The Serpentimes

By: Jennie Burstow As I slowly walked into the great hall after a long and tiring journey to Hogwarts, I started to feel a bit nervous for the first time; it was massive and full of so many students, all in different coloured robes. It was quite organized, four tables for each house and a [...]

By: Macyn Archer “But mom!” I yelled. “ I said no Brandi. I don’t want you going to the concert.” my mother lectured. “That’s so not fair! I promised Charlie I would go with her tonight.” “Well that wasn’t your promise to make without asking me first. You’re just going to have to call her [...]

By: Ruby Tiny I didn’t even know I was dead. At first that is. One minute I was walking along the side of the road with my daughter. Next I was lying next to her with people standing around me. Only I wasn’t lying down, I was looking at myself and her lying down. My [...]

By: Rachel Selenia The rain was pouring down when the school day was finally ending. Mike sighed. He and his friends had planned on spending the evening playing soccer. It looked like it would have to be a change of plans. Mike followed his best friends, Simon and Jimmie, out of the classroom while putting his [...]

By: Ann Ong Beneath the petals of the rose, lies a bloody tale… I remember the winter I stayed back at school for revision. One evening, the golden sunset sprinkled all over the school compound. Fascinated, I decided to take a stroll in the garden. The only plants in the garden were pine trees, and [...]

By: Amanda P. X. Sim Have you ever heard a wolf howl? The sound chills me to the bone, and yet, I seem to hear it more often than I wish to. It is a deadly reminder of a tragedy, the most frightful experience that never was, or will be, forgotten. It all started with an [...]

By: Amanda P. X. Sim It was raining cats and dogs when I finally managed to halt a bus to return to the town of Hemsworth, where my parents lived. The streets were deserted, and I was lucky enough to come across the old bus travelling down the dark road, breaking the silence of the night. [...]