By Liam

A loud yawn echoed through Japan, breaking the silence of the quiet spring morning. That yawn was from none other than assassin cat! Assassin cat rolled out of bed and said, ‘’I'm hungry. What should I eat? Oh I know I'll go buy a catnip ice cream. Let's see how much money I have’’. He dumped all his money out. ‘’What!’’ ‘’Only one lousy quarter! I guess I’ll have to go to work today.’’ 

Assassin cat's mission was to investigate a city in Japan where there were reports of a monster lurking. assassin cat set off on his mission. When he arrived in the city he heard a noise that sounded much like the monster he had heard about. He followed the sound… and just a few minutes later, for the first time or what he thought was the first time he saw it…

The monster was none other than the evil banana peel! ‘’So we meet again, assassin cat!’’ said the evil banana peel. 

‘’I thought I killed you!’’ said assassin cat. 

‘’You thought wrong.’’ said the banana peel. 

Assassin cat clenched his sword and said. ‘’Then let's fight! I've been craving a catnip ice cream and i'll do just about anything to get one!’’ said assassin cat. 

“Don't be such a hasty assassin cat,’’ said the banana peel as he leaped into the air and disappeared. 

Just then two smaller banana peels appeared out of thin air ‘’who are you’?’ said the assassin cat. 

‘’The banana peels’ henchmen,’’ they said.

‘’Oh, so you're trying to get in the way of my ice cream too!?’’ Hissed assassin cat As he sliced them up into shreds. ‘’Where are you banana peel!’’ said assassin cat. And as if on command the banana peel appeared, drew its boomerang sword and The two started to fight. 

Assassin cat thrust his sword at the banana peel but he missed. Next, the banana swung his sword and skimmed assassin cat's whisker, just as assassin cat grabbed the banana peel’s sword, curved his wrist, and threw it into the distance. ‘’So you got my sword.’’ said the banana peel. The banana peel was about to punch assassin cat straight in the head. Just then, his very own sword pierced his head! “ See, no one gets in the way of me and my ice cream!’’ said assassin cat.

And after assassin cat got paid he could finally buy and of cours eat his catnip ice cream.

Definitely not the end!

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Many years after Joe defeated Ted at the climbing store in Green Island, he decided to take a trip to Emerald Beach* to go surfing.

It was quiet other than the palm trees rustling in the breeze and the waves crashing into the rocks. Joe went to find a surfing teacher but couldn't, so he just went out into the water but every attempt to get out past the waves was useless. The waves just kept coming and coming, crashing over him. He decided to get out and get a sun baked towel. Joe was quite hot so he went to try to find an ice cream shop. He walked along the beach to try to find one. Joe walked about five minutes and found a coconut stand called, “The One and Only  Coconuts and Freshly Squeezed Coconut Water.” He decided to get a coconut instead of ice cream.

Joe walked over to the stand and asked if he could have an extra large coconut, he knew it would probably quench his thirst. He bought it for a few quarters and left. As he was walking back to the beach, he tripped and fell. There was only a little blood but Joe was still squealing in pain. He got up and walked back to his chair to sleep, after all he was a teenager. 

After about an hour he decided to go surfing again. He went out onto the water when he unexpectedly fell off his board. Joe swam back to the board and while he was in the water a hungry shark smelled the blood from his cut. The shark was excited for a snack, so he swam up and quickly circled Joe.  After a few minutes of frantically squirming to get himself back onto his surfboard, Joe felt a squeeze and then an excruciating pain surged through his leg. Seconds later he heard sirens and was in a flight for life with a tourniquet tied around his leg, or what was left of his leg.  

As he was flying away he thought about the shark. He had always loved animals and realized the shark might be killed by animal control just because he was hungry. They started losing elevation quickly and the pilot was screaming, “Mayday, mayday!” Joe, woozy from losing blood, wondered why they were landing so early.  This question was answered when they hit the ground hard. Smoke curled up all around them and Joe felt squashed.  Then everything went black. Joe had passed out and what seemed about five minutes to him was actually five days. When Joe woke up he found himself in a big bustling hospital. 

Dear reader, you might be wondering what happened to the shark. Well the Animal Control tried to find it, but couldn't so the shark was fine. But reader, we've  got a lot going on with Joe and where he is going to end up, so let us continue. 

In the hospital,  Joe got bad news, well more bad news.  He would need a prosthetic leg and serious training, but Joe was up for it and after many years of hard work, he was able to walk. Joe went surfing at that same beach, but this time with a teacher, and surprisingly he was an amazing surfer. He went to many tournaments and won most of them, but when he didn't win he remembered that day with the shark.

