We Need to Change

 

I heard a scream. It sounded familiar. The sound too familiar, like it came from someone I am with every day.  I raced to the end of the schoolyard where I heard the scream. There I found my brother being bullied. It was the girls who make fun of everyone: the mean girls. 

I quickly yelled to my best friend, Melody, for backup. Melody was always there for me. “Hey, there!’’ I said to The Mean Girls, “Stop bullying my brother!”  “Or what?’’ the girls replied. As they walked off, I angrily took my brother home.      

I did not know how to get revenge on them. It definitely would be hard. Their dad is the principal. I could not do something mean, or else they would tell their dad. I had to tell them something that will stick. I really needed to help my brother, because my mom died, and my dad is in the hospital, and I am the only one he has.  So I came up with a plan

Friday, I decided to go to the principal. I walked into the door and walked straight into the principal’s office. “Good afternoon principal Haney,” I said in a strong voice like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said in his speeches. “I need to tell you something. Your daughter and her friends have been bullying my little brother!”

“How do you know that?” The principal replied. 

“I watched them, we need a change!” my voice shook.

“I don’t think so,’’ the principal replied. “Here, use this to record their voices while they… IF they bully your little brother.” He passed me a camera. I knew two things wrong with this already. I had to see my brother bullied again. And I had to watch and record while it happened.

 There they were standing on the street yelling and teasing my brother. I turned on the camera and recorded. It was terrible watching my brother being bullied, but I had to wait. I needed to make a change: to put an end to the bullying. This was the only way to do it.

After five minutes, I turned off the camera, and pulled my brother to go home. “Why were you standing there not helping me’’? My brother asked. “You’ll see,” I said, “Tomorrow morning.”

The next day, as fast as possible, I went to the principal’s office with a smile on my face. To my surprise, the mean girls, and Melody were already there. “I called the girls to my office, and this girl came,” Principal Haney said. I handed him the camera. He turned it on, and it started to play.

 As soon as the camera started playing, the principal was gasping in shock. After about two minutes passed, he turned it off. He looked at the girls angrily. I was happy for me. I listened to the principal yell at the girls. After that, they said “sorry.” I was happy. They stopped bothering us, and they never bothered anyone else anymore. 

That incident has taught me to speak up, and do things that I do not like stop people from bullying.

 

The Backstory of the Ace Village

Once upon a time, there was an evil prince named Gordon. He had a dragon named Spikey. Spikey hated the prince because he was mean. Gordon was 20, and he was a light skinned, handsome, but evil prince who loved to trick people, and forced them to serve him. Spikey was purple, small, and he didn’t look like any other dragon. He especially didn’t look like an evil dragon. He was very nice and cuddly because he didn’t like being evil. 

One day, the evil prince Gordon told Spikey to go fetch him a princess so he can trick her into marrying him. Spikey didn’t like that idea. He hated being evil. He knew he had to do what Gordon asked him to do but then, he came up with a plan.

Spikey went and visited the princess to tell her about what’s going to happen. The princess was scared. She tried and tried to get out of the situation. Spikey calmed down the princess and explained his plan to her. “I will kidnap you, but don’t worry. I have to bring you back to marry Prince Gordon, but I promise I will help you escape.” Spikey and the princess agreed that if they didn’t go back soon, Prince Gordon would get mad and send someone to kill both of them. 

When they got back to the castle, the timing of the day was called candy hour. The event was held in the field that was in the center of the village. Around that time, all the pets had a moment of the day to be themselves – all pets but Spikey. Gordon didn’t like Spikey being around people who were enjoying themselves and had fun, so Spikey wasn’t allowed to go.  

The evil Prince Gordon knew that the princess liked Prince Charming, his brother.  He also knew that his dragon didn’t like being evil. Prince Gordon shouted at Spikkey, “I am going to lock you up at night starting now!!!!”  

The evil Prince Gordon put the princess in a dungeon. The dungeon was really dark. It was cold some days, and on other days it was very hot. There were blue and purple thick, heavy black bars. It was so cold at that moment. 

One-day, Spikey got the idea to steal prince Gordon’s keys. Before Gordon went to sleep, Spikey stole Gordon’s keys and went down to the cold dungeon. “Princess Mera are you awake?” Spikey asked. Mera said while shivering, “Yes, I am.”

“I’m going to help you escape tonight, or at least I’ll try!” said Spikkey. 

“Okay,” the princess said excitedly, “but can you at least get me a jacket? It’s freezing cold in here.” 

“Yes, at your service, Princess Mera!” 

As they approached the middle of the castle, they were seen by five guards in full armor. “Oh no,” Spikey screamed, “we have to be quick! They spotted us!” As they were saying that, they had heavy objects thrown at them. Spikey was trying his best to fight off the guards with his fire, and then out they went.

