The sense of unese put me at ease because its the only sense of normality I have
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Old Works- The School of Deception
Authors Note: William, another friend of mine, and I wrote this. We discontinued it because it was very Harry-Potter-like.
The School of Deception
The Unknown Chronicles
By:William, Eddie Knight and That other guy
Chapter 1:
I
was on my way to school on the first Wednesday of the school year. As I was
walking to bus stop I felt so cold. It was a cold, cloudy, windy day here in
New York. I lived on the bottom floor of my apartment building, and walk to the
bus stop wasn’t to long. I reached the bus stop, and got in the bus.
The bus ride was as boring as normal. As
I sat on the cold grey seats and looking out through the foggy window, as usual
and saw kids on the street being bullied. As you probably think, I strongly
detest the sight of puny kids being bullied on the sidewalk for some stupid reason
like refusing to cough up lunch money. I wish I could ditch this bus and show
that bully whose boss, but I can’t.
School
went by like normal until dismissal. I left the sixth grade wing of my school.
I saw an eighth grader picking on sixth grader, and then I snapped. I walked to
the eighth grader and stole his lunch money. The eighth grader laughed at me
and told me to go away. That’s when I broke his jaw.
I
punched him right on his jaw and he squealed like a pig. He got mad and kicked
me, but I was too fast. I jumped over his leg and punched him square on the
nose. He looked like he had a packet of ketchup smashed by a gigantic
sledgehammer on his face after a much-needed nose job.
As
he ran away all the others who were crammed around to see the fight scampered
away as well. One of the gangly eighth graders looked me in the eye then ran
away. Out of his pockets fell a slip of paper. To this day, I don’t know why I
picked up that paper, but I did.
On
the piece of paper, it said, ”Hello, Jake Peters.” I thought to myself, “How does it know my name?” Before I
could examine it closer, I was surrounded at my new “adoring fans”. A few
minutes later, I was on the bus and the looming crowd dispersed. I was already
sitting on the cool, grey seats all alone ready to read my note. I took the
slip of paper and read it. This time, it did no longer said, ”Hello, Jake
Peters.” It said to go to a certain address at 8 p.m. The reason I did not tell
the certain address is for yours’ and my safety.
It
wasn’t difficult to sneak out, due to the fact that my dad is on business in
France and my mom is his assistant. The only person who was supposed to watch
me was a babysitter who paid me half her salary to lie that she’s there.
As I left for
the address, I stuffed my brand new Swiss army knife in my pocket. The walk
there was uneventful, until I figured out where the address will take me. The
old abandoned warehouse, which was significantly outdated. Its façade reeked of
industrial waste while the roof was on the brink of collapsing. I didn’t see
why the address would lead me here, to this pile of crap. As I finally approach
the warehouse, then I saw the man in the black hood.
Theft & and an update
I was about to post another installment of Old Works when it occurred to me that I haven't addressed the issue of someone stealing my work.
Bottom Line: If you steal my stuff then I will sue the crap out of you
Now for the update part. I have had ideas that I have written outlines for, that I haven't written so I think I might post the outlines. I also will post the outlines for the plots of my better installments of Old Works. If anyone has any questions about my writing or me or anything ask in the comments.
Now if you'll excuse i'm going back to spam posting Old Works, because I can.
Bottom Line: If you steal my stuff then I will sue the crap out of you
Now for the update part. I have had ideas that I have written outlines for, that I haven't written so I think I might post the outlines. I also will post the outlines for the plots of my better installments of Old Works. If anyone has any questions about my writing or me or anything ask in the comments.
Now if you'll excuse i'm going back to spam posting Old Works, because I can.
Old Works- A school paper
Authors Note: I only find this significant enough to post because its the first time I could see a hint of skill in my writing. (First as in chronologically, not first as in only)
Date written: Some time in elementary school
P.S. The grammar and punctuation are fairly bad, sorry.
Date written: Some time in elementary school
P.S. The grammar and punctuation are fairly bad, sorry.
MEMOIR
When I woke up on my soft
pillow-like bed I yawned completely oblivious to
the world around me. The pillow felt warm so I flipped it to
the cool side. It felt
lovely to my warm face. I looked at my clock; 10:30 is what
it read. That’s when the
thought struck me, today is Tuesday.
I
ran down the stairs to ask my mom why she didn’t wake me up. “Why didn’t
you wake me up” I asked my mom. “ I did and you wouldn’t
wake up. I took your
temperature, you have a fever.” I looked at her in
disbelief.
I
slowly walked up the stairs, I dreaded the days ahead because of the make
up work. I hopped into my fluffy bed and fell asleep. I had
a wonderful dream and
woke up several times before I finally fell asleep for good.
