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A Journey Through Time Matheo Xenakis

Ryan woke upon his stiff mattress. He woke up at the same time every day.

So did everyone else. At 7:30, he arose out of his bed in a seemingly robotic way.

So did his neighbor, Anne and her neighbor, Ben. Ryan’s home was a large white dome. Windows decorated the otherwise bland walls. He floated around in his zero-gravity home, as did all of his neighbors.

In fact, everyone did everything the same way. Everyone ate the same thing.

Everyone went to sleep at the same time. Everyone’s house was the same, inside and out. And all of the houses formed a perfect circle around another dome shaped building. This one building was 150 miles from each home.

What was inside this building was not known. But day and night, it controlled everyone’s minds. At times, though, it did have errors. Sometimes, it had minor errors. For example, someone would fall asleep earlier than everyone else does. They would start eating a few minutes earlier than everyone else.

Sometimes, the consequences of this unknown thing’s mishap were serious.

Ben, for example (Anne’s neighbor) ate his breakfast until the Zero-Gravity feature in his home stopped working. He lost feeling in his left leg. Then his right.

The rest of his body followed. Ben laid on his floor, unable to talk, or move, or

breathe, or eat.

Unfortunately, today this unknown, controlling thing was having many mishaps. Luckily, Ryan did not experience such a great mishap as Ben did.

Like Ben he lost feeling in one leg, and then the other, and the rest of his body had followed. But just as he thought he was over, his body was sucked through an odd, 4 dimensional void. While in this void, Ryan was free. He was conscious. His thoughts were not being controlled. He was finally living his own life.

As his mind was being flooded by the excitement of traveling through time and the thrill of experiencing something no one else had before, he suddenly stopped dreaming and thought.

No one had been in that building where the controller was located. If he woke up in the future in the same place he was in the past, walking 150 miles north would mean he’d be in the same spot where this mysterious thing used to be. When time was restored-and he came back to the present-he could be in the room with the very thing that controls him. If he could find some way to destroy this odd thing, maybe everyone would be free again.

In the void, Ryan saw an enormous explosion that gave birth to new stars and galaxies. A new universe had begun. Time had fast forward and Ryan saw the creation of planet earth, and zoomed all the way to the Cretaceous period, when

Dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Although Ryan’s mind was absorbed in the thought of traveling through time, his left leg awoke, and he was now able to feel it again. His entire body appeared before a mysterious land. Just before him was a rumbling river, decorated with fish of all different colors, dancing through the water freely. Ryan noted how free the fish were. No one was controlling them. If only he, Anne, and the rest of the neighborhood were as free as the fish were.

Thick trees stretched to the sky, their leaves being munched on by great, long-necked Dinosaurs. Small Dinosaurs raced around shrubs to find either a source of water or a small creature to snack on.

He stood and watched a magnificent volcano erupt. lava trickled alongside it’s rocky path. But Ryan had no time to watch. He needed to go 150 miles North.

The rumbling river blocked him from getting anywhere though. How would he cross it? He paused to think.

He leaped onto a dinosaur tail, climbed up the tail and onto the long neck

until he was at the level of a tree branch. He then reached for the branch and pulled himself on top of it. “The land is easier to reach at this angle” He thought to himself. Then he leaped for the land on the other side of the river. He landed on his back painfully. He got up and looked around. The day was coming to a close. What a long one. Ryan enjoyed the sunset and the wilderness around him.

The bright orange sun faded away into a cool black. Ryan sat under a tree and slept The next morning, to his surprise, he saw Anne. She had apparently found herself here as well. Ryan said to her “How’d you get here”.

“How did you?”

“I guess it was a mishap with the thing” Ryan said.

“Maybe. I just fell asleep and found myself here just like I found you.”

“Well anyway, I have a plan to see this controlling force in the middle of the neighborhood. Look here.”

Ryan grabbed a twig that was conveniently nearby. In the dirt, he poked in a dot.

“We are in the future. Right here would be where my house is.”

He drew many other dots alongside the previously poked in dot.

“These dots represent all the other houses.”

He drew one X in the middle of the circle formed.

“-and this is where the central building is-” he dropped his stick and pointed North. “ I’m heading that way.”

Anne was puzzled. “Why that way?”

Ryan explained “When I fell down before I was sucked through this void, I was facing my door. So if i continued that way-”.

“You’d reach the central building” Anne concluded.

“Yes”. Ryan said.

“When do you suppose we stop?” Anne suggested.

“Well-” Ryan answered “There are 5,280 feet in a mile, so in 2 foot long strides, that means there are-” “2640 steps in one mile” “Exactly” “So in 150 miles” “What’s 150 times 2640?”

Anne grabbed the stick Ryan was using and wrote out the equation. “2640 times 15 is … 39,600.”

Ryan clarified. “That’s 39,600 steps. So every day, before we sleep we’ll write out the amount of steps we took, and we’ll add on the new steps every day until we reach 39,600.”

So the two began their travels. They found small water sources on their way

and cooked small animals they found on simple fires. The journey was very long and gruesome. Anne counted down their final steps.

“39,597, 39,578, 39,579-” and she stopped and passed out on the empty spot of grass. Ryan followed her lead.

They both had the same odd dream. For hours and hours, they saw what was in the central building. They stood in front of it. They did not blink. They stared right at it. It made no noise. It was a long, eerie pause...

When the two woke up they saw the same image as they did as when they were sleeping. They didn’t know they woke up until they blinked. They were in a completely white room and saw a white light in the center of it. Ryan shuddered at the light. That was the force that kept the few people they came in touch with in captivity. What could anyone do to stop this force? They were slowly being enticed into this light that effortlessly persuaded them to stop anything that would involve any type of rebellion. Ryan was calmed and almost gave up on his mission But before Ryan gave into this force and went back into his old way of life he remembered the stick he was using to write down how many steps he took each day. But could a simple twig actually be a solution to this all?

Ryan chucked the stick at the center of this force. At first nothing happened.

Maybe there was something special about the twig. Maybe it was because

the idea that something from the future came from the past. But whatever it was that caused the explosion of the force, it changed everything.

Ryan was swallowed by this explosion. So was Anne. The building exploded. Everyone’s homes were next . They crumbled at the feet of this explosion. Everyone and everything was devoured. The big bang that Ryan had saw during time traveling had finally occurred.

Although Ryan and Anne’s bodies no longer existed, they were still conscious. They knew that one day, the world would be different than the way it used to be. They also knew that one day, there would be a rumbling river with free fish flying through the water. One day, everyone would be free again.

A Time of Tears

By Amanda Behrens

“I remember the times we laughed together, cried together, and liked the same boy together,” exclaimed Rosie. “Don’t leave me Mona, you’re my best friend and you will get better.”

“Those were good times,” croaked Mona, “but I don’t think we can get them back.”

“But Mona,”

“Just pray Rosie,” she managed to roll the words off her tongue.

“You WILL get better Mona! Do not sell yourself short. I know you, and you are tough.”

“And I know you,” whispered Mona. “You always pushed me beyond my limits and made me work harder than I have ever imagined! But we knew this day would come, the day you would lose me.”

“I love you.”

“Goodbye Rosie.”

She ran out hysterical, not caring what anyone thought of her.

“Rosie stop!” shouted Mona’s mother.

Rosie froze in confusion.

“How is my daughter doing? Caroline asked.

Ignored, Rosie sprinted into the elevator and disappeared.

About to go to sleep, Rosie remembered Mona’s words: “Just pray Rosie.”

“Dear G-d”, I know when I normally speak to you it is thanking you for giving me food or asking you for a phone or computer. But this time, it’s extremely important. You probably already know that a couple years ago Mona was diagnosed with cancer.

Now she is very ill and it will probably lead to her death. If you would do me this favor and heal her, I will do anything. Please watch over her.

“Thank you, Rosie Douglas”. Suddenly, a figure appeared. She had dark brown hair, crystal blue eyes, and bright red lips. She was a scrawny old woman around 70 years of age, who had an incredible fashion sense. Rosie then realized that she was describing her grandmother who was close to her heart. She had died of cancer two years before. This sight frightened her and she creaked down the stairs into her parents room.

The following morning, she was brought to the doctor to be questioned on the incident of the night before.

“There is nothing here that seems to be wrong with Rosie,” explained Doctor Peterson.

“I swear doc, it wasn’t my imagination. She appeared in my room last night.

My grandmother was really there.”

“Go home and call me if anything else happens. Have a nice day now.”

“Bye Doctor Peterson.”

In the car on the way home, Rosie told her mom to make a stop at the hospital so she could visit Mona. Gripping onto the door handle, Rosie spotted a sign. ‘Visiting time is from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.’ When she finally reached the sixth floor, the time was 5:55 p.m.

“You have five minutes!” cried the nurse.

Rosie tip toed into the room to find Mona fast asleep with a heart monitor by her side.

“Mona,” she whispered.

“Yes,” she groaned.

“It’s Rosie, your best friend. I wanted to stop by and see how you are doing.”

“I am fine.” She coughed, which made her shiver.

“Rosie?” she questioned.

“Yes Mona,” she answered.

“I wanted to give you this bracelet that I have had forever. If I... you know, I would like you to have it.”

“I appreciate it Mona. I will take good care of it.” Rosie gave her a kiss on the forehead, and made sure it was a good one, just incase it was the last one.

Once Rosie got home, she sat in her den thinking about Mona while her mom prepared the meal. She reached for the paper and pen to write a get well card.

All of a sudden, the table where the bracelet lay tipped over, and she looked with a start. Mona’s bracelet was in pieces on the floor!

“Mom!” screamed Rosie. “The table tipped over and Mona’s bracelet shattered!”

At that moment, her grandma Gladys appeared and whispered, “You can say anything you wish to Mona, but nothing about her bracelet. It will only upset her more and increase her rate of passing.”

This triggered the tears.

“Mom!” cried Rosie. “You have to help me! I feel like I’m going insane!

Grandma came back!”

“What did she say?” questioned her mother.

“You are not the person I would like to discuss it with. I need to talk to someone who understands.”

The next day, Rosie was brought to a therapist. She walked into the room in awe. The bright green chairs and the neon pink couches almost made her forget about her fears.

“Hi, my name is Josephine. What can I help you with?”

Rosie explained to Josephine every single detail throughout the past week. She told her about when Mona was diagnosed with cancer and stories that her grandma had told her when she was alive. Silently, grandma Gladys was sitting right next to her listening carefully to every single detail. Rosie froze.

“What is it?” asked Josephine.

“I-i-it’s grandma!”

“Calm down,” she said soothingly. “Ask her why she is here.”

Rosie listened, “Grandma, how are you?”

“I’m fine. I am truly sorry about Mona. I have known her for years and I know how much she means to you.”

“Grandma, why are you here?”

“I am here because I love you. I have been through the same thing that Mona is going through right now, but I didn’t make it. I am here to show you that no matter if I am here or not, on earth or in heaven, I am with you wherever you go. I am here to protect you and tell you that if Mona doesn’t make it, she will always be with you.”

“I love you so much grandma.”

There was no answer. Her attention was at the flower pot. Gladys jerked her head at pointed at the wilting flowers, and the phone rang.

“Mona is dead.” Rosie’s mother said in tears.

“Grandma?”

Rosie’s head turned to the chair where she had been sitting. She was gone, never to be seen again.

The Trophy By: Carina Boyce Nina, and her friends Alison and Mona, sat quietly behind her house talking about life and what they think their futures would be like after their high school graduation, which was in two weeks. Nina was going to attend Harvard University to study pre-law, Alison was going to attend Dartmouth College to study pre-med, and Mona was leaving in a week for the US Armed Forces Academy to begin her career as a fighter pilot. The girls were happy to be back together again, having fought through little jealousies in junior high school when all three tried out for the cheerleading team, and only Mona made it. Their friendship started to drift away as Mona made new friends who she felt were

“cooler” than they were and she was invited to all the best parties at school.

With time, the friendship healed and in high school Mona quit the cheer team and joined her two friends in representing the high school in crew. Mona captained their boat and they competed as a four-man team with another friend, Branni, never losing a regatta and going on to win their state, and national championships. Their bond tightened as they rowed daily, and now they couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be apart from each other next year. For now, they had huge plans before graduation Ö one last “trophy” to win that seemed more important than anything they had won that year.

