Mom's trip

Mom went on a trip to Atlanta GA so she can work on it in peace and quiet. Remember that snowstorm? Mom got SNOWED IN! There were no bars in the mountain she was in, so she couldn't call us! We were happy when she got home. Her car was stuck in the snow, and a tow truck or something had to pull it out! I missed mom, and now she's back to being the same old crabby mother she always was!
PS: Mother if you are reading this, I didn't mean to say you were old and crabby!

Homework from mom part 2: Book report of "George's secret key to the universe

I like this story, because George, Eric and Annie go on space adventures. In one point, George and Annie go on a comet ride! I think that Cosmos* is kinda funny when he sings: "Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon-but the cow has to wear a space suit, because he would freeze." When George and Annie go on a comet ride, they go past Saturn, Jupiter, the astroid belt and they see the Earth. In another point, Eric and George go on an astroid to a remote planet that is jest like Earth, only there's a black hole** at one part that Eric gets sucked into! I like the Idea of the book. I like the part were Ringo*** and his gang get scared by Annie!

*Cosmos is the world's most advanced computer
**A black hole is a swirling vortex usually caused by a supernova. Nothing can escape it-not even light. Nobody knows what a black hole looks like, because we use light to see.
***Ringo is the school bully.

Homework from mom part one: life from a dictionary

Life (Liif) n a creature that eats, grows, poops and pees and usually gives birth (lays an egg), or a plant that drinks, grows, grows food and reproduces.* Living things include: Cats, flamingos, mice, humans and birds. Non living things include: Houses, radios, trucks, marbles and TVs. My pet dog Leroy jest ate a pizza crust, pooped in our backyard and he's HUGE! But he's a male,** so he can't give birth to a little puppy. My grandmother's dogs Cutlet and Pork-Chop are both females,** but they've been neutered*** so they can't have puppies either. Jest because Leroy, Cutlet, and Pork-Chop can't have babies doesn't mean they aren't alive. T-bone jest seems too cranky and mean to have one puppy!

*Repoduce (repoDUUS) v to make more of the something
**Male (MAAL) n an animal incapable of giving birth to a baby(s) Female (FEEmaal) n the opposite of a male
***Neutered (NUUtrd) a fixed so the animal can't have babies

Marrone-my novel

Chapter 1

Bad news

OK, this is not your average everyday scenery. This to you is future tense so don't get all excited about the cars and 2-D screens that I learned about in history class. I'm Marrone Hawkins, my dad is a priest at the church we go to, my mom is a poet, and my little brother Dwayne is the snippiest kid in our school, he says "No" more then he says anything. I'm ten years old by the way, and as a ten-year-old, the 5th grade is a bit of hard work for me. My morning started like this: I woke up, and went into Dwayne's bedroom. "Dwayne, get up" I said, Dwayne didn't respond. "Let's try this again." then I yelled "GET UP!" Dwayne twitched and then got up and said "Shut up I'm trying to sleep here." I heard him murmur something like "Nobody respects the seven-year-old" Dwayne's favorite subject is history, so he had a pretend "Volkswagen Beetle" in your form as a bed. He also has a street for a rug, a small building as a bookshelf, and a little "Honda Civic" also in your form as a dresser. Then I gave up trying to wake him up and went into the bathroom where I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and accidentally bumped into Dwayne when he went in for his turn, or so I thought. Dwayne yelled to mom and told her I woke him up by getting ready for school, but he made more believable by saying I did it by flushing the toilet. I know I said this is "Future tense" but nothing for the bathroom has been invented yet except for the toothpaste dispenser. If I was in your times, I would refer to it as the "Touch'n Brush." You have it in your times. Then I went downstairs into the kitchen. I met dad down there. He said, "Honey, where's the bible?" "Didn't you leave it at church the other day?" I said. "Actually I think I left it in the air-mobile." "When was the last time you read in the air-mobile?" "I read it in church." "Well there you go. It is at church." "It's in the air-mobile." "Church." "Air-mobile." "Church!" "Air-mobile!" "CHURCH!" "AIR-MOBILE!" "WILL YOU SHUT UP!!" called Dwayne from the balcony. "Hey sweets." called mom from the balcony. "I will deal with this." She marched Dwayne to his room. and I figured she was giving him a hard time. I was sure now that she gave him a hard time. He was red in the face, wet with tears. "YOU'RE A STUPID MOTHER!" he blurted out loud. Then mom marched him right back and I heard some smacking sounds coming from his room. He was getting a spanking. "Time to get breakfast in the ETM." said dad. I heard a faint "Get off of me you big buffoon!" and a "No more video games for a month!" The spanking lasted until 7:00. Then we flew to the bus stop in our air-mobile. When we got there dad said "Marrone, you're in charge of your brother until the bus gets here." "OK." I said. They flew off. "You know, mom spanked me." said Dwayne. "She's a stupid mother she is." "Stop it or I'll call mom and she'll give you another." I said. Then the bus came. this one was like one of those subway station trains you have, but they're not underground. we got on and there were only two seats. One next to Dwayne's best friend Beth, and one next to the school bully Caroline. Dwayne took his seat next to Beth, and I actually tried to kick him off, but Dwayne guards his seat like a bloodhound. I took my seat next to Caroline. "Hey Caroline!" called Sabrina, a 5th grader. Beat me up; if you can!" Guess what, Caroline turned to me and I had a black eye when we got off the bus. Principal Gronger was at the front platform, counting the students. "Good grief!" said Principal Gronger. "What happened to you this weekend?" "Ask Caroline," I said. "or how about Sabrina." "What did they do to you?" "First, Sabrina called out 'Hey Caroline! Come beat me up; if you can!' Then Caroline punched me in the face." "Goodness Gracious! That woman is on my nerves!" Then I went inside the school and Principal Gronger continued to count the students. "Yo! Marrone!" It was Patrick. Patrick is the dumbest kid in our school. His parents are vegetarians, so Patrick was not getting the protein he needed. "Get out of my face you moron!" I said. "Don't you have science to go to?" "You know, I flunked." "Oh! To bad! I got an A++ in our test last Friday in science class!" "Well well well!" said a cold voice behind me. "Do turn around; if you dare. Bwahahahahaha!" I turned around and saw a skeleton in front of me. I knew it was Charlie Eisenhower in his Halloween costume from last month. Charlie is a master of disguise. Once he was out for a walk as an adult so his mom wouldn't recognize him. I tried it my self several times, but mom always brought me in the house to yell at me for a couple hours. Charlie is my crush in school. "Hi Charlie." I said. "I like your costume!" "Thanks!" he said. "But I am not-" "Oh stop it I know you're Charlie!" I said pulling down his mask. "Let's go to History class or Ms. Elizabeth will be mad at us for being late for our test today!" I said. Ms. Elisabeth has a high temper and you never want to get her riled up. We arrived jest in time luckily. "Class!" called Ms. Elizabeth. "We are going to have our presentations today!" I was bored. I wanted to go outside the classroom and take gym class with the 3rd graders. "Arnold." said Ms. Elizabeth. "Give us your presentation." Arnold stood up from his seat and went to the front and took a seat at the teacher's desk "Class dismissed!" Arnold yelled. "Who makes the rules in this classroom Arnold?" said Ms. Elizabeth. Deop Deop Deop It was Ms. Elizabeth's monitor controller. "WHAT! I'M TEACHING HISTORY CLASS HERE!" shouted Ms. Elizabeth. "Yes ma'am" Wreezet "Who was it?" I asked. "Gronger wants to see you." I said nothing but head straight to Principal Gronger's office. All I saw in there was a TV set. I saw an image on it with a news reporter at a prison. "Bill Walter, a master of criminality, escaped from prison jest now! He headed toward the New York elementary school!"

