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Grade 5
Fantasy/SciFi, Narrative
Writing

Mighty and the Three Kids

Oscar, 826CHI
The story of a lifetime—literally.

This is the story of a lifetime, starting in the village called Dullahan Village. The village was a kingdom ruled by a king. The village was made up of brick houses, a forest, mountains, and a huge waterfall. The village was like a festival, full of decorations, pearls, crystals, and jewelry. All of the Dullahans were half-man, half-horse, with no heads. They wore decorations like rings, headbands, bracelets, and necklaces. All the jewelry gave them great powers like magic defense, magic attack, and magic strength. They were fearless.

The king’s son, Mighty, was so different that none of the Dullahans wanted him anymore. Mighty had once challenged three kids named Jared, Nyne, and Carly. He tried to defeat them, but he lost the fight. Jared had spiky hair that was dyed red and wore a shirt with a symbol for peace on it. He was adventurous and curious and he’d never give up on anything. Nyne had neat, well-kept hair that was light brown. He always wore shorts and a shirt with a symbol for curiosity on it, and he was good at climbing rocks. Carly had beautiful long, black hair, and wore a dress that flowed in the wind. She also wore pearls and a headband that was black but patterned with leaves like a princess. Jared and Nyne thought she was beautiful and always full of happiness.

One day, mysterious creatures came to Dullahan Village and attacked. Everyone was like, “I’ve never seen this creature before.”

The king called out, “Attack!” and Mighty came to accept his challenge. He started to fight with swords. Mighty made the last attack and wounded the enemy’s shoulder. The creatures’ dirty-faced leader cried, “Arghhhhhhh! I’ve never seen anyone fight like this!”

And off they went. The enemy leader went away, and people were cheering for Mighty.

His father was impressed, and he made Mighty a knight to protect people.

The next day, his father and Mighty were sitting together. His father said, “You did great out there, son. You protected our village.” Mighty thanked his father. Then his father bid him good night.

“Good night, Dad,” Mighty replied.

When Mighty went to sleep, his darkened room filled with dark spirits flying around. They went inside Mighty’s head. The next day, when Mighty woke up for lunch, he was talking in a scary voice, saying that all the Dullahans should be banished forever!

His father replied, “How dare you? This is how you repay me? You are kicked out of this village. Leave! Leave this instant!”

It was a harsh punishment, but hearing that the Dullahans would be banished had filled Mighty’s father with fear. All the Dullahans were super angry and upset. The Dullahans scolded, “You are a disgrace to your father! Mighty, why would you do this? We’re very disappointed, Mighty. Leave. You are banned from this village forever.”

When he tried to return, the other Dullahans just looked at him. They exclaimed, “Go away. Remember, you’ve been banned from this village.”

Then, Mighty made an announcement that he wanted forgiveness. He told his people that he was sorry because something was controlling his head, making him do what he did to his father.

The Dullahans responded, “No,” so Mighty cried and ran away.

He had nothing to eat or drink, but he still had his jewelry. He made fire. He had no comfort, he had no father, and something was happening to his brain. He got insanely crazy. He went out of control. He was not feeling good, and he was acting like something else—all of his body had changed. His eyes changed color, and his DNA changed. He had a headache and was complaining that his head hurt. His skin and his whole body were in pain.

Meanwhile, Jared, Nyne, and Carly heard a voice say, ”Swallow these light spheres,” so the kids swallowed some blue spheres they’d found. Something weird was happening. Their throats were burning and their shadows were different. Three mythical shadow creatures came out of their shadows. Nyne’s was a tiger, Carly’s was a gecko, and Jared’s was a bearded dragon. Now, the kids had even more magic and powers.

They left on a journey to get back to Snowflake Village, a village full of wooden houses and a wooden bridge. The village had a lot of snow and windmills. On the way, a giant lizard that was tied to a rope made them fall into a tunnel and into some ancient ruins.
Nyne noticed something: a dark cave full with treasures and mythical creatures. They discussed that the place looked familiar, and Jared said, “Yes, this is the ancient ruins, full of treasures and creatures like Poo Snake.”

Nyne was trying to explain the place to the others, and Carly was scared that the ancient ruins could be dangerous. In the ruins they met this creature who was a half-robin, half-human and wore a blue shirt. His legs were covered with feathers and his name was Bird Boy. Together, they joined forces and were more powerful. Together, they traveled all the way to their families.

Then, they saw something coming, and you know who it was? It was Mighty, running to those three kids. Mighty again accepted their challenge to fight, and the three kids used magic—all different kinds of magic. Mighty was using his sword and his power of Earth’s realm. Mighty tried to beat them, but they were too powerful. Mighty started getting weaker and weaker because the three kids had been upgrading their magic with the light spheres.

Mighty was defeated and thwarted by the three kids. The three kids cheered for their victory.

Back in the Dullahan Village, the Dullahans were sad and crying about Mighty, because they hadn’t seen him for a long time. They missed him after he was banished.

Meanwhile, inside the house, The King was watching the news and he heard that Mighty was dead. Mighty’s dad shouted, “Nooooooooooooo! Mighty, I am so sorry.”

The king made an announcement that Mighty was dead, and all Dullahans gasped and cried, saying, “Mighty was a great man, we’re so sorry.”

The king decided that the Dullahans should walk into the waterfall as a tribute to Mighty, since that was how Dullahans showed that they were in mourning. One by one, the Dullahans walked through the waterfall, and once the last one passed through, the entrance to their village became magically sealed.

To this day, the waterfall is still known as the Waterfall of Sadness.

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