As they sat quietly on the deck in the warmth of the fiery pit, warming the cool evening air, the girls hatched their plan.

“Nina, are you scared?” asked Alison “I never really thought about it, but yeah, I guess I do,” stated Nina “Mona?” asked Nina “Yeah!” exclaimed Mona “What happens if the boat capsizes and no one knows we are out there?” inquired Nina “Well, I thought about that so I asked my brother, Jared, to follow us to the lake and stay on shore while we head across the lake to look for the trophy,” said Alison

From since they were little, Mona always seemed to have a plan. It was no wonder that she would be the one going into the military and seeking such a brave but dangerous career as a fighter pilot. She never seemed to be afraid. It was not that she was risky or irresponsible. It was that she mapped out every tiny detail leaving no room for errors. The girls looked up to Mona. She seemed to do everything perfect – the perfect student, the most Advanced Placement classes in the school, the best athlete, an amazing cheerleader when she did that, a strong debater, and definitely likely to be their high school valedictorian.

However, Mona also hated losing at anything. So when the crew team had one of its trophies stolen from a rival high school team at Villain Ville High School, and a mysterious email came saying that it was buried on the small unoccupied island in the middle of the lake, it would take a girl with guts and determination like Mona to plan this dangerous nighttime journey to try and get it back. Each time the girls passed the line of trophies in the large display case outside the principal’s office, they would see the space for the missing Sportsmanship Trophy for Boyce Ville High School, Mona seems to get visibly ill.

Soon, it will be over.

“Who has the lantern?” Alison asked. She sounded scared “I do. I can’t find the switch. Oh, here it is.” Nina said, as she turned on the light for them to get into the boat.

“We have to be very quiet. I see a light. It is Jared, my brother. I am so glad he is here. I feel much safer with someone else here than just us girls.” whispered Mona.

“Must be 30 degrees now. I should have worn my North Face”. said Nina Jared pulled his car up to the shore on Huntington Bay, but left his lights on shining unto the water. The girls nervously got into the boat. They began rowing.

The water was calm but they were shivering in the nighttime cold. They were all trained rowers, so they crossed the short bay in less than 4 minutes. Now for the hard part – finding the buried trophy on the dark and scary island. They took the lantern unto shore and began looking for the markers in the mysterious note. First there was the large oak tree. Then the pile of wood arranged for what looked like a bonfire. They moved the wood and lifted the blue plastic covering on the ground, and began digging at the dirt with pieces of the wood. They realized they should have brought a shovel. Luckily, the bright yellow bucket sat right below the surface. They used all their force to pull it out.

“It’s here! It’s here!” yelled Nina, as she emptied the sand in the bucket to find the trophy covered in bubble wrap.

“Well, at least those evil kids had the sense to protect the trophy.” Said Alison.

“But I am still very angry with Villain Ville, though we could never prove it

was them that stole it, and I am being eaten alive by mosquitoes” “Mona, are you crying?” the two girls stared at Mona in disbelief, because she was always the tough one and they had never seen her cry before. It was then they realized how much the trophy had meant to their friend.

“These are tears of joy. I feel like I am now ready to graduate and move on to the next chapter in my life. I couldn’t do it without this trophy. It represented a gap in my life for the last year. We only held it for an hour before it disappeared from the room during nationals. It has become the symbol of our friendship and I could not bear the feeling that someone had harmed something that was so meaningful to us. A trophy that represented our hard work, sweat, and ambition.

We can now leave in peace. Thank you for being my best friends and for this moment.”

Jared’s flashing car light brought them back to reality. They needed to hurry back across the water and leave before the night guards come through the property on shore. They placed the trophy gently in the boat and rowed back as quickly as they could. It took just one glimpse of their grinning faces for Jared to know that the mission was successful. The kids at Villain Ville High School would no longer be able to snicker about the missing trophy. Maybe the girls would never know who sent the email, but at this moment, no one cared. Boyce Ville High School could now display its perfect set of trophies for winning the National Regatta five

years in a row, alongside its Sportsmanship Trophy that was the most meaningful of all. Tonight, Alison, Nina and Mona had shown what sportsmanship truly was – dedication, commitment, perfect planning and success.

Kidnapped

By Emma Celt There was one thought going through my mind over and over like a broken

record “Keep running, keep running, keep running”. My sneakers slapped against the pavement as I raced to get home. I knew the moment I stopped running I was dead she would get me; I just knew it. My name is Bri. I am.... special, I guess you could say. I don’t think I’m special- I just think I have a knack for trouble. I can shape shift- into animals, people, plants, inanimate objects, you name it and I can probably do it. My best friend is a vampire. I am in seventh grade at Miss Terry’s school for special children. I had a great life. I might not have been popular, I might have got teased for loving to read or being into music instead of sports but I still had my friends and my family and my books. I was a good life. It kind of went downhill from there. I was walking to school with Rose: “I can’t go to drama Bri you know this- I have soft ball.” Rose insisted “I know,” I sighed, “But I wish you would ditch it” “Anyway, did take the gym final?” Rose asked.

“No,” I replied, “I take it today- fifth period.”

And on and on and on. See it was starting to be just another day of my usual routine. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I took my gym test, went to math and English, like every day. I knew something was wrong when I got to the principals office during sixth period. I NEVER did anything even remotely bad at school. I had butterflies in my stomach as a walked to the principal's office. Miss. Terry sat there looking very grim. It was a little bit odd- none of us knew what her powers

were; she kept them a closely guarded secret. I thought it was more than a little odd but when you have powers like mine you learn not to judge. Anyway, Miss.

Terry had a grave look on her face. That’s when I knew something was terribly wrong, not because of the look on her face (Miss. Terry always had a grave look on her face) but, because of the look in her eyes. It was somewhere in between looking pitying and looking like she had some great secret only she knew, and that she thought was hilarious. I now had a queasy feeling that I got when I was nervous.

“What is it Miss. Terry” I asked.

“I am sorry to inform you, Brianna,” Miss. Terry started to say, as my brain worked furiously to figure out what it might be she was telling me- and what she said was the last thing I expected, “your sister, Susan has gone missing.”

I was shocked. I wasn’t sure what to say. “This has to be wrong,” I wanted to say, “She can’t be gone.”

I think what I actually said was something like: “Wh-Whaaat?”.

“Gone.” I thought. I just couldn’t believe it. It couldn’t be true.

“Are you Positive it was Sue?” I asked Miss. Terry.

“We are quite positive Brianna,” Miss. Terry said through gritted teeth “Now get back to class.”

I got up and started walking to the door when I heard Miss. Terry clear her

throat; I turned around.

“I should hope you don’t do anything rash Brianna.” Miss. Terry said.

“No ma’am.” I said. Then I left the room hoping Miss. Terry didn’t see my face because it would betray my feelings. I was going to do something rash- I had a plan- a plan to find out who took my sister, fight them, and get my sister back.

Simple, right. Not. If I knew how much trouble this would bring me, well once again I wouldn’t have done it, I would have left it to the “authorities” like they told me to.

“Meet me @ the tree” I texted Rose “ASAP”.

I dashed out of the school, past the dozing security guard, and down to the tree house in Rose’s backyard that we made as kids. If there were ever anything important we would go there to talk. I think this qualified as important. It was quiet there, Rose’s parents were at work, and it gave me time to think.

“Am I blowing this out of proportion,” I thought to myself, “She could have just missed the bus and got lost walking to school or she could be hiding somewhere. But they would have found her then.”

Then a new thought occurred to me “You are going to be in so much trouble- you are missing at least three tests and Mom and Dad are going to find out and and.... Maybe they won’t notice with Sue missing and... Wait That was an awful thought” I scolded myself.

My pocket starting buzzing then, well my phone did.

“Be there in 10 - R” Thank god Rose was coming. I needed someone to talk to.

I heard the sound of footsteps outside the tree house.

“Rose,” I called out “Is that you?”

There was no answer.

“Rose,” I called, now annoyed, “Stop trying to scare me it’s not going to work.”

Rose was constantly trying to scare me; she did it so much I was immune to it- on most days. Today was different though. I crept to the door and looked down.

Before I could register what happened, I saw Miss. Terry looking at me.

“Why Brianna,” she cooed, “What are you doing up there all by yourself?”

Her eyes flashed red. That’s when I fell, and everything went black.

When I woke up, I was tied to a chair with a dirty cloth over my mouth. The most shocking thing, I was across from my sister. She was also tied to a chair but her mouth was left uncovered. She brightened when she saw me.

“Bri, I thought no one would ever find me!” she exclaimed.

“Mhhhmmm” I mumbled an account of the cloth covering my mouth.

I had an idea then- I changed into a hamster. The ropes slipped of me. When I had untangled myself from the ropes, I changed back. I then untied my sister, which was a bit hard because she was squirming and talking the whole time.

“That was brilliant Bri,” she chattered while I worked to untie the ropes, “I’m so glad you came”.

“I’m glad to,” I said, “But lets get these ropes off.”

I finally got the rope off of her. We went to the door to leave but, we heard voices in the hallway, and we froze.

“Have you got the note?” a familiar female voice demanded.

“Yeah”, a gruff male voice grunted, “but wouldn’t it be better if we asked for less money for the girls? It’s not like they’re actually worth anything”.

“Oh, please,” the female voice was so familiar, and I was so frustrated I couldn’t place it, “this will be easy, as long as we keep the girls under control”.

I started to feel dizzy because I recognized the voice. It belonged to my headmaster, Miss Terry. I must have had a strange look on my face because Sue gave me an odd look.

“Are you okay?” she whispered.

“Shh,” I hissed, “That’s Miss. Terry talking, and I want to know what she’s saying”.

But Miss. Terry and her friend were gone; we heard their footsteps walking away.

My phone then buzzed in my pocket. I guess they overlooked the fact I had my phone with me.

“Where are you? At the tree.” A text from Rose.

I went to text her back, but then decided it would be easier to text her if we got out of, well wherever we were.

I turned to Sue “Stay behind me,” I ordered, “but if we get caught when I say run, run ok.”

Sue nodded. I grabbed her hand and opened the door. It was surprisingly unlocked.

We walked slowly, careful not to make too much noise and making sure no one was around corners when we turned them. It was going fine- we hadn’t run into any guards, no alarms went off. There was just one problem, we couldn’t find the exit. We walked for what seemed like hours, but it still looked like we were in the corridor we just came from. We finally found an exit but it was heavily guarded.

We were going to have to run for it. I was trying to think of a new plan when I decided to text Rose: “With S- got taken not sure where call police, trying to run for it” I sent it hoping she would get here in time. I turned to Sue: “We’re going to run for it, stay behind me.” I said, and for once she didn’t argue.

We ran past the guards. I still don’t know how they didn’t react right away; I guess it was because we had the element of surprise. I heard one pull out a walkie-talkie, and I heard Miss. Terry- the one who organized this whole scheme on the other end, saying she would deal with us herself. I ran faster, pulling Sue behind me.

And that is how I got here. We ran all the way to our house with Miss. Terry on our heels. When we got to our house, we saw police there talking to our parents.

We started waving and screaming and when they noticed us, Miss. Terry turned and disappeared. The police had a lot of questions that we answered as best we could. One thought came to me later that night in bed. I hadn’t really cared at the moment- I was happy to be home and safe, but now I wondered where Miss. Terry is and if she is out for revenge. That can wait though. For now I have a happy ending.

THE END

By- Jordan Behling In 1932 a beautiful diamond was missing. As the kids were getting ready to go to school they heard about the news that was going on.

“Students take your seats I have very important news to tell you” Dylan the bad kid stated “ who cares about

that news it’s nothing I need to know about”. The teacher replying saying “Well you might want to know about this, there is a missing diamond and if you find the diamonds there is a 45,000d reward”. All of the students were uplifted by this news, many students were shouting saying “ If I find the diamonds I could buy anything in the world I want. (Remember this is 1932 45,000 dollars is a lot of money) As the Teacher, Mr. Evilson tried to calm his students, he let the students know that they still did not know who took the diamonds, and there will be look checks going on after school. But before Mr.Evilson could finish his statement a kid named Roger shouted “Mr.EvilsonI well... I don’t know... maybe I could help find the diamonds and find the person who took them. (Roger was known for solving crimes and a hero throughout school). Mr.Evilson laugh he said “ a little 13 year old can’t find a crime so huge and big like this it will take years just to get a clue. Roger stated “Well, we will see about that Mr.Evilson Jeff

and I will find who did this and put a stop to it today. ( Jeff is Roger’s wingman and partner in crime).

