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Clara's Curse
An original story by Anabelle Sumera-Decoret, Age 10
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Once upon a time, there was a girl whose name was Clara. Clara was a special girl, she wasn't like others, and she had a power, a magical power, called Mother Nature's curse. At school she has a hard time controlling her powers. The only people who knew about this were the nurse, her best friend Annie, and her parents. They try to help, but the curse always wins.
For a few weeks, Clara wasn't in school; she was learning both school work and magic work. Her mom knew what was coming... Clara was getting better and better but it wasn't good enough. Her father made a new simulation machine. As Clara practiced in it, she started to learn what she is going to be up against. There was only one thing that held her back, her power had the word curse in it for a reason, sometimes her powers cause someone innocent to get hurt. She is lucky that no one knows it was her.
"Annie! Where are you!" yelled Clara, "Over here!" Annie yelled back, it was recess, Clara and Annie were in there secret hiding palace. Yes, I said palace. They were practicing her magic again, "Okay, now hold the log steady, and, slap! (Whoosh!) "Hey, you've improved." said Annie, "Thanks." said Clara, "Oh!" Clara fell to the ground as Annie rushed to her, "No... Stay back... it's happening." said Clara quietly, all of a sudden, wind started swirling, leaves started spinning, dirt started flying, then, Clara started to fly up in to the middle, with no control of anything, then, in a clap of hands, everything fell, including Clara. Annie Knew not to bother Clara until she calms down so instead, she went to find the nurse Ms. Hurdi. "Ms. Hurdi! (Pant) you have to (pant) to help us! (Pant)" "Oh not again!" said Ms. Hurdi worried, "Hurry dear hurry!" Ms. Hurdi said quickly. The two made it to Clara and called her mom.
After a couple of days, Clara was feeling better, but she was very careful because her mom told her a story about other people who had this curse, this story was... "There were several other people in this family who had this curse, but a few has had power down. A spell made by a witch. The spell caused these people to lose there power and sadly, die of weakness. This witch has not been defeated, yet. You are our last hope, if you fail; the witch will turn the Earth to stone." Clara was scared of this witch yet she was strong, at home in the simulation, Clara would practice controlling her powers until dinner.
"So I've been seeing the witch's tower in the simulator and in there, she has been spawning these weird troll things." said Clara, "How have you been doing with your powers?" asked Annie, they were back in there hiding palace, "I'm getting better at it, watch this." then, flowers started sprouting and growing into giant flower trampolines! Annie and Clara started to bounce up and down, up and down, "OMG! This is so fun! You are getting better! Weeeee!!" yelled Annie while jumping with great joy, "I told you I'm getting better! Wahoo!!" said Clara excitedly. Yes, that was Clara's power, to make things with nature.
At Clara's house, Annie was in the simulator with Clara, in the simulator, Annie had powers to, and her power was ice. "You take out the goop, I'll distract the trolls!" yelled Annie, "Right!" replied Clara. As the two were taking out trolls, Mom and Dad were thinking about that witch, "Do you think the witch still lives in the tower at the school?" asked the Dad concerned, "No, the girls told me a while ago that they went to look around in it, they didn't see anything." answered the Mom. (Ding) "Oh! The steak is done." said the Mom, "Dinner!" the Mom yelled to the girls, "Coming!" both girls yelled back.
The next morning, it was Saturday. The day the girls take a break from practicing. They went to the palace where Clara and Annie were decorating the place, to match Clara's powers, they put flower pots everywhere, nice light green vines on the outside, there were bushes in the shape of animals, "It looks so magical." said Annie, "It's beautiful" said Clara. But then the palace just disappeared, and the bushes turned to stone, "Oh no, it's starting." said Clara frightened, "We better go back to your house, and fast." Annie said quickly, the girls were running as fast as they can, then a dark light was smashed against Annie's feet, her shoes turned to stone. Annie jumped out of her shoes, "Dodge the magic, it's after us." Clara told Annie in a serious voice, the girls made it to Clara's house, then a glass bottle splashed on Annie, "I made it a long time ago, never got to use it, that is your ice powers Annie." said Clara's Dad quickly, "Now go In to the simulator, it became a portal towards the witch, take this map, you'll need it." said Clara's mom.
As the girls jumped through, the sky became dark and the girls ran fast. Dark lights started chasing them again; the magic splashed on both girls, "We can't move!" yelled Annie, "Now the stone shall grow to freeze this world and turn you to statues!" whispered a voice, "Ugh!" "What is it Clara?" asked Annie in a scared and worried voice, "I think the witch said that the stone will grow on us." said Clara in a soft, weak voice.
Will the girls make it? Will they stop the witch? Find out in book two!!!
