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THe Book Jumpers

Part Two

October 21, 2019

By Brooke H.

I awoke with my heart pounding in my head. I looked down, and saw tiny splatters of blood over a sharp-pointed rock. I must've hit my head on those rocks. I got up quickly, which was a mistake because the world started spinning as I fell back to the cold, hard ground.

This time, I stood up slowly and carefully, but not very gracefully. I wobbled on my two feet trying to figure out which of the three pictures I was seeing was the real world. Finally, all three images seemed to merge together, making my line of sight much better. I realized I was supposed to have three other people with me, and I searched around frantically for them.

I found Jared and Jax snuggled together in each others’ arms by a waterfall. I gently shook them awake, figuring they might be a bit dizzy also. After I managed to get them up, we searched for Cleo. I shouted her name, and it was only then that I realized we were in a forest. The tall, dark trees loomed over us like walls and there was a small stream flowing in from the sparkling waterfall.

I heard a faint rustling in the bushes behind us, and we backed up in fear. It got louder as it got closer, until a figure popped out.

It was Cleo.

“Guys! You will never believe what I found out!” She came rushing towards us, and stopped for a needed breath. She opened her hand to reveal a book and a note. I noticed the book cover carried the title The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die as I opened the note and read it:

Inside this book you will find:

A feather, a wand, and a hind.

But don’t find all before it ends,

With the story you will blend.

Everything will go away

And with it you will stay.

So find that quill, and find that spear

And don’t forget about that deer.

But remember, when it ends,

There will be a change in wends.

“So, we have to find a feather, a deer, and a...wand? Where are we going to find a wand?!” Cleo asks impatiently.

I honestly have no idea, but I don’t want to let them down. “Well,” I say, “maybe the book we somehow are a part of has a wizard?” I say uncertainly.

“Yeah, okay. This is a book about murder, Sabrina! Not King Arthur and Merlin!” Jax shouts.

At the sound of murder, Jared lifts his head from reading The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die. “Murder is my specialty.” He announces. “I skimmed through most of the book, and I actually have a vague idea of where we can find each of these items.” Jared says matter-of-factly.

Cleo, Jax and I look at Jared with wide eyes. “So let’s go then, Jared!” I say, and off we go.

To Be Continued…..

The Apocalypse Survivors

Part Two

October 21, 2019

By Akim G.

”Oh, no,” Matt said.

He saw his life flash before his eyes. Zombies were running towards him and his new zombie friend Sarah. Matt was so terrified that he started to think deeply about things. "Did I have a crush on this random girl? How old is she? And what happened to everyone else?"

He thought back to his last memory before the apocalypse - the last day of school. Everything was fine until the principal became a zombie and... well, let's not get into details, but eventually Matt decided to hide in a bunker, and was trapped there for weeks.

"You might want to focus on this situation," Matt thought as he swiftly grabbed his bat. “BATTER UP!” he yelled as the zombies got closer, but before Matt could swing, Sarah grabbed his hand.

”I’m sorry for having to do this.” Sarah said apologetically.

”Wait what do you me-?”

Matt was knocked out cold. The last words he heard were a deep voice saying, "Great job sis.”

When he regained consciousness, he was surprised. He was tied up to a chair inside a strange building and Sarah was standing beside him.”I am truly sorry.” Sarah said softly. “My brothers wanted to use someone as bait so they could steal a truck. We needed a human, so I brought you here. Then, when the zombies attacked, my human brothers knocked you out and tied you up."

She pointed to two skinny, tan boys. That was when Matt realized he was in a mechanic shop. Through a broken wall, he saw Sarah’s brothers climbing into a truck. The boys seemed to be teenagers like Sarah. Matt tried to listen to what the boys were saying, but couldn't hear them over Sarah's apology. One of the boys called out, “Lets go!” Matt heard loud groaning and stomping sounds.

”I’m sorry,” Sarah said again, kissing Matt on the check. After Sarah left, Matt realized she had pressed her face against his cheek to leave a note. He used his feet to open the note, and saw a sharp rock. He quickly sliced the rope then ran towards the slowly moving truck, jumping on the truck right before it sped off.

Matt turned around in the bed of the truck to see a giant muscular zombie headed straight toward the truck.

”Matt!” Sarah said, ”LOOK OUT!”

To be continued...

Brain Teaser

THE ELEMENTIAL PART FOUR

October 8, 2019

Scribbler Creative is proud to present the second of an ongoing series. Check the archive for previous installments.

October 21, 2019

By Keira S.

