Writing challenge - whispers

She ran through the hallways looking for a way out, a way to warn him. She could hear them coming and panic was tight in her throat and chest. She couldn’t let them catch her before warning the others and they couldn’t let her warn them. They were saying the chip was a good thing, it gave hope and took away pain. It wiped people’s minds and she had to warn them they were coming. If they heard her they would either force her to take the chip or kill her. She couldn’t let that happen, she needed to see him again to warn them. She ran up the staircase to the roof scanning for away to jump and escape. Sprinting she made a leap right when they reached the door. She didn’t stop when she landed on the other side knowing they would follow. The sound of feet landing behind her confirmed that. She leapt over another ledge, she could see him in the distance calling her. She ran faster determined to get to him on time. A nylon rope wrapped suddenly around her ankles in a loop sending shock waves through her body causing her to fall. She tried to send a telepathic message to him “they’re coming” but she was too far away. She screamed “run!” Hoping he could hear her, that he would listen. A hand firmly grasped around her face covering her mouth to stop her from yelling. A voice whispered in her ear “too late” as they forced the chip down her throat, she was lost. 

Writing Challenge - Fairytales

In this writing challenge I had to re write or change a fairy tale, I chose what happened the Adam’s parents from Beauty and the Beast.

One day long ago there was a young man called Adam. He was a prince, his parents the King and Queen of France had gone away for a hunting trip that was meant to last for a week at most if not longer. The hounds had the hunting party chasing a magnificent stag through a valley which lead to a forest. A witch lived there; she was still angry after not being let into the castle by the prince who she had turned into a beast and had decided to punish the King and Queen assuming they were horrible people. Seeing the stag pass her cottage the witch decided to play a trick on them. Conjuring a stag she used it to lure the royal hunting party to cliffs. The King a d Queen tried to stop their horses as they heard the whines and yelps of the hound dogs as they fell to their deaths, but the witch conjured an aspiration which caused a pack of wolves to chase and spook the horses towards the cliffs. The King and Queen fell to their deaths as the horses reared and bucked at the wolves knocking their owners off in the process. 

Money and things to do during a lockdown

Saving for money for so many things is hell, it's hard when needs are so expensive compared to needs. I'd love to save for a house, a holiday. Anxiety over this has been getting worse as each week and month passes. Just having new glasses is around $2000 to $3000. Hearing Aides on the other hand, just a hearing test is $1, 380; the hearing aides themselves are  $3,150 each ($7, 020 for both). Some people won't see that as a lot but for those who don't get much of a paycheck or have to unfortunately live on a benefit due to medical reasons or other reasons that can not be helped it is very very hard to save money. Hopefully once work starts up again I'll get jobs that will help save that much.

Lockdown has been pretty easy in a way, if I was flatting it would be a different story of course but since I am still at home for now I don't need to go out anyway. As a introvert I was born for this, there's something to do every day basically, a book to read, a room to clean, a book to write, a game to play, a movie to watch, a show to binge, crafts to create, knitting to do, tumblr to sit on, PlayStation and Xbox games to play, PC games to play, people to chat to, crafts to learn, dances to learn, songs to learn, listening to every CD or record you own, songs to stream. Things around the house to fix, lawns to mow, sewing, animals to play with and walk. Family photos to sit and look through, pranks, family game days/nights, talent shows, musical instruments to play, card games, baking, cooking, painting, gardening, obstacle courses, crosswords, word searches, colouring, chopping wood, decluttering, organising, decorating.