The Maze Runner

Waking up in the Box, entering a Maze, Starting your life as a Glader. And getting blamed for every new thing that happens...Seems hard, and it is. Thomas will have to overcome every obstacle he encounters. Even if his life is at risk. Can he find his old life again? Can he find out who put them there? Can he save his friends?

Read the Maze Runner and watch the movie to reveal these answers!! Although they are a little different, they are both tremendously great. Hope you enjoy them!!

The Scorch Trials

The maze was supposed to be the end. The end of the threats, the variables, the danger. But WICKED had a different idea in mind. Using Thomas and the gladers for an experiment made to cure The Flare, a deadly disease that attacks the human brain and then starts working around it. If Thomas and the gladers make it to the safe haven, the cure is their's, considering if they have the Flare......

I watched the movie as well as reading the book!

In my perspective, they are a little different as far as the plotting goes, but both are a great interpretation of the same great story.

 I really think this young adult book will be the cure.. To your boredom, and I have to say, out of all the books that I've ever read, the maze runner series defines the meaning of reading for me now. I hope you enjoy reading the book (and watching the movie) as much as I did.

And wait, there's more, I'm still reading the last book. I'll post my thoughts on it as soon as possible..

A New Perspective

My mind running as if chasing my deepest thought. My palms sweating as if I were standing on the sun, I've had enough. My whole life changed the day of my 13th birthday, of course turning 13 is a huge turning point in everyone's life, but what if this day brought with it, fear twisted with confusion...........


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I jumped out of bed this morning, and yelled, "its my birthday"!!
the thought of turning 13 filled me with excitement, yet also sad that time went by so quickly, but excited none the less.
" Happy birthday!!!!, my mom and dad said in perfect unison as if they had practiced it. My mom gave me a huge hug. I asked my little brother what he had got me, and he said it's a surprise.  After we ate breakfast, and I got my gifts from mom and dad, and my friends came over and we watched a movie, played games, and had an awesome time. Later in the evening, guests started arriving for the party we were about to have. All the people wishing me a happy birthday, and handing me gifts. I was searching everywhere for that one gift my little brother talked to proudly about. Then out of the blue he came running, "here you go!!", he said with innocence as he handed me the wonderfully and thoughtfully made gift.
" What is it?", I asked with curiosity.
" Go ahead, open it..", he said.
I opened it and inside was a beautiful music box, I opened it and was astonished by the beauty it radiated. I gave my little brother a big hug to thank him for the present.
When I went into the living room, I was overwhelmed by all these voices, I could only see 2 mouths moving but about 1000 words and sentences from different owners. I then realized I could read their minds!!!!!! I turned to my little brother in confusion and he said, " you said you didn't believe in magic, if so, then what's this? Remember that wish you made last night, around twelve, it came true, for you and me".
I was dumbfounded, didn't know what to say except be thankful. I went around the room, and all I had to do was say the person's name inside my head and I could hear their deepest thoughts and secrets. I said my best friend's name and I could hear her inner thoughts. She was a jerk!! She was thinking all kinds of stuff about me. I went up to her and told her to get lost, although she was confused, she left anyway. I felt so stupid for thinking she was the one friend I could always count on. I felt proud of myself for standing up for the truth inside the both of us. I was having way too much fun with this, you wouldn't believe how many people I heard from. Then all of a sudden I couldn't control who I heard from and couldn't turn it off!! I was going crazy, losing all sanity and wondering why and how did this ever happen in the 1st place. This went on until 12 that day, then all of a sudden, it was gone. Life was normal, I....... was normal. I went inside my little brother's room and asked him if he was normal, and he said yes.
But we both could not forget that day ever in our life....Even if we tried.....

So, be careful for what you wish for, it just might come true.......

Chapter 5 - "Together At Last". The last chapter...

We were so confused and yet mad that Lauren had deceived us. We begged her to please give us the jewel back. She refused. Then we heard loud barking, the guards were here.

4 days later..
We had been held captives for so many days now, the group refuses to talk to one another. They are all blaming me for something I did not do. Yesterday, Lauren had communicated with the other world, and I could have snuck up and told them what she was up to, but I had been feeling homesick and didn't feel any good, they all blamed me for not caring about meeting our families again.
The only person who knew how I was feeling, was Amber....

5th day - Feeling cut out of the group, I walked down to the sleeping chambers. As they lock the door, I hear the guards talking, Lauren had been their leader the whole time!! She had taken us right into the trap of the enemy. And no one could help us now..

6th - day - the group finally started talking to me again, yay for that, but we are still in danger.

