Entertainment - Fiction

We have some great stories and poems this edition. We have the first chapter of a great story Goliath Gob had written called, Me, My Friends, in I, where you will be transported to a suspenseful intergalactic adventure. Dissentor wrote a poem called Movin' Along that will have you thinking of your past, but will remind you to move on, as the past is already done. We also have the first part of a mysterious adventure story written by Richman99 called the Mystery of Chocolate, which will get you thinking about what you would do if you found out that chocolate was banned.Gingerdog, made an excellent adventure story called Heroes in History that is filled with suspense. Enjoy this issue's Fiction section.

-Prashanna

Movin' Along - By: Dissentor Sittin' at my desk, poundin' out my homework.
Listenin' to my tunes, yawnin' with flair.
Checkin' the clock, tappin' my pencil.
Thinkin' of the good ol' days, sighin' for their return.
Dreamin' about that girl, starin' into space.
Rubbin' my chin, smilin' at the memories.

Of my past life.

But all that's over, it's all behind me.
Done deal, spilt milk, golden past.
I'm just a speck in life, small particles.

Floatin' along, movin' along.

Nary a care for the passage of Time.
Just movin' along, movin' along.
And never comin' back.

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Me, My Friends, In I - By: Goliath Gob Chapter 1
Flight from Olieya

Closer…

Closer…

I frantically searched through the mahogany desk, drawer, after drawer, all the while the clunk of the soldiers heavy armour crept closer, closer, closer.

Found it! I gazed at the beautiful object I held in my hand. The artifact for which we had searched so long and hard.
Get out of there!
I heard my friends' calls from inside my head, realizing that soon, I would no longer hear their familiar voices, well, at least not as often.

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Darkness…
Imprisoned in the bleak, dark room, I dragged my feet as I walked over to the computer console.

I pressed the large, square button and muttered, “Eveni,” the intergalactic word for “chair”, into the microphone. Seconds later, a black fold up chair reintegrated from thin air. I glanced at the chair. They could at least give us some proper padded chairs after all we do for the IEA, and after all the things we have been through. I pulled the chair across the room, glancing at my other friends. Jess and Amanda stood in one corner of the room, talking away. A hockey net placed against one wall was taking a beating from Geoff's slap shots; three holes could already be seen in the net. A ping-pong table was positioned in the center of the room, Jeremy hit the ping-pong ball, and Evan started one of his famous tantrums after he had lost the game, while Jeremy thrust up his arm in triumph.

I pulled up my chair beside the ping-pong table and stared at the jumbo-sized screen up ahead, now watching the world through my best friend Justin's eyes. My heart raced as I saw him run down the hall, fleeing the guards. I knew deep down that he would be okay, he had won the medal for running at Track and Field many times, he could even outrun most of the teachers, but that's not saying a lot.

I gasped as I saw Justin run for the stained glass window at the end of the hall. I pressed the button on my communicator, “Don't do it!” but the words had left my mouth too late, he was already falling to the ground along with various coloured shards of glass. We would have to get him healed when we were clear of this medieval planet.

“Get ready Justin,” warned Jess, now standing at the console, readying himself for the switch, “I'm going to switch with you in five... four... three… two… one… Ebzzlôel akmcev.”

What my eyes now beheld would have made even the toughest, largest Zlaqatma turn tail and flee. We on the other hand, have actually experienced this transfer of body and mind.

“Good work! You outran palace guards!” I said, patting him on the back.
“It's no big deal, really,” he said, eyeing the cuts on his arms.
“We'd better get you healed up. We're safe now, Jess will be activating hyper drive in a few moments.”
I helped Justin up onto the medical bed, and said to the computer “Vley.” The med bed retracted into a lighted chamber as the computer worked its magic on Justin's wounds. It was quite a nuisance having to talk to the computer in Môc Yeô, the Intergalactic Language which every planet except Earth could speak. Most of the words in Môc Yeô were unpronounceable. Only one species can pronounce every word correctly. Since our abduction, we have had to learn Môc Yeô so that we may follow what the rest of the galaxy is talking about.

