First Halloween Down There_Together again_The message_The brilliance of a thousand breaths
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First Halloween Down There
First Halloween Down ThereI knew as soon as I stepped off the pavement that it would hit me. I juswww.onedoor.cct wasn’t concentrating on the busy traffic – my head was full of Halloween thoughts. I was day dreaming and picturing me as ‘The Daughter of Dracula’ in the dress that I had just finished sewing the day before, and thinking about how I was going to make the punch disgusting to look at but delicious to drink was a mistake. I just wasn’t concentrating on the road. Afternoon was running into evening and as the sun sank down behind buildings and trees it made it more difficult to see. Then bang! We l...
Together again
Choppy waves beat against the rocks, the sound drowning out the rest of the world. The stars twinkle and disappear, dark clouds moving across a darker sky.I stand at the edge of the pier, take a deep breath and jump into the freezing ocean.The cold spreads across my body, bringing with it the momentary sharp pain, before my clothes slip away. The rush of the water stills, holding its breath, as my legs go numb. Slivers of silver wisp up the lower half of my body, encasing my legs, shimmering a blinding white. I rise up through the murkiness, opening my eyes and breathing in the water. Immeasur...
The message
One afternoon, during history class, Alex had a sudden thought. What if some of the people in history were trying to leave a message for them in the future? Then he suddenly thought, if he and his friends were to try leaving a message for the people in the future, what would he say? Then Alex decided to put together a time capsule with his friends. Suddenly the hell rang signaling the end 9f the day. Alex found his friends Nikki and Doug by the bike stand waiting for him. He wasted no time in telling them about putting together a time capsule and they could figure out a message to tell the peo...
The brilliance of a thousand breaths
I feel heavy, as if I am walking with concrete caked onto my shoes. I look down and see the opaqueness of my being. My hands are fading, and I can't hear myself breathe. I close my eyes and count.... one...two...three. I open my eyes, and I see a dusky sunset off to the right. To the left there is a clift that reaches out so far to the depths of a great plain, that I wonder how I can reach the bottom. I am not aware of who I am, where I am or how I came to be in this odd place. I suddenly feel the rush of wind that sweeps me off of my heavy feet and I am falling far into the depths of a differ...