a small town called Elwood. He is going there in a black truck which is where he keeps his weapons to kill the demons. He is going there because of  people being killed inside their own houses but both the doors and the windows were locked and nothing was stolen or damaged.

As he finally gets there at night he sees nothing strange. He then goes to a bar to talk to the locals to get information. He the goes to a woman.

"Hi what's your name" said Edward.

"My name is Samantha and what is yours" said Samantha.

"My name is Edward" replied Edward.

Edward starts asking her questions about the strange murders. She said that the murders have been happening for about two months and that there have been five people murder already. As Edward and Samantha were still talking they hear a siren and Edward goes running outside. He then gets in his car and follow the police cars to find out if it is another murder.

He then finds out that it is another murder. He then sits in his car parked out of of the recent victim's house waiting for the cops to leave so he can investigate the house if there is anything unusual. As he enters he takes out the EMF which is electromagnetic field for short which can detect demons. As he looks at the EMF it does not read anything. He starts investigating the house and notice something near the Rug and as he removes the Rug he sees a strange marking underneath it. He thinks it is a footprint of an unknown demon which he never seen before.

Investigation

He then goes to his hotel and goes directly to his room to research more about this demon. As he scrolls down on his computer he sees the same kind of footprint and says that it was by a shadow demon. It also says that it can only be summoned and can only be controlled by the summoner. As he is resting on his bed about to sleep he is thinking about a plan to stop the summoner and shadow demons.

As the next day starts Edward is at the library learning more about the town's history to see if this have happened before because it could be a powerful demon who summoned the shadow demons. He then learns that this has happened before in the last 150 years so thinks that it is a demon who have lived here for decades. Two weeks passed and it happened again. As Edward is getting closer to the demon more attacks are happening than before which is making Edward more determined to find the demon before more people die. He then finds out the pattern of the people dying which is that every person used to work in a factory that was recently shut down because of the factory polluting the townspeople water supply which ended up with people dying so he now thinks that it is a spirit who wants revenge on the people who killed them. Edward thinks that the spirit took control of a person and used their body to summon the shadow demons. Edward now starts to find out who were the people that died so he can figure out who was familiar with ancient rituals because the spirit had to know how to summon the shadow demons.

The Hunt

He then figured out who it was and found that his name was Diego Hernandez and his grave is at Elwood Cemetery. Now that he knows were Diego Hernandez's grave is he will have to salt the dead body and burn it so that the spirit can finally rest. As he is about burn the dead body the body that is being controlled by the spirit tries to stop Edward but Edward gets the upper hand and traps the spirit in a magic circle and then he burns the body but the spirit does not leave the body and then runs away. He then decides that the only other way the spirit would leave the body is to trap the spirit in a powerful magic circle that no demon can escape so he can start chanting a phrase while the spirit is helpless. so he runs after the spirit to capture him. He then captures him and starts chanting and then the spirit leaves the body. So now the spirit can rest in peace and no one will die by that spirit again. Edward the leaves the town looking for another demon to kill.

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Noah Lopez

Language Arts 7 B5

Mr.Gutierrez

5/10/17

The Third-Floor Bedroom

Unknown Location 16:47- "DOCTOR DOCTOR!!!" shouted the lab assistant. "There has been a breach on sector 32.A!"

"Well I be Damned, I saw this coming."

"Doctor, we need to evacuate as soon as possible!"

"It's too late the virus must've already past the 20th sector."

The assistant's walkie-talkie alarmed the two that "the virus is in your sector evacuate now or els-" the voice stopped. The two heard a distant "Here come dat boiii" Until they knew all hope was lost when they heard "Just kidding it's me Hillary, and I'm running for president."

Helvencia 18:30-  "Home at last" Ted said with relief after returning from his job, being a policeman. He was greeted by his family after work and lounged on his couch to see what was on the television. His wife, Kelly, and his son and daughter, Loren and Tracey, were setting up the table for dinner.

" How was work honey" Kelly claimed

"The usual" stated Ted

"Tracy and I were playing space travelers" interrupted Loren

"Remember what I said before Loren, about interrupting people when they're talking" replied Kelly

"Ok mom" said Loren

After eating the family decided to go to the park. It was an average day for Ted, until sirens went off as if a bomb were to drop. Officers and soldiers stormed to the streets, citizens panicked and where evacuated to their homes, while Ted had to get his family back home as fast as he could. A PA system commanded the civilians to close all doors and lock all windows. Outside a voice screamed "RELASE THE MEMES!!!"

Helvencia 20:39- Kelly and Ted heard gunshots and screams outside and he turned off his walkie-talkie because he didn't want to hear the people he worked with suffer without him. He demanded the children to hide in the guest room. They did only to find out the window was left open. They could not see anything come through the window but, somehow knew memes were in their presence. They knew the memes had reached their wallpaper. When it did, one of the birds had been given life. Another bird flew out. Then another. Until the wallpaper was empty but the guest room was covered in birds. A bird said, " Ayo you can't spell cool without coo" The children were amazed. Ted burst to the third  floor where the guest room was. We demanded the children to go downstairs and shooed the birds outside. The walls seemed to closed in until the room became just a wall with Ted making it out in the last minute. "The memes are getting stronger" said Ted with fear. Rotten Robbie sneaked around downstairs to the basement setting it on fire. The children and Ted escaped the fire but, didn't see Kelly. Shrek the Ogre said "Oi me boi just got roasted. The family ran and got into Ted's police car while memes started eliminating, roasting, and memeifying people on the streets. Ted realized that the kids couldn't escape in time at this speed so he decides that the kids must travel alone and he exits the car and runs at the town. The kids travel away and survive but Ted reaches his end of his story by being roasted so hard, the town turns into a living meme page. The children escaped (but not for long their future is coming on).

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Larissa Joy Santa Maria
Mr. Gutierrez
Lang. Arts / b5
10 May 2017

A Strange Day in July

One day in July, two fraternal twins named Connor and Olivia were skipping rocks at a rocky beach. "Why won't mine skip ? They just plop into the water and sinks to the bottom," whined Connor. As Connor was on the verge of giving up, Olivia was gazing into the crystal blue water as she played with the ends on her black skirt. She was thinking about how she can figure out the easiest way to skip rocks. He threw with all his might, but the third stone came skipping back.
"What just happened? Liv, did you see that? IT CAME BACK TO ME! IS THERE SOME SORT OF MAGIC?!" yelled Connor.
Olivia stood up, removed her shoes, picked up her skirt so she wouldn't get it wet. "Calm down Connor it's probably the tides," she replied.
Connor sat down on a big rock and just stared at what happened and was in shock the whole time. Olivia is waist deep in the sea and is at the spot the rock went to and came back.
“I'm walking farther and farther away, if it came back something should've supported it to help the rock go back to you,” Olivia explained.
Connor didn't know what to do but go home and figure it out later. “Let's go him Olivia, mom is probably worried,” said Connor. Olivia didn't say a word and got out of the water, dried off with her towel, grabbed her shoes, and began to walk with Connor.
Later as they walked home and opened the door, their mother was worried about them.
"Oh! My babies! Are you guys okay? Are you hurt?" she said as more questions followed up.     "Amy, do they look hurt? They look pretty fine to me," their father interrupted.
"Well maybe they are and don't want to say."
"Nonsense. You've been hugging and touching them making sure they're not hurt. If you touched the place they are hurt, they would be in pain."
Their mother and father began to argue if they were hurt or not but Olivia stopped their argument by saying "We're perfectly fine. We lost track of time because Connor was trying to figure something out. We'll be down for dinner, let us relax." Their parents agreed and had them go to their room.
Olivia was thinking about what happen at the beach when the rock came back to Connor. Was it a force field? Did a ghost throw it back? Neither Olivia or Connor understood what happened, but they had to investigate.
"Dinner's ready! We're having Shepard's pie and steak," their father called and Olivia snapped out of thinking.
Once Olivia and Connor heard "Shepard's pie" they immediately ran to the kitchen because they loved it. When they ran,they got stuck in the doorway. Then their mother turned and said,"Stop pushing, Connor and let your sister get through." Connor got out of the tight squeeze from the doorway and let Olivia sit down first.
As they sat down, they all started to talk about their day.
"Connor and I were down at the tide pools at the rocky side of the beach. We skipped rocks but one came back to us and we've been wondering what happened," Olivia informed their parents.
"That is quite strange Liv,  what if it wa-," their father was interrupted by Connor.
"DAD I SWEAR! IT CAME RIGHT BACK TO ME NEXT TO MY FEET! IT WAS THE STRANGEST THING I'VE SEEN ALL MY LIFE!"
His mother looked at him with a face that was as if he did something bad.
"Connor, it's not nice to interrupt people. John, go ahead and finish what you were going to tell Olivia," said their mother.
“Like I was going to say, what if it was just the wind and the tide?”
What if their father is right? But it to Olivia, she knew it was impossible because rocks are solid and have no pores to let air go through the rock to make it move.
After dinner, the twins went to bathroom to brush their teeth and go to bed. During their sleep, Connor had a dream about the rock. In the dream, it was that day the rock came back to Connor. He kept trying to throw the rock but it kept coming back and then it finally became like the other rocks. Plopped into the water and sank, but this one didn't sink fully. It sank a little bit and then a giant water monster grew out of the tide pools and had the rock Connor threw in its hand. It looked at Connor and sprayed water on him and Olivia tried to block Connor but it didn't work. They both stood in shock because how massive the monster was. The huge blob of water came at Connor and Connor woke up from his dream. But it was more like a nightmare.
It was morning. Connor and Olivia were awake and heading to the beach again but they stopped to get donuts on the way there.
"Do you think it's going to do that thing again? I had a dream that it was a giant monster that skipped the rock back," Connor began to sound crazy.
Olivia had nothing worry about because she knew how to calm Connor down.
"Connor, we're going to be fine. We're in this together no matter what happens, plus it can be be the rock you threw and the wind picked it up to skip back to you."
Connor was starting to calm down, but that dream kind of messed him up. Once they got to the beach, Connor did exactly what he did the last time and the third rock came back. Olivia observed how he threw and took high tech slow motion videos of Connor trying to skip the rocks.
In the video, Olivia sees that the third time he skips, he does a boomerang type of throw and the wind picked up a little bit and as the rock hit the water, it turned like a boomerang.
"Connor! I know why your the rock comes back! It's the way you skipped it," Olivia exclaimed. Connor was relieved that it wasn't something crazy like the monster in his nightmare.
"Oh man! I'm glad it's not that monster," he chuckled, "but how can that even possible?"
"Connor I don't know and you don't either but we finally found out why."
They ran home to observe the videos again and Olivia edited the videos to have them go slower.
"Okay so frame by frame, we're going to observe the rock and see how it came back," Olivia instructed. As they watched the video frame by frame, the rock curved as it skipped across the water and came back to Connor when he threw it.