The End  

 

* Emerald beach is a real beach off the coast of Australia where someone was actually killed by a shark surfing.

by  Leon, Ryder, and,  Sixten

I woke up with a massive headache and soon remembered the crate, the ship, leaving Jill  behind and the robots. I struggled to remember anything else. I was stuck on the spaceship and food was running low in the crate. I peeked out and saw  robots, of course I thought. I quickly threw food at the robots face so they couldn't see. I ran out, and punched a robot in the hand. It hurt my hand but the robot dropped a gun. I picked it up and shot the robot in the head. It exploded in a fireball of death with robot  shards flying everywhere. I looked down at the pistol, and I suddenly realized its incredible force.  I couldn’t stop shooting robots with this powerful blaster that killed robots in seconds while I ran around. I went around a corner but slammed into a big metal door. When I hit it I felt like I hit a wall full of knives. I got knocked out. 

When I woke up I was looking out a window and saw a civilization. I thought it was earth. But when I squinted I saw it was a space city. When I got up I was in some sort of jail cell  at the bottom of the spaceship. I felt  the bottom of the ship quaking and looked out the window and saw that we were landing. I quickly hid my blaster in my shoe. 

All the robots were leaving so they escorted me with them. I was quiet and the robots weren't paying much attention. I grabbed my pistol and shot them. The explosion knocked me back. I fell down but I immediately got up to make a break for it. While I was running, I saw what seemed like a futuristic castle that would house a king or Queen but I kept running. I came to a halt because I saw an alleyway… 

I knew my only opportunity to hide was in the alleyway. When I went into the alleyway it was quite quiet. I saw the robots run by.I turned around and saw another robot. I thought it was going to kill me but as I inched closer I saw it was broken. I thought I should stay awhile,maybe even repair it. After a while I finally started to repair the robot. I knew it was dangerous since I had to go get the parts and I didnt even know where to get the parts.  So I checked the dumpster. It was mostly trash but then I found robot parts, a welding torch, and a glowing rod. I took it and did a little repairing, finally calling it a day. The next day I woke up and I saw the glowing worm-like thing  move towards the robot as it vibrated but I was too focused on my hunger. I need to find food, I thought to myself. So I began my search in the dumpster, nothing was there. I sat there for a second feeling stupid because there are no humans that I know of on this planet.

 

I thought I should look around and eventually I saw a farm.  moment I knew that people could  be here. I snuck over to the farm. Once I got there, I saw all kinds of food such as squashes, oranges, bananas, apples, etcetera. I picked all of the oranges I could get before Robots saw me . I heard a pig squeal and knew that was my que to leave. I ran quickly and quietly back to the alleyway to eat the oranges I picked. First, I ate some, then I squeezed the juice out. I did that a couple times until I was full. I went back to sleep with a full stomach. When I woke up I saw the glowing thing huddled next to the robot. It seemed like it wanted to get on top of the robot so I put the glowing thing in the robot. The robot then started to glow! And then… It stood! “I will assist my master, My name is prototype 14438,” It said.

 

“Ok, w-walk forward,” I said, scared and amazed. It went forward. I said to myself, “Why is a robot being nice to me?” Then I told the prototype 14438,”Get me weapons.” Then the robot went off. After a while the robot came back. It brought  weapons such as a grenade launcher, bombs and more guns. I knew that this robot could help me in the future, so I told the robot to protect me while dozing off to sleep. When I woke up in the morning I felt like escaping this robot invested planet and saving Jill. So I asked the robot “How many planets have prisons?” 

“Four, master.” it answered 

“Which ones?”

“Mars, Osevox, Doom, and Pluto.” 

“What's the next ship to leave to one of those planets?” I said

“It leaves in two hours and it goes to Mars.” The robot said. 30 minutes later. We are ready to get on that ship and save jill. . .

By Sebastian

In a land far away from where you are now, there was a village ruled by a quiet queen. Our story opens in a house far south of the village with a boy knitting a quilt. This boy was no ordinary boy though. He had the gift of cartnik! The boy had an ordinary life in ordinary school (with hard quizzes and quarrels) but he wanted and craved adventure so badly. It squeezed all the joy out of him to know he couldn't but what he didn't know is he could! When the time came, he didn't know where to start. After all, if you're a boy like him, you'd have so many things you'd want to do on an adventure. But this adventure is one which no other has had in eons. But enough with the introduction!

