The room began to spin and Ella held on to her bed.The spinning made her dizzy and she closed her eyes tightly together until she felt the air become , cleaner and fresh. The whispers of the wind on her cheek made her draw in a deep breath of morning dew.She opened her eyes to the majestic view that lay ahead.She was out in the forest. The only thing that came from her room was the bed she was still sitting on.Ella pinched her arm twice to make sure she was not dreaming and definitely not dead.The cooing of the exotic birds filled her ears and the honey suckle and wild berries filled her nostrils as she sat up taking in deep breaths.The colourful plants and large trees blocked out most of the sun, but where the rays of sunshine broke through the leaves , sparkled like glitter.Ella's eyes had adjusted to the new lighting but the goblin was still struggling to adjust."This is cheating he shouted. She knew that this us my weakness. I can't see in such bright light." The goblin mo
Charging towards her at a progressive speed, the goblin pushed out his arms, clawing at the witches stomach.She wailed in pain as she beat down on his back.Ella sat wide eyed , it was hard to say who was going to win. They both had strength and stamina. Although the goblin was much shorter, what he lacked in height, he made up in width.Blood and flesh covered the floors, and when it was all over, no one was standing. Both goblin and witch , were out for the count and Ella smiled to herself.She couldn't believe that Jon had underestimated her wit.As they moaned and grovelled on the floor, Ella picked up the phone.A few minutes later, Jon walked in with a few people. They bagged the witch and the goblin and cleaned up the floor.Ella smiled in content. It was was if nothing had ever happened."Where are all the interesting ones?" Ella laughed loudly." I want something that will make me feel like a damsel in distress.""Don't wish something like that Ella. The high witch won't let
Ella smiled to herself and walked further down the street just far enough not to be seen but near enough to see what was happening.As Ella hid at the side of an abandoned building, she watched the police with their search dogs.The dogs sniffed around until one stopped at the swing. Ella smiled to herself, her plan was working, she had totally forgotten about the blood moon until she felt hot breath on her neck.She turned around and looked at the horrifying Minotaur. His curled horns protruded out of his head like two dirty twigs.His red eyes and hairy face made her gasp and shiver. This was the first time she had seen a Minotaur in real life. In fact all the mythical creatures she has seen so far, only existed in books or in her imagination.He pinned her to the wall and squeezed her neck slowly watching her gasp for air while he laughed evilly." Little girl. You are now mine. I will take you to the high witch and get my beautiful reward." The Minotaur roared.Ella clawed at his
"What is the commotion?" Captain Wilds walked up to the femal officer who was staring at the body of the Minotaur. "Urghhhh. What is this? There is a lot of weird things happening around here these days. It's as if the gates of hell had been opened in Salt Rock." Ella held her breath, she did not need the attention drawn to her. She peeped from around the building as Captain Wilds took the officers baton and poked at the lifeless body."Do we call forensics? The local mortuary or the animal rescue organization to collect this body?" The policewomen asked." That's a good question." Captain Wilds played with his beard." IL call the morgue to collect. It is mostly human." She took out her cellphone and dialed the number.As they all stared at the body, it began to excrete smoke. They stepped away and within a few minutes the body had completely disappeared.They were creeped out, shivering and shaking they walked back to the vehicles."Nothing much to say." The female officer disconn
Ella reached the entrance of the hotel .The first step she too through the doors were stopped by an invisible force.She wished she did not wonder so hard when and where.She bumped her head into the glass and cursed at her stupidity for thinking it was some magical force holding her back.Jon slid the door open, just a crack for her to slip in."Why are the doors closed?" Ella asked. It was still daylight." The doors are closed for safety reasons. There was a huge troll earlier on, swinging his club around , looking for you I assume." Jon smirked a little." Wow. A troll. That's something I haven't seen before. Do you think I should go out or just wait here for him to come to me?" Ella asked sarcastically." That's not the last of it. There has been so many mythical creatures surfacing, it reminds me of that awful day many many years ago." Jon blinked his tears away."Ella it's time you get caught, before this town is left in shambles. They will not stop until they get you. "" Alr
"Over my dead body!" Ella wanted to scream but it just spilled out of her like a glass of milk, COLD!"Exactly the point my dear. Over your dead body. I don't even care about the high witch and her power or her stupid potion. She just gave me the perfect host. I will kill you here and now if I have to." The shape shifter spat out venomously." Wow . You really are determined to have my life. You think it's so easy being me?" Ella teased. Ella knew she had to toy with the snake in front of her until she let her guard down." What's there to dislike. I watched you this morning, kill a chubby fairy. You tricked a goblin and a witch. You do have a good brain up in that head, so definitely you don't have much trouble, except the witch that wants your blood." The shape shifter continued forking noodles into her mouth.Ella could sense that she was starting to be less guarded and a little more pushing would leave her wide open for attack." Do you really think I'm that innocent? My thoughts
