I wrote this as historical fiction for language arts in 8th grade(2009). The page limit was 6 pages and I wrote 28. I got a 99% as the grade. I was 13
This is completely fictional, and was not made to disrespect the RL people involved.
Chapter EINS
Alix Burton's eyes flickered open from the rays of sunlight seeping through her window. Breaking into her dreamworld, the sun beat down on Alix's eyelids, turning everything she saw a bright orange-red. Opening her eyes, she saw the blurred figures of life taking form before her. How is my window open? Alix thought, with blurred silhouettes emerging from the sunlight into vision. The blurriness of the world became sharp in Alix's eyes, and she now saw her father standing near the window. She then assumed that her father had opened the window, to blind her with the sunlight, just barely arising from below the horizon.
"Get up, girl" Alix's father said to Alix sternly. "This is a big day for you in this beautiful country of Germany". Beautiful, my ass! Alix thought.
"Really?" said Alix. "Is there some kind of mutiny against Hitler?" That had been Alix's dream, ever since Hitler had basically conquered all of Germany. She especially didn't like the last few weeks, where he had been intimidating all of Magdeburg, where Alix most happily had lived her life.
"You would like that, wouldn't you?" her father said sarcastically, with a hint of anger. Alix could swear, if he tried enough, he could take of his sarcasm, and bring it together into some kind of illegal drug. Considering how sarcastic her father already was, Alix figured he was already doing so.
"It would be nice" Alix said truthfully. She waited to get hit, but all her father did was grunt and walk to Alix's doorway.
"We will talk about what is really going on, after you get home from school" Alix's father said from Alix's doorway. He then walked out of the room.
After Alix's father left Alix's bedroom, Alix look out of her window. Tom Kaulitz was standing at the end of the street, waiting for Alix to walk with him to school.
Tom Kaulitz was Alix's best friend, since her earlier years. Alix liked to be around him, because he was different. He was learning Japanese, not English, as a second language, when most of the people in Germany were learning English, even Alix. He even had a different look. He sported long hair, and usually wore some kind of hat. Alix also dressed differently, with short hair, and she wore pants instead of skirts, unlike most girls.
The only problem with Tom was that Alix's father hated him. Alix's father had called him a "street rat" and said that Tom had changed Alix to be "more like a boy than most boys" Tom was Alix's best friend which only made problems worse.
Alix stood at her window until Tom saw her. When he did, he gave Alix a sweet smile, which surprisingly made Alix's heart jump. She mouthed "one minute" and closed her curtain.
Like most 16 year olds, Alix didn't like her body. She usually refrained from wearing anything fitted. But not on that bright Monday morning in Magdeburg, Germany. Alix decided she was going to wear a fitted shirt and fitted pants. She teased her hair with water to help it stay to one side.
Alix went downstairs to the kitchen where her father was sitting. He was drinking black coffee with sugar, like he usually did in the mornings. Alix headed towards the front door.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Alix's father called out to Alix as she approached the front door. Alix turned around and looked her father in the eyes.
"No" Alix said. "I'm not hungry" She then walked out the door towards her high school, Gymnasien.
As she closed the door, she heard her father call out to her "Auf Wiedesehen! (Good bye*!)" Oh, how he tries, Alix thought.
As Alix walked up to Tom at the end of the street, Tom's twin, Bill Kaulitz, also walked up.
Bill's hair was dyed black as a symbol of his individuality. Alix's family was a rich family, so she could afford stuff like dye from Japan. For Bill and Tom's birthday, she figured out a way to obtain a bottle. Bill was always proud to have the only dyed hair of anyone that he had come across. He would always wear more fitted clothes than most boys. He also had short hair, but the bangs were longer then most boys' bangs.
"Hallo" Alix said to the both Tom and Bill.
"Are we going to school…now?" Tom asked Alix hesitantly.
"Ja, why?" Alix inquired, not trying to hide any of her confusion.
"Never mind" Tom said. "Let's go." Tom then led the trio off to Gymnasien.