Nick came down to eat his breakfast and go to school but the universe had something different for him. What he saw was incredible! It was all of his dreams combining, sending him off into the great unknown…

He woke up on a grassy hill, “Where am I?”  he asked and fainted again. The next day he woke up in a strange cave, and a girl said, “You awake? “

Who are you?” he asked “I am Kin she said and you are?’’ “Nick he said.”

The island of Elestra. Now reader you might know another quest going on right now but this is The story I will tell you Now. As for Nick and Kin, they were planning how to get back home. You see Kin was trying to get back home after her Village was destroyed in an earthquake.  But Her parents began to build Back The Village at night and that very night she ran away. She told him that how he got here was from his powers. And he had the power of cartnik! and she told him he could Make his own dreams come to reality. Ever dreamed of a home she said. No Nick said sheepishly that's ok she said will make one. Just please tell me 

You have dreamt of a barn with livestock and plants. Yes Nick said tomorrow will start to build. That night she asked him. “Hey, ever wonder if you're named Nick and your power is named cartnik.”  

                                       The end!

By: Ella and Martina

This is a story of a young girl that really needs luck.

One lonely night a girl named Marie lay in her bed weeping. That day something terrible had happened. Her mother had disappeared and she didn’t know how or why! It was quite a terrible site to see. Then her father came into the room and tried to comfort her. He lay under the quilt with her.

“Shh, shh, it is going to be OK.”

But comforting her did not work.The next day at school everyone asked her, “Where is the great lunch your mom always packs?” or “Why are your clothes wrinkled?” But she did not answer. 

The truth was her mother was gone but no one knew. When she was walking home after school, her best friend Juliana ran up to her and asked, “ Where's your mom, doesn't she always drive you home?”

“Well, she's gone.” 

“How?” asked Juliana.

“I truly don’t know why or how?” said Marie.

“Oh my god Marie! I'm so sorry! Do you need me to do anything to help?” asked Juliana.

“No, not today, My dad is home. He will take care of me, but thank you for caring” said Marie.

“Well if you want you can still come over, and maybe we can go out to dinner together, my dad could take us because he just got home from work!”

“Yeah, but where do you want to go?” asked Marie.

“Hmm, how about Noodles and Company?”

“Good idea!” Said Marie.

When Marie’s dad picked them up they headed off quickly to the restaurant.

Once they went into the restaurant they realized it was quite quiet, which was very strange because nomaly it’s always bustling with excitement, there was only one person there and he was acting very peculiar. Then her friend asked a very weird question and it was, “Why is there a porcupine quill on the table where that strang guy is sitting?”

It was true, there was a strange porcupine quill on the table. The next day in history class they took a quiz, but when Mr. Deven did attendance  Juliana wasn’t there. After school Marie headed to Juliana’s house to see if she was there. 

When she got to Juliana’s house she knocked on the door and Juliana’s father answered,          “Hi, what brings you here today?” said Mr. Waters. He was squeezing out a dishcloth when he opened the door.

“ Um, I am looking for Juliana.”

“ Oh, well, well she's gone!” said Mr. Waters while he was crying.

“ l am so sorry to hear that.” 

“She didn’t come home from dinner last night,” said Mr Waters. 

Julieana was going to bike home, but there was a rain storm so Merie called her dad to come pick her up, and he asked if she wanted a ride home, but Julieona said no thanks.

When Marie was going back home she saw a quarter on the ground and when Marie was little her mother told her that when you find a quarter on the ground you get good luck for the rest of the week.

So that's the beginning of the story but it is still unraveling today, so I am sorry,but I don't know the end yet. I hope we can still figure out what happened to Juliana and my mom and Who did it. 

The End 

(But not for long)

By: Avery,,

Bailey and Adelyn

This is  the tale of two apparent strangers, and how a touch of magic can change a person's perspective. So let's start some time ago, when two girls were born. Each was given an “enchanting” personality that soon would change the world. However as circumstances started to change, they would never see each other again, or would they?

Welcome to “My Mother The Queen” 

1892- France

Dear diary, 

It's me, Clara. I have started to write in this diary for two reasons, and one is because I do not want these pages to turn yellow with age before I finish it, and the other is I like to write. I have been feeling awfully lonely lately. I just wish I had a best friend, for maybe we could come up with a secret handshake, all that best friend stuff. Anyway, I have to go now because my grandmother is calling me and she doesn't like it when I'm late for lunch.

