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The Scary Adventures

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The Scary Adventures 

By Marsha Mellow

Part one:

I am an Astronaut headed off to Uranus. 

Uranus looks like a big blueberry. 

My trip is very scary!

My oxygen stopped working. 

But then it came back,

which is good because I about had a heart attack.  

I then saw an asteroid. 

After I saw a bus

and on it was Mr. Fuss.

My trip is very scary! 

The window started cracking,

but why did my computer start hacking?

My friend was along but I don’t know why.  

His name is Miguel,

and has a twin sister named Michelle.

My trip is very scary!

Turns out Michelle had mice,

and they gave me all her lice! 

I am just about to Uranus. 

I am about to land,

in the soft sand.              

I’m so excited.

I started smiling out my window.

Then I saw a black widow.

We landed safe and sound. 

I hope I have fun 

in the sun

My trip is very scary!

Part 2:

What is this big thing landing on Uranus?

We need to attack once they land,

so they dont ruin our sand!

Us spideys need to think of a plan!

Lets shoot them with our spidey web.

Hopefully they don’t show their biceps. 

Nothing to be scared of,

They look like wimps.

But they better not steal my shrimp.

What are these things? 

We need to attack!

Hopefully we give them a heart attack. 

Spidey on three! 

One, Two, Three… Spidey!

These people are not very tidey. 

They are coming after us!

It’s fine they look like a wimp.

But they better not steal my shrimp.

We got them trapped, 

but it wasn’t for long.

They started singing a song. 

Their singing is so bad.

Oh no they got out of the web,

and they showed their biceps! 

They started running after something.

It was my shrimp!

Turns out they are not wimps!

HardTail

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HardTail

          By Sum Guyy

As I look through the window, I see tall pine trees rushing past my view. Through a clearing of foliage, I see a clear water lake, looking almost like a mirror, reflecting the mountains and the cool blue sky almost hidden behind the trees. My friend and I had been on a journey around the country and were passing by Washington so we decided to visit Canada for the Whistler mountains, as they inhabited a famous mountain bike park.

“We’re leaving Seattle right now, just a few more minutes.” Parker said, clearly tired from driving for so long. “We are passing by Everett right now.  Fifty-seven minutes till we’re at Bellingham, then we’ll find a hotel somewhere around there”  

Once we were there, we decided to stay at some place called ‘Hotel Leo.’  Above the front door, there were almost convincing gold colored letters that read ‘The Leopard’. 

Stepping in, I realized why this place was worth the cost. The walls were painted a relaxing coyote brown, the floors were cool, tan and grey tiles. 

“Come on Jake, let’s get checked in and go upstairs, I want to go to bed.” Parker let out as he moped his way around me. 

“Tomorrow I’ll drive again, so that you don’t have to deal with navigating into Canada, then I’ll get us to North Vancouver so we can stop at another hotel and drop off our stuff before we head out for Whistler.” I said enthusiastically. At this point Parker had gone up to the front desk and grabbed our keys.

“I got us in, let’s go.” Parker say’s with a yawn, His face almost covered by his usual grey sweatshirt, along with some jeans. As we were walking to the elevator, we passed an all white statue, elevated by black cushioned leather seats. 

“Come on Jake.”  Parker spoke as I hurriedly jogged to the elevator. The elevator looked like any other elevator, but only on the inside. The outside doors were covered with wood that had unique designs engraved into it. 

“Which floor?” I asked once I was inside, turning toward the buttons while still trying to juggle my luggage on my back.

“Number three.” I shifted so that I could reach the buttons and press the three. I leaned up against the side of the elevator as the doors shut behind us. 

After a few seconds I asked Parker “So, do you want to grab breakfast somewhere in the morning or wait till we’re there to eat?” I said when the doors finally opened to our floor, Parker immediately started to shuffle out the elevator.

“When we’re there.” Parker spoke. Walking toward what I assumed to be the way to our room. In the hotel room, there was a small kitchen area, maybe able to space two people, complete with an oven, sink, stove, and some cabinets. Opening the cabinets I saw a toaster ready to be plugged in. In another cabinet, there were a couple glasses and fragile looking bowls. Off to the side of the kitchen there was a small table probably able to fit three people, if you really wanted to. There were two sets of black plates with tea cups placed on top. Over in the bedroom side of the room, there were two blank white beds. Facing them was a small tv on a short wood stand. 

“G’night” Parker said, skulking into the room and belly flopping into the farthest bed. I shut the door, locking it of course, and noticed the bathroom right where the door must’ve been when it was open. I walked over to my bed and got in, relaxing and waiting for the morning.

I woke up to Parker shouting “Let’s go!” and “Come on, we’re late!”. I looked at the digital clock next to me to see it read 11:27 AM. 

“Oh, shoot!” I started too. “Weren’t we supposed to leave at seven? Did your alarms not go off?”

“Must not have, I don’t know. I got woken up by the room service outside the door.” Parker said frustrated. Once Parker and I got out the door we had to get fast food and bolt. Chowing it down like our life depended on it when we were getting in the van. Me in the front seat, Parker in the back checking the map. 

