You Shouldn’t Litter by Govind

Litter can be very dirty. Some animals are attracted

to places with lots of litter. They find their food among the trash and can pick up the germs and become carriers for diseases that may make people sick.

Littering is bad for the environment. It wastes our natural resources. When people drop cans and on the road instead of being recycled, more resources get used to make cans and bottles from new materials.

If you want to make a difference, then these are a few things you want to do. The first solution to littering is to always make sure you get rid of your garbage.

Did you know that 52,000,000,000 pounds (26 million tons) go into the ocean every year? Just another reason you shouldn’t litter.

So take my advice and please don’t litter again. Pick up litter from other people as well. See you later!

Earth’s Oceans by Benjamin

Humans have put tons of trash in our lakes, oceans, and seas. We need to clean up our bodies of water, after all, animals are dying. Can you believe that people who just throw their trash in the ocean cause turtles to have straws sticking up their noses. It’s not funny, animals are dying and not only turtles. When animals die, it affects the ecosystem around it. If plankton die, then fish won’t have food, then they die, then PENGUINS can die, and things that eat it will die, until it tracks up to the apex predator. Then you have to remember, entire ecosystems can die causing other ecosystems to die, and before you know it, thousands of sea animals die and we have to import fish from halfway across the US because people have dumped trash in our beloved bodies of water. So, don’t throw trash into lakes, and make sure you do recycling, composting, and minimal trash. You can also clean up some lakes.

Named Anastrophic Poop Found under Man's BED!!!!!!! by Benjamin Kowal

Companies and museums are paying millions of dollars to the man to get portions of the poop and he has a cubed foot of it and it weighs 47.9268 lbs. Some of the best scientists have confirmed that it is poop of a creature that is unidentified though it is not toxic. The same scientists have also proved that it has special properties and is not the poop of an animal alive on earth but is is very likely that it is some kind of dinosaur poop that has aged and aged over millions of years. 

The man named the poop Anastrophic Poop because of the literary device, anastrophe.

The man put a bid up for 5 pounds of the poop and it is currently at $5,000,000,000 from an incredibly wealthy unknown CNN paid $300,000 to have an interview with him and his family. CNN has made a tv show that is currently selling at $350 to the public. 

The British Musuem is paying $1,000,000,000 to have a pound of Anastrophic Poop, all the articles about it, and a ten minute interview with him.

If this keeps going on, then it is possible that the man might become richer than Geoffe Bezos.

350 by Daniella Mints

350 people.

That’s all who could survive, according to the US government. They had created a ship, designed to
take the survivors to space, to a far away galaxy that was found to be able to sustain life.

Everyone else would perish with the dying sun as it grows hotter and hotter, simply burning alive in the
end.

Riots filled the streets, bottles being thrown, high tech tear gas being sprayed from both sides. The
United States was no longer united. Political meetings took place in locked rooms, whispers grew into
screams as politicians began to talk to press.  Crime ran rampant. Burglaries were commonplace,
and murder became uncomfortably normal. I myself, simply hid in my home, ignoring the holograms
that my mother sent me.

“Liza, darling, you need to come outside. Lord knows how many days we have left!” she cried in many
messages.

Why would you need to come outside if everything was ending anyway. It was too hot outside already.
With the technological advancements in air conditioners, inside was comfortable. 

A hologram alert rings out, high pitched and whiny.

I assume it is my mother, and instead of answering, I flop on my floating bed, curling into a single
pillow.

“Ms. Liza Hylt. The United States government would like to congratulate you.” The hologram began,
taking the appearance of a politicians assistant. I knew the voice was a robot, as no real people
worked for politicians any longer, but the excitement in it’s voice was palatable. 

“ You have been chosen to survive. A hologram instant message will reach you in a few moments,
explaining why you were chosen. Good day now.”

The hologram blinks off, and another appears. The instant message.

Ms.Liza Hylt,

Meeting place: Tyrlant St, West Park, August 3rd

Meeting time: 10:30.

The ship will not wait. If late, a backup Person of Interest will take your place.

Pack exactly two (2) suitcases. Modern technology is forbidden.

Reason of acceptance:  Person of Interest has significant education in plant study. Person of Interest is
accepted for reasons of survival of group,

That was all it said.

