Note from author: this is chapter one. as i continue to write chapters i will post them.
Chapter 1 #sos17
No Exceptions

One day at school Mr. Peeperspray announces that we are going to have a school race to raise money for The Yellowfield Middle School.  
Sweewonk! Sweewonk!  The bell rings.
“Bella Rose, please come here for a minute,” Mr. Peeperspray asks.
“Yes Mr. Peeperspray.”
“There is no magic aloud in the race.”
“I know. I can’t control it though. I am still too young.”
“You are expelled if you use magic.”
“But-”
“No exceptions.”
I walk out nervously not knowing what to do. I am only in sixth grade. I can’t control my magic until summer. I still don’t know what to do. The race is on Monday and today is Friday.
I run home, more stressed than ever. As soon as I am home, I run into the house slamming the heavy door behind me. I sprint straight up to my room. I throw my bag on the floor landing with a soft thump. I bury my head into my pillow and cry not knowing what else to do. “I have to come up with something. I have to,” I murmur to myself.
The next day I wake-up to the feeling of ready for hard work. I lock my door so no one finds out about what I am doing. I pull out my key to unlock my magic cabinet. I need to find something that will help. Yellowfield Middle School is my most favorite school and I want to continue going there.

Pit of Fear
By Talia Gibbs #sos17 

 I’m falling Into
A pit of fear
And hatred

 I’m scared
As I look at my
Shadowed surroundings

 Soon I realize
That there is a
Hole in the darkened wall

 I feel better
The hole grows
A little bigger in light

 I smile
The hole grows
A little bigger for journeys

 I realize this
Is a hole
Of happiness and kindness

 Fear makes you fall
Happiness opens you up
To a new bright opportunity...  

 

Note from author- This is more of a winter story even though it is summer. I wrote it in winter and didn't think of posting it until now.

Because Of Mr. Rodent
The Arctic Miracle
By Talia Gibbs #sos17 

“Goodbye!” I shout as the boat pulls away.
“See you next year!”

 I’m Elizabeth Lile. I am going on a research boat to The Arctic.
I’m a student a Willow College. Five students are selected
to go to The Arctic for a year.

 Soon it becomes a colder out on deck.
I go down into Mia, Samara, and my room.

 After a long time of traveling, we finally reach The Arctic where I see penguins flipping, polar bears roaming, and seals playing. “I can’t believe we are here,” I say.
“I know,” Mia replies.
“You said it,” Samara says.

 The Arctic is amazing. all the animals are happy. I pull out my
camera and photo album. I snap pictures. I realize
that the pictures in my Arctic book aren’t the same as the ones I
took. The temperature is warmer, there’s less snow, and there
aren’t as many animal species in my photos. I remember that I learned something similer to this in school. The answer is Climate Change.
All day and night I write, compare, take photos, and observe.

 
Finally the day comes to leave The Arctic.

Her fingers were made for cutting so she slices up her life.
She went to Med School to be a doctor but she came out a monster.


Her first year they taught her how to fix other people,
so now she lingers in hospitals, trying to fix herself.

But they never taught her how to do that.

Her second year they taught her how to leave the patients she loved.
so now she spends her days trying to love the daughter she left.

But they never taught her how to do that.

Her third year they taught her how to kill someone with a scalpel and get away with it.
so now she visits the graves and tries to bring them back to life.

But they never taught her how to do that.

Her fourth year they taught her how to be a monster.
so now she takes pills and tries to hide the want to cut in Vivitrol.

But they never taught her how to do that.


She tried saving lives at the cost of her own.
So now she saves her life at the cost of others.



#sos17