“ We’ve got another hour and a half, we will probably arrive at around one twenty.” Parker spoke, picking up a fry from the bag. I got the van started and was blasting the heat because of the cold of Canada.

Once there, we decided to stay at the Whistler Cascade Lodge. We were pre-checked in and ran up to our room, navigating through the college-like building. We could only hope they would let us in due to how late we were. After dropping our stuff in the room, we went out to meet with kids we remembered from school for the rest of the day. 

Waking up in the morning we noticed a very thin sheet of snow on the ground. Deciding to ignore it, we got dressed and set off for the bike park. When we got to the bike park and met with some friends, we went on a few trails that weren’t blocked due to the snow like ‘Upper EZ does It’, and ‘World Cup Single Track’.

We hit trails with table tops and berms, even ramps and platforms made from pure wood. The wood was slightly slippery which meant less traction, but more speed. Meaning we would be able to reach the tops of the ramps easier.

“Guys, a double black diamond just opened up, Lower Joyride. Wanna go hit it?” One of the guys spoke up, off to the side of the group. 

“If you all are up for the challenge,” The front person said, he must have been from around here.

The group of course agreed to it all, except I was a little worried that my old hard tail bike would be able to complete this trail in-tact.

We made our way toward the section of the Whistler that had all the black diamonds and more experienced bikers area. My bike kept shaking and taking most of the blow of these trails through the rough terrain we went across to get to there. I knew the park would close in about an hour and a half so we had to take the trails as they were the fastest way around, of course not when going uphill, but for the most part it was a straight shot around part of the mountain.

 We finally arrived at the trail’s head. It read in bold black and yellow text, “BEWARE, EXPERT TRAIL, ONE WAY OUT.” Meaning, if we start, we have to finish. Which seemed more menacing then the lead biker put off. 

“Are you all ready? Let’s start then.” The lead biker spoke, already descending into the trail.

“Alright then.” Parker and I almost said in sync, letting out a laugh. 

“Oh, shoot, let’s go.” I said, realising the group had started following the lead. I set on my goggles and swallowed big, hoping my bike will keep up with the roughness of the trail. 

We speed down the trail, nearly sliding off the trail at some points but still gaining speed. 

“Guy’s look! Slow down and check this out!” We hear up ahead. I almost immediately slam the brakes down to my handlebars, trying to slow down with such immense speed. I finally come to a stop behind Parker, appearing to be the last one of the group to reach this mystery checkpoint. 

“There’s an unmarked part of the trail, it must be new!” The leader shouted enthusiastically. “And I think you should go, since you were the last down the trail, it’s only fair.” I turned my head from the trees surrounding us to the leader, who was lifting his finger in my direction. 

“Come’on, you let us lead you down that part of the trail, now you lead us.” You could almost tell there was a grin under his helmet, face completely covered by hid mask and goggles. 

I shook my head no, trying to get out of this mess. 

“I was just talking to my friend and got distra-” I tried to let out when the lead started chanting.

“Just go lead! Just go lead! Just go lead!” Over a few seconds the group started to join in, I’m pretty sure half were cheering me on and trying to encourage me, while the other half were just trying to be jerks. “LEAD! LEAD! LEAD! LEAD!” The group started to close around me and almost herd me to the mystery trail. Just as if I was a sheep and they were a pack of dogs.

I was suddenly shoved from the side and suddenly started on the trail. My bike was vibrating and bouncing around from the unfinished dirt and loose rock trail. I gained speed and started gliding on the trail, unable to find any traction. Suddenly my front tire jumped into the air, and slammed back down, making a metallic noise. 

I tried to look behind me and noticed the sound was my bike chain, hanging from the gear shifter, then suddenly flew off. I looked back ahead just in time to notice a sharp berm. I quickly struggled to fix my position on my bike before I went into the berm. I noticed the berm was really, breakneck sharp, causing me to feel as if I was being pushed into the ground. 

As I reached the end of the turn the trail began to suddenly drop into a very steep decline. I had to pull myself up to not go head over handles and frontflip off the bike. At the end of the decline, I had too much speed, noticing the ramp up onto an old, wooden platform. I took flight when I got slingshotted off the wooden ramp. 

I looked below mid air to see a broken, splintering wooden ramp. My eyes hurt from the intense speed. I notice ground covered in sticks and rocks growing nearer.  And a split second later I was on the ground.

I tried to lift my head only to be hit with a massive, blaring headache. I tried to get up only to be hit with a surge of pain, not being able to move my legs. I tried to grab for my phone and didn’t feel its weight in my pocket. I shout for help but no one responds, I’m stuck here. I find a small rock, but big enough to support my head. I try to move it under but only to feel that same throbbing ache. 

I finally manage to lift my head far enough to fit the rock under, just enough to raise my head and see the rest of my body. I gaze at my legs to find my bike folded on top of my legs. My pants were red in some spots, and my left foot was twisted. 

I set my head back down and groaned, in the background I faintly heard yelling, someone, most likely Parker was shouting. I couldn’t make anything out over the throbbing headache. 