Two
days later and I’m still horrible sick. The boredom is getting to my head
and I was starving. “Can I have lunch!” I yell to my mom who
is down the stairs.
“Sure!” she yells back.
She brings me tomato soup around
fifteen minuets later. I ate the soup, and it
was very good. That’s when it happened. I spilled my soup on
the floor. Both my
dreams and my soup splattered on my floor. The stain on my
floor was blood red. I
stood there staring at my soup, dead. I asked my mom to
clean it up as I slowly
walked to bed.
The next day I felt better and was
determent to go to school. I got ready and
went down my stairs. I ran to the bus stop just in time. I
went to school and finally
felt better.
Old works- Stotic
Authors note: Stotic was my first real writing project. I wrote it with my friend a that we will call William. Will and I wrote this together based off of a dream that I had. In the dream the character Doff was portrayed by me and the character Ax was interchanging between William and the guy with the mustache on Mythbusters. Last edited: Unknown
Stotic
Stotic
By: Eddie Knight
&
William
Chapter one
Intro
Jonendoff
Hi, I am Jonendoff, but you can just call me Doff. I live in a world
called Stotic. We have three gods a rock and fire god, Rakal, an ice and water
god, Ckrelok, and a wind god, Sofyon. The world is a giant down hill slope. No
one has been to the bottom or the top. I live in a place called the green zone.
This area is filled with humans. There is a red zone filled with barbaric
humans. They are our enemy. The rest of the world is infested with Demons and
monsters. We have to survive.
This book is my best friend & I, no one (including him) knows his
real name, but everyone calls him Ax. Let me tell you more about us. Ax comes
from a family with a strong military background. His father was the best war
general our army had. His military strategy surpasses his fathers, and mine
own. After years of battle he came back without one scratch, but he lost both
his parents. I don't remember my parents at all. I grew up alone in the
streets. My life was horrible. I got so bored I listened in on the classes to
try and learn something. A warrior apprenticed me sometime later, but after a
year he went back into the military and never returned. I haven't heard of him
since. This is our adventure.
Chapter 2
The Fall
Doff
Ax and I were killing some time in our usual hangout. We stay in this
little cave in the outskirts of the green zone. The place was part of an old
mine. The floor and walls were made of rocks and dirt crudely put together. It
seemed to go miles into darkness. We have never tried to go that far down into
its depths though, because we weren’t sure if there were any creatures down
there. It held many valuable minerals, but the shaft was abandoned after people
began disappearing in it. It was deemed a safety risk. No monsters come around
here, and the humans are too terrified to leave the center of the green zone.
We were alone with nothing to do so we talked.
I had an idea. "Hey Doff I know that look in your eye. Whatever
you’re planning keep it to yourself before you get us killed." Ax said
brutally. "I am not planning anything." I lied. He knew he was right
and kept close watch on me. He seemed to be more mature and less fun than me than
usual, even though we are the around the same age. He was starting to get annoyed.
The longer this went on the more of an attitude adjustment he needed. Every
time I decided to do something fun he was there to stop me with some excuse of
me getting into trouble. It infuriated me when he was right, which was often.
"What are we going to do then?" I asked, smug. "We can go
outside the green zone if you want." he said, more smug than me. "I
thought you were the cautious one." I said. " A little exercise
wouldn’t hurt, would it?" He said. We agreed to go down south for a little
while.
The ground began to shake. We didn’t know what was happening. The walls
around us began to crumble before our very eyes. The closest place we had to a
home was destroyed. Luckily I made it out with few scratches and bruises but Ax
was bleeding badly. His arm was cut, and he was covered in bruises. I was
rushing to the nearest hospital, but I stopped dead in my tracks. I knew I
couldn’t afford any medical attention for him. I began to cry. Soon I realized
what I had to do. I pulled myself together, and I ripped off part of my sleeve
and made a makeshift bandage. I tied the cloth around Ax’s arm, and carried him
into t he swamp one region’s length down south.
I laid him down near a small stream. He told me not to worry, but this
made me worry even more. I was scared, more scared than I had ever been before.
He saw me worrying. He stopped talking, afraid that I might go insane out of
worry. He didn't seem to be in pain, but I knew otherwise. He looked like an
animal dead on a path, except he was fortunate enough to be moving. I saw the
look in his eye, it was uncertain. He didn't know if he would live of die, so
he pretended his life was going to continue for his sanity’s sake. I wasn't so
sure. He looked awful.
We were searching for berries to crush to make an herbal remedy Ax
taught me some time ago. Then all of a sudden I find the berries I want, and
mix them together and rubbed it on his wounds, as I smelled the putrid air of
the swamp, my heart began to race, I realized something important was about to
unfold.
