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A Strange Day in July

It was a warm day in 2007 on 11925 MS-404 street, the birds were chirping, sheep were bleating, and the cows were mooing. It was a regular day in July for 12-year old Lucas Whitmore and 10-year old Julianne Whitmore, but Lucas called her Julie for short. Their farm was a wheat farm, and Lucas and Julie had fun working on it. Their mother sometimes came out and worked with them to harvest the wheat, other than that they hardly saw her.

The pair were brothers and sisters, yet they looked nothing alike. He had brown hair with dark brown eyes and cherub freckles, and she had blonde hair with green eyes and dimples too. Lucas sometimes questioned the fact that they were related but he didn’t worry much about it, it didn’t matter because he still loved her. He was the only male role model she had after their father disappeared….

Their father went missing when he went one night with his friends, Lucas was only 4 and Julie was 2. She didn’t even remember that she had a dad, but Lucas remembered every waking moment with him… The thing he didn’t understand was that his friends came back but he didn’t, and the cops only looked for him for one day… Lucas was so infuriated when they heard that they were calling off the search, they only looked for 1 day and they barely even tried. His mother sobbed the whole night, and Julie just sat there and looked confused. Lucas hated her for doing that.

Since then their mother’s life was off balance, she become this person with a cold heart and who didn’t care much for anyone so that’s why Julianne and Lucas were always outside exploring things unknown. Other than that their lives were just like any other kid’s in Mississippi….  

Julie and Lucas collected rocks that they thought were special, like 1-of-a-kind. Julie has collected a few Amethyst Geodes because her favorite color was purple, she loved igneous rocks, and she liked the way they were jagged, but smooth. Lucas has collected mostly several types of igneous rocks because he thought is was interesting that it is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava, and Calcite rocks because he admired the fact that common vein filling mineral in many rock types, but they were looking for something different. Something that they had never seen or heard of before, but they knew that would be almost impossible to do since they knew about every type of rock that is known.

One day after working in the fields for 4 hours Lucas and Julie decided that they wanted to spend some time looking for that special rock that they can never find, but they had hope that someday they would find it…. The one.

As Lucas was searching the ground, looking for anything that could seem unordinary, he spotted something. It appeared to be glowing… Lucas didn’t understand,

“How can a rock be glowing?” He thought in his head.

“Well maybe it’s not a rock, just something that looks like a rock.”

He went closer to examine the glowing object, and when he picked it up he found out that it actually was a rock.

“This is impossible!” He exclaimed.

“I have never heard about this type rock before!”

He decided that he should check his geology book, that maybe he missed rock. He skimmed through the pages as he tried to find a rock that came at least a tiny bit close to matching the description of the glowing rock. He couldn’t.

Then he figured out what happened.

“I discovered a new rock…” He said. “I DISCOVERED A NEW ROCK!” He shouted. “JULIE!!!” “JULIE!!!” He screamed.

“What’s up Lucas?” She asked.

“I FOUND A NEW ROCK!”

“What?”  “Impossible.”  She scoffed.

“No I did really did Julie!”  When he saw that she really didn’t believe him, he got angry. “See for yourself!” He snapped.

Then he showed her the rock that was unknown. She was shocked.

“What is this?” She asked

“I don’t know,” Lucas answered. “But it’s not in my book, it’s completely unknown.”

“Well we can’t ask anyone.” She acknowledged. “They would try to take it from us.”

“Yeah…” He said. “We’re on our own with this.”

They went back in the house and try to examine its features. They thought the rock was glowing because of the sunlight but they were wrong, as soon as they stepped in the house it glowed even brighter. The rock appeared to be to be glowing like it was trying to show them something and had bumps in a way that looked like it was a language, but they didn’t understand it at all.

All of a sudden they heard a loud knock on the door, they hid the rock somewhere they knew no one would find it, and ran to the door. At the door was Julie’s 2 best friends Daniella, (The obnoxious one) and Alexa. (The one that laughs a lot for no reason) Julie was excited to see them, Lucas was not. He knew he could trust Julie, but he couldn’t trust her friends. They’d blab about the rock to the first person they saw, he knew he had to do something to make them go away.

“Hey Daniella and Alexa,” He casually said. “I’m sorry but Julie and I have to uh…”

“You have to do what?” Daniella interrupted.