In about half an hour, presumably, I woke up to being lifted into a thin bed. I try to look around and notice about five men wearing full orange uniforms. They lifted me into a loft with cords on all corners. 

I suddenly get hit with the sound of a heavy fan spinning fast. I gaze up to see an orange and red helicopter hovering right above. I suddenly lost consciousness again after starting to be lifted into the helicopter.Three months later I had fully recovered and had learnt I broke my left leg and ankle, while my right foot got shattered. I now stick to intermediate trails while biking, and am still friends with Parker and we continue our journey around the USA. My old bike was scrap and I set up a go-fund-me and was able to pay for a new, safer bike. Thank the lord for Canada’s free medical care, as all I had to cover was the bikes. I went to court with the ones who forced me down that trail, and won, getting around $12,000 and ended up buying a new van to travel in through-out the country. END.

Mad Muck

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Mud Muck

      By: Barry Dingle

One day Stevan and his best friend Moxxie had seen a flyer saying that a soccer team needed more players. They decided to call the number to join the team. The coach answered and warned the boys that if they were to “join the team now they would play a game the very next day”. The two boys thought about it for a minute and decided they would be okay with a game tomorrow and told the coach that they were in. The coach told the boys to come to the high school gym. When they arrived they saw the coach, she asked them what their sizes were to get them uniforms before the game. Once the boys had their uniforms the coach told them to spend the day in the field practicing. Stevan grabbed his soccer ball and Moxxie and him went to the field and set up the goals. Once they were all ready they started practicing. After they were finished practicing the sun was setting and the boys knew they needed rest for the game but they also knew they needed to buy cleats. So Moxxie and Stevan headed to their local store. Once they had made it they rushed straight to the shoe section, They found their sizes of cleats and went to checkout. After Stevan and Moxxie bought the shoes they parted ways to head home. Stevan had made it home safely and his parents had made dinner while he was gone. He sat at the dinner table with them and ate his food. Once he had finished eating he brushed his teeth and went straight to bed. He layed in his bed feeling weightless as his eyes grew heavy. Before he fell asleep he had set a timer so he could get ready for the game early.

Stevan woke up feeling well rested but then he realized he had slept through his alarm. He started to panic and get dressed for the game. He was gonna be late if he didnt leave soon. Once he had finished getting ready he got in his car and drove to the field for the game. As soon as he arrived he noticed everyone was already there including Moxxie. He sat down on the bench next to Moxxie as they waited for the game to start. Eventually everyone from both teams were there. The other team looked really competitive and strong, it intimidated Moxxie but Stevan thought that they wouldn’t actually do anything to hurt them if they had too to win the game. Moxie thought otherwise he was thinking that if they had to hurt them in any way they would even do it without reason. They all got ready on the field, Moxie looked so scared like a mouse surrounded by a hundred cats. Stevan was confident in their chance of winning almost like a proud courageous lion. They blew the whistle commencing the game. Stevan and Moxxie had no idea what was going on except that they were losing. Their team started making more goals as the game went on. Everything was going their way until the rain started. The field became a slip and slide and it was almost impossible to score for both teams. Moxxie passed the ball to Stevan, Stevan finally got an open shot but right before he was about to kick, He heard someone screaming bloody murder. Stevan quickly turned around to see Moxxie on the ground covered in mud. His knee was on the side of his leg. 

He noticed one of the players from the other team standing over him. He was immediately filled with anger and fury. A whistle was blown to let everyone know to stop the game as if the scream didn’t already. Stevan ran over to Moxxie as he heard an ambulance in the distance. Moxxie was taken to the ER while the player who pushed him was kicked from the team. A few minutes later the game resumed. Stevan was too destressed to think. When his teammate passed to him again just like Moxxie did he had another open shot. People in the bleachers started counting down. Stevan went for the shot. He actually scored this put his team ahead of the other. With barely any time left there’s no way they can win now.After the game ended Stevan didn’t care that they had won he just wanted to go straight to the ER to check on Moxxie.

Stevan got out of his car and walked into the ER. A kind nurse greeted him and led him to Moxxie’s room. Moxie greeted him with a warm smile. “How are you feeling?” Stevan asked. Moxie replied “Not really but they said I should be out of here soon”. An idea popped into Stevans head “How about we head to my place to celebrate the win”? “Sure why not,” Moxxie said. “It’s nice to know you’re okay,” Stevan said. “You too,” Moxxie said with emotion in how voice. Stevan paused for a second but then said “I’m glad we’re friends”. “Me too Stevan me too” Moxie said with a sparkle in his eyes. Stevan asks “best friends forever right”? Moxxie replies quickly “of course forever”.

The Camp Half-Blood Tournament

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 The Camp Half-Blood Tournament                           

  By Lily Chase

My name is Holly Victor, I’m 15, and my mom is Nike goddess of victory. My mother is not the easiest person or god to get along with,then again most gods aren’t. Oh my dad is a mortal which means he is only human. I was sitting in my cabin at Camp Half-Blood which is a camp for half bloods.

