I went to bed late, hoping for the night to become longer. My alarms beep with a loud noise. Still feeling sleepy, I was finding it difficult to open my eyes. I still want to be in bed with my sheet all over my body. I knew It's time I wake up. With my eyes opening groggily to see a bright light illuminating.

I cover my eyes with my hands, I get up to see I am no longer in a room but a sandy beach with two moons hanging above my head. With my heart thumping faster than before. I knew something was wrong. I close my eyes and open it again, this time I can a see a strong tide coming my way, if I don't stand up the ocean is going to take me away with it.

I ran as far my legs could carry me, breathing heavily. Why am I here? How do I go back. I stared at the moon. Since when did earth have two moons at the same time? I questioned myself. The sand felt so cold underneath my feet. Waiting for a miracle to happen, people were filling up the beach. A family of three were playing with a ball.

A couple were kissing behind me. I walked up to a man to inquire what these place was, He didn't respond, he walked pass me. It dawned on me that no one can see me.

I woke up this morning feeling excited about the day. The night before, made a decision that I am going to start learning a new skill believing it's going to earn me money, give me the opportunity to network with a lot of people. Feeling giddy about this experience I am about to embark on. Stood up from the bed, walked into the bathroom to have a quick bath. As I freshen up, staring at my face in the mirror, knew today was going to be good. Took a sit in front of my laptop.

As I try to press the power button, there was a power outage. This made me feel annoyed, which I was not aware of. Told myself that I am not bothered, or should I say trying to be optimistic, that the power is going to be back. The more I wait, realised it's not going to happen anytime soon. Two hours later, my laptops make a notification that my battery is 40 percent. I just started sourcing for materials on how to write and have barely done anything.

Felling anxious, I run through every page bookmarked for learning how to write stories. Deep inside me, I knew nothing was entering my mind. I don't think I would remember how to apply the tips of writing a short story. One hour later, My laptop pop a message for me to charge my battery. I chose to shut it down. Feeling down, I walked to the kitchen to get something to eat. I didn't want to pay attention to the fact that I didn't accomplish anything I consider reasonable.

I stare at the opened fridge and nothing in there was salivating for me to eat. I went back to my room I grabbed my purse, dressed up in a white gown, left the house to get a snack. There were so many shops to buy from, I didn't know which one that would have something I will like. I stopped at the first shop and asked for chocolate biscuits, which they had. I decided to buy five. Walking back to the house, I saw an elderly person, not want to greet, so lifted my phone to my ear pretended to make a phone call and passed by her. Goodness, knowing that if I didn't pretend, this woman was going to stop me and ask me all the questions in the world, therefore delaying me.

I got home, thinking about the skill I just started, I didn't want this light issue to be an impediment to me achieving my skill, I need to find a solution quick. Going to my friend place at night when the generator is on for two hours is not a good, viable solution. Practising my skills at night is not going to work for me. I exhaled a sigh, it's too tiring trying to think about a solution. To get my mind off worrying.

I called my friend to know if she was at home, I was planning to spend time with her. She picked the phone to tell me she was not home, feeling surprised she would not be home at this time, I asked where she is. She ended up telling me that she was in a workspace where she gets to work without her mother calling her name and having to run errands for her mother. Not only that, but she also made me understand that there was an uninterrupted power supply with access to data.

She had recently complained to me that whenever she wants to work on her projects, that is the precise time her mother would call for her. It was affecting her speed at which she is supposed to finish her work. I was surprised and upset, “Why did you not tell about this?” I asked. For me, this was an answered prayer to my worry. I was so interested in this workspace that she sent me a link to the website, where I could check everything I need to know about the workspace. The more I read about the workspace, the more I was impressed. I quickly paid for a month because this is going to give me an opportunity to learn my skill with no stress involved.

My dad had just got back from work where I informed him about my plans, and he supported my decisions. Feeling giddy about learning the skill, I could wait for the next day to come so fast I could start learning. The next morning I was prepared for the day. I packed my laptop bag, with some snacks and water with it. 40 minutes later, I had arrived at my destination when seeing a lot of people, was surprised and impressed. Did not expect a huge building was hiding in this environment. I strolled into the building, did registration, and sat down to wait for my laptop to be connected to the internet.

