Collected short stories

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Collected short-stories Between the 3 euro

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Written from January to March 2014

FALL IN LOVE IN THE SUBWAY Once upon a time there was a girl whose name was Cate. She was blond and had always tight air. She had green wonderful eyes, an average size. She was shy and hardworking. She loved reading romantic books, it was her favorite hobby. She took every day the subway from her school, in Oxford, to the house of her mum Mary, in Bristol.

She loved taking the subway. For her, it was the ideal place to read. Actually she was reading “Apples are like Diamonds”. When she was reading, people around her were like ghosts. She felt alone with her book. Sometimes she took line number 4 to have more time to finish her homework or books. There weren't many people on this line. It made her nervous. There were only old and weird people. One day, a strong man came on this line, he began to scream and took her bag. She was frightened. The thief started to run, Cate followed him until he disappeared in the crowd. Cate realized that she was lost. She didn’t know this place. She was miserable, sad, and desperate. This guy had stolen all she had; her keys, her cellphone, her homework and her books. What was she going to do?

She didn’t know what to do. She had lost everything. Should she go to the police? Finally, she was too tired to continue to think about it.

She walked to her house because she was afraid of the thief. She looked in the shadow and rushed. When she arrived in her house, she her heart was pounding. She went to her bedroom, she fell and spread in her bed. She began to sleep when someone rang at the door.

She came in the corridor and opened the door, she saw her bag. She was relieved all her things were inside but she found a ring, and had lost her favorite pencil case.

It was mysterious… how did her bag come here? And who got it back to her? She was happy but she wanted to know who this person was… When she came back to school all her friends were worried for her, because Cate wasn’t as usual. At lunch, she preferred to eat alone. Suddenly a boy went to sit next to her. She had never met him before. He began to speak: "Why is a beautiful girl like you eating alone? " Cate surprised looked at him and replied, "Sometimes it’s difficult you know, I have never met you before, my name is Cate nice to meet you."

"I’m Jason, nice to meet you too. In reality, I see you every morning in the subway, reading books, you look so interesting."

"Oh yeah, I love reading. It’s my passion."

"Apples are like diamonds is a good choice miss, you will appreciate the end…"

"Don’t tell me! Do you like reading too?"

"I’m the best reader in the school Catty!"

"Ah ah, I don’t think so!"

The next day.

The following day, after school, before she climbed in the subway, Jason took her by the hand.

"Surprise!"

"Why didn't you go to school today?"

"I was preparing a surprise for you."

"What surprise?"

"If I tell you, it’s not a surprise, come with me."

Jason took her to a dolphin park. It was his surprise. She couldn’t believe her eyes, it was a very good surprise, she was happy. Jason pushed Cate in the water and jumped too. They swam with the dolphin together. When they went out, Cate realized that she was wet and Jason gave her a beautiful black dress and sang a song for her. He asked her if she had tried the ring, she said yes and understood. Jason was the thief of the subway. Jason tried to kiss her but Cate pushed him away. Jason didn’t understand.

"Why are you angry Catty?"

"Don’t call me Catty please!"

"Cate … stop please…"

"Is it you? Did you steal my bag on the line 4?"

"Look at these flowers Catty, would you like one?"

"You’re horrible! You played with me! Why did you do that? I thought you were different."

Cate came back at home, she was sad and disappointed. Why had Cate fallen in love with her thief. She was lying on her bed and listening to bad music. Suddenly a rock bumped against the window. The first time, Cate didn’t pay attention to it, but after she decided to stand up. She discovered Jason in her garden with her favorite flowers: blue roses. He looked at her and said: "I’m sorry for everything, please forgive me, look at this sunset… the sky is on my side, you can’t say no!"

"Ah, ah I don’t think so. It will rain in one hour."

"Cate, I love you, when I did this I wasn’t myself. I wanted to get to know you, but it wasn’t a good idea."

"You want to read my diary maybe? Stop Jason, stop lying."

"I don’t lie, I love you."

Cate decided to go down to see Jason.

"Can you repeat?"

"I love you Cate, give me another chance…"

"Only if you give me back my pencil case."

Jason kissed her under the beautiful sunset, they made a cute couple with an amazing story, like a book, don't you think?

By Ornella and Cristina.

What on Earth?!

The cops came next to the car, after examining it carefully, he asked Merle to open his window: “- Paper of the vehicle, the police man asks.

-Hmm… I don’t know how to say it but..... “Merle punched him in the face and bawled: -F*CK!!!

- God damn, Merle, what the hell?!

-Daryl, sh*t the f*ck up and drive!

-Assh*le !

Daryl started the car, and drove on the route 66.

The man left with blood on his face because he was well beaten. But Daryl and Merle aren’t dealers, there are outsiders. The outsiders work in secret to save someone whose government considers crime as without interest. Daryl and Merle are brothers and he is the creator of a machine and this machine is spying people 24/7 to detect danger. Authorities believe they are criminals because where the outsiders go there are damages. Daryl returned to the hideout which is a disinfected library located in New York.

But the thing you don’t know is why Daryl and Merle are dealers. It’s because Daryl’s girlfriend, named Julia, is a dealer, so Daryl, to protect her, is a double-agent, and it is very helpful to have a false identity. But, Daryl has to move everywhere with a gun. Suddenly, Merle’s machine announces an explosion in a supermarket, but Julia came in this supermarket to buy cucumber. If she died all the people in the USA will know she is a gangster and will know who the outsiders are because there was a text from Daryl to her to explain it. Daryl was so scared hearing this news, he ran to supermarket... But it was too late.

Daryl took the car and drove to the supermarket. He arrived in front of the shopping center but it was on fire. He called Merle with his cell phone to inform him. Daryl came in the supermarket and swung a goyava.

Daryl was crazy about Julia and they planned to go in Russia for his birthday. He looked for Julia who was in the building. He ran everywhere. He saw Julia but a man was strangling her. Daryl came next to the man and punched him right into his face. Daryl and Julia went out from the supermarket.

But once, they came out of the supermarket, they saw an orange gas : the Nova 6 !!! This gas turns any being - human and animals - who breathes it into zombie. And there was a dog ! The dog bit Julia, and then she turned into a zombie. Her beautiful face fell apart and her hand fell on the floor. Daryl and Merle couldn't know it because the Nova 6 was stuck here before Merle created his machine. The man who was strangling Julia took off his sweat-shirt, and we saw the Batman sign. He screamed "I'm Batman !".

Then Merle and Batman began to fight. Batman was very impressive and he won easily. Julia was now an alien. Merle had to save Julia, if Julia went outside, the government will be forced to send a Nuke to save the rest of the world. Merle ran out but he slipped on a banana. Merle fell on the ground, and because of this he couldn't move anymore, so Daryl went out to save Julia. He took the car and went to the hospital. He took a syringe and a glass bottle and he filled up the syringe and the bottle. Daryl returned to the supermarket and injected the antidote in Julia and threw the bottle in the tank gas. Then the gas became painless and Julia, who became front head on every channel of the TV became a human again.

Emilien and Alban

The Stranger

In England, for a few years, a beautiful woman was used to taking the subway to go to work. She always sat at the same place, and, one day, she realized that a man often sat in front of her. He wore black clothes, he was very shy. She wanted to know him. She wanted to speak with him but she was a little scared by this stranger. Usually she didn’t speak with this kind of person but, she found him very attractive. One day, he forgot his subway ticket so she paid one for him, and she talked with him. She was very friendly and naïve so she shared all her secrets with him. At work, she found an apple in her bag … She thought that it was him who had put the apple in her bag. “He’s very friendly”, she thought, “I want to thank him.” But, the day after, the man wasn’t in the subway. Where was he? She wanted to meet him. She loved him. Why wasn’t he here?

She waited for him on the road; she walked to the next subway stop and in order to spend the time, she ate the apple. She found a piece of paper in the apple where a phone number was written. But she had forgotten her smartphone at home. Once at home, she looked for it and she found it. She called the number but it didn’t answer. She was sad because she thought about the mysterious man who looked like George Clooney.

A while later, she went to Hollywood to meet George Clooney. But the gate was closed so she climbed over it. She looked for him in all the studios. Suddenly, she saw him. She ran to him and he said that it was him in the subway. Finally, he invited her to a restaurant. She was crazy about him, she took his hand and they went to the restaurant.

The waiter asked her if she was all right. She answered she was fine. He asked why she was speaking to herself and she answered that she wasn’t speaking to herself. Finally, the waiter called a doctor. The doctor spoke with her and he took her to a psychiatric hospital. The doctor understood that she was becoming crazy after the death of her husband. The stranger was only in her head.

