Part 4 Lilly returns; with a cotton candy obsession
Lilly sat at her desk, tapping her pencil on it. She started writing. She had to write a personal narrative for school. She couldn’t think of anything until she remembered what had happened three months ago. The whole thing started with her obsession over candy corn. That was terrible, yet wonderful, because she was able to escape sharks, and find out that her father is still alive after she thought he had been dead for years. She loved the story. Anyways, that candy corn obsession was over and now she always ate clouds of cotton candy. She was beginning to get a little fat, but as long as she ate all her seaweed she wouldn’t gain too much. She had been writing for a long time now. She was almost escaping from the sharks in her story. She was surprised, it had only been an hour and she was almost done! She was really into this. She saw other clownfish and jellyfish and stingrays that looked bored, angry, or out of ideas. The clownfish were REALLY funny. The stingrays were big bullies. The jellyfish were total full-of-it snobs. She continued writing, and then looked at the clock. This was her last class of the day and she only had 30 minutes left. She was nearly finished now. She was traveling back home with her dad. Now she was tripping in her cul-de-sac. Now she was waking up realizing it wasn’t a dream. DONE. She reached in her desk and pulled out her pencil box. She opened it up and pulled out a little tuft of cotton candy. She imagined living in a cotton candy house. Or better, a cotton candy cloud house!! Mmm, yummy… then she remembered that clouds are above water. Dang it! Wait! Her momma always said that our kind can go above and underwater! Now she knew what to put on her to do list. But she knew shouldn’t tell momma that she was going because she would get all concerned and mad. She would leave a note tonight. But she had to take someone with her! Last time she had her dad. Who now? She could take one of her best friends, or there was this guy down her street and he was 11 like her. He might just work! He was always out on the street acting like a lost hermit crab in this game he plays. He always wants adventure! Oh yeah, no wonder she couldn’t take her other friends! They were fish and not hermit crabs! The boy’s name was Zak Carventa, and she knew that if she got all the stuff she needed for the adventure tonight, and snuck into his window to tell him about her plan he would go along with it. And if he didn’t there was always his bestfriend two house’s away who would also love an adventure. His name was Brad Livintoz, and maybe she could take both boys! That would be extra good. She smiled as she listened to the bell ring. She hurriedly stood up and gave her story to the teacher, rushing to her locker, and getting her stuff. She ran out of the building and hopped on her water powered scooter, riding it as fast as she could all the way home.
“Mom, bring my dinner up when its ready and don’t come up any other time!” Lilly shouted at her mom, Mrs. Shambleg when she got home.
“Okay honey!” Mrs. Shambleg replied. Lilly clawed her way up the stairs, denting them again. That was a way to distract her father, Mr. Shambleg. She dashed into her room and hopped onto her Aqua-puter. She went onto Microsoft Office and started typing up a list of things she would need. Rope, sleeping bag, canteen, one extra pair of clothes, socks and underwear. She even thought of a walking stick, 3 cans of Mulberry Noodle soup, two bags of crackers, of course, 6 bags of cotton candy, and maybe, just maybe, he pet fly, Carz. Carz was her old pet fly. He would love to be above water! She just needed his leash. She added him to the list. Finally, she printed and began packing. She even thought of some things she didn’t put on the list to pack. At one point, there was a knock at the door. And she shoved her bag and other stuff into a corner not visible from the door. She waddled over to the door and opened it just enough to pull a silver tray of food through the door from Mr. Shambleg. She leaned through the crack and planted a kiss on his cheek. She couldn’t get enough of the father she thought was dead for a year. She thought he had died in the terrible Sharmainian earthquake. She found it was truly otherwise on her candy corn adventure. Uugh. Candy corn…. It was her least favorite thing now! She despised it! She hated it! She LOATHED it….. Well, that’s all over now. She signed the note she had been writing with her name, Lilly Shambleg. She was satisfied with the way it turned out. She finished her dinner and headed towards the window.
“And the adventure begins.” She said opening the window and climbing out.
Part 5
Lilly loves the cotton candy; the adventure begins
“I can’t believe I’m doing this!” Lilly whispered to herself as she scampered down the tree in her front yard. It was a cool coral tree, and it was the purple kind! She grabbed her camping bag that she had dropped before she climbed down and ran towards Zak Carventa’s house. She had painted her shell black so she wouldn’t be seen. Good, she had arrived. She scampered up onto their roof from the Carventa’s green coral tree, and ran to the window she had seen him sitting outside of. She tapped on the window to no response. She tested it and found it was unlocked. Easy-peezy. She climbed inside and found him snoring on his carpet. Why would he sleep on his floor? She squatted besides him and poked him. He snorted and rolled over, just like she rolled her eyes. She opened up his eye lid and blew on his eye. That did the trick.
