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Round One: Challenge One
1st time meeting
Nick and Miley are 5
1st day of Kindergarten
400 words
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Author: #1
Title: Pink Blues
Challenge: first meeting; first day of Kindergarten
Word Count: 400
Nate watched with sadness in his eyes as his mother walked out of the small
school room where he was; waiting for the first day of kindergarten to start.
He turned around, and took a look around the room, hoping to find someone that
would be willing to be his friend. This was his greatest fear; being alone and
having no one to talk too.
After finding a group of boys willing to share their toys with him; he
immediately became friends with them; as only little children could do. The
day progressed, and Nate became closer with his friends.
Just before school was over, they were coloring pictures, and Nate noticed
Miley was off alone, not coloring with anyone. Her head was laying on the
table, and she was sniffling, as if she was crying.
"Hey," Nate whispered to her, she looked up slowly, her eyes clouded with
tears.
"You wanna help me color my picture?" Nate asked, sweetly.
Miley nodded and walked over to him, her raven hair flowing behind her.
"Hi! I'm Miley." She greeted, giggling as she waved her hand.
"The name's Nate." He said, slyly grinning. His first day of school,
and he already had a girlfriend; his brothers were never going to believe
this.
"What are you coloring?" Miley asked, peeking over Nate's arms, that
were covering the piece of paper. He quickly moved his arms, allowing her to
take a look at his project.
"Pick another picture, I don't like Power Rangers." Miley stated, her
nose turned up in disgust.
"Okay." Nate simply answered, remembering what his brothers told him;
When you see a pretty girl, obey. He walked over and picked up another book
from the table in the middle of the room and walked back over to Miley. He sat
the book down in front of her and opened it.
Miley slapped her hand on a page, as Nate was about to turn from it.
"I'm not coloring Strawberry shortcake." Nate turned from the page,
appalled that this girl he barely knew would want him to color some girly
cartoon character.
"Please?" Miley asked, tears ready to fall down her cheeks.
"Alright, fine, just don't tell anyone." Nate whispered, Miley
immediately smiled in delight.
"I think you and I are going to be very good friends, Nate." Miley
giggled, as Nate blushed.
"Oh, and I DON'T do dress up."
Author: #2
Title: Broadway Boy
Challenge: "Journey Through The Ages" – 1st Challenge
Word Count: 400
"Sing for us, Nick!" a little girl cried after him, her frizzy braids
bouncing at her shoulders.
"Will you sign my lunchbox?" another shouted in a fit of asthmatic
coughs.
Ever since his classmates found out that Nick was leaving school early to
audition for a Broadway play, they had chased him all throughout the
playground. It was his voice that made the girls swoon, his chocolate locks
that made the girls giggle. But if Nick had a choice, his five year old heart
wouldn't go for the girls that went crazy over him- he wanted somebody to
understand him. He wanted to have a best friend.
Suddenly his feet were toppling over him and he landed on his back amongst a
pillow of grass. The girls had quickly scattered and it had quieted down as if
there were only two people left in the world that mattered. Nick looked up,
squinting from the brightness of the eye-lit sky, and found a shadow hovering
over him like an angel.
"Are you okay?" the angel said as it moved from the crush of the sun and
knelt beside him. A girl came into his view- dressed in a polka-dot sundress
and small white cowgirl boots on her feet. She didn't dress or act like the
other girls- she was just smiling at him curiously as rays of sunshine bounced
against her hair.
"I'm okay," he finally sat up after his mind returned, "How'd you
make them go away?"
She laughed and let her gangly legs spread out before her in the heat,
"They don't like me much."
"Why's that?"
"Because my Daddy's famous and I want to do what he does. My parents just
tell me they're jealous," she turned to Nick with shining eyes, "Why
were they chasing you, anyways?"
"Because I'm on Broadway," he sighed.
Her face lit up with magic, "What's your name Broadway boy?"
"Nick Jonas…"
"Well I'm Miley," she smiled and stood up, brushing the grass off her
dress, "And I like you."
Something about this little girl stung Nick in the heart- like a beautiful
buzzing bee as he grasped onto her gentle hand and she pulled him to his
feet.
Nick couldn't help but gaze at her when she asked, "Nick Jonas, would you
like to be my best friend?"
"Yes," he took her hand and they started walking back to the school,
"Forever."
Author: #3
Title: Cooties!
Challenge Number One:
- First day of kindergarten
- Nick and Miley are five
- First meeting
- 400 words exactly
Word Count: 400 words
"No! No, no, no, no, NO!"