Ella turned around expecting to see an big,ugly creature with crooked teeth, dirty clothes and wooly hair.She squeezed her eyes shut , hoping that when she opened them, he world vanish as if this was just a bad dream."Why close your eyes little girl. Don't you want to meet me? The person that's going to deliver you to the high witch." The troll laughed.Ella opened one eye slightly, she saw him emerge from the rose bush. The roses were his hair and Ella stood stunned." I am so sorry." Ella realised that she had pulled his hair when she plucked the rose." I didn't know."He didn't have crooked teeth and his clothes were a little worn out but he did look less scarier than she imagined.He didn't have a huge fat nose and big horn like ears. She wondered if she was mixing him up with and ogre or if they were part of the same family .He looked like a retarded human boy, only bigger in size, with a rosebush as hair.Ella thought the hair could have just been hereditary."So you have wai
Ella's heart was filled with sadness as she asked." And?""And, the potion of the afterlife would bring my parents back to me." The troll wiped a tear and looked at Ella.This was the first worthy explanation she had ever heard throughout the day. She wondered if it was true or if he was just pulling her leg."Do you think it will work?" Ella asked." It may just bring back one of them. But it's worth a try." The troll shrugged."Do you think trading my life to bring back your parents is worth it?""I don't. But what choice do I have. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and I have to take it. I feel awfully bad to do this but if I don't, someone else will. The high witch always gets what she wants !" The troll was being honest and Ella appreciated his honesty.After much thought she replied," alright then. Take me in. I will give you no hassle.""Really?" The troll looked at her confused." But why?""I think you have a big heart and that deep down inside you are just a broken lit
"Trust you?" Ella choked out. She was a mix between furious and panicked. She was worried about Tyler , scared of Brook and now the person that betrayed her is asking her to trust him."Yes. Ella. I am sorry. I know I can't change the past but I can protect you now." Bobby inched his way closer to her." My sister wouldn't have needed protecting if you just stayed faithful to her. "Ella stepped back.From the corner of her eyes, she watched Brook start to sit up on the ground. " Her heart pounded in her chest and her hands shook.She started to bang the gym door frantically, screaming for Tyler." No one is coming for you Ella. Trust me. I will keep you safe from Brook. " Bobby grabbed her arm tightly.Ella screamed loudly as he began to pull her towards the forest behind the university.A loud bang, the gym doors swung open and a large silver grey beast jumped out. He sprinted across the park and toppled Bobby onto the grass.Those green eyes were unmistakable.Bobby let out a large
Three o clock came and Ella walked to the library. She felt like a disgrace for not being a team player and letting Tyler do all the work. She decided that although she didn't like him, she would just have to stick it out. Maybe she is wrong about him but only time will tell."Ella. You are being weird. I don't know why you don't like Tyler but eventually it will affect your grades." Mary stood behind Ella who was standing outside the library doors and looking in."Mary. It isn't what it seems." Ella said as she struggled to move her feet into the library. It was if her legs were jelly. Her mind was unwilling to go in no matter how much she persuaded herself."Oh no. Not this again. My Luna had been suppressed for so long and now I had to have a trigger." Ella thought to herself."Ella. We don't have all afternoon. If your aren't going to go in atleast step aside. Justin and I have an assignment to do." Mary snapped.Ella drew in a deep breath, calming her nerves. Her legs had now re
"A literary passage is an excerpt from a written text. It can be as long as a chapter, or as short as a sentence. Usually, the length of a literary passage is several paragraphs long. This excerpt can be any genre of literature, from poetry to fiction." Tyler answered the question.Ella thought that he sounded like a web browser."Thank you, Mr Style's. That is the correct answer." Mrs Moore clapped again." I guess we have two A grade students sitting next to each other. I am sure you two will get on like a house on fire."Ella rolled her eyes at that statement. There was no way she was going to be friends or even an acquaintance with him.Tyler smiled and looked at Ella who just stared at him coldly. There was tension in the air between them."Let us now dig deeper into the passage. What is this passage about? Who wrote it? Why do you think he wrote it? Does it have a deeper meaning?" Mrs Moore asked.The only two people who actually answered the questions were Tyler and Ella. "You
