The Glass house part 6 by Ahan Devgun

Aelysthesia and I were in an emerald green forest, where Christopher originally was talking to me before I went to the abandoned playground.

“Ugh.” Christopher woke up and rubbed his eyes.

“Hi Chris.” I said with a smile.

Christopher pointed over to Aelysthesia.

“She’s evil, she knocked me out, she’s probably possessing you to Iris.” Christopher said

“I’m not possessed, Christopher.” I said exasperatedly.

“We’ll see.” Christopher said.

“Annoying person who I knocked out, stay dead.” Aelysthesia said.

Even though Christopher protested, he still lay down.

“Now, Iris, I did some research about where the shadow man and I came to this world.” Aelysthesia put her hands in her pockets nervously, “the glass house.”

“We already know that.” Iris looked exasperated, “what’s your point?”

“If he came through the dark glass, he is already super-powered, which means that he is able to create portals, which means he already can go back!

Suddenly Christopher stood up and said, “shadow!”

Then Christopher and Aelysthesia fell to the floor as if they were hit by an invisible force.

Abruptly, the world went black.

Imagination by Ahan Devgun

In my eyes

There are castles from an unknown land

Angels soaring through the night

Warriors fighting at twilight

Everything has a dark shade to it

But here I am

Watching

Waiting

Wishing

For my time to return

To a beautiful land called

Imagination

A frosty twitterfic by Ahan Devgu

Crack! The crystalline icy branches fall towards me like fall leaves. I step out of reach of these cold frosty hands. Snowflakes still fall.

The Glass House part 5 Ahan Devgun

They took me back to the ruins of Christopher’s house. There was a pile of glass sealed off in caution tape. There was men in blue uniforms everywhere. How could I get in?

“No problem.” Aelysthesia flicked her hand up to the sky and suddenly all of the police officers flew up to the sky and out of our way.

Aelysthesia and I stepped over the caution tape and looked at the glass

“No, no, no.” Aelysthesia freaked out.

“What?” I tilted my head.

“This is dark glass-”

“And?” I asked Aelysthesia to continue.

“Dark glass makes the shadow man stronger. The shadow man is from a race called dark elves. I’m from a race called sylphs. The shadow man and I were enemies. We came to this world when we were fighting. The shadow man has the ability to create portals in our world. He said he wanted to create a portal to go far away. So, we appeared here.” Aelysthesia

“So what should we do now?” I asked.

“We can’t let the shadow man know anything about this.” Aelysthesia responded.

“So, will you help me defeat the shadow man.” I questioned.

“Yes,” the sylph responded.

A Soccer Poem by Daniel Jungwirth

Three...two...one...Wildcats!

You go back to sit on the bench.

How many minutes would you be in this game?

Two?  Three?

Four if you’re lucky.

The ref blows the whistle.

And you practically fall asleep the whole time.

LOSER!  WIMP!

You would like soccer, if not for your teammates

Or lack of skill.

When you wake up, you have a game in the morning

UGH.

You’re only in for three minutes.

After the game, you practice shooting

And get it in one time.

For you, that’s good.

At practice, you get picked last for partners,

‘Cause last one to pick gets loser

That night you cry yourself to sleep.

You’re not on the A team for skill.  It’s because the A team

Didn’t have enough players at tryouts.

After one week without soccer, you have a game on Tuesday.

Your team loses.

And you’re only in for two minutes

Why?

You have one friend on the team.

Well, semi friend.

You ask him to hang out.

He says he’s got other plans.

Last game of the season, coach says.  

The Game Of Our Lives!

It’s just a U-11 soccer meet, there are hundreds of them just here in Minnesota

You think,

This time coach puts you in right away.

You get so pumped,

And he takes you out after a minute

It’s the second half.

You’re losing, 1-0

A kid on your team scores a goal,

Putting the game at a tie.

Just one more point.

It’s almost the end.  Seven minutes left.  Six.  Five.

And then,

For real,

Coach puts you back in.

Three minutes left.

You get possession for like five seconds, and lose it.

Two minutes left.

You actually have the ball.  You run up,

One minute left

Dribble past a few players as your teammates

For real,

Cheer you on.

The ball flies off your foot…

Zero minutes left.

Goes past the goalie,

And lands right in the corner of the goal.

Commercial by Jacob Worwa

Unlawful McAwful: (Enters stage left, very disheveled and gesturing wildly) Hi, kids! I’m Unlawful McAwful! Your friendly neighborhood mascot! We are very “healthy” (uses finger quotations) and “good for you” (uses finger quotations again)! We even recycle! Our burgers are made from 100% recycled bottles and stuff that people put in the recycle even though it belongs in the trash! Eat at McAwful’s today! (Exits stage right)

Burger King: (Enters stage right) Are other fast food restaurants making too many commercials with their dumb mascots trying to appeal to little kids and sell their obviously unhealthy food? Well, here at Burger King, we don’t let that happen. Burger King. Have it your way.