The END

By Amaury and Esteban

THE ENCOUNTER My name is Peter Folton, known as “the man of the metro”. I’m always looking at the floor, wearing a black outfit. People were scared of me, and I was scared of them. I would never show my face, I’m ashamed of it. I would go out of my home, only to do the same way I do every day: I would go to the closest underground station from, take the line C and I would walk to the cemetery. Every week I would change the flowers on my wife’s tomb. My wife died on the 11 September 2001, I was with her, I did survive and I still survive, I’m not alive, I can’t. My scars remind me of them every day.

On this day, I woke up a little panic-stricken because I had dreamt of the flag of United States with a lot of blood. After I saw raspberries that made me think again of my dream, and I ate them. After, as usual, I went out to take the subway to go to the cemetery to see my wife. This day was special because it was her birthday, and I decided to buy a bouquet of beautiful red flowers and to make a beautiful album of my wife and I. Before entering the subway, I saw a beautiful young woman, and she made me think about my wife. But suddenly I saw a man pushing the woman on the rails.

The man had a knife, the women was so scared. I was afraid too, but it was 3:02 pm, the next subway came at 3:05, we had to hurry. So I gathered my strength, jumped on the rails, and I run.

-Take my hand! I said.

-I can’t! She said.

So I run even faster, I touched her hand and took her. I bore here out of the rails. She jumped on me, and thanked a million times. We got out of the subway, and talked about our life, it was the first time somebody talk to me in a longtime, and she wasn’t scared of me. We found cops on the street, and explained our story. She said that this man was in the hood too when she did her jogging.

After these events, we took a taxi to go to a café, but unfortunately there were lots of red headlights. When we arrived, there weren’t a lot of people so we sat at a table and she drank a cup of tea and we ate little cupcakes together. We spoke a lot about herself, about myself, about the past and the future. She told me about David Beckham, her favorite soccer player and that she loved him so much! That she was lucky enough to meet him and she will never forget this meeting. But when she spoke to me, with her beautiful blue eyes, I saw her intimidating gaze and I put my hands over hers and I thought we began to be in love…

She offered me to come to her home. So we decided to take a pizza on the way. When we arrived in her home, there was a weird smell. All the furniture was black, it was ugly. A black cat jumped on me.

-What happened here? I said.

-I just did a little trick!

-Are you a witch?

She was so weird when she talked to me. Her face had changed, her eyes were black now, and she became ugly. It was so beautiful to be true, I wanted to runaway now, so I took the emergency staircase. And I saw three zombies who came to me in the street…

I was so afraid. And I didn’t understand why there was nobody in the street, there were only the zombies and I. The weather was scary, with a lot of big clouds and flashes of lighting. I was a little panic-stricken, the girl that I began to be in love with, this girl who was so beautiful was actually a witch. No! It was impossible! I didn’t want to think about that. Suddenly, I saw a unicorn in the sky.

It was so beautiful and it watched me. When it arrived on the ground the zombies died and the weather was good with no clouds and lightings. The girl came and she was not a witch anymore, I understood that it was an evil spell. She said that she was really in love. Six month later, I proposed, she just said “yes”.

Pauline and Laura

The mysterious man of the train On 12th April 1981, Monday, at 8:51 A.M when I was a teenager, I was waiting for a train to go to London for the first time. 5 minutes before the departure, I was with my mother who was sad and worried because I was going in unknown land. Suddenly, I found a clover under my bag. I decided to put it in my purse. We were about five miles from London and the train inspector asked for our identity cards. My mother gave it to him but the man told us that our tickets weren’t valid anymore and that we had to get off the train and wait for the police in a waiting room at the train station of London. I was bored, it was so long … My mother decided to go to the ticket office to know if we could leave the train station and go back tomorrow. The room was gloomy and little. There were only three chairs and a guard was drinking a coffee with a friend who was eating an apple. I walked in a narrow corridor to find the toilet when suddenly, a man hit me on the head. When I woke up I was in a car, in a big car. Two men were talking one of them spoke about Australia.

I didn’t know where I was. I heard a zipper. I was terrified. What was happening to me? My eyes were wide open. I was in a bedroom, a dark bedroom. I was alone, alone, alone … There was a grey bed, a reinforced door and a clock. I looked at the clock, it was 00.00 AM. There was also a black table. I saw a glass. I was so thirty. I drank what was in this glass. My eyes were closing and everything was blurry to me. All of a sudden something hit me. I don’t remember what happened next. I think I slept for a long time. When I woke up I was in a little room. There were only a bed and a chair, a wicker chair. I was panic stricken. I seemed to be alone. There was no noise, only the sound of a plane landing. I was probably next to an airport.

There was a little window with yellow curtains. On a wall, a poster was glued it, it was so dark but I thought it was Dora drawn on it. Maybe I was in the room of a little girl. I was really scared and I started to worry. I heard a sound in the corridor. Someone was coming. I ran to the chair, I sat on it and I closed my eyes. Two men entered the room. They threw a bucket full of water on me. I screamed! After the shock, I opened my eyes. I saw two men with dark clothes and brown eyes. They were bald. One of them had a black cat and he wore only one shoe. In my left arm, I saw two little bites of maybe the dark cat. Suddenly, they gave me a plate of food. I ate it because I was starving.

One of the two men stood up. He was very tall! He said : “Hello Mrs White, do you know why you are here?"

"Excuse me but there is a little problem …"

"Which one?"

"I’m not Mrs White … I’m Mrs Black!"

"Oh my god, really?"

"Yes and I will kill you!!!”

I stood up and I was heading towards them … What would I do? The men were very anxious. One of them was next to the window, the other was outside the room. I heard him talking to someone. Maybe it was the boss. 2 minutes later, the door was opened and the second bald man entered the room with another man. I recognized immediately the mysterious man of the train. He caught my arm and told me to follow him. He was carrying a black bag. We went outside the house, we were in a little house in a wood, a socket was ready on the edge of the road (if we could call it road), the man threw the bag in the socket. The boss told me to sit down it in the car. He sat down in the car and drove for … I don’t know … two or three hours. On the bench seat there was a blanket with elephants embroidered on it. The car suddenly stopped. It was dark; the man went outside of the car and told me to go outside too. He gave me a blanket and sat down in the car.

I was alarmed … I thought “maybe someone is going to come to kill me” I was terrified and panic-stricken, I was alone. There was a sign on the edge of the road on it was written “Holmes Chapel”. I was relieved because I was in England but I missed my mother. I believe that, at this moment I was really really really alone for the first time of my life. It was really cold. I was frozen and I fell asleep. When I woke up I was at the police station, my mother was here, next to me. I was so so so relieved; I realized that I loved her so much. The policeman asked me questions about the 3 men. Three months later we knew that they had been arrested and that they were in a jail in Australia for a loooong time.

Castille and Lorine

The First Time Charlie is a seventeen years old, she is living with her parents and her little brother who is ten years old in Mullingar, Ireland. She is fond of theater and singing : she takes arts classes, she likes chilling out, going out with friends, travelling. She is very bold ; every morning she takes the underground and always sits on the same seat : she always sees that boy in the opposite subway. She likes reading : when she is in the subway she always reads a book about Australia, it is her favorite book ! She went to Australia when she was young and has wonderful memories.

One day when she comes back to her house, she realizes, she has lost her book ; she is very worried.

Maybe somebody stole her book when she was at school or in the subway ! She calls her bestfriend with her Iphone and Eleanor, her bestfriend answers : - Hello lovely ! –says Eleanor - Hey, I need your help El’ !

- What’s wrong ?!

- I’ve lost my book… You know… The book!

- Oh … ok meet me at the platform where you take your subway in two hours, then we’ll deal about it !

- Ok ! Thank s! Love !

Charlie starts to feel a little bit relieved. Two hours later: Charlie is going to be late then she starts to run when she arrives, she sees her bestfriend with an ice-cream. After spending time with her bestfriend she bumps into a boy : “ - Oh I’m sorry ! –says Charlie - It’s okay… I’m Harold ! And you ?

- Charlie.

- Oh I found a book and there was a name…. Hum Charlie James : I got up in the subway !

- Oh really ?! It’s mine !

- Oh nice !

- How can I thank you ?!

- Let me invite you , then I’ll give you your book.

- Ok ! Hum Where ?

- In Starbucks Coffee ? At 8 o’clock !”