Scarlett and Evalyn talked for the rest of lunch. The cafeteria was very loud, so they could barely hear each other speak. They basically just talked about their classes and homework. After lunch was over, Evalyn went to her favorite class of the day, science. She was incredibly excited. She walked into the classroom, materials in hand, ready to learn. Evalyn took her seat and looked up at the board. Mr. Adams looked very excited for the lesson. Their last lesson was about the solar system. Now, they were talking about the four elements. One of Evalyn’s favorite things.

They were going to work on an element each day and have a test at the end of the week. This was going to be a good week for Evalyn. “Finally!” she thought. “Something I know I’ll ace!” Today, they were learning about the water element. This element, like all the elements, is significant. Without water, humans would not exist. It is essential to our health and survival. Mr. Adams then went on about how all the fish and animals need water to live. Evalyn was very intrigued. She paid attention the whole time. Sadly, the bell rang and science class had ended.

Evalyn then went on to Study Hall, Health, Art, and her last class, swimming. Evalyn had swimming on Mondays and Tuesdays and then gym on Thursday and Friday. She went into the locker room, changed into her bathing suit, and went out to the pool deck. “Ok class, listen up,” Mrs. Hemricks yelled. “Today we will be treading water the entire class period. I know you’ve done treading water many times before for two-thirds of the class period so this shouldn’t be that hard.”

“Great,” Evalyn thought. All the girls did a quick stretch, then jumped into the pool and started treading. Evalyn was very good when it came to swimming. It looked like the water was holding her up. The final class period finally ended and all the girls got out of the pool and changed back into their normal clothes.

Evalyn was so excited just to get home and start on her homework. Mrs. Vancouver had given her and extra two days to write her paper, but she would have to stay after school and get another lesson on how to write a paper and work on it. Mrs. Vancouver also said that if Evalyn didn’t get at least something down by Wednesday, she would mark it as a zero. Evalyn went straight to the language arts classroom and sat down for her lesson. She then continued working on her paper until 3:40pm. Evalyn grabbed her stuff, strolled out of the classroom, and started walking home. She did make a quick stop by he favorite coffee shop “The Red Crow.” She got a simple black coffee with vanilla and hazelnut creamer. She was so tired from today and still had a boat load of homework to do.

Evalyn ran home and opened the door. “Hi Jellybean!” Evalyn’s mom shouted from the kitchen. Evalyn could tell that she was cooking. The smell of her famous chocolate chip-pumpkin-spice muffins was mouthwatering. Evalyn could practically taste them.

“When can I have one?” Evalyn shouted back.

“Right now. I need my taste tester!” Evalyn had always been her mom’s little taste tester. Evalyn’s mom worked as a chef, hence the being a good cook part. She was also a single mother who works really hard to take care of her family. Evalyn’s dad had died eleven years earlier. He had worked in the army and died from a sickness overseas. Tears flooded Evalyn’s eyes whenever she thought about him. She had been very young at that time. Evalyn walked into the kitchen and tasted a muffin.

“I’m in heaven,” she said.

“That’s good to hear,” said her mom.

Evalyn left the kitchen and went up to her room. She was about to start on her homework when she got an alarming message from Scarlett.

To be continued...

Author's Note: Thank you Mr. Adams for being such a good fifth grade teacher. This part of my series is dedicated to you.

Trapped

October 21, 2019

By Desmond O.

I wake up from sleeping to the noise of a car alarm. I look outside from my little deck, but there aren’t any cars outside, so I go back on my bed where my cat, Artemis is sleeping. She wakes up and joins me by my side, while the noise gets louder. I open my bedroom door to the hall leading downstairs and I see Artemis fall to the ground as I feel myself start to fall, too.

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I wake up and look around, and I panic. Where am I?! One minute I was in my hallway, the next I’m in this place! I find a mirror and look at it. I see myself : brown hair and green eyes, with my usual black hoodie and ripped jeans. But something was very different - I had demon horns and a demon tail! Then I saw Artemis, but she was the size of a tiger! “Woah!”, I whispered. She also looked very strong. I had something stuck to my shirt, so I checked the mirror to see a nametag reading “Adam”.

Looking around the room, I see a girl with black horns poking from her brown hair with purple tips, and a demon tail protruding from her tailbone beneath her grey sweatshirt. Her large dog is sleeping next to her. Another girl with short teal hair has a dog that is the size of a coyote, but she has a halo with angel wings. The last girl, with her dragon horns and tail, lies by a desk. Her brown cat is the size of a tiger, like my cat, Artemis. All of this is still slightly shocking, but before I can think about it, the girls woke up, stared at each other, and asked where they are and who I am.