------

3 weeks later, I stood with a group of 350 survivals, about to board the Human Race. The scientists
had aptly named it. All of us seemed to be in shock.

When I notified my mother, she had screamed with joy, then enveloped into tears. We had spent my
last day of Earth in an ice cream shoppe, eating vanilla ice cream and remembering better times.
Times where we did not have to worry about imminent death. I have her a tearful hug, and we parted
for the final time.

Soldiers stood on either sides of me, faces blank. Half of me wondered what they were thinking,
escorting the Earth’s survivors as they faced death, but the other half didn’t want to know. 

So instead, I simply hugged my suitcases closer to my body, ignoring the tear streaks that ran down
my cheeks as we were ushered into the ship. It was beautiful on the inside, all sleek and big, with
enough entertainment to last months, but all I could think of was a single thought.

Why was I chosen? I don’t know a thing about plants

FLASH FICTION CONTEST #6

I am Raghav Goel, an international detective, but I am not like Encyclopedia Brown! He does his detective work in a suburb, but I work around the world.

I got a call from NPA ( National Penguin Agency) they protect penguins from harm. They said that they had a very urgent case that all the penguins were gone from Antarctica and they do not know what happened at all. They said that they were doing a news broadcast and suddenly after they turned around for one second every penguins was gone.

“Ok I will be on my way there” said Raghav.

I flew to Antarctica on the NPA’s account, and saw that there are no penguins as they said.

I went to one of the village’s and knocked on one of the doors a man came and asked me if my name was Raghav so I said yes because that is who I am, but I was a bit shocked he knew.  I asked if he knew when and why the penguins got stolen. He said there was a gigantic roaring sound like a 777 jet was swooping in, and suddenly they all disappeared.

“Thanks for the info” I said.

“No Problem”

I looked at the snowy ground in despair. I was clueless, and this may be the first case I failed to solve. Suddenly I saw something, a piece of a black robe or something like that. My first clue! Now I am somewhere. I looked and saw absolutely nothing there but a ticket. On the ticket it said magic show, and under the time it said 5:30. I checked the Time and it was 5:20 so I had 10 minutes. 10 minutes later it was crowded with people who wanted to see, and the magician, who looked oddly familiar did a trick where he promised to bring the penguins back. There was a loud rumble and stage popped up.

1,2,3 abra kadabra and the penguins were not back and nothing happened. The audience booed and left him standing there. I went up to the magician and asked him what happened and it turned out that the trick was supposed to put a projected image but the cold made it fail. I looked behind the screen and saw a black cloth again. I went to the NPA and asked to see the camera footage and saw a quick picture of a figure in black with magician’s robes. I went to the magician and called the police. The magician was guilty because he knew my name so he was expecting me, he had the torn robes which were found to be torn on the left side,the angle I couldn’t see, and he got caught by camera. The question is where is the penguins. The police asked him to confess and he said they were all in an underground tunnel that he built a few months before as a revenge plan because a penguin broke his mug. 

Another case solved by Raghav.

Gigantic Skeleton Found Dug Up By Alex Liu

A farmer named Avi was digging up soil for his farm in South America when he found a slip of a bone but three times the thickness of a regular bone, Avi kept digging and found more gigantic bones, and after 5 hours Avi found the whole body of bones. Experts were studying this mysterious artifact and guessed it was a gigantic human. Some people who know the secret of this artifact think it was built for war because the bones seem robotic and very hard, but others think that it was made of clay and concrete for art and mysteries. No one still knows how this thing came to Earth or what was it really is. All we know is that it is full of mysteries, and full of wonders.

A Tornado of trees by Alex Liu

A Tornado of trees gives us all need
A Tornado of trees gives us all paper we need
A Tornado of trees gives us the fun and joy of raining leafs 
A Tornado of trees gives us all the fruit we need 

What I'd do to become a millionaire! by Maccabee Harad,

I’d eat ten pounds of stinky cheese

My least favorite food

I’d swim across 200 seas

That's just what I'd do 

I’d never lie in bed again

Or sit in a chair

Those are just some things I'd do

to become a millionaire

I’d never ever see again

I'd lose my eyesight

I would give away all my friends

I'd lose all my rights

I'd wear a suit all day and night

Cut off all my hair

Those are just some things I'd do

to become a millionaire

I would live in Antarctica

Any of the poles

I’d make my face very ugly

With 10,000 moles

I’d never write a poem again 

I'd delete this poem I swear

Those are just some things I'd do

to become a millionaire!