Later : While she’s walking to Starbucks, she bumps into someone… It’s Cara Delevingne… Her idol !

“- Oh I’m really sorry Cara !

-It’s okay don’t worry !!

-Nice to meet you !

-It’s a pleasure to meet a fan ! I would like to speak with you but I’ve to go !

-Thank you bye ! » After that , she sees Harold with a lovely blue T-shirt ! When they arrive at Starbucks, Charlie is very happy, both are smiling ! She takes a coffee with some cookies and Harold takes a white moka and cheescake and suddenly Harold asks a question to Charlie : « -Do you love me ?

-Oh Harold… Yes I love you but you are ugly !

-Are you kidding ?

-No, that’s very kind of you to give me back my book but…

-Okay I understand…

-Harold I’m sorry ...

-No, you’re not !

-Please… Listen to me…

- I Have to go. “ Some years later, Charlie has never seen Harold since the last night and she regrets her behavior : she is depressed.

Conclusion : you always have to be nice with everyone !

Lola and Nelly

The strange history of Mr. Little It was in the north of America around the 1970’s. For a few months, a man was sought by the police. They had to look in all the cars. The man was in his car, he was 44 years old. He had black hair and glasses. His car was stopped. He saw the police in his mirror. He took an orange in his bag and began to eat it, it was twelve o'clock so he was really hungry.

The policeman came to his car and knocked at the window. The man opened the window and the policeman asked him his identity papers, he looked at them and said: Mr. Little, you are under arrest, follow me to the police office!

When they arrived, the policeman said to Mr. Little he was accused of having stolen a secret defense document. Mr. Little was really confused and worried because he was on the road to go to the airport. He had to go in the south of America for some business.

The policeman came to Mr. Little and said: We are sorry, but we have to keep objects in your car like a knife. In an envelope with some documents! But the document was coded. The policeman couldn’t read it. That night, the man decided to escape. At midnight he saw the policeman sleeping. He took the gun that the policeman had. He went out. He looked for the airport, he didn’t see it. He was cold so he decided to go to the supermarket to find a scarf. He ran everywhere to find it. He decided to give up. His plane was leaving soon. He was desperate. Suddenly a man screamed his name ‘’Jake’’, he stopped immediately. It was a policeman. Mr. Little began to run but the policeman took out his gun and aimed at Jake. He puts his hands up and the policeman took him in the police car and returned to the office. Mr. Little was put in a cell and an officer stayed next to the door. The officer began to sing and Jake asked him to stop, he didn’t want to and said he was happy so he was allowed to sing. The phone rang, it was a policeman who asked the officer for a security team because a V.I.P was arriving at the airport, it was Bruno Mars. Mr. Little was disappointed because his plane had already left so he would never go on his business trip. So the officer had to go and another policeman came to look after him, he had a red cap. Only a red cap, Mr. Little could see his underwear. He thought he was maybe a crazy man. He asked him to open the door but he didn’t answer. When he turned he could see a squirrel. He was amazed because he didn’t see squirrels after. Mr. Little was alone because the man had left. He dug an underground tunnel. He knocked his toe against a rock. When he had finished he danced when he saw his plane leaving. He decided to take a taxi and returned to his house. To this day nobody has heard of Mr. Little again.

Caroline and Alice

Emma’s party Once upon a time in California, there was a girl who is 15 years old but in a week, she’s going to be 16 years old!

Emma has got brown hair and green eyes. For this event, she wants to organize a big party in her house. After many discussions with her parents, the answer is positive! She is very happy and impatient!

The day of the birthday finally arrives. She’s excited and everything is ok: her parents have left the house and she is waiting for her friends. Suddenly, she hears a knocking at the door, so she runs and opens it. It’s Mary, her best friend! She invites her to sit down and offers her some cranberries because it’s her favorite fruit.

After that, her other friends arrive and the party can begin. Everyone is dancing or talking, but Emma decides to interrupt this moment: “This is time for presents!” Her friends come and offer presents one by one. A necklace, a bracelet…A trip toAustralia too! The necklace is from a boy. Dan. He’s crazy about Emma but she doesn’t know it… At the end of the party, she looks for the necklace but it isn’t there!

What happened at Emma’s party? Emma is panic stricken! She asks her friends, who haven’t left but they don’t know. She is desperate! Dan hasn’t already left, he asks what’s happened.

She tells him that she hasn’t found the necklace… Dan suggests going with him, to see her friends who have left. Emma takes her keys and they go out in the street. But when they arrive at the car, the door is open! On the radio, there is a song by Rihanna and the sound is very loud, everyone in the street can hear it! Dan and Emma decide to enter the car and to go and see their friends. When they arrive at the first house, they are very surprised.

In fact, there is a wallet, a purple wallet on the floor. Emma takes it and looks if there is money inside, and there are fifty dollars! Suddenly, Dan has an idea. He wants to buy another necklace to Emma. She says “it’s so cute!” but she wants to discover what happened at her birthday and to find the real necklace.

They enter in the house but her friend, Catty doesn’t know. Then after visiting others friends, they come back at Emma’s house. She is so sad, but when they arrive at the door, there is a box.

Emma opens it. Inside, there is a beautiful dress but on her legs; a spider comes out of the box. Emma shouts! She is afraid. What is happening to me? She decides to drink some squash juice which is on the table to be less stressed. Dan comes and comforts her; he puts his hand on her shoulder and she calms down. Suddenly, she hears the sound of the police alarm and she goes out to see what happens.

A policeman comes to Emma with a present in his hands: this is the most beautiful necklace that she has ever seen! After that, she hears another sound. This is the sound of her alarm! She wakes up and her mother opens the door; “Happy birthday Emma!”

By Justine and Alexandra

At first sight.

It all started yesterday, on 25th January 2012.

I came back from school, I was in a subway and I was reading my favorite book, «At first sight» when suddenly the train stopped abruptly. I was surprised because we hadn't arrived yet and at this precise moment I saw in the other train next to me which was stopped like my train a boy who was reading « At first sight» like me. I was shocked because in general, boys don't like the same kind of book. I thought he was 16 years old. He seemed happy because I saw him smile. He raised his head and looked at me in the eyes. His eyes were heavy.

After he looked at my book and seemed amazed, he was eating a red apple. Suddenly a weird person came in his train and he had a gun in his left hand and a watch on his left wrist. He continued to walk and went in the other wagon. The voice in the train of the boy said: «A murder who has killed six people is on the train in the direction of Paris in France, you have to keep your calm and not move. The police will arrive to save you». I looked at the boy and he was really horrified.

When people heard that, they were terrified and began to panic and jostled against us. Suddenly, someone threw my scarf on the floor. I wanted to get it back but I bumped into a chair.

I woke up, I had a horrible headache and I looked around and I was surprised, I was in a blue bedroom and in a bed. Suddenly, the door opened, and I saw the boy with my scarf and an umbrella and he smiled and was all wet.

I understood that the boy came back from outside. He continued to smile and that made me worried. At one moment, I needed to ask him to know who the boy in front of me was, so I said: «Who are you and why are you here? How did you enter my house? And my bedroom!» His answer was: « I'm a special correspondent of Michael Jackson. I'm here because he wants to meet you. He told me you've sent a beautiful and touching blue letter. He was really happy when he had read that, so you have to come with me. And to answer your questions, I entered your house because you had forgotten to close your door.» I didn't know what I had to think about that and if his story was true but the letter which I had sent was really blue. I said: «I think I have nothing to lose, so I will come, just let me get dressed». He put a pair of glasses which hid his hard gaze.

I decided to follow him and when I opened the door of my house, I was really surprised because there was an enormous horse-drawn coach with beautiful horses in front of me. The man said: «Come in please». I didn't have time to think about it and I climbed in the horse-drawn coach. I was really trembling because I didn't know where we were going.

One hour later, I arrived and I saw a gigantic and wonderful hotel. I went in there and a butler made me welcome, we went in Michael Jackson's bedroom and I saw him, he was putting on his fabulous jacket and his famous gloves. When he saw me he smiled and moved forward and handed me a red rose. When I touched the red rose, I felt a strange sensation.

I opened my eyes and I realized everything was just a dream. I asked myself a lot of questions and for example how could it seem so real. I had the sensation that the flowers were real at the meeting with Michael Jackson.

I saw a present on my table and I opened it.

It was a red rose...

Nadia, Carole and Julie

The Last Train ď ’

Two years after the Second World War, Olivia, a pretty woman who was twenty two years old, went to see her brother Alexandre, who had fought in the Second World War and who had lost his hands, like every month.

