{"id":6064,"date":"2019-10-31T01:48:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T01:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/phillippines?p=6064"},"modified":"2019-10-31T01:48:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T01:48:10","slug":"facing-your-fears-story-entry-young-authors-scheme-competition-batangas-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/philippines\/facing-your-fears-story-entry-young-authors-scheme-competition-batangas-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing Your Fears | Story Entry Young Authors Scheme Competition Batangas 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One day, a family moved to another house. The house was very spooky. It was full of webs, creaky doors, and leftover decorations from last year\u2019s halloween. They had to clean it up. Raymond, the father, went to the attic to clean and fix the attic. Stacy, the daughter of Raymond and Edith, went to the basement. While her mother, Edith, is cooking.<\/p>\n

When Stacy was cleaning the basement, she stepped on a garden gnome. She was afraid of garden gnomes! She screamed really loud! So Raymond and Edith raced down the basement. \u201dWhat\u2019s wrong honey?\u201d her father said worriedly. \u201cWe heard a girl screaming.\u201d followed by her mother. Then Stacy replied \u201cI stepped on a garden gnome!\u201d. \u201cWhat garden gnome?\u201d her father said. Then Stacy replied \u201cLook at my foot!\u201d. When they looked at Stacy\u2019s foot, the gnome was gone! \u201cThere\u2019s nothing to be afraid of.\u201d her mother said. *Her parents hugged Stacy*. After they ate dinner, which was so delicious, they went to bed to sleep. Stacy was thirsty so she went down to get a glass of water. When she opened the refrigerator, she saw another garden gnome! She blinked and it was gone. \u201cI must be seeing something.\u201d Stacy said cowardly. She got a glass full of water and drank it. When she turned around, she saw another gnome! So she raced off to her bedroom and tried to forget about the garden gnomes and sleep. She was able to forget about it and slept.<\/p>\n

The next day, her parents went out because they were meeting somebody. Stacy was left out all alone in the house. While she was watching a show at her television, a garden gnome peeked behind the TV. She blinked and it was gone! Then, she found a mysterious looking creature! It was an alien-like creature! She rapidly gets a fork and tried to poke it at the back. It was useless against the creature! The creature stared at her for 10 seconds. It jumped and held on to Stacy\u2019s face! She was trying to take it off but it didn\u2019t come off. Then a garden gnome appeared with a plasma gun. It aimed at the creature then shoots it. \u2018You\u2019re welcome!\u201d said the garden gnome. *Screams at each other*. \u201c AHHH YOU CAN TALK?!\u201d. \u201cYes I can talk what do you think?!\u201d The leader of the garden gnome, Rockhart, said \u201cHey, be nice to that girl. Apologize to her!\u201d. \u201cYes sir.\u201d replied by Lockhart, the son of Rockhart. \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d Lockhart said apologetically. \u201cUm, okay.\u201d Stacy replied. Rockhart said \u201c Let me tell you what this house is made of. It is made of Ocknium. It is where we get our names from. Get it? Rockhart and Lockhart. \u201cHaha yes I get it.\u201d Stacy replied sarcastically. \u201cDo not talk to my father like that!\u201d Lockhart replied angrily. \u201cIt is fine son.\u201d followed by Rockhart. \u201cWant to know a secret?\u201d asked by Rockhart. Stacy replied \u201cYes!\u201d. \u201cThen follow me.\u201d Rockhart replied.<\/p>\n

He gets his magic crystal called the ky \u201ckey\u201d then starts drawing a door on the wall. After he finished drawing a door, the wall opened a secret passage to lead them to their village. It was bright inside because it was full of crystals! Their house is made of crystals. Their weapons are made of crystals. Even their beds are made of crystals! Stacy thought on how they sleep on those things if they\u2019re so bright! Rockhart and his son introduced every one of the garden gnomes in that village. Lockhart said that he was fighting those alien-like creatures for several years. He said that the alien-like creatures was named the Orcks because they ate the very first blacksmith, who was named Orck, in their first built village under the bridge of the town that they were living in right now. Then something broke the wall of their village. It was an orck they thought they were many but it was only one. So they brought all their weapons and used all of them on the orck that was alone.<\/p>\n

The power that was powering up the weapons, was already gone. They were desperate! They think of all the ways that can bring the power of the weapons back but every way that they think of was not working. They had little power on the main crystal but it was not enough to power up their weapons made of crystals. But then Stacy thought of something that can be a weapon to beat the orcks in Stacy\u2019s house. \u201cWhen I saw an orck, a got a fork but it was useless right? If we can power up the forks with a drop of the power from the main crystal, it will be enough to scare away the orcks long enough to regain the power in the crystals.\u201d \u201cI\u2019d hate to say this but it is a great idea!\u201d Rockhart said. The orcks arrived and the initiated their plan of scaring away the orcks. Hopefully, it worked! The orcks were scared away so they retreated. The power started regaining in the main crystal. They had enough power to defeat few of the orcks. If they wait long enough, they would be able to defeat all of the orcks. The garden gnomes thanked Stacy for helping then scare away the orcks. Stacy said \u201cIf they come back, you will be able to defeat all of them.\u201d. \u201cI believe you Stacy!\u201d Lockhart said. They said goodbye to each other. Stacy\u2019s parents woke Stacy up. It turns out that it was just a dream! Well at least Stacy overcame her fear of garden gnomes. A garden gnome peeked from the door and said thank you but she didn\u2019t hear it. It was real after all she just thought it was a dream!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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