Spikey and the Princess finally got to the field where the candy hour event was taking place. They saw a man surrounded by animals. He was more of a familiar face than others. “IT’S PRINCE CHARMING!!” The princess screamed with a very big smile on her face. “That’s right! You’re the evil prince’s brother,” said Spikkey. That was the day Spikey met his new owner – Prince Charming.   

Back at the castle, Gordon had a feeling something was wrong. Spikey was taking too long in the dungeon. The evil Prince Gordon decided to go look for him, and he found out that the princess and Spikey were nowhere to be found. Gordon put up missing people flyers for his “wife” and “dragon.”

A month passed.

One day, a villager had told Gordon he had seen the princess and dragon with Prince Charming. Gordon was furious. “I’m going to get my dragon back! Call in all the guards!” 

Now Gordon and his army were put in a dungeon instead of Spikey because of that bad idea of trying to kidnap Spikey. He would have gotten away with it if they didn’t get caught by another guard on the good side. The evil prince suffered in jail for the rest of his life. 

Then, in the end, Prince Charming became the official king of the Ace Village….. The King and Queen Mera got married and had a princess named Samaya. 

Spikey was really happy with his new family on the good side and became the good king’s new best friend. 

 

 

Philly Poem

Walk down the busy streets of Philly 

To the library a few blocks away 

Get at least five books per week

At the playground I 

read while Elio played.

 

Pass, kick, shoot, Score! 

Playing soccer at Capitolo

Few things I love more

 

Hungry! Me and Elio say

Surprise! Going to P’unk Burger

Hooray! Hooray!  

 

The delicious cheesy burger

A gluten free bun

Fries covered in Vinegar

Oh foodie fun 

 

And my house, oh how I love my house

My awesome bedroom with biggest bed

Basement playroom, messy as ever

TV ready for Friday movie night

 

In June on a special day

Go to the Pride Parade

Been Out and Proud 

Since 3rd grade

 

Bright Rainbows make me feel Glad 

that I am safe and supported here 

 

I love Philly, 

Silly

City of

Gritty

 

Spider-Man

Spider-Man was on his way home, swinging through New York City when he got ambushed by the Green Goblin. He threw a pumpkin bomb at Spider-Man. Spider-Man webbed the buildings around him and trapped the Green Goblin. 

“Looks like you’re in a sticky situation, Greeny!”  Spider-Man quips as the Green Goblin angrily struggles to break free of the webs. The Goblin shakes loose of the webs and jumps on his hoverboard, flying away. “Not this again!” 

Spiderman quickly makes chase after the villain but to his surprise the Goblin had a plan. Out of his arms, he fires four shurikens at his pursuer. Spider-Man’s spider-sense kicks in, and thinking fast, he quickly dodges the Green Goblin’s attack. To Spider-Man’s surprise, the Green Goblin escapes. 

Spiderman stomps his feet in frustration. Looking for help, he heads to Avengers Tower to find Ironman. As Spiderman approaches Avengers Tower he feels his spider sense tingle. In front of the tower, he sees a giant pumpkin floating in the sky. Nervously he webs the Pumpkin. He swings the pumpkin around and throws it into the sky just in time. The bomb explodes in a flash and knocks spiderman to the ground. 

From the top of a giant building flies down the Green Goblin. “Why do you keep ruining my plans, Spiderdweeb?” 

“Its because you’re evil greeny.” He says firing a web at the Green Goblin, grabbing his hoverboard and slams him to the ground, knocking the Green Goblin out cold. He webs him up and police soon come to take him to jail. Unfortunately, villains don’t stay locked up for long. 

 

Home Poem

Home

 

Warm sugar cookies that my Grandmom prepares.

I love to look, I love to stare.

She always told me not to share 

What has been in her generations for years.

My Mom is sick with a cold. But she’s so bold,

We would not even know if she hadn’t told.

My Dad is kind, my Dad is nice, 

And he never shot down a game of dice.

My little sister is sleeping.

She is so peaceful, she doesn’t notice me peeking.

I can’t escape it, these feelings of home, 

But really, life is unknown.

 

Blue Sky

Blue sky at my house

Green grass near by the black road

The cat is orange

 

Red Butted Sheep

Long, long ago, before mankind, there were many peculiar creatures, such as flying giraffes, the fluffy octopus, tusked koala, sorsel, hawkacorn, pengwhale, lamster, and, of course, the headless chihuahua. There were many others, but it would take me forever to name them, so today we’re talking about none other than… the Red Butted Sheep.

Once upon a nondisturbed world, there was a flock of  Red Butted Sheep dangling from branches, swinging high and low.  At the time, all the sheep decided to leave the area and find better trees with more fruits and veggies. All but one; Shrimp. “Shrimp the Sheep”. 

He was sound asleep in his hammock, filled with leftover food and crumbs. Dreaming about food, food, and more food.  About an eternity later, he got up from his cozy cocoon and looked around for a bit, still having sleep in his eyes. After a couple of minutes of dead silence, he finally realized he was the only one there.  

