CreaTureS

Haley Saelee

One afternoon, a creature named Merfolk was found near the shore. She lived by the sea and by land. She was between life and death. Merfolk then saw some humans by the shore, so she hurried back in the water and went to an island called Land of Creatures. When she got to the island, she saw her sister, named Marcella, so she went up to her and randomly started yelling at her! Her sister Marcella grabbed one of her tentacles and slapped her across the face.

“OW,” said Merfolk.

“That’s what you get,” said Marcella.

When Merfolk looked up, she saw a ship. The ship was hunting the creatures on the island! All the creatures jumped into the water except one creature. Her name was Athena, princess of the island. She could not jump into the water. If she did, she wouldn’t survive because her parents would send her away to the dungeon if she dared to jump in the water. The ship got closer; Athena had no choice but to jump into the water, but she didn’t know how to swim. She randomly saw her mom. Her mom rushed to save her. When she brought her to shore, her mom did not take her to the dungeon. Her mom, Gertha, surprisingly did not yell at her. She was just so relieved her daughter did not drown.

“Mom! How come you never let me go anywhere?” asked Athena.

“It’s dangerous in the real world—those humans don’t like us monsters,” said Gertha.

“OK,” said Athena.

They then hugged and Athena promised to never jump into the water again.