No description

Trust- I had trust at the beginning but I left it with my shattered life when they found me.
Lonely-Sad and Angry conflicted feelings mixed with rage.Taken thrown away like a piece of trash.
Sanity-No description.
I am too Deep in their game now to realize have far I've been taken.How badly the end result will be.
Gone-Desperately waiting for someone to find where I've gone too.
Anger-Upset, fury put Into a person who is alone, In a desolate place.
Alive-No description
I don't want to wait anymore. They take me farther every day. They drive me to the edge.Pushing and prodding like I'm some sort of experiment.
The dark-Pitch black full of death, and despair hatred, and broken dreams. For those that were waiting for their loved ones lost what they wanted most before they realized they were they were so deep in this game that they could never hope to escape.
Hope- They always had faith all of them. Their faith amounted to nothing.
 Pain-The screams of others, the ones who i could trust falling at my feet.As i stand a terrible failure the cause of the anger within the nation.

Betrayed-I have done and been. I can't trust them they lie they cheat,they steal what I love most. This mission I hold on my shoulders for all those that were left behind killed in cold blood left to die on these cold blood stained floors.Because of my greed and failure i am left to die to enter with them for an eternity full of hatred and anger, and all these other emotions rolled into one failure of a man.

War-No description

Extinction: The beginning

We found a tape player and a bunch of tapes. These were from three years ago. This is the story that they told. Day 1 10:26AM: I'll be heading home today! I've been waiting to see Angie for a year now. I'm so excited. I hope she still remembers me. What Am I talking about? Of course she will,Its only been one year after all. Anyways I'm kinda nervous about flying for the first time. After that car ride here I don't think I'll ever drive again.I guess Its getting close to the take off time at the airport. Well i think its time for me to head out Its pretty quiet tonight though. I haven't heard the neighbors arguing as usual... I hope everything is alright. Maybe i should check on them? No Its none of my business anyway.
Day 2 8:25PM: I'm finally here! Angie was so excited to see me,with those big blue eyes and that adorable smile. I knew she wouldn't have forgotten she showed me some pictures that she drew while I was away. She had drawn me and her together under the big oak tree in the yard. For a 5 year old she isn't that bad of an artist. I'm proud of my little girl for holding out so long while i was gone.I was so happy to see Cindy too I couldn't have asked for a better welcoming home than this. I'm so tired from my trip. Flying wasn't half bad either, but having to sit next to a 37 year old who smelled like salt&vinegar chips was not my idea of a fun trip.
Day 6 12:07PM: Ever since I've gotten back I have been working around the clock. I am quite exhausted,I've had to work my fingers to the bone. Its been kind of...Melancholy around the office.I got the normal welcome back party but everyone seemed kind of restless. I didn't think to much of it. I just had some cake and finished the day out with working. I don't remember seeing Ted though he never misses work that kind of worries me. He is fine there can't be anything wrong. After all he does call himself "The Terrific ;Ted" God knows why he decided on that nickname. Well i think I'm finished writing for tonight guess I'll check back up in a few days or so.
Day 12 3:35PM: I've got a new task from John. Do you remember John? He is my manager I could never have asked for a better one than him. He gave me a new task. One...Unheard of. He wants me to examine some strange fossils said to have been found deep in the waters of the pacific. I am a little bewildered by this job but if John tells me too then i do it. Angie's had a little fever for a few days now I hope she gets around to feeling better. I can't stand to see her moping around the house sniffing and coughing instead of running around outside with her friends. Hopefully she'll get better soon enough.
Day 14 9:06AM: I've been working on that fossil I had to examine. I haven't see anything like It before! It's really quite amazing. It looks to be from the ages before man. I am quite surprised someone like John gave me a task like this. Stroke of luck i guess. Angie is feeling better I'm so glad,Cindy just had to give her some of that herbal medicinal crap. I mean hey, as long as my dear Angie is feeling better I could care less what she gives her.
Day 17 2:41PM: Less and less people have been showing up to work. Maybe people are realizing how horrible their jobs are. I don't think that's enough to quit really though. I haven't seen Ted since I got back I'm starting to get a little worried about him. Maybe I'll go by his house today when I head out from work.
Day 17 8:13PM: Why did this happen? Was it my fault? I know it couldn't of been I haven't even said anything to him since I got back. I-I-I...I found Ted today...He committed suicide.He hung himself... I was going to the door. I knocked and nobody answered. So i decided to walk around to his window. He always kept the curtains open. I looked into the window and he was just...dangling. I don't think this is how it was supposed to end for him. I called the police. Ever since then I've been seeing his face. Broken and cold, scare and confused. I hate having to remember Ted this way. The police gave me an estimated time of death. They said around about half a month ago. Almost the time I arrived back. I don't get It. Why would Ted do this when I come back? I felt like I could of helped him. But i didn't. I'm ashamed. I've got so many mixed feelings. I'm going to head to bed I don't want to think about this anymore today.