7th - day - its been a week now. Suddenly, I hear a call, its the voice that my heart and brain had been begging and crying for. It was the sound of my mom. At first  my brain told me it was an illusion of my emotions, but it wasn't. IT WAS MY PARENTS!!! I ran to them so fast, I tripped twice in the way. I went and hugged them. I could not stop talking, I was crying and laughing at the same time. It was a moment to be seen, soon all the kids' parents came and laughter echoed everywhere. I looked around for Amber but could not find her. Someone told me she sacrificed herself for us. Every time this happened, one person had to die to break the barrier. Amber had volunteered just so that we could meet our families again. My eyes teared up, no one told me why or his she did, but I guess I shouldn't know. She was like a big sister to me. I am glad I got to be with her when I did.

P.S dear readers, if you have a big brother or sister, give them a big hug and tell them how much you love them, because even if you fight, you know on the inside that you are very lucky to have them......
   

The Start Of School Again

This is a lab safety video my chemistry teacher showed our class and I really liked it so I decided to share it with all of you too..

World Championships

I had my martial arts world championships on July 18th. I had been waiting for this day since March after Nationals, in fact I even had a countdown app for this that told me the world championships were how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds away. On the 17th, when we left for Nashville, Tennessee ( that's where the championships were), I started getting nervous even though world championships were a day away, I didn't eat dinner very well that night either. My parents tried and tried but breakfast was also out of question. The resort where the championships were being held was hugh, it had boating inside of it, it had a mall inside it, it had beautiful view especially during the water and music show. I was so nervous. My palms were sweaty, my heart was beating like a thousand drums, and my mind was too impatient to wait for the outcome. Then, when nervousness was at its peak, I saw my teacher, Ms. Lawson. Her loving hug was all it took to make me smile again. There was something about her that just gave me more hope, she was the best. My little brother had his competition first, he did great. He got gold for having the best blocks. We went over to the agility course after his competition because mine was way after his. The agility course was very tough for people 12-15, in which I categorized. There were hurdles that you had to jump over, there were boards, that were very far apart( well for me anyway) and you had to jump from one to the other without touching the floor, there was also was target pad, which was at least three feet taller that me, and I had to kick it and not miss, even my jump kicks weren't that high, and that's just half of it. But I got one min and eleven seconds as my record. Then we went to my competition, and boy was I scared. I was in the masters invitation which meant I was competing against all gold medalists from previous championships. There was a girl who was very tall and when I walked in, she made a face at me like " she is so short, I'll take care of her". I got mad but kept it unnoticeable. Then we stretched out and then we did forms. I got a 12, which I noticed was the highest score, the second highest was a 9, so it looked good. Then we did sparring, my weakest thing, I didn't exactly win it it, all the other girls were so taller than me, my kicks went only to their shoulder. Remember the girl, that sneered at me. She was so overconfident, in sparring she got kicked at she started crying. When it was time for the medal, I got gold in forms in the masters invitational!!! And mean girl got nothing. The judge told us the the rest of us basically made history, because we were the first blue belt girls in tiger rock history that competed in the masters invitational and got medals. Only four girls out of all of them got medals, and I was gold!!!!!We headed over to take pictures with the grandmasters. I got to be with the highest ranking grandmaster because I got gold. Then we went over to board breaking, the line was long, but my teacher and my parents waited for me the whole time. I had been working on my #3 front kick for a long time and was scared for it, I had 20 seconds to break 4 different types of board breaks. I broke the sidekick, then I got to my front kick, I concentrated, and I broke it!! Ms. Lawson and my parents cheered the loudest. My parents believed in me and so did my teachers. My parents had helped me this whole time and made me feel better, they are the best parents in the whole world ever. When I got to my #2 sidekick, I didn't break it, but then I broke my elbow smash. I broke 3 out of the 4. I got silver!! I went over and thanked my parents and teacher for believing in me. I was so happy. Me, my brother and my parents went for fro-yo and took a break until it was time for the finals. Ms. Usa, a black belt in taekwondo was there too, so was a singer Nate Evans, another student in Tkd, was there also. The finals were awesome, the demo team from Alabama was the best. Then they did black belt forms and sparring. They were awesome. Finally they called up the agility challenge winners, my brother got silver, I was so happy for him. Then they called all gold medalist from the masters invitational. I went on stage with some other people and we got a standing ovation, I went to world championships very nervously and came back making history in tiger rock. I was so happy, and proud of myself and my little brother. I couldn't have done it without the help of my parents and my teachers. I was so so so happy. And I know that in the future, I won't win every championship, but I'll know I tried, because I will.  

So that was my world championships experience!! 