Ella's blood froze in her body when she heard the words that flowed out of Annie's mouth.Annie was apologetic but Ella was now growing angrier by the second. Annie had gone back on her word.She was supposed to make sure that Bobby, Brook and Jason spent their entire five year sentence in prison and rehab.Bobby and Brook were let off on good behaviour while Jason was on parole.Ella's fists clenched as she disconnected the call.She wondered if that was Bobby or just the boy she had met.Monday morning Ella reached her class and took her seat. Everyone was silent and Mrs Moore called someone in from outside of the class."Meet Mr Style's Tyler Styles.He had just transferred in from another college to complete his final year of journalism with us."Everyone greeted in unison and he nodded back at them.Ella knew that this was the boy from Salt Rock and it irritated her."Please have a seat next to Ella." Mrs Moore pointed to Ella.His surname made her stare at him coldly. She wonder
"Ella. Will you be my girlfriend." Scott whispered lovingly in her ear."This can't be." Ella mumbled to herself.Scott stepped away when he heard those words. He didn't stand a chance to be her boyfriend and she made it quite clear. He didn't want to offend her again by being in her presence after asking her such a question. Her answer was quite clear and Scott walked away.James followed Scott while Mary excused herself to go to the ladies.Ella stood frozen in place.It was dark where she had seen that familiar figure. She rubbed her eyes thinking that she was mistaken but those features were unmistakable. She looked at her phone and up again but the familiar face she had seen was now gone.Her throat was dry and her palms were sweaty.She weaved her way through the crowd to get a closer look at where she had seen that person she thought she knew so long ago.As people danced, Ella tried to maneuver her way through the basketball pitch without getting bumped. She had finally made i
*Three years later*Ella had forgotten about her revenge, she reminisced about the homecoming dance at Palm beach high as she touched the large trophy on the shelf in her dorm room. Although the university was a half an hour drive from her home, she opted to stay at the university. She thought that she would get more work done here than she did at home.She only had this to complete before she would do her practicals at the Palm newspaper firm.She now wondered if she ever did want to be a lawyer or was she just living in some fantasy.She felt as if she had sacrificed too much of herself.Although many boys at the university tried to date her, Ella wasn't much of the dating type. Most of them just wanted a quick fling or a long-term relationship that would probably end up in marriage. It was three years and Annie and Ella had drifted apart. Annie took up the full time job of being the management at the hotel and both their lives had become equally busy.Annie had even stopped tortu
Ella faked a smile. That afternoon she went home with a glum look on her face."Why the long face, Ella bear?" Patrick asked. He was concerned by her almost lethargic behaviour."The day I hate the most us tomorrow." Ella said as she dragged her bag behind her."I am guessing that it is the homecoming dance. We host it every year Ella. I think it will be good for you to go. You get a second chance . This time you might just enjoy it." Patrick tried to brighten her spirits and change her mind. "It's like rubbing salt to my wounds." Ella grunted." I know that it was a horrible experience, but it led you to me. Trust me. This won't be like the last dance. There is no Bobby or Brook. And besides you don't even have a boyfriend. Who is going to betray you? James Wallas? Or Scott Moore? But the most interesting question is, which one of those dodos is taking you to homecoming dance?" Patrick teased. His tone was light and full of giggles."Oh my gosh , dad. You never fail to surprise me w
The year was almost over , it was the last week of school and Ella had made a lot of friends since her book was published. She had written short stories afterwards for many other anthology books in different countries. Her had become so busy that she had forgotten about her past until they had announced a homecoming dance on the last day of school.Memories flooded Ella's brain and she stormed off into the rest room. The overwhelming feeling made her nauseas and she opened the tap, splashing handfuls of water, wetting her hair and her blouse.She patted her face fry with a paper towel and exited the restroom feeling slightly better."Are you alright?" Scott and James asked Ella as she took her seat next to them in the cafeteria.Ella smiled weakly. " I'm alright. I'm just not a fan of the homecoming dance."They both looked at eachother and then at Ella, they decided not to ask." Well, if you aren't going, then we aren't going." James sipped his milkshake."Don't be foolish. You can'
"Chapter Five.A surprise visit."Annie was laid to rest. Everyone returned home. Peter returned to his study to drown his sorrows with a bottle of whiskey. Martha took Adrianna to her room. It was 6pm and the house was silent. Suddenly a loud knock on the door startled Mr Russell. He peeped through the looking glass on the door and sees old Mr and Mrs Walters. He quickly opens the door and welcomes them in, escorting them to the large sitting room. They sat on the large grey and red L shaped couch. It was italian style, soft and very comfortable. They looked around while they waited. The room was designed beautifully. Annie had designed it herself, red and grey curtains. Her paintings hung on the wall. Throughout the house were Annie's paintings. All were unique like her, beautiful and elegant. They massive 85 inch flat screen was mounted above their electric fire place. And a small glass coffee table was in front of them, letters lay unopen on it. Old Mrs Walters instructed Russell