Day 19 4:07PM: I think the only few people left working at this place are John,Savannah, Joseph,And me. The rest are minor workers, people that do insignificant jobs. I hope the rest stay. I can't figure out why anyone would want to leave with the way the economy Is now. Anyway I've been thinking about that fossil. It's strange, I don't think It Is from any dinosaur we have ever collected Information on. It looks like it is gonna turn out to be a new fossil. I'll have something named after me. That is unbelievably amazing. I guess the wheel of fate is turning in my direction.
Day 25 9:03PM: I have been talking to John he has been giving me excuses for why people have been quitting. I know something is going on I may not be aware of it but I know it's something bigger than anyone could have imagined. I guess I just have to wait to see what it will be.My poor Angie is getting sick again I think she might have the flu. It's got to be bad if she has been getting sick this often. I guess I better finish out with my rambling I know you don't want to hear it.
Day 28 10:04AM: I figured i should take Angie to the doctor. She has been getting progressively worse over the last few days. I know its probably only a cold but I really want to see her get better. After all I just arrived back from California. Speaking of Cali. I hear there has been some new developments on my fossil. John informed me they had found more and more of these fossils. I can't help but think this is all related. Angies sickness, Everyone quitting, Teds untimely demise. Its all so hard to bear. I really miss Ted.He would know what to do in a time like this.
Day 35 9:37 AM: I took Angie to the doctor she is in the early stages of leukemia. I am doing everything I can to help her. The doctors said as long as we take care of her and she is steadily treated by the hospital she will be fine. I don't want to be too stressed about this so I'm taking a leave of absence from my job. I am leaving John, Savannah, And Joseph. I'm sure they can find a replacement. I guess this is what the other workers felt like when they left. I doubt they will have a tough time managing when I'm gone. I will have to find a job closer to home If something goes wrong I will know I can be there in an instant.
Day 44 5:07PM: I've been watching the news a lot of "Strange occurrences"  Have been going on for the past few days. California has been experiencing Earthquakes more frequently than usual. They are much higher in magnitude too. I don't want to think about these. It's all in my head,and Cindy keeps reassuring me It's nothing. John has been checking in on me every other day now. He always makes sure I'm not overworking myself taking care of Angie. John reassured me I could come back to my old job anytime but i have to refuse his offer for Angie's sake.
Cindy being at work If I were to go back there wouldn't be anyone to take care of her. She needs all the help and support she can get. Her classmates sent her a big poster with all their names on it and little notes like "Get better soon We miss you" A bunch of the words are misspelled. I guess I am expecting to much from a class of Preschoolers.
Day 69 2:03 PM: I haven't recorded in quite a while. I guess i have just been preoccupied with Angie and looking for a job close to home. It's getting bad around here. Muggings, Murders, Rapes,Gang fights. I have decided to buy a new security system, and take a karate class. I want my family to be protected. Cindy keeps a knife with her at all times. Although with the kind of crime we have here it wouldn't do much against a gang of thugs.
Day 75 9:08PM After a month of searching I have finally found a job. Its not much better than minimum wage but with cindy's tea shop we should get by fine. I hope that Angie will get better soon. Her first round of Chemo Is In a few weeks I want to make sure I can be there at all times when she has to go through this so I'm going to ask my new boss(Andrew) for those days off. He is a really nice guy so I'm sure he will be ok with it. I feel like it was a miracle getting this job I hope everything turns out for me ok in the end. I watched a news report the other day. I think that fossil has something more than just dinosaurs related to it. When John came by the other day I started talking with him about it. He changed the subject pretty quickly to how he found a few new employees but my spot will always be open.
Day 87 3:08 AM: I can't sleep,I can't eat, I can barely think. I'm so exhausted from the last few days. Angie's doctors said she would be fine. Her first round of chemo when great. She is starting to lose her hair. The first few strands fell out and cindy began to cry. I couldn't help but think it was all over but I'm sure she will be fine the doctor reassured me that about 2 or 3 more rounds of it and she will be back up in no time.
Day 95 5:06 PM: Angie's condition has gotten worse. The doctors said she would be fine. I believed them. They are betraying my trust. If something happens to her...I don't know what I will do. Speaking of worse. They figured out this fossil isn't from earth. They did what we would call an autopsy except instead of a body it was on a bone. They found wires inside of it. It's unheard of. This is of course all confidential but John tells me pretty much everything. I would never hear this stuff If he wasn't one of my best friends. I have a bad feeling about this.