 When he finished eating the remains of yesterday’s meal, he decided that he was hungry again.  He swung around the area but found no food. He thought to himself, so that’s why the flock left. Without further ado, he raced down the tree, a bit hesitant about his decision.  Just when he reached the ground, he knew there was no turning back.

Shrimp walked for days, mile after mile, knowing it would be time to eat soon or all you would see would be a corpse lying in the middle of the forest. A couple of minutes later, he stumbled upon a mysterious looking plant. It looked a lot like Lantana that the other sheep always spoke about. Each flower petal was like a beautiful blue, red and yellow diamond. Who could resist? 

But, they say it’s poisonous. Shrimp knew that it was either he ate the Lantana, feeling full before he’d die, or just die with an empty stomach. This was the easiest question ever, like having to choose candy or broccoli. Candy, duh

Soon after, Shrimp reached out, the smart part of his brain that rarely showed up, begged and pleaded with him to stop.  He simply ignored this warning, and his little monkey fingers proceeded to reach out. He caught himself but his fingers kept moving forward like a magnet. He gobbled it up and licked the remains of it off the ground, then tasted the unpleasantly sour lemon flavor.

The next day, Shrimp felt ill. It was like one side of his body was coming out as it pushed his stomach. Every time his tum tum grumbled it was like the left belonged to one person, and the right was owned by another. 

Months later, of full dreadful hunger, he saw little white balls of fluff in the distance. “It’s the herd!” He shouted with excitement! When he got there, he realized he was hallucinating, because it was only a cotton field.   Now that’s what happens when you’re in an unknown place and no one is there with you. 

He felt hopeless, his limping legs were trembling, his fur nappy and dry, the bottom of his hands weak and so. His eyelids heavy, his lips as dry as desert sand, and you could see his ribs. He was malnourished. 

He woke up in the middle of the night, feeling even more ill than before. His fur started to rip, and his skin was tearing apart, each bone popping and his squishy marrow rotting as his blood vessels burst open, shooting out blood everywhere.    

Even for him it was a gory sight. His flesh smelled of mold and the air was getting heavier and heavier, denser and denser, thicker and thicker, making it harder to breathe every second. There were puddles of blood and oceans of tears.  

He started to see an eye, then another as a fluffy head started to form. It was a short-haired creature he had never seen before. It had huge fangs and bubbly gums and a heart-shaped pink nose with brown wide eyes. He realizes what that flower did to him, he was splitting apart. 

He fell into darkness. It felt like forever. Then he saw a ray of light gleaming through his eyelids. He pried them open with the last bit of strength he had, but to his surprise, he was safe and sound in his hammock, just asleep. Everyone was there. 

He even still had crumbs and leftovers in his hammock  “Was this a dream?” he murmured. His ma trotted over and gave him a bowl of soup. “So it was a dream?” Shrimp whispered. Just when he thought it was over, he looked to his right and saw the same creature, but this time it was grinning. 

His mom said “It’s not a dream,” then put a sack over his head and swung a bat at his face to knock him out.

To Be Continued…

 

Problems

With all these problems in the world,

we need someone to make a twirl.

 

With our ozone layer tearing it apart,

we need people that have a heart.

 

Our ocean is polluted, filled with trash,

we need to empty it by using our cash.

 

With these problems, our earth could burn,

so we need to stop and take a turn.

 

But there are other problems beside the weather,

our world in general is tearing apart like paper in a shredder.

 

People are killing, robbing, and have no hope,

but we need to come together like a knot on a rope.

 

We need to love, we don’t need to hate,

you don’t need to hate, but rather appreciate.

 

Our world is filled with war, hate, and sadness,

when it should be peaceful, lovely, and filled with happiness.

 

All we need to do is love together,

so we all can become brothers and sisters.

 

Chicken Ball

Do you want to hear about an end zone of a team? Once there was a football team named the Chickens. The team was made up of real chickens. They were animals but they were really good. They were really good! They beat the Jaguars, Cats, Bears and Squirrels (not surprisingly).

After a lot of hard work the team made it to the Super Chicken Ball.  They decided to take the bus to this event. But, when they went on the bus, their toes were so sharp they broke the bus. So, they tried to fly but they couldn’t. Next, they tried to get a cab, “Bock, Bock,” but the people did not understand them. So, they didn’t get a cab.

They had one more idea! And that was to run on the highway. It worked!! 

They almost missed the game but they made it in time! They were playing the FOXES. They made it to overtime. The Foxes made a punt. There was one minute left. The Chickens threw an 80-yard pass and it was complete and they were 10 yards away from the end zone. They had 5 seconds. They handed the ball to the running back. He made it 5 yards and almost got tackled but didn’t and made the TOUCHDOWN!!