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Isabella Quintana

Language Arts 7/B5

Mr. Gutierrez

9 May 2017

UNINVITED GUEST
“STOP, STOP, STOP….. HIT THE BREAK!!!!”Alex’s mom, Ellen, screamed when Henry, Alex’s step dad almost hit the car in front of them in the freeway exit. “Oh my GOODNESS... That was close!” Ellen said with relief. They were on their way to their new home in Shadow Hill, California when Henry suddenly almost got into a car accident in the middle of Deadman Road.  They were exhausted and ready to go to their new home. At first, they lived in Los Angels, but because Henry is in the military, they have to travel a lot.

When they had finally arrived at their new home at the far end of Shadow Hill, Alex was sort of scared on how all the homes, including his. But he didn't play a lot of attention to that. It had took them a while to bring everything down from the moving van, but they had finally finished before night fall.

It was the next morning and Alex sleepily got up after hearing foot steps coming from down stairs. So Alex still half asleep started heading down stairs when he saw both his parents in the kitchen.

"Hey mom, where are you guys going?" Alex asked when he saw both of his parents all dressed up.

"Oh, sorry honey, I was going to leave you a note so I wouldn't have to wake you, but your father and I are going to be out all day so you will have the hole house all to your self." Alex's mom said.

"Okay.... Maybe I'll just check out the rest of the house for the day." Alex said with a sigh.

"We will be back in a few hours.... Bye honey" and they both walked out the door.

At first he didn’t really notice anything worth checking out because everything seemed normal to him like old closets and things like that until he had reached the attic. When he first walked into the room all he saw were very old papers and boxes filled with dust scattered all over the room. So Alex started to pick up the papers and read all of the papers on the floor trying to find anything interesting about his new house or town. At first all he saw were bills and photos from the early and late 1900s. But, all the papers on the floor had different names and faces from different people. That sort of put Alex off guard. But still curious, he kept on searching. That was all he saw for a while until he saw a book in the far corner opened face down onto the floor. Alex quickly picked it up and started to wipe off the dust on the book.

"Man this is really dusty.... this must have been here for a while." he said to himself while he was observing the old little book.

With curious eyes, Alex started to read the old and dusty book, and while reading it, he noticed that the writing seemed child like, like if a 7 year old wrote in this book. He also noticed that it must have been the little boy’s diary.  So Alex kept on reading and reading until he came to a part where the boy started talking about a red door he had found in this very attic. Then Alex quickly started looking for the red door all around the attic.

"Where is it.... I can't see the red door anywhere!!" he said with frustration.

He still kept searching, yet he still didn’t see anything but the walls of the attic. But, Alex kept on reading the boy's book until he could find something that would tell him exactly where the door was. But there was no use! Alex had read almost 100 pages of the book and there was nothing. So he just decided to just start again tomorrow. He went down stairs and found both his parents in their room.

"Oh... Hey honey.... how was your day?" Ellen asked.

"Good mom.... I was just checking out the attic."

"Oh cool, did you find anything up there." Henry asked.

"No... I just found papers and dust all over the place."

"Oh...are you going to go up there tomorrow."

"Yeah... but I should probably get some sleep... night"

"Ok honey...Good night."

Then he started to his room still wondering about the red door.

He wondered, "Why couldn't I find it.... is it covered or something?"

He was trying to think why he couldn’t find the door, like if the boy was talking about a different house or if it was just the boy’s imagination. But he just decided to try looking for the door again the next day.

Alex looked at the walls very carefully to see if the door had been cover with wood so many years ago. But he didn’t find anything until he found a place in the wall that was covered with extra wood. So he quickly ran down the stairs to get some of his dad’s tools to see if he would be able to tear out the extra wood off the walls that was hopefully covering the red door the boy was talking about.

"Where are you headed in such a hurry?" Henry asked while eating breakfast.

"Mmm... is it ok if I borrow some of your tools for something?" he said while picking them up from the box on the kitchen floor.

"Ya, go head but be careful with those... you might hurt yourself."

"Ok.... thanks dad... I'll be careful"

Anxiously, Alex ran up the stairs with tools in hand to the attic. He quickly started tearing some of the wood until he saw a doorknob while taking off a piece of wood. At that moment, Alex froze with shock and started tearing off all of the pieces when suddenly, he heard a strange noise like big foot steps from the other side of the wall. Then it got quiet for just a second, his heart was pounding. He was sure he had seen the door knob turn! Alex ran down the stairs until he got to his room and locked the door behind him.

He thought to himself, "How is that possible!!!!" over and over again. He kept talking to himself and trying to sort things out. Should he tell his parents or the police? Or should he just deal with it by himself? But at that moment, Alex didn’t know what to do about this.

It has been weeks since Alex had found the red door in the attic and he still hasn’t gone up there ever since what had happened that day in the attic. Yet, the bad thing is that Alex hasn’t found the guts to go up there again. But, today is the day for Alex to go up there and find out what exactly is behind that door. So with confidence, Alex went up to the attic and went straight to go face the mysterious door. At first, Alex tried to pull the door open with all of his force, but the door wouldn’t open! He kept trying and trying and he still couldn’t open the door. He was about to give up until he heard a similar thumping sound coming from the other side of the door! He jumped back still looking at the door with fearful eyes waiting for the worst. Then nothing happened, there was nothing but the sound of Alex’s heart thumping really really fast. But then, the door started to open while making a strange sound. Alex just froze and stared into the other side of the door. Then finally when Alex caught his breath again, he started walking into the door. “WAM!” The door closed behind him with no one there to close it so Alex just kept on walking. Alex realized that everything around him was larger than he was! Yet, he still kept on walking trying to figure out exactly where he was. All he saw were huge stairs, newspapers, a table, and even huge ice skates! Then suddenly Alex heard, “THUMP THUMP THUMP” coming from up the huge stairs and that was when he started running to the door. But, the door wouldn't open! So he just ran behind the gigantic table! He tried to keep quiet so whatever the thing was wouldn’t find him. Alex waited for about 10 minutes, and then he looked all around to see if anyone or anything was there. Thankfully, the cost was clear, so he started to run to the door again to see if he could try to open it once more. But again no use! Alex didn’t know what to do. So he just decided to try to go up the stairs to see if he could find something useful he can use to open the door. Alex struggled so much because of how tall the steps were, but he still kept going.

He started to whisper to himself, "Why did I have to do this... why couldn't I just have left the attic alone!!"

Finally, after a lot of hard work, Alex made it to the top. All Alex saw was a long walkway with doors on both sides. So Alex decide to look in every door to see what he can find. In the first door, Alex saw a large bed and a night stand. In the second door he saw something that looked like a kitchen, but this one had knifes all over the place! Some were on the walls, on the table, and some were even hanging! Alex just stood there shocked. So Alex just went on running to the other nearest door. Yet, that room was different from the rest, there was a normal size bed, toys all over the place, and a night stand. But it didn’t make any sense to Alex. Why did someone or something huge have something so small in their home or whatever this place was? Or is there something more he is missing?

Then again “THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP!!!” And again “THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP” but the sound started to get louder and louder like if the sound was coming even closer!

Alex ran behind the large door waiting until the noise was gone. Then again it was quiet. It was like if the thing that was making that noise meant to do that. Like if it wanted to scare him so he could go away from the very beginning. Yet then why would it keep the door lock? All in all, Alex didn’t know what to do. All he wanted to do was just give up. Yet then Alex started racing towards the stairs passing the room with the knifes and the room with…. Alex just stop with horror and disbelief. In the room with the bed and nightstand he saw a huge manlike figure laying on the bed staring right at Alex with an evil expression on his face.  All he did was just stare at Alex and nothing else!

Then finally the man said with a vicious tone to his voice, "Look what we have here, an UNINVITED GUEST!!!"

Alex couldn't move or even breath! Alex just stood there waiting for the worst to come. "So... what is your name kid!" the man said with the same vicious tone to his voice.

Alex couldn't catch his voice, it was like if he was paralyzed.

"Hmm..... speechless I see." "What... you've never seen a giant have you kid." he man said with a lighter tone.

Still Alex wouldn't move or say anything, all he did was just stare at the giant.

"Well I have to say that you are a thin one aren't you." "Well you will have to do" and that was the last thing Alex heard before the huge giant grabbed him and took him away forever.

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Adolfo Ramos

Language Arts 7/B5

Mr. Gutierrez

8 May, 2017

The House on Maple Street: Project Blast Off

“Bili!!!” screamed Mrs. Roche, “This is the seventh time you’ve forgotten your homework in just this semester. Honestly I’m surprised you haven't dropped out of high school already.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry just please don't give me an F in this class or else my parents are going to ground me for the rest of my life,” Bili begged.

“There might be one way you can pass this class,” said Mrs. Roche with a smirk, “Winning the science fair could get you an A for the rest of the semester.” Bili felt like the little piece of hope he had went right out the window.

“I can't win the science fair, it’s in two days and I have nothing to show.”

Mrs. Roche said, “ You don’t have to, you can back down and accept the F I’m going to give you.”

Bili felt like Mrs. Roche wanted him to be grounded, “Fine I’ll do it,” said Bili as he walked out the classroom door. “Great, where am I going to get an award winning project in two days,” Bili said to himself. “Maybe my project should be about how mean Mrs. Roche is, that’s bound to be a five-page essay.” The next day Bili could hardly focus in school, he kept thinking about what he should do for his science fair project. The whole day he was drawing in his notebook and thinking about what he should present for the science fair.

