Determined

- a story by Writing Girl

Once upon a time there lived a girl named Frilly. She was always asking her parents what she should do if they disappeared. One day when Frilly woke up, to her surprise her parents were gone! She opened an ancient closet and found three kids and Tom, a dog! She asked them if they knew where her parents were and they said, a humongous monster hand took them to a forbidden castle. They knew where the castle was because they had found and explored it many times.

Now Frilly and her friends were in the castle.They were all determined to find Frilly’s parents and stop the monster hand. As they walked along they saw people in cages crying for help, and they also spotted some familiar faces. Aah sobbed Frilly; the familiar faces were that of her parents.  Unfortunately, the bad people heard Frilly and locked her and her friends in a cage too. As the day went on, everyone got sleepy and slept.

In the morning, Frilly, her parents, and her friends found themselves tied in ropes and sitting in a big room. They were given small packs of pretzel for snacks. They looked at the front of the line and what did they see?? People getting eaten and used for science experiments! Frilly was shocked, but she stayed calm, and started to think quickly about her choices. She secretly checked out the entire room by rolling her eye balls. The walls were black, faint light passed through the glazed window glasses, and there was one big iron door behind her. She started to roll slowly towards the door to find ways to escape until she hit something. This was a mouse cage; her eyes stopped at a fearless mouse trapped inside. The mouse said to her; I will gawn all these ropes if you free me up and give me the pretzels! Sure thing, said Frilly. By no time, all the ropes were gone.

Tom the dog, used his smelling skills to guide Frilly to find if there were any good guys in the castle. Very soon, they were all loaded into an airplane that flew them all back to their houses.

Back at the castle, the bad guys were wondering where all the people went. They looked outside and saw their airplane missing. The castle guard said the airplane was in maintenance and should be back anytime soon. For the next few days, the airplane pilot and the castle guard looked at the messages they had gotten from people they had saved. They sure had a lot of presents!

Frilly didn’t give up and stayed hopeful even when they were in the big room about to be eaten. This is a fictional story and may not happen in real life. But determination and hope for sure will keep the demons of our imagination trapped in a castle!

Frilly and her friends after the rescue