I just want to get this story out there, inculding the rare Chapter Five
The super story! (Working title)
Chapter one: The prologue
“Hi my name is Olivia M. G. Cherrie, (My mom is from
“Honey, I’m sick. Could you run downtown and get some carrots so you can make soup for me?” asked mom.
“You mean I hafta walk all the way across town? You know my bike got stolen…Your not thinking about sending me to the old lady’s fruit and veggie stand are you?” I replied.
“She is the only one with reasonable prices,” said mom.
“Fine mom, but can I buy myself a carrot?” I groaned.
“Sure just don’t get cramps!” Mom is always looking out for my “health index from my toes to my nose”.
As I walked downtown I saw the old homeless guy that always calls me Tabitha from that old show “Bewitched”. He believes that there are some magical veggies that turn people into super-people.
“Hi there Tabitha, have you gotten any nice veggies lately?” said the old guy.
“No sir, I am on the way to get some carrots right now. From the old lady downtown” I replied.
“She was my girlfriend once. Then she started dating her cat…”
I walked away trying not to laugh. He told me his life story once, about how the “government” locked him away in “
“Be careful young one! There are people watching you with cameras in their teeth everywhere! UH OH THE COPPERS!” he said as the cops showed up “Did ya know that they don’t let you tell people about secret government plans to make a super race to fight on the moon!!?” He was still trying to have his last stand before he gets locked away again.
He had been yelling all through the night last night trying to “prove he wasn’t crazy”. That’s how good the cops are in our neighborhood. If some one reports a crime that’s not a murder or a case were they can get free food that “other cases take priority”.
“Was he bothering you little girl?” asked one of the cops as he ran trying to catch up with me. I walk fast for an 11 year old.
“No sir. And I’m 11 so please don’t call me little. I get hassled by crazy people all the time. One time this guy said he was some famous actor from the 60s” I was about to launch into one of my famous stories. This was one of my personal favorites.
“Well Miss 11 year old I don’t have time for stories right now, but my daughter goes to school with you and I hear your mom is single so give her my number and we can go to dinner or something…” the cop interrupted.
I walked to the old lady’s fruit, veggies and bookstand. The street was empty expect for a few stray dogs and spray painted trash cans.
“How long have you sold books here?” I asked the old lady. I’ve never been to her store before but my mom has.
“Very nice thank you. And my name is Raylay” she replied.
“HOW LONG HAVE YOU SOLD BOOKS HERE?” I shouted. I guess she is hard of hearing.
“We close at 6. And my name isn’t Mooks.” Raylay just wasn’t getting it.
“Ah forget it!” I said as I started looking for carrots.
I picked out around nine or ten carrots and I got my self the biggest carrot. It was green but I got it anyway. At the time I thought it was from
“How much do these carrots cost?” I asked Raylay.
“It might rain I think.” replied Raylay. “But you can’t walk away without paying. That’ll be a dollar seventy five.”
As I handed her the money I asked, “Did you know that guy that is always talking about super-people down
“Supper Peeping? I never heard of that. On the subject of supper you better get home before it snows!” replied Raylay
I guess its back to “
Chapter two: Walk on!
As I walked home from the old ladies shop I ate my green carrot. All of a sudden I saw extremely well. A little old lady is about to get ran over by a truck! I sprinted…Wait. I couldn’t sprint before! When I tell people I can’t sprint they think I’m handicap but I’m not. Was that crazy guy right? Could fruits and vegetables really turn people into super people?
“No need to fear…I am here,” I yelled as I saved the little old lady
“Thank you Spiderman!” the little old lady said
“I’m not Spiderman” I replied
“Then I’ll make you a better costume maybe ‘Bunny-girl’, nah that sounds like a bunny that got turned into a girl. Are you one?” this lady is weird
“No ma’am. I ate a green carrot and got super-vision. And speed” I tried to be as nice as I could but I was so annoyed
“Then how about the
I nodded my head and said “Can you get it done by 2:00 tomorrow?”
“I’m sure I can. If my grand-daughter can be your side kick”
This lady looked like she had been to like a million yard sales so she could out haggle me any day
“Sure” I agreed “but I’m not sure about this whole super-hero thing.”
