In the Belly of The Mustang
One normal day at Kinard Middle school there were 2 boys, Ethan and Caleb, who had just come from PE.
“PE was so much fun today. I loved playing Hoccer,” said Ethan excitedly.
“Stop,” Caleb interrupted, “Watch out for the Mustang!”
“Oh, you know that's just what the teachers say to the kids so the janitors have less to vacuum.” smirked Ethan sarcastically.
“No, really,” argued Caleb, “you’ll get taken into another world.”
“That won’t happen Caleb,” replied Ethan stepping on the mustang. “Watch.”
At that moment, Ethan was taken into the Mustangs Belly - a calamitous place where Mr. Bergmann rules. He lay there unconscious.
When he woke up he found himself in a dirty cabin. Then he heard a voice.
“Wake up, wake up, can you hear me?” whispered the stranger.
“Huh?” replied Ethan groggily, his head ringing. He felt like he had just gone through a cycle in the washing machine.
“Oh good, you’re all right,” murmured the relieved stranger.
“Yeah, who are you anyways and where am I?” murmured Ethan starting to wake up.
“I’m Jesse Morrill, but everyone calls me Mr. Morrill,” he answered. “To answer your next question, you’re in the Mustang’s Belly, where everyone who steps on the Mustang is taken.”
“Can you help me get out?” Ethan wondered, sitting up.
“I can,” answered Mr. Morrill, “but only if you’re willing to help.”
“What do I have to do?” questioned Ethan.
“Well, to exit the Mustang’s Belly you have to leave through, well uh… the rump,” said Mr. Morrill awkwardly. He always felt awkward telling people this.
“Eww!” replied Ethan, reacting strongly.
“To do that you have to answer three questions from the three main classes,” Mr. Morrill said.
“English, math, and science,” instructed Mr. Morrill, “Are you ready?”
“I guess so.” he answered.
Then Ethan and Mr. Morrill exited the headquarters and lurked their way to the uh… exit of the Mustang’s Belly.
“Alright Ethan, see Morty the mascot over there? He will be the one to ask you the questions,” instructed Mr. Morrill.
“Here goes nothing,” worried Ethan.
Ethan walked up to Morty, tasting the musty stench that beheld him. It smelled like Morty had gone on a twenty-mile run every day for the last month without showering.
“Trying to escape the Mustang’s Belly huh? Well you have to answer a few questions first,” Morty smirked.
“Alright,” Ethan gulped.
“The first question… what is connotation?” asked Morty.
Ethan was relieved. He knew the answer to this one. “Connotation is what you feel,” Ethan answered strongly.
“Hmm. Correct,” Morty answered. “Next question... what is the rule when dividing fractions?”
“Uhh,” Ethan knew this one, but what was it? “Divide by the reciprocal.”
“That is also correct,” Morty begrudgingly answered. “Alright, last question...what type of zone is it when one plate goes under the other?”
“Subduction zone,” Ethan said proudly.
“Fine then,” Morty said grumpily. Next time he would have to pick harder questions. “You may exit through the rump.”
Ethan waved goodbye to Mr. Morrill as he strutted through the rump.
Ethan smelled the stench of middle schoolers and he knew he was back at Kinard.
“Ethan,” yelled a familiar voice.
It was Caleb. Ethan went to join him.
“I will never ever step on the Mustang again.” Ethan answered.
“That’s good and all, but we are going to be late to math if you don’t hurry.” smirked Caleb.
“You’re the only one going to be late,” said Ethan walking down the hall already feeling the walls slide past his fingers as he walked. He was glad to be back.
The Civil War
By: Zach
Long ago on Mount Olympus, there lived the gods; Poseidon, god of the seas, Hades, lord of the underworld, Ares, god of war, Zeus, ruler of the gods, Athena, god of battle and wisdom, Hephaestus, god of blacksmithing, Hera, queen of Olympus, and Apollo, god of light and truth. To begin with, Ares had always strived to be the ruler of all the gods.
One afternoon Ares felt his soul pushing him to go ask Zeus. He didn’t want to, but his soul broke free and he sauntered up to Zeus and said,” Can I be ruler of all gods?”
“No, you cannot, and you will never be able to. That is my role,” said Zeus. Ares could just see the fury in Zeus’s eyes.