We haven't found any more tapes but we are searching. We have to figure out what happened to these people and this planet. This place was obliterated and we have no idea how. Its our duty. End transmission.

Waiting in the void

I stand independent

Unreasonably alone

Silence over everything

I will never find home

I am going deeper into the void

Still i am alone

I cannot find anyone but myself

And the darkness

Its so quiet

But i tell myself

Ill find someone

But someone never comes

And i will still be waiting

And wait i shall

The deafening silence

“Here it is” he yelled.
“Where?”
“Right there”
I could hear the agitation in his voice now.“Well i don’t see it’.
I could in fact see the towering home above me in all its horror and all its glory.
“I know you’re lying” He said in disappointment.
I am Sophie and the boy yelling at me like a madman is my friend Seth. It’s been three years since i last entered this house. We Nicknamed it the “Widowman” house. It’s called that because Ms. Widowman used to live in that house before any of us were born. Although nobody REALLY knows how she perished but somehow it was definitely related to that house. I remember the first time i entered that house. It was sunny outside it was coming to sunset outside but the kids on the street didn’t have any real concern about playing in the dark. We were all playing baseball as normal 10 and 11 year old kids on our street do. It was finally my turn up to the bat the game was tied and it was the last inning. I hated it when games came down to the wire like this. I was ready to hit the ball out of the park though. I got into my stance and got ready. The ball flew out of our pitchers hand and came flying at me like a speeding bullet. I didn’t have much time to react but the next thing i knew the ball was flying farther and higher than anything i could have ever dreamed of. I couldn’t feel anything but joy, that is until the ball went right through the Widowman mansion window. I knew i had to get the ball i didn’t have a choice we all settled on the person that hits the ball out has to get it. We made that rule the last time Ricky (He's pretty stubborn) refused to get the ball after hitting it down the street because there was no rule that he had to get it. So from that day forth anyone that hit the ball out had to get it themselves. I didn’t have a choice unless i didn’t want to play baseball with them anymore. I walked out onto the lawn since the house was abandoned. I didn’t have a fear of this house back then so i stride onto the steps like they were nothing. Nothing on this world could have prepared me for what was inside. I walked in to see tattered portraits Hanging awkwardly from the walls and broken glass scattered across the ground. The ball had went into the second story window so i had to head upstairs. I knew something was lurking in the shadows i could hear things i wouldn’t hear in a normal house. By some miracle i found a flashlight just laying in the scattered glass. I didn’t really believe that it would work (seeing as how there weren’t any batteries) but i guess this was not a normal flashlight. I didn’t realize how cold the house had been getting until i got into the room with the ball in it. The temperature was somehow dropping rapidly. I grabbed the ball and started my way back. It began to get dark, even darker than the pitch black it already was. I heard more noises scratching and piercing howls coming from all directions. Before i knew it i was screaming. I thought i was hallucinating but i know i couldn’t have been, everywhere started to fill with blue lights. They were faint but there was strange auras emitting off them. I didn’t care about the ball anymore i wanted out i was screaming and shivering until finally a fluorescent light woke me up. I was in the hospital my family and friends were all watching me with horror in their eyes.I lay there in a dazed fashion trying to piece together what i had just been through. I tried to recreate what happened in the house to the doctors but they just waved it off and diagnosed it as sleep deprivation.  That didn’t make any sense i had been getting plenty of sleep, more than i needed really. I didn’t think anyone believed me. The only person who would've was Seth. They said he came and found me whispering to myself like i had just seen a ghost. It was true though i had seen one there was no other explanation. Am i like the kid from “The sixth sense”Or something now? No its that house it is and will always be that house. As my family and friends began to exit the room Seth was the only one who remained. “Did you really see a ghost?”
“Why would i go crazy like that if not?”
“Thats what i want to know”
“What were they like?” He said
“Well....I remember them being these blue twinkling lights and they made these kind of low,guttural noises. “
“Were they hostile?”
“No i-i don't think so.”
“When i found you you were slumped down in a corner like all your bones were broken and  you wouldn't stop muttering.”
I couldn’t really remember any time we talked about the house after that except maybe a few mentions of it in trivial conversations. It didn’t really matter,the house though was apparently on its way to being destroyed and Seth didn’t think that was a good plan. I had heard of him researching more about the house through his life time. When i left that house i could see the curiosity in his eyes.
And that should bring you up to speed on where we are now.  In front of this house . “Lets go in” Seth said with insanity in his eyes.
“Are you crazy? I’m never going in that house again!
“Suit yourself” I stood behind the Rotted wood fence. Even the outside of the house gives me chills.
“If this place is going to be destroyed i want to at least check it out”
I really hate this but i guess i am going to have to anyways if something happens to Seth it will be on my hands. I approached with care and caution,none like I had when I first entered this place of evil. I was right behind Seth the entire time. We entered the house. we began to explore,  the portraits had now completely disintegrated and the glass was mysteriously gone like it had vanished into thin air. I looked around and what was left of the walls was a decayed brown substance that used to be what looked like the beams of the house I don’t see how this place wasn’t demolished earlier. Entering the living room was even worse. The couch had maggots in it ,a wasp nest was growing out of the corner of the room ,the rug looked like something had just completely torn it to shreds ,and the curtains were nothing but strings. I’m pretty ahead of the fact that something has definitely been here. Seth has officially had one of the dumbest ideas i have ever seen.
“Lets check out the basement”
“Why in gods name would you want to do that?”
“If we want to find out what's been harboring itself in here we have to look everywhere and the basement isn’t out of the picture.”
We began to tread towards the basement. It felt like the hallway was getting longer. Although i knew it had to be all in my head once i reached the door. I firmly grasped the knob and with a quick flick of my wrist the door was open and the pitch black darkness was staring straight through my soul. It was like it was alive. Every time i walked down the stairs they felt like they were jumping away from me. the stone was cracked like paint splashed on a wall. I couldn’t get out of this though Seth was there i had to make sure nothing went wrong and i couldn’t just leave Seth there. As our descent into the house went farther i began realizing that something knows we are here. I try to stay as close to Seth as i can but he's much faster than me and is much more interested in this house than i will ever be. I picture in my mind all the terrible things that could happen. It feels like these stairs go on forever. What happens if they crumble and the house falls. What if the door locked behind us? What if something gets us down here.I've made my decision. I start whispering to Seth.
“I think we’ve explored enough can’t we go back up?”
He doesn’t respond.
I get nervous.
“Seth?”
Still no answer,
I grabbed his shoulder.
And that's when i see it,
Seth is gone.