“We have to take our showers because we were working in the fields.”  he answered.

Daniella and Alexa gave Lucas the evil eye and then happily waved goodbye to Julie. He then sighed a weary sigh.

“What did you do that for?” Julie growled. “I made them go before you would be too vulnerable and tell them the secret!” He countered.

“Oh so you don’t trust me now?” She argued

“I do trust you, I just don’t trust your friends”

“Why don’t you trust them?”

“I can’t trust them because they’ll blab to the whole entire world!” He barked. “And if you do tell them then i’ll hate you forever!”

Julie stopped arguing. She just looked at Lucas with sadness in her eyes. She didn’t say anything, she just walked away with tears in her eyes. Lucas felt terrible, he always wanted to discover a new rock but he never wanted it to destroy his relationship with he and his sister.

“I guess there’s only one thing I can do….” He decided.

He anxiously put on his shoes and ran out the door, he went to the lake that he found the rock by, Lake Regice.  He flung the terrible rock into the lake as far as he could, and did go a far distance, but then it came skipping back.

He turned white as a ghost, he stood there for a minute, picked the rock up, then bolted to the house. He opened up the door to the dark house and slammed it. He sprinted around the house searching for Julie to tell her what he just witnessed.  Lucas was calling for Julie, but Julie wasn’t anywhere to be found.

“JULIE!!! JULIE!! WHERE ARE YOU!!”  screamed Lucas.

Julie came down the steps with dried tears on her face. Lucas looked down at his feet and realized what he had done to his sister, he felt bad for what he did to his sister but he didn’t in another way, because if he Daniella and Alexa had found out, they would spread the word, and Lucas didn’t want the whole town knowing. Lucas knew he had to apologize but he also knew that what he had just witnessed at the lake was more important.

“Julie I need you to get your shoes on and get to the lake with me.” He instructed.

“Why?” She asked. “Is something wrong?”

“JUST DO IT JULIE!”  Lucas bellowed.

She rapidly put on her shoes and rushed out the door, she ran to the lake and Lucas followed behind her. He also brought a marker with him he could explain it more detailed. Lucas then explained what happened to Julie, and when she didn’t believe him he decided he was going to show her.

 

He labeled the rocks each a different number, a regular stone as 1, another regular stone as 2, and the stone that just doesn’t seem to want to leave as 3. He threw the first rock and he skipped across the lake and didn’t come back, he threw the second rock and it still didn’t come back. Then it was down to the last rock, the rock that came back magically, he wanted to show Julie that he wasn’t lying. So he threw with all his might, but the third stone came skipping back.  Lucas picked up the stone and  walked over to Julie, she looked so scared and even though Lucas wanted to do something, he couldn’t. Instead he just took her home and they ate ice cream and watched T.V.  

After they were done eating ice cream and Julie was on the couch taking a nap, Lucas snuck outside and decided that maybe if he buried the rock it wouldn’t come back. So he went outside and dug up 5 feet of dirt, put the stone in it,  and put the dirt back on top of it.

“There we go…” He thought. “There’s no way it can come back now.”

He went back to his house and lied down on his mattress and thought about the rock, he wondered how it came back. He tried to believe it was magical but he

couldn’t, he made up a scientific excuse for it and ignored it.

He needed to get his mind off of the rock before he went and did something stupid. He got up and scuffled to his book shelf as he pulled another one of his geology books and noticed that something was glowing behind it. He pushed the other books out the way and there it was…. The rock that he supposedly buried 5 feet underground.

He tried to scream, but it wouldn’t come out of his mouth. He tried to run but he was frozen in place, he tried to close his eyes but they wouldn’t close. He tried to get away but he couldn’t. He just sat there.

He knew he needed to do something, something that would get rid of this rock once and for all.  He looked over to the hammer he had laying on his desk in case he wanted to crack the rock open to see what’s inside, grabbed it and slammed it on the rock as hard as he could. It cracked open in half, and inside was something that he was sure didn’t belong in a rock. A key and a piece of paper that looked about ten years old. He grabbed it and read what it said,

If you are reading this that means I, Julian Whitmore haven’t  returned from the tunnels. My buddies and I discovered a few years earlier when we fell through a hole in the ground that is covered by a patch of grass next to the lake. When we first explored the tunnels it was suspenseful, we didn’t know what would happen so we only explored bit by bit. We did this for a few years, we noticed the there were many challenges, some very difficult and some easy. We completed the riddles of the guardian, crossed the treacherous bridge, and completed the maze. We are going into the last challenge today and we read the warning next to the door leading to it. It read all who enter cannot escape, so I decided to write this letter to let whoever know how to find me if I don’t return. Please…. Help me….”