I told them that I had a name tag that said “Adam” on it, so it must be my name. The dragon girl was Addison, and her cat was Angel Cake. The teal angel girl introduced herself as Cloe, and her dog as Star. Lastly, the brown-haired demon girl, Rose introduced us to her dog Winnie.

I look down to introduce Artemis and see that she is hovering off the ground. “Wow, how did you do that?”

“I don’t know!” Artemis said.

“Wait you can talk?” I said.

“Yeah, I’m also not sure on how that happened either,” she said.

I play with my nametag, as I try to figure out where we are, why I have a tail, why my pet can talk, and the answers to hundreds of other questions. I notice a code on the back - a series of numbers and letters that read "C60H4JI14ED3".

Artemis says, “Hey look! A keypad!”

“Ok! Where is it?” I reply.

“Up here!” she says, hovering near the ceiling.

“How do I get there?”

“I think you push the panels!” Artemis said.

Since I'm already talking to my cat, I decide to go ahead and push the panels below the keypad and a staircase appears near an air vent.

I beckon the other people to come after me, and I type in the code from my nametag on the keypad once I reach the top. The vent’s nails unscrew and the vent cover falls off. I see some purple gas billowing out of the floor.

I yell to the girls, “Hurry! There’s some sort of gas coming!” The girls hurry to the vent, and we crawl up and out through a hatch. The pets shiank to normal size, and follow us. Outside of the hatch, a chilly fall breeze blew through my brown hair.

“Where are we now?” says Addison.

In unison, Cloe, Rose and I respond, “I don’t know.”

Stay tuned for Chapter 2!

REVIEW: READY TO RIDE?

October 21, 2019

By Chris G.

Dorney Park offers 7 thrilling roller coasters. They are Talon, Hydra, Possessed, ThunderHawk, Steel Force, Woodstock Express, and the Wild Mouse!

Talon is a B&M (Bolliger and Mabillard) invert coaster. An Invert coaster is a Roller coaster but instead of track hanging under the train the track is above the train! This feature is common but it offers thrilling excitement for guests.

Hydra happens to be a B&M Floorless coaster. A Floorless coaster means the track is below the train like normal but, your feet are dangling above the track You're probably wondering, “My Feet Can Touch the Track???!?!?!?!?!??!” The answer to that is No. The trains are too high up for your feet to even go near touching the track, but this ride sure does pack in some great elements!

The Wild Mouse is a Maurer Rides GmbH roller coaster! This ride does turn sharply and may even slam you into your buddy but it sure does pack in some great moments you won’t forget!

Steel Force is a Chance Morgan Hyper coaster! This specific coaster type offers a great amount of airtime, which is when you are on a coaster and your butt lifts up out of the seat which means you are in the air and you get time in the air while you are riding. The airtime is amazing for a great thrill! Art teacher Mrs. Moyer says, “ I do not ride coasters because I am a big chicken, but my family's favorite is Steel Force.”

Possessed is an Intamin Launch Coaster, The track is above the train like Talon but Possessed features a launch sending riders forwards and backwards through the station and one vertical spike at the back of the station and one twisty spike after the launch at the front of the station! When riding, you hear the announcement “You will be possessed in 3..2..1..." and then *VROOOM* you are launched.

Woodstock Express is located in the Planet Snoopy section, this ride was built and manufactured by Zamperla-(Zam-Pearl-a)! This ride is a great ride for kids all ages. Even adults can enjoy it! It is great for little kids looking to get their first coaster ever! You can expect some roughness but not too much!

Thunderhawk is a PTC-(Philadelphia Toboggan Company) wooden coaster. Although this ride has a reputation of roughness it is sure a great ride!

Dorney Park offers an amazing line-up of coasters for all ages! Are you tall enough to ride? Check below!

Woodstock Express - 36”

Steel Force - 48”

Thunder Hawk - 48”

Wild Mouse - 48”

Possessed - 52”

Hydra The Revenge - 54”

Talon The Grip Of Fear - 54”

SIN CITY

October 21, 2019

By Aiden H.

On a bright autumn evening up in the sky,

You might be seeing a green woman fly.

Or you might see 10 zombies who dance

Their moves, indeed, will put you in a trance

This is Sin City, a city of sin

Where everyone is made of pale skin,

Theirs zombies, their witches, theirs monsters galore

Theirs even vampires, who could ask for more?

In Sin City, the monsters play all through the night

They’re trying to give you a fright

The devils sing, the angels die,

Vampires scare, witches fly

In Sin City, where the lights are bright

Through the big, big city tonight

The monsters want someone coming in

So, reader, where have you been?

Spin that wheel, cut that pack.

role that loaded dice,

Me and my good friends

Are gonna do that tonight