And all that's left,
Is the deafening silence.

Hunger Games Movie Review

The hunger games movie. I was excited to see it espicially since i loved the book. I just kind of brushed off people saying the movie wasnt going to be as good as the book, but i thought it fell just short of being as good as it. In my opinion they left out maybe one or two key details. For example they didn't have the avox girl which i was sure they would have but it didn't take much away from the movie too much. I think this movie could have been alot worse than the book seeing as how most movies are. Although whenever i see a movie from a book i usually still like the movie just because i always have. I'm just not to much of a critic i guess. Another example is how the dogs in the movie weren't the other tributes and they were ran on four legs unlike the muttations in the book which kind of disappointed me since that was probably one of my top three favorite parts.I liked how the characters were portrayed because they were almost exactly to my thoughts of how they looked in the book (except for rue she was a little bit bigger than i imagined). The plot was great i couldn't tell really any differences from the movie. Out of 10 i would give this movie a 8.7 I thought about the point score and i would say the district 11 rebellion was -.2 the final cornucopia scene -.5 thresh banging clove on the table instead of hitting with a rock -.1 the dogs instead of muttations -.3 and the avox girl being left out - .2 Totaling to 8.7

Relax

Relax

Take a step back

Enjoy what you have while you have it

I have

I do what i want and when i want to

just to relax

I just like to sit back Watch the world as it passes me by

It a really great feeling you should try

Once in awhile you’ll have fun i guarantee

You just need to try to relax you’ll see

So we’re back where we started with me telling you to

Relax

Bring a new day

My wish for the world is there to be no hate

No anger,No pain,No sadness,No rage

But i know that it might be possible one day

If we put our minds to it

And try to work through this

Bring everyone together

Make everyone act better

We would reach the stars

if we all put ours mind together

Go new places,Meet new things

, See new faces

But before this plan is put into action

we must ask them

And ourselves, and everybody else

To think before you act

Don’t just leave and turn your back

Just work on it

It will get better

No matter how long it will stay together

We could do so much more

If everyone wasn’t so entertained by these wars

If peace could be around the world

We could cure diseases,Find new species,

Solve world hunger,And help the weak ones

But we still are waiting for that day

where everyone could be saved in new innovative ways

Although we have to wait I’m sure one day

we could drown out the violence,And all the pain.

I am from

I am from spending all day on the computer

and all night on the xbox

I am from going to school

and being as lazy as I can

I am from friends and family

Espcially my brother

I am from writing fiction and having tons of fun with it

and writing stories that people will like

I am from having time to myself but its never enough of it

and watching so my tv my eyes hurt (including watching it on the computer)

and things to do but i still need more

I am from being myself and ignoring what people think of me

I am from playing music

But the trombone is the only instrument

I am from being peaceful and wanting there to be no violence

Ever

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CREATIVITY: This is one of my latest "Projects" It's called alone its about a man who finds himself stranded on an island with some kind of supernatural thing waiting for him in the shadows. I think out of all my fictional writing this will be my favorite one yet. I think this post best reflects my creativity  because of all the time effort and thought I'm putting into it. My creativity from this also comes from the responses i got from other people when we switched day books to write a response for the ideas they had.


