Escape from the “No Realm”

But before we go any farther, hi! My name is Aimee Alair Wilson. I was born on March 6, 2010 in Canada! My mom, May Lo Kay Wilson, and my dad, Don Tay Morris, were the best! That was ‘til I ended up in a place that we call Faraway! And yes I did say we! You would have to hear the story. So, here we go again! I walked into the structure. The inside was very plain. It was dim and dusty. There was not much really in there. I walked into the living room where there was a sofa, a rug, a painting, two sitting chairs, and an almost empty bookshelf. On the book shelf was a red book, with nothing in it. So, I decided to start writing about my adventures. I will go on! There was so much to explore about this new world I was in. So, I sat down on the dusty sofa and started to write the beginning to my adventures. After some time passed I got up and made my way to the kitchen. The kitchen had green and black tiles on the floor, and the walls were just a dark green. There were green cabinets with useful normal kitchen things. There was a stove with a tea kettle on the burner. I stood up and walked over to the dining table. The dining table had a tablecloth with dark green polka dots all over. It had four chairs all around it. I wanted to explore the rest of the house but everything went black. I had know idea what was happening. And just as I was starting to get used to the green world—Oh well.

Gabriel Etheridge, Age 11

Gabriel, age 11, lives in Detroit Michigan. He likes to write because it allows him to express himself and dream of new worlds. In addition to writing, he enjoys listening to audio books, which helps inspire the action in Gabriel’s writing. He would like to live in a world where everyone accepts anyone no matter what they look like.

Escape from the “No Realm”

Part One Thirteen year old Avery M. Sillo did not like sitting in imperial clothing at a council meeting for two and a half hours, going on three. The Sillo Family are the Moon Elf Queen, King, Prince, and Princess. And it is the job of the imperial families to attend to the elf kingdoms and queendoms: Moon, Sun, Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. Tick, Tick, Tick. Avery had been sitting for hours and hours without his phone so as you can imagine, him being a teenager, he was very bored and tired. His vision became blurry and he was starting to lay his head down. So, he x. . . de-decided . . . to ssh-shut . . . his. . . eyes . . . and . . . What felt like an eternity later, Avery was woken up by an alarm—Woop, Woop, Woop—and his younger sister April, a young moon elf with dark skin like her brother’s, shaking him violently. “Wake UP!!!” April screamed. “Wha . . .” Avery started, but April interrupted him. “There has been an attack, and someone is outside with mom and dad! They also took the other kings and queens.” The two sprinted outside. They gasped when the two saw their mother and father dangling on a rope tied up and a portal into the No Realm, the realm where anyone and everyone loses all magic ever, and until they come out they can’t learn or practice any new magic. And who else was there hanging their parents but General Payton. “Kids, just stay back!” their mom wept. “I’d listen to the woman if you know what’s best,” General Payton said with a grin.

“GET AWAY FROM THEM, YOU CREEP!!!!!!!” April said in a high pitched, shrill tone.

April was trained in fighting at three, so she can easily do tons of damage, but did that mean losing their parents to defeat the enemy? April tried to land a hard kick to the left of Payton’s face. The general blocked her, but the general did stumble due to how hard the kick was. The general suddenly brandished a sword from her waistband. General Payton threw the sword at the rope suspending April and Avery’s parents. The rope broke and the pair’s parents fell into the No Realm. “NO!!!” Avery screamed. Out of pure rage and anger, Avery shot a lightning spell at the general, which was surprising because Avery was only trained in level ten moon magic and still had to go through levels eleven and twelve before getting to Lightning. April screamed and shot a moon level five spell at the general, causing the already electrocuted general to fly back a few feet and hit a tree. This action was also surprising, because for the last few months April had only been practicing level two moon magic. The two glanced at each other, and grinned. A bunch of soldiers had ocme out from behind a thicket of trees to collect the general. One of the soldiers said, "Get to the water!" as they lifted the general up to the docks. April and Avery were used to casual attacks from the Warlocks, but with their parents and the other elf kings and queens gone they had to wonder, What next?