Those rang in Lucas’s mind, how could his father possible? It was 8 years ago that he went missing how could be alive now? He realized that he had to show Julie, he ran downstairs, woke her up, and told all about what happened. Her eyes widened as she was reading the letter, and soon enough her mouth did too.

“This isn’t possible,” She whispered. “How could he possibly survived with no food and water for 8 years?”

“I don’t know….”  Lucas said. “But what I do know is that tomorrow I will find that hole , and I will find dad.”

“And i’m coming with you.”

By dawn they were ready to go, they had enough food and water that should last them about 2 months in case they hit a detour, they packed clothing for all types of weather, a first aid kit, and a few pocket knives. They left a note for their explaining that they were going to sleep over their friend’s house for a while and put next to her pillow. And with that, their journey began.

 

They started out by walking on every square inch of grass there was by the lake. By then 2 hours had passed and they hadn’t even completed half of the grass by the lake. Julie decided she wanted to take a break and she chased a butterfly that was flying around the field. Lucas needed to rest his legs so he sat down and took a tiny sip of water.

He looked over to where Julie was chasing the butterfly and she wasn’t there. Lucas rapidly got up and searched the ground. As he got closer to where she used to be he saw a large hole in the ground that most definitely did not use to be there. He looked down in and there it was, Julie laying the ground bruised and scarred. Lucas jumped down the hole and was a few a inches away from landing on Julie, she was already bruised enough she didn’t need someone to land on her.

He grabbed the first aid kit out of his bag and pulled out the the sterile gauze pads and the adhesive bandages, applied them, helped Julie up, then got started on his journey.

The pair were amazed by the fact that there was a  whole other world down here. They took pictures and kept some artifacts. After about an hour or two of exploring they came to their first challenge The riddles of the guardian.

The guardian was huge, terrifying, and was just about the definition of nightmare. Yet he wasn’t Lucas’s nightmare, he was part of his dream. The guardian stepped in front of the door when Lucas and Julie approached it, and said:

HALT! THOU SHALL NOT PASS!”

“But we need to get to the other side of the door!” Julie replied.

“IF THOU WANT TO PASS THEN THOU MUST ANSWER 3 RIDDLES.”

“We accept your challenge guardian!”

“RIDDLE #1: I can be flipped and broken but I never move. I can be closed, and opened, and sometimes removed. I am sealed by hands. What am I?”

Lucas let let Julie answer because she was obsessed with riddles, she knew almost every single one.

“You are deal.” Julie answered.

“THAT IS CORRECT!”  He said. “RIDDLE #2:  I can bring tears to your eyes; resurrect the dead, make you smile, and reverse time. I form in an instant but I last a lifetime. What am I?”

“You are a memory.”

“THAT IS CORRECT!” He boomed. “THIS IS THE FINAL QUESTION, IF YOU PASS THIS YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE DOOR. These are the three lives of mine:

So gentle I soothe the skin, So light I caress the sky, So hard I crack rocks. What am I?”

“Lucas I totally know this one, I read it yesterday!” She whispered. “You are water.”

“CORRECT, NOW I SHALL OPEN THE DOORS FOR YOU TO PASS THROUGH!”

The doors opened slowly and loudly, Lucas shed a tear as he was one step closer to achieving his life’s dream.

Behind the door was a long, wooden bridge.  It looked very old and unsafe, he knew that they had to be careful, one slip and they both could be dead. He told Julie the same thing but more firm, he had to be the one in charge. He decided that at the end of the bridge they would stop and have a snack to eat, which made Julie even more eager to cross the bridge.

Lucas let her take the first step, it immediately creaked and she stepped back. Lucas assured her that it was ok and that he would protect her if anything happened. She took her first step again and this time she felt more confident. She took another step more and about fifteen minutes later she was at the other side of the bridge eating trail mix and drinking water.