GROWTH AS A WRITER: I think the post that best reflects my creativity as a write is my story empires. About warring nations although i decided to cut this story short i still think it was my first story to bring out the writer i had been harboring inside of me for some time. At the time i started writing this it was about the time i realized this class wasn't just a writing class where we were told to write a subject if we wanted we could write anything we want so i tried it out and this is how it turned out to be.



THINKER: wasteland is my second favorite but it is not over yet i will continue probably when i finish writing alone. Wasteland is about a man who tries to find his family in the nuclear wasteland that was once earth. I took a lot of thoughts and ideas and combined them into one for this story.I think this series will turn out to be a great one.



FAVORITES: My favorites are definitely the three i just explained because of how much i love fiction i always would read fiction and now that i get to write it i want it to be the best i can make it. 1st:Alonehttp://jacob-theworld.blogspot.com/2012/02/alone.html 2nd : Wasteland  http://jacob-theworld.blogspot.com/2012/02/wasteland.html
3rd: Empireshttp://jacob-theworld.blogspot.com/2012/02/empires.html

Alone.

Masterpiece in the making

Alone. That's the word for it. Yes i am Alone on this desolate oasis of land. I think it must have been at least a year now. I don't remember how i got here.I don’t even remember my name. All i remember is waking up after being unconscious on a raft for several days. I do know however something took me here. I couldn't have just been carried here by the wind there had to be something that knew i was in trouble. I was thankful for it at first but now i can safely say i regret it. This island is deserted with only me to inhabit it there aren't even any animals which i find strange with all the fruit and lakes on this bountiful land. I do know however that there is one thing lurking, watching me in the shadows. I have been having nightmares about it ever since i got here and its the same dream over and over. I am running down a dark path my feet moving on  their own. I'm being chased by something i stop to turn around, and nothing is there just pure pitch black.Something was surely there though. I don't know where it went but then I'm freezing and my whole body becomes numb and i can't move and that’s when i hear them the voices of the dead around me whispering things to me things i couldn't even imagine in the deepest of my thoughts now my final moments begin and before the dream ends i am surrounded by “them” and even though i only see them for a moment i know who they are they’re the past inhabitants of this island the people who were killed in the most horrific ways I don’t know how they ended up like this but inside i feel both sorry for them, and fear them. All i know is I don’t want to end up like them I don’t know what is going on but this recurring dream means something and I have to find out or die trying. Then I wake up in a cold sweat, terrified,trembling, and staring into the bright,blue sky. Today is a new day and i think i will try to explore and figure out what is clouding my every thought and movement in my mind and body. Something has to be here waiting to help me or destroy me and I have to find out before its too late.I began to pack things onto my small wooden raft with a slim long leaf tied to the edge so i could drag it along i did this slowly in fear something might find me and hurt me before this journey even began but as I gradually quickened I eventually finished ready to set out. I have packed food,water,a large stick in case anything came after me,and a grass made pillow (i took pride in having made this). I set off on my journey every movement taking in my surroundings although, i had been in these parts before i still had a feeling something malicious was after me. After a few hours i made it to an unknown area i had never been before there was still a massive area of the island to explore but i thought i was making pretty good time for how slow my mind made it feel like i was going. I have still yet to see any kind of life other than the usual gloomy feeling of darkness around me. I now know that my mind is set on getting this thing away from me it has a hold on my life that only i can get rid of and i know it. As i made it farther out into the forest i approached some kind of ruins that looked like they were destroyed long ago by something fearsome. I picked up my stick and proceeded to get closer to these ruins. Almost instantaneously my body was flooded with a sense of overpowering fear. I felt like i was being ripped apart and i was in so much pain my body had gone numb. I stumbled backwards away writhing in pain as my whole body could no longer feel anything. I lay there on the ground in utter shock for what i had just gone through. I didn’t want to go anywhere near these ruins again but i manned up and pulled out the courage i had inside to try and make it past the entrance. If something was on this island it was surely inside these ruins and i wasn’t going to wimp out now. I picked up my stick and ran to the entrance. Yet again, My body was in extreme pain i didn’t think i could do it but i used my stick as a cane as i stumbled blindly past the entryway i didn’t think i would last much longer if i didn’t make it past this doorway I finally threw myself with all my draining strength past the doorway towards the inside of these ruins. The moment i made it past the door my body felt like a glowing source of life. The pain was completely gone and i felt like i was new. I looked around the ruins to see not much but crumbled walls and an altar.  I approached this altar with caution and ran my hand over the surface. It was smooth yet it had jagged edges sharp enough to cut with the slightest of touch.  In the center of this altar was a small blue orb with the radiant color of the blue sky i tried to touch it but when i touched my finger to it felt like it was being absorbed into me. I was trying to run away but i couldn’t it felt like i was being sucked in i finally made it away staring at the empty altar. Something had definitely changed inside of me my body was lighter i felt like i could conquer anything that came my way.I then began to realize i had just traveled back to my starting point on this island. I must be going crazy. Yea I've been here and I’m probably going insane.... Or maybe not. Something is wrong and i must figure this out. A few moments later i find I’m back at the ruins i feel like i just walked from the ruins to my camp and back to the ruins in a matter of mere seconds. I think my body may have absorbed something from that orb gave shelter to some kind of power meant for nobody. I hope i can use this to my advantage if i do i might be able to escape i have to try, just an attempt to get away from this insanity.

