Wow... I have just totally forgotten about my blog... I am so sorry... Also, you may have noticed the color change, so I just want to inform you that it is for the next part of my post. :}
My birthday is coming up, so I wanted to do something special and I decided to post an excerpt of my book, The Wizards of Imagi! Here it is!
He
shouldn’t have said it. He knew if he had just kept his big mouth
shut, Erik would have just walked away. But no! He had to say it!
It's just, he was so tired of being pushed around by Erik! Of course,
saying it only made him Erik’s punching bag once again. If only he
hadn't seen Julia! For some reason, when ever he saw her, he felt
different, like a whole other guy. A guy who was strong, confident,
heroic, and “Stupid.” he said under his breath so as to hopefully
not make it worse for himself.
Erik
was surprised to hear the wimp say anything, actually. It was a
simple little phrase but Erik had a reputation to uphold and he
wasn't going to let Will ruin it with that one stupid, half-witted,
moronic little phrase! “Your gonna pay for that, Will B. Gone!”
he said, turning toward Will. Of course, he had to use the nickname
he gave him to make sure that the message 'No one calls Erik
Schneider names and gets away with it!' got through.
“Will!
Run!” Julia said. Will looked around, distracted. Then he saw Julia
waving for him to run and realization dawned on him. She was warning
him! Will decided to listen to her and he took off running through
the school.
“Get
back here, Will!” Erik said, taking off after him. “I'm not done
with you yet!”
Will
didn't care. Julia had warned him, and that meant she must like him
some-what. And that meant everything to him. To him, the world had
just started to spin, to have color, to have meaning! And it was
amazing!
SMACK!!!
Suddenly,
the world wasn't so fine. Will was dizzy and confused. One second, he
was running like the wind! Then the next, he was flat on the ground
with something warm running down his face. And his nose kinda hurt,
too. What
happened? He
thought. He looked up and saw a wall of lockers towering above him
like giants. And they had a dent that looked sorta like his face.
Then Will understood what had happened. He had been so busy thinking
about Julia that he hadn't been looking where he was going and he ran
into the lockers. “Hahaha! And I thought pummeling you was fun! I
should have just let you do it for me!” Erik said. He had been
running after Will when he saw him run right into the lockers. Erik
knew it had to of hurt like mad, but he couldn't help himself! It
totally looked like the kid did it on purpose, even though that was
highly unlikely.
And
that's when Tommy came. Tommy was “The King” of Halton Junior
High, and EVERYONE knew it. And if you were new, he made sure you
didn't EVER forget. And Erik was one of those “lucky” kids who
got to do Tommy's dirty work for him. The only reason anyone worked
for Tommy was because of the reward, which was not getting bullied by
Tommy and his possy.
“Well,
well, well! Look who just ran into the lockers! Why were you running
away from Erik, Will? He wasn't going to hurt you! Were you, Erik?”
Tommy said, grinning wickedly.
“What?
Oh. Of course not! Why would I do that?” said Erik, a little more
than confused.
Will
was starting to understand who was actually in charge here. But he
still didn't understand why Erik didn't just stand up to Tommy. I
mean, Erik was bigger than Tommy, so why did he follow Tommy's
orders? Why didn't he just takeover the chain of command?!
And
that's when Julia came running over. She looked at Tommy and Erik for
a second, then down at Will on the floor. Then she looked back at
Tommy and said, “Why, Tommy? Why do you pick on the ones who can't
defend themselves? What kind of joy do you get from that?”
Will
knew she was trying to help, but really? Was she stupid or something?
Tommy had a whole army of bullies at his command! And they were all
from different grades, so it wasn't like the teachers could do much!
If Tommy had anything, he had strategy. Because he had kids from
every grade level, not one of the teachers knew who they all were.
And even if they found a bunch and took care of them, there was
always more where they came from.
“Julia,
I get you're trying to help, but you're not. You will most likely end
up getting bullied your self.” Will said.
“I
don't care. What Tommy is doing is wrong, and I'm going to put a stop
to it!” said Julia, trying to sound brave. She knew what Tommy was
doing was wrong. And she knew that if someone didn't do something, it
would just keep getting worse, until no one could stop it. And if
that happened-Julia shuddered. She didn't want to think about it.
“Okay.
Your funereal.” shrugged Tommy as five, big, enormous guys walked
out from behind the lockers and out of the door-ways. Okay, so they
weren’t THAT big, but you get the idea!
“Whoa!