 I heard a noise outside my cabin and I looked out the window. There were campers outside like normal but they looked annoyed. I went out to see what was happening. 

“What happened?” I asked my sister, Laurel, who was standing on the deck in front of our cabin. 

“The dryads want the best volleyball players and the campers want us.” she said. I looked out to the crowd gathered around the cabin and they looked back at me. 

“ What do they want us for? I asked my sister.

“They want you more than me but still.” She said

“But why?”

“The dryads want to have a volleyball tournament against the campers.” 

I looked at her “oh,ok lets play.” 

She rolled her eyes “whatever, what team?”

“Duh, campers”

“Let us practise.”

The campers let us go to the court and Laurel and I stood in the middle of the court and picked the best players we knew.

“Lets have the Nike cabin and some of the Hermes cabin.” I said.

“ Which members of the Hermes cabin do you want?” a camper asked 

I point to the people I want and my sister agrees with me.

“Lets go meet the dryads.” 

We go meet the dryads that will represent them.

One comes up to us 

“Lets set the rules, shall we.” she says

We go to the forest, the campers welding celestial bronze weapons. 

“Ok we’re here, what do you want for rules.” the dryads which I learned to be Bluebell.

“There will be no cheating, no having others cheat for your team that goes for both teams.” I said looking at the Hermes cabin players. They looked at me sheepishly. 

“ Ok those will be the rules.” says Bluebell. “ You must go before you get hungry.” 

“ Yes, lets go everyone.” my sister says. 

We leave the clearing and go to the dining pavilion. I see Chiron and go up to him.

“ What is a good time to use the volleyball court?” I ask. 

“Ah, yes I was wondering when you would ask that. Let me think. I think you could use it this weekend if you would allow the other campers and dryads to watch.” 

“ Of course they can.” I said smiling. I walked to my table for the Nike children and my sisters and brothers asked when we could do the tournament.

“Chiron said we could do it this weekend, so we’ll see when the dryads want to do it.” I said.They all nod and we go to the fire to give our mom part of the food, which we do every meal. 

Later, we went to the campfire which is magical. The flames take their color to the mood of the campers there. When we got there everyone was talking about the tournament. When we entered everyone looked at us, then started talking again as it had gone silent. We went to sit down at our seats and I called the hermes players over to talk. They came over to us and sat down.

“ We will go to the forest after breakfast to see when the dryads want to do the tournament,then we will start practice.” I said. They all nod and get up, but I call one named Alice back.

“Yeah?”

“If I catch your cabin cheating I will make sure you don’t play.” I said, glaring. She laughs

“Ok, we won’t.” I let her leave and I turned to talk to my boyfriend James, who is a son of Apollo. 

“Will you watch?”

“Of course I will. How could I not?” He said smiling and taking my hand. Chron calls for everyone to get to their cabins and the people who are left leave. At my cabin my siblings bombard me with questions.

“When do we start preparing the court?”

“When do we meet with dryads?”

“OK EVERYONE LETS LEAVE HER ALONE!” Everyone looked at my sister, who is the cabin counselor, 

“ We have a big day tomorrow as we have to practise. Lets get some good sleep. Lights out when everyone is in their bunks.”

The next morning I woke up to find I’m the first one awake so I used that to get ready in my orange Camp Half-Blood shirt and jean shorts with my hair up in a messy ponytail that I knew would send the Aphrodite cabin into fits. I sat on my bunk when the rest of my cabin woke up.

“Someone is up early.” Laurel says. “ Did you at least get a good night’s sleep?” 

“Yes, I did, Thank you very much.” I said. After the rest of my cabin gets ready Laurel calls for us to get in line so we can get out of the cabin to go eat. I waved to James, who was sitting at the Apollo table, and went to my table. After breakfast, I went and gathered the team. We went to the volleyball court and I left Laurel in charge so I could talk to Bluebell. After I got back I had the team start serving the ball to each other. We practised until lunch, I let the team take a break to eat. I stayed behind to practise more, when I heard someone call my name. I looked over my shoulder and saw James walking towards me. 

“Hey.” He said, waving “ Thought you might want something to eat.”

“Thanks.” I took the food and sat down on the grass and he sat with me.

“ You’re sweating so badly.” He said laughing. He put his hand on mine. I smiled at him and put my head on his shoulder.

“Hey lovebirds!” I look around to see Lacy, daughter of Aphrodite, coming round the benches. “You might want to get to the cabins before the harpies get you.” I looked up at the sky to see that it was almost dark out.

“Oh, yeah guess we should.” I said laughing “We do have a big day tomorrow.” I get up and head to my cabin just in time for my sister to say lights out. The next day I got up and headed to the bathroom to get ready for the game so I put on an old tank top and volleyball shorts. My sister came in and did the same as me. After that I had her braid my hair and I did the same to her hair. I went out to put on my knee pads and shoes. I let the rest of my cabin get ready for the game.