Chapter 2

"Info"

A prisoner escaped! Great, now I need a sunset, a horse, and a background. To make matters worse, he's heading towards my school! I want to do something about it! But to the other side, what can I do? I went straight to Ms. Elizabeth's classroom. "Whew! I'm back!" I said. "Good," said Ms. Elizabeth. "now Charlie will do his presentation." Charlie got up and went to the teacher's desk. "Hello," he said. "my presentation today is going to be about the bicycle." "Well then," said Ms. Elizabeth, "Tell us about the bicycle." "We have quad-hover crafts today, but we had something like that only a bicycle has wheels." Charlie pulled a self-pull-out display and turned it on. There was a picture of a bicycle on it. "Right here" said Charlie pointing a display baton at what looked like a bunch of gears in the middle of the bicycle. "These is called chain rings. And these are called gears." he said pointing to the gears near the back of the bicycle. "They work together when the rider pushes the pedals," then he pointed to the pedals used on the quad-hover crafts we use today. "The chain ring turns-" Sabrina's hand shot straight up in the air. "Yes?" "Well," muttered Sabrina. "If you said those were chain rings then why did you say chain ring?" "That is an excellent question!" said Charlie. "On some bikes there are multiple gears and chain rings to choose from. The rider can choose by turning a wheel or pushing and pulling a lever on the handlebars." "Thanks!" said Sabrina. "Alright!" said Charlie. "When the pedals turn the chain ring, the chain turns the gear, and the gear is attached to the back wheel." I couldn't wait to give my presentation. "And now!" said Ms. Elizabeth. "Marrone will give her presentation." I got up from my seat and sat at the teacher's desk. "My presentation is going to be about the TV." the whole class laughed. "This is the 2-D one that was used in the old times." everyone whispered around like "We had 2-D TVs?" and stuff. "The TV has lights that go in multiple directions, which are stabilized in a lens. then the lights are turned red green and blue as little micro lights going brighter and dimmer." the whole class clapped and Ms. Elizabeth said "That is correct!" I got an A++ in my test today so that's pretty good. When I was sent to the bus stop, mom and dad were waiting for me. "Dad, mom, you won't believe this!" I said. "Bill Walter escaped from prison!" I caught a pretty fishy glimpse from dad. I'd better watch out! At home I thought about Bill. Will he do anything serious? will he do something that means trouble? We were having dinner, and mom and dad were talking with Dwayne and trying to tell him if he doesn't eat his vegetables, he will be grounded from recces. "Dad?" I asked. "Why did you give me that look when I told you about the escape?" "Well," said dad. "let's jest have our prayer." "Dad! I asked you a question that needs an answer!" "Dear don't be rude to your father." said mom. "But I asked him a question!" "I don't want to answer it." said dad. "If he doesn't want to answer it, then he doesn't have to." don't let me gooooooowowowo! don't let me gyoooooooooooooo do not let me go to prison times- "Dad just answer your MC!" I said. "I don't want to!" I was wondering what the ring-tone was for anyway, because Dwayne was having a temper tantrum and stole the monitor controller and threw it across the room. "THAT'S IT!" said mom. "YOU ARE GOING TO YOUR BEDROOM MISTER!" "Make me!" said Dwayne. Mom got up from her seat and chased Dwayne across the house. Mom actually caught Dwayne, but he kicked her enough to make her let go. "YOU ARE GROUNDED FROM EVERYTHING FOR A YEAR! EVERYTHING FROM TOYS TO RECESS! YOU ARE SOOOOOO NAUGHTY! YOU WILL GO TO YOUR BEDROOM IMMEDIATELY! I WILL NOT CHASE YOU AROUND THE HOUSE ANYMORE! DO NOT TRY MY PATIENCE! I'LL SPANK YOU UNTIL YOUR BUTT IS RED AND BLEEDING! YOU ARE A BIG FAT NAUGHTY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD!" yelled mom. She caught him and marched him to his room and smacked his bottom like she never did it before. I guess I never want to do what Dwayne did. "OK!" said dad. "I wanted to tell you something." "What?" "There's a dance for fathers and daughters. Would you like to go with me?" "Sure!" "It's on thanksgiving day, so be prepared!" I went up to bed and found that it was a mess! I saw pillows on the floor, books in my bunk bed, and clothes on the toy-box. The bottom of the bunk is empty, so I use it to play in. If you want a piece o'meeeee don't bother fighting! I answered my MC. "Good evening!" it was Charlie in costume as a tree. "Hi Charlie!" "Hey your dad is a criminal!" "What are you talking about!" "Ever been allowed in your dad's room?" "Yes, but-" "Did you see a- What's that screaming sound?" "That's Dwayne. I gotta go." "I understand. See ya tomorrow!" Wreezet I didn't know what to say. So I opened a book, turned it on, and pressed the button that said "Chapter 11" and read it. In it I read: "Mary was having a hard time with the farming so she went to Mark. 'My dang tractor ain't workin'.' he said, 'I hired a mechanical technician to com'on o'er here and fix it.'" It was "Time travelers weekly". Mark broke his tractor by crashing into an FSC and called it a UFO. Then I turned of the light and went to bed.

