Creative Corner 13
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SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH
REAL? I THINK NOT!
She opened her eyes. Her head hurt. She tried to get up. That's
impossible, she thought. She slowly moved her head to the side.
"Well, well, Ms. Sleepy Head is awake," said a voice close to her.
"Huh?" she tried to find something coherent to say.
"Do you know where you are?" asked the voice.
"Ummm........" came her response.
"You're in hospital, dear. You've been in here since you received a
nasty knock on the head," said the voice, closer this time.
"Who are you and how'd I get here?" she asked, her head throbbing with
every word.
"I'm your nurse. Call me Minako. You were brought here by one of your
co-employees," Nurse Minako replied. "Do you remember your name?"
"Uhh..... I'm Naoko Takeuchi," Naoko said. "Good! You don't have
amnesia. Do you remember what you do and where you live?" Nurse Minako
asked softly.
"I.... I'm a cartoonist. I live at..... at Flat 20, Mika Street, Room
500," stumbled Naoko.
"Great! You can get dressed now and leave," Nurse Minako stated.
"What? I can leave NOW!?!......... But I just woke up!" exclaimed Naoko.
"Other people need the rooms. Now please get dressed and sign the form.
Have a nice day!" And with that, Nurse Minako was gone leaving Naoko
staring at the empty space.
Fifteen minutes later, Naoko was outside the hospital, staring at it in
disbelief. How odd, she thought, they almost kicked me out. Her head
still hurt so she walked slowly to her home.
After five minutes, she realized she knew her address but didn't know
how to get there. Spotting a bus stop, she tried to look at the bus
route but realized the kenji hurt her eyes and increased her already
throbbing headache. Sitting down, dejectedly, she saw two girls coming
and sitting beside her. Eavesdropping on their conversation, Naoko tried
to hear if they knew a way to get to her home.
"Ami, when are you going to quit studying so hard?!" a tall girl with
brown hair exclaimed.
"Oh, Makoto, I'm only TEN chapters ahead," the girl called Ami worriedly
said.
"ONLY!?!" Makoto yelled.
Naoko stopped listening to this conversation when she saw a taxi come
near her.
"Taxi!" yelled Naoko. Naoko now in the taxi on her way home realized she
wasn't carrying a wallet. The taxi driver realized this as well and
kicked her out of the taxi before speeding away. Great! Just great!,
thought Naoko. Now how am I supposed to get home? Suddenly a sharp
object prodded at her back.
"Don't move," a raspy voice said. "Just give me your money and you won't
get hurt."
Oh my Kami-sama!, Naoko thought, I'm being mugged and I don't even have
any money!
"I...... I don't even have any money," she trembled.
There was a sudden movement near a trashcan and the sharp object was
gone. Naoko quickly turned around to see her would-be robber run away.
"Whew," sighed Naoko.
There was a shuffling sound and two cats emerged from behind the
trashcan. My robber was scared away by two cats! thought Naoko.
"Come here, kitty," she said.
The two cats cautiously moved to Naoko before jumping into her lap and
purring in delight as she patted them.
"Artemis and Luna," she said, reading their collars.
A car went by and the cats scurried away. Then a thought came to Naoko:
Why didn't the Sailor Senshi come to my rescue? They were known for
getting rid of people like that.
A sudden sharp pain in her head, then she was standing in front of an
electronics store. How'd I get here? Naoko's thoughts were interrupted
when a couple walking by stopped and stared at the window of the
electronics store.
"Oh! Mamoru, look at that TV!" a girl with black/purple hair exclaimed.
"But Rei, you know we can't afford that," a tall guy with jet-black hair
said.
"Mamoru!! You never get me anything!!" the girl called Rei whined.
Before the tall guy, Mamoru, could say something someone bounded up to
them.
"Hi guys!" bubbled the girl.
"Oh, hi Usagi," the couple said unenthusiastically.
Naoko watched this scene in amusement.
"Naoko! Naoko!!"
"What?! Who said that?!" Naoko screamed looking around.
"Wake up!" yelled the voice.
"Huh?" she said.
"Naoko?! If you don't get up and think of an idea right now, you'll be
fired!!!!" yelled the voice more drastically.