“Hidden deep within a Forbidden Book there is a list of all people that are or were a super-person. Good and Bad alike and I…make costumes for them all. I am the ‘Thriftier’ because I get the stuff I need to make costumes from the thrift shop. But my true identity has never been revealed.” Explained the old lady
“Wow. That’s amazing! My costume gets done by the best!” I exclaimed. Some people walking down the street looked at me like I was crazy. “She is making my Halloween costume.” I explained
“Also I am a shape-shifter. Am I really a little old lady? Or am I…” the old lady said as she started change “…your mom? Only one person knows who I am really. And you encountered that person today. Or you‘ll encounter them later. But I can’t tell you who”
“I better be getting home. I’ll see you at the library. 2 o’clock!” I said as I ran, not walked as I usually do, home.
“Mom I’m home!” I yelled up the stairs. No responds. I guess she is asleep. I quietly diced the carrots being careful not to waste any of the juice because mom likes the carrot juice to be in the bowl. “Mom, you awake yet?” I asked again as I added the hot sauce and apple slices. She still wasn’t responding so I went upstairs to check on her. There I saw her. Gagged and tied to her bed and in the corner was a dark, hidden figure.
Chapter Three
“Who are you?” I exclaimed
“No one you need to know. If you join forces with me I’ll show you how to really use your powers. Including the ones you don’t know you have!” the replied calmly. He sounded liked one of those door-to-door salesmen. “You can call me Shadow-Traveler. I hide myself in the darkness and I can time-travel. Now I shall tell you my back ground story!”
Okay this guy is an evil genius I guess. I can’t see him but he sounded so calm and nice.
“It started when my mom, she was a nuclear scientist, found out my dad was a vampire. I was eight at the time so I had no idea what a vampire was. I went down stairs and told my mom my neck was hurting. She examined my neck and saw two teeth marks. ‘Here son’ she said ‘I need to give you a shot. It can make you go anywhere in the world. What I need you to do is find super-people and bring them here – to the year 4005 and stop your dad’. That’s why I’m here to get you.” He said as he walked out of the shadows. He was only nine or ten years old!
“I though you’d be older” I said trying to sound disappointed. He wasn’t ugly but he wasn’t the cutest boy in the world. He was kind of cute. Maybe…Snap out of it! He’s a vampire from the future. “I can’t go with you today or tomorrow. Because…”
“I know your story” he interrupted. “You’re a legend! You need to meet with the old lady tomorrow but you can’t go. There you will get your sidekick. She will turn you evil. She’ll want to kidnap boy bands, movie stars and French models. So just forget her and join me I’ll be your ultimate sidekick!”
“I can’t. I promised this lady so Thursday I can come with you. If you can’t wait then I won’t come with you,” I said calmly. I was scared. I didn’t know what to think. Then it came to me. I clapped twice. The lights came on.
“Hey what cha do that for? You know future vampires can’t be in any light…Oh wait you don’t! The sun explodes in 3010 and the vampires forcefully adapt to be scared of any form of light.” He said as he ran into my mom’s closest.
“You stay there till Thursday. Then I’ll think about going with you to the future. Do you have any stocks tips for me?” I said as un-tied my mom. “Come on mom I made soup”
“Who was that that tied me up?” my mom asked.
“Just a, uh, guy I hired to pull a prank on you” I lied.
He was such a good actor I felt like I was a real kidnapped person” She fell for it!
“Its getting kinda late I think I’ll go to sleep” I said as I yawned
“Good night Olivia”
“That should take you up to speed about what happened. But I still have a lots more to do. I’ve got to deal with a futurist vampire, little old ladies and…”
Chapter Four: Thursday
“…horses?!?!!?!?” I couldn’t believe my ears
“Well mental disturbed” my mom never said crazy “phantom horses.”
“But why are they attacking the library?” I asked
“I don’t know but I heard it on the radio right before I got tied up…”
So it was him! The evil genius kid summoned Phantom Horses to ruin the town so I can’t get my costume. I guess I’ll need to fight my way to the library before 2:00.
“Mom I’m going to the library but I’ll be okay. I know all the back roads. The horses can’t get me.” I said as I was half way out the door
“Okay just grab a sweater!” replied mom
“Fine mom” I said.
I didn’t see any horses out side. But everyone was gone not a single shop was open. The library sign said closed but I pulled on the door anyway. It opened so I went it side.
“Hello? Anyone here?” I called out.
“I’m back here!” a voice replied “And I’m not coming out until you come over here!”