Lucas was terrified, he was afraid of heights and by the looks of it this bridge didn’t really seem to be close to the ground. He knew he had to face his fears though, he had to do it for his father, for his mother, for his sister, for him.  He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and took his first step. He was imagining that was taking his first steps as a baby, and his father was there at the other side waiting. He must have thought of that for a very long time because next you know Julie was there right in front of him.

“Whoa!” He exclaimed. “I must have really zoned out!”

“Yeah, you did.” Julie replied. “Now hurry up and eat we gotta get going.”

They opened the door to the second to last challenge, which was the maze. It had a map at the beginning telling you how to complete it, and Lucas was confused as to why. He just ignored it and took a picture of it., and moved on into the maze. He followed where the map told him to go and he followed every single turn. He completed it in an hour and a half, he wondered why it took dad and his friends so long to get to the last challenge he did it all in a day.

He saw that Julie was a bit tired so he decided to call it a day and complete the last challenge tomorrow, but he couldn’t stop looking at the sign. What does it mean?  He thought about that question until he fell asleep, and even then he thought about it in his dreams.

They woke up at dawn- or what they thought was dawn to have their morning breakfast and set off to complete their last challenge. He made Julie read the sign and he told to think about what that meant and to not be afraid, be calm, cool, and collected. Now he just had to say the same thing for himself.

They entered the last challenge an animal without a face came up to them almost immediately. It told them that people call them the Face Stealer, if you show any type of emotion then it steals your face. Lucas tried to look around to see if his dad was anywhere, and it took him a while but he saw him in a corner wrapped up in something white.

“I’m here to get my dad” Lucas said firmly.

“Ah ah ah!” Said the Face Stealer. “You’re not showing anger are you?” It snickered.  “I will give you your father back if you can tell me how you are feeling….”

“I am feeling calm, cool, and collected.” Lucas responded. “How are you feeling?”

“I’m feeling quite happy…. But who said I had to show it?”

“I told you how I was feeling now can I get my father back now?”

“You will get him when you friend tells me how she feels as well….”

“I feel calm, cool, and collected.” Julie answered.

“Good, good. You can have him back now….” Said the Face Stealer. “But you have to get through me first!”

The Face Stealer swooped in to attack Lucas but he missed, Lucas got out of the way just in time. He grabbed his pocket knife and tossed one to Julie. They both came at the Face Stealer at the same time, they stabbed it in the stomach. It fell down for a while and was wounded, they knew they had to make their move now. They both grabbed their father, picked him up, slung him over their shoulder, and ran away.  He was really light. He might have been as light as Lucas.

They ran out the door and went into the maze, they figured they would lose him in there considering the fact that it got stabbed twice in the stomach . They ran as fast as they could with their dad over their shoulder, about 30 minutes passed when they could see the end of the maze. That meant they were 1 step closer to getting home with their father, Lucas even forgot for a second that he was running for his life. Well he sure was reminded when the Face Stealer popped out right by the entrance of the maze. Lucas and Julie put their father down got out their pocket knives, this time with two knives in each hand, ready to go. They came at him once again, but this time it was different. Instead Lucas went in front of the Face Stealer by himself. When the Face Stealer was distracted,  Julie snuck behind him and stabbed him off guard in his back. The Face Stealer was wounded once again and it fell. Lucas and Julie grabbed their father and were on the run once again.

They ran on the bridge and with the extra weight with them, the parts of the bridge behind them fell off. They thought that they would be fine because the Face Stealer couldn’t fly, but there was the Face Stealer, flying over the bridge, waiting to strike at the right moment. When Lucas and Julie spotted the Face Stealer about a moment before it swooped in, they bolted. They ran as fast as they could, faster than they did in the maze, faster than the fastest person in the world. They knew that if they kept this running up they would escape the Face Stealer.

With the running that they were doing they crossed the bridge in 3 minutes. The Face Stealer was all the way back there still flying over the bridge,  they were still running fast like they were on the bridge.  They past the door guardian and started running through the tunnels, they were getting tired but they didn’t let that stop them.

Soon enough they started seeing light, they knew that they were close the end and breathed a breath of relief. When Julie turned around and noticed that the Face Stealer when behind them she told Lucas. He turned around to look as well then turned back around, only to see that the Face Stealer was right in front of him.

“If I can’t get out of these tunnels, no one can!” It said.

“Oh yes we are!”  Lucas countered.