“ Make sure you have water to drink.” I say to the cabin “You need to make sure you have a good breakfast but make sure that it’s small.” They all nod and get in line. We get to the pavilion and sit down. I have a small granola bar which I give a bit to the gods. After I eat I wait for Chiron to get to the announcements. When he does the first thing he announces is that the volleyball tournament is today. Everyone starts cheering and yelling. Chiron has to stamp his hoof against the ground to quiet everyone down. He calls me and my sister to come up. We look at each other and head up.

“What’s up?”

“I want a fair game, understand.”

“ That is our rule.”

“Good, go get your team I will ref.” We go get our team and head to the Big House where we would get ready. If there were any injuries the Apollo cabin would be on standby. I hear the people sitting down around the court then hear the conch shell being blown, which signals it’s time to go out. I lead the way as I was chosen to be captain of the team. We make our way to the court and as we approach I see the dryads already there, even though it’s a longer walk to the court from the woods than from the house. 

“ LET THE GAMES BEGIN!” Chiron shouts. We begin by serving. It was going great until I heard a cry of pain. I looked around to see that Laurel was on the ground. I rushed over to her and asked what had happened. She was crying but managed to tell me that there was a root sticking out of the ground that she didn’t see. I looked around, confused because the only tree that was visible was Thalia’s tree which was on the hill. I looked at the dryads, who were looking away from the scene. I helped get my sister off the court and I asked a camper if they had seen anything. They said that they had seen one of the dryads use their magic. I went up to Chiron and told him what the camper saw.

“Oh! PENALTY ON THE DRYADS FOR USING MAGIC!”

“WHAT! WE DID NOTHING!” one said looking a little embarrassed 

  “Really are you sure?” I asked, looking at all of the dryads.

“Fine we did.” The crowd gasped and started to yell 

“CHEATERS!”
“YOU DON’T DESERVE TO WIN!”

  “SETTLE DOWN!” Chiron yelled. Everyone started to calm down and let            Chiron say what he had to say.

 “DRYADS ARE TO TAKE AWAY ONE PLAYER FOR TWO MINUTES!” 

“WHAT THAT’S NOT FAIR!” 

“YEAH!” The dryads started yelling, but Bluebell stopped them.

“We do not take well to that but we will do it.” the dryads started to complain but Bluebell raised her hand 

“That or we will forfeit.”

“NO!” 

“FINE! Who do you want to take out?”

“Meliai.” one of the dryads walked off the court and sat down on the grass. The rest looked annoyed but they let it go. 

“ON WITH THE GAME!” We continued the game, which we got to serve first. The conch shell sounded and the game stopped. We waited to find out who was the winner. 

“THE WINNERS ARE THE CAMPERS!” The crowd went crazy and ran to give us hugs. I stood there stunned and looked at the dryads, who were looking upset. I walked over to them, getting looks from the campers, and held my hand out.

“Good job. Do you want to come celebrate with us?”

“Why? we didn’t win.” Bluebell said

“This was for fun so we all win.”

“That’s fair. We’re in” we smile at each other and walk back to the group.

“LET’S PARTY!” 

We went to the beach to party, which our camp director Mr.D took care of . I was standing in the ocean when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked behind me and saw James standing there. He put his hand in mine and I put my head on his shoulder. He moved his head to kiss me on the head but I moved my head at the same time so we kissed each other.  After we went back to the party

Something in the Woods

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Something In the Woods     

Author: Bobby Joe

It’s September 15, 2022 and my family and I took a roadtrip to California. Our Family is a family of five so it gets pretty cramped on roadtrips. We live in West Virginia so a road trip to California is a long time. We leave for our trip tomorrow so I have to hurry and get packing and so does my family.

Melinda-mom: “On our way there we are stopping at  hotels on the way so we can get actual sleep because the ride is 2 days.”

Luke: “Why is the ride so long?”

Casyn: “Yeah this is going to take forever.”

David-dad “The ride will be over before you know it just play a game on your phone or go to sleep.”

When we finally all get time to pack we pack the car with all our things because we are staying there for three weeks and that’s a long time. We’re getting an AirBnb in california so we don’t have to stay in a small hotel room with a family of five. When we finally go to bed we all have to wake up at 6:30 and get ready for our trip and leave the house at 7:00. Before we leave the house we make sure we have everything such as our suitcases, phones, chargers, and etc. Then after we have checked everything we leave for California. My brothers and my sister are just on their phones which I understand because the car ride is going to be really boring. 

We’re only three hours in the trip and everyone is exhausted so we stop at a gas station to all take a break and get some food. My two brothers got slushies and hotdogs, my sister and I got soda and nachos. Theory had tables at the gas station so we could sit down and eat which was good because everyone didn’t want to go back in the hot cramped car. After we’re done eating we go back in the car and start driving again. Now we’re finally out of our state we are now in Kansas so we stop at a restaurant because it’s dinner time. The food we got was really good but now we have to go back in the car and start driving again. That’s our last stop until tomorrow. Now it’s time to go to bed so we stop at the hotel and  go to sleep but we have to go to bed early because now we’re leaving at 6:00. Once we went to bed we were in the car for 10 hours so we were finally half way through our trip. This time we didn’t stop anywhere and kept driving. We stopped at a gas station to get more food because we were all starving. Once we ate we got back in the car.