FLASH FICTION CONTEST #5

I’m climbing up a tall mountain. The ground is slippery with dew and the morning air is already warm and sticky. When I get to the top, I see a cave. I move quietly and quickly towards it. Inside, the cave is dark. I light my lantern and continue moving forward. Tiny things crunch under my feet. I look down and see the skeleton of many small animals. A huge snakeskin lies off to the side of the cave. I shudder. Eventually, I get to a broad cavern. A snake, bigger than anything you could imagine, lies in the middle. It’s blue scales glow in the lantern light. I suck in a breath. My hands shake, my sword shaking with it. Suddenly, it opens one of its eyes. It is bright yellow. 

“Hello,” it says, ”I’ve been expecting you.” 

“What do you mean?” I ask.

 “I knew you were coming.”

“Snake, meet your end. I have come to slay you!” I say.

 It doesn't answer. I race towards it but before I can react it butts me with its head. I slam into the wall. “I am not your enemy,” it says, right before I black out. When I wake up, the snake is gone.

Twitter Fiction by Addie Simmons

Now he’s gone. Gone faraway. I hope that he’s peaceful, calm and relaxed.  

Woman and man found in Central Europe, between Germany, France and Switzerland with angel blood and angel weapons! by Addie Simmons

They were found buried under a mound of dirt next to a large lake. After scientists investigated they found the blood they two bodies carried was half human blood and half angel blood they also guessed the bodies had been there for about five years. They female was dressed in an all black leather dress that seemed to have stayed in great shape for how long it was underground, the male was also dressed in all black barring a leather jacket filled with all sorts of weapons mostly old fashioned swords and knives, made out of iron and wood.

The main weapon they carried was made of a sort of glass pointed to a knife like tip with a handle of stone with images carved into it, the glass when tested had some of the same liquid as the angel blood had in it, scientists assumed the liquid was to help fend of they half humans from anything that came near them. The rest of the weapons had some of the same images carved into them as the glass like knife did. This discovery may open a window to a whole new world of demons and angels!

LA ACADEMIA DE LA DIOSA DEL SOL Telenovela by Writing To Get Published, June 24-28, 2019

La Academia De la Diosa Del Sol

Episode 1

Script written by the Writing to Get Published Group (June 24-28, 2019) .

Scene 1

When everyone arrives       

[Jacob, Allysa, Ross and Paula arrive on Ferry]

[Sarah, Alex, and Aba arrive on plane]

[Nate, Camilla, Serena, and Tony arrives on the Military boat]

[Irene, Rita, Andy and Max are already there]

[Andy looks very excited]

[All people arrive]

[Jacob and Ross help Paula out of the boat while Allysa holds their bags]

[Sarah gets off the plane standing tall with a math book in her hand. Alex and Aba walk out of the plane both
with bags and both looking nervous) (Serena and Camilla walk off the boat, Serena grips Camilla’s hand tightly
and smiles. Camilla yanks her hand back. Serena and Camilla walk the rest of the way of the boat glaring at
each other, Nate and Tony follow carrying all of the luggage]   

[Andy, Max, Irene and Rita are standing at the gate, Andy looking very excited]

[All 7 Teachers and principal greet students at entrance] 

Principal Irene: Hello, it’s nice to see that everyone made it! 

[Serena goes to meet Irene, and shakes her hand]

[Camilla stops and makes eye contact with Rita and they both nod. Nate keeps walking towards the school, and
soon Camilla and Rita follow chatting softly]

Serena: Good Morning, I’m Camilla and Nate’s parent. You can refer to me for anything about my children.
Hopefully nothing (Serena glares, at no one in particular) will trouble them.

Tony: Hey! I-I’m their parent too!

[Serena and Irene ignore Tony’s outburst] 

Principal Irene: Of course, I love your hair by the way, it reminds me of the night sky. 

Serena: Thank you it took a long time to get ready. Would you look at the time! I should be on my way now. 

[Tony follows Serena with ALL the luggage]

[Sarah walks up to Irene]

Principal Irene: Hi dear, are you all alone?

Sarah: Y-yes, but I’m alright! Thank you for asking.