Creature by Shireen Dalton

I look at the tiny creature. Its big eyes are focused on me in curiosity. “It’s okay,” I say. “You can come closer.”

Courage by Shireen Dalton

“Courage,” I whisper to myself. “Courage. Courage. Courage.” I slowly walk forward, trying to stiffen my quivering body.

Unimaginable by Shireen Dalton

The doctor stood up. “You are extraordinary,” he said to the boy. “You have the power to do the unimagina-” Suddenly, the whole room shook.

Baby is a prodigy! Can talk at age 0! by Beatta Willette

A baby born in Michigan , July 22, with Lisa and Andy Z for parents, the moment he was born, talked! Lisa and Andy had their kid enrolled in GE right away, and learned math at 2 months he learned to read and walk in 3 months.

The nurses think it was because Lisa was going to have twins, but only one baby was born. They think that the baby got double intelligence from the other baby.The baby’s name is Cato. As he grew, he became the most intelligent man in the world. When he was fourteen, he got his driver’s licence and graduated.

Now, he has a wife named Katrina and a daughter named Marigold.

The Seasons in Ten Lines by Sammi Lenertz and Beatta Willitte

Spring birds start to hatch from round, blue eggs

Soccer games begin as we stretch our legs

Then it gets hotter, and hotter still

As birds grow and learn their skill

Then clouds come and it starts to storm

The weather suddenly isn’t so warm

Trees turn red, orange, yellow, and brown

Then the leaves fall to the ground

Seasonal birds start to go

And blue jays come with lots of snow

Sammi

Beatta

Space Fraud by Erin Sitrin

Space Fraud

by Erin Sitrin

“Jeez, I hate summer,” Shannon complained, wiping her sweat with her arm.

“It’s not that hot,” Lynn responded, pulling her long, dark brown hair into a ponytail. The two girls had decided to go out for a quick walk around their neighborhood to enjoy the warm weather.

“Hey, what’s that over there?” Shannon asked. It wasn’t hard to see what she was talking about. Down the street there was a small crowd of kids surrounding a man on a small platform. He had neat, brown hair and was wearing a white polo shirt with a small logo. He was speaking into a megaphone. As the two girls got closer, they heard some of what he was saying.

“...why, I chose this job because I love space! Just last night I was stargazing with my telescope and saw Orion and Ursa Minor!” the man said, then looked around, “If anyone has other questions, the jar is right down here!”

“What the heck is going on here? Who is this guy?” Shannon asked, frowning.

“Shhhhhh, I’m trying to listen!” a kid sitting in front of her whispered, “and ‘that guy’ is an astronomer, and he’s answering questions about space for a dollar each.”

“So he’s tricking kids into giving him money.”

The kid shook his head. “No! He’s donating it to space companies so that they can make spaceships!” Shannon rolled her eyes and looked back at Lynn. She was watching the man as he talked.

“Thank you for the questions, kiddo!” he was saying, “The sun is the brightest thing in the solar system, followed by the moon, venus, jupiter and mars, in that order. Those are the ones you’ll be able to see. And to answer your second question, if we’re going to live on anywhere else in the solar system, it’ll probably be Jupiter’s moon, Europa. Anyone else?”

Shannon nudged her friend and murmured “He’s scamming them.”

“Figured that out,” Lynn responded, turning her head slightly but keeping her eyes trained on the man.

“I’m going to ask him questions until I can prove that he’s not a real astronomer,” Shannon muttered, stepping forward. Suddenly, Lynn grabbed her by the sleeve.

“No need. He messed up already.”

Where did he go wrong?

Answer: At the beginning, Shannon mentioned that it was summer. The man claimed that he saw the constellation Orion ‘last night’. Orion is a winter constellation and it doesn’t appear in the summer.

The glass house part 4 by Ahun Devgun

“No.” I refused to do any dirty work for the shadow man. I am Iris West, I saved Christopher’s life by catching from falling from the balcony, why am I helping the shadow man? He already made me break my best friend’s house. I would not do any more for him.

“Bad choice, little flower.” The shadow man smirked, “bring out the hostage, Aelysthesia.”

“I don’t work for anyone, barely visible man.” The pale girl  said with a slight british accent, while leaping out from behind a hedge dragging an unconscious body across the ground behind her.

“I’ll let that pass for now,” The shadow man held the body up, “recognize this person, Iris?”

The body was Christopher’s!

“And if you don’t do what we want say goodbye to your precious.” Aelysthesia said mockingly, while she and the shadow man nodded their heads.

“Fine, I’ll build the portal.” I agreed reluctantly.

But once we reach your world, I will defeat you.