I returned to my black, unpadded chair, watching the view screen now through Jess's eyes, watching him pressing various buttons, most likely plotting a course back to Reila. I slouched in my chair, crossed my arms and closed my eyes, trying to remember how we had all gotten into this mess…

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Remember to read Issue 4 for Chapter 2 of "Me, My Friends, In I."The Mystery of Chocolate - By: Richman99 ed. by Goliath Gob

Brian. Brian Calvert. I've been nothing more than Brian Calvert for 12 straight years. Sure, I play sports, but I'm not good enough to be recognized for it. But there is something I love even more than sports, solving mysteries! Some people might say I'm the perfect man for the job. I'm not one of those guys who cracks jokes, I'm more of the serious, well behaved "teacher's pet" type of guy. To tell you the truth, I'm so quiet because I've got food crammed in my mouth all the time. Some people may not believe it because of my size, but I'm a true chocolate lover, eating as much of it as my mouth can hold, maybe even more!

It was lunch and I saw that my school was now serving ice-cream in the cafeteria. I ran up to the lunch lady. "Hey, what flavor you got there?" I asked her. "Good ol' chocolate me boy!" she replied. My mouth started watering. I loved chocolate! Once, I had eaten ten pounds of chocolate in one day! I was a hard-core chocolate fanatic.

I emptied out my pockets. Guessing I couldn't pay with pocket lint, I ran over to my best friend Ricky. “Have any money? I'm having a major chocolate craving here!” He asked me if I would pay him back and I instantly replied yes. He seemed to be unsure at first, but then did agree and passed me a couple bucks.

I ran to the back of the line, which was now so long it reached the outside of the cafeteria. I ran to the line and waited and waited, for what seemed to be an eternity. I knew it would take a long time, but I just had to have my chocolate!

“Next!” the lunch lady said as I finally reached the front of the line. I reached out my hand to give her the money when suddenly the secretary burst through the doors. “Don't eat the ice cream!” she yelled. “Chocolate is officially banned from the world!” I dropped my money on the floor, shocked. Chocolate, banned from the world?? What could have happened?

The whole lunchroom broke out into an angry mob, demanding the secretary tell them why chocolate had been banned. She explained to us that the chocolate had been contaminated with a very dangerous disease, and that any kids who have already eaten the chocolate may be contaminated by the disease. When I asked her how this happened, she said, "Someone, or rather some people, has spread a disease through all the chocolate. Nations around the world are busy throwing chocolate away. No one knows how the chocolate has been contaminated, or whether there is any un-contaminated chocolate, but all we can do is throw away the chocolate to be safe." I knew there was a mystery behind this incident! No matter what, I had to crack this case!

I first decided to make an appointment with the Hershey's Company to get their opinion on the chocolate issue. I had to wait 30 minutes on the phone until I could finally reach somebody. The clerk said I could come in five days from now. I decided to try to get appointments with other chocolate companies, but none of them were able to give me appointments before the end of the week. It seemed as if I had no choice but to wait for five days for my appointment. But that didn't mean I had to stop investigating!

There was a huge uproar at school and all the staff members were tense. They all could get sued if the students that ate the ice-cream got the terrible disease! I went and asked the secretary if I could talk to the principal, “Sure, but you'll have to wait,” she said. As I waited to talk to the principal, I heard the shouting of many angry parents.

When the principal was free, he called me in, and I gladly went to his office. The principal started coughing, “Are you okay?” I asked him, and though he said he was, he didn't look so. “How many lawsuits are there against the school?” I asked him. “Many parents are suing us, he replied rather glum. He added that the school could be sued for more than I could ever imagine. I have a pretty good imagination, but when he showed me the numbers, I nearly collapsed. I continued asking him questions about the incident until my time with him was over.

After writing down what he had told me, I went to my house and Google'd “chocolate diseases”. To my surprise, there were over 1 million topics already! This case was getting very confusing. A couple of days passed, and my meeting day with Hershey's finally arrived.

I got dressed in my best clothes and made my way to the Hershey's office; I had to wait for four long hours before I was called in. Sleepy and tired from waiting, I walked into the room and shook hands with the man with whom I was made the appointment. Before I even had the chance to say anything, my mom came into the room and took a picture of me with the Hershey's man. Once my mom left, I started asking the man questions, who introduced himself to me as Bob Fiddlesticks. As I asked him a series of questions, though he willingly answered, there remained a weird stare in his face. Our conversation ended with a very weird remark by Mr. Fiddlesticks: “Listen kid, you don't want to get yourself into this mess. You are handling something dangerous and if you don't play the game right, you'll lose in the end and cause a great deal of damage." I had no reply other than, “Ummmm... okeydokey?" I left the room, trying to put together the pieces of the puzzle in my head. As we drove back home, I thought about what that man, Bob, had said. I needed to go back and ask him more questions and find! The next day, I went back to Hershey's, “Excuse me, I'm looking for a Bob Fiddlesticks, do you know where he is?” I asked one of the secretaries. The man replied “Bob Fiddlesticks had been fired for about 4 months now! I don't know how you could have met him.” I knew something was wrong and I knew I had to figure it out!