[Sarah swiftly walks past Irene, towards the east wing of the school]

Principal Irene: De nada?*You’re welcome?*

[Irene turns her head to the side and watches Sarah walk off]     

[Alex and Aba slowly approach Irene, Alex is hiding behind Aba]

Aba: Good morning, I’m Aba and this is Alex. (looks behind him and gestures to where Alex is standing)

Principal Irene: Hello, it’s very nice to meet the both of you. If you have any questions feel free to ask me. 

Aba: (facing Alex) You should go on inside, I will see you in a few seconds.

Principal Irene: Max will go with you. (turns to find Max and shouts) Max! Please show Alex around. 

Max: Of course. (to Alex) Come on dude, I want to show you the water.

[Alex pushes their hair back and shrugs, following Max]

Principal Irene: Of course, Alex is a smart person and this happens to be a school for gifted students.

Aba: Thank you, this means a lot to Alex, and me, of  course..

Aba: Alex would prefer to have their own dorm and bathroom. Can that be arranged?

[A wave of sympathy passes over Irene’s face]

Principal Irene: La Academia De La Diosa Del Sol welcomes all. No matter what you identify as. Alex will
be welcomed here with open arms.

[Aba nods and walks towards the way Max and Alex went]

[Jacob and Ross finally get Paula off the boat and walk toward Irene. Jacob and Allysa start arguing about
who will carry the luggage]

Paula: Hello, I’m Paula and this is Ross. We are Jacob and Allysa’s grandparents. We’ll be their guardians for
the school year.

[Ross turns toward the boat were Jacob and Allysa are still arguing] 

Ross: Children, Children, stop arguing! I sure hope you don’t do this during school.

Jacob and Allysa in usion: Yes Grandpa . . .

Ross: Good, come along now, it was nice to see you Ir- what do you want us to call you?                                                                          

Principal Irene: You can call me Principal, or Principal Irene. 

Paula (warmly): Thank you Principal Irene for all you’re doing for these children.

[Jacob, Allysa, and their grandparents walk towards the school, Irene turns toward Andy]

Principal Irene: Come on Andy, a new school year is waiting. 

[Irene and Andy turn and walk towards the school]

End of Scene 1 

Scene 2 

The Plane Crash

[All the students are sitting around the campfire]

Jacob: Does anyone know why we’re here?

Nate: Nope.

Sarah: Not a clue.

Principle Irene: Hello everyone. Welcome to La Academia De La Diosa Del Sol. I know you probably all are
wondering why you’re here. This is my daughter, Rita. She will explain everything to you. 

[everyone claps] [Principal leaves]

Rita: Hi. (shy wave) We have one goal at this school and it is to change the world. You are all here because you
are extremely talented in one or two of the following areas: arts, technology, science, math, or engineering.
The world is on the brink of war and we need to help stop it in any way possible. That’s why al-
(cut off by loud crash!)

Sarah: (jumping up) What was that?!

[Everyone rushes toward the noise]

Max: Omg! It’s a plane, and the pilot looks hurt! I hope they’re not. Oh no, the crash might have killed some
seabirds!!

Allysa (Sarcastically): Oh no, the seabirds.

Max: (Snapping): Those birds, they’re not simulated okay, they can suffer!

[Camilla goes into the plane to check]

Camilla:(yelling) The pilot is dead!

Alli: (Shouting) HELP, PLEASE!

Camilla: Whoever you are come over here!

Alli: I can’t, I-I’m stuck!

[Waves her free hand frantically in all directions]

Camilla (With unnecessary roughness): Why are you doing that? Are you blind?!

Alli (Hesitantly and with sadness): …..Yes…...since I was 6.

 Camilla: Oh my, I- I’m so sorry, I didn’t know that.

(Camilla helps Alli get over to everyone. They sit down right next to each other)

Alli:(scrunches face in pain) Ow.

Nate: Are you ok? 

[Alli shows Nate a huge gash on her leg.]

Alli: My leg hurts really bad.

Nate: Let me help you. 

[Nate helps Alli bandage up her leg]

Nate: Do you have any other injuries?

Alli: My head kinda hurts. 

Nate: You should go lay down.

Alli: Thanks captain obvious. 

Nate: No problem.

[Everyone starts to walk to the dorms].