So she was in the train when she had an unpleasant sensation as if someone was watching her.

She turned around and looked at the train station but people seemed normal. However, she began to be very afraid and to feel uncomfortable so she hurried up and looked for her train. Suddenly, a voice said "The train for Russia is going to leave the train station". So she ran and managed to get it. She felt relieved. She was looking for her bottle of water and she touched something new. It was a card but it wasn't hers , a homeless person was trying to sell oranges to passengers. She drank water from her bottle but it tasted bad! It was weird; her head began to hurt and spin, spin, spin... The homeless person watched her strangely... Suddenly, a hand covered her mouth! She understood, it was poison... someone had poisoned her!

When she woke up her head felt dizzy but she saw she wasn't in the train station. She tried to move but she couldn't! She was tied by a rope, she looked around, there was a ruler which was broken so she tried to take it to cut the rope but at the same moment she heard someone who sneezed above her, so she understood, she was a prisoner in a basement! She was really desperate...

Suddenly, a man came in front of her , he had white headphones and he was listening to music, she believed it was "turning tables" by Adele . The man took a vase, came next to Olivia, this time he was laughing and he appeared happy, that horrified her. When the man turned, she took her courage in both bands and she ran to the door but the man was more reactive than her so he caught her and he crushed the vase on her head...

After that, everything was blurry, she just thought someone cut the rope and transported her to another place, after she didn't see anything, just darkness. Nearly one day later she woke up in a little pretty room which was familiar, on the wall there was a poster which represented a panda and next to it, a man who was just wearing panties!

She looked around, she saw a door and she ran, Olivia opened the door and... she saw her brother was eating something!

Her brother was eating the goldfish shit and he was trying to imitate Bruce Lee's movements with a seed balanced on his head. He had a flag in his hand and when he dropped the flag, she saw a dragon in the bath: And the dragon was eating her left big toe!

Suddenly, she woke up in her bed and she watched her agenda, her train was coming soon.

END! Marie and Thomas

What happened in the underground.

Once upon a time, Sabrina, a girl who is 19 years old, takes the underground to see her boyfriend. This morning, she’s getting ready perfectly. She took her book to read during the journey. After the first three stations, she reads her book, and at the fourth, she looks at the window and she sees a man who is reading the same book. While Sabrina looks at the man who was reading, another man with a cap and a bag, looking nervous, takes out a knife and cuts the man under Sabrina’s eyes.

After that, the man feels down and all the people in the underground yell.

However, an old person takes an orange and throws it into the head of the murderer who is escaping. The orange explodes on his head but the murderer manages to leave the underground. After the murderer, Sabrina, who is afraid, gets out the train and sees an abandoned bag, this is the murderer’s bag.

One minute later, a man who was dressed the same way as the murderer, with a strange mask, enters in the underground. He runs towards the bag, reads next to him and he opens it. He presses a button. After, he runs towards Sabrina.

One hour later, Sabrina wakes up in a gloomy house; on a settee. The murderer was on a chair, with a sword in his right hand. She feels down in the dumps. Sabrina thinks about survival. While the murderer looks at her, Sabrina looks for a solution to escape this house. While she’s searching, she can hear the sound of a TV, she listens to the voice of Nathalie Portman in the TV. After that, she sees a vase, it’s a black vase.

Suddenly, she has an idea, she wants to take the vase, break it on the head of the mysterious man and go out to have help. But she’s very tired, but this is the only solution. Then, Sabrina stands up, takes the vase and breaks the vase on the head of the man and she goes out.

When she is out, she runs as fast as she could. She enters a forest, she sees a snake. She fells her legs quiver, she is flabbergasted by what she was doing. She runs again to escape the snake. Five minutes later, she stumbles over a rail. She sees a train which is travelling. It’s her freedom ticket! After that, she runs to the rail and enters the train. In the train she sees a policeman and after, she goes with her family and her boyfriend in a commercial center to celebrate her came back.

THE END Valentin and Timothé

Don’t look back

Doriane & Camille

« … must go onnnn !!! ». I was singing in my car, a beautiful red mini. Like every day, I, Astyn, was going to work. I loved my job, being a salesperson, young and energetic had always been my dream. I was currently living it.

Here, in Louisiana, the weather was always perfect and when it wasn't, nothing could waste my life.

One day, I was coming home after buying a few bananas from Mexico at the market. Suddenly, I heard screams and calls for help behind me. I didn't even have time to look back when I was stricken by a strong an impatient man. “Hey! Don't apologize!” I shouted, shocked and furious. Then I saw people running after him, mad. The thief had just stolen a kind of ice-skate he was holding under his arm while he was trying to escape the raging people. However, I didn't want to follow them so I forgot about it and kept being care-free, as I always did.

Some drivers behind me were on the phone, calling the police station. I switched on the radio and thought about what I had just seen. Curious, I decided to return near the place where the theft had taken place. Here the police cars were waiting. Someone said to a policeman: “That red car was here when the thief stole the ice-skate."

"Do you mean that she could be one of his accomplices?"

"Wait, she is coming toward us” I arrived near them, they kept a little smile on their faces. I parked my car and asked them: “Have you got news about the theft?"

He answered: "Yes, you're under arrest!"

"No, I was just looking at the scene."

"Listen to me!"

"I didn't get out of my car!” I insisted.

Then, the policemen led me to the police station. They locked me in a little cold cell. I waited for many hours, completely lost. I cried. It was so unfair, I didn't do anything!

At last, one of them came to find me. We arrived in a black and gloomy room. They were going to interrogate me.

I was such a criminal! I didn't believe it! I sat down. The inspector switched on a small metal lamp that he turned towards my eyes. He asked me with a deep voice: “You are Astyn Tennant, aren't you?"

"Yes I am."

"Well did you take part in the theft?"

"I definitely didn’t! This has nothing to do with me !"

"Calm down! Yet, you told us you were in your car but witnesses told us you were not."

"During the theft I was in the street but the thief just bumped into me!”

Suddenly, a policeman came in the room and whispered something in the inspector's ear. Then he left.

“Do you know who that ice-skate belongs to?"

"No." "Sebastian Loeb. He is coming very soon.”

Alone in my cell, my knees on the floor, I was waiting for something, but currently, I didn't know what. Sebastian Loeb arrived. I had already heard his name but it was impossible to remember who he was. He came in front of me, he was wearing a suit and a bow tie. The policeman put the keys in my lock. Suddenly, the other policemen who were talking with Sebastian Loeb called their partner, he came near them and took out of his pocket, a sheet of paper. The keys were left in the lock. In my head, I could hear two words: yes – no – yes – no. Finally yes, I passed my hand between the bars and opened the door. I astonished myself. Quietly, I walked to the main door and saw all the policemen around Sebastian, asking for some autographs. I had abhorred them but now, I loved them, they were so stupid! Outside, I went in my car, I started it. On the road, a seagull was maiking noises, but now I was out of danger. I escaped with my car.

Unfortunately, I was in such a hurry that I completely forgot all the video surveillance cameras filming my number plate! The policemen would find me very soon! I panicked and I almost lost the control of my car. I went through a red light. All was very quick. I felt a strong « bump » and I heard a scream. Then my car stopped. My air bags exploded in my face. When I woke up, I looked around and I noticed the police cars and the policemen in front of my car. Desperate, I was going to go out and come back to my cell. But the people left the place and I understood who they were bringing to jail: it was the thief ! I was innocent! I sang, I was so happy! How lucky I was to have knocked him down, that permitted his arrest! Sebastian Loeb came to thank me and gave me a book: « It’s my favorite one » he told me. Moved, I took the book and read the title : Don’t look back.

A funny encounter in the subway, Alice was a woman, who was very happy in her life. She was 28 years old. She took the subway every day to go to work. Two years ago, she met someone. Today, this man is her boyfriend and they are very happy together. They live in a beautiful flat in New York city.

One day, Alice took the subway but she was anxious because she was going to the airport to take the plane to go to France because she and her boyfriend were going to move there that afternoon.

However her boyfriend was already there because he had began the moving. He would go to meet her and then they would go to their new flat.

Alice arrived at the airport, she bought an orange and a bottle of water and the plane took off.

During the journey, she slept a lot, then she didn’t see the long journey. Her boyfriend was here and she was very happy to see him. But he was very serious because he hoped that Alice would love the new flat.

