My creative side...

The first chapter of my story "They Can't Tell me Who To Be"

A young teenage girl stood outside the Spyglass Inn in Fenar, Montressor. Next to her floated a small, purplish blob.

She looked at it and said, "Well, Morpha, should we get ready?" The blob started spinning excited circles around the girl's head. "Uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh!" The girl laughed. "Allright, allright!"

They walked into an alley next to the Spyglass. The teenager motioned to Morpha and the little blob landed on her head and changed her her hair to short and dark brown with a small ponytail and short bangs.

Then they walked into the Inn and sat down at a table. When the waitress came over the girl asked, "Is Silver here?" The waitress looked at her suspiciously and went into the kitchen. She appeared a few moments later to say, "He says to come on in."

When the girl walked into the kitchen she noticed a delicious smell rising from a pot on a stove. She saw a tall figure standing at the stove. It turned and asked, "Jimbo?" The sixteen-year-old shook her head. "Jaden?", the figure tried again. The girl reached up and tapped Morpha. The shape-shifter flew off the girl's head and her long blonde hair fell down to her shoulders.

"Janna?!", the figure exclaimed. The girl nodded. "Hi, Grandpa." "What are ya doin' here?" The girl looked at him sheepishly. "I ran away from home." "Why'd ya do that?" "Because I couldn't stand it anymore! I had to do everything! Feed the baby, wash clothes, clean house, all of Mom's work!" John Silver looked at her, surprised. "Why were ya doin all her work?" Janna scowled. "Because she was too busy off visiting her friends and other stuff like that. Jaden and the others didn't even help!" Silver frowned. "But, Jan, why aren't ya at the Academy? You an' Jaden should be graduating about now." Janna's eyes filled with tears. "Because they kicked us out when one of the teachers found out that you were our grandfather." Silver was shocked. "They threw ya out cause o' me?!" "Uh-huh. They treated us like outlaws just because you were one."

Silver walked over to Janna and hugged her as she started crying. He stroked her hair and tried to comfort her. "Janna Starfire Silver, you listen to me." She looked up at him and he smiled. "It'll be allright. Don't you worry." She wiped her eyes and smiled up at him. "Thanks, Grandpa. Um, could I maybe stay here for a while?" He smiled back. "Yeah, you can, Jan. But could ya help me with these dishes?" She grinned. "Sure, Grandpa."

The first chapter of my story "Whispers and Lies"

Hi. I'm Cassandra Solode, but you can call me Cassie. I decided to write this all down so I won't forget what happened. My older brother Jaceno and I were really pulled into The Etherium and journeyed on the RLS Legacy to Treasure Planet! At first we thought we were dreaming but then-well you'll just have to find out what happened if you choose to read it. I'll start it the night before it happened...



I smiled as I watched the credits of Treasure Planet roll past on the TV screen. I looked over at my brother who was sitting on the sofa next to me. "Hey, Jace, wouldn't it have been fun to be on the Legacy?"

My seventeen-year-old brother smiled. "Yeah, it sure would've, Cassie. But, I probably wouldn't have been able to watch over you all the time like Dad asked me to. You probably would've made a great cabin-girl, though." He got up and switched on the living room light.



I winced and covered my eyes with my arm. "Did you have to do that, Jace? That hurt!"

He grinned and threw a pillow at me. "Yes I did, Cassandra Ashley Solode!"

I scowled and threw the pillow back at him. "Well, take that, Jaceno Andrew Solode!"

A few minutes later our step-dad came into the living room, stopping our pillow fight instantly. We looked at eachother anxiously as he frowned at us sternly and pointed to the clock. It read 2:53 am.



"Why are you two still up?", he asked quietly. Then he saw the television. "Were you watching a movie?!" We nodded silently and he glared at us. He stalked over to the TV and turned it off. Then he pressed the eject button on the VCR and yanked the cassette out. I stared in shock at the glittering tape hanging from the case, torn in half. "You...you ruined the movie!", I whispered. My step-dad frowned at the tape, then turned to me. "Yes, Cassandra, its broken. I hope this teaches you not to stay up late watching movies!"



I looked at him angrily. "Mom said we could, so-!"

He cut me off by throwing the tape to the ground and crushing it beneath his foot. Then he looked up at us. He pointed at Jaceno and snapped, "Get to your room, boy."

Jace nodded and left. My step-dad glared at me. "Your mother may have said you could, but I didn't. Now go to bed."

I turned and ran for my room, slamming and locking the door behind myself.



I heard him swearing outside the door as he tried to open it. Suddenly I heard ripping paper and realized that he was tearing down all the artwork that I had taped to it. Tears flew into my eyes as I thought of all the work I had done on those pictures. He finished ripping them down and shoved the pieces under the door. "Stupid papers! I hope you'll behave better now, Cassandra. I don't think you want your mother to find out about this, you stupid little wench!"

I quickly grabbed my CD player's headphones and turned it on as loud as I could stand it as he began calling me horrible names. I finally drowned out his voice with the music and slowly began to relax as I listened to the lyrics of the song.



"They can't tell be who to be. 'Cause I'm not what they see. Yeah the world is still sleepin' while I keep on dreamin' for me. And their words are just whispers and lies that I'll never believe!"



Tears began to spill down my cheeks as I quietly sang the song along with John Rzeznik. I love this song because most of it described me and my life. Ever since mt father died six years ago and Mom married Josen about three years later, things had just been getting worse and worse! Jace and I began to lose privileges for no reason and Josen kept abusing us. Physically and emotionally. He'd curse at us while we worked and one time when Jaceno had asked him to stop he punched my brother in the stomach as hard as he could. Jace couldn't stand up for an hour.



My younger step-sister wasn't nice either. When I first found out that I was gonna have a sister I was excited but I soon found out what she was like. She was like her father in almost every way! She could swear so loud and vulgar that even a salty pirate would cover his ears tightly. When she first came to visit, she left me in tears because she had completely destroyed a small figurine that my dad had given me right before he died. As Josen took her home I saw him give her a hi-five in their car. But I'm getting sidetracked there. Back to my story.



After "I'm Still Here" was finished I slowly took off my headphones and turned off the player. I looked out my window and made a silent wish. 'I wish I could go far away from here. I wish I could go to the Etherium and be away from Josen forever!' Then I wiped off my face and began getting ready for bed. I was strangely tired as I climbed into bed and switched off the light. Before I lay down though, I glanced out the window and saw a faint green glow outside. I tried to keep my eyes open but couldn't. I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.