The Monarch, Issue #2, March 2015

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Welcome readers to our second issue of The Monarch, Madison Middle School’s on-line monthly magazine.  We’d like to thank you for stopping by and enjoying the variety of writing.  Our writers write with high hopes of being read.   Please keep our mission in mind.  We are not interested in publishing only the best writing but rather to provide a space for all students to share their perfect, and not so perfect, pieces of writing.

Enjoy!

Melissa Ivan

Publisher

I’ve Got Tricks Up My Sleeve

by Geneva L.

Question 1: If it’s information you seek, come and see me. If it’s pairs of letters you need, I have consecutively three.

Who am I?

Question 2: A natural state, I’m sought by all. Go without me, and you shall fall.
You do me when you spend,
and use me when you eat to no end.

What am I?

Question 3: Alone I am 24th, with a friend I am 20. Another friend and I am unclean.What am I?

Answers appear at the end of this issue.

The Girl

by Stephanie M.

December 2

Last night I watch a Video on YouTube about a girl, how’s hole life changes in one year. The video starts on her birthday, every day after that she video-tapes her self for 1 sec a day for a year. At first her life is happy and peaceful. As the video goss on she is force to leave her home,She become very depressed. When I was watching this video I began to think, what caused this and where did it happen.

December 3

Yesterday I watch the video again, I realized that at the end it said where it happened in Syria where they are having a civil war. A civil war is a war that happens with in a country’s boundaries, between the government and a large group of fighters.

 

Watch the video here:

 

Could I Stay?

by Raynie J.

This city filled with lights at night although in the day time bottle caps Rome the city that I would call home. If I could find a way to revive from this hate from myself I would.

There’s a grate saying some infinities are bigger than other infinities we’ll, my life lasted to one.its strange looking at the world in a way that your not in your own mindset when it feels like your looking above everything.
the puddles in the mist like condensation when you have died you can see things different than you ever thought you could have the beauty in everything.
The car accident took my life and even if I was to wake up it would be as a foster child with no home so this is my dissuasion. I will not stay not because I can’t or because I don’t want to it’s because that even if I did stay I wouldn’t stay for long the stress would billed up and the night will eventually take me away with darkness it’s better this way.

 

HER

by Baily B.

I’m standing out side the mall in a field, when I see “her”. In this case “her” is really two people. I am the third wheel in the what’s called friendship. Juliana and Britt are the monsters I’m talking about. They are practically the same person but Britt is the more dominate one and tells Juliana what to do. When I see them together I call them “her”.

She’s with her friends laughing until she lays her eyes on mine. I know that hate is a strong word, but the way that they have been treating me, it’s time that I use it. I especially don’t want to, in this bright green meadow with several, yet beautiful patches of daisies. I look up to the bright burning star, just to not make my eyes come in contact with hers.

She starts walking towards me. I can feel a tear dripping down my face, I wipe it off with my sleeve that’s almost soaking wet. Although I try to stay calm, every step she takes is torture. She is the thick dark cloud on a sunny day that is not wanted nor needed.

She is the kind of person that can manipulate anyone she sees. I can’t believe that she sucked me in to her little game of life, controlling every part of me. I’m sick and tired of her treating me like this. She treats me like I am a empty soda can on the road, kicking it to only where she wants it to go, until she gets bored and leaves. I go home from school to get away from her, but she’s always in my head, mocking me. I tell myself that I am better than this, I have freed myself from her trancelike whirlpool before, but she sucked me back in, by guilting me. I can see right through her. I want to get away, but I spent most of my life with her. If I do leave, I loose everything, but move on to a better life. If I stay I would have let her keep treating me like this. I choose to leave.

All this is racing through my mind while she is standing there face to face with me talking, but I’m not paying attention because I’m caught up in my thoughts. I can see her lips moving and she’s putting her fake emotions into her words but I can’t hear her. She doesn’t

even ask why I’m crying. Why isn’t she asking why I’m crying? This is another sign that I need to move on in life. When she got done talking she just stares at me with her piercing eyes. I explain to her how I feel but I can tell she doesn’t care. I walk away, she laughs. I don’t need her criticism so I just ignore her. She doesn’t control me any more. She’s powerless. It feels amazing.

Since that happened I have gained way more than I have lost. I am happy for myself. I still see her around and I give her a look saying that I’m happy with out you. She gives me a look like she didn’t care if I left or not. It still makes me jealous seeing her with the popular girls but I know that I’m treated better where I am with my somewhat true friends. At least they treat me like a real person. They invite me to do stuff with them and enjoy spending time with me. They ask me what my opinion is about things . It makes me feel like I’m a real person.

All of this is a life lesson, at least in my mind you will have a bumpy roads in life and you think it will never get better, but it does. There will always be mean girls in your life but you have to learn how to encore them. It’s hard but you can do it.

 

The Adventures of Magma Skull

By:Tomaus H. K. G.