Naoko bolted upright. She was in her small cubicle at work. Naoko looked
at the person who was screaming at her.
"Mika? I just had the weirdest dream."
"Later, Naoko. Have you come up with an idea yet?" Mika asked
frantically.
"Oh NO!! I fell asleep! I don't know what to do!" wailed Naoko.
"Naoko! If you don't have -" Mika was cut off by Naoko who screamed in
her face.
"I've got it! My dream! Sailor Senshi!"
"What?! What are Sailor Senshi?" a confused Mika asked.
"They're all female; they fight for justice! -"
"And that's all?"
"AND they have magical powers!"
"Okay, getting better....... But what are you going to call them? You
just can't call them Sailor Senshi," Mika reasoned.
"I'll call them......." Naoko looked around her cubicle. She saw stacks
of papers and art pencils...... and a planetary map.
"I'll call them after the planets! You know Sailor Mars, Jupiter."
"A Sailor Earth?" an uncertain Mika asked.
"You're right. That doesn't sound good. I'll just say the...... ummmm
Moon! Yeah the Moon!!" an overjoyed Naoko squealed. "I've even got names
for them! Ami, Makoto, Rei, Minako, and Usagi."
"But that's only five names, there are nine planets!" Mika exclaimed.
Naoko frantically looked around, she had to think of something before
she got fired. Running to a window, she opened it and stuck her head out
and listened to the four teenagers loitering outside.
"Hey that's mine, Seth!"
"No, its mine, Harry!"
"Seth! Give it back!"
"Go away, Micky!"
"Holly, help me!" Naoko stuck her head back in.
"I'll call them Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru!"
"What are you going to call this?"
Naoko spotted a nameplate - S.Moon.
"I'm calling it `Sailor Moon'."
"BBBBBBBRRRRRRRINNNG!!!!!!!!!!!!" The alarm clock blared on.
"Whap!" A Usagi Tsukino hit the alarm clock. "Ohhh................. What
a STRANGE dream." She picked up her cat, Luna.
"I just had a dream about my favorite anime character `Naoko Takeuchi'
and she was on about something called 'Sailor Moon'," Usagi informed her
cat. "I've been watching way too much television. What the hell are
Sailor Senshi anyway?"
-Joan Santiago (VIC)
IF.....
If Romeo and Juliet
had not died for their love,
where would they be now?
If Ross and Rachel
had acted on their feelings,
would it have worked out somehow?
If Pacey had said to Joey
'I'm so in love with you',
would his wish have come true?
All these questions
narrow down
to one simple theory,
is love really worth it?
is love really true?
If Romeo and Juliet
had lived to show their love,
they would have been together forever.
If Ross and Rachael
had told each other their feelings,
they'd never be apart...ever.
If Pacey had said to Joey,
'I'm so in love with you',
his wish just might have come true.
All these answers show,
that love is really worth it.
Love is always needed,
Love is always true.
- Danee Dee (VIC)
WHO ARE YOU?
Who are you?
Your there when I need you
but I can not see you.
Your there when I don't want you to be
but I can not see you.
You smile with joy when I smile with joy
but why can't I see it?
You cry out in pain when I cry out in pain
but why can't I hear it?
I feel your presence around me as if you are there.
I close my eyes and see through you
but what does it all mean?
You're there, then your not.
Do you hear me cry?
Do you feel my pain?
Who are you?
-Andrew Hunting
ANGELS CRY
Have you felt the Angels tears?
Have you heard the sad songs of humanity as an Angel cries?
Look upon their innocence, and ask yourselves all why?
The pain, the war, the suffering, the abuse upon our children,
...we as humans bring....
All the children's innocence is lost to us, and the murder of all the Goddess's living things!
Angels they guide us all, and give us hope, to believe in the Goddess & her words,
But we continue our evil selfish ways, and the cries of Angels go unheard!!
Wipe away your tear my Angels , hush your silent cries....
Seek solace in those who still believe in your world and have forgiveness when our souls die.
- Mona Keller
Creative Corner only encourages original works and we accept no responsibility for copyright.
Please note that unfortunately any work submitted cannot be returned
SHORT STORY OF THE MONTH
REAL? I THINK NOT!