Once upon a time, there was a girl whose name was Clara. Clara was a special girl, she wasn't like others, and she had a power, a magical power, called Mother Nature's curse. At school she has a hard time controlling her powers. The only people who knew about this were the nurse, her best friend Annie, and her parents. They try to help, but the curse always wins.
For a few weeks, Clara wasn't in school; she was learning both school work and magic work. Her mom knew what was coming... Clara was getting better and better but it wasn't good enough. Her father made a new simulation machine. As Clara practiced in it, she started to learn what she is going to be up against. There was only one thing that held her back, her power had the word curse in it for a reason, sometimes her powers cause someone innocent to get hurt. She is lucky that no one knows it was her.
"Annie! Where are you!" yelled Clara, "Over here!" Annie yelled back, it was recess, Clara and Annie were in there secret hiding palace. Yes, I said palace. They were practicing her magic again, "Okay, now hold the log steady, and, slap! (Whoosh!) "Hey, you've improved." said Annie, "Thanks." said Clara, "Oh!" Clara fell to the ground as Annie rushed to her, "No... Stay back... it's happening." said Clara quietly, all of a sudden, wind started swirling, leaves started spinning, dirt started flying, then, Clara started to fly up in to the middle, with no control of anything, then, in a clap of hands, everything fell, including Clara. Annie Knew not to bother Clara until she calms down so instead, she went to find the nurse Ms. Hurdi. "Ms. Hurdi! (Pant) you have to (pant) to help us! (Pant)" "Oh not again!" said Ms. Hurdi worried, "Hurry dear hurry!" Ms. Hurdi said quickly. The two made it to Clara and called her mom.
After a couple of days, Clara was feeling better, but she was very careful because her mom told her a story about other people who had this curse, this story was... "There were several other people in this family who had this curse, but a few has had power down. A spell made by a witch. The spell caused these people to lose there power and sadly, die of weakness. This witch has not been defeated, yet. You are our last hope, if you fail; the witch will turn the Earth to stone." Clara was scared of this witch yet she was strong, at home in the simulation, Clara would practice controlling her powers until dinner.
"So I've been seeing the witch's tower in the simulator and in there, she has been spawning these weird troll things." said Clara, "How have you been doing with your powers?" asked Annie, they were back in there hiding palace, "I'm getting better at it, watch this." then, flowers started sprouting and growing into giant flower trampolines! Annie and Clara started to bounce up and down, up and down, "OMG! This is so fun! You are getting better! Weeeee!!" yelled Annie while jumping with great joy, "I told you I'm getting better! Wahoo!!" said Clara excitedly. Yes, that was Clara's power, to make things with nature.
At Clara's house, Annie was in the simulator with Clara, in the simulator, Annie had powers to, and her power was ice. "You take out the goop, I'll distract the trolls!" yelled Annie, "Right!" replied Clara. As the two were taking out trolls, Mom and Dad were thinking about that witch, "Do you think the witch still lives in the tower at the school?" asked the Dad concerned, "No, the girls told me a while ago that they went to look around in it, they didn't see anything." answered the Mom. (Ding) "Oh! The steak is done." said the Mom, "Dinner!" the Mom yelled to the girls, "Coming!" both girls yelled back.
The next morning, it was Saturday. The day the girls take a break from practicing. They went to the palace where Clara and Annie were decorating the place, to match Clara's powers, they put flower pots everywhere, nice light green vines on the outside, there were bushes in the shape of animals, "It looks so magical." said Annie, "It's beautiful" said Clara. But then the palace just disappeared, and the bushes turned to stone, "Oh no, it's starting." said Clara frightened, "We better go back to your house, and fast." Annie said quickly, the girls were running as fast as they can, then a dark light was smashed against Annie's feet, her shoes turned to stone. Annie jumped out of her shoes, "Dodge the magic, it's after us." Clara told Annie in a serious voice, the girls made it to Clara's house, then a glass bottle splashed on Annie, "I made it a long time ago, never got to use it, that is your ice powers Annie." said Clara's Dad quickly, "Now go In to the simulator, it became a portal towards the witch, take this map, you'll need it." said Clara's mom.
As the girls jumped through, the sky became dark and the girls ran fast. Dark lights started chasing them again; the magic splashed on both girls, "We can't move!" yelled Annie, "Now the stone shall grow to freeze this world and turn you to statues!" whispered a voice, "Ugh!" "What is it Clara?" asked Annie in a scared and worried voice, "I think the witch said that the stone will grow on us." said Clara in a soft, weak voice.
Will the girls make it? Will they stop the witch? Find out in book two!!!
"Think back to the time when you were a little kid and a story changed your life." —Annie Baker, The Antipodes