Alex: [to Alli] Wait a minute, I recognize you.

[everyone stops and turns towards Alex and Alli] 

Alli: Weird. How? I don’t recognize you.

Alex: You look like someone in a picture of me and my mom.

Alli: Hold up. What?

Alex: You must be my half-sister.

[Everyone gasps very over-dramatically and audibly]

Alli: What in heck do you mean I’m your half-sister?!

Alex: Since I was little I always keep a picture of my real mom, me, and another girl that I’ve never met in my
wallet. (shows picture in wallet) All I know is that she was my half-sister. That girl looks exactly like you.

Alli: But- but I always lived with my mom and dad. Man, they never told me I had a sibling.

Alex: That’s probably because they got rid of me when I was born.

Alli: So basically you have a picture of me when I was 7, which was 6 years ago. I guess I still look the same. 

Alex: Yeah, basically.

Alli: How did you even get the picture?

Alex: When Mom and Dad abandoned me, they left the picture with me.

Rita: Wait, wait, wait. Why would they abandon you?

Alex: I honestly don’t know. I don’t remember.

Sarah: I know how you feel. My parents died when I was 5.

(Camila raises hand)

Camilla: I hate my mom. 

Jacob: I guess we all have family problems.

(Everyone sighs)

Rita: Alli, for now you can join our school. We’ll figure everything else out later.

Alli: Thanks you guys. This day went way different than I expected.

[They all continue walking to the dorms]

End of Scene 2

Scene 3

The First Day of School 

[Beginning of the school day]

[Everyone walks into the classroom]  

Sarah: Yes! Finally school!

Jacob:  You’re the first person I know to be excited about school.

Allysa:  Be nice.

Jacob (aggressively): Says Ms. Idontcareaboutthelivesofseabirds!

Alex: Stop bickering, you’re stressing me out.

[They all sit down]

[The Principal walks into the room] 

Principal: Hello class!

[Everyone gets quiet] 

Principal: We are going to talk about what happened this week. It was a tragedy. Conflict broke out in the
Bahamas. 

Nate and Camilla: What??!!

[Principal Irene looks at them sadly, then presses a button on her remote control and a video starts playing]

Newscaster: Brazil’s leader Caique Maricota has declared war on the U.S. and their Cuban allies after they
threatened to raise tariffs on Brazil for criminal actions. Here’s what happened.

[A video starts playing of warships fighting, planes dropping bombs, and people shooting at each other from
behind concrete walls] 

[Video ends]

Camilla: (Sobbing into her hands) Ohhhh, (Inhales) noooo, Nate what if that’s (Hiccups) that’s mom, or dad
there.

Nate (Shakily): I know, I know. 

(Nate pats Camilla’s shoulder)

Principal Irene: Ohhhh, mis hijos! *My children!*

[She swoops in and hugs the sobbing pair]

Max: What did the newscaster mean when he said, Brazil’s criminal actions?

[Alex kicks Max]

Alex: Not the time Max.

Rita: Mama, should I call their parents?

Principal Irene: Yes, that would be best. 

[Rita leaves the room to call their parents]

[A few minutes later, when the siblings have calmed, Rita returns]

[Nate and Camilla rush to the door]

Rita: They’re alive.

[Nate and Camilla sigh, now crying with joy]

Sarah: So, is anyone going to mention the elephant in the room or should I?

[Gestures toward the grandparents who step in]

Allysa: Grandma?

Jacob: Grandpa?

Allysa and Jacob: Principal Irene, what is the meaning of this?

Principal Irene (Smiling slightly): I think you mean Aunt Irene.

[Everyone gasps dramatically]

Allysa: But-but (pointing at grandparents and Irene) that means...

Grandpa: Yes, Irene’s our daughter.

Rita (looking shocked): So I’m a cousin to those two?!

Jacob: So wait, you weren’t told about this whole nuttiness either?

Allysa: Why weren’t we told about this, we would have loved Rita as a cousin.

Jacob (Quietly mumbling): Speak for yourself.

Rita (slightly offended): Hey! 

Sarah: Everyone loves throwing shade, but I personally want to hear an explanation. 

Grandma (Sighs): Look, the Academy-

Principal Irene: La Academia.