She opened her eyes. Her head hurt. She tried to get up. That's
impossible, she thought. She slowly moved her head to the side.
"Well, well, Ms. Sleepy Head is awake," said a voice close to her.
"Huh?" she tried to find something coherent to say.
"Do you know where you are?" asked the voice.
"Ummm........" came her response.
"You're in hospital, dear. You've been in here since you received a
nasty knock on the head," said the voice, closer this time.
"Who are you and how'd I get here?" she asked, her head throbbing with
every word.
"I'm your nurse. Call me Minako. You were brought here by one of your
co-employees," Nurse Minako replied. "Do you remember your name?"
"Uhh..... I'm Naoko Takeuchi," Naoko said. "Good! You don't have
amnesia. Do you remember what you do and where you live?" Nurse Minako
asked softly.
"I.... I'm a cartoonist. I live at..... at Flat 20, Mika Street, Room
500," stumbled Naoko.
"Great! You can get dressed now and leave," Nurse Minako stated.
"What? I can leave NOW!?!......... But I just woke up!" exclaimed Naoko.
"Other people need the rooms. Now please get dressed and sign the form.
Have a nice day!" And with that, Nurse Minako was gone leaving Naoko
staring at the empty space.
Fifteen minutes later, Naoko was outside the hospital, staring at it in
disbelief. How odd, she thought, they almost kicked me out. Her head
still hurt so she walked slowly to her home.
After five minutes, she realized she knew her address but didn't know
how to get there. Spotting a bus stop, she tried to look at the bus
route but realized the kenji hurt her eyes and increased her already
throbbing headache. Sitting down, dejectedly, she saw two girls coming
and sitting beside her. Eavesdropping on their conversation, Naoko tried
to hear if they knew a way to get to her home.
"Ami, when are you going to quit studying so hard?!" a tall girl with
brown hair exclaimed.
"Oh, Makoto, I'm only TEN chapters ahead," the girl called Ami worriedly
said.
"ONLY!?!" Makoto yelled.
Naoko stopped listening to this conversation when she saw a taxi come
near her.
"Taxi!" yelled Naoko. Naoko now in the taxi on her way home realized she
wasn't carrying a wallet. The taxi driver realized this as well and
kicked her out of the taxi before speeding away. Great! Just great!,
thought Naoko. Now how am I supposed to get home? Suddenly a sharp
object prodded at her back.
"Don't move," a raspy voice said. "Just give me your money and you won't
get hurt."
Oh my Kami-sama!, Naoko thought, I'm being mugged and I don't even have
any money!
"I...... I don't even have any money," she trembled.
There was a sudden movement near a trashcan and the sharp object was
gone. Naoko quickly turned around to see her would-be robber run away.
"Whew," sighed Naoko.
There was a shuffling sound and two cats emerged from behind the
trashcan. My robber was scared away by two cats! thought Naoko.
"Come here, kitty," she said.
The two cats cautiously moved to Naoko before jumping into her lap and
purring in delight as she patted them.
"Artemis and Luna," she said, reading their collars.
A car went by and the cats scurried away. Then a thought came to Naoko:
Why didn't the Sailor Senshi come to my rescue? They were known for
getting rid of people like that.
A sudden sharp pain in her head, then she was standing in front of an
electronics store. How'd I get here? Naoko's thoughts were interrupted
when a couple walking by stopped and stared at the window of the
electronics store.
"Oh! Mamoru, look at that TV!" a girl with black/purple hair exclaimed.
"But Rei, you know we can't afford that," a tall guy with jet-black hair
said.
"Mamoru!! You never get me anything!!" the girl called Rei whined.
Before the tall guy, Mamoru, could say something someone bounded up to
them.
"Hi guys!" bubbled the girl.
"Oh, hi Usagi," the couple said unenthusiastically.
Naoko watched this scene in amusement.
"Naoko! Naoko!!"
"What?! Who said that?!" Naoko screamed looking around.
"Wake up!" yelled the voice.
"Huh?" she said.
"Naoko?! If you don't get up and think of an idea right now, you'll be
fired!!!!" yelled the voice more drastically.