         

Sincerely,

              Clara 

Dear Diary,

Hey, it's me Sylvie, and I had the best day today.!  I discovered a new kind of parrot! And Uncle Smith let me name it! I decided on the name just a few minutes ago. I call it “The Golden Winged screecher,” since it screeches really loudly. Anyway, I looked in my satchel and I found a golden postcard. Since I don't usually get golden postcards I am wondering why it is in my bag. Who sent it? I decided to investigate. I dumped my satchel on my desk, and it got covered in papers and notes. I looked around, and I eventually found the golden postcard again. To my surprise, it was glowing! I pulled it out and placed it on my lap. I grabbed a knife and slit the top of the postcard open.. I dumped the contents on my lap. Inside is… A map!

To be continued,

                Sylvie 

Dear Diary,

Hello, it is me, Clara. Yesterday, I went to the countryside and my Grandmother and I got freshly picked flowers. The flowers are beautiful, but breakable. My cat, Eiffel Tower, knocked one over, and it fluttered to the floor like a bird with a broken wing. Anyway, I must sleep now. Oh, what is THAT! There's a huge monster coming through the window! I must be dreaming, because it's a horse with wings, a pegasus if I remember correctly. It has a… golden postcard! Its white wings seem to blot out the sky when it leans over and bows. It drops the golden postcard on my bed and flys away into the night sky.

I will write tomorrow,

                            -Clara

Dear Diary,

Sylvie here, I looked closer at the map. It is a map to London.. At the head of the map is a brightly colored dot. Beside the dot it says, “Your sister Clara, signed, your Mother, the Queen.” “What,” I yell, enraged. I was hoping it would be a map to a secret rain forest, or something cool. Not a map to London, which is on basically the other side of the world. Soon, I look on the back of the map. There is a picture of a person. She has light brown hair, and a beautiful gown. Next to it says Clara. Now, in my bed, I think back to my mother, and the dot. My mother is not the queen of England! My mother died when I was born, and Uncle Smith took me in, and I don't have a sister I don't know what this nonsense is, but I want nothing to do with it Until tomorrow,

            -Sylvie

Dear Diary,

It is early morning, and I am sitting at my desk with the mysterious letter I got last night. I tried to tell Grandmother about it, but she stared at it like she had seen a ghost, and refused to talk to me for the rest of the day. The servant cut the letter open for me. Inside was a map to London! On a corner of the map, there was a dot and a name next to it. The name read, Your sister Sylvie, signed Your Mother the Queen,” I rolled my eyes. I didn't have a sister, or a mother, and Grandmother had taken me under her wing when my mother died. So I guess I do have a mother but she is definitely not the queen. I tucked the map away.

What nonsense! Who would actually believe this? Goodnight. I will continue writing tomorrow

      Yours truly,

      -Clara

Hey Diary, 

I'm tired of the suspense around this letter, so I'm going to run away. I have attempted to run away once before, but I came back when it started to get dark, and I realized I had forgotten food. This time I will leave a note and pack some food. This time I am going to run away the right way. For a second, I questioned my decision., but then I shook all my fears out and started to pack for my long trip to France. My first attempt at running away went well. It was midnight when I crept out of my room.. Unfortunately, I forgot that I was wearing my boots that “click clacked” against the floor, and I almost woke up uncle Smith.. I was definitely not being quiet, and I hoped he wouldn’t notice and stop me in my tracks. I tried to be more silent. As I approached the door, I looked back on my kitchen.. I could imagine my uncle waking up and looking for me. I would miss him, but this was something I had to do.

To be continued…

                -Sylvie

Dear Diary,

I have made a slightly rash decision, going of like this on my own. I told my Grandmother that I was going out to the garden and then ordered my groom to go and get my mare, Estelle, and saddle her up. Once all that was done, I bid farewell to the manor, and started my long journey. But I stopped in my tracks, I forgot my diary. 

Until tomorrow,

            -Clara

P.S. I am very frightened doing this but I feel like I have no choice

Dear Diary,

I have been traveling for a while. I want to know who sent me this mysterious map, and that is why I'm going on this whole expedition. Anyway, it has been hard, not that it wasn't expected just… Never mind. I am almost in france. I have run out of food and water. I don’t know how I will survive but we’ll see if I can survive the deadly 

                                  Your nervous writer,

                  -Sylvie  

Dear Diary,

I have reached London! My horse, Elstelle, is very tired, as am I.  I am heading to a merchant's stall to restock on food and water for Estelle and me. I also want to visit the queen. Maybe she knows something about the map, though I highly doubt it. Where shall I stay, because I know I can’t visit the queen tonight and I forgot to bring money, so I am clueless. hold on for a quick moment. I found a place eventually. It’s not the best but that's all I can afford, I feel weird, tons of people are staring ,murmuring. I just reached my room, but had to check on Estelle before I slept. 