I walked toward the voice. I didn’t see anyone. Then I saw something on the floor. It was hairy and small.
“What are you?” I choked out
“What do you think I am?” the voice replied “I’m a rabbit!” Then the rabbit started to change shape. It was The Thriftier. “Rule number one: Never believe anyone unless your sure you can 100% trust them.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know. I don’t know what to think. I’ve had such a tough week.” I was in tears
“Rule number two and three” a new voice said “Never apologize and NEVER cry”
“You’ll have to forgive my grand-daughter. She learned all the rules and recites them whenever she can.” The old lady said apologetically “See Adanma its okay to apologize SOMETIMES.”
“Sorry granny. But you know I can’t help it” Adanma replied
“She has rage issues. If she gets really made she’ll turn into a elephant or a rhino. I had to take her out of public school. So I started a home school for super-people. I would like to extend a innovation to you. We do require that you stay a good-guy and fight for the rights of people and stop bad guys and all that jazz.” Just as The Thriftier finished her mini-speech then lights went out and the library door swung open
“NO ONE CAN STOP ME NOW.” A voice said. He flew in a swept me of the ground. “Come and get her old lady!”
“No one calls my granny an old lady” said Adanma yelled as she turned into an elephant. She made a few grasps at me and Shadow (my new nickname for Shadow-Traveler) but she failed.
Then it was all a blur. Thriftier shape-shifting. A loud POP. Yelling. And an elephant doing its noise. Then for about thirty seconds nothing. Was I in the future? Did some one save me?
Chapter five: The big Trip
I woke up in my own bed. I was told that “The ‘Pop’ was the library’s lights coming on. The yelling was Shadow. The elephant was Adanma turning back into herself. And that Thriftier turned into a pile of feathers to save my life.”
I also heard Shadow was running lose somewhere in town trying to find me.
“Mom, do you have any books for me to read?” I asked. I was still in bed. I had a badly sprained knee and I couldn’t walk.
“The old lady you saved from a truck stopped this book by” mom replied. It was a book called “So you want to be a super-hero”. I guess my mom thought it was a comic book or something because she looked at it like it was childish. I opened it up
“These are the rules for super-heroes in the eyes of the Association of Super-People
Rule 1: Never believe anyone unless your sure you can 100% trust them
Rule 2: Never apologize unless you’re sure you did something wrong
Rule 3: No crying unless some one a) dies b) you get hurt c) a major tragedy happens
Rule 4: Save old ladies and puppies to get good publicity
Rule 5: If being a super-person becomes a) not fun or b) too much of a strain just quit.
Rule 6: When on a mission you are a super-person. You must keep track of who you know and who your alter ego knows”
After that I dozed off.
“Olivia. Wake up. Its time for you to come with me” a voice said. Oh great it’s Shadow
“What do you want? You tired to kill me. Now do you really think that, here in my own house, you can take me away to the future?” I replied
“Yes” Shadow said as he grabbed on to me. “Now we’re leaving.”. Then I heard footsteps
“Hey there Livy! What’s he doing here?” Adanma said as she grabbed onto me. Then I felt like I was on a roller coaster. Flashing lights went by. Then I screamed. At least I was still on my bed
“Are we time traveling?” I screamed at Shadow
“Yes. And now I must…drop off Adanma at her stop” Shadow said in a voice a whole lot deeper than his own. He pried Adanma’s hands off of my bed. She fell yelling into some place that looked like earth but it was filled with robots. “Now that she’s down with I can return home, to the year 4010, to stop my father. Who knows who he has bitten by now” Shadow was slowly returning back to his own voice
“You know what you are? You’re a self-centered brat” I said harshly. I didn’t care if I was being a pain in the bottom “You don’t want to stop your dad. You want to destroy your dad because he is getting more attention than you. Plus I think you have a crush on me. You thought my friend was going to take up more time that you could brain wash me into liking you. Or into joining the bad guy side or whatever you call your selves”. When I got done with my speech Shadow turned dark red and began to cry.
“It’s true. I do like you. But I am not a brat.” he leaned in close to me “And I have something better than brainwashing. You’ll be my vampire queen and we shall rule all time!”. He showed his fangs and tried to bite me. I kicked him in the face “NOW YOU GOT ME MAD” he hissed. I gave him on hard kick in the gut and he fell of my bed. Then I thought “Oh no. He was my ticket out of here. I hope some on finds me before I go into the end of time”
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