Fiction

This was it, this was the day, I would end it all. No more fake parents, looking to play pretend with me, like I'm some sort of toy. No more pitying sad smiles, and overly concerned, too nice teachers. No more feeling like an outcast.

This was it, this was the day, I would end it all. No more fake parents, looking to play pretend with me, like I'm some sort of toy. No more pitying sad smiles, and overly concerned, too nice teachers. No more feeling like an outcast.

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The Return of Man-Man

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a Tesla truck, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look! Up in that tree. It’s a Siamese cat. It’s a monkey. It’s Man-Man!

Tomorrow I hope to go to KFC.  I’ve always wanted to go there because the food looks so good.  I ask mom and dad to go and they say, “Y-E-S, Yes!”

It was the day of the relay race, and Lucia was pacing her room with worry. She was extremely fast, so that wasn't what she was worried about. 

Imagine a place in the woods just for you.

Surrounded by all your favorite flowers, from roses to poppies.  Picture yourself lying on the green grass, rays of sun warming you, like an oven to a pie. 

When I go to school, I feel like I'm going to another planet. A planet of learning and safety. The teachers are kind aliens and the students are like you. Humans who need to learn. But sometimes the teachers forget to not use teacher language.

Person one:

One day, there was a little girl named Sally, who had plans to go to the beach with her mom and dad, Ashley and Ted.

Burden
    

“What are we going to do!? She is going to find out!”

“No she won't, we need to keep calm. Act natural.”

“Act natural? Act natural! We are so close and it’s all crumbling around us! All she has to do is ask Lola and-”