Later that day, Ares walked up to the gods in a bribery manner and asked if they thought he would be a better ruler than Zeus. Hades, Athena, and Hephaestus thought Ares would be a stronger leader. Poseidon, Hera, and Apollo thought that Zeus would be a more powerful leader. Ares talked to his team and told them that they should start a war.
Later that day, the gods prepared to fight in a war. Hephaestus made Ares’s armor and swords. Athena and Ares prepared a battle tactic so they could defeat Zeus. Apollo was trying to help as much as possible, but war was not his thing.
On the other hand, Zeus's team was attempting to make a battle tactic. No one on their team was warlike. So, they were most likely going to get outsmarted.
At two o'clock on May 21, 1761 the gods prepared to fight.
Zeus said,” You will never win,” in an aggravated tone.
“Good luck, we have all the warlike gods,” said Ares.
The gods got ready to fight Ares’s team lined up, but Zeus's team just stood next to each other and got their weapons out. The gods charged like Spartans and started to fight. Ares effortlessly stabbed Zeus and heard a cry of pain, but since the gods are immortal it only hurt him. Zeus could taste the metal of Ares’s sword in his mouth. Ares team started to dominate. They hurt Zeus, Apollo, and Hera. Hades and Athena had been hurt on Ares’s team. It was Ares and Hephaestus against Poseidon. They charged toward at Poseidon from either side. Poseidon was injured and Ares’s team won. The war was like ants fighting ants, because it caused so little damage because they could all heal. The gods could just smell the blood and just then realized what bad they had done. Ares’s team focused on healing the other gods. Ares went up to Zeus touched his wound and said sorry, I caused all this pain but no one was killed.
Once Zeus was healed he was furious that Ares was now ruler. Zeus tried to shoot a lightning bolt at Ares but missed and hit his teammate Poseidon instead. It took Poseidon two days to recover from the bolt.
Two days later, after all the gods were healed, Ares was crowned ruler of the gods, and Zeus became the god of war. Poseidon, Hera and Apollo were disappointed that Ares was now ruler.
Zeus was still furious that Ares was now ruler but handed over his staff and said,”Well played.”
The End of the World is Tomorrows, Today
by:Andrea Walser
In a city filled with people dancing to the beat, people filled with energy, kids pumping their legs with a ball at their feet trying to avoid the people around them. A city, Barcelona, Spain, with compact apartments stacked on top of each other. People waking up to a smiling sun.
Inside a hot pink apartment a young girl, Scarlett wakes up to the rattle of the street. As she starts the day she thinks to herself that she is going to have an appreciable carefree day. She steps out the door on a mushy, restful rug, to head to soccer practice.
But, she did not know what the god Alex Morgan had in store for her. The goddess, Alex Morgan, who w
as as beautiful as a peacock, was searching up and down, left and right for the right person to protect their beloved Spain. But it all came down to Scarlett.
Later that day, Scarlett and her team were implementation their soccer when suddenly, the sun was hiding behind a big gloomy cloud. Small pebbles of water started to strike Scarlett and her teammates, as they quickly sprint inside to get shelter.
As they charged inside they were met with the goddess Alex. As in all of their head there were in astonishment and filled with joy.
She said, “I need you Spain is under attack by robots and I need you to take the long journey and you will find that the streets as your soccer field.”
The following day Scarlett and her friends began their journey, as they dribble their way through sun and rain.
Scarlett and her friends were strolling through the frightening forest and could taste the wet dew, when tree wolves, jumped out and surround them.
Scarlett ostentatiously yelled, “get your game on girls.” And after that they passed and shoot their way through these tree wolves, and suddenly after, Gisele got hurt when a tree wolve bit here the girls came around her to support her, she explained the wolf's teeth to be knobbly, and they transfer her until she got better. They stopped to feel the bark, it was smooth,
Scarlett felt a tingle in her head and said, “this was sent by the robots, so we must be conscious.”
There on they just followed the yellow pitted brick road. Once they arrived the robots were dominating the field, with their perfect technique, and were flawless. They stood in stupefaction and would have to be creative with their moves.
The girls warmed up and were ready as they would ever be so they screamed, “1-2-3- Arsenal” and they got in their position on the field.
Pass, Kick, and Score, it barely missed. Robots get the ball, and shoot the ball all the way into the goal from the half mark. And the robot attacks Lisa, tweet! Fawl, tears stream down Lisa’s face.