***

I woke up the next morning feeling utterly sick. I was coughing, I found a pool of vomit on the floor, and I looked in the mirror and I looked like a leopard with chicken pox. What's next!

Chapter 3

Teen trouble

Hello. My name is Charlie and I am pretty mad that Marrone didn't take my call seriously. I went downstairs after I got up. "Yo Charlie!" said my mom. "Make yourself some breakfast and make sure it is not junk food!" I have an allergy to sugar so mom wouldn't let me have any junk food. "Yes ma'am." I replied back. I started to make a fine breakfast of fruits and vegetables. Then mom and dad flew me to the bus stop. By the time the bus got here I got on. Then I looked for a seat. There were three seats. One next to Beth the cutest, one next to Jordan the weirdest, and one next to Caroline the bully. It was no competition, I chose to sit next to Beth. "Eeew!" she said. "It's a 5th grader boy! This seat is for Dwayne! NOT YOU!" She was pretty mad when she said all that. So I jest asked Mr. Hartford if I could sit at the passenger seat with him. "Look." said Mr. Hartford. "The two front seats are for teachers and guests. Not for students." I jest went behind Max the heavy sleeper and changed into an adult costume and opened the emergency door and closed it again. "Hello!" I said in a very manly voice. "Some teenagers ran me into a bus stop to soon and I climbed over the bus and went through the emergency door." "Well come on up here and I'll give you a ride to Park ave. while I pick up some more kids." said Mr. Hartford. I gladly took my seat with Mr. Hartford. Eventually we stopped at the usual spot where Marrone and Dwayne show up. There we found Two adults and Dwayne. Dwayne hopped on board and sat next to Beth. SPLASH! Teenagers were there to! They were getting on board and it was chaos! I hoped Marrone was having a better time then we were. That's when I had an idea. I called Marrone. "(Hack cough) Wassup (sniff)" Marrone was coughing and sneezing. "Are you sick?" I asked. "(Sneeze) Yeah. I'm sick. I (Cough) have chicken pox (Scratch scratch scratch) Flu, (Bluuaah) and a cough (Hack cough) and I don't know how long I'm going to be like this." "I've gotta go! It's CHAOS over here!" I showed Marrone the teenagers. "That doesn't look too tough (Cough scratch scratch)" "It is!" Wreezet I ran like all the other kids through the emergency door. I uncovered my disguise as soon as we got to the emergency door. We went to the next bus stop. A bus arrived. We took our seats. Mr. Hartford explained the situation. "New york elementary and STEP ON IT!" We arrived at 7:12. We went inside. When we were going into chemistry, the lights suddenly flickered on and off. Then they stayed off. "Attention all students and teachers!" called Principal Gronger on the loudspeaker. "Please remain calm. In a nice orderly fashion, head straight to the exits and the bus will be there." Nobody listened. Everyone was hiding under tables, running around in circles, or throwing something around. The teachers however listened, except that the doors weren't open! Principal Gronger went out of her office to investigate and find out why the security cameras were picking up high scholars and not teachers with students behind them. Then she tried the doors as soon as she got here. "We can escape out the windows!" We went to the windows, but when we looked out there, the last boards were being put up by the same teens that were harassing us on the bus! We were trapped! Just when we gave up trying to break the boards, the mechanical technician came with a saw, sawed the boards and then jumped into freedom! That freedom only lasted ten seconds before the technician fell about 465 yards and landed into the entrance of a lwy. "TEENAGERS!!!!!" screamed Principal Gronger. "Those rotten teens had detached the part of the sidewalk that bordered our school, and 4 yds of the parts that stretched out." "Why don't we just go through-" I was interrupted by the end of my sentence, said by Principal Gronger. "The emergency door!" We went to the old secret door that led to stairs that went down to downtown New york. It took until noon to get down there, and we opened the door, or at least we tried. Deop Deop Deop "Yes?" said Principal Gronger, answered by a cold voice. "I'm Chris. Chris Jackson." "YOU! I'VE BEEN TRACKING YOU DOWN FOR AGES! YOU TRAP PEOPLE FOR FUN! YOU ARE GOING TO LET US GO OR I WILL CALL THE COPS ON YOU!" "We stole their MCs so they couldn't answer 911. Ever since, we've been called the Death Masters ever since. Even before we stole the MCs, we made word go around that a permanent malfunction at the police station would turn it into a monster at midnight. two of us would go get our pistols and threaten anyone that dared to make an entrance to the station. Gronger, you remember Alex Anderson. He told me about the secret passage to downtown, so we boarded it! You may want to hire a new mechanics guy if you want to get out by the way! Look at your old one!" Chris showed us a picture of a huge, flat, pink and white pancake with blood for syrup and tire tracks for butter. Wreezet "THOSE ROTTEN TEENAGERS ARE ALWAYS UP TO SOMETHING!" We went upstairs while Principal Gronger was rampaging about the Death Masters. "What are we going to do?" asked Patrick. "We're going to the cafeteria to have lunch." said Mr. James. Once we were at the cafeteria, we ate cold burgers and hot dogs that were more like cold dogs, our drinks didn't have ice, our table had almost no light and it was half past 1. I was thanking heaven that Marrone was sick. Recces was canceled because the Death Masters jammed the doors shut. That must've been to eliminate any fence climbing.

Chapter 4

No school!