One hour later, with a frown on my face, I walked to the receptionist to complain not still been connected to the Wi-Fi. I was feeling upset. This was not the service I expected to get after paying.

I got down from the taxi that dropped me in front of the new established King market in AK city. My mouth opened in a gasp with my eyes wide open. This was something I have never seen before. A lot of vines were cascading down the entrance of the market. I couldn't help but stare at the birds chirping on the trees.

I was star strucked by the beauty of the market. As I walked in, buyers and sellers were haranguing for price of goods. I had always had the mindset of market that stink. The fresh air in the market was so exhilarating. Never thought the air would make me relaxed. A woman was staring at the mirror, thinking if she should make a decision to buy the dress. The dress was perfect for her skin. A dark brown shade. I wanted something similar for myself.

I walked in to the store and requested for exactly the type, which was brought to me by the attendant. The moment I touched the material, knew instantly it was a good material. “How much is it?, I asked” “It's 10k” The price was something I could afford. So I reached for my purse at my side, took out my card to pay for it.

It was a hot afternoon in the sahara desert when a group of desert ants left their home in the Mastic trees to scavenge for dead insects. The sun was exceptionally scorching like never before. The sahara deserts ants have been able to adapt to the extreme weather conditions.

The leader of the sahara deserts ants found a brook nearby that was surrounded by dead insects. As the leader lead the way, they arrived at a brook where a lot of dead insects were found and more than enough to feed the tribe for a month. So he began to divide into groups and supervised how the ants should pick dead insects to take back to their home in the mastic trees.

The sahara deserts ants were doing this for a week until the humans came. The leader of the sahara deserts ants had no idea why the humans would come to the place where they sourced for their foods. The humans wanted to build an underground dwelling and after finding a brook nearby, they decided to choose the brook as the best location to start building. This was a bad timing for the sahara deserts ants. The oldest leader in the tribe warned the ants to hold on, leaving the Mastic trees to source their food. Unfortunately, The current leader was not willing to listen.

He believed if the humans were allowed to dominate where they source their food from, there will be no food for the tribe. The oldest was of the opinion that if they left to scavenge food, the humans had different ways of exterminating the sahara deserts ants.

This resulted in a conflict between the two leaders. This lead to a division in the tribe. The younger sahara desert ants were in support of the current leader. They were excited and could not wait to defile the oldest leader instructions. At night, the youngest leader with some of his supporters decided to defile the warnings of the oldest member in the tribe to scavenge for dead insects. He believed sourcing for at night was the best time because that is when the humans are going to be sleeping.

From nowhere, the leader of the current sahara desert ants noticed a sand storm wrecking havoc at the humans tents. The humans were in disorder because they never expected that there would be a sand storm where they mounted their nets. The sand storms was so strong that six nets were removed.

The humans had no choice but to hide in their cars. This was a big win for the sahara deserts ants. Now they can go back to scavenge for dead insects beside the brook.

The moment the notification email popped up on Megan phone, she knew instantly it was the moment of truth for her. As she tapped the email and the first word she sees was, “Thank you for….” She knew instantly that it was another rejection letter for her. Her heart turned cold, clenching her fist and flinging the phone on the bed. Again, this is the 700 rejection mail she had received in the last six month. It's almost as if the world ganging up against her. As she stood there staring at her hair, she pulled the front hair covering her eyes, staring at her face in the mirror, looking at the despair in her eyes.

She couldn't help but think about the ridicule that she was going to face again this week. "What is wrong with me?” , with tears in her eyes. Not wanting to think about it, she reached out for her phone on the bed, to scroll through Instagram, anything to get her mind off the rejection mail. By this time, she was expecting to feel numb to the rejection, unfortunately it is not the case for her. Staring at the first reel, she sees a new manufacturing company that specializes in creating and selling a bulldozer, were hiring for the role of a special assistant to the CEO.

Reading the job description and requirement, she knew instantly that she was not qualified for the job, but decided to make an attempt to apply. Done with the application, she continued from where she stopped, scrolling down. A few minutes later, she gets a mail, telling her where the interview is taking place and the date. Her eyebrow rose in an arch. ”So quickly, is this a scam or what?” Obviously everything about the jobs screams she is not qualified, and yet she is asked to come for an interview, Megan was beginning to think that this job was a scam. As she thought about the amount she had in her account balance, she felt there was nothing to worry about. She decided to read about the company and prepare herself for the interview.