Another 10 hours go by and we only have 13 hours left to our trip. Everyone is so excited to get to California. Another 5 hours went by and we were so eager to get there that we were planning and thinking about all the fine things we were going to do when we got there. 

While we were in the car we all decided to play a game. We vote on play ISpy. Casyn: This game isn’t fair. So we all decided to stop playing.

We’re now in Nevada which is so close to California. Then a few more hours passed and we were finally in California and were all so excited. Once we get to our hotel we plan all of the fun things we’re going to do. Tomorrow we’re going on a hike in the woods and were so excited. Once it’s finally time to go to sleep I wake up in the middle of the night and hear strange noises. I just think it’s my mind messing with me so I go to bed but they keep on getting louder and louder and I get up out of bed and just drink some water and go to bed. The noises finally stop so I can sleep. The next morning we all got up and I didn’t say anything about the noises because it didn’t matter. Once we’re all done eating breakfast and getting ready we go for our hike in the woods.

We are finally leaving for the woods and were so excited to go hiking and explore. Were hiking for a good hour but Casyn asks to go to the bathroom so we find a rest stop and wait for him. 10 minutes pass and Casyn still isn’t done but that’s pretty normal for him so we think nothing of it. While we’re eating we all have a snack because we’re all very hungry. While we were eating it’s been 30 minutes and no sign of Casyn were all so worried so my dad goes and checks the bathroom. He comes out and he says Casyn isn’t in there. 

Were all so worried so we all went searching for him but no one could find him. We search for one hour then one hour turns into two and two into three and we can’t find Casyn. So we call the police and they arrive in an hour because we’re far in the woods. They arrive for an hour and report back to us. They give us terrible news. They tell us that there’s no sign of Casyn and he’s no nowhere to be found. So we continue hiking because we believe we can find Casyn but we hear weird noises and some sound like Casyn saying “help me”. So we all start getting freaked out but we keep searching. Then we see a black figure and we get so scared. 

But the black figure wont stop us from finding Casyn so we kept searching then we realized my other brother was gone. We were paying so much attention to finding Casyn that my brother disappeared. So now we’re disappointed and worried but then something grabs my leg and starts dragging me and it’s this black figure and we all get scared so we call the police and they get too scared and don’t know what to do. But we see Casyn and Drew behind the monster. We run towards them and grab them and run away from the woods as far as possible. We never go hiking again in California but we still have our whole vacation left so we keep doing things as planned. The next morning we wake up and decide to explore Los Angeles. But we keep hearing voices and we see the black figure again. It was like it was following us so we got scared and went back to our hotel and hid. But when we look out the window it’s there again so we’re all so scared and don’t know what to do.  We all decide to go to bed after a long day but then we all hear weird noises like scratching and tapping sounds. We all decide on getting a new hotel tomorrow in Beverly Hills. The next morning we wake up and get to our hotel and we enjoy the rest of our vacation. Until we feel like someone is watching us all the time. Once our vacation is done we drive home and we don’t say anything the whole ride because we still have that creepy feeling. We get used to the feeling and just continue with our lives.

The Adventure of Evony Manorest

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The Adventures of Evony Manorest

By Giverest Enovy

Chapter 1

Once upon a time in the world of sports there lived two twins born from nothing. The Yin twin was very wild and rude to the people in the village. The Yang twin was very smart and kind to the people in the village. Whatever the Yin twin would destroy, the Yang twin would fix it. Since the Yin twin was so destructive he was banished from the village. One day the twins heard a mysterious voice.

”You two are the beginning of a great story.”

After that they never heard that mysterious voice ever again. The Yang twin became king and had a son named Evony Manorest. Fifteen years later, the king was kidnaped and taken to the Darklands and a big prize was given out to rescue the king. Meanwhile in the Darklands the king meets his brother, and they have a family reunion and they have a good time. They saw what each other was up to and get to know how each other’s life was going. Meanwhile in the kingdom of the king, everything was in chaos. With the king gone everyone didn’t know what to do. Ebony tried to calm everyone down, but it only worsened it so Evony decided to go bring the king back to the castle.

Evony asked everyone who would want to help him rescue the king and stop the chaos from worsening. The only people that wanted to save the king were Carl, Josh, Doni, and Megis. Evony and Carl went to the Adventurers Guild to become adventurers to begin to start their journey to rescue the king. When everyone was all ready and packed up, they left the village and started their adventure to find and rescue the king.

Meanwhile with the king and his brother, his brother was introducing his family to him and showing him around. Back to Evony and his party, they encountered a goblin camp and they got attacked by goblins and they swiftly and effortlessly defeated the goblins. A few hours later they found ruins and decided to camp out there while everyone was unpacking Evony went to explore the ruins and found a secret door that led to a treasure room and before he went in he told everyone else.

Evony said,”Guys I found a hidden treasure room!”