Well today was the day I was well again! Charlie was pretty afraid when he called me yesterday. I sent myself to bed before I would usually get off the bus from school. I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and went into Dwayne's room to wake him up. "Dwayne, get up!" as usual, no response. "Dwayne, cant you get up just for once?" I was loosing my marbles. I grabbed Dwayne and shook him up, or so I thought. I got tired of shaking a blanket and tore it off of the bed. I screamed at the sight of an empty bed. I wondered were Dwayne was. I went downstairs to meet a couple of crying parents. "Mom? Dad? What's wrong?" "The Death Masters trapped our little baby!" sobbed mom. "Who are the Death Masters? And why are you crying mom? You hate Dwayne." "The Death Masters are a group of teenagers that rampage around town trapping households, software buildings, bakeries and," "And?" "AND BUSES!" sobbed mom. If the teens raided our normal bus, then we have to find a different bus stop. I told mom and dad the situation. They flew off to find a bus stop. We finally found one on Lexington. Mom and dad dropped me of. I waited. for a while. What seemed strange was that the bus took a while to get here. Then I thought, maybe it was a weekend. I looked at my MC and sure enough, It was 19th of November, which sure enough was a Thursday. I also saw it was 9:24 AM. I called Principle Gronger. "Marrone," said a tired Principal Gronger. "School is canceled." "Canceled?" I asked. "Why?" "The Death Masters have invaded and we can't get out of here!" Wreezet I called mom and told her to come pick me up. We got home. "The SCHOOL is captured! School is canceled." Mom and dad were just squirting tears out of their eyes. I invited myself to play video games. I played a race game called "Space Zapper 2". Space Zapper 2 is a game where you are on a planet called race world. It has 9 moons for 9 levels. Level 10 is on the planet and you have to challenge the champion. I'm in level 6. I'm in the Intermediate zone. The zones are based on the levels you're playing. Space zapper 2 is my favorite game ever! I'm in race course #2 and it looks like 1984 was. I was racing a tiny little car that looked very weird compared to the air-mobiles we have now. I got tired of finishing 6th or 7th place and I turned on the cartoon channel and spent about an hour watching Scooby Doo and the mummy thing. Then I turned off the TV and came to lunch. I had a Bologna sandwich. I went to my room to read Time Travelers Weekly. I read chapter 13, "Megan was in bed minding her own business and reading a book, not to know that an FSC was to land on the roof of their house. 'Honey!' called George from the landing. 'Dear me I want to read this perfect little-HEY!' Fred and Max grabbed her book and ran downstairs with it. Meanwhile, Sarah and Dan were switching from 1980 to 1999 and unaware of planet earth's location in 1999. 'Sarah, Dan, this is Lydia' 'What's the snitch?' asked Sarah. 'The earth's location in 19 years includes having a house intersecting your spacecraft.' 'It'll be okay' They traveled into the year of the rabbit. They landed with a surprise old-fashioned roof corner through the floor of the FSC" I got tired of reading once I got to chapter 14 and then came down to dinner. We had cheeseburger macaroni. Cheeseburger macaroni is my FAVORITE food. I stuffed myself with cheeseburger macaroni and asked for seconds. "Dad?" I asked "Yes?" sobbed dad. Mom and dad are still sad that Dwayne is trapped in school. "Tell me about your life." I knew this would make dad crack. Remember how I said that Mom and dad are still sad that Dwayne is trapped in school? I'm still suspicious about dad and why he looked at me like that. Dad told me how his life went before. The trick was if he told me he already told me, he's my real dad. If he tells me about his life, he's not dad. "Look." sobbed dad. "I already told you about my life." That's it. He is my dad. I knew that was it. I was up all night with insomnia thinking about if dad is really my real dad. I decided that I should listen to what Charlie said and search in mom and dad's room at midnight. Mom and dad are heavy sleepers, so that's why I decided that I was going to strike at midnight. It struck 12:00 AM and I got out of bed. I snuck into mom and dad's room and searched their room. Flush! The toilet flushed and I heard dad's steady yawn. I hid under the bed and prepared to see a pair of feet coming to the bed. I waited and heard some noises coming from my room. I went to the bathroom and had a drink of water, and spilled the leftovers in the toilet. I flushed and walked into my room and found dad digging in my dresser. "Dad!" I whispered loudly "Where were you all night?" Whispered dad "Get in your bed!" "OK, but first, you tell me what you're doing in my dresser." "We'll settle that tomorrow. Go to BED!" I did so. I had a dream. I was at a foggy New york city, floating in the air. Then I saw my school and found boarded windows, boarded doors, a missing section of the sidewalk and a bunch of teens all over the place. When I saw the teens, I thought of the Death Masters. Then I got a closer look of the teens and saw a jolly roger symbol with "Death Masters" engraved one on the top and one on the bottom. I woke up at the last minute.

Chapter 5
CRASH!