The next day, Megan arrived at the company, she stared at the people that filled the building and began to doubt herself. The more she stared at the women dressed elegantly, the more she was certain she was not going to get the job. She was confused a both the interview process, she walked up to a lady wearing a black suit, dressed up as secretary. “Good morning, do you mind telling me what is going on here?" “Go to that door and collect your number”, she replied. "Alright, thank you for this” When she got to the door, she stretched out her hand to reach for her number to get her number. She realised she was number 99, “How unlucky” she was not surprised at the number here for the job.

After waiting for so long, it got to her turn. She walked inside the office, she could not help but gasped at the aesthetics, the interior of the office was nothing like she has ever seen before. For no reason, her heart began to beat fast, it was here, she sat down and stared at the person about to interview her. The lady introduced herself as the CEO and began with the fearful question, "tell me about yourself”. Like a practised robot, she poured out everything she knew by heart. "I am impressed", The CEO said. "Now I have a task for you, if you get this task done, you get the job” "Yes, ma" Megan didn't think it would be anything difficult, so she squinted her ears to listen. "There is this land that we are trying to acquire, unfortunately, the owner of the land is not willing to listen.

Your task is to get the owner of the teapot company to sell his land to us." The more Megan listened, she laughed in her heart, If you don't want to offer the job, just don't. What type of task is this, something you didn't get, you expect me to convince him. These were the thoughts of Megan, as she smiled at the CEO, nodding her head to agree. She got up with all her strength, feeling weak, knowing there was a catch when she accepted the interview.

As she stepped inside her house, she asked herself, why is it so difficult getting a job, she strolled into the kitchen to snack on a chocolate. As she mulched on the chocolate, "What is the big deal, the highest that is going to happen is she might be rejected. She picked up her phone to read about the Teapot company refusing to sell their land to the bulldozer manufacturing company. The more she read about the Hitiko, the woman behind the teapot company, she felt it was impossible to achieve.

After finding the location of the Teapot company, she wore the green stilettos that she got at a pawn house shop five years ago, wearing a white shirt and black skirt, she felt could take the world. Staring at herself, "You can do it, Megan”. She took a breath to calm down. She arrived at the Teapot company, she realised she needed an appointment, which was not going to be happening anytime soon. It's at the end of the month, Megan asks herself “Why have I not given up yet?" Sitting at the secretary office, the owner of the Teapot company walks in and the first thing she notices is the stiletto. The stiletto was the first item in her collection she sold to start her Teapot company. She walks to Megan," Hi, where did you get this stiletto from?", she asked. Megan responds,” Good morning, I got this from a pawn shop. “When?” “Ten years ago” The Teapot owner signed and, asked her to come in her office. She gestured for Megan to have a seat. "Why are you here?” Megan began to think of the words she had crammed to impress the CEO. After saying everything she wanted, Megan stared at the Teapot owner, her heart began to thump faster. The Teapot owner was not impressed, she looked at Megan indifferently.

Just when Megan was expecting the Teapot owner to chase her out of her office, she agreed to sell the land. Megan eyes opened wide, with her mouth open, did she hear wrong, as if reading Megan mind," I agree to sell the land on one condition, you become the middleman. Megan, feeling excited, forgot where she was and jumped, screaming. The Teapot owner grinned, staring at the excitement of the young woman.

Megan left the office to the bulldozer manufacturing company. When she arrived, she demanded to see the person who interviewed her. "Come in" Megan opened the door to walk in. "I have achieved the task you assigned to me after a month, The owner of the Teapot company is willing to sell the land". The interviewer eyebrow rose, “so quickly?”. She was not expecting Megan to complete the task, especially when many others have failed and given up.
"How did you convince her?" Megan told her everything that happened, showing her the stilettos that made it happen, the interviewer listening was shocked, mouth was opened agape, she never in her wildest dreams thought this would be the reason.