At the end of the day Bili walked home, he drew one last idea then immediately crossed it out and screamed, “Why can't I think of anything!!!” Then he threw his notebook onto the street and stormed away, he was at the door when he heard a loud creak.

He turned around and saw an old, huge abandoned house, it had moss and leaves growing all around it. Bili was tempted to go in but he had to come up with an idea for the science fair.

He went upstairs to his room to brainstorm, two hours passed and he still didn't have any ideas, “Aaaaugh. I can't think of anything.” In a moment of rage Bili grabbed his second notebook and was about to throw it out of the window.

Then his eyes met the house, he stared at it as if it was the most intense boxing match in the world for what felt like hours. Finally, Bili said, “Fine, I'll see what’s in this ‘mysterious’ house,” then he gathered a flashlight and a notepad and put them in a backpack. He raced downstairs and called, “Mom, I’m going to a friend’s house.”

His mother responded, “For what?” but Bili had already left.

He ran right across the street and arrive at the strange house, Bili opened the door with a loud creak and walked slowly inside.

Although the house was abandoned it looked new, in an old way, in the living room it had a vintage piano and old wooden chairs. Bili looked around the entire house hoping he could find something for his science fair project.

He went upstairs and looked there but sadly he couldn't find anything, he angrily stomped his foot on the floorboard and yelled. Then a panel opened up and a ladder immediately fell, Bili climbed up it without hesitation.

He looked around frantically trying to find something for his project, he threw aside boxes and even opened floorboards. After ripping open a couple dozen floorboards he finally found something, it was a button with a label that said, Project Blast Off.

Bili was sold at the mention of project, he pressed the button so fast he heard his finger crack. Suddenly the house started to shake violently, out the window Bili saw glass rising and already knew it was a glass dome. Then the house started rising higher and higher until everything in the house that wasn't held together started floating.

Bili was sent straight to the roof and pain flared up his back, “I guess this is going to be how I die. In an old abandoned house with no one knowing where I am, all for some stupid project,” Bili whispered to himself.

He then felt straight to the floor and he could've sworn he broke a bone or at least fractured a few. He’d seen enough sci-fi movies and documentaries to know that it was a perfect lift off. He tried to stand but fell almost immediately after, then a crate flew right past him and broke on impact with the wall.

When Bili was finally able to stand up, he  began to panic, “I-I can’t breathe,” Bili said frantically. The he realized he could breathe, but how he was in space, “There’s no oxygen in space, right?” Bili said to himself, he went over to the now broken crate and found a dusty old book titled “The Guide to Blast Off.” It was filled with information about rockets and he knew it was going to be his project. He read through the entire book and at the end it showed how to turn off Project Blast Off.

He went to the kitchen and typed in the code 1815385 into the microwave and pressed start and then the house rumbled again. It fell out of orbit and landed in the exact same spot it was before the blast off. He ran out the house and then saw the glass dome around the house and it soon retracted into the lawn. He stopped suddenly  and realized that’s why he wa able to breathe in space.

Bili ran home, as soon as he got there his mother asked with anger and worry “You were gone for 3 hours! What did you go to your friend's house for?”

Bili answered, “To work on my project for the science fair Mrs. Roche wants me to do,” he showed his book to her then he went upstairs to his room.

“Amanda’s making him do a science fair project, I wonder why?” Bili’s mother said to herself.

He used all the information finally the book and turned into a presentation, when he was done he went straight to bed.

The next day Bili brought his presentation to school and during the science fair the teachers were very impressed with his work, especially Mrs. Roche. Bili managed getting second place and luckily Mrs. Roche ended up giving him a B+.

The rest of the day went by very well, when he gathered his thoughts while walking home. He knew he would never forget Project Blast Off nor would he ever talk about it or mention it to anyone. One bit of information that would always be at the back of his head no matter what was the author of the book and Project Blast Off, Conner Roche. Information he found on the front page of the book “The Guide to Blast Off by Conner William Roche. To my family and newborn granddaughter, Amanda.”

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Raul Diaz

5/23/17

Strange days in July

"BOOM, BOOM, laughter, swoshhh" I open my eyes with fright to see it was the middle of the night and to hear a rainstorm with lightning was striking the ground as I sleep. I couldn't sleep anymore after what have happen to the few weeks, me and my sister, Lilly, were completely paralyzed of what that thing did to us and our family. As I was just sitting their wondering why this happen to us and what cause this whole thing to happen which is what I ask to my self in my head and I fell asleep

As I woke up in the morning I feel kinda sick but I didn't thought of it so as I went out of my room and downstairs and to go to school. As I got on the bus I thought about what Me and my sister found in the lake near our house as we were skipping stones. As we skip stones mine weren't that good but something strange so me and Lilly were starting to leave when I tripped on a box which was a old and moldy, buried in the sand. I open the box and picked up the book that was inside ."Ooowwwwww", as I blow on my hands. Somehow it was hot and burned my hands whenever we try to grab it so we just put it in the box and went to our house and I notice that a tree that was burned and broken just like the book "hurry up, Lilly"," I going, Bryan ". It was so strange that me and Lilly just ran faster to the house until we reach it.

We didn't know what was inside the book so we tried to open it but every time we tried to open it, their was a strange feeling that we shouldn't but we did and what was inside was strange drawing of things which we couldn't understand but the drawing was kinda gooey looking with weird words that don't look like any type of language that I know of so we just stop"aaaaahhhhhhh"  and we heard a scream. We ran up stairs to find nothing strange but our parent were gone. We thought what could've happen and we remember that our parents left t do errands. We were confused about..." GET OFF THE BUS" said the bus driver as I stood up. I must've got caught up in my memory I must've forgot I was on the bus. I got off the bus and went to school when the bell rang and we to class. After school me and Lilly got home and we wanted to know more about the book and who actually made it so we started to exploring the house and we witnessed every inch but the basement."Why do you want to go down their" I responded " because, we haven't went down their yet"," whatever, let go

As we went down to the basement, we heard strange noises, with rats and mice ." Be careful " I said to Lilly" it okaaaaaaaaaaa" as she almost fell thought the floor board I grab her but her leg was scratched with some blood stains." We should really fix that " Lilly said in pain" no deeerr, Mrs obvious" I said in a quick annoying way as she stared back with anger. I sighed in relief as she was safe, so we went around the broken board and continued our search in the basement. We saw many old stuff from the past and Lilly found some flashlights that we could use in the basement, this reminds me I should remember what I was going to say before that stupid dreaded bus driver interrupted, we were confused about.... " hey, Bryan come look at this"," aaaaarrhhhh" is what I said as I walked over to her. She was holding a picture of us but right before she and I looked their was creepy old man waiting there. We looked shock and try to run away until he grabbed my sister,"let go of me" shouted Lilly " I been hungry for days, time for some food" said the old man in a deep rashy voice while he was licking his lips and holding my sister. I kick him and he let go off my sister and we ran up the stairs and I remember," Lilly wait" but right as I said that her other leg got stuck in the broken floorboard," ooooooowwwwww, my leg " she said," o my goodness " I said helping her but the man was at the bottom and we got out and lock the basement door. As we breath heavy wanting for air our parents came home." Bryan, Lilly, were homeeee" said my mother." What are we going to tell her"," don't know" as we both whisper to each other.

"So what have you guys done"," nothing, we just got home from school" I replied then she look at my sister, she stuttered" what Bryan said"." Ok then, go run off and play then"," ok then" we both said"dinner ready by 6:00" as we left we wonder about the man in the basement. When we fell asleep I was still thinking about what happen yesterday before I was interrupted. We were confused about why our parents left for errands if none were needed so then they came home and as we were going to bed we noticed something their was a man under a street light and the street light was staring to flicker and the man was gone but Lilly didn't notice him but me and it was strange so we just went to bed.

Now were all caught up and ready to proceed. The next day I notice our mom and dad weren't here in the morning and me and Lilly were confused why they weren't here so we thought they had to go to their job early and we went to school but before we got to school but their car were still their. At school it was strange everyday, I'm not talked to much and when ever some one try's to talk to me is like hi Bryan or hello Bryan how you day and Lilly would respond and today was a new student, his name is bob. He was assigned to my seat and sat down. I thought this was a mistake so I pushed him and he got scared and the teacher ask what happen and he said" I was pushed" and everyone was laughing and I thought I was going to get in trouble but Lilly said " Bryan that wasn't really nice ". Everyone stop laughing and the teacher pointed at Lilly because she was right next to bob and she said something to her and she sat back down. So I was supposed to strange up for the rest of the day. When I got home our parents were still weren't home let and it was us and the old man. I hit us the old man took our parents that why they weren't here and the cars were their." Let get our parents back" I said and Lilly responded in a cheery scared voice" yaaaayyyy".

As we creep down the basement and I remember about the board" Lilly, the board" she responded giggles" ooo yah" . We went around the broken board and we saw a light on and our parent on to chairs. We went to the and I strapped their mouths and they said" behind you" we looked around and we saw the old man.

As I open my eyes to find I was strapped in a chair with the man looking at us. He said to us" how could you have forgotten me" we didn't understand and at the corner of my eye I notice that Lilly had a sharp object behind ready to cut but not let and I understood what she needed, a distraction. I told the old man" hey who are you", " what, you people don't remember me" we all shook our head no except Lilly who was escaping. He was going to say " why I'm your..." but Lilly knock him out but not for long but just enough to us to escape. As we were about to leave the basement and Lilly not stepping in the broken board he said" look at the picture" as our parents closed and look the door" the picture " our parents responded questioning then Lilly remember the picture from the first time we went to the basement and she took it out and this changed everything it was a family picture. The picture had Daisy(my mom), Jacob( my dad), Lilly and the old man but I wasn't their and Lilly look at me and the tried to pull me but she went right thought me." WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHO AM I, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT" as I said in my mind forgetting everything and each memory vanishing and even myself turning foggy, with me breathing very heavily, and everything went black.