I'm still suspicious about the incident of dad poking around in my dresser. I'm also worried about Charlie, Sabrina, and maybe even Dwayne. I wanted to think happy thoughts today but nothing worked. Right when I thought I was done for, I had an idea! I went straight to mom and asked "Mom can you spare a moment?" "Of course!" said mom. "I want to ask you something." I said. "What do you think dad could be up to?" "What do you mean? "I mean what could dad digging for gold in my dresser mean?" "I don't know. but maybe your eyes need to be keen! Good one yeah? as in the rhyme?" "I guess." I didn't know what to do. So I turned on a horror movie called Dracula. I was pretty good about watching it. When Johnathan Harkin was searching Dracula's castle at daytime, a light bulb went over my head. I'd pretend to be sick like I was last time, and on Sunday, when dad's at church, I'd search his room. I did my business, and then it was lunchtime. I had a PB&J and then I went to play video games until the end of the day. I was in race track #4 of the 10 tracks. I made a right turn, then I took the lead, but I still had 1 more lap, I did it good, I stuck a good landing at the big jump, got to the last 10 yds, finished 1st place! In 2 hours I was in the 8th moon which looked like times when the automatic dog-feeder was built. It was hard, but I managed to get 2nd. I quit playing at 5:30. I asked dad if I could stay home from church this Sunday. I could. I was pretty stressed out. I decided to read Time Travelers Weekly again. "Sarah and Dan had a lot of people to take back to their time. 'Guys this is Sadie. You have too big of a load to take in.' 'We will drop some guys off.' They did so. ending up successful with the first load. Suddenly, a part malfunctioned, and Dan was Typing a code to take them to their own time, but it didn't work." I soon went bonkers waiting for Sunday. I went to mom and dad's room. Mom and dad were watching horror movies, so I had nothing to worry about. I soon went into the dresser. I searched and searched and only found clothes. I checked in the drawers. I saw nothing. I started looking outside the window. I thought about giving up, but then I had an excellent Idea. I looked behind things. I looked behind dad's alarm clock and saw a secret button. I pushed it and the alarm clock displayed an image: Bill Walter! He was struggling to get loose from tight ropes around a tree in the woods. I gasped and then pressed the button again. The police have caught him! I was jumping up and down with joy! That was, until dad showed up. "What are you doing in my room?" he asked. "What's this doing here?" I asked, pointing to the alarm clock. Dad picked up the alarm clock and said "This is to wake me up at 7:30." I think he did his best to try to
hide the secret button. "I found that button you know." I said. "Did you press it?" asked dad. "Yes I did press it. Why did it show Bill Walter as an image on the clock?" I asked. Dad marched me to my room. "Young woman," dad said. "you are to stay in your room and be grounded from video games until summer vacation!" I went to bed, only to finish Time Travelers Weekly. "Dan and Sarah thought for a moment of how to get to 2037. Then, they thought that if another FSC would come over here, they would fix their FSC and get it cranking again! They called Sadie. 'Sadie, this is Dan. Bring another FSC to our time. We will be right here." I was done with that book! I didn't know what to do next but sneak downstairs to find my school. I got out of the house only to find out that I cant get there that quickly without the air-mobile. I soon decided I would walk to school. I was pretty tired when I got there. I searched for a way to get in to an area where I could get about 1 foot from the school. I really wanted to free those kids. Right when I was starting to give up, I had an idea! I walked back home, got in the air-mobile and then realized I needed the key. I snuck into mom and dad's room. I was worried that dad would get up and dive into my dresser. I slipped to the dresser and snuck the keys. I made a run for it. I got to the air-mobile as quick as I could, go it started, and then pulled the gear shift lever to reverse, and I slammed the acceleration pedal. I shot backwards at first and then I turned the turbofan engines on and I grabbed the stick and I was off! I then came to an area where you have to change streets. I turned right, which was a big mistake. I forgot to push the rudder pedals and get the stick back to middle position! I was out of control! I was going down into twisted, fast, traffic! I tried to control it, but nothing worked. soon I decided to get the emergency parachute. I got it, and jumped out the back door. It was great! I never really did a parachute jump but I was skilled anyway. I landed next to a wrecked air-mobile. I saw a boarded door. The school's secret door! I went to the carpenter's place and told him the emergency. "Sorry kid." he said "You have to give me $20.50" "Sorry. I don't have any. I guess I have to get the Death Masters all by my-" "WAIT! Did you say Death Masters? Those guys make me MAD! I'll do it for free!"

Chapter 6
The breakout


We're still trapped in school. I just wish I was sick too. I really want to taste the fresh air! I was getting sick of all this. Then I had an Idea that involved an air mobile. I called Marrone on the deal. "Hi Charlie!" "Marrone! I need to talk to you!" "I'm going to bust you out of here!" "Good, but you need an air-" "You mean this piece of junk?" I saw a picture of an air-mobile that looked like it got crunched by a giant robot. "I got the carpenter to saw open the boards on the door! FEEL THE FREEDOM!" I was so excited! "See you on the other side!" Wreezet I was heading straight for the door and I tried and tried, but it didn't work. I tried every window, but they were all boarded. I was giving up, until I thought, what if she meant the emergency door! I went to the old secret door, and went down the staircase and tried the door, IT WORKED! It was only two seconds of excitement before Chris and another Death Master showed up. "You tried to escape after a wood guy got away with sawing down our boards. I want to saw you in half. I'm gonna do that today." I yelled for help, but someone 465 yds above you can't hear you. "GUYS!" "We'll take that." Chris stepped right in to position and grabbed my MC. I was about to start yelling for help, but then a carpenter showed up with-"Marrone!" "Charlie!" "Boyfriend and girlfriend how pathetic!" Chris stepped in and separated us. Chris held me, and told the other guy to grab Marrone. Chris pulled out his pistol and the other guy did to. I knew I was done for, but I wasn't going to let a couple of teenagers defeat me. Jest then, the teachers came right to the bottom of the staircase with a couple of teens with the Death Masters T-shirt on. "You may have gotten Arthur and Cleavland, but they were jest two losers. Take on the masters." They let us go, and then they got out their pistols. Principal Gronger got out a pistol and the other teachers copied. The teens lowered their pistols and in a big BANG! The teenagers started to fall. "Goodness GRACIOUS!" said Principal Gronger when she saw a crashed air-mobile. We got our MCs back and then got to the carpenter's air mobile. "I'll stay here to get the other students down here." said Principal Gronger.
I told Marrone about everything. She told me everything that happened during the times when the school was being captured. Right when everything was a happy ending, a pack of teens were waiting for us at the door of the school! "Charlie." said Marrone. "I read Time Travelers Weekly, and it taught me that sometimes some people will get stuck in some place and someone has to rescue them. Now it taught me to take out one at a time. An air-mobile landed right where the incident was happening. The teachers came out of the air-mobile and took out their pistols. The teens fell dead.
"We have to go home to let everybody know we're okay!" said Dwayne. We got on the bus, and we were all relieved that we were going home! I started to get sleepy. It was only a matter of time before I was in my nice comfy bed. I decided to take a nap until we got home. I then decided it would be better to go to sleep in the front in a chair with a nice cushion other then a hard plastic piece of junk in the back. I disguised myself again. "The Death Masters?" I said in a manly voice. "That's the name of that pack of teenagers? I want to give them all kinds of bologna!" "Relax!" said Mr. Hartford. "The cops will get them soon." I got up on the front seat and then I jest slept. I had a nightmare! I was in the school, and I then saw Chris. I wanted to run, but something inside me was telling me that running would be a big mistake. Chris pulled out his pistol, and another Death Master came holding Marrone, and then the teachers were behind them dieing. I was going to start crying for my life. That was when I woke up. I was glad the dream was over. We arrived jest in time! Marrone's parents were at the first stop. Dwayne got off the bus and his parents hugged him like never before. Marrone got off the bus and ran towards her parents, but they gave her an angry look. They took them home, and we got moving again. I couldn't wait to get back to mom and dad! That's when I thought that they were coming next! The bus stopped and I saw my parents waving at me from the stop! I was so happy! I go off and then I hugged my parents real hard and they said "Oh Charlie! You came home!" I was so happy at the sight of my parents! I love them so much! I was having a wonderful time! We flew home and on our way, I talked about our time in school. "And then, right when Marrone and I were doomed, all the teachers blasted them with pistols!" "That must have been violent!" said mom. I was ready to flop in my bed or play video games until I was sick. When we got home, I sat on the sofa and played Time Masters until 6:00 when we had dinner. I was so hungry. I had double helpings of lasagna. I then flopped in my bed and read Harold's house of secrets. "'We need to get into the main arena before Harold strikes.' said Martin. 'It's not going to work,' said Jack. 'because Harold has all the secrets to the house.'" I soon got tired and went to bed.