He turned around and nodded at Julie, they need what they had to do.  The energy that they had on the bridge pumped back into them, Julie ran to the other side and put her arms out. Lucas used all his strength, threw his dad over to Julie, then grabbed a weapon from his bag. Which this time was a shotgun, told Julie to get out of the tunnels, then was left face to face with the very thing he wasn’t to show any type of emotion.

Lucas held the shotgun with his trembling hands, he had never held one before and being on the verge of death didn’t exactly help. He knew he had to be strong though, he had to do anything he could to save his father and his sister, he had to shoot the Face Stealer.

He loaded the shotgun and aimed at the Face Stealer, the safety was off and this was the only time he could get rid of it forever. He aimed it at the head and pulled the trigger, out came a loud BOOM which made some rocks fall. He grabbed his backpack and climbed out the hole, he knew that he would be safe out there, the Face Stealer couldn’t leave the tunnels.  

He rushed out the tunnels and lied on the grass. He missed the way it felt, the way it smelled. He was finally home, he took his father and Julie home, made sure his father ate well, and waited for his recovery. He himself took a nap and tried to forget what happened over the past few weeks. He closed his eyes and slowly drifted off, waiting for his regular life to come back….

“Soon….” He muttered. “But for now this is my life.”

And he went to sleep.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

A Strange Day In July By: Maimuna

 

One day in Chicago, Illinois in the month of July 7 year old Christine Lucy Thomas woke up.   She is very intelligent, sweet, tall, beautiful, doesn’t have many friends at school, and most of all loves nature.  She usually draws pictures of nature in her free time.  She went to wake her 11 year old brother Henry, he wouldn’t budge.  He is generous, hardworking, smart, tall,
handsome, and extremely loves books.  So instead she went to the guest room to wake up her granny Lisa.  She is the sweetest person on the face of the Earth.  She gave her granny Lisa a couple of pushes but she wouldn’t move, in fact not even take a breath of air.  

 

Christine was very worried, so she yelled “mom, dad, Henry come into the guest room quickly!”  They all quickly came into the room.

 

“What do you want in the middle of the morning Christine?” they all questioned.

 

“Guys I think granny Lisa is dead!’’ said Christine.

 

“Let me check her breathing rate honey.” said Dave the father.  Dave checked her breathing rate, she was dead, all the soul of sweetness slipped out of her body last night.  Dave is a very sensitive sad person, very caring, and tall/strong.  “My children your granny is long gone dead.” He also said.

 

“Honey I am going to go call all the relatives and that cemetery that we buried your father Georges in .” Aria  the wife said.  She didn’t wait for a reply and just did as she told her husband.  Aria is a very amazing, nice, friendly person.  Dave heard what Aria said but he was in too much shock that his mother was dead.  In the next 30 minutes they got to the cemetery to go bury granny Lisa.

 

Henry told a speech about his granny and grandpa.  The relatives started crying a lot more than before.  Then it started to get windy which was definitely weird because it was summer in July.  So they buried their granny quickly.  Before Christine and Henry left, they went to go their grannies pond.  Henry and Christine had 1 stone each.  One stone caught both of Henry and Christine’s eye.  They both touched it at the same time.  Then, Henry took it out of Christine’s hand and he threw it with all his might, but the third stone came skipping back.

 

“Henry did you see that stone coming back to us? It was glowing, harris kids waterthat was wicked cool like it wanted something from us.” told Christine.

 

“I know that was really cool, anyways let’s go home to go show mom.” replied Henry.   So they started to walk home which only took the 5-10 minutes.  So when they got home they showed their mom.

 

“My children you have found my rock, the rock I have been looking for my whole life now go away!’’ Aria crackled.

 

 They left to their rooms where they were the whole entire day, usually they would be outside but the weather forecast said it would be pouring hail.  Meanwhile Aria hadn’t been seen for 1 whole hour.  For some reason  Aria gave back the rock to Henry in an angry way.  Henry took the rock and put it on his counter.  

 

Then Christine asked “So what are we going to do with the rock?” Christine asked.

 

 Henry ignored her, he went on his bed to read because he was bored, he read a very sad book with family members being dead…  Christine went on his bed too and she drew pictures of nature with her granny on it because she was still sad that her granny died.  They did that for an hour and the time was only 3:00 they fell asleep.  Then, woke up at 3:45 and saw their granny.

 

“Granny is that you ?” they both sid in deep shock.