“Come on” said Roger to Jeff “ We got to find who did this”. As Roger and Jeff headed back to Roger house they taught of the all the people who could have took the diamonds. They planned the next day to interview some people that could off took the diamonds. The next day they started their interviews first they interviewed a guy named Jed. Jed was a nice guy, straight A’s and the schools football quarterback. Jed said that he didn’t hear anything about the diamonds and when the diamonds were missing he was at his football game. Next Roger and Jeff talked to Ryan, Ryan know everything about the school all of the couples, sports clubs you name it Ryan knew about it. Ryan told Roger and Jeff that they saw Mr.Evilson and Dylan going into Ms.Rhea’s house ( Ms. Rhea’s diamonds were missing). Roger and Jeff ran to Dylan and said “ WE KNOW IT WAS YOU DYLAN, YOU AND MR. EVILSON!!!!!” They

shouted Roger and Jeff. They got Dylan to crack, Roger and Jeff called the police and got Mr. Evilson and Dylan locked under bars. As Mr. Evilson and Jeff were getting into the police car Mr. Evilson said “ I will see you again and when I do!!!” Mr. Evilson was cut off by the officer closing the door in his face.

Roger and Jeff laugh. As Roger and Jeff walked back into the school everyone shouted “YEAH JEFF AND ROGER YOU DID IT NOW WE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE MEAN MR. EVILSON AS OUR SCIENCE TEACHER ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!” The officer said “ Hey wait Roger... Jeff you forgot your reward money” Roger and Jeff both said at the same time. “ This day can’t get any better!!!!!”

The Letter

By Kassidy Chaikin

The year was 1973, and I was sitting on my porch when my friend Julia came walking by.

“Hey Julz,” I said kicking over a rocker and inviting her to sit.

“Hey Sidney,” she mumbled with her head down.

This was not like my best friend, who was always happy-go-lucky and smiling. Something was up.

“What’s wrong?” I asked her knowing she wanted to talk and was waiting for me to ask.

“I’m just thinking about this letter I got,” She said taking out a crinkled up letter out of her pocket.

“Hey, Juz let me see it,” I said curiously.

“Okay, but it doesn’t say who its from,” She said very upset. I took the letter from her hands and opened it. The letter said: Dear Julia, I go to your school and I want to be your friend. I know that you don’t like me, so everyday I will give you a hint to who I am and let’s see if you could figure it out. “ Julz, we need to solve this mystery,” I said knowing she would be very discomforted until she knew who it was.

On my way to school I was thinking about that letter. ‘ Who could it possibly be?’ I said to myself. I really was starting to wonder about the letter. Who would want to do this to my friend?

I was at school now and I didn’t have time to think about it.

“Hi Sidney,” Said Dylan very shyly.

“Hi Dylan,” I said very annoyed.

“Are you ready to present our project?” He asked very kindly.

Dylan was my partner on the Social Studies project and we did it on the Civil War and we were the first group to present. We have been hanging out a lot because of it and I’m getting tired of him.

“Yeah, I guess I’m ready. Just don’t mess up,” I said with a warning tone.

The bell rang.

“See you in class, bye Sidney,” he said.

School went well and now I had time to think about the letter. I was going over to Julia’s house to figure this out.

“Okay Julia lets figure this thing out,” I said very determined.

Dear Julia Like I told you I would give you a hint everyday. But let’s make this a little harder I’ll tell you a place to go and there you will find something that will tell you something about me. Today you will go to the park by school.

When we got there we looked around and found a baseball with a note on it by the tree.

Good job Julia. You found the baseball. I’ll send you a letter tomorrow.

“Julz where have you been getting these letters from?” I asked very suspiciously.

“They leave them in my mailbox at school and they are always there before I get there,” Julia said very scared.

“Then all we need to do is get to school before them!” I said very excited.

That morning instead of getting up at 8:00 we got up at 7:00 and went

to school. We were walking down the road when we saw Dylan coming out of the school. I was very suspicious so I ran as fast as I could to stop him from leaving. “ Sidney where are you going!?” I heard Julia scream. “ I know who it is follow me!” I shouted back very excitedly.

I ran to Dylan and he was very surprised.

“Uh, hi Sidney, what’s up?” Dylan said very nervously.

Just then Julia came up behind me. She was out of breath from running.

“Sidney what are you doing?” she asked angrily.

Just then I noticed Dylan had his hand behind his back and was looking very nervous.

“So, Dylan, what’s behind your back?” I asked very sternly. “ Oh, nothing....” he said suspiciously.

“Really then show me what’s behind your back,” I said curiously.

He pulled a letter from behind his back and put his head down. “ I’m so sorry I didn’t know what else to do. I really wanted to be friends with you guys and you just ignored me and this was my only way to get close to you,” he said close to tears. “ If you wanted to be our friend you could have just asked,” Julia said

sweetly. “Yeah,� I agreed.

After that day we have all become so close and whenever theres a mystery to be solved we are the ones you call.

The Imagination to Adventure Who would ever know that kids could have such an imagination? Well one day Alex and Alicia went to the park. They jumped around, they swung on the swing, and slid down the slide. They had so much fun at the park. They stopped playing for a while and sat down on the grass. Giggling and giggling Alex quickly sat up and said: “Alicia, lets play treasure” Alicia sat up “ And look i found a map” “ Come on, lets find the treasure” Alex said confidently.

So both kids shot up from the grass with all their energy and ran to the jungle gym.

They climbed and jumped through the gym as if the were in a real jungle. “ Look the first clue!” Alex called out. “Its a note! Its a note!”.

“Hury read it! We don’t have much time there are monkeys chasing us!”

Alicia screamed.

“Ok. Ok. Ok” Alex read: To get away from the monkey’s you need to go to the monkey bars. But you can’t fall off while climbing or else you’ll jump into lava!

So the two kids ran to the monkey bars as if they were really chased by monkeys. Alicia and Alex held on as tight as they could to the bars. They both were in a rush climbing and creating blisters with there hands. None of them had fallen into the lava. The monkeys have stop chasing them and they were in relief.

Alicia called out “look a bridge to get to a boat! We have to catch the boat before it leaves!”.

“Ok! Lets go!”

They both quick walked to the bridge. The bridge was made of rope and planks of wood. Alicia thought about falling and started to cry.

“What’s wrong Alicia?” said Alex caringly.

“I”m scared I might fall” sniffled Alicia.

“Don’t worry you won’t fall. Just don’t look down and you’ll be fine.”

Alicia stopped crying, Alex held her hand and slowing creeped across the bridge. Alicia didn’t look down at all. She had been holding on tight to Alex’s hand. They finally got across then ran to the boat. They stopped suddenly with there mouth open of fright. They had faced pirates and still bravely went on the boat. The pirates started to walk towards them. Both of them took out their

swords.

“Arrr” said the pirates.

“Walk the plank and jump into the water!” screamed Alex With their swords pointed toward the pirates,the pirates started to walk backwards. The kids felt proud of themselves for being brave.

“Now walk the plank!” said Alicia in a pirate voice.

All of the pirates jumped off the plank and were swimming in the water.

But both kids didn’t know what to do. They were alone on the boat and couldn’t figure out what to do. The boat started to move away from the bridge. Then Alicia remembered that she still had her map in her pocket. She took it out and tried to figure out where to go. It took her awhile to find her directions, but the boat eventually stopped and they got off. They had landed on a beach with palm trees all over.

“AHHHHH! where are we?” they both thought.

“I don’t know but lets find the treasure” Alicia smiled.

So they crawled through the sand . They followed the map step by step.

They had come to a tree with gold hanging from it and candy everywhere.

“WE FOUND IT!” excitedly said Alex.

“YEAH!” screamed Alicia, then paused. “How do we get back?”

“I guess how we got here?”

“ Alicia. Alex. Time to go” called Alex’s mom.

The two kids have flashed back to reality and found themselves under the slide. With them carry plastic jewelry and juice box’s. They got up and left with the adventure of the lost treasure still in there mind.

Only 3 Made It Out

By Julia Davi

“Okay Joe this is just great now what are we going to do,” said Jen. “Jen come on it’s not that bad,” said Joe. “It’s not that bad ! We are stuck in a school at night it’s dark and all the doors are locked and the school is abandoned.”

“Okay it’s bad but not that bad,” it was quiet for a moment then Joe said,” Okay I will go upstairs and you look around here.”

“No don’t leave me here alone!” said Jen, “You know what whatever.”

Joe went up the stairs and left me alone. So it all stared because Joe trying to be cool makes a bet with his friends and drags me into it and so that’s how we got in here and of course his friends locked the doors and the windows and left so I now have to find food and a place to sleep.

“Hey Jen did you find anything?”

“I found some food and water.”

“Good because I am hungry.”

“So what’s upstairs,” asked Jen. “Oh just some school stuff.”

“Nothing good.”

“Not really unless your looking for test tubes.”

“No way out?”

“Nope.” It was quiet for a moment then Jen said, “We might as well find something to do.”

“Okay.”

“Lets go upstairs.”

“Okay.” After a few minutes they hear a something collapse downstairs.

“Joe what was that?”

“Jen you think I know?”

“Jen I think we should go downstairs.”

“Joe but what if something’s down there!”

“Jen something just fell.”

“A brick wall just fell out of nowhere!”

“Maybe?”

“Yeah sure.”

“Okay okay!”

“So...”

“Shh...”

“Listen!”

“Okay get in the room !”the stranger said in a deep voice.

“No please let us go we won’t tell anyone just let us go !”,said a little girl as she screamed.

“Shut up and get in their before I kill your sister ,”the stranger said in a deep voice.

“Noo don’t,” as the girl began to cry.

“Joe? What just happened ?”

“Jen I don’t know but we should check it out.”

“Joe . Check it out! Did you hear what I heard because he said that he would kill that girls little sister . So I don’t think it is a good idea to go down there!”

“Jen I’m going down there so you can stay or come with me.”

“Joe I’m not going with you I’m going to find away out of this place.”

“Okay then suit yourself than.”

“Okay bye.”

“Yeah bye.”

I can’t believe he is going down there he is so stupid. I’ll go into this room and jump into the ceiling and find my way out.

“Joooeee !”

“Joe help me!”

“Jen ! I’m coming hold on!”

“Joe he’s coming hurry!”

“Joe run he!...”

“Jen . Noooo!”

“Let me go!”

“Stay in here now I got to go and find your friend.”

“Who are you?”

“Your worst nightmare.”

“Umm hi I’m Jen.” “Hi I’m Kate and this is my little sister Maddy.”

“Wait aren’t you the two girls that live on Mayfair Drive that have been missing for 2 years now.”

“Yeah.”

“So have you seen any other girls that he had or has.”

“Well we did meet one she was in her teens.”

“So where is she?” Jen asked “Well Jen umm she is dead.”

“What . How?” “Well Jen you see he killed her right in front of us.”

“Why?” “Because she was not doing what he said so he killed her.”

“Oh.”

“And Jen also make sure you don’t yell or scream because you will pay the price.”

“Now we should go to bed because once he finds your friend we will be long gone away from this place.”

“Oh okay.” As I fell to sleep I worried for Joe which made me not be able to fall asleep. I was so worried about him that I started to cry . Kate and Maddy would try to calm me down but it did not work . It was about 12:00 am and Joe was not found or even worse that guy killed him . All the suddon I see Joe running passed the door . I was about to yell but than I remembered what happen to the other girl and shut up . As I wached the killer run after him.

“Kate do you think that guy is going to kill Joe?” “Jen that guy was going to kill Joe he would have done it already.”Jen worried and worried so much that just a few minutes felt like hours to her.Than an hour later the door opened slowly . Jen and Kate and Maddy stared at the door and all the sudden Joe was in the doorway with his finger up to his lips.

