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Speak Up

Submitted to Contest #76

Ryan watched from the edge of the lunchroom table as the four 7th graders sat down a few seats away from him. He recognized them as the kids in all of his classes: the popular, outgoing, smart, and helpful kids everyone seemed to look up to. The kids who got 100s in Math 3, of all classes. The kids who brought glory to Weddington Middle School through winning math competitions and reading the most books. No one else was on the level of Ava Wong, Rishi Chandra, Kevin Huang, and Amun Kera, otherwise known as The Group.  Ryan, who had ju...

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The Volunteer

Submitted to Contest #76

"Stop! I hate vanilla," groaned Regan. Selina glanced at her nervously.The high school kid behind the counter paused, metal scoop halfway to her plate. "Uh... okay, then. Do you want chocolate?"Regan pouted, thinking. "Nah."Snatching up her plate from the counter, Regan flounced off to sit with her friends, brown ponytail swinging.Selina felt bad. The high schooler had probably signed up for some sort of service project and landed up serving lunch at a middle school cafeteria.She hefted her book on the Ancient Romans under her arm, moving he...

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Ouija

Submitted to Contest #76

"I should have asked my mom before coming over.""Well, the phone's in the kitchen. You can call her if you're worried.""Nah she might get mad. I'll just make sure I get home before she gets home I guess. Where's your board?""Upstairs.""Why's it so cold in here?""It's an old house.""I'm glad I don't live in an old house. Sarah's got an old house too and it never gets warm. But I guess it's better to play Ouija in an old house than a new one. This is your room?""Yeah.""Don't you ever clean it?""Not really.""Doesn't your mom get mad?""Do you ev...

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Speak yourself

Submitted to Contest #76

I was a person who usually cannot speak my heart out with other people. I tried so hard to do that but I couldn't even speak freely with my own parents,family members and close friends. The only reason behind this was I always used to get a thought what if they feel bad or hurt or uncomfortable. So I always used to keep things to myself. So there came a point in my life where I was to choose my career. I loved Maths soo much,but my parents wanted me to become a doctor it was the subject which I hated the most of all,But I couldn't refuse t...

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An Introverted Point Of View

Submitted to Contest #76

"Class is dismissed!" The bell stopped ringing and I grabbed my bag, slowly put in my books and homework, then watched the other students rush for the door. I was new here, so no one was waiting on me to come over and hang out, or go to the park and just chat.  I waited in the back of the classroom.I had some things I wanted to discuss with Mrs. Cran before I went home.While I waited, I studied the floor, letting random thoughts pass through my head. Why had they chosen this type of floor? When had they put it in? Had it alway...

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Pulling the Plug

Submitted to Contest #76

All the other kids in the classroom stared at me like I was the antelope. I leaned on the back legs of my chair, the chair back propped against the wall behind me like always, and I froze. There were at least sixteen pairs of hungry eyes pointed my way. I didn’t want to be the antelope. I wanted to be the armadillo. We’d watched a documentary before lunch — Planet Earth, since every teacher in school had run out of creative juices this close to the end of the school year. Thanks to Mrs. Otts, I was now the antelope and my classmates were a ...

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A Difficult Choice

Submitted to Contest #75

Chapter 1 "I won't ever play any type of sports again," I vowed quietly to myself, concealed in the darkness of my room. Just last year, I wouldn't have dreamed that one day I would make a promise like this. I would have laughed at such a ridiculous idea. But recently, things had changed. A new year had started - which meant making some new decisions. "Andrew! Are you up yet?" my mom yelled from the kitchen. "Just a minute, mom!" I shouted back. Grabbing my backpack, I quickly opened the window blind and raced to the kitchen. My mom was...

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How I finally Done my New Year's reselution.