 They all went in and they looked through the treasures, and they grabbed some magic weapons and some gold and started a fire back at the camp. After they had dinner they went to sleep. When they woke up they all started to pack up and continue their journey. After some time passed they got attacked by Orcs that saw them while they were hunting and they defeated the Orcs but it took a good amount of time.

 They were getting closer to the king when they came across an inn. The innkeeper welcomed them in kind to stay the night. During the night they heard a weird noise that sounded like a monster. They got ready and started to leave the inn but ran into the monster, the innkeeper.

They were captured and tied up after they freed themself and found each other. They went to save the kids the innkeeper kidnapped. They saved the kids and looked for the innkeeper to defeat him. When they  found the innkeeper and wounded him, he got away and reported it to the king’s brother. The king’s brother ordered his servants to set traps to stop Evony’s party from stealing his brother away from him.

While they were walking down the path they accidentally activated a teleporting trap that separated them all and trapped them in a huge maze with traps and treasures. They all knew that following the right wall was the way to the exit. So after five hours in the maze they finally got out. After they stepped out of the maze it teleported to a treasure room and they took only the valuables, and then they were teleported to where they got teleported to the maze and continued down the path.

They took a little break after they were walking on the path for a few hours for a lunch break. They voted for who would cook the food. They all voted for Doni to cook lunch because he owned the best restaurant in the kingdom. After lunch they continued down the path but they got attacked by bandits and gave them one hundred gold coins and the bandits left them alone.

Man from Atlantis S1 E16, E17

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“Siren”

“Deadly Carnival”

This brings to an end the rewatch (although I do not remember any of these specific episodes, so we could consider it a watch instead) of the late 1970s TV show Man from Atlantis starring Patrick Duffy, who left from this show after its cancelation and moved to Dallas where he had some huge success as the brother of J.R. Ewing, Bobby.

These were the two episodes that did not have Dr. Elizabeth Merrill, as played by Belinda J. Montgomery. In “Siren,” they did make a reference to her being gone because she was doing something with the Senate, giving a nice little touch to continuity. They did not mention her at all in “Deadly Carnival.”

There was a mermaid in the first of these two episode who could sing a song that could cause pain or mesmerize people. Billy Barty guest starred in the second episode as our main villain, a midget who, along with a man who can conduct electricity, were planning a heist and Mark wound up in the middle of it.

Both of these episodes are definitely watchable. Neither of them are great, but neither are bad either. That kind of describes Man from Atlantis’ entire run. It was fine. Nothing great, nothing offensive. I don’t know if I would ever go out of my way to watch any of the episodes again, but I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing some of them if they just happened to be on.

I do like the fact that they had new villains in each of the last several episodes. Not that I disliked Mister Schubert. I did like him and I always liked Victor Buono, but he was just overused, particularly early in the season.

It is a shame that they never went into the secret of Mark Harris’ past more. They barely mentioned it. I would think that someone like Mark would be very driven to discover what was out there in his background, to see if he could trigger any memories of where he had come from. Maybe they had intended on doing this later on, but with the single season being all they got, it was not done.

Patrick Duffy actually wrote a book about the backstory and the history of Mark Harris and Atlantis. I just ordered it on Amazon because Mark Harris is a character that I really loved, despite some of the flaws of the series, this character was unlike many on TV, then or now.

I am pleased to have completed Man from Atlantis on Amazon Prime.

Chernobyl S1 E1, E2

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“1:23:45”

“Please Remain Calm”

With the rewatches of Twin Peaks and Moonlighting finishing, the end of the Fallout first season, and the nearing of the completion of Man from Atlantis, I was ready for a new watch, whether it be a rewatch or a new show. I had made a list and one that jumped out at me was a five-episode mini-series that had aired on HBO in 2019 based on the story of the disaster that occurred at Chernobyl in the Soviet Union.

I had heard amazing things about this mini-series and so I wanted to get this into the rotation. I have to say, after watching the first two episodes, I had to really stress myself into not continuing and binging the entire series. It was that good.

About two-thirds of the way through the second episode, I was thinking that everyone that I saw in the first episode was now dead or in the process of dying, which was a dramatic thought.

Jared Harris and Stellan Skarsgård we meet, mostly, in the second episode, and they bring some of the best acting I have seen in a long time. The realization of what their jobs will cost them is absolutely screaming beneath their performances.

This historical recreation (which does have its share of discrepancies) is extremely stressful and intense. It had me yelling at my screen for characters to get out of there, in reference to the power plant. How the radiation affected these men was an unbelievable example of the power of nuclear energy.

Kicking the series off with a scene of Valery Legasov, played by Jared Harris, hanging himself after recording memoirs of the events of Chernobyl really started things off with a desperation that the series maintained. Legasov had said to Skarsgård’s Boris Shcherbina in episode two that they would both be dead in five years. Perhaps this was his way of taking control of his life. Or maybe, he knew he would be killed for putting his words on tape. Either way, it made for quite an impact at the beginning of this show.

Man from Atlantis S1 E2

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“Death Scouts”

The second of the Man from Atlantis television movies was actually entitled “Man from Atlantis II: Death Scouts.”

