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Submitted to Contest #304
A Message Through Time By Cortlin PresleyMay 5, 800 A.D.Darkness veiled the world’s light beyond the slapping shutters. “Up, up! Time to greet the morning.”A groan emitted from the sheets.“Up, up!”The brown-haired, freckle-faced girl rose from her slumber. “Morning? What do you mean "morning"? It’s the middle of the night!”“Actually, Your Majesty, it’s the middle of the day.”Her voice shook with concern, “Lydia, what are you saying?”“I’m saying, Your Majesty, during last night’s battle, your kingdom was brutally burned. Until this rebellion ...
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Below deck, sweat drips down my face like dew on the morning grass. I whisper in his ear when a rhythmic:tick-tock tick-tock tickrings outside the cabin walls. He begins shaking.I freeze and look him in the eye. At that moment, I see him reliving it. The moment his hand was cut off and fed to a crocodile while I watched the flying kid and his PRECIOUS fairy getaway. His once agile hand is now a hook that all of Neverland fears and has earned him the name Hook, Captain Hook.To many, I am his goofy sidekick. The goof with a big nose, white sid...
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