I looked into Ax’s eyes and realized he sensed it to. Though his arm was
still injured I knew we needed to run. I picked him up and ran as fast as I
could. I didn’t know where I didn’t know haw far. I just ran.
Then I heard the scream of a child coming from the distance, and then I
suddenly knew it was war. I approached where I thought the sound came from,
there I saw the dead body of a baby girl. I attempted to run away, but the war
was growing more intense. Soon I was caught in the cross fire of a major
battle. I realized the battle was between the Red Zone and the native swamp
goblins. Arrows where just barely missing Ax as he hung there limply. I knew at
once I had to get him out of here.
Then it started to snow. It even caught the natives off guard. It was
the perfect diversion. As we were making our escape we saw a toad-like creature
appear out thin air. It solidified into a see-trough, light blue, scaly, toad.
Then I recognized it, Ckrelok! He had a menacing presence; everyone around us
was frozen out of shock. He looked out of place in the damp swamp. Before we
could say anything he began to attack. We knew what he was doing. He was
joining in the battle. This was the worst thing that could happen. He was on no
one's side. He was there to what seemed like protect us.
I was nearly killed with Ax. I was terrified. I decided it best to
fight. Grabbing a discarded goblin shield I lowered Ax into a safe spot. I
grabbed a sword and began to fight. Death was everywhere. Every time I injured
a man another ten died. Ckrelok turned to me. I picked Ax up, and using his
breath Ckrelok froze us in time.
Chapter 3
Sometime in the
future
Axe
I woke up on the murky ground of the swamp, hearing crickets chirp
softly in the distance. Doff was on his side a few yards from me. My cuts felt
better and I wasn’t bleeding, but I kept the bandages on. Doff wasn’t yet
awake, but he looked good enough.
Then Doff slowly woke up. " How long have we been sleeping here,
and how did we get here in the first place?" I asked. " How should I
know?" He said rhetorically. " Well then who does?" I remarked.
He was tired of me, and just plain tired
We got up and decided to look around and see where we where at. I felt
cold, but I kept that to myself. Doff probably felt the same way anyway. We
walked for a long time. I don’t know how long. My natural clock was out of
whack. I gave up on figuring out the time. I realized we should be focusing
more on when we where than where we were.
We soon came up on a large flat plain of rock that seemed to span on
forever. We were deciding whether on not to go on it. " I say we go on
it." I said. "Sure we should go and see where it leads." He
agreed sarcastically. We took a few steps on it, and we felt the presence of Rakal.
We sensed a power probably his own. Then the ground began to shake. We sensed
the danger and began to run. It was no use a whole in the ground began to open.
The next thing we knew we were falling and falling. I didn’t know where
we were falling to. The tunnel was smooth and made of stone. We kept going down
and down. The turns were smooth, and the rock was soft. We seemed to keep on
falling for hours. I lost my sense of time after… some time. We were falling on
a slant most of the way.
Then we were spit out of a hole in the wall and landed on an extremely
rocky cliff side. “How are we here on a mountain cliff!” I screamed.
"That’s not possible! Their gods Ax, they do as they please." Doff
reminded me. "I knew that." I scoffed.
I was thoroughly ticked off. Who else on the planet had to deal with two
gods hurtling them into trouble and annoying adventure in one life time. I had
no idea where the green zone was anyway. I was pretty sure it was up
considering how far down we had traveled.
We looked off the side of the cliff, and where amazed. "This is
incredible!" Doff shouted. " It is isn't it?” I reply back. Over the
edge of the cliff we had a view of an amazing rain forest. The air smelled nice
up here. Untainted with bloodshed around every corner. The greens where
vibrant, the blues deep, the reds warm and distinct. Purples that made me
breathless, oranges that resembled candlelight, and yellows vibrating from
every corner.
There was a mist that shrouded the land and its hue was pure golden.
There were trees interwoven all around. There were pine, oak, spruce, birch, willow
trees. They all came together in harmony. Flowers where doted here and there
pronouncing the colors of the rainbow.
It looked almost man made. No man can only dream of mimicking this
beauty it took nature eons to perfect this untouched, unspoiled landscape. It
was vast and spacious with the feeling of home to it.
The wind was
picking up. It was unusual for this time of year. It was picking up faster and
faster. I hoped it wasn’t, but I knew it was a god. "Doff this is getting
bad." I said. "Why would this be bad this is incredible?" He
asks nervously. "It's Safyon!" I shout over the wind witch is now
blowing extremely fast.
Suddenly a giant fist burst through the wall behind us. It was defiantly
Safyon. Only he could do this, the arm and fist where the size of fifty goblins
long and four goblins tall.
We were nocked back into the jungle. The cliff was no longer under me.