Naoko bolted upright. She was in her small cubicle at work. Naoko looked
at the person who was screaming at her.
"Mika? I just had the weirdest dream."
"Later, Naoko. Have you come up with an idea yet?" Mika asked
frantically.
"Oh NO!! I fell asleep! I don't know what to do!" wailed Naoko.
"Naoko! If you don't have -" Mika was cut off by Naoko who screamed in
her face.
"I've got it! My dream! Sailor Senshi!"
"What?! What are Sailor Senshi?" a confused Mika asked.
"They're all female; they fight for justice! -"
"And that's all?"
"AND they have magical powers!"
"Okay, getting better....... But what are you going to call them? You
just can't call them Sailor Senshi," Mika reasoned.
"I'll call them......." Naoko looked around her cubicle. She saw stacks
of papers and art pencils...... and a planetary map.
"I'll call them after the planets! You know Sailor Mars, Jupiter."
"A Sailor Earth?" an uncertain Mika asked.
"You're right. That doesn't sound good. I'll just say the...... ummmm
Moon! Yeah the Moon!!" an overjoyed Naoko squealed. "I've even got names
for them! Ami, Makoto, Rei, Minako, and Usagi."
"But that's only five names, there are nine planets!" Mika exclaimed.
Naoko frantically looked around, she had to think of something before
she got fired. Running to a window, she opened it and stuck her head out
and listened to the four teenagers loitering outside.
"Hey that's mine, Seth!"
"No, its mine, Harry!"
"Seth! Give it back!"
"Go away, Micky!"
"Holly, help me!" Naoko stuck her head back in.
"I'll call them Setsuna, Haruka, Michiru, and Hotaru!"
"What are you going to call this?"
Naoko spotted a nameplate - S.Moon.
"I'm calling it `Sailor Moon'."
"BBBBBBBRRRRRRRINNNG!!!!!!!!!!!!" The alarm clock blared on.
"Whap!" A Usagi Tsukino hit the alarm clock. "Ohhh................. What
a STRANGE dream." She picked up her cat, Luna.
"I just had a dream about my favorite anime character `Naoko Takeuchi'
and she was on about something called 'Sailor Moon'," Usagi informed her
cat. "I've been watching way too much television. What the hell are
Sailor Senshi anyway?"
-Joan Santiago (VIC)
IF.....
If Romeo and Juliet
had not died for their love,
where would they be now?
If Ross and Rachel
had acted on their feelings,
would it have worked out somehow?
If Pacey had said to Joey
'I'm so in love with you',
would his wish have come true?
All these questions
narrow down
to one simple theory,
is love really worth it?
is love really true?
If Romeo and Juliet
had lived to show their love,
they would have been together forever.
If Ross and Rachael
had told each other their feelings,
they'd never be apart...ever.
If Pacey had said to Joey,
'I'm so in love with you',
his wish just might have come true.
All these answers show,
that love is really worth it.
Love is always needed,
Love is always true.
- Danee Dee (VIC)
WHO ARE YOU?
Who are you?
Your there when I need you
but I can not see you.
Your there when I don't want you to be
but I can not see you.
You smile with joy when I smile with joy
but why can't I see it?
You cry out in pain when I cry out in pain
but why can't I hear it?
I feel your presence around me as if you are there.
I close my eyes and see through you
but what does it all mean?
You're there, then your not.
Do you hear me cry?
Do you feel my pain?
Who are you?
-Andrew Hunting
ANGELS CRY
Have you felt the Angels tears?
Have you heard the sad songs of humanity as an Angel cries?
Look upon their innocence, and ask yourselves all why?
The pain, the war, the suffering, the abuse upon our children,
...we as humans bring....
All the children's innocence is lost to us, and the murder of all the Goddess's living things!
Angels they guide us all, and give us hope, to believe in the Goddess & her words,
But we continue our evil selfish ways, and the cries of Angels go unheard!!
Wipe away your tear my Angels , hush your silent cries....
Seek solace in those who still believe in your world and have forgiveness when our souls die.
- Mona Keller
Creative Corner only encourages original works and we accept no responsibility for copyright.
Please note that unfortunately any work submitted cannot be returned
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