Your confused writer,

-Clara

Dear Diary,

I have reached London. It’s midnight and I am exhausted and starving. Also, I think something is wrong with the people who live here, because they are staring at me and whispering in low voices, I think they're saying, “Oh my, the queen's long lost daughter!” Ya right! Anyway, I found a place to sleep. I ran into this girl, she seemed like she was from here.  Wait a second, I recognized her. Oh! She’s the one on the back of my map! Maybe she gave me the map. I ran over to her, but she waved me off. Oh gosh, she looks very tired. I think I'll leave her alone (just for tonight).

                                I can't wait for tomorrow

                             -Sylvie

Dear Diary,

Hello, Yesterday I ran into a girl, well, more like she ran into me. It was strange but not to worry, that was yesterday. I have decided to go to the queen’s palace, I hope she knows what's going on. Oh, I ran into the girl again, and  I have to admit she looked awfully like me. The girl wasn’t strange anymore and I am glad. As I walk towards the Queen's place, I wonder how it must be to be in the role of a queen. When I looked up at the palace I saw that it was at least 15 stories tall. I gasped. It was so amazing! I wish I could live in that place I thought to myself. The palace had long, pointed towers and a grand door. I was so scared. What if the queen decapitated me because I wasn't  I wasn’t that royal. No she wouldn’t do that or would she? It’s time to go. I'll tell you what happened soon.

Maybe my mother is the queen but she couldn’t be. Could she?

                                                                                -Clara

Dear Diary,

Hey, Sylvie here.  You know that girl I was talking about? Well, I saw her going to the queen's place, when I was going to the queen’s palace. Isn't that a coincidence? She looked nervous. Anyway, I noticed that she looked a lot like me. Maybe I could go up to her and tell her I was going to the palace and ask if we could go in together. I think I should. Okay here it goes.  I walked up and she spun around. She seemed interested so I went on and said “ Hi.” I said it in a very squeaky noise but I carried on “my names sylvie” I found…. I stopped. should I tell her about the map, maybe.. I will. Well, here goes nothing.

 “I found a map um… it brought me here there was a dot that said your sister Clara and it was signed by your mother, the queen. By the way, Is your name Clara?” I asked. guess what it was so I asked everything else and she agreed we went into the palace together.. 

TO BE CONTINUED,

          -Sylvie

Dear Diary,

I can’t believe what happened at the queen’s palace! I'll explain. Me and the girl, whose name turns out to be Sylvie, “my sister” went in to see the queen. She looks a lot like us and seems overjoyed upon our arrival. The queen told us to call her mother! Sylvie and I agreed. Mother (the queen) told us that we are sisters and our mother never died. She told us that she was the one who gave the map. She was a real mother. “My Mother, The Queen,” Mother (the queen) asked us if we were mad at her for she couldn’t take care of such babies. I was okay but Sylvie, on the other hand she never answered. I said it was okay because I know what she was saying she didn’t have enough time or supplies… There was much more but I can’t say all… It was quite a pleasant day. I discovered Sylvie writes in a journal too. I’m staying in the palace and before I went to sleep the queen came in and asked if I was happy she was my mother. I was overjoyed. Then she kissed me on the forehead and told me it’s going to take a little while to get used to this life. After she left the room it was like I was in a dark cave. I could hear the chirping , I was not sure I want this life, what about my friends, what will happen to my life… where my heart lives. But my mothers heart lives in me. She is the Queen, but I wish my two lives could intertwine. Should I write a letter to my friends? Ya, but I can’t leave here

                                                  -Clara

Dear Diary,

Oh my gosh! I’m the Queen's daughter! And that girl, Clara, turns out to be my twin sister! But what about my career in brazil? I guess I could work that out later, oh and Guess what! Uncle Smith wrote me a letter today, telling me he Is coming to London to visit me. He also told me that he knew the queen was my mother the whole time. WHy didn’t he tell me? Maybe mom wanted to do it herself. Who cares? Anyway, oh!I have all the supplies I need, I can keep exploring! I did not think this would be my happily ever after, but it works for me. She’s My Mother She’s The Queen, My Mother The Queen

               Your overjoyed and excited writer,

               Sylvie

This is their life. This is the end of  the tale, My Mother The Queen. Clara and Sylvie, who started out as  strangers, and  turned out to be the daughter of the queen and twin sisters.  What a surprise. When Sylvie and Clara got older, they ruled the kingdom side by side, and served as the best queens in English history. There’s one more thing. The moral of this story is that not everything turns out to be what you think it is. (or not everyone, in this case).  Things are most likely not going to turn out the way you expect. But keep believing and look on the bright side, for you never know when a little magic will appear.