 

“Yes it is me my dearies I have to tell you guys that you guys are both keepers of the world.  You guys remember that skipping stone, that is the stone that makes you become the keeper of this very world .  This isn’t any dream it’s reality.  Also, I have to tell you that girl isn’t your real mom Aria Elizabeth Mary Thomas, it’s some crazy evil witch.  Get the stone and hold my hands now we are going to the underworld with me.

 

The children didn’t question what happened they just went with it.  They were in grief shock.  Granny Lisa started to mumble in Latin.  After 2 minutes they were in the underworld.  Granny had to scan the rock to come in the children didn’t ask why because it happened too fast and in a confusing way.

 

“Granny can we see grandpa Georges?” said Henry.  

 

“No I am sorry my child we will find out in the end.” granny replied with a tear.

 

 Henry was upset but, didn’t show it.  “OK guys it’s time to explain to you what we are doing.  See your real mother Aria is in jail, Liliana Marie is your mother’s twin they look exactly the same so she switched her and put your mother in the slammer.  You wouldn’t know about her because no one ever speaks of her.  It was sad on how she turned bad, your grandfather from your mother’s side made her bad.  But thank god you never saw him because he ran away with your horrible aunt at the age 10.  From then your mother was raised by your amazing grandmother.  I loved her since the second I saw her except she is an angel and so is your mother. Which means you guys are half angel and witch, which is amazing.  The weather is weird because you guys have to say a spell and hold the rock at the same time but first we have to kill Liliana.  Your father needs my magic spell book.  Your dad is going to come any minute and I know you guys are going to ask me why so soon, and how did we not know this from the start.  We didn’t know, but we know now because your father read Liliana’s diary and it told him all.  Also, you might ask me that why I couldn’t do this myself because I wanted to teach you some skills so you know when difficult times happen you’ll know what to do. So what we have to do is save your real mother Aria while, your father kills Liliana and we save the world from sucking into a black wormhole by saying one simple spell, but it is going to sting a little.” said granny.

 

At the minute Dave came in.  Dave said “children I have come to take the spell book my little world keepers.”  Dave took the spell book and left.  He was going to do the poison, stab spell.

 

“Granny I have one question for you, are we all witches including me, Christine, dad, and you?” said Henry.   

 

“Of course my sweet all of you are it’s in your bloodline.” replied granny.  The children were to surprised to say anything.  “Ok my children it is time to go, save your mother from that horrible jail!” said granny.  They held their grannies hand and they took the stone.   Their granny was again mumbling in Latin.  After 2 minutes they got to the underworld jail cell, it had so much of the latest technology.  

 

When they got there, there was a translucent glass with a lady standing in the back of it.  She said “who you looking for?”  

 

Granny replied “Lilliana Marie.”  The lady took them to another room which was the dungeon.  It was full of security guards.  When they came in the lady and security guards left.

 

Then, the real Aria cried “My children you have come to save me from this horrorfest.”  The Christine started to cry she couldn’t believe how bad her health looked.  She quickly wiped off her tears she didn’t want her mother to see.

 

Then, granny said “Ok well we are going to set you free, Dave as we think has already killed Liliana.  Also, come and look at the 2 new world keepers.”

 

Therefore Aria replied “That is so great I am so proud of you two.  So how do you plan to take me from here?”

 

“Leave that to me dearie.  All I have to do is look them in the eye and my mind will tell them, so we can leave peacefully.  Also, tell the spell so the whole world will be safe.  After all I am a good witch for a reason.”  said granny.  So she put a trance on everyone that was the prisoners.  Then, they went outside granny mumbled in Latin again to get home to Chicago, Illinois.  It took them entirely 5 minutes.

 

Then, Aria said sarcastically “Wow it feels good coming back to Chicago in hail.  So where is Dave?”

 

“He is in the house.” granny replied.  Aria came into the house and she gave Dave a tight hug.  Henry looked at the time they have only been gone for an hour.

 

Aria asked “Dave where is Liliana?’’

 

“She faded away 30 minutes ago.” Dave replied.  “OK guys let’s go do the spell, and if we don’t the whole world goes into a black hole.” he also said.