They took the subway and arrived at the door of the flat. Alice was very excited. When they opened the door, they saw the estate agent on the floor. He was dead and there was a lot of blood, and a knife near his head. Alice and her boyfriend were panic-stricken. Their estate agent was killed and a murderer came in their own flat. Alice’s boyfriend took his phone and called the police.

While Alice approached the victim to see her better, she heard a noise in the bedroom. She went in the bedroom and saw a broken vase on the floor and the windows were open, the curtains still moving. She was convinced that the murderer came in the bedroom just at this moment, and left the flat when he heard Alice and her boyfriend. She was afraid by that.

Alice looked her watch because she had an appointment. She cancelled her appointment and she came back in the bedroom. She looked more precisely and saw a lamp on the ground and there was a background noise. It was a CD of Stromaë who was singing. She found a blue carpet with footprints.

Then the police arrived. The police led the investigation. Then the result was that the murderer is someone who was already here with the estate agent. They said also that it happened less than three hours before. So, there is one suspect, Alice’s boyfriend.

When the police inspected the appartment and questioned Alice’s boyfriend, Alice was moved into another appartment. She was very sad that her boyfriend was the murderer. When she arranged their suitcase, she found a tee-shirt with blood in her boyfriend’s suitcase. She was very shocked ! And she found something else which was very very shocking ! She found a finger in a box ! This finger was maybe the estate agent’s finger. She called the police when a dog arrived in her appartment. She was very surprised then she screamed! The dog dropped the box and ate the finger. She was shocked. She ran outside and went to police station.

She was talking to her boyfriend. She said to him that she found the box with the finger, the blood, the tee-shirt. She said that she was so stupid for falling in love with a serial killer. She screamed and she cried. Her boyfriend was shy and nervous but the police arrived and calmed Alice and told her to leave the room.

Alice came back to her flat, took her suitcase and took the plane to come back to New York. She promised to forget her boyfriend and begun a new life.

Manon / Amandine

The stupid policeman

It’s the story of a policeman who checked passports in a street of the United States. He wore a strange uniform. His uniform was red and yellow. The story was during the 21st century. He had a strange girlfriend: She slept 2 hours a day and she ate half of the day.

In the car, the policeman and his girlfriend were going to eat in Zimbabwe when suddenly, a person went to find help and she saw the policeman. In front of him, she said: "There was a murder in my neighbor’s house."

"I'll be right there, what is your address?" asked the policeman.

The person answered. In the neighbor’s house, the policeman and his girlfriend arrived in the living room and saw guava, a mirror and a person sleeping on the floor.

“I know what happened," said the policeman. "The murderer killed the victim with this guava and he put the person in the fridge. That’s why the person was frozen. Before dying, the victim saw her mirror.”

Two days after the event, the policeman found a blood mail in the pocket of the victim. A message was written: “Anyone who reads this letter will be my other victim that night” The letter was written with brilliant blood. The policeman was very scared. He decided to go to the cinema to keep his mind out of fear. But when he sat on a seat, he found a gun with a message inside: “Your last hour has arrived” He was stupefied. How did the killer know where the policeman was going after have read the blood mail? He didn’t know. When the screen became white, the policeman went to the toilet to take sopalin.

He took the gun with the sopalin. The policeman went out of the cinema; he saw a mail on his car. He read; “Jean Dujardin is in this avenue. You kill him or you die.”

He decided to strangle Jean Dujardin with his most beautiful tie. He walked up to him silently. He was one meter from him but a phoenix appeared. The policeman was panic-stricken and Jean Dujardin saw the policeman and told his bodyguards. The policeman missed his mission and decided to commit suicide.

Before committing suicide, the policeman decided to eat at Mc Donald’s. He ate a Happy Meal. He found a papyrus in the box. The note said: “On the roof, now! Or I kill you’’ On the roof, he was alone.

Suddenly, he saw a nutcracker, a nut and another papyrus. After, he heard a noise. It was just an owl.

The policeman read the mail: “Cut this nut with the nutcracker or I kill you”. He cut the cracker and saw the spider of death: the black widow! The spider jumped on the policeman and he died. After one hour, the policeman’s girlfriend arrived and said: “You are very stupid! You didn't recognize my handwriting!”

And the owl flew away…

Yoann and Robin

SPEED LIMIT !

James wanted to introduce his girlfriend to his parents. The parents accepted to meet Alice (James’ girlfriend). This meeting took place but the parents didn’t like James’ parents. James who was angry, furious, took his coat and left his house. He took his car and drove so fast… he didn’t know where to go.

In his car, he didn’t managed to think, suddenly his phone rang. It was Alice, he took his phone and decided to come back to the house and talked to her. But he drove too fast! He didn’t see her and hadn’t had the time to pull up. He saw her body going on the roof and squashing like a banana on the ground. He stopped the car, he screamed, but he didn’t have the time to worry so he drove again.

James didn’t know where to go, now he had killed Alice he had to escape… He thought to go to New-York to join his best friend Pierre. But if he kept his car, he can be found. James decided to burn his car. Once it was done, he believed that he was that a vanished clue.

During one day, he tried to do his passport again and he managed!! He was so cheerful. James decided to take the first flight and just before, he took a gun with him. When he arrived at airport, he saw on the side of the road no many policemen. James hurried up and after a long time… He arrived in New-York with his best friend Pierre.

But Pierre was with Johnny Halliday when he arrived and he didn’t understand. He came to say hello but his friend had changed so he ran out of the airport; he had to find a hotel. He went in a little hotel on front of the airport. He walked in; it was a cheap hotel, so he decided to stay a long time even if it was uncomfortable.

When he had settled down in his room, his phone rang when he was in his bath to have rest.

He took the call, it was Bryan, his big brother. Bryan asked him where he was and what had happened, why he had escaped. Alice was dead and everybody was accused him. James hung up! He had to escape quickly, he went out to search a car rental place and bought a big blue car, and a map and drove to Texas to reach Mexico.

James arrived in Mexico, he settled down in a big house, it was a castle! There were several weasels in his bed. James was very frustrated. Could he eat them? The days passed and he believed everything was quiet but it was not the case! Something very strange occurred... Alice’s bra was on his bed…And he had arrived, he left the house and he saw several policemen. These policemen attacked James and he had to come back to France. He saw Alice dead in a mortuary, he touched her fingers and he cried because he was the only culprit! The policemen asked him several questions about what happened days later, Alice’s parents were in the next room. When James had arrived he had seen their sad and depressed faces.

As he expected he had to go in jail for thirty years. The policemen brought him to the jail in a van. James was so stressed! But he saw that they had given him a glass of water, so he threw it in the eyes of the driver, he went out of the van, he feel and he banged his head on the ground. He had to escape, but he couldn’t see! His head was moving so fast! He walked with difficulty to the side of the road. But as he was walking to the other side, a car knocked James over. The cars were driving too fast, he died on the road to the hospital like Alice.

Juliette & Nawel

The girl on the train

By Paul and Oscar

Today was the big day. My travel for Chicago began. I took the first bus for Detroit. In the bus, I took my book and I resumed my reading on the banana of Madagascar.

I finally arrived in Detroit, I ran towards the station to take my train for Chicago. At long last, I took my train. Suddenly, I saw my husband who was reading the same book as me. Then, James cried: “Anna down train!”

I called the police. Someone had pushed Anna off the train. I had seen a part of his face. I felt desperate. She was all I had. I really wanted to find the murderer. The scene of the crime was horrible.

The body was mangled by the train. I hoped she hadn't suffered. There was only her ring left.

I decided to follow the man. He left the train with my wife. He entered a car. I ran to take my car and I followed him. He took the same street as my home. Suddenly, the car stopped in front of my house.

Suddenly my wife went to the car with the man and she cried. The man sang to cover the cry of my wife.

He entered my home and he searched me. The book and the ring of my wife fell from the car.

I saw the object and I was angry and sad from remorse.

The man was tall. He wore a black suit and green shoes. Suddenly the man caught a fly and he extracted its wings. The man looked totally crazy and happy. He turned on the TV. Kim Kardashian was speaking about her husband. He said: “I love to watch TV.” He decided go to the cellar. He passed by the kitchen. Suddenly, a mad cat, with a strange head, leaped at me. He ran to the cellar but he felt to curse a green socks. He picked them up, opened the door and came down to the cellar. Suddenly, he looked…

A huge dragon was killing a sheep. Next to them there was a boat on the sea. I didn’t understand.

We were in my cellar and there were strange animals. On the boat a human centipede was running. I woke up. I was just sleeping. Oh, I was so happy to come back to reality.

