Bedridden

She runs like a cheetah and faster than a cheetah. Jenny says, “We don’t. We just leave this earth and go to Mars, where there are no people.” Chets says yes. Empty Mars is empty. Jenny screams, “We don’t bring the boss!” *Calls to boss* “Hello, boss,” says Chets.

Sienna McClain, Age 9

Sienna Skye McClain is nine (almost ten) years old and currently lives in Northville, Michigan. She has a dog, a brother, a sister, a mom, and a dad. Sienna loves to read, write, draw, run, and bake cakes in Minecraft.

Bedridden

Chapter one Mental list of lifelong challenges: 1. Be stuck in your bed until you are ten—been there done that 2. Hang on a rope for twenty-four hours—did that last year Yeah, so I have been on the same twin bed my entire life. (It did expand to a queen when I became seven.) I have bookshelves closing in the space, and a rope hangs from the ceiling and drops down onto my bed. The rope is the only way to get to higher books. Books are the only thing that can keep me company (besides the phone I got when I was five). I learned to read before I came here, but I don’t remember. The only other thing I can do is jump on my bed, and climb the rope. But then there is everything you can do on a phone too. But only since I was five. There is also this gold book, that I write what I need in. And today was my tenth birthday. I decided that I need a bigger room. And I wrote, “floor”. The next morning, I woke up and there was a floor. There was not much to do here still, so I climbed up to book lair 583 and grabbed a book before I slid down the rope with my special climbing gloves, which I got when I turned seven. The book was about as thick as Harry Potter. It was about a kingdom and how it progresses as it makes alliances with other kingdoms. When the kingdom starts, there are no people, but soon some come, most of them under a powerful spell that can only be un-done with a very special splash potion. But others are just wandering villagers that are given homes and a job. A week flew by, and I read this book with no breaks except for when I slept, ate, and drank (and an occasional rope climb to stretch my legs). I finished the book, climbed up to book lair 583, and grabbed the 5,839th book I have ever read. But when I pulled the book out, I fell onto ground right underneath me that was not there before. “Hi, can I help you?” someone asked. I scrambled away from the strange thing, then the thought hit me, I have to make it to the outside world. But can I survive? To be continued . . .