“Joe where is that guy?” asked Jen. “Oh he will be most likely be coming soon so we better move and get to the police fast follow me we have to run!” said Joe. “Kate do you know how you got in here?”

“We came in through the back door near the soccer fields.”

“Okay I know where that is” “How,” Jen asked.

“Well when you are running from a man for 6 hours you are looking for an exit.”

“Here it is.”

“Run! He’s coming go get the police!”

“Joe ! No!” “Jen go get the police !Hurry !”

“Okay!”

That day only 3 of us made it out of that school that day.That guy in the school killed Joe but the police got the killer which is now identify as Copper Sawyer form Texas , Dallas .Kate and Maddy have been all over the News 12 not telling their story but telling the people about how brave Joe was for risking his life for theirs but I have a bunch of Newscasters outside but I tell them nothing because its for me to know and for them to find out.

To Save a Life As a terrible disease swept through the town of San Francisco, California no one, not even thirteen-year-old Hunter Brooks, knew her father Steven was next. I had been three year since the summer her mom died and know Hunter was feeling lonelier than ever, with her dad barely able to move now. There was no cure to this unknown disease, which made the chances of survival for her father very slim.

"Oh Dad, I know you will get better." whimpered Hunter.

"How I hope sweetie, but I can make no promises." said Steven.

A tear fell from Hunter's eyes and dripped on to her cheek, on to her fathers face, she just hoped that if she would blink all would be better and back to the way it was a few weeks ago.

As night fell, Hunter worried that the next day her father would be gone.

Weird dreams had been occurring every night, but none were as strange as this.

She was in a forest with animals, tall trees, and a shining sun. She was all alone until she turned around and an older man was standing there with a creeepy smile and dark brown eyes. Too scared to move, she managed to make out a few words.

"Wh-Wh-Who are you." stuttered Hunter.

"Why me, why I am the Healer. And I have something that just might help you to save your father." stated the Healer.

"Well what is it?" wondered Hunter.

"In the Forest of Gloom, there is a gold rock that contains the rarest, well unknown material on it, known as Carpinte. It glows as bright as the sun and it is like a pill, and if you father swallows it, his disease will be cured within hours." exclaimed the Healer.

As Hunter looked up, she noticed the Healer was gone and started to scream and woke up. She realized that is was only a dream. The next morning she was still

suspicious and wanted to see if her dream was a fantasy or a reality.

Hunter ran out of her house and down the street to her best friend Annie's house. Annie's mother, had also been infected by this disease, and doctors predicted she would pass away within 48 hours. Hunter told Annie about her dream, and the two headed out for the Forest of Gloom.

"Are you sure you know where we are going?" questioned Annie.

"I am positive, it's just like my dream." proudly stated Hunter.

As two miles had past the girls were about to give up all hope of this "gold rock" until a sudden sight up ahead.

"Look that must be the rock, I see something shimmering." stated Hunter.

The two girls ran to the rock and to their surprise, it did glow as bright as the sun, but definitely not as big as the sun.

As Annie picked up the rock she whimpered, "There is only enough to cure one of our parents."

"Then we will break it in half." said Hunter.

As the two girls tried to break the Carpinte in half, it felt harder than a diamond. As Hunter looked down disappointedly said," Oh no, what will we do?"

But as soon as she looked up Annie darted out of the forest with the Carpinte, as fast as lightning.

Hunter tried to keep up, but within 5 minutes, Annie was gone and Hunter started to trot back home, with a burden that she could have saved her dad’s life.

Hunter finally reached home, she was shocked to see Annie sitting on her front porch. As Hunter walked over and sat next to her, a lot of questions crossed her mind.

"Why didn't you use it on your mom?" said Hunter, "Hunter, my mom passed away about an hour ago and I felt so guilty about what I did to you." cried Annie.

"Oh Annie, I am so sorry, but she is in a better place now." dismally said Hunter.

"Thanks, but this pill is no use to me now so here you go, I hope that your dad gets better real soon." stated Annie By the time she could even say thank you, Annie had already walked away.

Hunter walked into the house pass the doctor and gave her dad a kiss on the cheek.

She opened his mouth, put the pill and some water in, told him to swallow, and then closed his mouth. The doctors had no clue what had just happened, but during

the next 24 hours, her dad did a complete 360. He was miraculously better.

"Hunter, how could I ever thank you, you are truly the best daughter any father could ask for." exclaimed Steven.

"Daddy, your gift to me is that you are alive, and to me that’s the best gift I think anyone would want." emphasized Hunter.

They gave each other a big hug and a kiss but at the same time Hunter felt bad for Annie. But she knew that they would make it through together with their dads by their sides. As best friends, forever and always.

David’s Best Game

“David are you ready to go?” said Matt.

“Yeah I just need my bat, and we can go.” David responded.

David Wright and Matt Harvey went to Yankee Stadium for their baseball game. When they arrived the crowd was roaring. Matt pitched to David for batting practice. David was on fire hitting every ball at least to the warning track. Derek Jeter was watching, nervous as he thought that David might outplay him.

Dan Miele was a huge Yankee fan. So, that day he got tickets to the Mets vs.

Yankees game. He was excited, but also nervous about David, and his huge hitting streak.

When Dan arrived to the game, he got seats right behind the Yankees’ dugout. He noticed Derek’s mad face, and yelled over to him. Despite the noise, Derek heard and walked over to Dan. Dan said, “What’s wrong? You look sad” Derek replied, “Oh nothing just that David is making me nervous with how amazing he is in hitting, fielding, and motivating the Mets.”

Dan said, “Yeah, I was actually thinking about that too” In the first inning, the Mets were already on a rally. David had hit a three run homer! With two outs in the top of the first inning, Derek made a catch for the last out of the Mets rally. The Mets were up 4 to 0.

To relieve his stress, Dan had just one beer. Then, he decided he wanted another, and another, and another, and another. Before he could blink, he was drunk.

The Yankees got up to bat, and Matt Harvey struck out the first three batters!

Derek and Dan were furious. Derek walked over to Dan, and said to Dan, “Let’s take him.”

Dan was too drunk to understand as he responded, “Take what, where?”

“Let’s kidnap David Wright. No one can stop us, and we will happily win the game nice and easy.”

Dan agreed. Derek walked up to David Wright (he was in the Mets’ dugout.). He kindly told David they needed to talk. As David walked out of the dugout, Derek sent Dan the signal.

Derek said to David, “I have to congratulate you on your incredible performance today.”

“Thanks!” replied David.

Derek took Dan into the Yankees locker room, because he was pretending to show him something. Dan came in the back entrance of the locker room. Derek and Dan sat down, but before David could blink, Dan had David’s hands tied behind his back.

Derek said, “How foolish could you be? You actually thought I would congratulate you! Dan take him far away fast!”

As the second inning was about to begin, Matt noticed David was gone. He looked all around, but couldn’t find him. He looked in the dugout, bullpen, and locker room. Matt was getting nervous. He asked if anybody had seen him, the response was negative. As the players started to take the field, he was scared for David. He asked everyone on the Yankees, and all of their responses were no. But Matt noticed something, when he asked them if they had seen David, Derek’s face

was as red as a strawberry. He asked Derek again, fiercely this time, if he had seen David.

“NO!” said Derek.

Derek knew something was suspicious about Derek, so he grabbed him.

Derek yelled for help from his team. This turned into an all out brawl. The Mets were fighting the Yankees, but the entire time Matt was fighting Derek. Derek punched Matt in the face, but Matt was tough. He punched him back harder, knocking two teeth out. But that was not all, he punched him Derek in the gut, knocking the wind out him. Matt pinned Derek to the floor, and said “I gave you too many chances already. NOW WHERE IS DAVID!” Scared, Derek said “I don’t know, but this drunk guy named Dan took him, he is in my car. It’s a red corvette.”

Matt was not satisfied with this answer, so he punched Derek in the face one final time to knock him out. While the brawl was still happening, Matt hopped in his car, and called the cops. He told them what had happened, and what car Dan was driving. The cops sent out a search party, and sure enough an hour later, Matt and the cops spotted the red corvette.

Matt thought to himself, “Oh boy, this isn’t going to be easy.”

The cops blocked off the highway, and Matt chased him. Eventually Dan crashed into a tree because he was so drunk. Dan jumped out, and ran. But Dan’s

speed was no match for Matt’s. Matt jumped on him, and held him down for the cops. Matt went to the corvette and saw David sitting there with his hands tied behind his back.

David said, “Woah! That was scary, Derek tricked me into this.”

“I knew it!” said Matt.

The cops arrested Dan, and gave him tested him for alcohol. Dan went to jail for DUI and kidnapping. David told the cops what Derek had done to trick him.

Before you could blink the cops had Derek Jeter in handcuffs.

When David and Matt returned to the game, the Mets were thrilled to have them. The Mets went on to win the game. David Wright hit 2 homeruns, with 6 RBI’s, a diving catch, and 4 hits. Matt pitched a perfect game! The first one in Mets history.

After the game, a reporter asked Matt how he pitched a perfect game after all that chaos. Matt responded, “Well, I think the chaos inspired me to do so. I had so much adrenaline, it was insane!”

The reporter also asked David how he did so well after the chaos. David said, “I have no idea. I’m just happy to be here and safe.”

The Mets won the world series, and Derek was kicked off the Yankees. Dan broke out of jail, but got in a high speed chase, and drove off a bridge. Matt and david retired, and were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Where are the Sneakers?

It all started on February 4, 2012 when the Knicks had so many injuries and were playing so bad coach D’Antoni decided to give Jeremy Lin a chance to play in desperation. He made him not regret playing him off the bench scoring 25 points, 5 rebounds, and 7 assists. The next game against the Utah Jazz Lin made his 1st career start because of his previous performance. Once again Lin did not let his fans down, scoring 28 points and having 8 assists. This was the start of “Linsanity”. In his first 12 games starting Lin averaged 22.5 points, 8.7 assists, and the Knicks had a 9-3 record. While Lin’s performance was helping the Knicks in a huge way, secretly there was one player that didn’t like how he was stealing the spotlight. On February 23 against the Miami Heat something went wrong. Lin shot

1-11 and coughed up 8 turnovers, while Carmelo Anthony scored 19 and had 8 rebounds. In the press conference after the game Lin expresses his sneakers were stolen. This grabbed the attention of Jed Fishlow and Joey Petrovic.

Since it was the All-Star break, Lin had time. Jed did all the research he could do in order to find out how to contact Lin to work with him to get him his “lucky” sneakers back. Fishlow emailed Lin. The email said , “Hi, Jeremy, my name is Jed Fishlow. My assistant and I have been informed about your stolen sneakers. We are a team that can help you get your mojo back with your sneakers. Please email us back as soon as possible so we can meet and discuss this.”

Lin replied, “Hi, thank you for trying to help me out. Maybe we can meet at the Cheesecake Factory tomorrow night at 7. Text or call me at 631-780-5445.”

The two discussed their meeting in text. “Hey it’s Jed.” Lin replied back asking, “ So is the Cheesecake Factory at 7 ok for tomorrow?”

“I actually have something going on at seven but is around 5 ok?”

Lin being a basketball player obviously has a busy schedule. That in mind, he replied back stating, “ This is going to be tough. I am going to my parents house to help fix their broken printer, so five won’t work.” The only other time I have available is one for lunch. Does that work?”

“Yes, but the meeting will have to be quick.”

Cheesecake Factory One O’clock.

There, Fishlow and Petrovic arrived 10 minutes early. Petrovic and Fishlow don’t spend too much time together which makes Fishlow suspicious of Petrovic. Which he should. During this conversation between Lin and Fishlow, Joey has a secret camera in his hat recording their game plan to get back his “lucky” sneakers.

Fishlow discussed how he figures out who committed the crime. That is exactly what he is going to do to find out who stole Lin’s sneakers.

The next day, Jed and Jeremy visited American Airlines Arena in Miami, to look over the security tapes from the Knicks vs Heat game where Lin’s sneakers got stolen. As they walk in they see a note saying: “Leave right now. You won’t find out who I am or where the sneakers are.

