Leshaun Miller, “What Happened to Silver City”

WHAT HAPPENED TO SILVER CITY

Leshaun Miller

In Silver City, there are people who are caring and friendly, but on the other hand, there is another world that is exactly the same as ours. We call that world the Un-Silver. The reason why is because their world is the exact same, but the people are not; they are nasty, stinky, and unhappy. The reason why is because they have this evil emperor named The Hunter. He’s powerful— he killed half of our knights, but thank god Dr. Gold was there to stop him. But why are they so nasty and stinky? The reason why he wants them to be like this is because they are garbage to him, he doesn’t see them as people he sees them as garbage. Another reason is because they are scared of him and his powers so they have to obey his every word. If you don’t, he will evaporate you! But, let’s stop talking about them. We should be talking about Dr. Gold, our hero. He’s a knight, the most powerful knight there is. His powers are that he can travel through time, stop it with his sword, and, last but not least, he has super strength. Oh, and I almost forgot—his sidekick, Firebird. He got his name from flying in the war casting spells and throwing fire at people using his sword; he’s also indestructible. Now, the reason I know everything is because my dad is Dr. Gold and my brother is Firebird. They told me stories about the war when he was a baby and also how Hunter was my dad’s brother who betrayed him. He told me, “Hunter wanted to become the Emperor of Silver City,” but he couldn’t because my dad was the oldest son so he would be crowned emperor. * * * * * So now, my brother and I were on our way to the family ritual to see what kind of powers I was going to receive. When we got to the place, it was so beautiful, like flowers blooming. It also had

an enormous energy of power; everything inside was moving like it had zero gravity. I started working forward. When I saw my dad and my brother in their armor waiting for me, I was so excited to finally get my powers after eighteen years. So I asked them, “W-What happens now?” They said, “Hold your hand out.” I was so confused about why, but I did it. Anyway, my dad poked with a pin and blood started dripping out like how water drips from a pipe when you don’t close it all the way. My brother blew a horn for the wizard to come drink my blood, to predict what powers I’ll be going to have. But they never told me that if I don’t get any powers they would disown me and make me become a worker at the village, with the villagers. But I never asked to be in this family. I had to, since my mom died from giving birth to me. Now, let’s see what I’m going to have . . . The wizard drank the blood and the floor began to shake. Windows burst everywhere—I was so freaked out. The wizard said, “Now, it’s time!” We all looked at each other and then looked into the witch’s eyes to see what powers I was going to have. BOOM! It was a loud lightning strike in the middle of . . . another war happening . . . wait. There’s a person in the lightning. I’m trying to see who, but I can’t. The wizard told me he couldn’t hold it anymore. So we left his eyes, then we went outside; my dad and my brother felt someone’s presence and they told me to get behind them. All of a sudden, a sword came out of nowhere and pierced through my brother’s heart. Me and my dad were in shock when he got stabbed. Why? Because he spit out blood from his mouth and he had blood coming from his chest that we never would dream of. My dad took out his sword and flew in the air to see where the guy who threw the sword at my brother was. I found him in the bushes hiding.

I yelled, “Dad, Dad, Dad—I found him.” My dad asked, “Who sent you to kill my son, who?!” The man said, “Lord Hunter did.” He squeezed the man’s neck and snapped it. We rushed to check on my brother. He was bleeding severely, so I picked my brother up and we rushed to the local clinic. “Help!” we screamed. A nurse turned her head. She saw me holding my brother, who was unconscious. “Please, please save him,” my father said. As the tears rushed down our faces, we watched the nurse wheel my brother through the double doors, hoping that he would make it out alive. We waited what seemed like eight to twelve hours for them to come back with an update. The nurse came back out of the operating room and told me and my father that my brother didn’t make it. We both burst out crying. My dad’s aura became so vengeful that the whole village started shaking like an earthquake. I followed him to the captain’s tower where all the knights discussed their plans. I looked around the room and I saw the three commanders and their army. We discussed how we are going to attack the Un-Sliver. * * * * * The next day, I woke up and out of nowhere my village was getting attacked and burned down. My father wasn’t there. He left to the Un-Sliver with his fellow commanders. So, I calmly helped people get to safety but I didn’t have the power to fight back. I ran to safety, but I heard a little girl crying in the burning house. I went back to rescue her and got stabbed by a mutated man that was a fat pig, stepped on by a mutated manhorse, and still tried to crawl my way to save her. The look on her face was so sad that I had to do something. I got up and

started limping to her to try and pick her up but no matter how hard, they knocked me down. I still got up to try and get her, until I got the urge to let go of all my anger and punish them. I got so mad that I turned into a big wolf and bit their heads off. I asked someone to teleport me to the Un-Sliver and an old man said he could. He made a door and pushed me through it. Now, here I am in the Un-Sliver where everything is ugly and stinky now.

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