My Martial Arts Experience

Everyone has something that they love doing or something that means a lot in their life, whether its dancing, singing, drawing, or playing a sport. Like everyone else, I also love an activity which has an important meaning in my life. My favorite activity is taekwondo, or TKD, as I refer to it further in this post. I started TKD in September, 2014, and I have to say, it changed my life. Before TKD, i tried chess, but i can't wait quietly for that long, then I tried dance, but I just didn't like it, but TKD was the place for me. I used to not be very confident in standing up for myself, but now, I can stand up to anyone, anywhere, anytime. When I started, I wasn't sure if I would like TKD at first, but now I know for a fact that TKD has a special place in my life, and I now want to have TKD in my life forever. I am even now a blue belt. I used to think I wouldn't get far with it, but now I know there is success waiting for me. In November 2014, we had district championships, I was scared because it was my first tournament, but I got two medals, silver and bronze. Next, this March, I had national championships, harder, but I got a gold medal, and I got a masters invitation to world championships!!!! Now its time for the biggest challenge, this July 18, I have my world championships. I am determined to save my title and get gold, and if I do, then my parents would let me be a junior instructor, which means, I get to be a teacher!! My master, Senior Grand Master Mr. Williams, and all my teachers have faith in me, and I will not disappoint them or my parents, I will get gold, let's hope for the best.

Deep inside, I know I can do this!!!

A Poem To Dad - Love you Dad!

You may not be spiderman, but you are so divine,
You may not be Superman, but I love that you are mine.
You taught me how to walk, and talk all day long,
I held your finger to walk, and you've only made me strong.
And I want you to know, that whatever I am now,
Your blessing has always helped me, and my heart will always know how.
So, now that both our hearts, are both happy, and sad,
Please remember this poem, whenever I am bad.

How Did Life Evolve On Earth?

Plants Adapt To Life On Land :

 The greening of the lands began 100 million years before the Pennsylvanian Period with simple plants without stems, like mosses and liverworts. Then vascular plants, with internal tubes to transport water and nutrients, developed in the form of horsetails, club mosses, and ferns. These seedless plants reproduced from spores, usually a single reproductive cell. Seeds of plants are reproductive cells that have a protective coating. By the time of the Pennsylvanian Period, 320 million years ago, complex plants called gymnosperms (plants with seeds) appeared in the forest of trees that grew to heights of more than 100 feet. The dominant trees of the Pennsylvanian tropical forests were actually giant club mosses, some of which were more than 150 feet tall. There were more than 100 different species of Lepidodendron (which are now extinct) in the Pennsylvanian forests. Today, club mosses are typically less than 5 feet tall. Another giant club moss of this period was Sigillaria. This 100-foot-tall plant had leaves about 3 feet long at the top of the trunk that usually branched only once near the tree top. It's seed-bearing cones were borne on stems that grew directly from the trunk. Sigillaria is easily identified by the vertical ribs on its trunk. Calamities was a giant version of the horsetail. It's leaves are in whorls(circular arrangements about the stem or trunk). These plants grew to heights of 40 feet, whereas today's horsetail, Equisetum, is typically about 3 feet tall. The richest coal deposits on Earth today are the remains of the Pennsylvanian tropical forests. When the fallen, decaying trees of these forests were submerged in swamps and covered in silt, they were well preserved because they were not exposed to oxygen. As layers of rock formed over this action turned the organic matter first into peat and later into coal. Because of the abundance of ferns in the Pennsylvanian Period, this era is often called the " Age Of Ferns". Generally adapted to moist, warn climates, ferns reproduce by means of spores borne on "fertile leaves" of the plant. Some ferns, even those of today, grow to heights of 60 feet.

Insects Adapt To Life On Land : 

The earliest fossil evidence of insect life suggests that insects first appeared in the ancient seas, having developed either from crustaceans or from trilobites. Like both crustaceans and trilobites, insects are characterized by an exoskeleton, a structural support surrounding the outsides of their bodies. Insects generally have six jointed legs. Insects were abundant by the start of the Pennsylvanian Period, when insects first developed wings. Primitive version of wings probably permitted only the simplest gliding but soon developed into organs of controlled flight. The giant dragonfly of this period, Meganeuropsis, had wings that more than 2 feet. Insects display of greatest variety of form of any class of animals: more than 13,000 species of fossil insects have been described, more than 8000,000 living species have been indentified, and about 6,000 new species are identified each year. Insects are well adapted to every land and fresh water habitat where food is available. Beetles, dragonflies, mayflies, cockroaches, crickets, grasshoppers, termites, and some species of flies all existed at the time of this re-creation, and many of these were very silimar to today's species. Bees, ants, butterflies, and fleas did not appear until millions of years later. Many species of insects have more than one form: first a larval stage, from, which they undergo metamorphosis into an adult. Metamorphosis, a sudden change in physical form during the development of an animal, first occurred with the advent of winged insects of the Pennsylvanian Period. In general, the larval forms of insects mostly eat and grow. The adult insect insect is essentially the reproductive form; some adults do not even eat, and some, like certain mayflies, live only 20 minutes.