Wasteland

Wasteland
By:Jacob

So far the world has gone to crap. I fear I might be the only one left. This war has ripped the world to shreds. U.S.A, Russia, China, And Korea are all apart of this devastating war. All that’s left of planet earth is a nuclear wasteland.  I guess all the blame could be put on China for this war although we took part in it. The first explosion was on new york.

I was there working at my job as usual dealing with a picky customer when suddenly i was blinded by a big flash of light. I went and looked outside the window with everyone else scrambling to see. I never thought the day would come where I see a mushroom cloud right where the empire state building was. I couldn’t imagine the horror of what it was like down there. I ran to the phone to call 911 but the lines were busy i guess that was a stupid idea after all there were many other people probably calling.

I figured I could go home and check on my family to see if their alright. I ran out the shop still in my taco bell uniform but that didn’t matter to me right now. I heard the others screaming at me to not go but I just ignored them the most important thing on my mind was my family right now.I got in my car and drove home ignoring the speed limit I was pretty sure most of the cops were at the explosion site so i didn't worry about it much. I tried calling home but the phone lines were so busy they were overloaded and i couldn’t get anywhere so i just kept driving.

 As i arrived there i ran up to the door and banged on it as hard as i could. My little brother was standing there i was glad he was OK. My sister and my dad were in the living room look at the television. A newscast of the destruction at the empire state buildings ruins was broadcasting on every channel. It was terrifying i never thought any thing like this could happen i hoped this was the end of it but i was wrong.
Then it came again another bright flash of light but this time more than one i thought today could be the end for me as the flashes were ending the television camera crew pointed the camera at the remains of the statue of liberty i was horrified.

 Then the last explosion came and i could feel the force of it because this time it was near our house i was pushed back and heard my family screaming then everything went dark and i thought is this the end?

 I woke up wounded and in extreme pain my whole body felt like it was hit by a plane. I looked around and saw the green gases floating in the air i looked around and took some tissues to keep me from breathing in the gases. I couldn’t find anyone i hoped they had gotten out safely. I went and changed out and washed up i had a fairly large cut on my back and my forehead with bruises and scars everywhere else. I walked outside to find that everything was ruined the houses the cars there were many people lying on the ground dead and i was horrified.

 I decided to go to the police station to see if there was anyone who could help. I found my old electric scooter in the garage and decided if i wanted to get anywhere this was my best mode of transportation.

 I took a bat just in case there was anything that wasn’t supposed to be there. I headed out to the police station i noticed somethings shadow crawling around i didn’t wait to see what it was so i sped up and kept moving. I still felt its presence closing in on me i stopped got up and looked around for whatever might of been troubling my mind i thought that it could’ve just been a squirrel but with the devastation that went down i don’t know what it could be i thought i might be in trouble if i don’t get moving but i lingered. I stopped suddenly and couldn’t move it felt like something was taking over my mind. I noticed my eyes were shut tightly by some force other than my own. With every ounce of strength i had i opened them and what was staring at me was more disgusting than anything i’ve ever witnessed in my life. It was a woman with rotting flesh she had four arms and her skin was a distinctive green. I felt like i was going to be sick but i still could not move it was as if she was looking into my soul and i couldn’t do any thing about it.

