Date: 5/3/24

Written by: Safia Valika

Age:16

Leaves blowing forcefully

Away from their only home

Down to an unpleasant pile

Ready to be tossed away

As they seize from the perfect green

To an ugly brown

Pleading for the absent water

As they begin to weaken

From the warm and blue skies

To the cold and windy gray

As the flowers so prevalent in spring

Now falter and die down

Your painting is a ...

Amrynn’s eyes grew distant, considering. The memories were streaked with motion blur, and ‘not long;’ they opened their mouth to say, only for their thoughts to be interrupted by the soft ticking of a clock.

toc… toc… toc…

…still there?

“Eeh!” They jerked, swiping away the spidery touch. Someone yelped, yanking back a hand. Blinking, they stumbled over an apology. “Sorry. Sorry! I spaced. Wha...

It was a normal week until a weird looking ship lands on our front yard. My mom steps out to take a look at it. It had gray powder spurting out everywhere. Wanna know whats weirder? The seats were upside down and so was the steering wheel! But what really shocked my mom was that sitting inside the behicle was a little boy who looked just my age. He was asleep too.My mom picked him up and he sudde...

*"Weekend."

"We friend."

*"Weekend."

"We send."

*"Week."

"Week."

*"End."

"Begins...all over again."

*"There's absolutely no way you believe you're saying what I'm saying."

"Pft! No! I'm trying, really! Here, do it again and I'll watch super close."

*Sigh. "Fine." Ahem. "Weekend."

"W-wally..."

*"I'm gonna stop you right there. Let's try this thing backwards, kay?"

"Yup!"

*"End"

"End....

POV: 1st year

~~Remus~~

“But I don’t understand James,” said Sirius looking confused, “Why wouldn’t you do schoolwork on Saturday and Sunday? That’s what Mother and Father had me and Reggie to do. And Father went to work those days too.” James sighed. “Well, for everyone else, those two days are called ‘The Weekend’, and you usually don’t have to go to work or school. You clean and relax and just...

“You do know what a weekend is?” Myrtle said through her screen door.

The android detective tossed her a comical confused look. “Does not compute,” Hacthet said. Then he started do the Funky Robot dance on Myrtle’s front porch. Myrtle opened the door and pulled him through.

“I have neighbors.”

“You wouldn’t think so from that outfit,” Hatchet said.

Myrtle re-tied her bathrobe over her pajamas. He...

Everyday we work

Working hard for the money

Needing a day off

Tessa🦋...

I walked into my third class, more nervous than I had ever been before. They were all staring, and I wondered why. Mom had told me I was different. That people were cruel and would do anything in their power just to see me suffer.

At the time, I just thought she was being dramatic. Turns out she was right. Not even my science partner from second period would speak to me, and we had a worksheet to...

The bell has run to signify the end of the week. Kids scurried out of the classroom, ready to become couch potatoes, laying on the couch, picking up their controllers, turning on their Xbox or PlayStation and playing for countless hours. They most likely also stuff their bodies with unhealthy foods like chips, crackers, soda and pizza.

And while they do that, I stay behind. I write endlessly on a...

“Alright then, Jeff. Hope you enjoyed your first day. See you Monday”, Rick announced, grabbing his briefcase from beside his desk and straightening his suit.

Jeff, the new guy, paused in the middle of getting ready to leave, only one arm through the armhole of his jacket.

“Monday? That’s three days from now. What about tomorrow?”, he asked with a frown.

Now it was Ricks turn to frown, confusio...