and slowly crept its way up my legs and into my chest. It felt like my very body was being burned from the inside‚ I tried to cry out but no matter how hard I tried to screech‚ to yell for help yet no sound would come out of my mouth. Eventually I lost consciousness and collapsed to the floor in a heap never having let go of the crystal. My name is Hox The Blackhand and this is my
Premium English-language films Debut albums Trojan War
Everything began on that gloomy Sunday afternoon. I remember all the little details about that day like it was yesterday. I was late to my part-time job at The Alienator‚ a small‚ alien themed fast food joint on the corner of 2nd and Main Street. With coffee stains on my shirt‚ my hair a ruffled mess and my shoes on the wrong feet‚ I sprinted down the sidewalk‚ rushing to work. Breathing heavily‚ I was so focused on dodging and slipping past people‚ that I didn’t realize what was happening to my
Premium English-language films Food Walking
Cuauhtemoc the cat sprinted alongside the Spirit of the forest‚ and his tail flapped behind him like a flag. Occasionally he would stumble--not just because the ground was uneven but because things kept erupting out of it. A fleet of deer‚ a flight of squirrels‚ mounds of loamy soil‚ mazes of dewy grass‚ a kitten crying out at the first light of the sun‚ a lion exulting over a meal. All the while‚ a chorus of golden birds followed them and sang a dizzy tune to the beat of their Mother. The Spirit
Premium Cat English-language films American films
only spiked her adrenaline‚ igniting the familiar burst of energy she had felt before any promising battle. This battle‚ as Adam had already pointed out‚ wasn’t worth their time‚ but it was still a significant milestone for Adam who hadn’t actively participated in any duels since his early retirement. It was sure to do them both some good practicing some old habits in case they would encounter real problems and stronger opponents ahead. Fei didn’t think her body would remember her own
Premium
Isolated. How else was I supposed to feel? Lost maybe? How was I supposed to cope with a decision I knew I wasn’t a part of. The sound of the rolling tires against the highway asphalt fused with the sound of the humming from the car engine. I had just spent a week in Yosemite as part of an 8th grade trip and had come back to realize that my parents had bought a brand new house. It was all excitement and happy smiles until my dad told me the location of this new house... “Fremont.” The words rebounded
Premium Family High school English-language films
was lost‚ for I had nothing to say. I was a mime walking. What should someone do when the most important person in their life dies? Do you sit there‚ do you cry‚ do you ignore everyone? The funeral lasted for an hour and thirty-two minutes‚ from start to finish‚ in a church dressed for the occasion.This funeral was also one of which I was prepared to speak at. Not to people or to an audience‚ but to God. We were in a Holy Church honoring a corpse but that isn’t what I wanted. I wanted her and her
Premium Christianity God Jesus
The short story‚ “The plan‚” is about the narrator‚ the protagonist of the story‚ who strongly believed that Greg and Amanda‚ partners in crime‚ wanted to kill her in order to have $10 million for themselves. The money was originally stolen by all three people from the bank. The story takes place in modern day California where a lot of bank robbery happens in real life to make the story seem more realistical. Since this story is told in the narrator’s perspective as though he or she was retelling
Premium Narrative Fiction Short story
Kara Howland October 10‚ 2002 M‚R‚F-10am "VANKA" After reading the story entitled Vanka I was both amused and saddened. Vanka was a poor orphan child who was obviously quite desperate due to the miserable conditions of his life. The child Vanka is reaching out in desperation to his grandfather much like any individual might reach out to a higher authority that he or she believes in with great faith and hope. As is often the case in seemingly hopeless situations‚ people will promise things
Premium Family English-language films Fiction
I’m standing right at the edge of what it seems like the end. My little toes hug the sides of the edge‚ begging not to take one more step closer. I stare into the calm blue beast beneath me and it stares right back. I could tell that the beast knew how scared and nervous I was. I cautiously dipped my right foot into the water; big toe first and the rest followed. “There is no way I can do this‚” I thought to myself. “The water is not the right temperature‚ the lifeguard is not going to help me‚ my
Premium English-language films Mother Family
reaching over for the pilot’s headset. This action had most likely make the plane location not work. Brian begins to accept the fact that the search planes might not rescue him for a few days.Panic‚ Brian felt works to calm himself‚ determined to find something to eat and to make a shelter. Brian recalls the time he spent playing in the city park with his best friend Terry‚ who he suddenly wishes were with him.
Premium