 

 Aria didn’t rot because she is an angel, she doesn’t do that type of magic.  Then they got the pebble and spell book, to look for the spell  Granny and Dave made a circle.  While Henry and Christine were in the middle, they were holding the pebble. Granny and Dave both were mumbling in Latin because that is where the spells come from.  Then, the world was back on it’s feet and the sun was shining brighter than ever.      

 

“Now that the world is safe, I have to go deal with a regular death.  See Henry that is exactly what happened to your grandfather.  I can’t be a ghost witch forever. It’s time for me to go.” said granny.  

 

The children, Dave, and Aria gave granny their goodbyes.  Then, she faded away.  It was sad to see her go again but, they were happy to know that their granny was safe.  They also knew that they might have to fight again but, for now they kept the stone safe ………     

 

  

 

Strange Day in July

Strange Day in July

 

One day in Winnetka next to Lake Michigan. 2 kids named Jerry and Vanessa. They are big liars but sometimes get away with it. They just woke up and brushed their teeth. They went down the wooden stairs to eat breakfast with their dinosaur and princess pj’s. They had scrambled eggs and toast with butter.

“Ma,’ this is so delicious,” said Jerry.

“Really, is it really good or are you lying again like last time,” vocalized their mom.

“No i’m telling the truth,” said Jerry.

“Can we head to Lake Michigan,” asked Vanessa.

“Yes, be careful,” said their mother

“Ok Ma’,”

 

Before they walked, they saw a newspaper that said A ghost has been haunting  . The ghosts name was ‘ lester Crane,’. They started to walk to the lake but right before that. Jerry tripped over a branch and got back up.

“That was a close one, I almost cut my knee. It’s nothing,”.

 

They reached to the lake and Jerry suggested to throw stones.

 

“I have a challenge,” said Jerry.

“What?” asked Vanessa.

“Whoever can throw a stone farther, than the other person has to do your chores for a week” replied Jerry.

“Ok, thats a deal,” vocalized Vanessa.

 

They were both trying to find stones that they know would throw good.

They found over 10 stones and they could only use the best 3 stones. It was Jerry’s turn to throw the stones. Jerry threw his 1st stone but it didn’t go too far. His 2nd stone was just a little more than his 1st stone. His 3rd stone was thrown but it didn’t stop. He threw with all of his might but, The Third  stone came skipping back. Jerry thought he was seeing things but

 

Vanessa asked “Why did that stone just come back to us,”.

“Ok, after all I wasn’t seeing things,” replied Jerry.

They have been thinking and thinking of what happened.

“What if the ghost from the newspaper is actually real,” vocalized Vanessa.

 

“Do you really think that the ‘ghost’ is real. “Pffffffff…. no, that ghost is totally fake. yeah it’s totally fake,” said Vanessa.

 

“Good, now we can go home and forget this whole thing behind us,”said Jerry.

“Thats not the only thing behind you!” shouted Vanessa.

“Ahhhh, Ghost!” yelled Jerry.

 “That looks like the one on the newspaper,” said Vanessa.

“That does,” vocalized Jerry.

“Wait,  ghosts can’t touch us,” replied Jerry.

“Remember my ghost hunting kit, do you think that will work to catch the ghost ,” said Jerry.

“No, that will never work. it’s fake,” vocalized Vanessa.

“Well, lets give it a try,” replied Jerry.

“Come as quick as you can then lets get home to hunt some ghosts,” vocalized Jerry.

 

When we went home I told my mom and my dad but they didn’t believe me so I asked them to come. Vanessa and I put our suits on and went with my mom and dad. Vanessa told me

“Don’t forget the vacuum cleaners,” Vocalized Vanessa.

“Yeah, thanks,” replied Jerry.

 

 It took five minutes to reach the lake. Their parents went to the lake and didn’t see the ghost. When there parents left, the ghost showed up and then Jerry yelled “Mom, dad come and look,”

 

“Stop pulling pranks on me and you father now we are going home!” yelled there mom.

“Ok then, they don’t have to believe us but we saw it with our own eyes,” said Jerry.

“Wait the ghost is back!” yelled Vanessa

“Oh my God”, “He’s back”, replied Jerry.

“Are you ready to use your vacuum cleaner”, asked Jerry.

“My bad boy is all loaded up”, replied Jerry  On 3, 1,2,3 Charge!”, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” yelled Jerry and Vanessa.