The book of spell On a beautiful day of spring, Mary is in the subway. As every day, she is going to the University to study art. She has always wanted to be an artist but she loves reading too. Today, she is reading a book about magic and this book is very interesting. Suddenly, she watches the other subway. A man is reading exactly the same book as her!!

Mary is in state of shock. How the hell is that possible?! She received this book from her grandmother. She realizes that the boy in the other subway is alarmed too. Suddenly, her subway stops and she hears the signal ring. She is arrived and the stranger’s face disappears from her eyes. While she is walking to the University, she realizes that she is not able to go in class. She is actually too worried.

She sits on a bench and decides to do a break and to eat to relax. She is anxious. The USA is a strange country!

"- I must forget him !"

She takes her head in her hands and just thinks "disappear". Immediately, the book explodes into a rain of confettis.

"-This can't be!» She can't believe it. She has destroyed the book!! She decides to leave her seat and go to the supermarket. She looks around.

"-Maybe..."

She stares at apples and think "freeze". And an apple explodes into crystals of ice. Impossible!

She runs away, terrified. But the temptation is too strong. She looks to a trash bin and thinks "transform". The trash changes into a wooden cabin. No, this is amazing. No she's sure, she has cast a spell.

"-Maybe the Grandmother’s book was a real magic book."

But now, she can find the mysterious man. "-He probably knows a lot of things about magic...Go meet him !" And she disappears into a cloud of smoke...

"-First I have to calm down." Mary is in the subway. The cloud of smoke has sent her in the last place where she saw the boy.

Now, she knows what she has to do. But, using magic certainly possesses limits. This can be dangerous to use a spell again. Uncertainly, she takes a photo of her mother in her bag. It was taken two day before she died. In the picture, she is with her favourite actor, Clint Eastwood. On the photo, we can read some words written with a red pen: If you want something, believe it !

So she takes the book and shouts: "- I will never give up !! Home of my magic mate, Isacu !!!!"

A white flash of light illuminates all around her and then a few bubbles erupt from the ground and then, Mary disappears...

"-Mary ? is it you ?" Mary awakes in a little room. She watches around her. A man is next to her.

"-Oh ! I've seen you in the subway ! You're Isacu, right ? My classmate when I was at the Wizard School ?

-Exactly ! I was wondering if you had forgotten. But now you are in my house.

-Sorry, I've seen you and then...

-Stop ! It was not me ! It was an illusion created by this necklace to find you. Welcome in the world of magic. But actually I need you. A sinister man has locked me in a parallel dimension. Follow me."

She follows him in the living room. A curious animal watches her.

"-What is that ? she asked.

-Him ? It's Platy. A duck-billed platypus. I rescued him in Australia three years ago. Now, he's my friend. Look Mary ! This mirror is the keyhole. I have the key but it's a difficult spell : Z₤њ.

It's a lost magic and I'm not strong enough."

Mary takes his hand.

"-You know my mother always said : If you want something, believe it !

-Mary...

-We must try again and again Isacu. I also count on you Platy.

Let's go !!!" The three friends think : Z₤њ Instantaneously, the mirror shines. And then the flash illuminates all the room. During this moment, Mary recovers all her memory: her grandmother, Isacu, the school and...

Suddenly, the mirror breaks. But in fact the spell was draining their energy. Mary looks around the broken glass and finds a message : Only true love kiss. And then Mary sees a door appearing. She takes Isacu's hand and Platy's webbed feet and enters a dark room with a tall man sitting on a throne. Behind him, a long snake holds Mary's grandmother in his rings.

"-Grandmother !!!! Set her free!!!!! Mary shouts.

-You !!! You are Nokturnus. And you have locked me in my house, says Isacu.

-I've caught the most powerful witch in the world, I won't let her go. And I won't let you go. I called Isacu here and as I've planned, you came to me."

Mary remembers the dark man. In the past, he stole the magic of a powerful wizard.

"- If you want something, believe it ! Set her free !!!

The giant snake dropped the old woman and darts towards Mary.

"-Get out of my way !!!! Light burst !"

The snake stops and explosed into a rain of light.

"-What !!! shouts Nokturnus. Go to hell ! Jigoku !!!

A dark beam pushes Mary back.

"-I will kill you and drain your power.

-Sorry but I won't let you do this !! Isacu shouts. Platy ! Poison spin !"

The duck-billed charged at the dark wizard and hurt him with his sting. The poison immediately paralyses the man.

"-Now Mary ! Together !"

In the same voice, they say : "-Fire Blast !!"

Nokturnus burns and dies. Then, Mary helps her grandmother to stand up.

"-He's dead but we are always scelled.

-I think I have the solution" Isacu takes her hand and kisses her.

Mary, her grandmother, Isacu and Platy are in the plane. The duck-billed sleeps on the knees of the old woman. She looks at it and smiles. Then Mary remembers all their adventures. She looks at Isacu, takes his hands and gives him a true love kiss...

Thibaud and Fantin

The friend of the bus Megan was taking the bus, like she was used to doing every day. As always, she had her brown hair in a pony tail and on her green eyes, a little bit of eyeliner to soften her tired look.

This Tuesday, her bag on her shoulder and the music in ears, she was sitting, waiting for her bus, at 7.38.

When the bus arrived, everybody stood up and started to get on the bus. When Megan validated her ticket, somebody pushed her. She thought that the person didn't do it on purpose and she moved forward.

She sat on the seat and started to look outside through the window. She first saw a man wearing a T-shirt with the flag of Madagascar on it. By his side, two teenagers, were kissing each other passionately. She also noticed that a guy was wearing coconuts to sell them in the market. After five minutes, the bus was still at its stop. Megan looked at her wrist to check the time, but she noticed that her watch had disappeared. It had been stolen. She was used to taking the bus for many years and it had never happened to her.

She looked around quickly but didn't understand anything. Moreover, her watch had an importance for her, it came from her grandma!... She looked again and caught sight of a guy wearing a black sweater and a radiostation in his hands. The man looked in her direction, with a very strange gaze. Megan didn't worry about it, took her things and jumped out of the bus, as it stopped. When the man understood that the teenager had left the bus, he began to run. So did Megan, care-free. While she was running, she bumped into a woman who was posting something in a letterbox. They were still running when the man came in a dirty building, to the old attic. When he arrived in the attic, which was more like a secret agent's headquarters he put down his radiostation, where the latest Justin Timberlake hit was broadcast. He sat down on a blue chair and watched the watch he stole from the girl. He thought, when he saw the precious stones, that it was probably worth a lot of money. At the same moment, Megan was climbing up the stairs as fast as she was flying. When she reached the last floor of the old building, she noticed the door, a little opened. She decided to push it, the thought of her precious watch. She entered the attic, and she was very impressed by what she saw...

Right in the middle of the old and dilapidated room the man was lounged back, on what we would call a chair because of its older. He was quivering and hadn't seen Megan yet. She was just behind him and could notice that he was wearing only one sock. The teenager had never been as afraid as at this moment, her breath was getting quicker and quicker. The next second, the man took something long and sharp and stuck it in his arm. Like a diabetic. In the left corner went out a little duckbilled platypus ! The man fed it before kissing it on the cheek and fell nose to nose with the appalled girl.

When the man realized what was happening, he fluttered his eyelashes, as if he wanted to wake up from a dream -or a night-mare- but nothing changed. The white girl with her hand bands was still there, determined to take back her stolen watch. She pushed the man to enter the attic and discovered an old and messy room where she could smell a strange odour of strawberry. Her precious watch was on a table, next to a vase. She put it on her wrist. As she was running out of the attic, the man put his hand on her shoulder.

“You'd better give me this watch back”, he said with a creepy voice.

Megan, panic-stricken, tried to escape from the man, but he didn't let her go.

“I don't want to repeat it... You could regret it...”

THE END

Carla and Jodie

Speed Meeting Ana was sitting in the train, reading her book. She was in her early twenties. She was studying in Harvard to become a doctor. She lived alone in a small flat in Boston.

She was the best student in her class, but for this, she worked very hard every day. Ana would become a doctor to practice in Senegal, because she wanted to help people, and she was alone all the time.

So… she was reading a medical book in the train to go to her classes. In the train, she was looking through the window and suddenly she saw a men sitting on a chair with the same book. The man saw her and she became worried because he seemed mysterious. Ana recognized him… he was a killer! She had already seen him in the newspaper. She was very nervous and she decided to go out of the train and run. But the man was running behind her! So she ran faster. She entered a little street, which was very dark, to hide. She looked in her bag to take her phone and call her boyfriend James. She raised her head and she saw the man who ran after her. The man kidnapped Ana and poisoned her.