You step one step closer and you will regret this.”

Thinking about this note Fishlow decides to turn back and to go through the back to go to the locker room. In the locker room, Jed finds blood on the bench where his sneakers were supposed to be. With gloves on, he gathers the blood sample to get tested. Next they go to the security room to look over the tapes.

Before the game during warmups they see two men dressed in all black take the

sneakers and one man cut himself one the locker, which is where the blood is probably from. Once again Petrovic is nowhere to be found.

The next day, Jed, received word from the lab on who the blood sample was from. It was Joey Petrovic. This started a whole manhunt on him. The whole town was out to get him for that one loss before the All-Star break. Since Jed knew so much about him he was able to find out his location by tracking him down because they shared ICoud together they were on the same Find Your IPhone app. So they tracked him down from his IPhone. When they found him he was hiding in a boat in someone’s backyard. A SWAT team attacked the boat and took him out alive.

They brought him to an interrogation room and questioned him. He admitted that he did not do this alone and had a parent in this crime because he was being paid to do it from a millionare. He exclaimed he was on the Knicks.

The next day, Fishlow brought the New York Knicks into the interrogation room and most of them didn’t even knew this happened untill the press conference, and the ones who did they did see two men getting changed into all black in the bathroom. One said they saw the special bracelet that Carmelo Anthony’s daughter gave him on one of the men. Then it came to Carmelo. He had no responses to the questions.

Then he shouts out, “Fine I did it! I was getting sick of all this “Linsanity” nonsense and the spotlight he was taking away from me. I had enough. Yes I took

his sneakers and my plan worked he is not great, it was the sneakers and I showed it by his performance in the game. It doesn’t even matter as long as I had a good game and he had a bad game.”

“Did you expect this?” questioned Jed. “I wouldn’t have thought he had done it. I thought he was in my support.”

Lin explained.

They searched Anthony’s house and the sneakers in the attic. Justice was served.

found This

story was all over the news and Lin is refusing to wear the sneakers to prove he’s good without them. This wouldn’t be possible without the help of Jed Fishlow.

We Need To Find Reed By: Jeremy Schier

" That was crazy! Should we go back and try to dig it up?" said Jack to his

sidekick Jacob. "I hope Reed didn't see us."

"Wait what!?!?!" said Jacob. " What? We saw Reed what is the big deal? Didn't he just finish his sentence in jail?" said Jack. " No no no!!" said Jacob, "Reed escaped and is right now the police's man target." " That’s crazy!" said Jack "If we see him tomorrow we must not let him get to that treasure before we do. After we find that treasure we will turn him in!"

"I agree" Said Jacob. Then Jacob turned off the light and they both went to sleep.

The following day on Saturday, Jacob woke up Jack and they each got dressed and ate breakfast. "When do you want to go?" said Jacob "I think the best time to go is now."

"Lets eat breakfast first." said Jack and hour later they go back into the woods they were in yesterday to the exact spot where the treasure was under...

“Wait one second.” Said Jacob to Jack “ Something doesn’t seem right.”

“What is it?” said Jack “I think I just saw Reed.” Said Jacob “ Lets get out of here!!” Said Jack. They ran home with fear but anger at the same time. “ We have to catch him!” Said Jacob a few minute later Jacob and Jack made

a top secret plan to catch Reed and get the treasure. This time their plan was a little different but they each new if the did the plan right it would work. “You see since Reed isn’t the smartest person in the world we will make a fake thing of treasure make it look as realistic as possible, dig it in the woods over night and put trees over it so it looks like its the exact same treasure we are looking for.” said Jacob.

As midnight comes the boys get the fake treasure and dig it in the woods and Jack and Jacob then put some trees over it. “ Ok good job now lets head home.” said Jacob. They then arrive home “ I have a good feeling that this plan is going to work.” Said Jacob and they each went to sleep.

“ Wake up Jacob Wake up!” Said Jack “ It is 8 o’clock we gotta go get that treasure.”

The boys start running to the woods to see if they spy Reed “I see him! I see him!” Said Jack “ Lets go with the plan.” As fast as he can Jack runs to the fake treasure hoping that Reed will follow him Reed starts to follow him Jacob then runs to the real treasure and starts digging it out as Jack starts to have to stall to Reed Jacob whispered in his walkie talkie,” Sunday.” which is the signal that means I have the treasure, Jacob then sprints home with the treasure and puts it in his room he then calls the police and notifies the police that they found

Reed in the woods.

“911 what is your emergency” “ I have just found Reed with my friend.” said Jacob to the police “ Where is your location” “The woods off of Strawberry Court Dix hills NY” said Jacob to the police “Ok we are on it.” Said the police “Thank you.”

The police then go to the location where Jacob told them to go.

“Come on Come on he might get away.” said Jacob Jacob then brings them to where the fake treasure is with Reed the police then spot Reed.

“Got him Got him!” said the police “ Oh Reed you’ll be staying in jail a long time trust me.” says the police “Thank you boys without you two we wouldn’t be able to find Reed.” said the police. “ Your welcome.” Said Jack and Jacob After the police take Reed the boys hurry home.

“Lets see what we got here.” Said Jack. The two boys open up the treasure... the treasure is filled with Gems, gold, and money. “ That’s crazy!” Said Jack “ That’s awesome.” Said Jacob.

“ Well lesson learned. Work will pay off especially when you’re put in the most wanted man.” Said Jack. Then they each laughed and went to sleep.

Dan Gets Lost Dan and his family were on a Camping trip in the Wilderness. Dan was a 13 year old boy who was excited about the trip. The family had never been to this area before, but they heard that it was a nice place to go camping. The family arrived at noon and was looking for a place to set up camp. They were having a hard time since it was so dense with trees and bushes. After hours of searching, Dan thought he found a good spot. “Guys! I found a good spot!” yelled Dan. There was no response. “Guys!” screamed Dan. There was no response. Dan soon realized that he had unfortunately went ahead of his family. He had not made any marks on any of the trees or ground so he did not have any idea how to get back to where he had come from. He was lost. “Guys!!! Where are you!!!” shouted Dan. He got no response so he started running to where he thought his family might be. He ran about a mile, but what he didn’t realize was that it was in the other direction. Now he was hungry and very thirsty. He went to go find water. He walked around for a while. He didn’t find any water but he did find a bush with berries growing. He knew they were fine to eat because he had eaten them before. He was no longer

hungry, but he was extremely dehydrated. He was still on a search for water but he was having trouble finding any. He traveled down a large hill and through dense bushes and trees when he saw a big open space and a very big stream. He was so thankful. He finally found some clean fresh water. After he got a drink, he filled up his canteen too. Since he was near the river, he decided to try to fish. He didn’t have the materials for a fishing rod so he just used his hands. After a lot of effort he finally caught one small fish. After that he headed back to where he thought was a good place to set up camp. He went all the way back to camp and set up a tent for him to sleep in. He then built a fire next to his tent for heating. He then started cooking the small fish on a stick over the fire. After it was cooked, he ate the whole thing and then went to sleep in his tent. Unlucky for him, it was a windy night. The wind soon blew the fire into the tent and his tent caught on fire. He was rudely awakened to fire all around him. He took his canteen and threw the remaining water at the fire then ran away. He ran out of the fires path and then saw that his tent was burnt to the ground. Without any remaining shelter he just kept moving. He thought that he should go to the river since there was water and a supply of fish for food. So he took the long journey in the middle of the night and finally arrived. He rested until morning and decided to make himself some shelter.

He took the branches off trees and put 4 vertically in the ground and 4 horizontally on top of them. He then covered the entire thing with leaves. This took him about

half the day to build. After this he was on his way to find his family. He went about a half mile in each direction but he still couldn’t find his family or anybody else. As soon as it turned dark, he returned back to camp and went to sleep.

“Where did he go?” cried Dan’s mom. “I don’t know! We need to go find him!” said Dan’s dad. “Where did we lose him? How did we lose him? Where could he be?” questioned Dan’s mom. “I don’t know...” said Dan’s dad. Dan’s parents went on looking for Dan but couldn’t find him anywhere all day. They went back to camp and fell asleep. After they woke up they went searching again.

They went and didn’t find him, but they found his tent that was burnt to the ground. This gave them hope that he was still alive. They kept on searching until they got thirsty. They were so thirsty that they were no longer looking for him but just looking for water. They went and tried to find a river, stream or lake after a couple of hours they found a small river. They noticed that there was a lot of fish in the lake. They walked along the edge of the river and saw something that looked like a hut. They went over to what they thought was a hut and saw somebody inside. They were scared at first but then saw a familiar face. It was their son Dan. “Mom! Dad!” yelled Dan. “Dan!” yelled Dan’s parents. The relieved family found their way out of the forest and decided never to go camping again.

Good or Evil

By Bailey Schleimer

The doorbell rang. Tyler, the oldest and only son, opened the door. There was a beautiful girl standing on his own front porch. He stuttered to get words out of his mouth. “Wh-wh-Who are you?” he stammered, feeling the heat rise to his face.

The sweetest voice Tyler had ever heard replied, “Hi, I’m Kate Kerner. Are your parents

home?” But what Tyler heard was, “Hi. I’m Katie Kerner and I love you.” But then he returned to reality. Tyler nods and turned to find his parents.

He saw his little sister Abby on the stairs who is two and a half, he picked her up and they walked to their parent’s room. As always, they were sleeping.

They woke up and Tyler said there is a girl outside.

They got up to introduce their children to their new babysitter. This was the first time they are telling Tyler and Abby that they will be going on vacation for two weeks without them.

“Hello Katie, I’m so glad you're here.” mom said politely.

“Hi I’m so excited to be here” chattered Katie.

“Tyler show her around while I say goodbye to Abby.” demanded his mother. Tyler showed her around and he realized that he would be around her beauty for two weeks without any restrictions from his parents. He got happy and acknowledged that he would not make it awkward between them. They return and the parents started to leave.

Before they left Dad whispered in Tyler’s ear “There are video cameras around the house we can see your every move.”

This family is rich and they spend their money on any new product that comes out. The parent’s left and Tyler began to flirt with Katie. It was quiet for a few moments.

Katie breaks the silence by saying “I’m not here to fall in love so you mind your business and I’ll mind mine.”

Tyler took a step back and headed away to find Abby. They went outside for a swim. Tyler and Abby went into the pool, while Katie watched them. Tyler was guiding Abby as she swam because she is young and does not know how to swim by herself yet. Katie got up and went inside. Tyler thought maybe she is going to the bathroom but she was gone for a while.

They grew suspicious and then she finally came back out. After they were done swimming they all went back inside and Tyler looked around for something that looked different because Katie was inside for awhile. Abby went to dry off and Katie got closer to Tyler.

She stated “I’m not here to baby sit you and your cry baby sister. I’m here to take you, your sister and some of this houses most precious valuables.”

Tyler reacted rather quickly “You will never get away with this, this house has cameras everywhere.”

She nods and claimed “You think I’m dumb, I’ve been spying on you for many years. I know how your house works.”

Tyler ran up the stairs to get Abby and told her everything. She was so confused. Tyler picked her up, grabbed valuable things, picked up his cell phone and ran out the door. He began to sprint while Abby called their parents.

They answer the phone and Abby spit words out of her mouth “Our babysitter is crazy, we are running from her.”

Her mom told her to calm down and tell her what happened. So she did.

They hid in the backyard of a house down the road. Tyler took the phone and explained everything. Their mom was so worried.

She blurted out these words so quickly “We just landed in California we will take the next flight back home to Montana. Keep safe and we will be home as soon as possible.”

They hung up and Tyler tried to come up with a plan.

He says to Abby “I won’t leave your side, I will keep you safe until mom and dad get home and we will be strong together.”

They got back to their house. They were quiet and sneaky in case Katie were to pop out. They see her with a bag full of valuables in their parents room. That room is very big and had a balcony outside. They went into their parents room and they chased each other around. All three of them ended up outside on the balcony.

Katie in the corner surrounded by Tyler and Abby.

Abby mumbled “Why would you do this to us? What did we ever do to you?”

Katie realized that she was jealous but does not admit it. She did not respond. She went into her pocket and reached for something, its was a pocket

knife. Tyler and Abby were frightened. Abby inches closer to Katie, finally close enough to push her off the balcony.