Instead was the vast expance of air between the cliff and the jungle. The
scenery was flying past us as we plumited away.... again. The last thing I knew
i was flying, and then I blacked out.
PART 2
A Mision
Chapter 4
WHAT JUST
HAPPENED!?!?!?!?!
Doff
I awoke to Ax
shaking me sensless. He had an ergant look in his eyes. As if he were scared
that I might be dead. Around us was the beautiful jungle we saw on top of that
cliff...that we were not standing on any more.
"Whats
going on Ax?" I ask. "I remember Safyon breaking the back wall of the
mountain. We where thrown off the cliff into the jungle where we blacked out
afterward." he replies looking relieved I was still able to speak."I
think we should servay the area." I say. "Alright thats probably the
best idea." he says.
We look around
and find weapons on the ground. A very sharp, strong, ornate looking ax Which
Ax takes and straps to his back. One other weapon is there. It's a large and
sturdy looking war hamer with an extended handle coming out at at least thre
feat. I take that and disconnect the brunt of the handle, which is securly
screwed into place, for what seems to be made to carry it easier.
We find
ourselves in thick foliage. Flowers and trees and twigs were everywhere. Escape
from this odd little jungle seemed impossible. No matter how far we went it all
looked the same. It was as if the entire jungle was one large maze in the
middle of who knows where. Ax and I got tired and decided to rest for a little
while.
"What's
that on your neck?" Ax asks all of a sudden. "What are you talking
about Ax?" I ask in return. "That weird device thing." he
replies. I looked down and saw it on my neck right there as he said it was. ”You
have one to." I say as I find it in the exact same spot on his neck.
We examine
them for hours. In the end we have no idea what they are. We try to take them
off to get a better look at them, but they seem to be part of our skin now. We
just can’t get them off. It's not that it's uncomfortable it just seems weird
to wake up in the middle of a strange jungle with some device attached to your
neck. We find buttons on them and as we speak our voices change. We decide that
they must be translators and move on.
As we moved
away from where we woke up it becomes more evident that there were cracks in
the earth. I felt the dirt. It was soft, wet, but clay like. We found a little
incline that took us up about ten feet up at a slow pace. Then we came on the edge
of a crater. I recognized what it was because of my training.
"What
happened here?" I ask. "It was us falling from that height!" Ax
gasps. I think of the shock waves our landing must have caused and agree, but
to do this much spread out damage is no un-incredible feat.
The night is
upon us so we decide to make camp. Ax decides to go and get some firewood, and
I impound a few rocks to make a flat space to set up. The rocks are tricky but
my hammer and I handle things well. In the end I’ve make a flat rock base under
some trees. I figure we could make a tarp in the trees and build some makeshift
hammocks lower down. We could cover most of the base with soft dirt just incase
and keep a fire there for warmth but far away enough that we don’t get burned.
Ax returns in
a little while with enough fire wood to last a week. "My axe was properly
worn in." he said when he saw the look upon my face. "Well We'll have
plenty for tonight!" I say happily, impressed with his handy work. we set
up the tarp and the soft base before sundown. We decide " Fire first then
the sleeping arrangements." The fire is roaring as we watch the sun set in
our new hammocks.
When the sun
goes down we talk about plans for tomorrow. In the end we decide on nothing. We
talk about how beautiful the area is, and how much plant and animal life there
is. Eventually we drift off.
Chapter 5
Doff
Explanation
I've found some of my old work (which is really crappy) and I feel like posting it. Thats why i'm starting a series call "Old works". I will have an authors note about what it is, who I wrote it with, and why I wrote it as well as the date it was last edited. I hope you enjoy my past failures.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Spare Change
There was a boy sitting all alone. Rain soaked his untamed brown hair and his torn clothing. He was sitting on the curb watching people running to their homes or cars, clenching their umbrellas as tight as they could. When they walked by no one would spare a second glance, let alone any money for the soaked top hat that lay on his lap.
He sat there, crying. I ran by him, just like everyone else.
“They said you changed” he snarled to no one in particular
He spoke in an unnaturally deep tine.
“They said you were kind” he continued, growing steadily louder.
His voice was so loud at this point that the ground shook when he spoke.
“They lied” He whispered.
The winds of the storm grew stronger and wilder, blowing away his hat. The clouds twisted into a spiral that descended to the ground, destroying all in its path. The homeless boy began to levitate off the ground as if the winds swept him into the air.
“I gave you your chance” he growled, addressing everyone around him.
Lightning started zapping random buildings around the city, causing explosions and setting fires. Suddenly the wind became even faster, I was caught off guard and I fell. He snapped his head in my direction and looked at me.
“A-are you the devil?” I stuttered, fearing that I would lose my life.
“On the contrary” he said as I stared into his deep blue eyes.
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