The curly top brunette hung to his mother's legs resiliently, his small
backpack lying forgotten on the floor beside them. The young teacher stood in
front of the flustered mother, looking helpless.
"Nicholas, please," his mother begged, kneeling down to pry the child
away from her. "Please, sweet pea, let Mommy go, and she'll be back to
pick you up at the end of the day. Okay?"
"No!" the small boy cried, trying to bury his face in his mom's
shoulder.
"Okay, Nick, why don't we just put your backpack over here and you can go
sit down with the other girls and boys, hmm?" the young teacher suggested,
tugging lightly on Nick's arm. "We can have snack time in a little bit."
Nick perked up, turning his head to face the teacher. His chubby cheeks were
grubby with tears. "How does that sound?"
"Snack time?" he questioned suspiciously, still gripping on to his mother
tightly. The teacher smiled kindly.
"Yes sir, cookies and juice boxes," she said sweetly, picking up his
backpack from the floor. "What do you think about that?" Nick looked
between his mom and the young teacher a few times.
"Okay," he finally said softly, cautiously stepping away from the comfort
of his mother's arms. "Bye Mommy."
After putting his backpack away and finding him a nice seat at one of the
little worktables, the teacher passed out the chocolate chip cookies and apple
juice. Nick looked around curiously, munching steadily on his delicious treat.
"Hi thewe!" a bright voice exclaimed from his left. Startled, the new
kindergartener looked to the side, only to be met with a cute, messy face and
bright blue eyes. "I said hiya!"
"Hi," he said quietly.
"What's you're name?" the little girl questioned loudly.
"Nick," he replied, staring at the newcomer.
"I'm Miwey!" she said exuberantly, smiling widely at him. "I'm five
yeaws old."
"I'm this many," he said, holding up 4 chunky little fingers and his
pudgy little thumb.
"Are you gonna dwink that?" she asked, pointing to his half finished
apple juice. He deliberated for a moment, before pushing the drink toward the
excited girl.
"Nope. Here."
"Thanks, Nicky!" she cried, grinning a toothless smile at him and jumping
on him in a hug. His tiny heart fluttered.
Then came the infamous cry from the boy on his other side:
"EW! Cooties!"
Author: #4
Title: Best Friends
Challenge: Challenge one
Word Count: 400
"Mommy! Mommy, don't leave!"
Denise laughed and looked at her youngest son clutching tightly onto her leg.
She kneeled down in front of him and he clung to her neck. She chuckled and
slowly pulled away from the surprisingly tight grip he had around her.
"Sweetheart, it's the first day of kindergarten! Don't you want to see
everything?"
"No!"
"Nicholas Jerry! You were so excited yesterday! What's wrong?"
"I don't wanna go!" he crossed his little arms and pouted. Denise just
smiled and pulled her into her arms.
"You, my baby, are going to kindergarten whether you like it or not," she
pulled away and smiled softly at him. "It'll be fun, trust me. Now go
on."
He looked at her reluctantly but took a tiny step away. Denise pushed him
lightly towards the door. "Go on."
"Mommy will you be here afterwards?" he asked.
"Of course I will. With cookies to boot."
She saw his eyes suddenly sparkle with delight. "Really?"
"Really. Now go!" she watched him as he ran and get swallowed up by the
crowd of children. Denise brought a hand up to her face and felt wet tears.
"I've done this a whole lot of times and still I cry every time," a
woman next to Denise said.
"I know what you mean. It seems like just a few days ago when my Nicholas
was a baby."
The woman nodded. "Same with my Destiny. I'm Tish by the way."
Denise shook her hand and smiled. "Denise."
"Now, what's your name angel?"
"Miley" she said loudly, smiling happily up at her teacher.
"Well Miley, how about you sit next to Nick here alright?" she pointed to
an empty seat next to a wavy-haired boy and Miley nodded.
She sat in the seat as primly as she could and put her coloring book and
crayons neatly on the table. Then she turned towards the boy sitting next to
her and smiled widely. "Hi! I'm Miley!"
The boy smiled shyly at her. "I'm Nick."
"Ooo! That's a pretty name!"
"My name's not pretty! It's… it's manly!"
He looked at her indignantly for a second and Miley looked at him with her
wide blue eyes. Then all of a sudden, they were giggling uncontrollably.
"I like you. You're funny."
"I shouldn't like you."
"Why not?"