Submitted to Contest #75

Hello, My name's Jacob and I'm the one writing the story, so my names will be 'me,I and my' because this is written in first person. So, let me start the story, wich is a adventure, So I should call it the How I finally Done my New Year's reselution Adventure story wich I will start just in the setence below: We were all sitting down in the assembly Hall. Our headteacher, Mrs.smulglop, who had a giant pointy sharp nose like one of those fished with swords on their nose, or are the swords THEIR nose? Anyhow, We were Back in School in Janaur...

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Write a Story

Submitted to Contest #75

Project of the MonthWrite a Story.Write a 20,000-page story. At least 5 chapters.Winner will 10 free homework passes, and 10 dollarsRunner up will get 5 free homework passes, and 5 dollarsThe runner up to the runner up will get 1 homework pass and 1 dollar.***LucasLucas stares at the blank screen. When Ms. Corday told everyone what the project of the month was, his first thought was to get Simon, my personal butler to help him, a.k.a., do it for him.But then when Lucas got back home a.k.a. The Mansion, Simon said:"Your teacher called me and ...

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The Story of Nothing

Submitted to Contest #74

“You promised that you would write one story a week.”“Dad, that wasn’t a promise! It was a goal.” “Same thing. I better see that story by today. Isn’t today the deadline? Plus, it’s New Year’s Eve, isn’t it? No better way than to end off the year with a story.”“Yeah. I love writing too, it’s just that… I don’t have any ideas!” I sigh. “Well, find somewhere quiet and get writing! Think hard and clear. Have fun.”Tired, I grab my laptop and trudge on upstairs, trying to think about what I can write about. I open the writing websi...

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2021

Submitted to Contest #74

Top Ten Goals For 2021  1. Do better in school.  People say that school should be easy. That you should just be born with all the smarts you need. But that is not the case, at least not for me. There are some many problems with my brain. No one has ever really said to me. “Oh your brain is broken, you are stupid.” But I can tell they are thinking it. I can tell my parents think it every time I show them my grades. Every time my teacher asks me a question and I don't know the answer. People think they do a good job at hiding their t...

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2020

Submitted to Contest #74

The top-ten events that happened to me in 2020The whole world, including me, started to suffer from an infectious disease called Covid-19 and extreme lockdowns were enforced. My friends, family and I all panicked because for the first time in my life, we were going to experience online learning and the parents were going to have to deal with it. Thankfully, we are not aware yet of one of us having the virus.I had online learning for 3 whole months. It took time, but I got used to it and made a new routine at home for my time with online lear...

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Your Black Pen

Submitted to Contest #74

Warning: There’s one guy who’s gay, so if you’re uncomfortable with that, feel free to leave. Thanks :) Ten - Lukas Lukas was a nice guy. You sometimes look at him in class, and thirty percent of the time, he glances and smiles at you. He’s too innocent. One morning, you were early for school. Your mom had a business meeting, so she dropped you off at seven thirty-five when it started at eight. You decided to watch the basketball players, who were the only students that were there. You realized one of the players was Lukas, and you decid...

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Nova

Submitted to Contest #74

I'm not sure what to get Nova for Christmas. So, I guess I'm writing out what gifts I might give because why not?Possible gifts for Nova:Scrapbook: I already filled up half of the book (I bought it at the dollar store) it’s about 40-something-pages long in total. Christmas is literally in two days. How am I supposed to fill out the rest? But, Nova would definitely appreciate this the most since it has our baby pictures and some letters I wrote about our time together. I can probably finish the rest tomorrow, but it’ll drain a lot of my energ...

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Imeline Vincent Finds a Key

Submitted to Contest #74

I don’t entirely remember how old I was when Mother locked me away in the Dark Room. Twelve, perhaps? Well, the exact age doesn’t matter, I suppose, only that it was one of those in-between ages; between girlhood and womanhood, you could say. An age in which being locked away in a room without windows—the only way in which to see the outside world one so desperately wanted to be a part of—felt like a death sentence.           Perhaps it was in a way, a death sentence. Being locked away in the...

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