Tyler and Abby gave each other a big hug, scared to let go Tyler carries her inside. They call their parents. They say they are on the way home.

Abby starts to talk to them “We are okay but come home soon.”

A few minutes later their parents walked in giving them big hugs saying sorry for leaving them with such an evil beast. Their parents finally asked where Katie is. Abby guides them outside where Katie’s lying.

Abby squeaks “I pushed her off the balcony because she was coming at Tyler and I with a knife.”

They called the police and told them the story. The police showed up and took the families information. They took a look at Katie.

One of the policeman began “We have been looking for this girl for many years. She has been going around trying to steal things and take little kids away.”

They were all are so proud of Tyler and Abby. Their parents felt bad, but they all knew that they caught a harmful person and now they know they are all safe.

The Rise By: Rachel Saranier

An average day in the world, people eating, talking, playing, etc... but do we really know what is happening around us? Cameras, everywhere, in stores, restaurants, buildings, on streets, and even in our own homes! Though, these mysterious cameras are all controlled by one anonymous person who is nowhere to be found. This person creeps in the shadows and alleys and hides in a disguise. For months, more and more cameras were added to the outside world , but the worst part is, is that the cameras are too tiny to spot and can only be turned off if you destroy the main machine which no one can find. However, a few days ago, the cameras started possessing people... and the revolution of mankind began.

It was a normal day in Pleasantville, NY. The birds were chirping, the sun was shining, it seemed liked a usual day until a family walked outside. “ Is everyone ready?” asked Agnes, the mom, who was all set to go to the town fair.

“Yes, Mom,” answered Piper, her 16 year old daughter “I’m ready,” added twelve year-old Leo, who was never ready on time. He had been waiting on the stoop for everyone since breakfast.

“ We know you’re ready Leo, you have been asking us since we woke up!” stated the mother who was trying to get everyone together for a half an hour.

“I’m all set.” said Jackson, the father who was already in the car.

This “normal” family by day is actually a group of super-heroes by night and they all have a special ability. Agnes has the ability to turn invisible, Piper has super speed, Leo has the ability to sense things and Jackson has super strength.

Together, this family makes up The Fab Four. This family was famous in the town of Pleasantville and has solved many crimes that seemed impossible to others, like the one they are soon to encounter.

As the family was driving in their car, they noticed something odd about the town. They realized that everyone in the town was acting the same way, like they were being controlled by something or someone, however, when the family arrived at the fair they brought their attention to the fact that the fair wasn’t even their!

There was no tents and no people and at that moment, the family knew what they had to do. On the way home, the family was trying to put together clues to try and figure out who would do this and who would have the equipment to do it.

When they arrived home they went to their secret room and Leo was trying to sense who was doing this, but it was too late. By the time he figured it out Agnes, Piper, and himself were kidnapped by a mysterious man! At that moment Jackson decided to do the unthinkable, follow the man by “hitchhiking” a ride on

the man’s plane.

When the plane arrived at the person's hideout, he hid and waited until the man was certainly gone. A few hours later when the man was gone he tried to get them out of this trap but it was no use, even his super strength was not enough.

Though, when he finally figured out how to get them out, the man appeared.

"Well well well, look at what the cat dragged in," said the man who clapped slowly and laughed.

"Who are you?" Asked Jackson with both curiosity and fear. " Are you serious! I’m Sparky! Ever since I was a kid I just wanted an autograph from you, but I never got one. By the time I got to you, you had to leave.

Now, for the past few months I have been placing cameras everywhere and when I push this red button, every person who is looking at one of my cameras would be under my control." Responded Sparky in an annoyed tone.

"But why are you doing this to the whole world?.. If it was just me?" Asked Jackson in a curious voice. " I want everyone to feel my pain that I went through!" Shouted Sparky.

Before Jackson could do anything he was stopped by the fierce guards who captured him. At this moment, Jackson thought that this mission to save mankind was lost, but then he spotted something that looked odd... it was the machine that controlled all of the cameras! All Jackson had to do was get over to that machine

and destroy it. In order to do this he would need some help, so he used his super strength to get out of his trap and get his family out of their trap.

Though, as

soon as they escaped, guards surrounded them! What should they do?

“Piper, I need you to listen closely okay?” asked

Jackson in despiration.

“Okay.” responded Piper.

“I need you to use your super speed and destroy that machine over there.

Can you do this for me?” whispered Jackson in a desperate tone.

“Yes.” uttered Piper in a nervous voice.

“On the count of three. One... two...THREE” shouted Jackson.

Piper ran as fast as she could and destroyed that machine until it fell to the ground. When she ran there, there was a lot of commotion, so Agnes and Leo were distracting the guards while Jackson went to Sparky and knocked him out.

When the police came, Jackson was so proud of his little girl who doesn’t seem so little anymore. The world was better, the cameras were gone and the world could live in peace once again, but that’s not all. The Fab Four were now legendary and were soon to return.

Parvin Purawal Tina is a 12 year old who loves to walk and discover new things. Tina was picking strawberries with her family. While the rest of the family was still picking strawberries she wandered into the woods to take a walk. As the sunset she had no idea which part in the woods she was in. She was always walking in the woods but never did she come this far into them. The

trees over here looked much older and taller. There were also more trees here. “Oh my god where am I,” Tina said as she was panicking. She had no food or water with her. Before she left, she left the basket full of strawberries on the ground. “Mom and dad must be wondering where am I right now”. “ What is that noise,” mumbled Tina. “What if it’s a dangerous animal,” Tina said. “ I’ve got to get out of here right now,” Tina stated.

“Hello,” someone said from behind.

“Ahhhhhh!!” Yelled Tina. “Who are you?” exclaimed Tina.

“I am Rachel and I live in this forest with the animals,” said Rachel.

“Then what do you want from me,” Tina said.

“I am here to help you with your situation,” answered Rachel.

Tina wondered why she needed any help. She could just find her way back home on her own.

“I don’t need your help. I think I know how to get back home on my own,” replied Tina.

“I know you are able to find your way back home on your own,” answered Rachel.

“So why do you have to help me then?” Tina said. “ You need my support to fight all the demons in this forest. If it weren’t for

the demons I wouldn’t have come here, and you would have found the way back to your house,” explained Rachel.

“What!” yelled Tina? “ There can’t be any demons here, because I always come to this forest,” added Tina.

“But I thought I heard you say that you never come to this part of the forest,” replied Rachel. “Now come we shall fight the demons and get you home as quickly as we can,” Rachel added.

Tina wondered if she should stay, but she ended up going. So Rachel and Tina left of together. “ Tina you should know that fighting the demons is really simple, but not the demon king. His name is King Dracula Ghost fire. He is the tallest, and cruelest of all demons. But as long as you do as I say nothing will happen to you,” assured Rachel.

Now as Tina and Rachel moved on into the forest Rachel explained why the demons and the King Dracula Ghost fire don’t like intruders.

“So the demons and the king don’t like humans because we killed at least ⅔ of their population 100 yrs ago,” Rachel said.

“But how did we kill them. We have no special powers,” Tina said.

“Well no one needs special powers to fight. To fight someone we just have to find out their weakness,” explained Rachel.

“So how do we find out what their weakness is?” asked Tina.

“That’s what I’m here for. I’ve lived here ever since I was born. My parents died when I was nine. The demons didn’t know because my parents ran into this forest 13 years ago when the demons were still weak. They came here because they wanted to help the demons get back their strength. My parents were hated and they thought that the demons would help them get their revenge. But don’t worry I’m not like them” explained Rachel. “Well so what did you ask? Oh yeah, well their weakness is meat. They love meat But they rarely get it, because the King Dracula Ghost fire never allows them any. The king knows that once his demon soldiers get meat they fall into a deep sleep,” Rachel said.

Tina was really fascinated by this information, but one thing she was wondering is why they were headed for a house next to a lake.

“Uh Rachel why are we headed for that house”?

“Oh just wait”. “Boy am I hungry,” complained Rachel.

“Oh what do you eat in this forest?”

“I only get to eat plants and fish, never any meat,” answered Rachel.

Tina was wondering why Rachel didn’t get to eat any meat. There were many animals in this forest for sure. She wasn’t like the demons that were forbidden by their King. Or was she a demon. Tina quickly let go of that

thought, because if Rachel were a demon then Rachel would have brought her to the king to get killed for intruding into this forest. Finally they were right in front of the house. It was a big house that was in the middle of towering trees, and had no windows. There was only a door. Suddenly the door opened, but not all the way just enough so the person opening the door could only see Rachel.

“Did you get her?” said the stranger from inside.

“Yes I did,” replied Rachel.

Tina was confused. What was happening? Were they talking about her?

Well she was sure they were because she was the only person Rachel brought along.

“Bring her inside,” said the stranger.

“Come on Tina let’s go inside” said Rachel.

“No I won’t go inside that place,” exclaimed Tina. “I should’ve known that you were also a demon” yelled Tina.

“Well it’s a little to late” smirked Rachel. “Now you are trapped with demons, and we will satisfy our hunger with you” Rachel said.

“HELP!” yelled Tina.

“Scream as much as you want, but no one will save you or he other humans inside” Rachel said.

“What! There are more inside”.

“Yes and now we will cook you and satisfy our hunger”.

Now as the demons chained up Tina, Rachel and a few other demons got the cooking pot ready and their weapons. Now as they brought out the other people from inside, Tina saw that they all looked like kids who were younger than the age 18.

“Help!” yelled the kids.

Now as the demons got their weapons ready the king Dracula Ghost Fire suddenly appeared.

“What are you doing?” yelled King Dracula Ghost Fire.

All the demons quickly dropped all their weapons. They were shocked and wondered why the King would come down here. “Oh king what are you doing here,” said a shocked Rachel.

Before the King could answer Tina quickly picked up a knife that a demon dropped and cut the strings that kept her tied and then threw the knife at Rachel. Then there was a sudden uproar, and Tina quickly untied the other people and they all made a run for it. As they ran they all killed every demon in their reach.

“Run guys run” ordered Tina.

As they reached back home most demons ran away, and some died.

As the kids reached to the end of the forest they saw Tina's parents waiting for her. It was like a reunion. There were tears of joy.

The Giant By: Dylan Niederauer

Long ago, there was a beautiful necklace with the biggest diamond in the world in it. It was called the Giant! The Giant was held by the light side with the superhero named Captain Crunch. Captain Crunch, has a sidekick named Captain Kaplan. Captain Kaplan was a very mysterious, and shy kind of person but nobody expected him to do anything wrong. On the dark side was the evil villain Captain Miller. Captain Miller has been furious for decades because he hasn't had the Giant in his possession for a very long time.

Captain Kaplan secretly turned to the dark side to Captain Miller. The Giant gives the light side all of it’s power without it their nothing! Captain Crunch comes back to the light layer, and screams in agony, “AAAH where is the Giant!” He then looks at the security cameras to see what exactly happened to the Giant. Captain Crunch dazed and confused said “ Why would Captain Kaplan turn to the dark side?”

Soon after Captain Kaplan returned to the light layer and faked that he didn’t know what happened and he said “What happened to the Giant it was right here!”

Captain Crunch then follows along with Captain Kaplan’s little trick and says...

“Come here Captain Kaplan I have to show you something.”

“What? Oh the security cameras.”

“Yeah, so we can see who stole the Giant.”

Captain Crunch starts playing the video tape so Captain Kaplan throws a knife at the window and jumped out!

Captain Kaplan yelled “You’ll never catch me now.” And she rides away on his black motorcycle.

Captain Crunch returns to the light layer and recruits every single former superhero from the light side. Once everyone is there Captain Crunch says “Look guys the Giant has been stolen by the dark side.” One old superhero named Captain Vigs asked “Who stole the Giant.”

“The person who stole the Giant was my sidekick named Captain Kaplan.”

“Why would he steal it.”

“That is the one question I can not answer.”

“Now this is the game plan. I will make a distraction at the front of the layer, Captain Vigs will come down through the top of the layer, and your sidekick Captain Mat will swim under the moat to get into the layer, steal the Giant, and everything will be back to normal, with the light side holding the Giant.”