"Hi my name is Lilly, Lilly barkson and I'm a very delusional child with problems . I live in a family of three me, my mom , and my dad, and sometimes my imaginary friend, Bryan. Bryan is nice and helps me and something strange happen to him this week that change Bryan, he disappeared. I miss him and after this event that me and my family went though a lot f changes. One was that our family notice that we had a cousins that dead, it was a old man named berkson with had a book that has creatures from other worlds but people don't believe him but I do and his son, Bryan who strangely has the same name as my imaginary friend. Sometimes I think what happens to Bryan is not true but I know he in a better place and this was to both bryans ".

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Noah Lopez

Language Arts 7 B5

Mr.Gutierrez

5/10/17

The Third-Floor Bedroom

Unknown Location 16:47- "DOCTOR DOCTOR!!!" shouted the lab assistant. "There has been a breach on sector 32.A!"

"Well I be Damned, I saw this coming."

"Doctor, we need to evacuate as soon as possible!"

"It's too late the virus must've already past the 20th sector."

The assistant's walkie-talkie alarmed the two that "the virus is in your sector evacuate now or els-" the voice stopped. The two heard a distant "Here come dat boiii" Until they knew all hope was lost when they heard "Just kidding it's me Hillary, and I'm running for president."

Helvencia 18:30-  "Home at last" Ted said with relief after returning from his job, being a policeman. He was greeted by his family after work and lounged on his couch to see what was on the television. His wife, Kelly, and his son and daughter, Loren and Tracey, were setting up the table for dinner.

" How was work honey" Kelly claimed

"The usual" stated Ted

"Tracy and I were playing space travelers" interrupted Loren

"Remember what I said before Loren, about interrupting people when they're talking" replied Kelly

"Ok mom" said Loren

After eating the family decided to go to the park. It was an average day for Ted, until sirens went off as if a bomb were to drop. Officers and soldiers stormed to the streets, citizens panicked and where evacuated to their homes, while Ted had to get his family back home as fast as he could. A PA system commanded the civilians to close all doors and lock all windows. Outside a voice screamed "RELASE THE MEMES!!!"

Helvencia 20:39- Kelly and Ted heard gunshots and screams outside and he turned off his walkie-talkie because he didn't want to hear the people he worked with suffer without him. He demanded the children to hide in the guest room. They did only to find out the window was left open. They could not see anything come through the window but, somehow knew memes were in their presence. They knew the memes had reached their wallpaper. When it did, one of the birds had been given life. Another bird flew out. Then another. Until the wallpaper was empty but the guest room was covered in birds. A bird said, " Ayo you can't spell cool without coo" The children were amazed. Ted burst to the third  floor where the guest room was. We demanded the children to go downstairs and shooed the birds outside. The walls seemed to closed in until the room became just a wall with Ted making it out in the last minute. "The memes are getting stronger" said Ted with fear. Rotten Robbie sneaked around downstairs to the basement setting it on fire. The children and Ted escaped the fire but, didn't see Kelly. Shrek the Ogre said "Oi me boi just got roasted. The family ran and got into Ted's police car while memes started eliminating, roasting, and memeifying people on the streets. Ted realized that the kids couldn't escape in time at this speed so he decides that the kids must travel alone and he exits the car and runs at the town. The kids travel away and survive but Ted reaches his end of his story by being roasted so hard, the town turns into a living meme page. The children escaped (but not for long their future is coming on).

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Moises De La Torre

Language Arts 7/B5

Mr. Gutierrez

10 May, 2017

Uninvited Guests: Don’t Open The Door!

With Lord Sam gone, Becking Valley was peaceful again. When Cosmo returned home, he was greeted by his five friends Clementine, Vixen, Jillian, Luke, and Kyle.

“Hey guys, I’m back!” Cosmo said.

“We were starting to worry about you, Cosmo!” worried Vixen.

“Hey, our hero & friend of Goldonia’s back!” Luke cheered. “Hurrah! Yippee!”

“Okay, now It’s safe again for Goldonia!” Cosmo shouted for the village to hear. Cheers, congratulations, & thank-you’s came from the growing crowd. Cosmo may have thought it was safe, but many dangers lied on the following journeys. Lord Sam had been defeated, but a darker presence was awaking at that moment. Queen Stella sensed it and sent a message to Goldonia, where our hero Cosmo retrieved it. He was going to set off on yet another journey. His friends all wanted to tag along as well. Cosmo had never went on a quest with Clementine, Vixen, Jillian, Luke, and Kyle. So he did not know how they would act on the field of battle.

When they made it to the Mountain of Passing, they saw the Wand of Light and Dark that Cosmo needed to claim. Everyone reached the top and discovered that there was a fire-exhaling dragon in the back of the cave. It was a hideous creature, with dark gray eyes, and teeth as huge as an elephant’s. The ruby scales appeared as though your hand would return with a deep cut if you touched them. Cosmo approached the Wand of Light and Dark, but Luke pushed him aside and said this was his destiny. Some people were able to use the Light side, and some the Dark, but some could control both. Cosmo knew he could control both, but he didn't know what Luke could control. Luke grabbed the wand, and instantly the dragon bowed down to him, but the wand, it had turned completely black. Cosmo shouted to let go, but Luke loved the feel of the power too greatly. With one stroke he blasted Clementine far back using a spell that blasted a violet beam. She fell off the mountain and it was two-hundred forty-three feet high so when she landed, nobody heard of her again because of the fact that she passed away. It was then that Cosmo realized that his trusted friend was full of darkness.

To finish his opponents off, Luke ordered the dragon to attack. It exhaled fire at Kyle. His whole face burned to a crisp, and the rest of his body turned to ashes. It then blew away leaving Cosmo, Vixen, and Jillian. But Cosmo distracted the dragon and Jillian tackled Luke to the ground. They both punched and kicked furiously but Vixen snuck the Wand of Light and Dark away. Jillian gathered all her strength and bashed Luke on the nose with such force a few bones cracked and it started to bleed. Luke winced in pain and the dragon smelled the blood so it attacked its own owner, Luke, swallowing him whole. The dragon came back and only Cosmo, Vixen, and Jillian were in the cave with the huge dragon. Cosmo had to think fast.

“Time’s running out!” Cosmo worried.

“What are you talking about? It’s just walking out, so we can waste a little!” Vixen tried to reason. But then Cosmo remembered the Wand of Light and Dark. He grabbed Vixen and Jillian, then jumped off the mountain ledge. They were both frightened of dying but Cosmo created a mattress on the bottom of the mountain so that they would land safe. Cosmo’s plan worked and they all landed safely. Cosmo, Vixen, and Jillian knew they had to get away as fast as possible. Or perhaps they could hide somewhere that the dragon would not find them until it was safe to leave. Vixen claimed the dragon had wings, so running would be hopeless. The thought of hiding became a plan. Searching hastily, the three found a small, abandoned shack. Nobody remembered it being there before, but that didn't matter right now. Cosmo stepped forward first. Something was strange about the door. It was as if the Wand was trying to go through.

John was having an ordinary day, just like any other. He had gotten home from Walking In, which was his sister Tina’s ballet studio. He always finishes all or most of his homework there, giving him free time from five o’clock on until he had to go to bed. John never really liked school as much as some kids, but he didn't have any negative thoughts towards it either. He always felt like he just needed to be there, not for a waste of time, though. John understood the importance of education, so he respected the teachers and was polite to them. His dad was a hockey player, and he kept his gear in the basement. In fact, he had a game in twenty minutes.

“John, your father was in such a hurry he forgot his skates, so can you please get them from the basement?” Suzy asked.

“Sure, mom!” John replied. John had never actually been into the basement, so he became curious. He dashed down the stairs and instantly became afraid. There was a small door. His heart was pounding. He was sure he had seen the doorknob turn.

Jillian began to whimper as Cosmo opened the door, or at least attempted to, because only the doorknob would turn. In addition, the dragon had left the cave. It searched for prey to pounce now.

John didn't think he needed help. Summoning all his courage, he turned the doorknob cautiously.

It all happened so fast. Out of nowhere, Cosmo, Vixen, & Jillian fell into the doorway. They saw flashes of bright, colorful lights, but after they cleared, it appeared they were in a sort of room. At once Cosmo noted the boy.

“Who are you?” he demanded. However, he got a strange reply.

“Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!” John screeched at the top of his lungs. “911! Someone call the cops! There’s people hiding in my basement closet!”

“Please, calm down. I think we got off on the wrong foot.” reasoned Cosmo.

“Okay, okay.” said John. “But just know, I have Sean, Mark, & Felix on speed dial. Also the cops.” John showed them a mysterious rectangular device none of them had seen before.

“Sure……………” replied a confused Cosmo.

“Well, I’m John.” said John.

“We’re Cosmo, Vixen, and Jillian.” piped up Vixen, who Cosmo noticed had been pretty quiet the whole time, along with Jillian.

“Who are Sean, Mark, & Felix?” Jillian questioned.

“Few friends of mine.” answered John. “Now that introductions are over, I think the explanation should commence.

Hours of explanation passed, but Patrick never came into the basement because it turned out Tina had gotten them while John had frozen, who had apparently been in the basement tons of times. John had also called over his friends. Everyone had the plan ready to go. They were to go to Goldonia, get swords & shields, train in combat until they were ready (Cosmo didn't want to risk the lives of any more of his friends because they didn't know how to fight), then fight the dragon. It was now called the dragon of Lord Sam’s Vengeance because it awakened after the death of Lord Sam. But if people needed or wanted to say it faster, they just referred to it as the dragon on account of it being the only dragon in Becking Valley.

“So exactly how long were we going to train again?” asked Mark.

“Until I know you’re ready.” answered Cosmo. “I’ve had some…… bad experiences with friends in the battllefield.”

“Oh, Kyle, Luke, and Clementine. I almost forgot about them.” sobbed Jillian.

“I’m guessing they’re friends of yours?” questioned Sean. The room fell silent. “Well, we should start leaving so we can train faster. How exactly did you get here?”

“Through that door.” replied Vixen.