“Sub please,” Scarlett says, another player steps on field. You could smell the scent of sweat from all of the hard work the girls were doing.
Shoot, Score, Repeat. Until halftime the score is 0-4 and the robot are in the lead, the girls can hardly breath. The game must go on, the players think to themselves. With 2 injured players, there are no more subs, and Scarlett must play.
Scarlett says with hope,” We have gone through so much together and we must not give up, we can not go down without a fight.”
The game started again and score, the girls hopes lift up. Score, Score, again and again, till, tweet. That's game, and the girls won 5-4, and they have saved their beloved Spain. From that day on the girls had their mark on history.
The Birth of Ares the God of War
By : Tyler Waters
In a small town of Sweden was a man named James and he was an artist who was sad and lonely but he made it work. One day he had a bright idea he would paint a god, the god of war he thought to himself. He started painting right away , he started to paint the black outline of the character. Then he painted the skin he was red and his armor was black and yellow. James then decided to take a nap. He walked up stairs got into his pajamas and nightcap.
Just then he was woken up by a big crash. It felt like a earthquake in the underworld from the kitchen where he stumbled out of bed to only to hobble downstairs to find a dark red man covered in black and yellow shiny armor just like he had painted, Ares was born. James was amazed but didn’t know how he got there. He told James to bow down before him. James quickly did what he pleased and then Ares asked where he was he was, James explained that he came alive from that canvas beside him.
Ares responded,” preposterous I could not have come from that”.
“But you did come from the canvas sitting right beside you fool!” James exclaimed.
Just then James and Ares felt like they were spinning around the world just then they were at Mt. Olympus to see Zeus stood before them shining and mad. James could smell roses and the olive tree from Athena when she won the city Athens. Zeus asked James how this being came to life.
James responded “he came from a canvas that I painted”.
Ares shook his head “preposterous”. Then Zeus explained to James that he will send Ares to the Temple of war where he will control how the wars end and who wins James agreed.
And from that point on Ares was from there on the god of war and James was walking down a path with his new dog Jackson and met a girl named Rebecca he was no longer alone, while Ares enjoyed himself watching wars as the gruesome battle went on with blood spattering on him and he was licking it. He thought to himself “this is my job I shall enjoy it.” and he did.And he lived happily ever after.
Death From Above
By: Evan
In the mid 1970’s Felman, a European, had just enlisted in the army. He had successfully completed eighteen missions before and not a single crew member on his B-17 had gotten an injury.
It was the 4th of August and he had just left his new mission debriefing. As he walked toward his plane the crew named “Queen of the Sky”, Felman said his usual prayer to Zeus and all the gods and goddess of war and battle. He asked them “Please mighty Zeus, Ares, and goddess Athena, help me complete my nineteenth mission and keep me safe. Thank you... amen.”
Felman had just reached the big B-17, which was often used for bombing and had just had its payload of four bombs loaded into the hull. He boarded the plane surprised to see the crew all ready to go.
The experienced pilot Jacob and copilot Bill were ready to taxi to the runway. The rest of the crew John, Mark, Dan, and Brian were all in their positions. The over wing gunner John and Dan were locked and loaded, While Mark, the turret gunner, got into position. Brian was the navigator that was also ready to guide the plane through enemy territory. Finally, Felman was at his seat. He was the bombardier, the man who dropped the bombs.
The plane was in the air. The four amazing engines made their grumbling sound as the plane was at full power while they climbed to cruising altitude.
An hour and a half later, the plane was over enemy territory. Felman and his crew were joking around, when suddenly TAT! TAT! TAT! We’re under attack! the turret gunner screamed. The plane’s 3rd engine cut out. The crew was shooting at the enemy planes taking them down one by one. Then, the 2nd engine cut out and went up in flames. The pilot hit the bail out button and called over the radio BAIL! His high pitched voice made him sound like a girl. All the crew abandoned the aircraft and went out the door.
The crew got gunned down by the planes. Everyone was killed, but Felman. Athena came down from the sky and carried Felman to safety while all the other crew members were killed in action.