Chapter 1
The Very Beginning

There is a legend of a man who’s veins are filled with lava and his skull made of magma. His touch can melt through steel and he has the strength to lift a boulder 10x his own weight. If he falls in water and his veins and skull turn to obsidian his form will explode and turn any water based life into obsidian. He has a pet made of the same material he is made of and he named his pet magma pup. He travels across the world training with the most powerful fire elementals on the planet. He learned how to cast spells that would summon armor made from solid magma (not obsidian) and weapons made from reinforced obsidian. His pet magma pup soon grew into magma hound and magma skull summoned armor that was made from the same material as his weapons. They battled many evil dark warriors as they went along. Later on they soon met Enderium a warrior who could teleport. He was hired by the leader of the evil dark army to assassinate Magma Skull and Magma Hound. When Enderium tried to attack his sword melted on contact and he weakened.
“Please don’t hurt me the evil king captured my family and forced me to kill you or they will die.” Cried Enderium .
“Don’t worry I understand I have no family it least I don’t remember them.” Said Magma Skull. “Thank you great warrior I am Enderium or Seth if you prefer.”
“My name is Magma Skull or Tomaus.”
Later at night while they were eating.
“It took me ten years to forge this armor.”explained Enderium.
“What’s it made from?” asked Magma Skull.
“It’s made from pure Endermite, a substance that let the user or anything with conductivity to teleport.”
“That’s really cool.”
“Yea I also need it to survive because one day I found raw Enderium .”
“Really that’s the most powerful and rare element in the galaxy.”
“Yea but when I found it I touched it not knowing what would happen.”
“What really how did you live.”
“I don’t know all I know is it was absorbed into my veins but not entirely and I have the power to control it. I also have a sword that is made from the same substance as the center of the earth.”

“Wow that’s a really cool story maybe we should get some sleep now.”
While Magma Skull, Magma Hound and Enderium where walking trough the forest they encountered a ghost who tried to take Magma Skulls body so he could take it to the evil king. But when they tried to hit the ghost they just went through him. when the ghost took Magma skull, Enderiums eyes started to glow and he pulled out his sword and hit the ghost out of Magma Skull. The ghost ran away scared. When magma skull got up magma hound licked his face in joy. When he saw Enderium, he was larger and more enderlike than usual. He looked like an assassin with a hood made of purple silk. He soon turned back to normal and fell to the ground on conscious. Magma skull had to wait until Enderium woke up. When Enderium woke up he asked, “What happened? Where did the ghost go?”
“You saved me.” Said Magma Skull with a smile.
“But how? You where controlled by the ghost.”
“I don’t know, but when I woke up you looked like an assassin with an Enderium silk cloth hood.” “Wow that sounds amazing I wish I could remember it.”
“Well let’s get some sleep we’ve got a big day tomorrow.”
“Ok but I’m going to say up and watch for any more bounty hunters.”
“Ok good night Enderium.”
“Good night magma Skull and Hound.”
The next day they ventured into a jungle and came across Mythiskal and lime his pet slime. They were walking through the jungle until some evil dark warriors tried to get them. So magma skull, magma hound and Enderium attacked the evil dark warriors.

“Man dudes I hade them.” Said Mythiskal “No you didn’t.” Said Enderium
“Yes I did.”
“But you were standing there doing nothing!” “Yes but I can do this.”

Just then Mythiskal started to glow and a medallion on his chest started to grow into shoulder armor and chainmail made from emeralds as well a long sword. He looked like a gladiator an emerald gladiator.
“WHAT?!”screamed magma skull.

There are more elemental battlers than me and Enderium. “Wait you guys have powers to?”asked Mythiskal.

Chapter 2
The Search Begins

“If you have powers show me.” Said Mythiskal
Enderium teleported around and Magma skull created armor for himself and magma hound. Soon after that a little metal ball hit the ground and opened with this holo message.
“Magma skull if you ever want to see your family again you will surrender you magic and join them in prison. If you choose not to give up they will become my personal cyborgs.” Then the screen cut to his family “Tom don’t give up never stop fighting we will be ok.” it blacked out. “M-my family!? Said magma skull trying to sit down.
“TOM?!!” suddenly screamed Mythiskal.”your name is TOM?!”
“Yea why? It’s just a name.”
“What is the spelling?”
“T-o-m-a-u-s.”
“Did you know your father?”
“No why?”
“I think your father is Hephaestus the God of fire and forge. There was a legend that he had a son named Tomaus and had sent him to earth. While the evil king attacked the gods you were sent to earth. He hoped you would train and grow strong so you could lead a team of battlers to defeat the evil king.”
“And you think I’m the leader of the legendary battlers?”
“Yes.”
“Well if I am an elemental battler what happens if you find true potential?”
“You grow and become your true form.”
“I think Enderium is one to because when I was being taken by a ghost I woke up to an assassin with and enderium silk hood.”
“Then we are all elemental battlers.” Said Mythiskal as he grew into an emerald man with a staff of elemental power. He was a man who could fight without fighting and heal the ones who needed healing. He had the powers of a god. He had an emerald cloak and could fly. With grace he emitted a beautiful green light that shined across the jungle. And he turned back to normal as he drifted down to the ground.
“We should look for the other elemental battlers so we can defeat the dark king.” said Enderium.

Love

by Micha J.

Love is hard, love is sometimes stupid, but it’s worth it. When they say no you keep trying, you keep asking them. Love is the most important thing in the world. The person I love is XXXXX XXXX.

 

Answers to:  I’ve Got Tricks Up My Sleeve
by Geneva L.

1. A bookkeeper.

2. Balance.

3. The letter ‘x’. It is the 24th letter of the alphabet, XX in Roman numerals is 20, and XXX is a label for movies that are very inappropriate (unclean).

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