Chapter 7
Failed Interrogation


"Marrone," said dad. "you've been very bad this week. As punishment, you will go to school even if you are sick." "You know," I said. "I don't think you're my real father." Dad was mad at me for stealing the air-mobile. Don't ask me how he knew about it. "Go to your room." he said. "And don't come down!" I decided to listen. I got served dinner from mom at 9:30 by mom. "I'm not hungry." I said. "I don't want pizza right now." "Dear," said mom. "it's time to tell you something I should have told you a long time ago. Your father was kidnapped by Bill Walter." "Then who was the person who sent me up here?" I asked. "Your stepfather." I gasped! I didn't know that my father was kidnapped! "The police captured him!" "They didn't, Marrone." I thought mom was crazy! That's when I thought that I had the alarm clock for evidence. I went to mom and step-dad's room, got the alarm clock, and went back to talk to mom. "Look here." I said. I pressed the secret button to show mom the image. "That's a tree with a few snapped ropes on it." I looked at it myself, and there was not a guy strapped to a tree, but snapped ropes. He got out of that too! I was furious! I wanted to beat that guy's brains out! Then I thought, Step-dad! I went all around the house looking for him. I soon found him in the furnace room, fixing the heating system. "Dad," I said. "I need to talk to you, or should I say, step-dad!" "Where did you get that information Marrone," said dad. "and didn't I tell you to go to your room?" "I want to talk to you in the bathroom." I led dad into the downstairs bathroom, there I said "Mom told me my real dad has been kidnapped! You are my step-dad and I know it! Hey!" I was eying the look on dad's face, and then I thought about the picture of Bill Walter. Step-dad looked like him in a lot of ways! I wasn't so sure I wanted him for a step-dad that much. Step-dad looked like Bill Walter in a lot of ways, and Bill Walter himself looked more like a member of our family then a criminal in some ways, but neither looked like they would be least likely to come by, so I should watch my step when I'm around dad, especially when he drills into my stuff. I wanted to get dad for doing that stuff, but I will regret it later on. "Marrone," said step-dad. "I'm going to rethink your punishment. You are relieved of having to go to school every weekday." at first I was happy about it, until dad said "But we are moving to Virginia, and you will take Blaire Middle School from then!" I was really sad! Virginia is a southern state, and New york is a northern state! Plus, I'm going to Blaire MIDDLE SCHOOL! I've heard a rumor around the 5th graders in my school about middle school, with kids like me, who haven't hit their growth limit yet, sharing the hallways with kids who are ten times uglier, meaner, and bigger then you, need to shave twice a day, and have to use deodorant four times a day. I also heard that one of the weakest kids in Blaire Middle School took a vacation for the summer and beat up Caroline more then five times! I wanted to grab step-dad soooo badly, I couldn't keep myself on my feet! I fainted at the sound of "We move tomorrow." I woke up in the bathtub with hot water running into it. If you want a piece o'meeeee don't bother fighting! I answered my MC. "Marrone," it was step-dad "We are going to get a new air-mobile. I want you to be in charge of Dwayne and the house. I don't want to go to hard on you, so we can go in two more days. for the father-daughter dance off." I was thrilled to stay in New york for two days! To see thanksgiving one more time in NY! I then thought one more time in school to say goodbye to all my friends was the perfect thing! I waited for mom and dad to get home, when I realized they were looking for something to wear for the dance off. I wanted to be cool about it, but it took them FOREVER! I was going over to the TV to play Space Zapper 2 until mom and step-dad came back. I was in the lead, when someone shot up a secret jump to zoom right in front of me! I was catching up, I was close, I was 1 foot away, I was in front! But this was the first of the 3 laps I crossed the finish line, and then I found a secret jump! I plunged into the ocean in a tunnel and then, water jets at a very steep hill made me zoom above the other cars! I plunged into another tunnel and onto the track. I was in my 3rd lap, and someone got in front of me! He didn't use the secret tunnel, but I did. Mom and step-dad came home when I was curving around the last turn. I wasn't done with step-dad yet. I took him into the furnace room, shut the door. "Step-dad," I said. "I am going to ask you questions, and I want a yes or no only." "What's this about?" asked dad." "Hey! I'll ask the questions here. Now, was the alarm clock's secret button there so you can view Bill's actions?" "Listen. I don't have time for this. I'm going to make breakfast." I totally failed. Next time, I'm going to be more serious about this, I don't really know if I could. I sat down at the table to eat my cereal.

