Glimpses of Magic
Joan Nuñez Age 10
What Could Go Wrong? Dante Redgrave lives in California Heights, and he’s half-French, half-American. He gets his French side from his dad, Sparda (that’s a French name). He’s a war hero. Click! Click! As Dante wakes up, his mother Eva is watching him wake up. “Rise and shine, Sleepybones,” she says cheerfully to him. Dante wakes up and looks at himself in the bathroom mirror. He has white hair (it’s a French hybrid thing). His father had the same hair color. Then, he puts on his clothes—yellowish pants, a red hoodie, a jean jacket, and then he puts on his black Converse. He meets his friend AK, which stands for Akuma Kiriasso, a famous Japanese warrior in 1479. Soooooooooooo, on the bus Dante meets Laura for the first time, and Dante is crushing HARD on Laura. She asks, “Is this seat taken?” Dante says no and lets her sit next to him on the bus. Then, the bus stopped at California Heights Junior High. “Ugh, this place is like a prison but with kids,” says a complaining and discouraged AK. They see Laura go to her friends, Trish and Tron. “Hey, there’s a back-to-school dance on Friday, maybe you can invite her to the dance!” AK tells Dante. “Alright, I just need her email, and I’m good.” “I meant in person. If you ask in an email, she’ll think it’s a joke and spam you, so you HAVE to ASK her in person.” “OK,” Dante says as they enter homeroom. “Dude, you have the same homeroom with Laura . . . coincidence?” AK whispers to Dante as they sit in the middle row together. “Look, she’s sitting in front of you!” whispers AK. Dante looks at Morrigan, the school’s popularity queen, and she’s dating Wade Wilson AKA the Deadpool. “Really AK? You think some scary nickname is going to scare me? Oooh look at me, I’m the ‘Deadpool.’” Then, he accidentally bumps into Wade Wilson, the “DEADPOOL,” the star quarterback, and the “King Jock” of the school. “You got something to say to me, fresh meat?” says an angry Wade Wilson. Dante takes a big gulp, “Uhhhhhhh . . . no.” “If I catch you talkin trash about me again, you’re DEAD,” he says silently
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