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The Six Petsketeers
from Glimpses of Magic: 2021–22 Writing from 826michigan's After-school Writing Lab Students
by 826michigan
Kay Tian
Age 10
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The Six Petsketeers
In the year 123456789 (the number order is a coincidence supposedly), everyone is rich, so nobody is rich except for Puggzy. Puggzy is so rich that he uses trillion dollar bills (invented in the year 1234, but once again the year number order is a coincidence) as chew toys. On the day our story begins, it just so happens to be the best day ever: May 5! The day that the amazing Kay was born (she was the alpha of all animals and can turn into any extinct or “fake” animal). What! YOU DON’T KNOW WHO THE AMAZING KAY IS? SHE IS ONLY THE MOST AMAZING PERSON IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD AND WAY BEYOND! (Nevermind that, let’s get back to Puggzy). Puggzy was, as you can see, very spoiled. Boberina, his owner, sadly died, which may not have been a natural death. Detectives are trying to find out who killed Boberina. Most clues are pointed to, ahem, Puggzy. At that time, he was reported to be holding a ball (ahem bomb) in his mouth and dropping it by his owner’s feet. Then, a passerby heard a loud boom and saw a man with a puppy by his side. The passerby thought the dog was being sweet. (He wasn’t exactly the smartest person in the world). Anyways, that’s how Puggzy became the richest “anything” in the world. He thought his life was perfect. Little did he know his life was going to change, permanently.
Some of Puggzy’s “friends” (he paid them to be his friends because he was mean, old, and bossy) were over to celebrate the interstellar: Kay Day! They were (kinda) having fun in Puggzy’s mansion, exploring his different rooms and having separate parties in each. Their favorite room by far was the mansion in the mansion room. Puggzy’s favorite room was the “reasons to be grumpy room” and the “ways to grow old room.” His friends didn’t like those rooms very much though. Puggzy owes his “friends” ten years of their lives now. That will be hard to solve considering he can’t just pay back ten years with money. When they partied in all the rooms, they went to the giant swimming pool #9876543210 (coincidental again). It was #9876543210 from the attic. Each room has at least 10,000 swimming pools (just to prove how rich he is). Anyhow, they were diving into pool #9876543210 when suddenly they saw a little “toy kitchen.” The toy kitchen appeared to have the letters
Use me. What they didn’t see were the words At your own risk in REALLY small letters. They very stupidly (they refering to Puggzy) used the kitchen. One of Puggzy’s friends really liked to eat honey, so they tried to make honey cakes with the toy kitchen (it was one of those kitchens for kids that actually works, just not as dangerous). Just when they tried to turn the stove on, they remembered they were underwater. They tried to tell Puggzy, but he couldn’t hear them because nobody can hear what you say underwater. (Despite being rich, he refused to hire an underwater translator). He turned on the fire, and all of a sudden, they were dressed in weird outfits. (I now interrupt this moment to introduce Puggzy’s “friends.” Jenny: a hot pomeranian, Goldie AKAGG: a meat-loving golden retriever, Crystal: a shy ragdoll, and Oreo: a very funny black-and-white hamster). Puggzy was dressed in a very 2022 outfit, Jenny was dressed in a very 12345 outfit, GG was dressed in a very 13579 outfit, Crystal was dressed in a very 123456781 outfit, and Oreo was dressed in a 2035 outfit. They “all” (except for Puggzy) loved the outfits, so they kinda jostled Puggzy away from the toy kitchen. (They all could breathe underwater because of an artificial gill, in case you were wondering). They really hoped for new outfits. What they didn’t expect was a flash of light strong enough to make all of them blind. After the flash, they found themselves in a dark, wet space. Maybe a cave? They also saw a lot of sharp white rocks. Suddenly, the cave opened to show very odd castles and weird aluminum foil dudes (AKA knights) aiming swords at them. They were about to say, “We come in peace,” when they realized something. The aluminum foil dudes weren’t aiming at them; they were aiming at a dragon. Crystal (the smarter animal) realized they were inside the dragon. When she said this, everyone panicked, and someone accidentally knocked Crystal into a black hole, which they presumed was the dragon’s throat. They all froze in shock despite their panic. Everyone (even Puggzy) ran to the edge of the dragon’s throat. Even though they were afraid of getting melted by the dragon’s stomach acid, they all jumped into the throat. They ended up covered in princess dresses from the princesses he devoured. All of a sudden, they realized this wasn’t going to be an easy journey. One of the reasons why was because they were currently surrounded by deadly box jellyfishes. And they didn’t seem very friendly. They were slowly advancing, looking very malicious and cruel. To Be Continued . . .