Going through Megan resume, she realised that she was not fit for the position and was not willing to employ her any more. Megan, not knowing this, told her the agreement with the Teapot owner wanting her to be the middle man or the deal will not be successful. The interviewer heart thumped faster, she had no choice to offer the job to Megan.

Percy had just got down from the school bus, when he noticed his mother standing outside the door waiting for him. Stretching his hands, he ran to give his mother a big hug, his mother bent down to grab him up, he was panting heavily with joy in his face. “Mom, I miss you” “What did you cook, I am so hungry” His mom smiled at him, walking back inside the house. She asked, “Did anything special happened in school today?” Percy, thought about the strange looking clown that was invited to the school to make the kids laugh, and he bust into laughter.

”Mom, a clown came to our school today, he wore a red dress with different colours, his face was painted white and his nose was red.” As they got close to the kitchen, he perceived the smell of fried chicken and tried to wriggle down from his mother embrace. The mother smiled, knowing the only thing on his mind right now was the fried chicken.

The next morning, Percy mother tapped Percy, he was feeling grungy, and didn't want to leave his bed. His mother smiled when she noticed how he tried covering himself. The weather was chilling, and she had prepared a warm bath for him, unfortunately, Percy was not willing.

She carried him, helping him to remove his Toy Story pyjamas. While standing, he yawned, and tried to go back to bed, but his mom rushed him into the bathroom. He stared at his mom, still thinking, why he is not in bed. He mouthed, ”Good morning, mom” As usual, his mom stood guard as she watched her son having his bath. When he was done, he stretched out his hands to get his towel from his mom.

Percy was dressed for school with his school back behind him. He got into the school bus, waving at his mother. When the bus arrived at the school, Percy jumped down from the bus and walked to his class. He stared at the school building when his desk mate, stood in front of him. “Percy, did you do your assignment?” “Yes, I did” “Can you let me have a look, I have a hard time solving the first question” “Alright, no problem”, Percy dipped his hands into his bag, to bring out his maths notebook. Saul collected the book, feeling excited, "Thank you, I will return it in five minutes” “No problem.” Percy walked into the building, and thought about his father, he couldn't wait for his father to get back from his trip. The last time he went with his father on a trip, he learnt how to start a fire using stone a branch of wood, he also learned how to catch a pheasant, there were so many things he learned. As he got close to the class, he felt he needed to use the toilet immediately.

He ran fast to the restroom, and eased himself when his butt, sat on the toilet seat, he heard a sound from the window at back, he turned around, and noticed a bird that got stuck on the window. He flushed the toilet, turned around to help the little bird, only for him to be dragged through the little window. Not only that, but he tried to scream, with his heart thumping fast, His mouth was covered with a sock that reeked of dirt and sweat. He tried to have a look at the person that his holding him, and he was blindfolded. He could hear the sound of a vehicle stopping, he was thrown inside the bus like a sack of potato, His head hit hard against the car window. Tears filled his eyes with his nose sniffling, all he could think of was his mom and dad. The diver driving the vehicle arrived at an abandoned warehouse. The door of the car was opened, Percy could feel the brightness of the sky, he was carried into the warehouse and the blindfold was removed. His eyes red from weeping in the vehicle was staring at the other children in the warehouse, they were about 100, he didn't understand why he was here. He saw adults men wearing masks covering their faces with guns in their hands, this is something he has only seen on TV before.

As he was new among the kids brought to the warehouse, he was carried to a darkroom, where he watched in horror as two kids trying to escape were being chased around by an aggressive Pitbull. In his school uniform, the man who brought in inside the dark room nodded his head, his aim has been achieved. As the sky turned dark with nothing offered to eat, Percy didn't think of an escape plan. He wondered what his mother was doing at the moment, was she looking for him everywhere, he felt worried about his parents. As dawn broke, Percy knew he couldn't continue this way, it has been four days and there was nothing he could do to leave the warehouse. He made a plan to escape with a boy that offered him candy, unfortunately he was reported and beaten black and blue.