 Then all at once it felt like ten things were going on at once. I could to release me from her icy cold stare and i could move again i flailed in all directions when  i was let go so it looked something like me having a seizure luckily no one was around to see it. I felt extreme pain as one of her massive claws tore open a large gash on my leg it went deep enough for me to see the bone. I remembered the bat i had laying on the ground a little ways away from me i put everything i had into trying to grab the bat as she grabbed my wrist. I then heard a loud crack and looked up to see a hefty man holding a blunt object. He took one look at me and he could tell i was afraid. “Thanks” i said
“You alright kid?” He asked me even though i could see he already knew i wasn’t

“Are there others with you?”  “A tough little girl and an old man who can pack a punch”
“Can you tell me what’s going on”
“Later right now we need to get back to our camp before more rippers show up”
I didn’t understand what he meant by rippers but i didn’t disobey and he helped carry me back to this so called “Camp”. I could tell i was pretty badly wounded and in need of medical treatment. I had a gash on my leg that was finger deep. As we reached back to camp there was a little girl with hair as black as the night sky. I guess it was all the ash from the explosions but maybe she was just born that way.

 In the corner watching an old TV that looked liked it was from the 90s.  He had guns strapped around him and a belt of grenades wrapped over his shoulder ending at his waist. I asked them their names the guy who saved me told me to call him stone. It definitely fit him though, The little girl said her name was Regina even though she was so much younger than me i could tell if she wanted to she could snap my neck in an instant so i stayed away from her. Finally the senior citizen told me to call him Brew. He drank a lot and he couldn’t even remember his own name.

 I wondered how long the world had been like this so i asked. To my shock i found out the world had been like this for much longer than i imagined in fact it was apparently 6 months how i had managed to stay alive in that house so long i had no clue but something or someone must have been there keeping me alive after the blast. It was beginning to get dark and they beginning boarding everything up they told me at night the mutants come out more and the fighting begins and if we want to survive we better stay close to camp at night. The noises became worse, and got louder and after a short while i heard gunfire and explosions along with a mixture of screams. It was like a horrifying symphony. I couldn’t believe what this world had come to. I just hoped it would all come to an end soon or else i might just lose my mind.

Empires **Discontinued**

Empires
By:Jacob Yates

I was running frantically with the booms and crashes exploding around me like a thunderstorm. I could feel the ground shaking below me i knew something bad was about to happen. I heard screams and cries all around me. I couldn’t think straight with all the yelling. The roof started to cave in and the last thing i heard was someone screaming my name....I guess i should start from the beginning my name is Niccolo but everyone i knew called me nick. The most important thing you should know about me is i am the son of the king of the western nation. He is a strong ruler who hates anyone from the eastern nation. I always wondered when i was a child why he hated them so much. I once asked him but he would always brush me off to go work on running the kingdom. Today was the day though he would have to tell me because i’ve arranged a meeting in the dining room and he will have to tell me. I walked into the throne room where my father was sitting waiting for me as I expected.

“You’re here finally” he said.    

“It takes time to get here when i am thoroughly searched by so many guards father”.        “Its only for my safety and you know this”. “Anyways lets get going” he said.

We made our way down to the dining room. As we sat being entertained by fathers servants i guess that now would be my best chance to ask. “Father can you tell me something”? I said    “What is it son?      “Father why do we have such anger towards the northern nation they seem like a friendly type they never attack us or anger us in any ways?”   I could tell by his expression he was getting agitated

“I have told you many times this is a discussable matter i will tell you when you become old enough to learn the truth” He exclaimed. “But father there is no reason to be so spiteful towards them” “Silence!” He was shouting now.

“If i tell you we should not discuss this it is not to be spoken of do i make myself clear?” “Yes father” I mumbled. He began to get up and leave. “father wait!”

I shouted but he was already exiting the room. I followed after him to his quarters only to hear him talking with someone whom i wasn’t very sure who they were. I knew by their voice it wasn’t any of his servants. His voice was deep and malicious it shook me to the core. As i overheard them talking i could tell he was from the northern nation by the way he was talking about things. “You only have one choice it is because of your actions your kingdom is on the brink of war and if you don’t choose wisely your kingdom will be at war yet again”

Hearing this made me a little dizzy to think the peaceful northern nation would attack us and who else was he talking about the eastern nation perhaps? I peeked back around and kept listening “ I can’t help what my father did in those times this shouldn’t be a problem” Father said “Just return the ring it shouldn’t be so difficult to do”.

I wondered what ring he was talking about i looked down at my hand and had a short crazy thought but quickly pushed it out of my head.     “That ring belongs to us and it has a great power to it that only we can handle properly” The hooded figure said.“I gave it to my son he loves that ring dearly I will not make him part with it its the last thing he has from his mother”.

 I fell back and I looked at my hand this ring..the ring i have had since i was a child...the ring  that my mother gave to me before she passed on this ring... Is this ring  northern nations property? Just then i hit a vase and caused it to fall and hit me. I woke up in the castle infirmary with a sore head. I looked around and asked the nurse where father was. She said he was in the throne room.Apparently he quickly rushed out from his quarters and found me lying unconscious next to a broken vase. I looked around the room and got up the nurse told me i was lucky i wasn’t injured too badly so i figured i would go ask father who that man was. I got up and walked out to the throne room father was sitting there looking worried. I went and asked him who was that man. “I guess its time the truth comes out son i can’t hide this from you much longer. “When i was a young child i used to live in the eastern nation.”  “I would always play with my best friend his name was alfonso.”