Is this really necessary?” asked Erik, backing up with his hands
up. This
is getting out of hand,
Erik thought.
Tommy
turned toward Erik. “What, you're chickening out on me? Come on! It
will be fun!” he said. Tommy didn't like it when someone turned on
him. He REALLY didn't like it. It meant he was losing control, and he
didn't like it when he lost control. Because if ONE turned and got
away with it, the others would start to doubt. And if they started to
doubt, then they would start to turn THEMSELVES! Then he would be a
nobody! A NOBODY! Can you imagine?!?! He would be ruined! Ruined, I
tell you! RUINED!
Tommy
was yanked back to reality when he saw movement. “Where do you
think you're going?” he said to Erik. “We're not done yet!”
“RUN!”
yelled Erik. He took of running down the hall with Will and Julia
close behind.
“GET
THEM!” yelled Tommy, and the five guys from Tommy's gang started
running after them.
Erik
lead Will and Julia down the hall. When it intersected, he tuned down
the hall that led towards the janitors closet. Once they got there,
Erik opened the door. “What!? Are you serious! That's the first
place they’d look!” Julia said.
“On
the contrary, Julia. I know those guys. They may be big, but they
aren't very smart. This is actually the last
place they'd look.”
“Oh
yeah? And how do you
know that?” Julia said doubtfully.
“Because
I've had to hide in here before.” Erik sighed. “Look, I don't
care if you come in or not, just be warned, those five are WAY worse
than me.” And with that said, Erik turned and walked into the
closet.
“I
don't trust him.” Julia said.
“Do
we have a choice?” said Will.
“Will,
we're talking about the kid who has bullied you since 3rd
grade. Are you saying that you want to be in the same closet with
him? You must have hit your head harder than I thought.”
“I
know who he is and what he's done. I'm just saying, its either him,
or them.” he said, pointing down the hall toward the sounds of
Tommy yelling orders at his giant goons. “We have a better chance
with him than them.”
“I
get your point. But still! Its Erik we're talking about!”
“I
don't care. I'll take my chances with him.” said Will as he walked
toward the closet. When he got to the door, he turned and said, “You
coming?” Julia let out an exasperated sigh, and said, “Yeah, I
guess I am.” They walked into the closet together.
When
they were all in, Erik shut the door. “So they don't suspect
anything.” he whispered to Julia, in case she might blow up at him.
“No,
duh!” she whispered back, throwing her hands up.
Will
smiled. Just
what I thought they would do,
He
thought to himself.
Just
then, Will realized that the closet had a faint glow about it. “Wait.
Guys. You see that?”
“See
what?” Erik asked.
“The
light, stupid!” said Julia, smacking him on the head.
“OUCH!
WHAT WAS THAT FOR?” Erik yelled, clearly in pain.
“Guys!
Be quiet! They might hear you!” whispered Will.
Will was right. The bullies
were getting close enough that they might be able to hear them if
they weren’t careful.
Will,
Erik and Julia went quite as the five bullies came closer to the
janitors closet. They could hear them talking through the door, but
it was slightly muffled.
“Where
did they go?!” someone asked.
“Maybe
they hid in the closet!” said another.
“Maybe.
But remember, he's already hid there once. He wouldn't hide there
again, would he? It's too obvious!” someone else said.
“Quite,
doofuses! I'm trying to listen!” a new voice said angrily. At the
sound of the new voice, Erik's face paled considerably. “Hmm, I
guess they're not here. I could have SWORN I heard them, though!”
the new voice said after a moment. Once the voice had stopped, Erik
put his finger to his lips, as if to say, “Stay quite if you value
your lives!”
After
a while they heard foot steps walking away, but still Erik kept his
finger to his lips. Only once they could no longer hear the foot
steps did Erik FINALY let his finger down.
“Who
was THAT!?” Julia asked.
“THAT
was Joey, Tommy's second in command. I had hoped that he wasn't going
to come looking for us.” replied Erik, looking down.
“Why?”
asked Julia.
Erik
looked up. “Because. He's the one who finally found me.” he said,
his voice hinting to deeper feelings. And his face was still VERY
pale.
“Are
you going to be okay?” Will asked. He was slightly concerned for
Erik. I mean, in all the years that Erik had bullied him, never ONCE
had he shown any normal
people feelings. Until today, that is.
“Yeah,
I'm fine. Now what's this about the closet glowing?”
So, did you like it? I sure hope so! Happy birthday, even if it isn't your birthday! Till next time!
~Ashy2015~
