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    planes jetting off the runway filled my already burning ears. “One ticket to Oxford, England,” I grunted to the clerk. I boarded my plane with only three things: Doc’s knife, a tattered sack of money I earned from the mines, and a hunger to become the welterweight champion of the world. I had been working in the mines for three years now and had made quite a bit of money for myself. I made my way to my seat and waited for takeoff. My chest began to burn as my heart thumped wildly. I had never been

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    peeked into my eyes as the black slowly faded away. A horrid smell stung my nose. I sat up and winced when a sudden, sharp pain shot up my left leg. I looked around. I was in what looked like an old hospital room surrounded by buzzing flies which had come to feed on the decaying bodies in the beds next to me. As I went to shoo a fly away, another strike of pain rushed through my leg. Panicking, I quickly took off my boot and rolled up my jeans to see jagged circular scars climbing up my leg. Wondering

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    have a YouTube or Twitch channel? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCujuIWJLPHqEdoeCDByQiFw Do you have a microphone/headset? Yes, i have Artro A50 's Why do you want this rank? I feel I am a Helpful and confident person and I feel very confident that my skills that I have can fill a staff role. When I am on OPCraft I am always trying to find people that need help and also always trying to welcome and help new players as much as I can. I want to make sure that everyone on the server is always having

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    After ringing the doorbell several times, and pounding on the door, Karen screamed, “Wake up, Dan. Wake up, Dan! I need your help.” Ready to go to another neighbor’s house, she heard him say, “Hold on I’m coming!” After opening the front door, Karen saw her neighbor standing in the doorway wearing only his boxer shorts and a tee shirt. He asked, “What’s wrong? Karen, what’s your problem?” Weeping, she said, “Something is wrong with Katherine. She looks dead, come quick.” “Just a minute,” he

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    what to do. The snake was energetic and lively. His name was Awanyu. Awanyu was a friendly snake but he didn't have any friends or family. He always traveled around for adventure. He said to Cherokee "Hello, are you lost?". "Yes. I don't know where my father is." Cherokee

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    Don Don Don Da Da Da Don Don Don Da Da Da Da Don… I woke up from my dream about the dark gloomy forest, to try to find my phone under my pillow. For school. I finally felt it at the edge of my bed, barely staying on the blue comforter, still playing the same song. I shut it off and went back to bed. “Clare, wake up or i’m turning all the lights on,” yelled my mom. I don’t think I sat up so fast in my life. “Good, now get ready for school, it’s your first day back, you have to make a good impression

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    “What's the matter” a girl asked a ragged boy. “Nothing” the brown red-eyed boy answered. “Where's your good behaviour? it's not very polite to lie, I'm sure Santa heard that. Now do you want my help, or not?” the girl tryed again. “ I do” the boy said. “My name is Lucinda Wellington Jones, what's yours? ”she asked. ”Jason Lee Coast” he said, and looked up. She was smiling and she had a tiny pixy on her shirt. The train stopped and a ticket collector came in. Jason whispered to Lucinda that

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    CHAPTER 3-Chance Encounter The autumn sky gave a brisk cool wind. Scarlet loved this time of year. Going for many adventures through the local forest, the leaves had already starting turning colors. Beautiful crimson red, citron yellow, and burnt orange leaves could be seen everywhere. The path itself was covered with leaves which had already fallen. They would crinkling under her feet with every step she took. Scarlet could hear the birds chirping in the distance. Animals scurrying around as she

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    being robbed and ran towards the beach. He did not see the girl who was coming up behind with a wooden sword in her tiny hand. "Ahhhhhhh!!!" screamed the little girl who was charging at the boy with a wooden sword in her hand. "You shall not hurt my kingdom." the boy said and grabbed his own wooden sword; then the two started a duel. The little girl tripped and fell backwards and the little boy pointed his sword at her. "Do you surrender?" asked Killian. "Never..." said the girl. Killian dramatically

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    the most beautiful clear sky ever seen by human eyes. I lift my hand to move some hair from my face only to stop dead in my tracks. Attempting to jump around like a little schoolchild before realizing the controls are a little bit different from the real word. Only had I taken notice to this revelation five seconds before would I not have fallen on my butt. Shuddering in "pain,” I find myself becoming more excited than before once seeing my legs sprawled on the ground. "Ouch, huh, I guess I'm not worthy

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