“When we were playing out one day Al entrusted me with his ring that had been passed down through his family he said he needed me to make sure nothing happen to it while he went on a trip to the southern nation with his father and i agreed.”     “As i inspected the ring i heard i noticed a faint glowing light coming from it i touched it and as if out of thin air a gigantic explosion exploded all around me.”    “When i got up i quickly realized the ring had cause the massive crater around me but i was totally unharmed.

“I soon realized this ring had the power to make me the king i could do whatever i wanted with it and i decided to run away with it to the northern nation where Alfonso would never find me.”

I eventually got married and became the king of this nation all thanks to the rings power.” “After a while i could not bare to keep the ring any longer so i gave it to your mother to keep me from taking its power and abusing it again.”

“Your mother then happened to give this ring to you as her final wish”   “To this day Alfonso has been looking for me and he has finally found me.” That man you saw....Was him“Father said.

I quickly glanced over the ring uncertain of its power i thought of all the possibilities i had with this ring i could become a king maybe even a god. I then realized that was selfish and was furious with myself for even thinking of it. “Father you cannot keep this ring it is too dangerous we must give it back to the eastern nation.“

“Alas my son i cannot this ring is bound to you it becomes bound to the rings wearer until they either die.”But father did you not once remove the ring and give it to mother you could just tell me”

“If i were to do that my son the ring would lose the last bit of its power.

“i think this is why the ring you wear now is not responding to your touch it is weak and has little power from the wearers getting rid of it”

he said.  “If you were to remove it and lose the last bit of strength it has in it the eastern nation would find this trying to taking their power from them and start a war”Father said.         “Then what am i to do!”

I could feel the anger rising in me. “If you had just kept the ring and not stolen it we wouldnt have to deal with this now!”

. All of a sudden a loud scream came ringing through the halls. One of fathers servants came bursting in yelling and shouting of an attack made by the eastern nation Father told me to go to my quarters while he dealt with this so i ran up to my room only to be stopped by the ground shaking. I was running frantically with the booms and crashes exploding around me like a thunderstorm. I could feel the ground shaking below me and i knew something bad was about to happen. There were cries and yelling all around me. I couldn’t think straight with all the yelling. The roof started to cave in and the last thing i heard was someone screaming my name.

                    Empires Part 1 To be continued **Discontinued*

Childhood memory story: My uncle

**My story is sad but i chose to write it because it was the most important event in my childhood**

When i was about 6 or 7 years old out of all the people that i knew i think the most exciting person to me was my Uncle Danny. He lived next to us and took care of our great grandmother whenever my grandma wasn't their. He would take me to do fun stuff like throw the football he bought me back and forth Alot he would take me to get pizza, football games, to the park and it was always really fun. Since my parents were usually at work but he was retired he would always be the one to do stuff with me and i always found that to be fun. One of the coolest things i remember was his car it was a brown car with a gleaming white trim. I always though that his car was the best it was always clean and taken care of well because he had a lot of time on his hands after he retired and he was always washing it in his spare time. I thought it was the greatest thing ever he would sometimes take me out to a dusty road and drive as fast as he could in it just for fun.


Then there were the times he started to get sick. He would be going places but he always coughed Alot and started to do stuff with me less. But i would treasure it because of all the fun we would have. After a while he started to get skinny very quickly but i never knew why because i didn't hear much from anyone else about him. I heard my parents talking about something called cancer but i didn't know what cancer was cause i was so young. He was a strong and brave man but whenever i saw him it seemed like he was worried or nervous about something like a scared animal. He was usually kind and benevolent wherever he went but not anymore every time I saw him he kept getting worse and worse so i asked him what was wrong and he just smiled and said "every thing's fine" that's the one thing i remember most before he went away.


I remember asking my parents where Danny had went many times and they had just given me answers like he went out of town for a few days. After a while i had enough of it, I demanded from my parents that they tell me where he was. They gave me a sad look and said "Jacob... Danny passed away in the hospital several days ago." "We were waiting till we thought you were ready to tell you." I remember in my mind  I thought about wanting to run outside to see if he would be there washing his car as always next door because i truly couldn't believe that he was gone.I seamed and yelled and cried and was so angry they didn't tell me. I went and asked my parents why they didn't take me to say goodbye. They said that he didn't want me to see him in the condition he was in. My parents told me he wanted me to put his keys on the flowers on his grave.