Fiction

“AAAAND HE’S OFF! LET'S WISH HIM LUCK EVERYONE!! AFTER ALL, HE IS THE FIRST TEENAGER TO CLIMB THE MOUNT EVEREST!!” The announcer’s voice blasted from the speakers all around the people. 

I’ve been doing this my whole life, but this time it just feels… different. Let’s back up, my name is Karisha Kyles, I am twelve and my life is climbing.

Cars go by.

Snow and rain falls.

Seasons change.

But through it all, she is there. In the same spot, everyday, all day, the watcher is there.

Strolling up the front door steps and identifying the appropriate key for the door, it was an orthodox evening after work. Tobi resided with his best friend, Jasmine.

She sighed, laying her head back against the tree. How lucky she was, to have this loyal forest, all to herself. This forest that loved no other, that spoke not of her secrets but only of the beauty of its children.

"No," I said, keeping my ground. "But we have to!" My friend pleaded, tugging at my arm. I bit my lip. "We'll get in trouble." I said nervously. "No we won't!

I’m sitting in my room staring at the ceiling, happily replaying the events of Shay’s birthday party, when my mom knocks at the door. “Come in” I say, not too interested in what my mom has to say to me.

Ben Green sits quietly behind his desk aboard the Roosevelt. He is enthralled deep in thought, but his mind shifts as he notices the streaks of blond, left to slowly fade away on his head.

Should I do it? It looks fun. But my gut tells me not to. Why does this decision elude me!? Should I do it? I'll just do it-NOPE! I don't want to! It's scary! But it also looks fun! I should just leave.

"Some say the world will end in fire." Robert Frost's line echoes in my head, quickening my heartbeat and breaths, as if I should just give up and succumb to the soils surrounding us.

The Thing Itself, part 2, Anna

The Thing Itself, part 1, Lexi