Chapter 8
The Dance-off


I was eating my cereal when I realized that step-dad was up to something. If he wouldn't answer any questions during interrogation, then he's hiding something. "Step-dad," I said. "I want you to answer my questions when I ask them to you." "Sweetie," said step-dad. "I wanted to make breakfast." "But why must you not answer my questions?" "I don't want to! Besides, breakfast is the most important meal of the day!" I wanted to cry. Something told me to keep from doing it. Mom and dad flew me and Dwayne to our last day seeing the bus stop. When we got there, I saw a guy come into the open. BILL WALTER! I was about to faint, but then he said "Marrone! Are you okay?" At first I was confused. That's when he said "Marrone! I can't believe I am finally seeing you!" "What's up here?" I asked. "You are supposed to be a criminal!" "I'm not a criminal!" Bill pulled out a name tag from his pocket. It said James Hawkins "Dad?" "Dang!" said Mark, looking at the FSC "My tractor's been damaged by a UFO there! I've gotta get a mechanical technician to get my tractor crankin' again!" The words from Time Travelers Weekly buzzed in my head, like bees in a beehive. Some things aren't what they seem. "Dad!" I said, hugging him. "I'm waiting for my bus to get he-" I thought for a moment. "Hey! How did you know I was Marrone?" "Your mother and I have been planning to take you to this very school. I assumed this was the stop closest to our house. You have your mother's eyes, and my big hairy feet!" "Who was the one who kidnapped you?" "The same person who wanted my sweetheart in collage. Bill Walter." "Where is he right now if you know? Uh oh!" The bus was coming! I could hear the engine rattling through the tunnel. "Hide dad HIDE!" I whispered to dad. Dad hid behind the bushes. I got on the bus with Dwayne, who spent his time picking holly berries and throwing them at passing air-mobiles, to notice me talking with dad. I was going to run towards Charlie, who was saving a seat, before I tripped on something. "Ha ha ha!" said Caroline's evil voice. "Did you have a nice trip Marrone? Ha ha ha ha!" I got to my feet after Caroline's crazy joke. "Hey Charlie!" I said once I took my seat. "Why the seat? I mean, not that I don't want to sit here." "Marrone," said Charlie. "I like you. I wanted to save you a seat so you don't have to sit next to the gorilla who tried to trip you-I take that back she isn't a gorilla." Caroline was standing over Charlie, maybe because he called her a gorilla, which I totally agreed with. "Back off WOMAN!" I said to Caroline, which was a big mistake. "I have my eye on you two!" said Caroline. When we arrived at school, we took history, science and math. In phys ed, Coach Porterfield was organizing for soccer teams for this year. There were the Elephants and the Cheetahs. The Elephants were the ones with very powerful reflexes in their arms. The Cheetahs were the ones who were faster then usual. I was a very fast runner, so that wasn't good news for me. I was going to compete against the school bully Caroline. "Okay!" said Coach Porterfield. "Listen up! I want every kid I call up to line up in front of me. The first one is Sabrina Gomez, Carl Fredrick, Daniel Marsh," Coach Porterfield hesitated for a moment. "Patrick Mallard, Charlie Eisenhower," I said bye to Charlie as he got in line. "James Smith, and Marrone Hawkins." I got up and got in line. "And now the Elephants. Mary Jane, Zoe Hoover, Caroline Ford," I saw Caroline step up to the back of the line. "Amanda Sneedly, Alice and Sarah Carter, Suzie Cleavland, and John Coyer." Phys ed was a great class! I went to lunch. "Charlie!" I said. "We're on the same soccer team!" "I know!" said Charlie. I ate my lunch and finished my other classes, and got on the bus and headed home. I then started doing my homework. I couldn't stop thinking about meeting dad! I stayed up all night thinking about the time when I met dad. I then started reading Time Travelers Weekly 2: The Haunted Year. I soon fell asleep and dreamed of being in a building covered in pictures of dad. Then those pictures were drenched in a fire and Bill Walter came in. I woke up. It was November 26 Thanksgiving. I went to tell step-dad about the dance-off. I knew all the dance moves step-dad knows, so I'm good to go. We flew to the studio and then we danced together for two hours until the DJ announced that the contest will start in 5 minutes. When 5 minutes rolled around, the DJ started to tell everybody to line up with their partner and stand in front of him and when the first couple is done, then the next two come up. We saw some awesome moves in those guys! I was feeling like Caroline was giving me a wet willie before I turned around to find out that I was getting a wet willie from Caroline! The Fords were sending their their youngest members of the family to a dance. I was so wanting to get out of here, but I wanted to enjoy myself here. When it was our turn, I started doing the Watusi, and then step-dad did the twist. I did the cha-cha, and step-dad did the wave. I did the robot, he did the splits. I did the mashed potato, he did the two-step. I did the moon walk, he did the hitch hike. I did the chicken dance, he did the worm. It ended with me finishing with a coffee-grinder. We got home in time for lunch. I was delighted that I had that time! I was also relieved that I had a good time for my last day of being in NY.

Chapter 9

The shocking truth

Eating lunch somehow reminded me of seeing my father. I thought of him being my father for the house too! I went over to the living room to play Space Zapper 2. I was on raceworld, battling the champion of the raceworld! I was in 1st place, when the Champion zoomed right in front of me! I was a lap behind of this runt! I wanted to find a secret tunnel but there were none! I got passed him, before he played a sneaky trick on me! I decided it was better to be slowed down by a banana peel then it was to lose. I was focusing on getting past him and all the other banana peels and win the race rather then noticing step-dad behind me. "I need to talk to you." said step-dad. "Marrone, I'll meet you in the bathroom." I was sure he was gone, so I kept playing until the race was over. I finished 2nd which is no big surprise. I was getting bored of finishing last place every time, so I turned off the TV and went to the bathroom. "Yes step-dad?" I said. "You wanted me to answer your questions. I want to make it up to you. I will answer every question you ask me." "Good!" I said. "Now, did you or did you not have that image for the clock to copy Bill Walter's actions?" "No Marrone, I had it there to see weather he would escape! to try to push him through his limits." "What for?" "To see how tough he is." "How did you tie him up without struggling to get him?" "I caught him in his sleep." "Are you lying?" step-dad struggled for a moment, then he said "No I'm not-" "Ha!" I said, knowing if step-dad struggled to tell the truth, he was lying. I was in a very bad mood. Step-dad lied to me! I could believe it however. I looked in his room after I got out of the bathroom. I saw some work uniforms in step-dad's closet for when he'd go to church. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the words BILL Hawkins engraved! I was stunned! I wanted to get a chance to get evidence of the situation! Was step-dad BILL WALTER? I was wondering for a second, but then I remembered, he looked a lot like Bill Walter himself, so he WAS Bill Walter! I called dad. I dialed