Weeks of training passed, fifteen to be exact, but at two weeks, it was discovered that Mark could control the Dark side of the Wand of Light & Dark. But instead of being overtaken by the power like Luke and the Wand turning black, he learned to control it with some training. Cosmo also let Mark use it as a weapon to fight the dragon because in Queen Stella’s message, one bit said that Cosmo was to “retrieve the Wand, and another who leaned towards the Dark side must be trained to wield it.” Now the time came to return to the dragon’s cave and defeat it, ending the evil in Becking Valley. They reached the cave in a few days and there it lay, sleeping.

“Pyro-tower!” Mark screamed.

“Deflect-Choco!” Luke shouted. He appeared out of nowhere. Apparently, some magic went into him when he was eaten by the dragon.. Luke was not dead. Questions flew into Cosmo’s mind. The dragon clearly still listened to Luke because it obeyed him when he commanded it to attack. Felix was hit against the wall, and Vixen got a cut in her left leg. Then Mark & Luke got into a magic battle. It was spell after spell, blasting beams, explosions, dodging, etc.. Just then, Felix’s sword broke when he struck the dragon, and Cosmo remembered Queen Stella also saying, “only he who can wield the Dark side can hurt the dragon.” So Cosmo, Sean, & Vixen kept Luke distracted, while Felix, John, & Jillian distracted the dragon so Mark could have a clear shot. Mark took the chance and cast a spell at the dragon. It was pretty obvious the dragon was gone, but if it was dead was unknown. There was an explosion, and then only smoke remained.

“Aaahhhhh! No!” screamed Luke, then held out his hands (which he used to cast spells) in front of him as if he had pushed someone. “Distracto!” Cosmo recognized that as a diversion spell. Then everyone was blinded, but Felix was heard screaming, and then he stopped. After they regained their vision, they noticed that Luke was gone, and Felix lay on the floor, not breathing, with a greenish and cut patch on his face, which was definitely the target of one of Luke’s spells.

It was all over. One final message came to Goldonia from Queen Stella, explaining that the Wand of Light & Dark would split into two. They would be known as the Wand of Light & the Wand of Dark, Cosmo claiming Light, and Mark Dark when it did the day after. Becking Valley formed an alliance with John & his friends, going into each other’s worlds as they pleased. Cosmo, Vixen, Jillian, John, Sean, & Mark all went on quests together in Becking Valley to get rid of danger. So did their descendants, and the descendants of their descendants, carrying on the legacy forever. Becking Valley was safe forever.

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Destiny Gomez

Language Arts 7/B5

Mr. Gutierrez

8 May 2017

Oscar And Alphonse

“She knew it was time to send them back. The caterpillars softly willed in her hand, spelling out goodbye”

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It was a hot day in July, A few weeks before we have to go back to school, and me and my brother

Jacob were going to the lake to cool off. Little did I know that that day would be so exciting and leave my brother and I astonished.  Let me tell you the story of when I discovered some amazing creatures. More specifically Caterpillars . Or as I call them Oscar And Alphonse .

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“Hurry up slowpoke!” My brother, Jacob, yelled out to me from ahead. I tried my best to reach where he was on the trail but I just couldn't. He was too fast. I felt like I would never reach the lake. So instead of running I decided to just take my time and walk through the woods until I finally reach the lake.

“This is going to take a while” I mumbled to myself. I kept walking until I spotted a rock that looked a bit different from the rest. I saw two caterpillars, black and orange with a bit of white,  spelling out Hello.

'That's odd' I thought to myself. I kneed down to the rock with the caterpillars on it and started talking to them because why not? They look exciting and they somewhat started the conversation. Plus I had nothing better to do.

“Hi?” I started. They wiggled around the rock and successfully spelled out 'How has your day been?' It took a little while but I understood.

“ Very good. You guys are some fascinating creatures you know. How do you do it? You know. Spell out words?” I was curious at this point and really wanted to know.

‘Well, we don't know, it's just something we do.’ They spelled out.

“Huh. Well. Would you guys like anything close by? To eat or something?” I asked picking up a leaf because I know they would probably like to eat that.

‘Well now that you ask. We could use a leaf because we are hungry.’

“I  figured. Here you go.” I place the leaf on the rock and they happily munch on it. “Well I think I should get going. My brother might be looking for me! I accidentally left him at the lake. Except I never got there. You get what I mean?”

They take a little break from eating their leaf and look my direction then spell out

‘Not exactly, but we thank you for the leaf.’

“You're very welcome. Good bye now!” I picked them up in my hand they softly willed, spelling out goodbye.

I put them back on the rock and began to walk away going about my day.

After a few more minutes of still taking my time wandering through the forest  I had finally made it to the lake.

“Are really that slow?” Jacob asked me as he splashed around in the water. He started swimming slowly to where I was but remaining in the water.

“Maybe. But I got stopped on the way here.” I said ,smiling to myself thinking of the caterpillars. Oh how I'd love to see them again. They were so cool.

“By what? There's nothing possibly that interesting. Unless there was someone.” He rolls his eyes. He started swimming a little more closer.

“You don't know that. And there are some things that are very interesting.” I said with a voice that made me sound smart.

“Really? Like what?” He says crossing his arms. He was finally out of he water,

“Like caterpillars that can talk to me by spelling out words.” I say also crossing my arms. He picked up a towel and got wrapped in it.

“I don't believe you.” Jacob went back to the water to wash off his feet because he got dirt on them.

“Would you like proof?” I say pulling arm starting to go towards the trail where I saw them.

“Well obviously.” He said as he almost tripped. He tried to pull away but I didn't let him. I pull him in the direction as to where the caterpillars were when I saw them but they weren't there.

“So, where are they?” He said crossing his arms. He had a voice tone like if he was trying to be smart with me.

“They were here! I promise!” I say frantically looking around for the caterpillars. I look at the rocks that were around the trail but still couldn't find them.

“Well I don't see them so I don't believe you.” He says walking away. That was until he finally saw them. Wiggling on the ground spelling out See us Now?

“What the...” He said almost falling to the ground. He picked himself up and had a face of confusion.

“Told you!” I said with a smile. I picked them up in my hand and showed them to him.

“Okay okay! I believe you! They're so interesting! How'd you find them?” He said touching them.

“Well.” I picked up a small leaf and gave it to them.“I'll tell you on the way home. But for now, do you wanna ask them some questions?” I said putting them close to his face while they were still in my hand.

“Sure!” His face lit up with excitement. He took them in his hands and started asking them loads of questions, most I've already asked them, and while he did that I decided to name them. Hm. How about.  Alice? No that's my name. What are some names that fit caterpillars? I keep thinking about it and then I hear him say

"What are your names?" I look over at them and see what there spelling and it's perfect.

Oscar and Alphonse

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Sofia Garcia

Mr.  Gutierrez

Language Arts B/5

12 May 2017

Oscar and Alphonse

It was one sunny Monday morning and Susan’s father would leave to his usual business trips ever since her mother left them when she was only a toddler.  When her father left he would always send her special gifts from the places he visited.  A couple of hours after her father left , her doorbell rang.  "I will get it Mary," she told her nanny.

"Okay," Mary replied.  When she got to the door there was a box with nothing to signify where it came from. Nonetheless, who it came from. "Who was it?" Mary asked.

" No one, it was that boy from across the street playing jokes." But, that was not true.

Susan took the box upstairs to her room wondering who sent it.  She placed the box on her nightstand and sat on her bed, as she looked at the box longer and longer, she could hear something moving around in it.  When she decided to open it she discovered that there were two caterpillars inside of a jar.  She knew her father didn't send them to her because he had just left to Columbia and he usually sends her a t-shirt or a souvenir for her collection.  All day she went about thinking who sent them to her and why.  She had an idea who sent her the package but she wasn't sure.

After a couple days past she came up with names for the caterpillars based on the way she saw them.  She named them Oscar and Alphonse. She has been super entertained with the caterpillars that she has noticed that her father hadn't sent her a gift from Columbia and she begins to worry if something has happened to him.  Her father has sent her gifts from Paris, Spain, Philadelphia, Hollywood, Japan, Iowa, Arizona, Washington, and New York.

Later that day she started doing her homework and she placed Oscar right next to her.  As she continues doing her homework she feels like she hears someone talking to her so she gets closer to Oscar but it's not him so she walks over to Alphonse and she hears him talking to her but she can't clearly hear the words that he is saying to her. Once she discovered that the caterpillars could talk she got so nervous she was contemplating telling her about them.

“Mary, Mary, Mary!!!” Susan Yelled.

“What's wrong sweetie” replied Mary. In Susan’s head she kept saying,

“What if she doesn’t believe and she tells my dad and he has to come back from Columbia…” When Mary got to her room she was still wondering if she should mention the caterpillars.  She decided not to tell her so she hid Oscar and Alphonse under her bed. “ Will you believe me if I told you something that was crazy?” Susan asked Mary.

“I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR THIS STUFF ANYMORE, TELL YOUR FATHER WHEN HE GETS BACK!!” Mary yelled frustrated and walked out of the room.  Susan always wondered why Mary would never listen to her. Was it because of her father? Her mother? Or was it her fault that no one ever listened to her?

The rest of her day was normal because after what Mary had told her, she shut down wondering why no one listened.  The next day she woke up and she made the choice to take the caterpillars to school.  When she got there she tried to find her best friend but she was nowhere to be found until second period.  When they had recess she was going to show them to her and see what she said.  When she walked up to her she was going to show them to her but her best friend acted like she had never met her before.  So when she tried to get her attention she walked away and whispered

“Don’t you ever talk or touch me again!!” She said.

“Okay??” Replied Susan.  After her friend passed by her she ran to the bathroom and started bawling her eyes out because she was the only friend she had.

As the day went on Susan couldn't stop thinking why Jane had acted like that and just left school. So Susan wanted to see what was wrong with the only person that understood her and cared for her. She took her caterpillars and rode her bike to Jane's house.

" Mary I'm going to Jane’s for a while. Be back by sunset." Susan said

"Alright don't get me worrying." "Okay, I won’t."

"I'll get the door mom! " shouted Jane .. "Oh...hi Susan..I'm not in the mood for talking right now..I've been going through a lot this past week," said Jane in a reassuring voice.

"I understand, but I wanted to help so I brought you something that I received a couple of days ago that I for one actually need help on. You see these caterpillars they can talk and I know I sound crazy, but it's true. You'll see." She sure did prove it to Jane. The caterpillars actually talked. But, what were they going to do? They talked about whether they should keep them or if they even should do anything at all.