Part Two Avery woke up in a small room on a couch with a thin white cloth covering him. Avery sat up and stretched. “Good morning!” April said cheerily. Her eyes shimmered with joy, which was surprising, because just the night before her and Avery’s parents were banished to the No Realm. But . . . it’s coming back to Avery . . . it happened after the general went away.

Ten hours ago . . . April and Avery were still shaken after what happened an hour ago. It was all so much to take in. But they couldn't give up. Avery started walking through the forest with April close behind. When night time came in the elf kingdoms and queendoms, all of the dangerous creatures came out. Suddenly, there was rustling behind a bush. A small round, glowing creature hopped out. “Aww!” April exclaimed. “It’s adorable.” “Stay back!” Avery warned “I learned about it in my Moon Creatures class. It’s a Luna-shine. A creature that grows and becomes more dangerous in a patch of moonlight.” Avery explained. “Like the one it’s in now!” April said pointing at the patch of moonlight the creature was in. Suddenly the creature began to grow. It grew claws and fangs and soon was taller than most trees in the forest. “Aaahh!!!” April screamed. The creature heard and faced April. “Run!” screamed Avery. The two began running as fast as they could. “I can cast a moon spell on it,” Avery suggested. “It’s worth a shot,” April said. Avery tried to turn, but slipped and fell on a tree root. The creature began to make its way closer to Avery, opening its jaws wide. Is this how it ends? Avery thought. The creature was nearing closer and closer to Avery, but just above, someone with Water magic was swiftly shuffling on the tree tops. The mystery figure pulled out a blade and jumped down from the treetops cutting off the creature’s arm. “SCREEEE!” the creature winced in pain. Avery was very tired. But the last thing he saw before he drifted off to sleep was a kind looking female water elf carrying him and his sister along the treetops.

Part Three

Avery got out of bed one morning to the smell of rain. Again, like most mornings, April wasn’t in bed, but neither was Xena. Xena was the Water elf who saved Avery and April’s lives. Avery and April had been living with Xena for the last two weeks, and Xena was helping them conjure another portal to the No Realm. Xena told them that the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth level of water and Moon magic, Sun and Fire magic, or Air and Earth magic together would make a portal to the No Realm. Avery went to the kitchen and saw a note on the refrigerator. It read, “Me and Xena are going to try and conjure up the portal. Come here when you wake up, sleepy head!” - April. “P.S. Me and Xena baked cocoa moon bites.” On the counter were some amazing smelling cocoa moon bites. Avery grabbed one and soon ate the soft doughy cocoa pastry up. Avery sat down and started thinking. April hasn’t learned level ten, eleven, or twelve moon magic, so it must be a trap! Avery dashed out of the house. By now he knew the forest very well, so he could remember the only clearing was near a creek, which was even worse because then Xena would have unlimited power. When Avery got to the clearing, Xena had a Water spell that suspended April in the air tied up by water. “H-He-Help” April could barely get the words out. “Why are you doing this!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!” Avery screamed, “LET MY SISTER GOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Xena said in reply, “You spoiled brats deserved this. I had to watch a warlock come into my home and kill my parents! And I can never get them back, so why should you!? Because your royalty. Blah, Blah, Blah. Like I said: spoiled brats.” Avery fought back tears and suddenly got a rush of anger. His eyes were now glowing, “Just because you suffered through pain doesn’t mean anyone else should.” Avery’s fists were clenched, but still visible were flecks of blue light. Xena’s grip was getting tighter and tighter, squeezing April. “I’m gonna ask you again. Let. My. Sister. GO!!!!” Avery shot Xena down with his lightning spell, and April also fell to the ground. The water around her lessened and fell. Xena slowly got up and shot a water spell and turned it into an ice spell, pinning Avery to a tree. “Two can play at that game.” Xena gave Avery a smirk and raised her hand up to cast a spell to finish him. Just then, Xena fell forward to the ground, and behind her was a very shocked April that had just cast a temporary illusion spell to Xena. “How did . . .?” April started to question, but Avery cut her off. “Who knows, but let’s get out of here.”