WRITING OBSTACLE
Submitted by btncts
Stigma. Singularity. Euphoria.
Write a story or poem which coherently and naturally incorporates these three words.
The Web We Weave
Here are more details about the missing persons case in Tranquillity Grove,Viewer discretion is advised.
So tell me Layla, what is your side of the story “Well,it was always peaceful in our small town until suddenly,several missing persons were reported to the police my cousin and her friend were some of the victims and police searched and searched but sadly nothing was found”a voice on the TV said.Hi my name is Estrella Perez and that voice on the news,that was my best friend Layla Santiago. We are in the eighth grade and there was many missing people reports in the past couple months,I don’t know much,but I what to learn more as I pick up my phone I go to the search bar in Searchnav I type in missing person in Tranquility Grove names and as soon as I hit the the go button and start reading the report gets me so sad that I actually started crying,and I thought those poor people, but then it hits me the rage the anger it’s to much, and I started crying even harder and then mama came into the room and says que paso estás bien? Si estoy Bien mama no Paso nada.Oh,bien. Me preocupaba que algo estuviera mal.She said what happened are you okay? I said yeah I’m fine mama nothing happened.She said oh good I was worried something was wrong. And as I got ready for school the next day,I wondered what was the motive behind the kidnappings and when I had started getting closer to my school she noticed all of the people in her neighborhood which I had never done before because I used to only stare at my phone and text my friends. But someone seemed a little…off, so I tuck out my phone and searched,for reasons why the person would do something like that to them,but then, it hit me what if someone had lied about not knowing anything about the situation and had INFACT BEEN THE CULPRIT OF THE CRIME but …I just can’t and don’t want to believe that the people could be anyone else in the town but it was only them it could have been me that was kidnapped .Heck it could’ve been ANYONE but that is the part that freaks me out because it was definitely targeted towards Layla’s cousin Chloe and her bestie Zoey. As she get deeper into the case she feels like thing is a little bit…off. I think I know what the motive. Is she said to Layla. Huh? You do please,tell me MORE. Said Layla to Estrella. Well you know how both Chloe and Zoey regected some dude in fourth grade,well I think he did it as revenge on them for regecting him in fourth grade. The next day she woke up and thought they would have said something like this:Oh sorry, but we’re kind of reserved for someone else who is unfortunately not you but sorry but then someone else popped into my mind:the town freak so I did some research. As she does some research and goes in deeper into the background of them both and what the motive behind it would be she finds a list of who participated in the search and tells Layla what she finds. Layla! Layla! I screamed and when I got close I told her that I had found ✨evidence ✨. As she told her she opened up her phone to show her,Layla said woah! I know right! I said. But…don’t you think that you know you’re getting a little too much involved in this thing? Layla said. No. I said. Okay but Don’t say I didn’t warn you. She said. Oh shut up I’ll be fine. I said as she walked away. As she settled in for the night she went back to the rabbit hole of
The mystery and as she drifted of into sleep,she dreamt that she uncovered the secret and became the town hero. In the morning she woke up and took a walk because it was Saturday and she had no school, but then she followed the ✨ evidence ✨ to an old shack when she open the door. There was spiderwebs and creepy crawls everywhere, but she still went in. I am not scared she told herself I am not scared. She repeated in her brain over and over. But then she saw that no one was there. So was she just walked out the door but then something stopped her and she backed up. I broke out in a cold sweat as the shed door SLAMED shut and I thought is this the end for me would I never see the light of day again
To be continued