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| "Step right up and pick your starter set- it looks like you are left with the mystery eggs donated courtesy of Albino." The professor waved his hand.l "Go ahead, Lilah." I was late picking my favorite starter. That was okay. I could still trade for one. I loomed over the mystery eggs for a minute. I had all the local creatures and their weaknesses memorized, but these eggs couldn't be the rare and exclusive ones I'm recognizing them as. They had to be from some other region. Just had to be. No one would give up such a valuable pair- unless they couldn't hatch them. That was a possibility. Joe and Lily were at my side. Yes, they wanted to protect me on my journey to the other side of the world. But first, I needed to find the 12 Comet Balancers. I knew there was only one way I could do that. It wasn't just sitting around in a hotel and going to interviews. I had to be the doer. I had to go on an adventure to save my parents. There was no other way around it. So I touched the eggs. They warmed up and hatched on the spot. Out came two unusual-looking spiders. They were from this local area. I had the Rainbow and Prism Folklore Spiders, the type of pair at the top of the hierarchy. They were rainbow-colored, striped with a clear tail that also produced rainbow colors. The legs were as long as a Grand-Daddy. For five feet long, they were huge. I gasped. I actually got a creature that was desired by most, except those who feared spiders. I had to not scream in fear when they moved closer. They were also the hardest to control and master. I would be at a disadvantage. Not only did I have a disadvantage, but someone, a mysterious figure, came straight toward me. "Give us a reason to fight." One spider turned toward me. I gulped. "For the universe to be protected from D and his schemes. I stand against him." "I stand for D. If I win hand over your creatures. He will be pleased. If I lose then you may keep them and I will leave. Show me what you have." The mysterious figure summoned scorpions, the easiest to train. "Show me what you got Andrew and Kelsey." Word Count: 395 "The Bradbury"  |
| I went home with Joe and Lily by my side. They would have kept calling me Master if I hadn't been convincing them to call me Lilah instead. I was no master. Anytime soon. I had interviews to attend and submitted the fact that I had earned my PhD. Job opportunities at that level were in high demand. But now I had creatures. Did I really want to miss out on the opportunity to travel throughout the world and other planets of the universe, or did I want to stay home and work 24/7? These creatures came from outer space. I don't know if they are space creatures or creatures belonging to a whole new planet. Still, they kept that icy look. The first move they had was a question mark. My Encyclopedia didn't even have a name for them. They were more mysterious the more I glanced at the rearview mirror in my car at them. I wanted to stay home and work at a job I loved. I didn't even think I would like to travel all the time. But traveling improves character. I still lived at home. I was happy to be at home. My parents retired from traveling. I was the youngest of all of my brothers and sisters. "So, what are you going to do now that you have us, Mast- Lilah?" Joe hissed in a manner that comforted me. I smiled. I couldn't help it. "You picked the wrong person to hatch to if you wanted an adventure. I'm staying home and taking care of my parents. They are 45 years old after all. Would that be okay with you two?" I didn't want to admit that in this world, you had to have a creature to travel. That was why my parents were able to take me everywhere. "Yes, Lilah," Joe and Lily spoke at the same time. "Now, first thing first, I need to get you to a research center. The Encyclopedia needs updated with your data in it. Somewhere they would have all of the information about you, but not here. I don't even know what you are called. Oh, I have to check the mail too. You two are too big for this car in fact. Luckily you are skinny and long. But you aren't improving the gas guage and I can't see if you hover. Gotta be something. There just gotta be something." I turned the corner and looked in shock. "What is the matter Lilah?" Lily asked as the car screeched to a halt. "The house- it's gone!" I stammared. Then I put the car in park, turned it off, then let the other two out of the car. They half walked, half slithered out of the seat like a snake and a raccoon. Odd, very odd. Out in the sunlight I got a good look. Part fox, part wolf, part eagle, part fish or eel, part cat, and part rat. All with slick, icy details on their fur, feathers, and scales. A true sign of a comet creature. There was no hint of them being magical. Everything spoke of magic. I couldn't explain how and why.But a mix of creatures all in one creature should be a sign.Maybe it even had the colors of a rainbow too. I would certainly have to melt them to be certain. I didn't want to do that. I ran to my parents. "Mom, dad! What happened? What is that letter?" I rushed to their side. "Dear, what kind of creatures did you hatch? They are unlike anything I've ever seen yet all the elements of comet creatures combined into one at the same time." My mom held out her hands and I took the letter. Chills ran down my spine. "Dear Lilah, if you want your parents to live, then you must bring me the comet creatures you hatched to the other side of the world and prove to me their infinite power of ice and rock. These visions of your parents are just holograms. This letter is real. D." With that I immediately swooped at their feet. Holograms of my parents. "No!" "We will help you. Just think outside the box. Find the 12 comet balancers and you can face any situation." Joe moved his head to my hand. "Are you serious about that? That means I have to travel! This is a catastrophe. What can I do? D is the most wanted criminal from the Wayrise Comet. Comet creatures are more powerful than any other in the universe and nobody knows the Epic Comet Creature either." I sat down on the curb. Now I'm stuck to travel with nothing. I decided to do one thing. I stood up. Suddenly my car exploded in flames. First, the houyse, next, the car. I didn't know what to think. Then, I saw him. D. "I would hand them over if I were you but your parents are already on their way to Comet Volcano. So meet me there. I bet you you wouldn't be able to find the balancers in time." D laughed and teleported away. Word Count: 854 "The Bradbury" |
