Ervy: A Short Story

“My dad rolled the dice with us. He didn’t have a lot and he gave us everything,” Joe said.

Seeing that nobody was there, he heard another commotion, yet this time it was from the earpiece. Overlooking everything , he shut the entryway.

The light gazed upon him as he set out on the river bank, fearful of the plague that had left his family bloody and still. He hunched over and stared at the water, and laid still. He heard the water drop, twinkling from the rain as it began to pour, and saw a light. As his emotions overcame him, he jumped forward and fell to the ground, putting his hand out as he saw things.As if the light had merged with darkness, yin and yang, and with a last breath, he let himself out. He reached closer and imagined his family, gasping at the sight of warmth.

Luke could cajole people to do anything he asked of them by acting sweet and creating empty promises.

Eliza walked close to Erond’s side , fear fluttering in her stomach. She was literally about to walk onto a battleground to fight for an elven land she had been accepted into and now lived there. She tried not to think about her old life, and her mom, but she couldn’t stop thinking about how hurt her mom would be if she never returned. She sighed and moved closer to Erond. He didn’t move away and she could feel his muscles ripple under his chain armor, brightening her spirits, but not enough, she still had a pit of fear in her stomach that wouldn’t go away. Before long, Eliza began to see the beginning of an entire army ahead of her sprinting and war crying towards them. Erond looked at her and said”don’t leave my side, and remember, no matter

“How are you going to pay for the plane ride, or a place to stay,” his dad asked?

“We don’t have the money for that,” my mom said with her voice of are you kidding me.

“You know I’m poor. My father can’t afford to buy me things like this right now. You also know I don’t have an income, so there’s no way I can buy you anything in return. So, I can’t accept these things.”

Jessie left a giggling Pucky at the table and went to get them some food.

A few moments later, a startling yell from my teacher seemed to peak only the interest of me. After all, she yelled my name across the room. Instinctively, my marker fell from my hand and my attention was towards the door. Standing there, were two people. Two other first graders.

Eliza lay on the ground, Thanuel bending menacingly over her. He spoke up,” I told you, you’re a coward.”Eliza spit as much as her weak body could manage onto his shoes. He laughed and looked over at his traitorous son,” Erond, come and get her… bring her to the dungeons.” Erond cast her a sorrowful glance as he came over and picked her up off the ground. As forceful as he was, she could still see tears welling in his eyes. She understood in a menacing way, after all, he had just turned on his people and slaughtered his friends on a traitor's command. She was then thrown into a small wagon/prison and taken away from the battleground.

Cally lives in the neighborhood by the elementary school and has since she was a baby. Every school day she walks two of her siblings - Augustus and Elena - to the elementary and then walks four blocks to the high school. Her parents have offered to lend her the car, but she refuses as she enjoys walking.

He started high school with the few people he met the year prior, his ninth grade year wet by, knowing many, but still no best friend. The warm summer months passed by, and school was ready to start again. He was placed into the required classes, one of them being horticulture. It was located in a different building across the street from the main school. It housed the auto, wood, and metal shop. The metal shop being right across the hall you would see traffic pass as the bells rang. There was always this one student from the metal shop who was never in the right classroom, and he seemed like a cool dude to make friends with. He went up to this kid, who was almost twice the size of him, and they started talking while he was skipping class.

“Hmmm... what am I going to wear today? Ah! I know, I’ll wear my favorite blue shirt!”

Coach Russell walked in front of Ms Loren, and took the first step up to address the students, "Okay, everyone. Looks like we got some climbing to do. Thankfully, we're all on the third floor."