Percy stared at the boy with a boy with a black eye, thinking didn't he want to go home, didn't he miss his parents. While the other kids were sleeping, he noticed one of the adult giving the boy who gave him candy, giving him more candy to hide in his pocket, and patting his head. Percy, felt cold in his heart. Percy made a promise to not tell anyone his plan any more. He couldn't sleep, every time, he tried, he saw pictures of the boy and girl that were bitten by the Pitbull, the first day he was kidnapped to the warehouse. Every time he slept, he saw himself been attacked by the Pitbull because he kept trying to escape.

"One, two, three", the camera made a shutter sound. "Mama, can I see the picture?" "Of course you can, darling" Nami brought her daughter to the new restaurant newly opened in Sea City. It is a surprise get away for her daughter. Her lips, curled up, her daughter is about to have a wonderful experience at the restaurant.

After settling inside the restaurant, a robot with a screen in front of his chest scrolled to Nami table, and asked, "what would you like to order"

Nami's daughter face was excited and she couldn't sit still, she stressed out her hand to touch the robot. When the robot noticed the presence of Nami child, it introduced itself as Hitiko.

Every where his foot steps in, flowers bloomed Rain fell, branches of trees rustled hardly to announce his appearance

With his white bag, hanging over his shoulder His appearance heralded the healing of the sick in the town

He held the hand of the little child taking him to his sick mother The traveling medicine man has arrived.

The girl sat down on her bed, staring at her reflection in the mirror. “If only there was enough money to afford her changing the appearance of her face” this has been her thought for as long as she can remember, the kids in the neighbourhood never fails to deride her appearance every day.

Unfortunately, an accident caused by her father cheating on her mother made her look this way. Just thinking about the day it happened causes a chill down her spine. Still staring at the mirror, her appearance changes so fast with her mouth open, her heart skips a beat, she touches her faces to be sure she was not hallucinating, and then a woman appears at the mirror.

When she looks backs to see, she didn't see any one next to her. “Oh dear, there is no need to be scared.” the girl swallowed hard, her heart thumping fast. “Do you like what you see?” She nods her head responding, but she had a gut feeling that it was fake. The woman's smiles and stated, ”Magic comes with a price, are you willing to pay?”

Setting: bedroom, windows are floor to ceiling, The walls are white, the bed is large enough for two people. Character: Female, 30 years The name of the character is Meghan. The character hears a soft voice calling her name. This has been ongoing for a week. At first, it was not a big deal, as the day passes, the voice becomes louder. Who is the character? The character is a normal woman whose mother is kidnapped. Who is calling the Meghan name? The person calling the character is a talking cat Why is the voice getting loud each day? Why is it that specific time? That is the only time the talking cat gets to talk. Why is the talking cat calling Meghan name every morning? What does the voice sound like? The voice sounds like the voice of a human Where is the talking cat planning to take madam to? How did the talking cat found out? Is the madam willing to follow the talking cat? She is reluctant. Why is she reluctant?

As the Clock 6 am, Meghan hears her name again, This has been ongoing for about a week. Every morning at this time she would hear her name. At first, she thought it was the wind whooshing making its sound as if it was her name being called, so she didn't pay attention to it. It's the 8th day, and 6 am and this time she can hear her voice loud and clear, She clenched her fists, hoping it was her mind making those sounds. She covered herself and was reluctant to get up from the bed. “ Why should I be scared” She held her breath and decided to check, she got to the windows where the voice was coming from, She saw a cat standing and staring at her face. “ Don't tell me it's the cat that was calling me”, she pursed her lips. Only for the cat to respond saying” are you stupid? “ Meghan was shocked and tripped on her feet, why trying to move back, her face was pale and her bulged out open with her mouth open, she couldn't believe that the cat can speak. The cat staring at the commotion she was casing was not perturbed, He had experienced something similar, he kept on talking. “ I have been calling for you over a week, and you kept ignoring me” “if your mother life was not in danger, I would not have wasted my time” It took a while for the Meghan to get herself together, It took five minutes to accept the idea that there was a cat in front of her that could speak just like her. “Why… why can yyou talk?, she stuttered?” She breathed in, trying to come down her emotions, what if this was a scam, while she was thinking about a way to find the truth “Your mother was kidnapped, You have to save her “I know where she is being held, you have to go with me” “Why should I go with you, what if you are trying to get me kidnapped,” she said excitedly, thinking she had found the purpose of the cat.