| I rushed past the first-place rope and crossed the finish line. Victory! Now, I knew what I had to do: tell the most interesting story to please the crowd. The first part was done, making it across the finish line. The next part was the story. Now, I've told many stories before, all of them were short, but I haven't had success with longer stories. My dark brunette hair and pale skin glittered in the sun as glitter landed all over me. I just needed to wait until the others finished. One by one, they crossed the finish line too. Just a little bit longer. The slowest one had to finish, or else they would be disqualified. The slowest one was, of course, half a snail. Even the half turtle crossed the finish line. My role was half dragon. So, of course, everyone trailed behind me. I was expected to win. I had taught my fellow animals everything. Dragons were the speediest. Next came the serpents. Then the griffins and phoenixes. Then pegasi and unicorns. The list went on forever. There were 100 competitors. Everyone seemed to be following the stars and comets. Advanced technology helped to track them down. Every so often, a comet would get close enough for us to gather resources from it. Those unique minerals and rocks, as well as the touch of ice, held space magic. A magic that could only be achieved from space. There were creatures on it, too, that we captured and brought down to Earth. They multiply rapidly on this planet. A pair of them was the prize. If I win the two writing rounds, I will win these creatures. They were the most unusual eggs yet. Nobody knew about them or had seen them, and they wouldn't hatch for just anyone either. I did my research. They say it came from Earth, but I found the truth and will not speak it aloud until it's too late. "Half dragon, would you come up to the podium and speak your most interesting story?" The announcer announced after the podium was set up and the half snail made it. I quickly walked up to the podium. I couldn't slow down now. Dragons were supposed to be quick. Everyone won the race, doing what they were supposed to do. That was the easy part. When I tapped on the microphone, a tapping succession came right back at me. Good. The microphone worked. Now, I could be the worst; there were so many good improvisational storytellers out in the field waiting to tell their story, but I knew I wasn't bad. I was usually good. Grammar and spelling were the things I struggled with the most. I decided to tell a story about a dragon from one of my best attempts. Maybe it would be interesting. There was no such thing as multiple winners for the first-place eggs, but there was such a thing as multiple winners of the other kind of eggs. They knew at this time quality mattered. I could barely read what I typed up. "On the way to space, this dragon had to take a leak. It searched and searched for the right place to leak. Then the shuttle landed on the comet. So the dragon geared up and prepared for the icy journey. It took as many samples with it. Then, as it gathered everything, it noticed a pair of the most unusual-looking stones it had ever seen. Of course, these stones wouldn't break. But these stones had to be eggs. These eggs came from an unknown type of space creature. Hence, a contest over these eggs. Who can hatch them when they didn't get destroyed by anything or hatched from someone else's hands?" I couldn't think of anything else to say next. This was all from the research I had done about the first-place eggs. The audience cheered. "And it looks like the first may be a winner. Let's hear the others, though. This story was fascinating indeed. Something like that could happen." The announcer gave me a suspicious glance. He knew. He must have known these eggs well. The rest spoke theirs, and I turned out to be first-place. My story had given everyone the creeps. The eggs looked more mysterious than ever. Did they hold power over the influence of this contest? Either way, 50 had been disqualified. Their stories just didn't hold up. I felt sorry for them. The eggs were knocked down to 50 pairs. The next round. Everyone held their breath as I went up again. I had a different dragon story, this time I bonded from those very eggs as I had a dream. The dream felt too real. Once more, the audience cheered. The others did great as well, in different levels this time—multiple ties. But I came out on top. More for me! "Now, we want to see if you can hatch these eggs. It appears to be picky about its owner. Not even the top could hatch them. They are still ice cold like the comet they came from. It wasn't a dragon that found these eggs; it was a human. Let's see if they are worth something or if they were a dud. Time to reveal, winner of the eggs, Lilah!" The announcer clapped his hands as I went forward to collect the eggs. At first, nothing happened. Then the eggs seemed to melt in my hands literally. A flash of light beamed, and out popped what appeared to be some space aliens. These were no ordinary creatures. I had success in hatching them! "Master!" They both said in unison and bowed their heads. Already, they were like 15 feet tall. These were no ordinary eggs, and I was no longer creatureless. "I'm going to name you Joe and Lily. That is fitting. How mysterious you are! We don't know anything about you, but someone may know from outer space. Why not join me and we'll search about you all over the Earth and other planets. Maybe some aliens would know what to do and what our fate is meant to become. You look ancient already! How cold and shiny your scales are- well you got feathers and fur too, untypical of a dragon. You must be the Comet Dragon of Legendary Proportions or something of the sort." I bowed in respect to them bowing to me. They came back up. Word Count: 1,070 "The Bradbury" |
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