All credit given to the Georgia Fernbank Museum...

Chapter 4 - We discover a deep, dark secret!!

We kept walking and walking outside the hot scorching sun. Jade started crying.... again. 

"What now?", I mumbled so quietly that no one could hear me. You know that saying that little kids are the best at sensing trouble?, well Jade did, there were 5 search dogs lurking quietly behind us. I knew they were trouble when I saw them. Let's just say that I have horrible luck when it comes to having luck. Luckily the dogs turned out to be calm and friendly. We got out of that trap but, we still had to find the jewel. I was now getting very homesick, but when I thought about Amber and how she didn't have any family, I realized how lucky I am, well, was..

"You OK?", Amber asked.

"Yeah, I'm good", I said, she didn't deserve this, I felt so bad for her.

She then stopped everyone, I asked why, and she told us that we had arrived!!! We were so close to getting the Jewel of Cranes, it was just sitting there in the middle of a deep, dark hallway. This was too easy, there had to be a trap, which there was. There was a pattern in the floor in which we had to step. 

"Easy, the alone fish, then the cloud, then the flower, and lastly, the 5 fishes together", Amber said

"Wow, I underestimated you, I mean wow..just wow..", I told her.

We crossed that but now we had to swing across a vine to avoid quick sand. We all were across, everyone, but one person, Amber, as she was about to go, the vine was overwhelmed by all that weight, and she fell in the quick sand. She knew what to do though, she grabbed another vine and got out, I have to admit, if anything happened to her, I don't know what I'd do. Next we had to solve a puzzle, and we had 3 tries. The puzzle said, twice as much as now, lays within, solve this answer now to win. One girl guessed Family, but no, then we tried love but no, at last Amber gave it a try, and the answer was sacrifice, If we sacrifice our hate to help others, the feeling of victory lasts twice as long. Now for the Jewel, we had to get it.

"Aha, you fools, I knew you would come in handy on this quest, and now I will use this Jewel to rule the world, you were just the pawns in my plan, you did all the work, and I only have to do one thing now, destroy you all and grab that Jewel!!", Lauren said in an evil way.

"Why are you doing this, don't you want to have your family back?", I asked.

"Why what has life ever given me, I was orphaned at 2 ,months of age, my kids and husband died in a car accident, why do I care, I don't, I won't", she said.

We couldn't believe this, the person that we all trusted the most, was now ready to just destroy us to rule the world!!!!

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My Magical Smartphone!!

One typical Friday morning, my mom tried to wake me up for school, but as usual, I asked for 5 more minutes. Then my mom reminded me that today was the last day of school before spring break, that woke me up super fast. I got ready for school, ate breakfast, got in the car, and got to school. I had Spanish first, and we were allowed to play on our devices, after finishing our classwork. All the guys were being so lethargic about the worksheets, it was just sad. Emily and I got done, so we got our phone. We had the meanest, most strict teacher ever. She thought just because she was the person of authority, she could just boss us around. My phone accidently went off, I forgot to turn it silent. She looked at me with big, brown, mean eyes. “Who’s was that”, she asked.

“Mine”, I answered quietly. She got really mad, I could feel that everyone’s eyes were staring at me getting in trouble. It was the most eerie thing ever.