Ana woke up and saw the man. He was watching movies with Brad Pitt on his computer. The room was dark and mysterious. Suddenly Ana had a flashback: She was in Afghanistan with her parents, she was only 15 years old. She was wearing a red dress, we could see her legs. Then the flashback stopped. Ana didn’t know what her flashback meant. She looked at the man and saw him going out of the room and let the door open. So she ran and went out too. She was running in a street but she didn’t know where she was. On her left, there was a zoo and she saw a big tiger ! She was very scared! But after, she understood that she had a big problem. In front of her, there was a river. There was only one solution… She had to swim. But the river was very dirty and not very blue… She turned around and saw the man. He approached her, brought a knife, and killed her.

The END

Agathe and Rachel

A w eird and sweet encounter

In a Subway, around Tokyo Kashima-san was reading a book, like every morning when she had to go to school. Her favourite book was Tsubasa, because she always wanted to travel all around the world, precisely in Australia, maybe to find love. In the meantime, she had to wait, go to school, learn and have an ordinary life. When she was looking out the windows, she pictured another landscape, with some kangaroos. But all that she saw was people, a lot of people who were running, all in a hurry, phoning and bumping into each other. When she got out of the subway, she put her book in her bag and went to school. A lot of students were walking beside her. She didn’t have many classes today, so after school, she went home early. As soon as she entered her house, her mother came happily to her with a letter in her hand.

“Welcome home my dear, I have good news for you!" her mother said, holding her the letter.

"What is it ?"

"Open it then you’ll see” She took the letter from her hands. At the top her name was written: Kashima Hana. She opened the letter and took out a thin little ticket.

When she saw what it was she started to jump for joy: “Oh my god! Oh my god! It’s a plane ticket for Australia! I love you Mom! Thank you so much," she said hugging her mother tightly. "I’m going to tell my friends right away, they are at the bookstore. See you later! And again thank you very much!”

She took her purse, threw her book, her phone and her apple in it before dashing out of her house. When she was outside she took out her apple from her purse to eat it. She was so happy; she was going to Australia this weekend. Her dream was coming true. Suddenly, someone bumped into her back. Her purse fell and what was in it fell too. Then the person picked up her wallet which was on the ground and started to run.

“Hey! What on earth are you doing? Give me back my wallet!” she shouted.

She didn’t know what to do. Without thinking, she threw her apple on the thief. It hit his head really hard and he fell on the floor. “Oh my god, what did I do?” The thief couldn’t move anymore, he was unconscious. She retrieved her wallet and left him. It was raining; she had to find a place to be undercover. She entered a supermarket. It was along. She wondered what she could do in Australia, maybe see a lot of animals, go to famous places… It was so amazing. She looked down at her watch: it was 7 pm. She was late. She ran to her house. Her mother was worried.

“Where were you dear?" asked her mother.

"Don’t be worried, I went to the supermarket to buy some supplies for Australia."

"Are you sure?" Asked a police man.

"Wh… What? I didn’t do anything wrong."

Kashima was amazed; the policeman saw the scene, but only the end.

"Did you give a punch to this man?" said her mother.

"Did you follow me to my home?" She asked the man.

"Yes, come on, you are under arrest now!" He declared.

"You don’t have any proof, I can’t be arrested, I have to go to Australia this weekend, please, this man was a thief…”

The policeman didn’t want her to say one more word. He brought her to the police station. She wore her scarf and went with him. Her mother was so sad.

She was alone in an empty cell, waiting for her interrogation. She was lucky to have her Ipod with her or else she would have been bored to tears. She was listening to a remix of Just the two of us by Will Smith. A black shadow appeared in front of her. She raised her head and saw the policeman and next to him was standing…

“You! What are you doing here?!" she shouted.

"Calm down miss, I will interview the both of you," the police man said.

"I don’t want to be interviewed with this obnoxious thief! I don’t want to be in the same room with him and even breathe the same air! Get him out!"

"Wow, you seem to be a ray of sunshine…" the boy said sarcastically.

"Don’t talk to me!"

"Will you please calm down now? You’ll be interviewed together whether you like it or not” Kashima was quiet, glaring at the boy who was smirking. They went in another room for the interview. They stood in complete silence before the policeman spoke: " I will hear both of your versions of the incident” Kashima told him that the boy beside her stole her wallet and ran with it and that she threw her apple at him as self-defence. The boy was denying it and said that he had only picked up her stuff to help her. However the policeman didn’t trust him.

“Listen, Kashima-san will be freed and you will be arrested.”

Kashima was so happy to hear that. She was free and she could go to Australia. Her plane was the day after. She had to pack her suitcase. She came back home and she went to her bedroom.

“I must take my scarf, mu clothes, my Ipod and my phone too, my ticket…"

"Meow… Meow.”

Her cat was meowing. She bent down to take him into her arms.

“I can’t take you Mister cat, sorry. Mama! Where are my pair of jeans?”

No answer. She walked down and her family had organised a little party to say goodbye. Kashima was surprised.

“I will miss you," said her best friend.

"I am only going for 2 weeks, don’t worry. “ She pinched her cheek and smiled. The next day, Kashima and her family were at the airport waiting for her night flight. Her mother was in tears.

“I’ll miss you honey! Please don’t go anymore!" She cried.

"What are you saying? Don’t worry please. Like I said before, it’s only for two weeks.

"But you’re going to Australia alone, I can’t let my baby go on a plane alone"! Her mother whined.

"Stop being such a cry baby okay. I’m a grown girl you know."

"Alright, but don’t forget to call me when the plane lands."

"Okay. I’ll miss you too," Kashima said hugging her mother.

"I want a hug too!" Her little sister said.

"Come here Lucy. She said opening her arms.”

She hugged her sister and waved goodbye before boarding her plane. She looked around the plane and walked to her seat. She was very tired so went to sleep. She was woken up by muffled sounds. Someone was sitting beside her… She opened her eyes and made a shocked face.

“Oh my god not you again!" She said.

"Oh, Hi, miss sunshine," he responded quietly.

"What are you doing here? Weren’t you in prison?"

"I was, but only for a night. And I’m here because I’m going to Australia too of course. It looks like we’re going to be together the whole flight."

"Hell no! I’m changing seats,", she said trying to stand up.

"You can’t, the plane already took off and there is no other seat for you. You’re going to bear my presence miss sunshine. This flight is going to be fun," he said with a smirk.

"No! It’s not going to be fun! And stop calling me miss sunshine! It’s annoying." She turned her head away with a pout.

"I think it’s funny to mess with you," he said smiling.

"Well, I think it’s not funny at all. Stop bothering me."

"Will you two lovebirds stop quarrelling?" A man in front of them said angrily. " I’m trying to sleep here."

"He’s not my boyfriend." She screamed.

"Sorry, we will be quiet." The boy apologized.

Kashima stood quiet with a frown. The boy beside her opened a bag of chips.

"Look. I’m very sorry for before, we should start from the beginning and try to get along, don’t you think?" he asked.

"My name is Kashima." She muttered.

"I’m Jason, nice to meet you!”

She turned around and looked at him with a smile.

“Nice to meet you Jason.”

This was maybe the beginning of a great friendship or maybe love?

Julie and Athena

[Untitled] It was Tuesday the 14th of October. Today I had to go to work. I was sitting on a bench, reading a book while waiting for my train.

Like nearly every station in England, it wasn’t so clean. As usual, there were some of the local chaps smoking fags in a corner and laughing between themselves. I looked at my watch. Only two minutes to wait left. I was heading for London. I worked in the City.

The train arrived. For once it wasn’t crowded. I kept on reading and started eating a banana. The trip was a little long so I got bored. Suddenly my phone rang. It was my husband who was calling. I talked to him a bit and then hung up. He lived in France and I missed him very much. It was difficult to be on my own at home, sometimes it was even frightening. I wasn’t so far from my destination now.

All of a sudden, a very strange man entered the train. He seemed to be nervous and I wondered why. I had a bit of banana on my fingers so I opened my bag to find some kitchen paper. While I was doing so, the strange man disappeared. I looked down at my watch to see if I was going to be on time for work only to find a bare wrist. I couldn’t find my watch anymore! I was very depressed because I liked it very much and furthermore, it was a gift from my husband. The train arrived at destination. When I stepped out of the train, there was the same weird man. He looked at me straight in the eyes with a deadly expression. I was so scared. I started walking as quickly as possible.

