Yasmin awoke to find she was in an empty room. It was like a psych ward;she noticed the kid on a bed next to her begin to stir too as she realised what was happening! “It’s us..?” Ivan retorted. “Ivan.” “Yasmin.” “Of course I was chosen to take the test with you!” “Oh,I’m the problem here? Did you forget you bullied me for years?” “You locked my brother in a locker!”

“𝒮𝓁𝒾ℯ𝓃𝒸ℯ!” A voice boom...

I stared out the window of the coach,my nonchalant stare giving clear discomfort to passers by. I didn’t understand why. It was merely a facial expression,I wasn’t even there mentally. I was,in my head,finally resting in the so-called fantasy land I was being taken too.

The myths and legends made it all sound so peculiar,impossible even,considering how many different stories people would tell.

...

The aliens studied the text over and over. It was unique and worded incredibly! It talked of a soldier,whom was cursed by witches to kill his king and thus became the king only to be slain by his deceased friend’s son. They liked it.

However,they soon realised that the only things humans had to offer to the planets was war and destruction! They had worked so hard to build a commune. A community ...

I studied the pages carefully. I double-checked the title. “An encyclopaedia of animals.”

No wonder this was in the restricted section;my great grandma is the only surviving person I know who was there for the extinction of non-humans! They caused a threat,we were taught to believe that. I never did! She said that all animals were beautiful and innocent until a dog went rouge,it scared people so...

When I was little,I used to lay outside and reach my hands up to the sky above,convinced I could touch the great moving clouds if I just extended my arms a little further. My dad would watch me and let me dream while my mom shut me down saying I was too tiny to catch one. I vowed one day I would touch one,just to prove her wrong and she would laugh hard. My dad said “Your mommy is just jealous how...

I stare down at my hands

Like a beating drum in the bands

I feel my heart beat heavy

A pounding in my chest

I had to put him to rest

My heart cries but I know it was right

The pain wrapped my mind so tight

I cannot think straight

All this was a mistake

I cannot live knowing what happened here

Slowly the ringing in my ears

Builds

Builds

Builds

Builds

I look at my puppy

The innocence now bloody

My...