Then my eyes glanced down on my phone, I saw an app I had never seen before, I tapped it, don’t know why, just did. Suddenly, the teacher was just standing by my desk, she was wondering what had happened, but didn't know. During P.E, my best friend and I were talking. She was sad, I asked why and she said people were spreading derogatory rumors about her. I was so mad, after P.E, I was playing on my phone and I saw another unusual app, I tapped, and yes I know that sounds dumb, just go with it. I went to my locker only to find out people were just ignoring me, my teacher counted me absent, I didn’t get it, it was like no one knew I existed. It was the most dismal feeling ever. Then in Math, I realized I had forgotten my homework, I tapped another app on my phone, I don’t know why I keep doing that, it dumbfounded me every time, but still. Then I was suddenly at home, got my stuff, got to class, and it felt like it took no time. Then during home room, I decided to probe my iPhone 5c. I looked at those apps and it turns out my phone had somehow gotten super powers, the first app allowed me to erase people's memory, it was called "brain dead", the other person's brain could not detect that something was wrong. The icon had a brain on it and a clown. The second app allowed me to erase my existence, it was called "the truth", because after disappearing, I could know the truth about people and know who I could trust, and who I could not. That app had a mirror on it, I guess it was to see someone's true self. The third app allowed me to have super speed, it was called "precise", because I could super speed to any precise place without messing anything up. It's icon looked blurry, I couldn't see the picture clearly. But how was this possible? Then I remembered that last week, I accidentally dropped my phone in the swimming pool. I had put it in rice, and it kept electrocuting me every time I tried to touch it. I kept trying to make it work because my phone is one of my main necessities. Then my phone started working, it turned on the my 3 favorite games turned into real life apps. But this seemed way too preposterous to be true, but it was. I had 3 mythical  apps that made life at middle school easier than ever before, but I knew that like every other movie made on this topic, my powers would be revealed one day. And I would be the reason of everyone's laughter. But right now, I was having fun.

New Way To Learn Vocabulary!!!

Forage : Food such as hay or grain for farm animals

  

 Bounty :  Plentiful.

Camouflage : To hide or conceal, especially by disguising the appearance of.

Chapter 3 - "Questioning our hope"

We were about to have a happy moment but fate said otherwise. Lauren told us that guards had set a time limit to finding the jewel. Now, we had to find it in 5 days. The thought about what would happen if we didn't get jewel gave me shivers, I didn't want to know, all I cared about was getting the Jewel. And let's just say things didn't exactly go how we planned them. First, Jade got super sick, and ran a high fever. Then, I twisted my ankle. We were going through a pretty hard time. Lauren decided that we should rest for a bit and then continue our journey since it was getting pretty dark by now. We tried to find a place to spend the night and then found a place that was made out of rocks, it felt very much like home, I felt safe, the place was like a giant auditorium and we were the stars. Jade felt asleep pretty quick, and I'm guessing it was because she was tired from all that crying and walking, and then crying again. I tried to sleep but had a rather hard time to. I kept shuffling back and forth, and changing positions over and over. I eventually woke Amber up. "What's going on, you okay?", she asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine", I lied.

"Really", she was reading my mind again.

"Well, what if we don't find the jewel, and stay here forever? I mean, aren't you worried about not seeing your family again?", I asked 

"You see, when I was 5, my parents, died in a car accident, and I was the only child, I lived in an orphange afterwards, and I kinda just gave up on life, at least I have a mission here to keep my mind off of my sad life", she said.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know about-", she stopped me.

"It's fine, we should go to sleep, let's not wake the others up", she whispered.

"Okay", I replied. The next few hours were a blur, I kinda just fell asleep afterwards. Lauren woke us up in the morning, and as part of my usual life, I asked for 5 more minutes. But I soon realized that I I had to get, we only had 4 for days left. Jade woke up and started crying, probably because she was hungry. Amber got us some sandwiches that she had brought with her, and gave jade her milk bottle. She was happy after that. Lauren told us that the guards had weapons, and were getting closer. 

"Great, what now? I mean ever since this journey started, I have heard nothing but life threatening, sad, depressing news, what do you have to say about that", I asked her, "sorry,I didn't mean to be rude, I'm just very scared".

"I know how you feel, and I accept your apology, don't worry, we'll find that jewel",she said. She sounded like my mom, which I missed more that ever.

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Chapter 2 - "Starting the Journey"

Chapter 2:
Starting the Journey

Then after 5 non-stop hours of endless crying by Jade, we realized that maybe we should find a way to take her to her parents. We called for Lauren, and she arrived. She connected a call between us and the other world. Jade’s tears were like the Niagara fall all over again. She just would not stop crying, I didn’t get it, and she had her parents talking to her, right in front of her. But she kept crying. Lauren told us that she had figured out a way to get everything back to normal, and why this even happened in the first place. She told us this was happening because of the “cycling”. This happened every 100 years. People would get separated and they were not told why. But who was doing this to us, and why? Lauren said that all we had to do was get the jewel of Cranes. But no one knew how this jewel would help us and where it was, we just knew that we had to get it. So, we started on our journey to find the jewel. Jade was about getting better at feeling at home when a big bird scared her. It was beautiful and was white with big blue eyes, and was as big as 5 school buses, stacked on top of each other. “WAIT! They aren’t supposed to be here, what’s with that”, I yelled out loud. Amber was looking at the bird as if she was examining its every move.” It’s a crea manta, we don’t get those here a whole lot, but don’t worry, they won’t hurt you, they are carrier birds, they will only help you”, she assured us. Amber whistled and about 6 crea mantas arrived. They let us get on there back, and we took off. I have to admit that it was better than walking with a toddler that was crying. They view was to die for, literally, if you fell from that high, you would probably be dead. Lauren was in the lead, to tell the crea mantas where to go. We landed in a place that looked like a dessert. I was like, “really, a dessert, come one now”. But Amber assured me that we would find the jewel and everything would be fine. I got to say, that girl has a knack for making people feel better. We were probably walking for about what seemed like 3 hours, but the watch proved it had been 1 hour. I told everyone that we had to take a break and relax for a while. “Quick question, where are we going? I mean, this dessert is like a never ending dessert, where the heck is the stop?” I asked.