According to Wikipedia, “Mark investigates the disappearance of three scuba divers, two of whom are ‘replaced’ by waterborne aliens (Tiffany Bolling as Lioa / Dilly and Burr DeBenning as Xos / Chazz). The aliens assignment is to scout Earth and check its defense capabilities. They also give the impression that Mark may also be one of them, specially bred for Earth infiltration.“

I was not wild about this story. While I appreciate them trying to tie Lioa and Xos to Mark’s background, it all felt kind of muddied. It seemed to indicate that they were lying about Mark when they informed him that he was from their planet, but at the end, it sounded as if Lioa had confirmed that he was from earth.

It was a messy story. If Mark did not have a connection to these two, why did they both have the webbed fingers? The symbol on Mark’s trunks, was I to understand that it is not the same as he saw in the spaceship?

I hope that this was a lie because I feel as if making Mark an alien from another planet is just lazy writing. I do not know if they will ever go into further details on his past in the short season one, but I’m sure it could be handled more deftly.

There were just too many plot holes for this tv movie. There were some decent sci-fi shots, several of which actually reminded me of The Land of the Lost, but the writing of the story felt off.

However, the shots of Patrick Duffy underwater continue to just amaze me. I am curious how they shot these, especially those that seem to have Mark in a tank of water for extended periods of time while on screen. How much did Patrick Duffy do on his own? I would love to know the specifics of these shots because they are the best underwater shots I think I have seen and this was 1977.

Picket Fences S3 E6, E7, E8, E9

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The running storyline of the season has been the struggle of race relations and the first of these three episodes is part of that, but then the next two do not include it. The last two go back to the Brian Latham case.

“Elective Conducts”

The Rome mayoral campaign dominates the episode, and Jill faces more controversy as Zack writes a report that included racial stereotypes. When Zack is confronted by a group of black students in the rest room, Zack peed on them in self-defense. It was shocking.

When it came to the mayor’s race, Carter stepped up and became a true challenger in the election. So much so that, when Jill realized that she had no chance, Jill decided to drop out and support him instead.

Ed Lawson wound up winning the election in a 12 vote difference. Ed Lawson is Donald Trump decades before Donald Trump. It is actually a bizarre correlation.

“Rebels with Causes”

This is the crossover episode with David E. Kelley’s other TV show at the time, Chicago Hope. It guest starred Mandy Patinkin as Dr. Jeffrey Geiger, his character from the show.

Douglas Wambaugh collapses as he prepared for the trip to the Supreme Court. Jill believed he had a heart attack, but wanted to take him to Chicago to see a specialist. She then came into major conflict with Dr. Geiger, whose manner and attitudes rubbed her the wrong way.

Turned out that Doug had M.S. and not a heart attack.

There was also a conflict between Jimmy and Kimberly because Kimberly wanted to date Kenny. Jimmy flipped out over the possibility, and, like all things with Picket Fences, there is much deeper truths behind it. Everything here dated back to Jimmy’s infidelity.

One of my favorite moments was very meta in this episode when Jill commented that more people went to the other hospital (meaning the TV show ER which was also set in Chicago).

“May it Please the Court”

Douglas Wambaugh and John Littleton go to Washington to argue the Latham case.

This was an amazing acting episode from both Fyvush Finkel and Don Cheadle. Their passion showed through the great writing of the episode.

The Supreme Court justices are portrayed wonderfully by the group of the actors cast in these roles.

The second storyline going on in this episode was involving Carter. Carter had made an agreement to have a surrogate give birth to his child. When the surrogate decided she could not go through with it, she wanted to abort the baby. Kelly Connell gives a serious performance from a character that is usually used as a joke.

“For Whom the Wind Blows”

The Brian Latham case comes to a close here.

Maxine, Kenny, and John start to believe that Brian Latham was actually innocent. They convinced Judge Bone that he was innocent and that the father was the killer. Bone took to the court to sentence Latham, except, instead, he threw out the conviction stating that the evidence was not enough to convict. He overturned the conviction and set Latham free.

All of this came from Maxine’s hunch that the father had gone to confession to confess that he actually killed his daughter. Father Barrett would not break the seal of confession, but Max could tell from his expression that there was more to this story. Bone went to Father Barrett and asked him whether or not, in his opinion, Brian Latham was guilty. When Father Barrett said that he thought Latham was not guilty, he was implying to Bone what he knew.

The group went after the father, pushing hard for his wife to testify against him, offering immunity.

Then the mother tells the truth on the stand… she had killed the daughter in a fit of rage and the father had just helped cover it up.

Judge Bone had to, once again, skirt the rules as he said the immunity agreement was gone because the mother had committed fraud. In the end, the police got it done, if not with questionable methods.

Jimmy during this whole time started to have doubts if he could handle the position of sheriff any longer. He saw the fire in the eyes of John, Max and Kenny and Jimmy started to believe that he was in the way.

The Brian Latham storyline came to a close here with another shocking twist that Picket Fences was known for.