Felman awoke with a terrifying sight he was in the middle of a thick forest. He had no clue where he was and the only sight to see was trees, lots of trees. Felman looked around only to find a single gift Athena had left. It was a Colt M1914. The most popular of handguns. Felman began to work on creating a shelter that would house him for as long as he was here. He cut down small trees with his knife and soon he had a small shelter.
As the next day came, he was awakened by the sound of dry leaves. It was a small rabbit that would make for a good meal. He quickly grabbed the animal and strangled it to death. The rabbit tasted so good. Felman savored it because he knew it would be long before he got a good meal.
Then Ares, god of war, came to help. “Dear Felman, I can’t help you but you can help yourself. Whenever you hear a plane overhead you should light a fire and await rescue.”
“How do I know if it is a friendly aircraft?” Felman asked.
“You will know.” Replied Ares. Before Felman could say another word, Ares was gone. Felman spent the whole day cutting down trees so he could do as he was told.
A month in the woods still proved hard. No plane had come. He began to lose hope. Until he heard the loud sound of engines, airplane engines! Quickly he raced to the mound of wood and
leaves and set fire to the objects. The smoke smelled terrible!
Felman saw a B-24 pass overhead. The beautiful aircraft circled overhead then landed in a field. Felman was so rejoiced. He sprinted like a lion to the plane with all of the power he had left in his body.
Felman boarded the plane with seven other awaiting people inside. The plane took off and landed a hour and a half later.
At base, which was named “Charlie”, Felman was taken care of. He was fed a good meal and his family was notified that he was ok.
Two days later he was reunited with his family. They flew to their homeland and Felman had a honorable discharge. He lived a long life after until he died in 2013.
The Great Defeat
By:Cole
Long ago back in the time of B.C in a small village which is now mid day New York was two friends that were walking around the village. The village was a nice place in the middle of nowhere and filled with bright spirits. The guys names that were playing ball were Aaxavo and Aftepagogis They both loved to play with the bland soccer ball outside together. . They were having a wonderful time until they see Mateo and Kynigos. These men are enemies to each other. What they like to do is play football together. They each look at each other with a dark gaze. This meant war.
So the men head to the bloody battlefield and get prepared to fight. They grappled their gear and got ready. Meanwhile, the most evilest person in the village, Serpia was creating the biggest most baddest creature in the whole world. Serpia was casting the spell and said, “Come to life my child and be free… Reaper”. She thought that was a good name for it. So now the spell was being created and purple lightning was being flashed everywhere and it was so blinding!
But back in the small town, the 4 men had no idea that this was happening behind their backs because they wanted to kill each other. So back at the underground set up that Serpia had, she was finally letting out the beast Reaper. At this point, if the men wouldn’t stop fighting, there whole village will be destroyed. So after so much brutality, the 4 men realized that they would be stronger together than they are apart. The rumor spread through town and it got to the men. So the leader of them, Aaxavo, told them all, “let's go stop this beast once and for all”.
So they run through town asking about clues of where Serpia might be hiding. They gathered every ones thoughts but it didn’t come together. None of the clues made sense. So they mixed them up and got the answer. Mateo said, “I’ve got it, it is in the underground sewers.” But the men were too late. As Aaxavo, Mateo, Kynigos, and Aftepagogis looked up, the beast was right in front of them.
The men were in pure shock. They were so focused on stopping Reaper that they had no gameplan. So they ran to a hiding spot and collaborated. They came up with a genius plan and it so happened that this plan just might work.
So what they said was, “Your creator Serpia is a genius. I wish we could be as smart as her.” The reaper started to get confused. His head started spinning and he had no idea what to do.
“Will we be able to meet her so that we can be as smart as her?” So the reaper got so confused that it just told them where the small hideout was. The beast had been tricked. So the 4 men ran down to where Serpia was and stopped her once and for all. They chained her up and took her to the jail cell in the middle of nowhere. So they came back to see what the Reaper was doing to the village it was almost torn to pieces. So they released the spell and it vanished.
Now the men felt almost unstoppable. Now the city of normal people would rejoice and sing happily about the great defeat. So Aaxavo, Mateo, Kynigos, and Aftepagogis were chanting through the streets. The street was soon to be named KAMA after all of the first letter of each mens’ names. The village was once a peaceful place again and came no more harm. And when everyone arrived there, it smelled like victory!
Then 20 years later, back where Serpia died, a hole and rumble started to form in the ground and some kind of object was about to be hatched out...
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