“Shhhhhhh”, said Lauren, “I hear something”.

 “Oh, what now?” I whispered so quietly that no one could hear me at all. Amber and the others were listening so closely and were so still, I could’ve sworn they were statues. “Lauren, you okay? what’s up, what do you hear?”, I asked.

 “I hear the guards that guard the jewel, they are coming toward us, but they are very far, I would say about 7000 miles”, she told me. I was wondering how the heck she ever heard that so far away, but decided it was better not to ask, but then I remembered Amber telling me that the only people that could hear that were the ones with very pure soul. I guess I was happy that someone like Lauren was guiding our way. I was happy that everyone trusted her and she loved us, but this happy moment did not last long....

 

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I HAVE STARTED MY 1ST BOOK!!!!

Chapter 1: Finding Out the Truth.

Have you ever thought that you are really good at something but when time comes to prove yourself, you get really scared? Well that happened to me, but in a much worse situation. My family and I lived in a house in the most beautiful part of Alabama. As soon as I stepped outside, I was surrounded by flowers of all colors, beautiful and tall evergreen trees and a river that went by behind the trees. It was practically paradise, but nothing’s perfect, my life wasn’t either. One day, I came home and found the house empty. I was scared to death and then remembered that I had left my phone in my locker at school. I looked everywhere but couldn’t find anyone, not my mom, my dad, my little brother, no one. I went straight to the house phone and called mom, then dad, but nothing. I was all alone. I went back to school to get my phone, but there was no one there either, when just 15 minutes ago there were people everywhere. I was confused and scared and-

“HEY”, a heard someone say behind me. My heart was racing like I was driving a race car at 1000mph, and any minute now, I would collide into another car. I turned around and saw a girl about my age standing in front of me. She had blonde hair, hazel eyes, she was probably 2 or 3 years older than me, and was wearing a combat suit of some kind; you know the kind of suit you where when you’re driving a race car (ironic right?).

“Who are you? And why is there on one anywhere around here? What’s going on? And why are you wearing that? And where are my parents?!!!!!!” I could feel my voice getting louder as I spoke, “I sorry, I’m just scared and confused, please help me”.

“I know how you feel, we were all trapped here 5 years ago, we all felt the same way, but eventually got used to it”, she said as she tried to calm me down.

“What, wait you mean my life is stuck this way, no parents, no brother, no family, just me”, I was literally screaming now.

“You have us, we have you, that is what gives us strength”, she tried to assure me.

 I still didn’t get why she kept saying “we”, there was no one around for miles, but just then, I heard people murmuring. Soon there were at least 30 people around me. I was so confused.

“This is what I meant by we”, she said. It’s like she could read my mind. “By the way, I’m Amber, what’s your name?” she asked.

“I’m Zoe”, I replied “now can you tell me what’s going now? Please”.

“Well, don’t freak out, but you are stuck in a parallel universe where only girls under the age of 20 can live, and there is no way you can get back”, she answered.

“WHAT?!!!!!!” I screamed at the top of my head, I guess I looked sad because all the other girls tried to comfort me. But if they hadn’t noticed by now, comforting won’t help, I was stranded in a parallel world where I am alone and have no family around to show me the way. I was determined to find a way to get things back to normal. I tried day, night, dawn, sunrise, and sunset, I mean I kept on trying. One day I was walking along the beach when I heard a boom. It sounded like a spaceship or something had entered the atmosphere. I went to see it; yes I know that sounds stupid. I looked inside of what looked like a submarine of some kind. Inside, I could see someone, I got all excited thinking it was my family when it turned out to be a women way over the age to 20. She seemed hurt, so I helped her, she was probably 35 or something, had dark blue eyes, wore a white silk robe, and wore a crown which made her look all queen like. After helping her, I asked her what was her name; she answered “my name is Lauren”.

“Hey Lauren, I’m- , she interrupted me.

“I know, Zoe, right? She asked.