JAMES HAWKINS on my MC. "Hey Marrone!" said dad. "Dad," I said. "do you know why step-dad kidnapped you?" "Why step-dad?" "Dad, Bill Walter is my STEP-DAD!" "We met each other at the collage, and we liked each other at first, but then your mother came and Bill and I got in a big fight over her." "So all this is based on mom?" "I'm not done yet. Sweetheart chose me, and we married. 5 years later, when your mother was pregnant, that's when Bill kidnapped me in the night!" "So he kidnapped you so he could be the step-dad of me?" "No Marrone, the step-spouse of your mother." I was furious! "I'll call you later." Wreezet I was furious! Jest furious! I wanted to fight step-dad in person! That's when I thought again, what can I do? I was in my room reading Time Travelers Weekly 2: The Haunted Year, when I thought, dad will come and fight! I jest know it! Then I thought about what happened last week. Step-dad gave me that look when I said his name, he didn't answer any of the questions I ask him during interrogation, and he's been very moody lately. I was very suspicious about this in the first place! I wanted to blow his face off! He was at the top of my list of all the bad guys I've ever heard of! I wanted to get rid of him! That's when I thought up a plan: 1. Call dad and tell him to arrive at 12:30 AM. 2. At bedtime, tell mom and step-dad I've locked all the windows and doors in the house. 3. Set my alarm clock to 12:30 AM. 4. Tell dad when he gets here what we're going to do. I was all set! I called dad immediately. "Marrone? What's up?" said dad. "Come over at half past midnight." "What for?" "I want to get rid of step-dad. I need your help." "I'm ready." Wreezet "Mom! Step-dad! I've locked the doors for you!" "Thanks!" said mom. I got in bed, and set my alarm clock to 12:30 AM. and went to bed. DEOW DEOW DEOW DEOW DEOW My alarm went off. I pressed snooze and went over to the living room. Dad showed up around 2 minutes later. "Here's the plan." I whispered to dad. "We sneak up to mom and step-dad's room, grab step-dad, and throw him towards downtown." "Got it." said dad "But what if we take him to the police station, he will be in trouble." I liked dad's idea better. We took dad's clothes off and then put them on step-dad. Then we put step-dad's clothes on dad. Then we flew him to the police station. Right when we were good, step-dad woke up! "YOU!" said step-dad to dad. "Why am I in your clothes, and why are you in mine!" Then the police got here and saw step-dad. "Hold it!" said a cop. But then step-dad ran across the sidewalk. The police went after him yelling "STOP! I DEMAND YOU!" The cops came back with step-dad in their hands. "Well done!" we shouted. I was so happy with dad. "You're going to JAIL mister!" that kind of reminded me of mom and Dwayne. We flew home with a smile on our faces! We got home and dad took step-dad's place in bed and I got in my bed. I was so happy! I could cry! I was thinking about the new life with me and dad! Maybe mom would let us play 2 player Space Zapper 2! I couldn't wait for tomorrow!

Chapter 10

Dad is home!

I was so happy dad was finally home! I told mom the news. "That's Great!" she said. "I was so worried about James!" I was too! I was relieved! I went to the kitchen and made myself some cereal. I was so soooooo satisfied with my dad being home! I wanted to cry! I went to turn on the TV to play Space Zapper 2. Dad joined and we played happily for a few minutes, before mom said "Time for you two to go to school." Dwayne said when he saw dad "Hey! Who's that guy?" "He's our real father!" I said. I hugged dad before I left to get to school. I was in the air-mobile, and I told mom what happened. "YOUR STEPFATHER WAS BILL WALTER?" "Yep!" "THAT'S INSANE!" said mom. "Well at least he's now in prison! No more dirtiest laundry for me!" I was talking to Dwayne about it too. We got to school right on time! The bus showed up right when we landed. I sat with Charlie and told him what happened too! I was in a great mood. So great, that I didn't snarl when Caroline tripped me. "So you don't have to go to VA?" said Charlie. "That's OK, because you jest took a trip Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha bwaha bwaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...ha...ha...I'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!" said Caroline, running to the emergency door. "Caroline!" said Mr. Hartford. "You will be EXPELLED from school for a million years!" I was so happy about that! NO MORE TRIPS FOR ME! That is, until a million years is over. I was indeed happy about everything happening to me. I was starting to get off the bus when Charlie said "Marrone, there is something I've wanted to tell you a long time ago." "What is it?" I asked. "I have a crush on you." I almost fainted! I got into school and went to math. Ms. Cecilia was starting algebra today. "Now! I have your work today! It includes probability and data and graphs. I got a sheet that said stuff like histograms for numerical data, mean and median of a data set, and tree diagrams. I answered the histogram with 21 numbers 4, 5, 6, 4, 2, I answered the mean and median of the data set 9, 12, 4, 11, 3 median 9 mean 7.8. I got an A++ for good show. I was probably the happiest girl in the school because Charlie has a crush on me, Dad's home, and I got good scores in my classes! I got home in time to find a pizza box with all my favorite toppings like peperoni, onions, olives, and cheese. Mom dad and Dwayne had their own box. I was so happy that I had such a great family! I wanted to spend every day of my life at home, or in school. I was relieved of my homework. I had nothing! I was hoping I wouldn't have another family that was crabbier, meaner, and unkinder then this one. I was living a good life. I was proud of it. I played Space Zapper 2. I was in front, when the champion zoomed too far from me so I could defeat him. I wasn't doing good until the champ slipped on a banana peel and I took the lead! I finished 1st place! I really did! I was so happy! I was so happy, I had to cry. I was so hyper active, I didn't notice Dwayne sneaking up on me to tickle me in my tickle spot. I was laughing like crazy! I was in the best mood in the whole world, I guess. "Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Dwayne stop that!" I wanted to go make a tuna sandwich, but I grabbed a pizza instead. "Mom!" I said. "Yes dear?" "Can I go the the park tomorrow? Please please please?" "Okay!" I was excited about everything! I even walked into the yard to watch the stars. I thought about the day I had. I was so happy. All I wanted to do was to relax for a little while. Now, things are starting to go my way. I didn't want anything to change. Nothing in this perfect day. I went back into the house and went to bed.

YAY

I won NaNoWriMo

Movie|Difference|Story*:The white seal

The White Seal is a story from Runyard Kipling's Jungle Book. I spotted a few differences from the story, an the movie:

1. Story: Kotuk* found the sea cow. Movie: The blue whale took Kotuk to the sea cow.
2. Story: Thete was a Killer whale, but no blue whale. Movie: (Oppesite derection**)
3. Story: Kotuk saw the Holisjiki*** be killed. Movie: Kotuk saved the Holisjiki.
4. Story: The seal skinners were Alluteans. Movie: They were sailors.

*Kotuk was the white seal.

**I'm defining There was a Blue whale, but no killer whale.

***Seals that were not old enough to have a family.

Pennsylvainia

We're back from another trip to Pennsylvainia. We found a toad and named it Pedro, we went to the Mr. Gilliland's place and we went home STRAIGHT IN THE EVENING! We had fun at the farm, but we miss being home. HOME SWEET HOME. Here are some pictures of it:

We are happy to be back from three weeks at the farm. See you later!