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Creative Writing: Empire Island

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“Scarlette, Scarlette, come here. You won’t believe what I’ve found,” My little sister, North comes bounding over to me, holding something in her tiny hand. She opens her hand to show me what she’s found. A tiny gray watch lies in her open palm, the worn out steel shows traces of dried blood, the arms of the clock no longer work, and the band is shredded. “Where did you find that?” I ask, feigning worry. The illnesses outbreaks have been outrageous lately, and no one knows where it came from, but it has caused many deaths and the numbers keep dropping. “I found it near the hospital, when my friends and I were digging for buried treasure,” She examines it with wonder, yet confusion because of the tone of my voice. “Drop it,” I shriek. …show more content…

They knew we couldn’t afford any more damage. They knew if there were to be any more trouble, the rest of the population would be wiped out. Then a year later they formed a government for “ The People” (what people who belong to the government are called). They gave us safety and made sure we all felt secure; they brought us happiness. The government has four leaders, Carl Johnson, which is Flynn’s father, Jonathan Stein, Eleanor Rith, and Gregory Admith. They are the ones that are in charge of what goes on in the country of Cadam; they make sure everything is running smoothly. There are a couple of places that are out of bounds, because we need tools like guns, bows, and knives to fight off the dangers out there, and those were all destroyed after the new government was formed. They were afraid if we kept them, people would take the power they had with the weapons to an extremely horrible extent. Now only guards are allowed to carry weapons. My family and I live in the capital of Cadam, and we think our world has been really good since the Earth had destroyed itself. We’ve made the best of things and we’ve come a long way, but now we have a new problem to worry about, and that is the …show more content…

Soon I head back to my house, startled by what just happened. The words “nothing is as it seems,” are still in my head, haunting me. The way he said it was so mysterious. I know there’s something more to it, but I can’t figure out what it is. When I reach the house I enter through the back doors, knowing my mom should be going to work by now. She had taken up a job ever since my dad passed away. When I walk through the doors, I’m surprised to see my mom in the kitchen with North. As I reach the kitchen I look at my mom. She seems upset. “What’s wrong?” I ask, awaiting yet another horrible fate. “North has a fever,” Mom says calmly. My mom sucks in a shaky breath and rubs a trembling hand above her brow, trying hard to keep her composure. “We’re going to take her to the hospital,” my mom continues. “She’ll stay there until she gets better.” I know she only says the last part to assure North everything is going to be okay, but my mom and I both know that she probably has the illness, and now there’s nothing we can do. “Okay.” Those are the only words I manage to choke out at the moment. I look up at my mom and put my finger to my wrist. What? She mouths. I motion for her to come over to me and when she does I tell her the story of how North had found the watch near the

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