As Susan walked down the stairs someone was knocking so Mary opened the door and she heard a voice that was unfamiliar to her.  As she got further and further down the stairs she could kind of make out what they were saying but she wasn't sure.  It was the same thing that happened to her with Alphonse so she wondered if she was the woman who sent the caterpillars to her.  When she reached the bottom of the stairs she saw a face that looked familiar because it was on a frame with her mom and dad when she was younger.  When the woman saw her she started crying and saying,

" OMG, its so nice to see you after all this time." Susan had no idea who she was until she heard the woman call her, her daughter.  When she finally walked up to the woman she said,

" I don't know who you are. I'm sorry" Susan whispered to her.  After she said that the woman said,

" I see you received the gifts I have sent you." Susan repited that phrases over and over again in her head,"gifts”??  She wondered what the woman meant by that?

" You said gifts I have only received the caterpillars from you, I think you might have the wrong person." Mary said.

"I have sent you gifts from all over the world: Paris, Spain, Philadelphia, Hollywood, Japan, Iowa, Arizona, Washington, and New York." Susan compared that to all the gifts her father has sent her and they all matched up to the exact order.

" Have you been following my father around on his business trips?" Susan asked.  " What do you mean? The woman asked.  " My father has sent me gifts from all those places and now you are saying that you sent them." Susan replied?

" Susan your mom has been sending you those gifts but your father didn't want you to know so he told me to tell you they were from him." Mary whispered.

" All these years I thought you abandoned me for someone else and I have hated you for it," Susan said and started to cry uncontrollably while running out into the forest to release the caterpillars. “Why would my own mother not want to see me? What did I do? What did she do?” Suddenly, the caterpillars came back and whispered,

”She left you because she loves you.” And that was all they said as Susan kneeled down looking at her mother walking towards her. She knew it was time to send them back.  The caterpillars softly wiggled in her hand spelling out “GoodBye.”

“Goodbye” and she released them back into the wild forest.

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Sheila Zarate
Language Arts 7/B5
Mr. Gutierrez
17 May 2017
Mr Linden's Library

Bang! A loud noise interrupted Lizzies reading. “ What was that” she said quickly grabbing a wooden bat next to her desk. Lizzie was home alone while her parents were out on a dinner date, but Lizzie decided to check it out any way. She quickly and cautiously ran to where she saw clouds of smoke and one ray of light shooting straight into the sky but when she got there there was nothing there and couldn't hear anything which was strange in her barn because all her animals would go crazy if they heard even one meow or bark. She quickly locked the barn door from the outside and decide to listen and see if their would be any weird movements. She didn't hear anything until she kicked the barn door and heard a loud “OW” Lizzie immediately backed away and ran behind a bush and yelled “ I'm holding a shotgun up to the door so don't try anything, identify yourself” she said with a shaky but tough voice, “Don’t shoot Don't shoot” said the voice from behind the barn door, “ My name is Astro I'm from the planet Kymore” Lizzie’s eyes opened wide and said “ Kymore! My dad told me fairy tale stories of adventures he had with mom on that planet but their just bedtime stories he would tell me their not real.. wait… how do you know Kymore” said Lizzie. “Like I said that's my home, do you have some time it's going to take a bit to tell you this” said Astro, “I can spare 30 min” said Lizzie interested in what he was going to say, “Ok, my Planet was overrun by evil aliens called kygorians and I was sent to earth to protect the book of nature well...at least for us it is, for human we call it the book of Terror. The book shot out of my ship, while my ship was crash landing, it's actually invisible right now, but any ways, this book has been on my planet for over 3 million years. If opened for more than 5 minutes it will not close and in 3 days it starts to destroy the planet unless you throw 2 rare black and white diamonds into the center of the book with a picture of a black hole before the 3 days are up. On the cover of the book it says book of nature alien property do not open and can only be opened with Alien DNA ” said Astro in less than 2 minutes. “I need proof that you're an alien” says Lizzie suddenly a spaceship appears right in front of the bush Lizzie was hiding in, and then says, “ Whoa” Lizzie quickly gets up and opens the barn door and sees someone who appears to be a regular teenage boy and all the barn animals floating in the air” and before Lizzie could speak Astro said “ I'm in human form it's ok, oh and sorry about the animals their on mute and they were kind of bothering me.” Astro slowly brings them down and asked Lizzie If he could spend the night,Lizzie wasn't afraid and said he could stay in the barn for the night. When Lizzie's parents got home she asked them about Planet Kymore they both nodded at each other and Lizzies Mom took out her watch, pressed a star shaped button and a picture of my mom popped up but she was pink and had antennas with little balls at the end, Lizzie froze and her mom immediately said “ Lizzie I'm an alien, your half alien and I'm from the planet Kymore do you remember all the stories we used to tell you, well they're all true I fell in love with your dad  and came to live on earth and we had you” , “Follow me” said Lizzie without hesitation leading them to the barn and showing them Astro.” Lizzie's Mom started crying and when Astro saw her he started crying. Lizzie's mom and Astro turned out to be friends, Lizzie's mom used to babysit Astro when he was 6 years old, aliens have very good memory.”What are you doing out here come in, tomorrow Lizzie will show you around town” said Lizzie's mom, “that sounds great, it's been a long day” said Astro, “wait what are you doing here” said Lizzie's mom. Astro explained the whole book thing and they all went into the house and had a good night sleep...the next morning Lizzie took Astro to her favorite place in town, Mr Linden's Library. Lizzie felt a weird vibe in his library that day so she asked Mr Linden what was going on, Mr linden said “follow me” ,Astro and Lizzie followed him into his office very curious to see what what he was going to show them. He handed Lizzie a book and said he found it that morning lying on the counter of the library and heard a whisper say Lizzie and felt he should give it to the only Lizzie in town but he warned her that he felt this really bad feeling and told her along with the voice he saw her with roots surrounding her and her whole house . Astro and Lizzie really shocked took it and left. Astro immediately after leaving the library said” that's the book”, “what,oh it's the book of nature, yeah but it won't do anything to me, I'm half alien remember” said Lizzie.” Actually I don't know what it will do to you your still human” said Astro worried. Both without saying a word went back home. Astro to Lizzie's mom and she told Astro to keep it with him at all times and not let Lizzie get a hold of it” Lizzie was in the other room the whole time eavesdropping. That night Lizzie grabbed the book from besides Astros bed and opened it in her room. The consequences where big.

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Jeannine Fell

May 10, 2017

Mr.Guiterrez

Block 5

Uninvited Guests

The scene flashed by, it’s colors and shapes seem all so familiar. Though Louis had never seen this exact place, he knew everything about it, or at least knew everything he wanted to know about it. He knew that it was a place he’d only ever see twice, once when entering, once when leaving.

Louis moved often. But he has only been to three states, those three states being Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. He lived in Colorado for about six years, Utah for seven, and Wyoming for one. In a couple of hours he will be in Ohio. Being to only three states doesn’t make it seem like he moves a lot but Louis has lived in a total of sixteen different houses within the span of his fourteen year life. Most those houses were in different cities from each other.

The sound of murmuring filled the front of the car while Louis sat in the back hugging a blanket that used to belong to his sister Kayla while reading a book. It’s been three months since she disappeared, she was only ten when she was taken...or ran away, really no one knows. Out of the corner of his eye he could see his mother staring at him, he didn’t know exactly what the expression would be called but it was a mixture of pity and amusement. Louis found himself falling asleep to the movement of the car. He slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep, dropping the book he was reading out of his hand and onto the floor of the car.

Louis woke up to the sound of car doors being slammed, jumping out of his seat startledly. It took a while for him to focus his eyes and adjust to the bright light. As he got up from his seat he saw his new house. It was a grey house that sat upon a very small hill. The stairs that led to it were made of cobblestone and were lined with hedges. It seemed to have two stories, not including the single room on the top that appeared to be a study from the window. There was a small shed on the side of the house and a basement that was very visible because of the change from wood to stone from on walls. The door was a double door that was see through but had curtains behind it and barn doors in front that slid to open and close.

“Hey Lou, did I wake you?” His mother asked, “I’m sorry, your father is inside moving his stuff to our room, you should put away your stuff too, your room is the on the second floor the last door on the right.”

Louis just nodded his head as he brought his small bag of luggage out of the car and walked up the stairs leading to the house. The very first room he entered was half kitchen and dining room, while the other half was a living room that had three couches and two book shelves in the corners that were poorly maintained.

When Louis got to his room he read the rest of his book that he wasn’t able to finish on his way there. He spent the rest of the day doing this, after eating dinner he head to bed and fell asleep on the very uncomfortable, lumpy, cold mattress that’d he would sleep on till his next move.

The morning sun shone in Louis’s eyes as he got up from his bed and saw a note on the dresser, it said “Lou, me and your father have gone into town, we’ll be here for most of the day so please don’t leave the house. There is breakfast for you downstairs, hopefully it’s not cold by now, make sure to check out the house to get to know the layout better. Love, Mom”. Louis folded the paper, shoved it in his pocket and went to go do his morning routine then eat the breakfast his mother had left him.

As Louis was about to walk up the stairs he noticed a door below the staircase. He walked up to the door and twisted the silver knob, at first it didn’t open, just a squeak, but the second time he tried he jerked it opened, inside was a staircase leading into the basement. There was a lot of personal belongings that were owned by others but abandoned here which he wasn’t surprised about, most of the houses he’s moved into were furnished and complete with unwanted items by the previous owners. There were rugs, stacks of papers, a single skate boot, and a lot more things cluttered in the back corner. The thing that actually caught his eye was far more unusual than anything he has ever seen in any of the houses he has stayed in. There was a door, a tiny door, something even an elf would be struggling to fit in. The wall around it was cracked, as if there were more to the door but someone tried to cover it up, though there was a knob on the door which didn’t seem like a very “I’m not a door, don’t look at me” aspect to Louis.