"You have cooties."
"But you're my best friend."
Nick smiled. "You're mine too."
Author: #5
Title: Light Yellow
Challenge: 1
Word Count: 400
"But Mommy, look at all the big scary boys! They'll beat me up!"
trembled young Nicholas, clenching his mom's sweater in his fist. His lower
lip trembled and his fingers were lightly shaking.
"Nick, you'll be fine," she soothed, placing a gentle hand on his head.
"I promise. I bet you'll make lots of friends today!" she comforted,
running a finger under his eyes to stop the tears.
"But I don't want to make new friends! I want to stay at home with you
and play Lego's!" he cried, refusing to let go. He felt a tapping on his
shoulder, and turned to see a young girl with bright eyes and curly brown hair
tied in pigtails standing before him. She wore a light pink dress with small
flowers on the hem and bows were tied in her hair.
"Hi, I'm Miley, and I'm your new best friend!" she chirped, taking
his small hand in hers. "Don't worry, I'll take good care of him," she
informed his mother, and pulled him away.
"Let's skip!" she decided, leading him towards the playground behind
the kindergarten classroom. He groaned but followed, wondering why the strange
girl was skipping with him.
They arrived at the swingset, and Miley sat down on the swing, curling her
small hands around the ropes. "Push me!" she yelled with a wide grin
plastered across her face.
Nick rolled his eyes and placed his hands on her back, pushing her with force
as she pumped her legs. "So what's your name?" she asked, squealing as
she went up and down.
"Nicholas," he replied. He paused and stepped back to avoid getting hit
by the girl on the swings, and fixed the collar on his white button-down.
"You look very nice today, by the way," she added. "I bet your mommy
picked out your clothes too. My mommy bought this dress just for my first day
of kindergarten," she smiled, smoothing out her pink dress. "So what's
your favorite color, Nicholas?" she asked.
He smiled. "Light yellow," he replied quietly. She turned around, and
dragged her feet against the sand to stop the swing. "What?" he asked
self-consciously.
"Yellow's my favorite color too," she replied with a giggle. She rose
from the swing, and took his hand again, intertwining their fingers as they
began to walk off the playset. "I think we're going to be great
friends."
Author: #6
Title: A Beautiful Friendship
Challenge: 1st time meeting
Nick and Miley are 5
1st day of Kindergarten
400 words exactly
Word Count: 400 words
"Mom! I can go in by myself!" 5 year old Miley insisted, tugging the
wrinkles out of her white summer eyelet dress. Her brunette ringlets framed
her round face, and her twinkling blue eyes shone with excitement and with a
twinge of annoyance.
"Miley…" the older woman started, only to stifle a chuckle as she
watched her little girl roll her eyes, purse her lips, and rest her hand on
her hip.
"Fine. But give mommy a hug goodbye!" she relented, squatting down and
stretching out her arms, as Miley shuffled into them and the two embraced.
"Be good, sweetheart, have fun, and learn a lot! I love you angel! I'll
be back at 3 to get you!" her mom said, wiping at a tear that had escaped
her prideful eyes, as Miley shot her a sweet smile, turned on her heel, and
marched up the concrete steps with determination, muttering "parents…"
Pulling the big, blue door open, a huge grin spread across the little
girl's face, as she studied her surroundings. The black and white checkered
flooring seemed to go on forever, and kids of all ages and sizes whizzed past
her, chatting casually with friends in the hall.
Miley excitedly skipped down the hall, searching for her Kindergarten
classroom. As she walked, her head shifting left and right as she peered into
each class in search of her own, she ran face first into another kid, and fell
to the floor with an "oof".
"Oh! I'm so sorry!!" the kid pleaded, extending his arm to Miley, as
she reached out and grabbed it and he pulled her up.
"It's okay! Hey…I like your hair!" Miley exclaimed, as she patted the
curls, and giggled as they bounced.
"Thank you!" The boy said, his eyes lighting up, as he spoke to her.
"I'm Miley, what's your name?" she asked the boy.
"Nick! How old are you, Miwey?" he asked, as Miley giggled at his
pronunciation of her name.
"I'm 5!" she said gleefully, holding up 5 fingers to illustrate.
"No way! Me too!" Nick said, as Miley grinned brightly and linked arms
with him.
"Yay! That means we're in kindergarten together! We're going to be
bestest friends, Nicky. I can feel it." She announced, resting her head on
his shoulder as they walked down the hall, arms linked, and wearing matching
smiles.