Grandma: La Academia is supposed to be a secret, no one but the U.S. and Cuba were supposed to know about it.
And because your had parents lived in Italy (Points to Jacob and Allysa) it would have been suspicious if you
disappeared before we could get you both VISAs.

Jacob: But we got VISA’s three months before we left for Cuba!!

Grandpa: And we didn’t want to tell you then because we didn’t trust not to reveal the existence of the school.

Allysa: We would've kept quiet! 

Jacob: No, you wouldn’t have.

(Allysa slaps Jacob)

Principal Irene: Ay, Ay, no fighting!

Grandma: So what do you say, do you forgive us? 

(She puts her arms our in a hugging sort of gesture)

Allysa and Jacob: Yeah. 

[Everyone moves in for one big group hug]

End of Scene 3

Scene 4

The Hurricane

[Students are sitting in technology class]

Teacher 1: So a quantum computer would be able to calculate all the equations at once.

Allysa: So wait, photons can be in two states at once?

Teacher 1: Yes, because th-

[Alarm Sounds]

(Teacher looks up in shock)

Teacher 1: I have to go warn the rest of the staff!

[Teacher 1 runs out of the room]

Camilla: (covering ears)What is that?! It’s so loud!

(Camilla continues grumbling. Meanwhile, Max reaches his phone, and sends a text to his uncle, the janitor.
Instantly, a text message alert sounds.)

Max: My uncle says it’s a hurricane!

Everyone except Max: What?!

Alli (Softly): In the spring?

(Max looks distastefully straight into camera)

Max: Climate Change.

(Max spits on floor, everyone shudders dramatically)

[Few seconds later]

(Andy bursts into the room)

Andy (Quickly): Come on guys! We gotta go, we gotta go, we gotta go! An F4 hurricane is speeding towards us!

Camilla: I am not a guy! Stop calling me one you sexist!

Alex: Not the time Camilla! Come on!

(Everyone jumps up, and follows Andy as he runs)

(Andy runs outside, ushering the kids into a secret underground bunker by the main entrance. The group walks
in, silently and fearfully looking around)

(Rita softly touches the walls)

Rita: Strong architecture. Would hold up in a hurricane, not much more. Most collapsable by upper-right corner,
strongest in middle due to support beams.

Sarah: Nobody cares, Rita!

Rita: You would care if you were standing in the upper-right corner and it collapsed!

(Over-exaggerated gasp)

Sarah: How dare you!

(Sarah moves to slap Rita, but Max moves in between the two girls)

Max: Stop it! Stop it! You guys are screaming louder than a group of Howler Monkeys! 

Alex: Yeah, start grunting and I’d have thought you’d have turned into some!

Max: Howler Monkeys don’t grunt, they make a whooping sound, for your information.

(Everyone gathers in the middle. Rita and Sarah move pointedly away from each other)

Andy: Okay, let’s start a heating source. When the hurricane hits, it’s going to turn cold quickly. Alex, You see
those sticks in the corner? Can you grab them and toss them into the middle, inside the circle of rocks? I’m going
to try to get a fire started.

Allysa: I’ve always wanted to make a fire. 

Max: You’ve never made a fire before?  

Allysa (with an evil grin): Only digital ones.

(Alex gets the sticks, and Andy begins trying to make a fire.  Allysa watches and stares intently, almost
humorously invested in the process)

[The fire starts]

(The group gathers around the fire, chattering loudly. Suddenly, the door opens, and the rest of the staff walk in,
drenched)

Principal Irene (dramatically gesturing): We almost died! Oh, good, you made a fire. Scootch over Nate, por
favor?

(All the teachers sit down, joining the group. They chat until the fire goes out)

Principal Irene: So that was the time I dyed my hair purple . . .

Teacher 2: Those purple flowers are called Cuban Oregano.

Principal Irene: But those can only be found outside the school? How do you know sobre los flores?  

(Everyone looks suspiciously at Teacher 2)

Teacher 2: Uhhhh….

[The lightbulbs flicker for a moment, then go out] 

Everyone: Aaaaahhh!!!

Alex: I can’t see, I can’t see!!

(Camilla lights a match)

Principal Irene: Andy, go up and see if the storm has passed.

Andy: Yes ma’am.

(Andy salutes her, then laughing, leaves the bunker)

Jacob (Muttering): He’s always joking around.

Max: Shut up about my uncle.