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Remember to read Issue 4 for Part Two of "The Mystery of Chocolate."

Heroes in History - By: Gingerdog Jenna blocked out the unwanted noise as she cruised down the highway. The family station wagon was now hers. Her friends were cramped into the back making noise and generally being annoying. Her eyes caught her mirror and she saw her friend's convertable also packed full, racing after them.
“Jenna,” a voice nagged breaking her concentration.
“Yes?” Jenna answered.
“Where are we going?” the voice asked.
“Brittney, I told you a million times, we're going to the mall.” Jenna said pushing down her boiling anger to a simmer.
“Ok good,” Brittney returned fishing her cell phone out. “I thought we were going to the library to study for our history mid-term tomorrow.” Brittney finished punching in a number on her phone.
Jenna looked at her assembled friends in her mirror. Brittney, the dumb pretty blonde. Tyler, her best friend since first grade. Josh, her ex-boyfriend now good friend. Joseph, her newfound friend. Little did Jenna know Joseph really liked Jenna. If given the chance Josh would instantly take back Jenna as his girlfriend instead of Brittney.
In the flashy blue convertible racing behind them sat a five-some. Jason, her best friend. Jason had known Jenna since they were babies and they had been close ever since. Amber, her “girlfriend” drove talking to the short blonde next to her. Abbie, the blonde, and girlfriend of Jason, enjoyed the conversation obviously. Tessa sat in the backseat scrunched between Jason and Jenna's crush Kyle.
Jenna's cell phone rang and she scrambled to pick it up. It was Amber. Instantly the two became engrossed in conversation completely forgetting about driving. The station wagon slid off the highway hitting and breaking the guardrail.
“Ahh” the whole car screamed in unison as Amber's car pushed them off the highway sending both cars into air.

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Jenna awoke feeling her aching head. She had mainly minor injuries except for a huge gash along her arm. She stood up looking at the perfectly safe and in place cars. Then she looked at her unconscious friends.
They were all there with small injuries. Jenna looked around again only seeing dirt and rock. She scampered up the small hill and gazed out. It wasn't a highway much less a dirt road. “We ain't in Kansas no more, Toto” Jenna said softly. Jenna was starring at a huge plateau filled with rather large carcasses. Jenna stepped forward looking at one of the piles of rotting meat and bones. The dead creature had a large tail that could easily flip her car.
Jenna rushed back down the hill. That carcass looked exactly like a dinosaur's. Amber, Tyler, Joseph, and Kyle were all awake. Jason moved then looked up startled.
“Where are we?” Amber asked looking around.
“I'm pretty sure the Jurassic period.” Jenna said. “That's the time of the dinosaurs……”
“Great,” Amber said sarcastically. The whole group got up and peered over the hill. They couldn't see anything, but they could hear giant footsteps. They moved the group of unconscious friends under a carcass.
Then the group got into the station wagon and drove on the plateau off into the distance.

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Brittney awoke pushing Josh's arm off her. She stood up scrambling up the hill in her already dirty clothes. She turned and around and looking at the mangly assembled group. She turned back around and almost screamed. There eating another carcass was a raptor.
It turned its scaly head toward her; blood dripping from its mouth. Brittney took a step back hitting a bone hard. She ran down the hill screaming in fright and pain. The raptor silently followed.
“Wake up!” Brittney screamed. Tessa, Abbie, and Josh awoke startled.
“What's wrong?” Josh asked wiping the dirt off his clothes.
“What's wrong….” Brittney almost screamed. “There's a dinosaur after us.”
“Sure there is” Tessa said sarcastically.
“Really,” Brittney said. “There is…..” the raptor nipped her hand from behind. “AH!” Brittney screamed and the group jumped up.
“That's a raptor,” Abbie said wide-eyed.
“Great….” Tessa said and they stepped back. “Get a weapon,” she said picking up a large bone shaped like a club.
Abbie picked up a tooth and clutched it like a dagger. Tessa swung the huge bone at the raptor hitting it. It charged at Tessa and she hit it again. Brittney picked up some rocks and chucked them at the raptor.
One hit the raptor and it flew towards her. Abbie jumped in front of Brittney and struck the raptor's exposed neck with the tooth.
Blood came gushing out and the raptor fell down defeated and dead. “You……you saved me” Brittney said started.
“Don't mention it” Abbie said grinning

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