"You know what, Miwey? I think you're right!"
Author: #7
Journey Through The Ages – Challenge #1.
Title – Where It All Began
400 Words.
*****
"Now, play fair with the other children – be nice, and enjoy your first
day of kindergarten bud' – I'll be back to pick you up later, okay?"
Robby Ray Stewart told his five year old daughter, Miley.
"Okay daddy." She smiled sweetly, and then turned on her heel, and
skipped over to the musical instruments in the room. They were nothing
impressive, just a few miniature kids' guitars, and a small keyboard with
about five keys on it.
There was a small boy sitting down, with one of the guitars in his arms,
slowly strumming away – the tune making no sense, but he seemed to be at
peace with himself, just by hearing the messed up melody.
"I'm Miley." She boldly introduced herself, smoothing down her yellow
dress.
The boy, with curly brown hair looked up; a little shocked that someone had
just come over to talk to him. "I'm Nick."
"Can we be friends?" Miley asked happily.
Nick smiled. His older brothers had teased him the night before that nobody
made friends on their first day of kindergarten – now he could easily prove
them wrong. "Okay, what do you want to do?"
"I don't mind." Miley shrugged. "We could play with these?" She
suggested, pointing to the instruments around them. She picked up a pink
guitar, and let her fingers run over the strings. "I'm going to sing you a
song."
Nick, still surprised at the girl's confidence – nodded. "What
song?"
"I'm going to make one up." She giggled. Then began strumming some
nonsense song on the guitar – but Nick seemed to love it, he watched her
every move, his little cheeks blushing every time she would look up at him.
"My name is Miley, they call me Smiley, and I have a friend called Nick."
She sang, and then laughed. "I want to be a pop star when I'm older – my
daddy tells me that anything's possible as long as you believe in it."
"I want to be in a band – with my two older brothers. They told me we
have to wait until were older though.." Nick added sadly. "I want to play
now, but I'm no good."
Miley walked over to him, and placed her little hand on his. "You're going
to be the best player ever – and your band is going to be so cool."
Nick grinned. "I think we are going to be best friends."
Author: #8
Title: Then, Now, Always
Challenge: First Challenge
Word Count: 400
"Class, we have a new friend joining us from Arizona. Please welcome Nathan
Gray to our class."
Almost immediately, the whole class shouted in unison, "Hi Nathan!"
The teacher smiled warmly at how friendly her students were. She bent down to
the curly-haired, brown-eyed little boy, "You can sit next to Miley and put
your things down now, sweetie. Miley, raise your hand honey so Nathan knows
where to sit."
A blue-eyed little girl who was extremely chipper raised her hand. Nathan
quietly made his way towards her.
"Hi, I'm Miley! Do you want to be my best friend?"
He nodded his head, "Yea, sure."
She noticed he didn't have a cupcake. "Mrs. Nichols don't have anymore
cupcakes, but I'm gonna share mine."
Happily, Nathan took the half cupcake being offered and minded his manners,
"Thank you, Miley."
"I'm your best friend now, I'm gonna share everything with you."
Mrs. Nichols sighed heavily. It was her first day as a teacher. Now here she
was, a young mother of two, questioning her decision to return to her career.
She was currently in the middle of a bunch of five year olds running around,
ensuing chaos every which way they turned.
"Come on little people, please calm down and return to your seats," she
let out. 'Note to self: No more activities involving any type of sugar.'
She laughed a little to herself trying to remain calm.
"Mrs. Nichols!" Miley yelled. She squatted down to Miley's eye level
and pushed back a few curls.
"Yes, Miley honey?"
Miley looked around and then said confidently, "Jimmy don't leave me
alone! He's following me everywhere!"
Mrs. Nichols looked around in search for said child and quickly found him.
"Doesn't, honey, doesn't leave you alone. Jimmy, sweetie, come here."
The little boy walked cautiously to his teacher, sending a defining glare
towards the girl who was getting him in trouble.
"Please leave Miley alo-," noticing his black eye, she shouted, "Jimmy,
what happened?!"
He sniffled a little, "Nathan punched me in the eye."
"Nathan, come here right now."
"Yes, Mrs. Nichols."
Keeping her tone light, she responded, "Did you punch Jimmy in his eye?"
Nathan looked at Miley, who stood there waiting to come to his defense,
"Yes."
"What made you do such a thing, honey?"
Nathan glanced at Miley once more and with all honesty, he responded, "I
was defending my best friend."
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