End of Scene 4

Scene 5

Escape

Andy: The storm has passed us, and we can all go back to class.

Jacob: Finally!

Sarah: Let’s get out of this dark, basement...thing.

Camilla: (Sighs) Do we have to? This was much more fun.

Max (Sarcastically): Yeah, it’s really great being stuck in a bunker infested with Leaf Cutter Ants and Tomato
Pinworms. 

Alli: Okaaay… 

(Everyone hurriedly exits the bunker after that)

(A few days later during their math class, Camilla decides she is done with this school and wants to leave.)

Camilla: (Nudging Nate, whispering) Jeez, this school is terrible. I wish I was on the ship with Dad.

Nate: I guess…

Camilla: Come on, let’s get out of here. Dad’s homeschooling was MUCH better.

(Nate looks down with uncertainty) 

Nate: Yeah, you have a point there. I guess I’ll go with you. 

Camilla:(thinking out loud) We should go during our break period, that way it’s less likely that no one will notice
us until we’ve gained some distance on this school.

(Nate raises his hands to his neck, palms up)

Nate: But we’re on an island. How do you expect us to escape 

Camilla: (With a twisted smile) I know JUST the way to escape.

(Indistinct chatter on how to escape) 

Nate: Let’s do this.

Camilla: That’s the spirit!

(It’s now break, and Camilla and Nate are ready to escape at any minute.)

Camilla: All the teachers are in the break room for now. I can cut the barbed wire with the Swiss Army Knife
that Mom gave me. That way we can get right outside the school and then run to the shore from there. We really
must be quick. Break is done in (pauses to check watch) about five minutes. Then the teachers will get back.  

Nate: Ok, then let’s go.

Camilla: That’s the spirit, let’s go!

(They get to the heavily guarded property line of the school) 

(As Camilla is cutting the barbed wire, she gets cut by the knife)

Camilla: (clenching her fist) Aughh!

Nate: What happened? Are you ok?

Camilla: (closes her eyes) I cut myself pretty deep in my hand. It’s really bleeding!

Nate: I’ll get a leaf or something for a bandage. Stay put.

(Nate looks around for a leaf)

Camilla: Its fine. I'll keep cutting through. We don't have enough time.

[30 seconds pass]

Camilla: Ok, just hurry up, it’s getting more painful!

(Nate rushes to the forest to get a leaf to bandage Camilla’s steadily bleeding hand. Nate puts sap on the edges
on the leaf to make a homemade bandage)

Nate: Here, hold still so I can put the leaf bandage on.

(Camilla lets out a small groan)

Nate: (putting the bandage on Camilla’s hand) Steady… Steady… There.

(Nate and Camilla walk down to the beach when they see a strange metal box)

Nate: Wait… what's that?

Camilla: Looks like the hut things the Romans would use.  (dry chuckle)  

Nate: Wait! Those are two of our teachers going in there! Look!

Camilla: What do you mean? (pauses to look closer) No way.

(The two teachers are about to turn their heads. As their heads turn…)

Camilla: (whispers) Hide, quick!!

(Camilla and Nate dive into the underbrush)

Teacher 2: What was that?

Teacher 3: It was nothing. Probably just a small gust of wind. Let’s hurry up.

(They quickly walk into the building and shut the door swiftly behind them. This makes Nate and Camilla unsure
about the teachers. Camilla and Nate stay in the bushes for another minute or two.)

Nate: Do you think the teachers are gone by now?

Camilla: Yeah, let's go.

(Just seconds after getting out of the underbrush, a mechanical whirring occurs near the metal box thing.)

Nate: I’m going back right now.

Camilla: No, we gotta check this out!

Nate: No way! I’ve always listened to you! I’ve listened to you on the ship, when we escaped, not now!

Camilla: Well I’m going to check it out. Leave it if you’re too scared.

Nate: I’m not scared! I’m just . . .  Just . . . 

(Nate storms away)

(Camilla storms away, toward the metal box)

(The teachers spot Camilla walking toward the box and open the door.)

Camilla: Nate, RUN!

Nate: (starting to run) Come on!

Teacher 2: (starting to run  after both Nate and Camilla) Get them!

(Camilla and Nate seem to suddenly disappear into the forest)

Teacher 3: Let them go. They’re not part of our BIGGER plan.

The End