Louis walked up to the door and turned the knob using only his thumb and index finger due to how small it was, unsurprisingly the door didn’t open. “It probably leads to a wall”, he thought to himself. Even with the thought of it being a blocked door, it still bothered him. Louis knocked on the door very softly using his bent index finger’s knuckle, as he knocked he put his head against the wall near the door. He didn’t know what he wanted to hear but he did hear something, it was an echo. At first it didn’t mean much to him, but then as it sunk in he realized “I-It’s hollow”, he stuttered in shock. Then after that moment would be the most startling moment he has ever experienced. The door knob had slightly turned. He blinked. The door seemed as if nothing happened, as if the knob has never turned. His heart was pounding. He was sure he had seen the doorknob turn.

After that day Louis was determined to find out what was behind that door. For the next three days he waited, he waited until Monday, till his parents would both be at work. When he could cut that door open, thought he couldn’t do anything about the stone he could shine a flashlight in the hole after cutting out the wood or take a video using the flash of his phone.

When it was Monday Louis waited until his parents left, when they did he ran to the basement and grabbed a saw that he saw the first day that he was in the basement. He started from the bottom where there was space to get the saw in then he started cutting around the edges. After a good ten minutes he finally cut the wood out, he was right, you could see on the top of the hole that it was a bigger door that was concealed, what was inside was too dark to see. Louis was prepared for this though, he pulled out his phone and started recording with his flash on, he stuck the phone inside the room so he could review the film afterwards. As he nervously moved the phone around he felt something touch his shoulder. Louis was ready right there and then to drop dead, he was so filled with fear that he couldn't even bring himself to scream.

“What are you doing down here son?” Louis heard, it was his father.

“Thank God.” Louis said under his breath. “I was trying to see what was behind that tiny wood door.” He said as he pointed to the wall.

“Well I don’t think it’s gonna open, probably is a dead end anyways.”

“I already cut it—” Louis stopped, he looked towards the door and realized, the door was back on the wall completely in one piece. As Louis stared at the door his mother came downstairs. “It was...I…I already cut it out...but it is back.”

“What is he talking about?” His mother asked Louis’s father. They continued to have a conversation that was too quiet for Louis to hear. Louis stepped to the, and explained what he did and what he saw but they didn't seem to believe it.

“The boy is imagining things Rose, but if you really want we can hire someone to tear down the wall, roaches will be coming from all that food anyways.”, his father said.

The following week a man came to tear down area where the door was located. Louis waited anxiously to see what was behind the door, so he could prove everyone wrong, that there was something behind the door, that he wasn't crazy. After a couple minutes of waiting with his family the man cut out the door to reveal what was behind the door.

“It’s a solid stone wall.”, the man told the family. Louis’s father just looked very disappointed and angry with Louis as he walked up the stairs. His mother looked at him with pity as if she was sorry that Louis’s father had gotten upset. Louis didn't talk to his parents for the rest of the day after that.

Louis went to bed very stressed, he found himself only fixated on the door and what happened. What was behind the door? How did the door come back? Was I imagining things? Is this all just a dream? These were all questions we kept asking himself until he fell asleep.

The next morning Louis went back to the basement to check if anything weird happened, even though he knew nothing would be strange. When he went into the basement he looked at the door, it was back again. He ran upstairs and told his parents what had happened.

“What door?” His mother asked, rubbing her eyes.

“The tiny door in the basement that we hired that man to take out but it only led to the wall! Remember!?”

“No, you have a wild imagination Lou, go calm down.” She said as she turned away from his direction and went back to sleep.

Louis ran down to the basement and repeated what he had done before, this time the wall around it crumbled, revealing a bigger door. He turned the knob, scared to open it, he closed his eyes and pushed it open. Everything went black.

No one knows what happened to Louis, whether he ran away, was murdered, taken, but still after Louis disappeared, they checked the basement for the door that Louis had talked about. There was no door, there was no way to find him, and no one would ever end up seeing him again.

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Cindy Sanchez

Mr. Gutierrez

Language Arts 7/B5

9 May, 2017

Archie Smith, Boy Wonder

It was just like any ordinary Tuesday. Archie's father would go to one of his best friend's house and they were off on their weekly boating adventures. At least that's what his father called it because every Tuesday night when he would come back, he would tell Archie the adventure that came about that day, even though some things he said were fake just to make it more exciting, but he still enjoyed listening.

"See you later bud! I'm on my way out," shouted Mr. Smith.

"Aw man. Well make sure to come up with a good story this time. Last week's story could have used more action," Archie joked,"Bye Dad!"

"Bye Archie."

But, Archie didn't know this was the last time he would talk to his father.

Time was almost to 8:30pm when his father would return. Sometimes he would stay later to stop by and get him and his mother food at their favorite restaurant . Eleven-year-old Archie was doing his homework on the couch waiting for his dad to come in and tell his story, but an hour had passed already and still nothing. His mother told him to start getting ready for bed and he did.

9:45pm-His father still hadn't returned.

10:03pm-Archie is laying on his bed, eyes wide open, starting to worry.

10:28pm-Archie has came to conclusion that his father might be spending the night with his friend and that finally lets him fall asleep.

Everyday Archie wakes up at 6:45am sharp because his father always would run in his room and pick him up and run around the house while carrying him until he is fully awake. But, this morning...Wednesday morning was the worst Wednesday morning Archie has ever had. First, he over slept until 7:30am. Then, he hears his mother sobbing uncontrollably on the floor screaming "Why," over and over again. And finally, he sees the television which is on the news channel that his parents used to see every morning to only discover that their was two men washed up on shore after an unfortunate boating incident. An. Unfortunate. Boating. Incident. These four words replayed about a million times over and over again because he could not believe it. His father was on that unfortunate boating incident. His father was gone. "No, no, no..." is what first came out of his mouth with tears in his eyes until he reached his breaking point and collapsed on the floor, joining his mother, and now knowing what "why" meant.

Archie didn't go to school that day. Or the rest of the week. He felt like life hated him so much that it took away someone so special and loved by him just so he could be miserable. But, his mother denied his thought. She was having as much trouble trying to comprehend how this could happen. Was life just being cruel? Or was this destined to happen? And if it was, why was it so soon? That's all Archie thought the rest of the week as he and his mother went through his belongings trying to find their best memory together and he was sure he found it after hours of searching and crying, searching, crying, and so on. Archie had found his father's sailboat that was given to him by his dad when stories were told about their adventures. He hugged the boat crying as his whole life with his father replayed and came to an unexpected end. That was it. The end of his father's life. Gone in an instant. He no longer had a father. Life would never be the same.

The days went on...different than before. "I want to go to school now," Archie says suddenly to his mother. "I need to get my mind off Dad. I can't stop thinking about him."

"Alright, you can go back on Monday," replies his mother. "But, if it is too much for you, just let me know. I don't want you to feel overwhelmed."

"Okay, thanks mom."

Monday came and Archie went about his morning...fatherless, but he got through it. Mrs. Smith drove him to school and as he got off the car, he took a deep breath and walked in, trying to pretend like nothing happened. As he was inside the school in search for his friends and finally he found them. They ran over to him.

"Hey Archie, why were you gone for so long," said one.

"We are all gonna try out for baseball today, you should come," said another.

"I-I lost my father...he died." Tears filled his eyes. He tried to stay strong, but he knew he couldn't.

"Oh no Archie," said his red-headed friend, Michael.

"I'm so sorry," said his other friend, Max.

"Are you alright," said Jason.

"I don't know...I just miss him, but I want to forget that it happened and still remember his memory," replied Archie.

"It sounds like something he would want me to do."

"Well, that sounds like a good idea. How about baseball try-outs after school," Max asked.

"Yeah, that sounds fun," he replied. "Baseball team here we come," Michael added.

School was going great for Archie until his last period. He had sat down, but the phone rang. Surely, he thought it wasn't for him. But, it was.

"Archie Smith please grab all your things and go to Mr. Johnson's office," announced Ms. Cortez. Archie found that name familiar until it finally clicked. Mr. Johnson was the school counselor. Why would he be going to the school counselor?

"Good afternoon Mr. Smith."

"Hi," responded Archie nervously.

"Please sit down. Put your stuff right here by the door."

"Okay," said Archie, still very nervous.

"So I heard about what happened to your father and I am truly sorry for your loss." Once those words came out of Mr. Johnson's mouth, it no longer brought tears to Archie's eyes, but instead anger.

"WHY ARE YOU SORRY FOR SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T DO! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW I'VE BEEN THE PAST COUPLE DAYS!"

"I know this has been hard for you Archie, but you need to tell how your feeling so we can slowly become better from this tragedy."

"I wish it was simple. BUT, IT'S NOT! I CAN'T HAVE MY DAD WITH ME BY MY SIDE! AND THAT'S ALL I WANT," shouted Archie with tears in his eyes until he couldn't hold it in anymore.

Eventually, Mr. Johnson settled him down and soon Archie was explaining that Tuesday on how he left with his best friend that he never had a chance to meet on a boating trip, but they never returned. For some reason, he began to feel better expressing how he felt and time flew by that it was 5 minutes before the bell would ring...5 minutes till baseball tryouts. As he was packing up, he wanted to ask if he could call his mom.

"Um...Mr. Johnson, can I call my mom to tell her I'm staying after school for baseball tryouts?"

"That sounds like great idea, here you go," he replied.

"Thanks."

He called his mother and she thought it was a good opportunity for him to get past his father's death.

Archie was on 2nd base looking back and forth at Jason who was about to hit and third base, his next destination. Clang. Archie was running as fast as he can and before he knew it, he had just passed home base. Everyone was cheering, boosting his character. He was fast, maybe the fastest one there, but he didn't want to get too ahead of himself. He couldn't wait to see if his name was on the list the next day.

The coach had posted the list in the entrance of the school. Archie saw and it was almost positive to make his day to see not only his name, but Max, Michael, and Jason's name too. And just as Archie thought it couldn't get better, the list also stated to see Coach Jensen after school to get their equipment.

He came home with his equipment and his mother was very proud of him. "Woohoo! This is awesome Archie."

"I can't believe I made it," said Archie with a big smile on his face.

"Your father would be so proud," she replied.

"He would, wouldn't he? Too bad he isn't here," his tone lowered and his smile went away.