“Yeah but how do you know me”, I asked, I was pretty sure that I sounded confused.

“I know everything, dear”, she said. I was about asking another question but I realized that I should probably let her meet the others. But when she came in front of them, they all bowed like she was some queen. I guess I looked puzzled because she explained to me that she was the only person that could travel between the two worlds; she was kind of like a messenger. She then told me that my family had sent me a message, I was so happy. She showed me a hologram in which my parents told me that they were fine and were worried about me and that they are trying to get the worlds back together again. I was so happy that my family was okay, and at least there was a way for me to communicate with them. I sent them a message saying I was okay, I love them, and we can do this together and other patronizing stuff. All the other girls did the same. We were all happy when another girl showed up like me, in our world. She was freaking out. She was four years old though and was the cutest thing ever. She had brown eyes like me, had dark hair like me, and best of all, she was my cousin, Jade. I ran up to her and hugged her, to tell her it was okay. She got calm a little bit after seeing me. She asked me where her mommy was, but the only thing I could tell her was, “you’ll see her soon, Jade, you’ll see her soon.

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A Dark Path - Poem

In my dreams, now I’m lost,

Never thought about how much it would cost.

Its time that I’m stuck in a maze,

I’ve been searching for a hundred days.

Maybe its here, maybe its there,

Now that I’m so far, it can be anywhere.

There is only one reason why I can’t give up hope,

I have to cross the bridge, but don’t see a rope.

The way is just too far,

Maybe I’ll find it if I follow a star.

“Why am I even looking”, I’m starting to think,

Trying to keep my brain and eyes in sync.

Innocence in my eyes, lost in the way,

I hope that I can find it; it’s all I ever pray.

My hope is getting less and less every day,

“Maybe, its here”, it’s all I’m starting to say.

A shimmering twinkle in my eyes,

Maybe tomorrow, I won’t find the prize.

A quest that I am entitled to,

Necessities left very few.

Scared as much as you can’t believe,

Victory is what I hope to achieve.

"Where Do I Belong?" - Poem

Walking around, trying to wonder where do I belong,

People say I’m lost, I have to prove them wrong.

I will find a place, that’s just right for me,

I will prove them wrong, its my ultimate dream.

I will search the sky, I’ll probe the ocean floor,

to see if I can find, what I am looking for.

Even if my hope starts to rupture on,

I’ll search in the morning, I will search at dawn.

Maybe I will have to go through a tedious wait,

but everything in worth it, if I find my fate.

I’ll look in the eerie hallway, I will search in Santa's sleigh,

there has to be an answer, there has to be a way.

I will look underneath the rocks that have submerged,

there’s no way I’ll give up, I will fight the urge.

I’ll look through many ships, then with them sail away,

but after breaking the ballast, there’s a price I have to pay.

I’ll keep looking and looking until the final day,

I will keep on looking in a buoyant way.

I’ll look through all the squares, I’ll search through all the spheres,

and then maybe one day I’ll realize, that I belong right here.

My Awkward Superpowers

It was my birthday and my uncle, who works at NASA, arranged a trip to outer space just for me as my birthday present. I was really excited, but a little scared. I had a lot of risks to consider. But I would also be one of the few people to ever experience the joy of space flight. My uncle sent an astronaut that would be there to make sure I was safe, the spaceship would be driven by an autopilot. Now it was time for me to get a whole lecture on how being in space works. “How long do I suffer through this”, I thought. Finally it was over, I was getting ready for the big trip when The astronaut told me that I was ready to go to space. We were at the space station and my mom was worried about me, but the astronaut assured her that I would be perfectly safe and that she had nothing to worry about. It was about 7:00 PM. We were now ready for liftoff. 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1!. LIFTOFF.

We were now in outer space, and to my luck something went wrong. There was a hole in the door. And it was growing bigger. The astronaut told me that he would try to fix. But the tunnel was jammed and was too small for him. So, I agreed to help. I was trying to fix the hole but my finger got stuck in the door. And I was really scared anyway. I tried to free my finger but hit my head on the door. I fainted and the last thing I saw was a star.

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I was back at the space station and had no memory of what happened. I wasn’t told what happened for my own good. The next day was Sunday, so no school. But that's when I realized that I had the powers of star-girl. I was really confused. I didn’t get it. I would glow whenever I was embarrassed, Whenever I saw a star, I would have jump up and down, whenever I saw yellow, I would say what's on on my mind for an hour. And I couldn’t control it, well at least not yet. Later on, I figured out the whole story of what happened in space, and I also realized why I had these powers because of seeing a star. Well, turns out that the star was ultraviolet, but instead of harm, it gave me awkward superpowers.

