Vameerah Darren

“Never give up (Part 2 to No greater stakes)” by Vameerah Darren

“It doesn’t count if you’re already planning your defeat.” I rubbed my eyes and scanned the water around me, one of the girls was basically saying that we should just let them kill us. I knew her, she had gone to school with me, Annie, I think her name was. Jackson and I had brought her food when her mother died in a freak car accident. “Why would you come in here with that attitude, that’s how you die first.” The girl that I had noticed at the droppings was talking now. We had only just entered, everyone was crowded together. We would...

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“Letting go” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #66

“Babe, where is the cinnamon?” I sighed and let my head flop to my desk, “I already told you it’s in the cupboard with the broken handle!” Baxter came storming in and I inwardly groaned. We’d been dating for three years now, almost everything provoked a fight. He usually pinned it against me. “Kayla, how many times do I have to tell you, I don’t like it when you move stuff around without telling me!” He leaned against the doorway and ran his hand through his brown hair before crossing his arms. I sighed and rubbed my temples, “Ba...

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“No greater stakes” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #66

This year was going to suck. I knew that. I’d known that for years. The trials were beginning, and soon, Keith Harrison would be next in line. Well, Keith Harrison, was me. 18 years old, everyone always told me that I had my whole life ahead of me, my mom just told me that I had time. Time, no one ever really knew how much of it they had left, and for me, time was running out. The trials were held every five years, whoever was 18 on those years, would probably hate their birthday. The Kesians, or “Keys” would round up every single 18...

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“The peace that comes with freedom” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #66

Tonight, it would finally happen. Ever since I was ten years old, I have only ever wanted one thing. Freedom. My soul ached for it more than anything. Today, was my 18th birthday. I heard mom calling for me from downstairs, the sound was muffled, and warped. Like something was stuck inside my ears. I lumbered down the stairs, barely feeling the wood against my bare feet. Mom handed me something, an envelope, and smiled at me, “Happy birthday Evelynn.” I took it carefully and headed back to my room. Back to my cage where I harbored my...

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“Not all bad” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #65

Listen, before you start judging me. I never wanted this, ok?I didn’t ask to be a werewolf, and it wasn’t my fault that I was bitten.It was a normal day, I was only ten-years-old. My dad had told me to go pick some flowers for my mom, it was her birthday. A full moon had started the night before, I thought it was pretty, but I didn’t know that it would bring out creatures of violence and bloodshed.I was grabbing daisies and filling my basket with them, my blonde hair shining in the sunlight like gold when I looked up and realized that I had ...

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“Do it for the views” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #65

“What’s up guys! Welcome back to ‘dareswithLandon’ today we are doing something crazy!” I clicked the stop button on the camera and walked over to where my guest for this video was waiting. I set the camera up and started recording again, “For this dare I’m bringing along…” I swung my arms to the right and she jumped into frame, “What’s up everyone!” I smiled, “My sister Miriam!” I pulled out my phone and made a show of scrolling through comments, even though I already knew what we were going to be doing. “Oh! Today’s dare is...

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“Hollow Heart” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #65

I shouldn’t be spending Halloween like this. Milling around, seeing all, but not being seen. I’ve been dead for a year now, trapped in my wooden cage. Tonight will be the first time that I have left it since my soul was entrapped here. It would be the first Halloween that I would spend without my family. I had died in a car accident, it was instant on impact. I hadn’t gotten to say goodbye to my boyfriend, or my family. Finally, the sun went down and I heard the click of the lock on the coffin. I floated out and into the open air. I kn...

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“The forbidden attic” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #64

Hi, my name is Laina. Not (A)laina, or (E)laina. Just Laina.I just turned fifteen and my mom is finally letting me go into our attic, I thought I’d share my experience with you.When she told me that no one had been to the attic in years, I thought that she was messing with me. The loud creak of the wood as I heaved the panel open proved that she had not been joking. I coughed harshly as dust rained down on me, covering me like I was a secret that no one wanted seen.I slowly crept up the pull down steps and shone a flashlight into the dark an...

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“A little explosive” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #64

My parents always thought there was something wrong with me. That’s why they had chosen to send me away.Weird things always happened whenever I got emotional. Somehow they thought that, “Mr. Clavis’s Boarding School for Problematic Children,” would change that. I knew that it wouldn’t, but I still couldn’t convince them to let me stay home.I was on the train making my way to Montana, I was a city girl. This was going to be awful. Apparently they had a lot of, “problematic children,” in the states. We had our own train car. I tried to make my...

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“Fire reveals all. (Part 2 of "The day the sun fell")” by Vameerah Darren

It’s always fire. Even when I was only six years old. Fire has taken everything from me.I was being forced to go to school, again. I hated it there, and Theta knew that. No one there could ever understand what I have been through. After eight years of living by ourselves, someone finally found our message.That was two years ago now and If I’m being honest, I would’ve been fine if they hadn’t. Saran and I well, we hung out a lot and a lot of people would consider us "best friends", but sometimes we didn't get along that great.He was full of h...

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“How I almost died in a coffee shop” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #63

Today was supposed to be a normal day. I was supposed to go to "Brew-ha-ha" the best coffee shop in town. They were just releasing their autumn themed drinks, and I needed me a limited edition pumpkin spice latte.I was supposed to walk in, all cute in my Ugg's and flannel, and flirt with the cute barista that always worked on Tuesdays. I was supposed to sip on my drink and stare out the window at the leaves that were falling before leaving to head to school.I wasn't supposed to be almost blasted to pieces by a sorceress.It started as it shou...

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“My happy place” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #63

I knew going to the apple orchard would get me in trouble, but I had to see it one more time. Alan wouldn’t let me go back once he married mom and I had to be there one more time, before I couldn’t anymore.I shivered slightly as the cool October wind blew through my flannel, fall was here, and apples were in season. The Pennsylvania apple orchard was my favorite place, ever. The rows upon rows of beautiful trees, the colors falling from the branches, the soothing sound of the small creek that ran alongside the honey crisps.It was perfect her...

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“The day the sun fell” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #63

By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire.I woke up, smoke filling my lungs, the hot air around me making my hair stick to my sweat covered forehead. My eyes filled with tears as my throat burned, the stinging like swallowing a rose covered in thorns. This wasn't the first time I have woken up like this, and it wouldn't be the last.I coughed harshly, knowing no one would hear, my feet hit the floor and I stumbled out of my bed, through the doorway, and down the stairs.The day had come, and soon, we would all go up in flames.I kn...

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“The only way out” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #62

I just have to make it through today.I kept telling myself that, over and over. From the moment my mother was killed in front of my eyes, that's all I have been saying to myself. America, the land of the free, they used to say. I guess somewhere along the lines, that changed. I hadn't even been born when it happened, the world protection program successfully captured every single criminal in the world, and dropped them all, in the borders of America. They built a steel like wall around it, trapping them all inside, along with all of the...

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“Endless night” by Vameerah Darren

Submitted to Contest #62

I always knew my stasis night would come.Ever since I was a child, my mentors have been training me and preparing me for it. Today is my 18th birthday, tonight, at midnight, I will climb into a chamber, and be put to sleep for 57 years. "Saylish."I looked up from my journal and acknowledged my mentor, Howard,"Yes, sir?"He glanced at the open book under my hand and I closed it quickly, giving me a slightly disapproving look, he gestured for me to stand."We must go, you have one last training session before tonight, then you will finish p...

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