Everything worked out fine Captain Crunch made the distraction at the front, Captain Vigs went through the top, and Captain Mat swam under the moat, but there was one problem... Captain Crunch was captured and thrown in a dungeon, once Captain Vigs reached the top he fell straight down into the layer where the guards were standing, and after these two events Captain Kaplan expected Captain Mat to do something dumb like swim under a moat so they caught them all, and threw them into dungeon.

The dungeon was electric so they thought they had no hope. They then thought that if they throw water at the cell it would maou function. They threw water at it and it did maou function!

All three of them then charged at the security guards and knocked them out. They then slowly creeped up behind Captain Kaplan, and knocked him out then threw him in the moat to float around. Next it was just the three captains versus Captain...

Miller. The three captains snatch the Giant, and scurried out, but the gate was closing and only one person could make it out alive so, they played twenty first finger. Captain Crunch won, and got out but he had one problem Captain Kaplan covered in seaweed said “You will never get out alive!”

“YES I WILL!” Captain Crunch trips Captain Kaplan stomps on his head, and sprints for his life!

Captain Crunch returns to the light layer with his new sidekick named Skipper.

They then lived happily ever after.

Something Crazy By: Jordan Miller

“The name’s.... Shaun Pantke, Math teacher in disguise. My sidekick... Lisa Kusky. The fate of every donkey in the world is in our hands. And yes, I did say donkey. We’re racing against Jordan Millar to get the mystical banana and save the donkey race. Unfortunately Jordan Millar isn’t as cool as you would think he is. I mean speaking of his name, who named him Jordan Millar? That’s the funniest name I’ve ever heard. I mean... think about it. It’s so weird. What kind of name is Jordan Millar? Is it Asian... is it African... is it American... who knows? Anyway, the point is, we need

to get the mystical banana without getting sidetracked by Jordan Millar.”

[Laughing] “Oh, it never gets old.”

“Uh... who are you talking to?” asked Mrs. Kusky.

“Um... well... nobody” Replied Mr. Pantke.

“Ok,” she laughed, “the 7th graders in that school think your ‘wife’ is having a baby right?”

“Oh, you mean We Sthollow?” He joked. “The kids know I’m leaving, but they didn’t take it too well."

"Oh, and, uh, how is the name Jordan Millar funny" she asked.

"Nevermind that. Anyway, I came up with a plan. All we need to do to get the banana from Mexico is written on this iPad. We need to go to president George Lincoln Adams and borrow a helicopter, a weapon of some sort, money, and Doritos Locos Tacos from the Burrito Bell in Washington D.B. Then, once we have those items, we fly to Mexico, high enough so that border patrol officers don't see us, and we go to the coordinates listed right here. The coordinates are 3.1415926545897923684646233..."

"Isn't that just pi?" She asked.

"Yes, it is," He exclaimed, "it's confusing, but if we take the banana, bring it to an Italian pizza bakery, put cut banana slices as toppings, feed it to Stove Jebs, CEO of pineapple, the he will open a portal from India to the planet Pieyeasha

which is in the Milk Chocolaty Way Galaxy. When we get there, there will be a donkey that only speaks German. That donkey is one of the 5 donkeys left in the universe. So we will need a German translator to help us talk to the donkey. If we get that far, the donkey will tell us where to go next."

"How does the number pi have to do with anything?" She asked.

"You see, the coordinate of pi south and pi west is where we get the banana to make the pizza PIE to feed to Stove Jebs CEO of PIneapple to open the portal to Piyeasha to talk to the donkey named PAI using the translator named PIY.” “That’s very confusing” “I know. I said that before.”

“Ok.” “What I didn’t mention was that Jordan Millar needs the banana to save another species-the human species.”

“The human species is in danger?” she screamed.

“Yes, but why do we care? It’s only a nuclear bomb ready to blow up the earth.”

“WE SHOULD CARE! THAT MEANS WE COULD BE KILLED!” “What about the donkeys?”

“THAT DOESN’T MATTER! IF THE EARTH BLOWS UP DONKEYS WILL DIE TOO! You know, everything will die: gorillas, humans, donkeys, fish,

ANYTHING YOU COULD NAME! “So wha--” He paused. “What is that noise?” He whispered. A noise could be heard in the distance. It was Jordan on a jet pack.

“Mr. Pantke? I thought you said your wife had a baby!”

“Did I mention he will be in the class you’re teaching next week,” he whispered to Mrs. Kusky.

“This is Jordan Millar? I think he knows what he’s doing more than you do.

I trust him more than I trust you. I mean what were you thinking? letting the human race die? Just get out of here!”

“Make me!”

“Ok!” And in 35 blinks of an eye, he had been vaporized by another teacher named Mr. Travaglianti. Jordan Millar was able to stop the bomb before it went off, and the whole world lived happily ever after.

The Mystery of the Dodo

By: Dan Miele It all started in the forest museum at the Scandinavian Forest. The 20 million dollar dodo bird fossil found over a hundred years ago was one of the most rare fossils in all of history. A friendly policeman had the job to guard it. His name is Jed Fishlow of Melville, New York. One lonely night Fishlow was so drunk that he fell asleep while guarding the museum. There swooped in the dangerous men on the FBI most wanted list for 15 years. Jeremy Manchenko with his partner in crime Ben Ferbin were trying to capture the fossil. They had to be very careful because with the slightest movement Jed would wake up.

They slowly opened the gated

Jeremy Manchenko

fence to get the fossil. When they first saw it they couldn’t Ben Ferbin

believe what riches were in front of them. Carefully and silently

they slowly picked up the fossil. After capturing it they ran from the sound of the alarm. Jed Fishlow slow to act couldn’t catch the robbers in time. Jed was ashamed

and swore on his life he would get the fossil back.

The next morning, Fishlow went to visit an old friend to help solve the mystery.

“Hey Jake”, there stood his only partner Jake Lipskin. "I'm in deep trouble and I'm going to need your help", Jed said "meet me at the museum at three o’clock tomorrow” , Jake said yes and Jed left to go look at the security video.

The next day at three o’clock Jake arrived at the museum. They looked at the video and looked for all the clues they could find. After watching the video they found clues that might help, “We are able to see their faces and we are able to see how they got through the gate”, Jake stated “We can also see the license plate on their jeep and all the specifications of the car” ,Fishlow said. “On the window they broke into they also left various markings”, Jed urged. The markings said uotmnain1. Jake tried to decode it but it took him forever because there were so many different ways to decode it. After a couple hours, “FINALLY”, Jake announced. “The code is Mountain 1, the new ski mountain!”

The next day they went to the ski mountain and searched for a hide out. They found a small cave in the side of the mountain. As they walked in many traps were shot off and It got very dark extremely quickly. At the end of a tunnel the light shed into a big room that looked like a laboratory.

They could not see so clearly because of the bright lights, but they could make out footsteps of snow. There was a sign that they could not really make out. It said "ManFerbin." They kept saying that to themselves "ManFerbin, ManFerbin." And finally the figured it out. ManFerbin was a mix of Manchenko and Ferbin. They walked in the lab and caught the villains. There they seemed th dodo bird fossil.

They put I in the code mountain1 and got the fossil back. Later they called the cops and got them in trouble. The 2 boys died from death sentence.

"Finally we got the fossil", said Fishlow. The two boys went back to the museum and were loved by the museum managers. The fossil was finally placed back into its original spot.

The Stubborn Magician By: Rhea Mayall

“So there I was,” said the stubborn magician sitting on a beanbag chair eating a bag of chips, “when suddenly I heard a thump! and then I opened the front door when the sky opened up and spat a golden ticking box right at my face. Attached to it was a note with clues to how to open the box. I couldn’t believe it!” The magician scanned the faces of his audience in the cafe and knew at once he had them. He took a sip of

his coffee and cleared his throat before continuing.

“What is this?” he gestured in the air with his arms, knowing that his exaggerated movements would bring more onlookers. “But then it hit me! I could use my ability of magic to make the box disappear. Only if I knew how. I sat down and began thinking. There it was again the same thump only louder. I got up and opened the door. Standing there was a strange looking man with a beard and an eye patch on one eye. I curiously stared at him constantly. The strange man presented himself very confidently. “ Don’t you remember me?” he howled with anger. The magician took a few moments of silence to recall. “ Yes,Yes I do! you’re the famous magician that I used to work with your name is Hookabar” he said with excitement. “ Listen Hookabar, I need a huge favour. Well I was at home and I heard a thump at my front door, so I Got up and opened the door. Then BOOM! The sky opened up and spat a golden ticking box right at my face! Attached to it was a note with 3 clues to how to open the box but we had to work for these clues. “ Hookabar were going on an adventure!”

Hookabar was excited! “Lets go!” On our way to the Mysterious Island, We met a very creepy man his name was Banghra he said the same thing happened to him and he was also on a journey to find the same clues. So we included in the group and we all set out together. The Magician and Hookabar knew that

something was fishy. On our way we found our first clue it said “Run Northeast to Mystic Mountain and South of the Chocolate River.” We met face to face with some crocodiles along the way and when we finally completed the first clue we were on to our second which said “Good Job! you have completed the first clue here is your second go to Mount Everest and play the game River Raft in real life.”

The Magician looked at Hookabar with fear in his eyes. “ Well be better get going if we are gonna want to still open that box” Banghra acknowledged. We all agreed.

This Mission was hard the river raft was shifting from side to side just like as the wind was trying the blow a heavy metal box. None of us gave up. As soon as we survived the River Raft we moved on to our last clue. I said “ Congratulations! you are now on your last clue before victory. Now you will climb the Himalayas and then you would of reached the X with a key to open the box good luck!” As terrifying as this seems none of the 3 musketeers wanted to give up considering be so close. Halfway up the mountain Banghra started to complain. “ I want water!” he exaggerated on and on. We tried to ignore him and eventually it worked.

Hookabar was screaming with excitement! he could see the peak of the mountain.

Only 5 more minutes of climbing to do. As soon as they reached the top of the mountain Hookabar and the Magician screamed with excitement while Banghra Laughed with an evil tone. UH OH... Banghra stole the treasure and the key and jumped of the mountain! apparently Banghra thought he would have a safe landing

but of course that was definitely not the case in this situation. Banghra sat their laying flat on the rocky floor. The magician and Hookabar slowly and carefully made their way down the mountain without getting hurt. Banghra was dead!

“WOOHOO” screamed Hookabar and the Magician. They quickly took the treasure and the key and ran. It was told that Hookabar and the Magician moved away and became rich but we never knew what happened after that. The cafe cheered with glory. Everyone lived happily ever after.

The Adventure of a Lifetime

“Olivia,” yelled Riley, “we’re going to be so late!” “Ugh, stop I’m coming!”

Olivia exclaimed as she struggled down the stairs. “Ow!” shouted Olivia as she tripped on the last step and fell. Riley laughed as she picked her up as normal best friends would do. Riley and Olivia were only thirteen year old best friends on the way to the movies. They had no idea how things would change in the next few

hours.

They were so anxious as they waited on the huge line with the hundreds of people. Finally, when they got to the ticket booth, a loud siren goes off, whoooooo!

The manager of the movie theater came and said, “Congratulations! You girls are the 500th people in line! You win a surprise trip to a surprise destination!” “Oh my god!!!” Olivia gasped in excitement. “Let’s go! This is the best thing ever!!!” shrilled Riley. “Wait, I want to see the movie first...” said Olivia.

The next day the two of them got on the plane. They had no idea where they were going, but they knew that it was somewhere far away. The plane ride took at least 8 hours! They slept, played cards, played on their iPhones, and fell asleep again. When they finally got to the airport they were so relieved. As they stepped foot in the airport they both felt their stomachs growl. They walked down a long hall, but everything was in spanish for some strange reason they were about to find out. Right then there was a sign that read, “°Bienvenido a Españ a!” At the bottom of the sign, in small print, it said, “Welcome to Spain!” At that moment they both looked at each other and said “Ohhhh.”

They only knew a couple of simple things in Spanish, so it would be very difficult to find a place to eat or to get home. Riley thought she knew how to say “where is the restaurant?”, but she went around saying, “¿Donde esta la papelera?”

which means “where is the garbage can?”. People would look at them like they were crazy, and then just leave them because they didn’t know what Riley and Olivia were asking for.

