gripping the handle of my machine gun and firing onto the soldiers once again. My barrage of lead was quickly put to rest as yet another bullet left the barrel of a sniper. This time it did the job. The bullet hit my neck‚ severing my carotid artery and just missing my spine. I fell to the hard‚ dusty concrete floor. Laying in a pool of my own blood‚ the Russians cheered about their small victory. Disappointed‚ I close my eyes for the last time‚ beginning my descent into
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Even though she was too young to recall it all‚ Ayala could vaguely remember the happier times when her Master’s eldest son and his six handsome brothers came to visit. There was always food galore and plenty of noise and chatter to go along with it. They were somewhat of a rowdy crew and whenever all seven boys and three girls got together‚ she’d find herself staying up half the night listening in on their wild and elaborate tales. She was convinced her Master’s daughters were as equally amusing
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formulated‚ grazing the grade 1 seven stripes that were sewn on. Stripes of courage‚ rank and acknowledgement. *** My father slowly wiped down the Lee-Enfield while I filled up the metal canteen. “Father‚ is it going to hurt the rabbit?” He let out a short laughter‚ finished with a smirk and a smile offering me to polish the .303 that he was wiping. “Come on son‚ if you have a mind as weak as that‚ you won’t make it past a private.” *** Taking a sip from the warm scented cup‚ the cross dangled down
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Sweat drips down my forehead; I take my visor off to briefly brush away the hair curled up on my face as I was called to take a break‚ but I didn’t want to stop‚ really. I was in the zone. I sat down and loosened up for the first time since rush hour. Once again‚ I adjusted my one-size-too-large hat. After my thirty minutes were up‚ I came back to my position. I wasn’t supposed to be here‚ but here I was: handing out orders at the drive-thru for Bridgeville’s very own McDonald’s. Sometimes‚ I
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it. “Clown’s Alley? You muggles are weird.” Sirius questioned as Olivia dragged him inside. Trying to explain to Sirius how bowling worked was proving to be more difficult than Olivia had expected. She caught him whipping out his wand more than once. “Well‚ I’m winning.” Sirius declared proudly as the game was wrapping up. “Yeah because you’re a cheater‚” Olivia grumbled and Sirius grinned at her
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Prolugue I’m Charlette‚ but most people call me Charle. This is my story. The story about a girl‚ just a girl. No magically fairies or wizards‚ no queens or kings and nothing different from the world you live in now‚ yet some people might find this fassinating for reasons unknown. I’m a normal girl‚ well as normal as a 14 year old girl gets. My brown eyes and brown hair blend with a crowd and my average height and weight don’t stand out. I don’t really work to hard with my grades‚ so they are
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a change. The sea breezes were dancing around me as I waved goodbye to my ma and pa. Tears streamed down my face as I looked at what I was going to be leaving‚ it was my life and my past. Each of the children were given a photograph of the last time we were all together‚ including our dog Marcy and my ma and pa. Their small hands drifted in the breeze while waving goodbye to everything they knew in this world‚ for they had not yet been to another country before‚ nor had they ever left the world
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that we once knew become foreign. There are always new words to learn that is why we have to keep practicing by reading‚ communicating with other people‚ writing‚ translating‚ etc. I am lucky that my family speaks Spanish already‚ and at school I keep practicing my English. A lot of people up north only know one language‚ which is sad to hear every time they tell me this. Nowadays for me learning a new language is interesting and exciting at least I look at it like that. If I had more time I would
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picture all in my head‚ like I was watching a movie. Then she began repeating the story she had just told me‚ and I realized that she was merely talking to herself. Although this discovery disenchanted me at first‚ I soon realized that‚ although the woman was talking to herself‚ she still had so many fantastic stories stored in her mind. The residents of the home all had some life flittering in them and numerous stories to share; they just need someone to listen to them. After my experience at the home
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everyone. The owner was a complete bitch‚ we’d wake up every morning at six to help clean and start cooking‚ we showered once a week in a shared bathroom. I was so quiet no-one even knew what i sounded like‚ sometimes i even forgot what my own voice sounds like. Here i am writing in this diary‚ letting all my emotions and expressions out‚ it was the only thing i ever told my story to. I cut every night‚ my blood gushes out like a tap all over my clothes. I feel so depressed‚ rejected‚ betrayed i just
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