They caught the ghost and didn’t let him free no matter what the ghost kept asking them. They put the ghost in a jar then kept in a very safe place. In their hands. Jerry and Vanessa showed the neighborhood but they didn’t believe them. Instead they showed the jar and they weren’t called liars anymore now everyone is safe but what will happen to the ghost.  

A Strange Day in July

A Strange Day In July

One day in the year 2000 in the middle of July a little boy of the age of 13 was doing chores around the house, it was a very big house and it was very hot out. He was painting the house and his mom said “Hey Scott!” “Sarah wants

to go to the lake that no-one usually goes to, could you bring her?” “Ya sure in a minute, replied Scott. He was very happy that he would be able to go swimming and relax with his sister. It’s just a short walk away to arrive to the lake that no one really wants to go any more, they go there every time its warm enough outside.  On the way to the lake they bumped into two of Scott’s best friends

Sam and Justin. They said that the girl “Ashley”, the girl that Scott likes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

was on her way to his house and was going to meet him somewhere around

his house. Scott was so excited he told his sister just a little swim; she was

all right with that. When they got there his sister got into her swimsuit in the

blink of an eye. Scott didn’t want to swim so he just threw stones in the

Lake, then he threw with all his might but the third stone came skipping

back. Scott was so shocked and amazed at the same time, he couldn’t

move. He picked up the rock and it started to glow. He thought it was a

magic rock so he put it in his pocket and he told his sister to hurry up and

he was leaving. She didn’t even have time to get dry, she only had time to

to put on her cloths and leave. On the way back it started to rain and it became

so cold it started to hail. When they got back the parents of Ashley were

at Scott’s house. They were all crying, Scott was afraid of the news he was about to encounter, the said that a car on the way over had hit Ashley. “Well she wanted to let you know that she liked you, b-b-but now she is gone. The situation was very sad. During that day his sister started to develop a sickness that the doctors could not help in a medical way. The next day she had to stay in the hospital for breathing tubes and medical testing. She died a few days after. The next few years were going pretty well for Scott and his mother, his mother received a raise, they moved into a new house a nicer neighborhood. His mother had a chance to go on a business trip to New Hampshire; Scott was excited for his mom. The next day Scott was watching television and a SPECIAL news report came on and it said a plane crashed on its way to New Hampshire, Scott said to himself it couldn’t be the plane his mom was on, but it was!! Throughout the years with the money that his mom left behind lasted Scott about 2 to 4 years.

After those years he tried to explain what happened to him and his family but no one ever believed him.After the rock became a little bit more powerful, it made Scott kill others!! And when the police had him in custody he tried to explain that the rock did it but they just thought he was crazy but they searched him anyway but the rock was gone! Vanished! It ended up right back at that lake where a little girl named Emma picked up the rock and thought it was magic too So she stuffed it in her pocket. And no one will ever believe those strange days in

July!!

A Strange Day in July

A Strange Day in July   One time on July 3,1988 everybody was getting ready to shoot there fireworks in the air.there is a kid named Jacob and he and his sister went out to the river to skip rocks while they were walking they saw green throw up and then ran because it changed to red. When they arrived at the river Jacob threw with all his might but the third rock came skipping back. and the same happend to his sister and while they were walking back they saw an arm lying on the ground. They ran home and told there mom exactly what happened and she did not believe what her child had seen an then she heard a scream and looked and saw nothing. She got a little concerned about what they said all in that night the heard 5 screams that night     In the morning Jacob woke up and play video games his parents were getting ready but his dad died a few years back and his mom told him to get ready he said I do not want to go his mom said turn off the game at 10 ok said Jacob hearing his mom close the door he yelled for his sister but forgot that his sister left with his mom so he said he need money for food and new that the farm was looking for helpers so he went down to the farm. And he notice that Mr.steve was a zombie and he ran as fast as he could and also was mr.steve and when he in the house he locked the door and played video games. then saw mr.Steve peak in his window and scream so he called his mom and said that there was a zombie at the door and his “mom said that this is no time to play its the 4th of July.”As she hung up there were 5 more zombie outside so Jacob was making plan to warn his mom and the town so he walked out threw a bone and ran to the town rally. And notice nobody was there and then all the fire work went off under his feet and he ran and saw his mom and told her and she went to the house and heard something so she walked slow and opened the door and it was the dryer because somebody put to many clothes in the and the story of the non existing zombies.   The End!!