“Oh! I know maybe dinner in spanish is dinero!” Olivia asserted.

They had no idea that dinero actually means money in English.

They found a person sitting and eating, what looked like McDonald’s. He was wearing a black shirt, blue jeans, and had a grey hat on his head. His prickly, grey, beard made him look kind of scary, but the two went up to him anyway. “øDonde esta el dinero?” Riley asked.

Suddenly the man’s eyes bugged out in shock, “¿El dinero? No tengo mucho dinero. ¿Tu tiene mucho dinero?” The man now thought the two girls had lots of money and that they wanted money from him.

Riley and Olivia were confused, so they walked away in search of help.

“There is something strange about that man,” Olivia stated. “Yeah, he kind of creeped me out,” answered Riley as they both looked back at him and shrugged.

A light bulb went off in Olivia’s head, “We can just buy an English to spanish dictionary!”

“Yeah! That would work! Instead of making up stupid words that don’t make sense.” Riley giggled and they both laughed.

They walked around the airport in search of a dictionary and found one!

First, they looked up what they had just said. “Dinero, dinero, dinero, dinero...”

Riley said under her breath, as she looked through the book. “Dinero!” She shouted in excitement. Olivia looked over Riley’s shoulder, “Money? I could’ve sworn it meant dinner,” she said with a sigh.

Finally, Olivia realized the strange man was looking for money! He was not a good guy! The girls turned to look out the store window and found the man looking right at them!

“We have to get out of here!” whispered Riley.

They bought the dictionary, and went to find food. They found a Dunkin’ Donuts and sprinted in. Olivia struggled as she tried to speak in spanish, “¿L...l...los nachos?” “Oliva, they don’t have nachos here! This is a Dunkin’ Donuts!” Riley laughed.

“We know how to speak English here,” admitted the cashier. “Oh my gosh, thank you,” Olivia said with a sigh of relief. “Can we just have like 5 bagels with cream cheese?” *** The trip they had won included two nights in a resort. This was good because all the people in the resort could speak English. The bad part was that they still had a feeling the bad man was watching them.

The weather for the next three days was 85 degrees and sunny! The hotel

was very modern, with lights that changed color, white furniture, buffets included, a pool with a huge, beautiful deck, and the resort was next to a beach. “Riley this is sick!” Olivia announced with excitement. “I know! I guess this trip will turn out as good as we thought it would!” assured Riley.

They tanned, swam, sipped through coconuts, and even got massages! They decided to just relax on the lounge chairs for a while. Riley and Olivia were in bathing suits, headphones, and sunglasses. Olivia opened her eyes and lowered her sunglasses to look around. Olivia gasped and screamed while she slapped Riley’s arm, “Riley! Riley!” With a huge groan Riley said, “WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!”

“The weird, creepy man! That’s him! He still thinks we have whatever money he is looking for!” Olivia yelled. She was freaking out while Riley was trying to calm her down. “I’m sure everything will be fine. We can tell one of the managers about him and he won’t bother us again,” Riley said confidently.

“I hope you’re right because he seems like one of those freak shows,” Olivia said.

“If I didn’t know you, I would think you were a freak show too,” giggled Riley and they walked inside laughing together. They ate their lunch and soon forgot about the man. They talked about school, camp, and friends. They realized how homesick they really were even though they had everything they could ever ask for. They missed their families and their regular lives.

“Can we just stay here until we are scheduled to leave? Like when are we ever going to get a free trip to Spain again?, “ Riley paused, “Yup, that’s right.

Never.”

“I didn’t even think of it that way! We can do whatever we want without our parents nagging us about what’s right and wrong!” Olivia remarked.

“Now you’re getting it!”

The girls did about everything they weren’t allowed to do at home. They ate as much food, dessert, and candy as possible! They didn’t have to listen to any adult, they went swimming whenever they felt in the mood, they didn’t have parents telling them when to shower, brush their teeth, or tell them what to wear. It felt like paradise to them. The girls had the most fun they could ever have in just a couple of days. Soon enough the girls got tired. They laid on the couches in their suite as their eyelids grew heavy and came to a close. *** They couldn’t believe their journey was coming to an end. The two best friends were still a little frightened about that strange man, but they realized they had each other for comfort.

As they packed their bags to go home they realized how great their big adventure had been. They had solved problems, been independent, and fought their fears. They even learned some spanish, not really, but a little bit. Their friendship

was stronger than ever.

Even though they would miss the paradise life, they would soon be home, and back to their normal teenage lives. The plane ride back was just the same as the one there, but Riley and Olivia now had a new and improved experience not just on taking trips, but on their own friendship. They now knew nothing could ever break them apart, not even a robber coming after them. All they needed was each other.

The Not So Perfect Summer... In the Darkroom By: Emma Boudin The long road was bumpy and lonely. Amber Wilson and her best friend, Maggie Calvin were driving up to Papa Willy’s old farm. ìAre we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?î repeated Amber.

She must have been that annoying because Maggie woke up. She had been sleeping the whole car ride there. Amber being the anxious and peppy girl she is couldn’t fall asleep because she way too excited.

The navigation demanded, ì Make a left turn, your destination is 5 minutes ahead.î Amber couldn’t believe it all this hard work in school actually payed off because she will be able to spend the best summer of her life with her best friend. As they

got closer and closer she could already smell the fresh hay and hear the cows mooing. First Maggie hopped out of the car, then Amber. Amber saw Papa in the corner of her eye. Leaving Maggie alone ,she sprinted towards him. He had his arms wide and open. He always gives the best hugs. That’s what he’s known for.

She took in a big sniff. He always smells the same, a mixture of cigar smoke, fresh hay, and his manly cologne. ìI’ve missed you kiddo.î, he said in his raspy tone.

His breath reeked of cigar smoke. ìI’ve missed you too Papa!î Amber looked to her left and saw a big shack.

She thought to herself for a moment, then questioned, îWhat’s that behind you?î Papa laughed for a moment and pointed gesturing for her to go over to it. She walked into the shack with him and Maggie. The room was a dark red and had pictures hanging all around it. There were 2 sinks with water in them with a light hanging about 3 feet away from the sink. ìWhat is this place?î, Maggie hollered. ìWelcome to the dark room, it’s a new hobby, when I was a child I had a passion for photography, but that doesn’t get you anywhere, so I decided to add it to the farm.î Amber and Maggie looked at each with big eyes. They were astonished.

Maggie had a look in her eye that Amber thought was a little suspicious of. Then

Maggie opened her mouth to say something and then closed it.

Then Papa addressed, ìDo y’all wanna get settled in your room?î He grinned and said, ìLemme have your bags.î The girls gave him their bags and then snooped around the farm. Amber went to the pigs and Maggie stayed by the darkroom. ìHey Maggie, help me feed the pigs!î ,babbled Amber. ìI’m doing something, you can go by your self.î , answered Maggie.

Why was she being so rude? She wasn’t going to let Maggie ruin her day.

Papa screamed out, ìI’m comin’ down!î The girls ran to the barn stairs.

Papa brought them up to where they were staying which was in the attic above the barn. It was old and dusty. Cobwebs filled the slim room. As well as the smell of mildew and moth balls. There was a window that overlooked the farm. One queen sized bed, a little t.v. and a bathroom. It was dawn and both girls were very tired from their long car ride. Both girls went into the bathroom washed up and hopped into the big queen bed . ìAre you ok?î , Amber questioned. ìYeah ,why?î , Maggie rudely mumbled. There was an awkward silence.

Then Amber remarked ,ìYou have been acting a little weird, like today when I asked you to help me with the pigs.î ìI TOLD YOU I’M FINE! Lets just go to sleep.î ,screamed Maggie.

Amber, scared to death, had never ever seen Maggie act this way. Amber didn’t feel well now. She shut her pale light eyes and went to sleep.

Creeeek. Eeeerrkkk. Amber woke up to hearing creeks down the barn stairs.

Frightened, she turns her head to wake up Maggie, only to find that Maggie was not there. Slowly and steadily she removed the old and dusty comforter that probably has been up here for decades. She put both feet on the floor. Her teeth chattered, the floor was ice cold. Lifting her toes up she walked towards the door.

The door knob made a squeaking noise as she turned it. Amber took her head and leaned it against the outside of the door. She saw a shadow. Chills went up her spine. As the shadow walked closer Amber figured out who it was. It was Maggie!

Her feet dragged towards her Papas darkroom. What was she doing there? Amber thought to herself. Amber walked down the squeaky barn stairs. It was pitch black and she could not see a thing. Maggie walked in the direction of the red light.

Amber followed. Maggie checked her surroundings before entering the dark room.

Amber ducked. Maggie walked into the room as if she was hiding something.

Amber looked through the little peep-hole window on the side of the shack. She watched Maggie, still not really understanding what she was doing. Maggie took her hands and stuck them into the sinks. Then she stuck her hands into a sack she was carrying. At that moment she realized what she was doing. She was stealing her Papa’s photos. She had to do something and she had to think of a plan quickly.

She thought of a plan. She picked a rock and threw it at the window and then ran up to the attic into the bed. About 5 minutes after she felt something crawl into her bed, of course she knew who it was but she didn’t say anything. The next morning she woke up early and went down to check out the dark room. The night before Maggie had left the pictures in the dark room. When Amber went to the room the pictures weren’t there. Amber was starting to get really curious. She walked back up to the attic and heard Maggie talking. She was on speaker phone with someone who had a deep voice. Amber pressed her body against the outer wall of attic. ìDid you get the pictures?î ,the deep voice bellowed. ìI have them hidden, I was in the dark room last night and someone threw rocks at the window. I just thought it was safer to hide them and leave.î ìAlright, I’ll be here in two days, meet me by the garden at midnight.î Maggie hung up the phone.

Amber ran into the room. Maggie’s eyes oppened big. ìI heard the whole thing. Who was that? And what pictures?î ,scoffed Amber Maggie looked so guilty. She denied, ìThat was my grandfather and the pictures are Papas pictures.î Amber totally forgot, Maggie’s grandfather owns a farm in California. There grandparents are enemies. Maggies grandpa is always trying to ruin Papas farm.

No wonder Maggie wanted to come up with Amber this summer.

ìWhat does he want?î, Amber said emphasizing the he. ìHe wants Papas pictures along with the whole dark room shack.î ,Maggie as well as Amber emphasized the he. ìYou’re my best friend and don’t want our grandfathers relationships to get between us.î said Maggie as if she was innocent. Maybe she was? ìHey how about this, I will give you the pictures only if you do one thing for me.î Amber asked , ìWhat?î ìYou have to earn the pictures, I will give you an easy hint and you have to find them. Sort of like a scavenger hunt ,but with one really easy hintî Amber agreed to what Maggie was saying. They went to sleep and the next morning Maggies hint was posted in there room next to their bed.

The hint read: Grandpa’s phone call There was also a note under the hint. That read: Good morning Amber....I am hiding in the spot where your hints says to go. Find me and the pictures by midnight and the pictures are yours. Don’t find and the pictures me. The pictures are mine. Good luck.

-Maggie Amber thought for a moment and ran to the first place that came to mind.

The garden.

As soon as she got there Maggie was waiting with the pictures held tightly between

her two thumbs and pointer fingers. ìAH HA, you found me, the pictures are yours to keep.î, Maggie uttered.

She struggled to give the pictures to her. Maggie released and Amber swung back.

Amber didn’t really mind but she was very confused.

Amber asked Maggie with a lost look on her face, ìWhy did your grandpa want my Papas pictures?î Maggie replied, ìI don’t know, he was jealous and didn’t want your pop to get more than he already had.î Amber then said, ìWe all should be happy with what we have because once it’s gone, its gone. I guess we learned a lesson be happy with what you have and don’t take you life for granted.î Maggie smiled and said,î You’re right.î Then the two watched the sun set fall by the toasty fire Papa had set up.

They waved their marshmallows over the fire.

What an interesting week Amber thought to herself. She looked at Maggie and hugged her because she knew she had a great friend and knew they would look back on this week and think of it as a big silly nothing.