I tried to think of something else. I was starting to feel a bit angry so I looked around me to see if there was a shop where I could buy some food. I walked down the street a bit further and found a baker’s. I popped in to buy a little chocolate muffin. I had only started eating it when somebody barged into me and my cake fell on the floor. I was shocked! People in London were so careless! Never mind. So I continued to walk. I was only ten minutes by foot from my working place. I finally arrived at work. I settled down, put all my belongings on my desk, took a pen and started working.

The time past too slowly, so when my duty at work was over, I urged back home. When I arrived, I directly jumped on my bed to relax. I was so tired. Remembering this events from the morning, I went to see if every door and window was properly closed. I went back on my bed and tried as hard as I could to fall asleep. After a couple of minutes I did eventually go to sleep. Suddenly, I woke up. My heart was beating more quickly than a fox chased by dogs. My forehead was all sweaty too. I had a very strange dream. It all started nearly normally with several red helicopters flying in the sky; but then, I saw Sponge Bob playing football with a golf ball. Finally, I saw a little girl in raptures over a present. Then, she opened it and started crying. I didn’t understand my dream. It was probably because of the stress generated during this day. All of a sudden, I heard some noise in the living room. I wasn’t expecting anybody. Even less someone with keys enabling him to enter my house. It sent shivers down my spine. I stood up making as less noise as possible and tiptoed until I could see everything in the living room…

What a relief, it was only a large goldfish eating fish fingers while watching TV. He was holding a pipe too and was doing weird smoke rings. He was wearing a white suit with a black tie. He said “hello” and continued to stuff his face with food. My stomach rumbled, I was craving for chocolate. The only problem is that I couldn’t find any. I looked in every cupboard in my kitchen and suddenly, through the window, I saw something moving in my garden, I peered above the window and saw a lion with lobster claws and frog legs. What was happening? I thought I might as well go and take a closer look at the strange animal. I approached slowly and carefully. When the lion saw me, he roared dangerously. I jumped and darted back in the house slamming the door behind me.

I leaned against a wall, my head was spinning round and round. I really didn’t understand what was happening to me. First the weird dream, after that the odd goldfish and then this bizarre creature. When the mysterious animal had disappeared, I went back in my garden to go and lounge in my hammock. Suddenly, I heard the loudest noise I ever had ever heard. The earth seemed to quake. I looked up to the sky and saw a large comet sailing in the sky. Then I heard a funny noise on my right, there was an orangutan having a go on a swing. It looked at me straight in the eyes. I blinked twice, and blacked out.

When I woke up, I was in a hospital. I still had a bit of a headache. I looked to the right only to see nurses all dressed in white and urging down the corridors. Then I turned my head to the right. There was somebody sitting next to me. I rubbed my eyes to see a little better… and I was quizzical. It was my husband. I was so happy to see him. When he saw that I had woken up, he smiled and kissed me. He quietly explained to me what the doctor had said about me. It seems like I had taken or been given a hallucinogenic drug like LSD. The doctor said I’ll have to stay a few more days in bed before I recovered. Everything was going to be alright and my husband was with me.

What more could I ask for?

THE END Alexandra & Anthony

Don’t trust appearences Today, I went to work at the Empire State building. I was late and I drove fast so as not to miss my first meeting.

My name is David, I’m married to the most beautiful and the nicest woman. Her name is Jessica. I’ve got two children, two little boys. Max is six years old and Matthieu is ten years old.

During the trip, I was arrested by a policeman next to the building. After that, he said to me that I had to give my identity card. At that moment, I was panic-stricken and unhappy, because my boss was going to be furious. With my papers, the policeman went to his car. A few minutes after, I saw the policeman’s car going away with my papers. I decided to follow him but a boy who was eating an apple crossed the road. So, I lost the car. As I couldn't follow him, I went to the police station. The policeman said to me that the false policeman was known. He had been arrested in the United-States for theft.

I decided to look for him to find my papers, but before, I met a policeman to have some information about the thief.

He gave me a cup of coffee; it was disgusting. He said to me that the thief lived in the Bronx. He got a pencil from is pencil-case, and he made a map. Now that I had some information about him, I put my jacket, and I … went to Mc Donald's : I was hungry. Iordered a menu maxi best 380, with chips and Fanta.

After that, I went to the Bronx on a plane, but I was stressed because I didn’t like that. When I arrived, it was sunny, and I decided to go to the police-station. During the trip, I was surprised; I saw a big black car with a famous person inside. The people were crying Nathalie Portman and taking pictures. At the police-station, I met a person who had the same problem as me but this person had been hit by the thief. The policeman said to me that I had to come back the next day, because he didn’t have time. So, I went to the nearest hotel. I took off my jacket, and my shoes and decided to cook.

The next day, I went to the police-station, on the road, I saw a very special artist. He was, with a panda which was wearing an underwater and running fast behind a ball. He did sport. I was flabbergasted.

After that, I ran fast to the police-station because I was late. When I arrived I took my phone to look at my messages. He took my Samsung Galaxy s3, and he escaped! What a bloody thief! I ran fast but I was asthmatic, my lungs hurt. I ran faster and I managed to catch him. I took my phone, I went to the police station. It was not far. A real policeman took him and told him to give back my identity card and another object which he had stolen.

The policeman put the thief in the cell of the police-station to interrogate him. Next, I signed a lot of papers to get back my identity card and paper. After that, I was delighted and I decided to go to the house of my uncle to tell him what had happened to me. My uncle was astonished and he saw that this thief was strange, but the policemen had worked well because they had arrested the thief quickly. Finally, he saw that it was just a bad period in my life. A few days later, the thief went to the prison of the city with prisoners in his room. But, one month after his arrest, he killed a policeman and he stole the keys to escape from the prison with the help of his friends …

THE END

By Florian and Jérémy

Why always me ?

Gaspar Bob was sad and angry, because he had bad luck since he was born. His relatives were worried because he had gone through a lot of ordeals. One day, Gaspar was driving his car, a cop stopped him and Gaspar screamed, once more, "Why always me !?". After that day, he bought an apple, but a maggot was in it, Gaspar ate it, and he screamed, once more, "Why always me !?"...

Gaspar became sick and tired of life. He was never happy, he tried to commit suicide with many kiwis which came from to Jamaïca, but he failed again. He was so sad, but he decided to start a new life, so he bought new clothes and a new smartphone, but it exploded in his hands, Gaspar screamed again "Why always me!?" and he decided to testify against Apple but he lost his case. This time Gaspar was very furious, he screamed as never and decided to kill Steve Jobs, the president of Apple.

Gaspar was eating cheese when he decided to kill Steve Jobs. He went to the States and he recollected Steve Jobs had already died, Gaspar was angry and screamed, once more, "Why always me !?". He decided to take revenge and to kill Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook's CEO. He took a gun like a gangster, and went to California. He ran to Mark Zuckerberg's house, and kicked him down. Gaspar became very mischievous, he didn't hesitate to put Mark down. He knew how to fight since he had practiced kung-fu and he kicked Gaspar. Gaspar happened to go in a bathroom.

The fight continued and Gaspar ran away because Mark was too strong for him so he ran and climbed the blue logo of Facebook which was on Zuckerberg's garden and jumped away in Michael Jackson’s former house, precisely in the bookcase and bumped in some books which fell down on his head, again he was so sad and screamed again and again "Why always me !?" but it wasn't the moment to scream, Mark was pursuing him, so Gaspar ran away and swore to take his revenge on Mark Zuckerberg...

He was in front of Mark, but a flying jellyfish arrived and kicked Gaspar, but Mark had strings and decided to tie the string with his nostril, he caught the jellyfish but he was too sticky.

Mark was electrocuted by the animal. Gaspar, when he saw the flying jellyfish, fell in love with the flying animal. Gaspar kissed the jellyfish and they cut loose in a beautiful country, Jamaïca...

Gaspar was, for the first time of his life, happy, he was in love of jelly-jelly the pretty jellyfish.

One day, Gaspar saw a beautiful man. It was Barack Obama, who was here to collect a local delight from Jamaïca, a "plant" for the white house. Gaspar found Barack very attractive but jellyjelly was pregnant. He couldn’t leave her here, but he did. Gaspar went to America with Barack so jelly-jelly comitted suicide, she was too sad and their son went in an orphanage with his chicken which did "cock a doodle do" and said "Why always me !?" like his father was saying before.

Yann and Pierre-Yves