"But, Archie, even though you think he isn't here he is."

He thought this was silly. How could his father be here with him? That was impossible, wasn't it?

That night for the strangest reason, he couldn't quite fall asleep. Therefore, he rested his eyes, but he felt like he was dreaming. He heard tiny whispers. He grabbed his blanket and turned the opposite way of his window. He heard it again and wondered who it could be. Finally, he could here the tiny voices once again, but one voice in particular sounded familiar coming from one of the two glistering lights.

A tiny voice asked, "Is he the one?"

And Mr. Smith, his father replies,"Yes...that is my son."

"D-DAD!! ARE YOU HERE?"

A faint, tiny voice responded,"I always have been."

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Daniel Rizvi
Mr. Gutierrez
Language arts-5
4 May 2017
Under the Rug
There is an old legend passed down by many generations. It starts in a old village, a village that has no life to it. Burnt trees, no plants, and not even a sign of water. The whole place had burned down twenty years ago and everybody but this one man had died in the fire. This man was a very suspicious man who lived in the very back of the village isolated from every else. No one really understood this man some thought he just liked to stay lonely and some people thought he was crazy. People called the police to go check on this man but there was no trace of anything it was just an old man in his house that didn't like people. This man looked like a regular guy, about 45 years old, dark hair, and had circle glasses. He dressed with the same clothes every day a white shirt with a gray sweater, black pants, and a red bow tie. This house was very dusty and had books scattered all around the house, it appeared as if he was a librarian. It was a small house only two bedrooms and one bathroom. There were many picture frames with pictures of him and women which I would guess was his wife. At 10:00 am the man wrote up every day cooking himself up eggs and bacon. As noon came by the man went out side to cut wood for his fire to keep himself warm at night. As 1:00 pm came by the man took a walk around the woods. As the man walked it looked as so he was talking to someone. He couldn't be talking to himself because every time he wanted to speak he would turn his head. From 5:00 to 7:00 pm the man would read books about nature and would also read the bible even though the man looked non-religious. After he is done he sets his fire up for the night at 9:00 pm he goes to bed. During his sleep the man looks as he is speaking to someone and faintly whispering,"under the rug".  After about 15 minutes of saying this the man wakes up and gets of his bed and has a terrify end look to his face as if he knows what is going to happen. The man goes into his closet door and pulls out a box of ammunition and a revolver. He slowly walked to the living room making sure to be as quiet as possible and looks down at the rug. He sees a bump in the rug and the look on his face became even more frightened. He pointed the gun down to the rug uncontrollably shaking and took his aim. 'BANG' went the gun and the bump seen to have disappeared into nothing. Two weeks have passed since the man had not experiences the same thing so he continued his daily routine. Again at 9:00pm the man began whispering the same thing,"under the rug". The man woke up to a loud crash and did not have a clue of what was going on the man like last time went to his closet but only this time the revolver was gone so was the ammunition. The man more frightened than before ran to the living room and grabbed a chair waiting for something to happen. As the man waited the hear giggles from a baby and the same whispers,"under the rug". The whisper started to get louder and louder until it sounded like a chant. The man saw the same bump in the run and slammed the chair towards it the bump went away the the chanting continued. The man saw what appeared to be a black figure coming towards him. As it came closer the man felt paralyzed like he couldn't move. He felt someone or some thing grab his heart and pull it the black figure looked like it was going inside of him and devouring him all that remained of his were ashes. Two months later a priest came to check on the man. When he opted the door he saw nothing just a clean fixed up house he came closer to the living room and began to here the same chant,"UNDER THE RUG". The priest not knowing what to do he grabbed his holy water and began to throw it it all across the room. This did not help him he felt the same feeling as the man and never returned home. Everyone else who came to visit the man never came back. As time passed people came to fix up the village and make it like it was before. Before long shops and new houses were built there and the village started to become populated and there were huge trees everywhere complimented by small plants, the place began to feel alive. The man did not like this and there was nothing he could do about it. While people walked by he stared at them creepily and even started to say things to them that no  one understood as if it was in another language. People didn't think much of it and just ignored him. Many years passed and weird things happened in the houses and shops in the village. Signs would fall out of nowhere and vases in the store used to fall and a loud sound of glass would follow it. Costumers used to complain that there were creepy sounds coming from the stores and as crazy as it may seem the store owners began to become worried. Months passed and this continued. One dark night where was a huge blast of light followed by a huge heat wave and people began to scream,"FIRE!". The whole village was on fire. The next morning the whole village had been burned down out of nowhere and again there was no sign of life and again the man was the only one who was alive. This had happened two times already so this was crazy. The mans house was not even touched by the violent flame as if he was protected by something or someone. After that day no one ever returned and have been terrified of that village ever since.  People say you can still hear the chanting,"under the rug" while passing by the same woods next to the man's house.

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Jonathan Martinez
Mr. Gutierrez
Language Arts/B5
11 May 2017
Under The Rug: Dragon Ball Edition
One day a man named Goku had tripped and hit his head on a round table. This table wasn't an ordinary table but, rather strange. Two weeks passed and it happened again, This happened so very often that one day he picked up the chair that was meant to go along with that chair and slammed it against that strange round orb popping out of the ground.
When he had done that the round orb moved to the side over and over, left and right as if it was frightened of being hit. Goku just decided to leave this alone. It was rather awkward for him to miss so many times, especially because he is one of the most powerful fighters in the 7th universe. When he had done this and nothing happened he decided to call a company that helps kill some of the weirdest bugs and diseases in existence.
They had gone to the basement of the house to see the problem and saw the orb sticking out because there was a rug type of cover that was blocking them from the orb. When the workers from the company cut the rug off what they saw was so awkward because it was so out of the ordinary. They had seen an egg that looked more or so like the egg that ostriches lay but only was covered in something very rocky.
Some of the people like Goku said, “How could this mysterious object end up under my house when I was the first one to live here.” The exterminator said, “Well I don't know why this would be here. It looks like it's from space.” Then Goku said, “Yeah, I know it really looks awkward.”
Two hours later the exterminators left and instead Goku tried to pick up the strange rock and take it to Capsule Corporations, the institute of diseases and anatomy. He tried to use his full strength by going super saiyan God super saiyan but, nothing seemed to be working.
He constantly tried but didn't want to use the riskiest way of powering up. “I never thought that I'd have to use Kaioken times 10," Goku said.
His entire body began to glow a bright red and it seemed as if he had spilled some paint on himself but, the amount of energy he was producing was so incredible that the entire universe began to shake. Some his friends on that lived one the Planet of the Kai's felt his power even though he was over a trillion miles away from them. Once the shaking stopped Goku was slowly lifting the strange rock.
An hour passed but he had only picked it up to about his knee height. Goku began to stress and say that he couldn't pick the rock up any higher but, he also amazed because he never thought the Kaioken would last longer than an hour. His friends who lived on his street  had told him not to use it for more than an hour. It seems like Goku had broken that barrier and could keep that form for as long as he wanted. It was the most dangerous thing that he had ever done but never felt different throughout the entire process of using Kaioken over the limit. This was especially dangerous because if his body was injured the Kaioken would've taken over his body and blown it up.
"Phew, I thought that was going to die because I went almost three hours over the limit allowed. At least I lifted This strange rock. I wonder what I'll have to do with this thing. Maybe my friends will have to take it to my friends, or should I just leave it here." Goku's final decision was to leave the egg looking rock at his home and eventually find out where it came from and how it got there. Although this happened several years ago many of Goku's friends didn't want visit him because of this strange orb and how it was affecting his relationship between his friends and his relatives who might be the most important people in his life.

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Juan Carbajal

Language arts 7/B5

Mr Gutierrez

09 May 2017

Under the Rug

It all happened in a very sunny Saturday when I was playing soccer with my friends. Me and my friends were playing soccer.

Kevin said, " ball ball". Then I passed him the ball and he took it and he scored.

Me Kevin and Ivan screamed, " goal, goal, goal!!" When our game was about to finish we saw a huge dog running toward us.

Gabriel screamed, " stay calm act normal". So we did, but the dog kept on running toward our direction.

I got scared so I screamed, " just close your eyes!!" When the dog finally got there, instead of running to us he ran to the ball we we're playing with and took it.

I screamed to all my friends telling them, " Let's chase him I can't lose that ball". I couldn't lose that ball because it was signed by my idol Ronaldo who plays in my favorite team. So we began chasing the dog. Unfortunately it was too fast for us. But we didn't give up.

Jonathan told said, " Get on the back of this truck." So we did and we caught up to it and on a red light we got off.

I screamed, " Were close to him don't give up we can catch up to him." Luckily we caught up to him and got the ball back. I got really scared because that ball was really special for me since it was signed by my idol. I remember when I got it signed I went to game of Galaxy vs Real Madrid and after the game I called his name and he came over and signed my ball. I was really happy it was a dream come true.

So I told all my friends, " thank you guys I really appreciated it." . Then, since my friends helped me get my ball back I invited them to my house so we can eat pizza and play video games.

Two weeks later I told my friends, " lets go play soccer again for the rematch."

They said, " Alright lets go". So we went and we played for about 50 minutes.

While I was going to the restroom all I heard is, " Juan, juan hurry come over here. So I start running over there . When I get there I see the dog again. He got the ball again and started running again with it.

So I screamed, " let's chase him again".

" TWO WEEKS PASSED AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN", Kevin screamed with a mad voice. So then we chased him and this time he was going really fast. But we kept up with him. Then, he ran through the street and the ball fell and I car ran over it. We didn't go for the ball instead we were still chasing the dog. After a while he went inside this huge mansion.

I screamed, " Let's follow him let's go inside", so we did. Once we got in a man came out and he said who we were.

We told him, " That dog that came in stole our ball and lost it.

He said, " sorry about what my dog did to you guys."

I told him, " it's alright but it was signed by my idol Ronaldo.

He said, " Wow, Ronaldo is my cousin I have a lot of shirts of him with his signature.

Then he told me, " you can have one if you want."

I told him with excitement, " yes sir that would be the best gift I've ever gotten."

So he gave me the shirt and I told him thank you. That was the best day of my life even though the dog that got it lost it.