But, still I could not control my powers, which was a very bad thing. And got much worse, one day, my powers went haywire during school, around when I was at math, we were doing probability and I saw a star. And well, you can imagine the rest, I started jumping up and down like did not stop for 10 minutes. Everyone was staring at me like I was crazy, which I was for 10 minutes. Soon, the bell rang. “That was embarrassing”, I thought as got my books out of my locker. But, I remembered that when I was jumping up and down, I had no ideas was going on, it was like my body was controlling me completely and I couldn’t do anything. I went home and tried to figure out a way to control these superpowers I had and it took a lot of work, but I figured it out, every time I was embarrassed all I had to do to not glow was clap twice and I wouldn’t glow. Every time I saw a star, I had to blink twice and I wouldn’t jump at all. Whenever I saw yellow, I would simply say the word stop and my thoughts would safe inside me. Now, it has been 2 years since I’ve had these powers, and I am really good at controlling them. But no one knows why that star gave me these weird and awkward powers, perhaps it was a secret. I am now not so interested in these powers. I want to get better, cool powers, who knows, maybe I will one day. Or maybe I will live with them forever. I decided that I will one day I would want to, or have to tell someone about these not-so-fun, boring, awkward powers. So, I told my best friend, and guess what……..

turns out she has powers too, lame, awkward powers like mine. I should probably tell you her name, it’s Jane. When I told her that I had these powers, her attitude changed, she started being mean to me. I didn’t get it, but I didn’t ask. She later asked me at school, why was I ignoring her, and I told her. She said, “ what? I wasn’t even at school since 1 whole month, I had a surgery and couldn’t come”. Now I was really mad, first she is mean, now she acting like that never happened. But anyway, we weren’t friend this whole week and she didn’t seem to want to give me an explanation. I was getting impatient, if this was some type of practical joke, she should knock it off. All of my thoughts were jumbled up inside my head. And then, the bell rung and it was time to go home. I kept thinking about why she was doing this on my way home. I didn’t say a word, when my mom asked me, “are you OK, you didn’t talk the whole way home and for you, that's rare”.

“Yeah, I’m fine”, I said if nothing happened, but she was my mom and she could tell I was lying before I even did. “Well, how did school go?”, she asked.

“Good”, I replied, I just didn’t know how to tell her. We pulled up in our driveway, she told me to go inside, and that she had to go run some errands. I went inside, got a snack and started homework. We were doing algebra, my worst subject. Right when I sat down, the doorbell rang, I went to see who was there. The next thing I know, I got hit in head with a bat, and I passed out. When I woke up, I was in a factory of some kind. It was dark so it was hard to tell. Then I heard footsteps. I got scared thinking it was the kidnapper. But it turned out to be Jane, I was so mad at her, I mean, ignoring, I can live with, but kidnapping. she is truly evil. But then I saw her dragging someone else, it… was…..Jane? I was so confused, Jane was dragging Jane. She put her down next to me. I woke Jane up, so that I could slap her. But she didn’t sound evil, she sounded as she usually did, nice and caring. When the other Jane, (the one who was dragging), came up to us and took off her mask. “ It was all a trick, I can’t believe I was so mean to Jane when she never did anything in the first place”, I thought. It was the masked girl. “Who are you”,Jane asked.

“ I am Marissa, your doom, and I don’t care if I’m breaking the rules by kidnapping you, the world needs a better leader ”, the masked girl said. She was blonde with hazel eyes, and a very cruel face. “And you will help me rule the world”, she added. Me and Jane were so mad at her right now. Jane said, “sounds like a ruler and a rebel”.

“Its not time for english”, I reprimanded her. Marissa, soon left and Jane and I started planning our escape. We were able to get out and we started running, when she caught us. “Where do you think you’re going?”, she said with an evil smirk on her face.

“Why are you doing this?!!!”, I yelled.

“ Because, guess what, I have the same powers as you (me, not Jane)and you will help me rule the world!”, she replied.

“ What, wait”, I stopped myself, “you have something to do with star don’t you?”

“Yes, Einstein, took you long enough,  I got powers the same way you did but later they turned into cooler powers that will help me rule the world, but that's a 2 person job and well, no one had these powers, so, I put that hole in the door and put a spell on that star, and luckily for me, I have you right where I want you”.

“You have to be kidding me, the coolest birthday present turns into my doom”, I said.

Suddenly, the ground started shaking, and things started flying everywhere, and then Marissa turned into smoke and disappeared but as she was going, she yelled ,“ I will be back, even if you have destroyed me now!’.

“What does that mean, there’s more? Thanks a lot uncle”, I thought.