“What the chiz! What? Lilly? What are you doing here at,” he looked at his wrist where there wasn’t even a watch, “What time is it? Oh, whatever but still, what are you doing here? It’s like midnight! And how did you get in? Did I leave my window unlocked again? I must have. Why are you here? I demand an answer!!” he hissed all at once. She put her hand on his mouth and he went cross-eyed trying to look at it. She began talking quietly,
“I’m here because I have an adventure and next time, lock your window.” His eyes widened at the mention of an adventure. “You have to pinky swear to me that when I move my hand away from your mouth you will not scream.” Their pinkies locked and they shook their hands. She removed her hands and he spoke in a harsh whisper,
“Where is the adventure? What is it for?”
“It’s above water since we are hermit crabs and it’s to retrieve a lot of cotton candy from the streets of Hawaii. My dad told me tales of it being there. I am also going to get your friend, Brad Livintoz. You might want to help me with that. You never know, he might sleep on the floor to without his shell. I don’t want to see that. Why were sleeping on the floor?” Lilly questioned. He looked embarrassed as color filled his cheeks and he answered,
“I fell asleep playing solitaire on the floor okay! I’ll pack! Now give me the list you used. You go get Brad, while I’m packing. I’ll meet you at the light pole on Sezzleburgz street. In fifteen minutes. I’ll pack for brad. Lilly climbed out the window and down the coral tree after nodding to Zak’s suggestion. She ran across the street to wake up Brad and found him sleeping with his top half on the floor and his bottom half on the bed. He was even weirder! She blew into his eyeball and snapped awake. He acted JUST like Zak had as she explained. Soon they were by the street pole watching Zak lug over two camping bags. Brad finally decided to go help him and carried his the rest of the way. The boys led Lilly to their secret cave cove which they had prepared for a meeting like this. Lilly sat in a comfortable bean bag and began talking. She was in mid-sentence when she noticed Zak’s eyes widen. He started to say,
“Lilly watch ou”- When she felt cold fingers close around her throat.
Part 6
Lilly started her adventure; but it’s already deadly
Lilly’s eyes widened as she clawed at her throat. The killer had a firm grip! She gasped and panted, as everything became a blur. Then she felt another body slam into her from the front and the grip on her throat tightened momentarily before loosening and letting go. She could see again and she realized that Zak had slammed into her to get the killer off. She jerked around to see who the killer was and couldn’t believe her eyes. It was the leader of the sharks, Lemorgan! The shark had kidnapped him in a town raid and her father had gotten her back with a trade for safety. The sharks have always been frightened of the “All Powerful Jeremiah Shambleg” ever since he had killed their former leader, Jonaklen, Lemorgan’s father. He had wanted revenge apparently. The boys were battling him and he was lazily snapping at them. Finally he got annoyed and slapped Zak against the wall, followed by Brad. Lilly grabbed a sharp spear that had been prepared there just in case. She tried to throw it towards Lemorgan, succeeding. It jabbed him in the right eye and well, um, guess what was stuck on the spear….. Lemorgan yelled and clung to the place where his eye should be, and slapped at Lilly. Her instincts told her to move and she dodged the slap. She grabbed a crossbow and shot him in the gills. He gasped and clutched his side. Lilly averted her eyes as she heard his body slap the ground. The boys stared at her in wonder. She blushed, and said,
“Uuuh, oops. I guess its instincts from my dad!” The boys kept staring at her, jaw dropped. Eventually she got tired of them staring and sat down saying, “So, where were we?” The two boys rushed to their seats and kept staring, eyes wide. Finally Zak said,
“I forgot what we were talking about but that was crazy Lilly! I can’t believe you killed the leader of the sharks!!!” and then he became silent again staring at the ground and blushing. She rolled her eyes and continued explaining her goal. The boys were licking their lips by the time she was done.
“Wow! I whole life long supply of cotton candy!!! That would be SOOO yummy!” Brad commented. And then Zak said,
Part 7
The adventure is hard; the love story included
Lilly stared in shock at the boy she had shared a neighborhood with since before she was even born. Their parents had even gone to the same school. But she had never known the truth about the boy she shared a neighborhood with. She could hardly believe that this adventure was even going on- much less that this boy- Zak- loved her. How long? She had to say something. This was awkward. SUPER AWKWARD. She couldn’t say anything! She stomped on Brads foot and gave him a message with her eyes saying,
“Say something!” His eyes widened and he nodded, and came up with,
"Um, love and adventure. Heh, heh, heh, um yeah.” He turned pink and glanced at the ground. Zak was still staring at Lilly, unblinkingly. It was freaking her out. Finally Zak asked in a rushed tone,
“So, um, will you be my girlfriend?” He kept staring and Lilly responded,
“Um, well, if you stop staring at me for a little bit then I could think.” He averted his eyes and whispered an apology. She thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and finally she got her answer. She looked at Zak and said, “I’ll tell you by the end of the adventure. Try to impress me.” He sighed and started thinking. He thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and thought, and finally knew what to do. He stood up and did a back-flip, splits, and a one handed cart-wheel.
“You have one point already!” Lilly told him and Zak smiled. They were ready for their adventure. They gathered their bags and Lilly grabbed a spear and a crossbow. The boys got their weapons and they stepped outside, to meet an army of sharks. The son of Lemorgan, Zabavery, told them,
“And the fight continues.”
“Wow, a whole adventure with the girl I’ve always had a crush on….”
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