Life After High School. Is It Scary? You Bet.
By Risty Maskell and Silver15
Disclaimer: We own nadda but our own characters
Summary: Stuff it. We dunno.
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I felt really angry at my parents and Mr. Silverblade for being such idiots. We had five thousand. Where were we going to get another five thousand from? It was just so hard to imagine. That's when I had my brilliant idea. I ran upstairs to Emma and Boromir's room, and found Emma lying on her bed, crying.
"Emma. I just had a brilliant beyond brilliant idea!" I said, excitedly.
She looked up with a tear stained face. "What?"
"We'll have a singing competition! Like the school Mock Rock!"
Emma began to smile, her face looked positively happy.
We gathered everyone in the living room and explained my idea. Benny and Damon thought it was an excellent idea. We called all our friends. Including Glorifindel and his girlfriend Amanda. I knew Amanda loved to sing and they said they would be there in a matter of days.
We called all the teachers and they all said they would come and donate money. We said it was for a good cause. I can't remember what we said the cause was. Something clever, of course.
We set the date of the Singing Comp the Saturday before the deadline. We told everyone who we rang, to ring their friends and bring them with them.
The days went by slowly, there were kids in town who were practicing for it.
Various teachers showed up for it. The admission for it was ten dollars for adults and five dollars for children in their tweens, or under fifteen for humans and elfling children. The day finally came and the whole field was crowded. The stage that was in the very middle of the field, had a circle around it, only one meter from the base. That's how crowded it was.
We had all the young kids first. Colan, Wendy and few of their friends got up on the stage and did very well for a bunch of six year olds. They did that song 'You've got a Friend in me' from Toy Story. Everyone laughed because it was so cute. Colan was dressed up as Woody, Wendy as Jessie, two of their friends, Hamish and Jack played the back and front of Bullseye, Gina's daughter, Dawn was Bo Peep and Her older brother, Max played Buzz. They all looked so cute together. Frodo and I were laughing so much.
The night went by at a reasonable pace. Glorifindel and Amanda got up on stage and did the song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Brad and Janet. Then I looked at Emma and Frodo and Boromir and we all nodded. We got up on stage and the opening bars of 'Never Let Me Down' by Sophie Ellis Bextor. Emma and I sang to the guys and they acted out.
I think that got the most cheers for adult acts. Our group weren't being judged because we had organised the whole thing. At the end of the evening, the winners were announced, The little kids section was Colan and Wendy's group. The older children, were a group made of Sam's three younger siblings, Merry's little sister and Pippin's younger brother. They had done the song, Devil went down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniel's Band. The fourth group was Glorifindel and Amanda. They had been very good, because they had done it in Kareoke. The final group, was, believe it or not, was Randy and three of his friends. Gimli was not among them. I thank Valor for that.
The prizes were a free family sized pizza from Stignotti's Pizza Place.
Afterwards, Benny, Damon, Me, Emma, Boromir, Frodo, Legolas, and Billee, counted all the money. $4,950. We were still fifty short. We were all pondering how to get the last fifty dollars, when Colan, rubbing his eye sleepily came in. Billee got up to see what he wanted.
"Colan, what are you doing up? It's late and you should be in sleepy-bye land."
I smiled at that. I had made that up for the little guy. Colan was standing there in his 'Wiggles' pajamas and holding my old teddy, Benson.
I saw him reach inside the chest pocket and pulled out a fifty dollar note.
I think nearly everyone in the room gasped.
I got up and kneeled down next to him. "Colan, where did you get this?"
"I found it." He said. "I heard you say you needed money and when I found this, I thought you would like it."
I smiled. The little kid had his brothers generosity.
"Thank you Colan. You are a very kind little boy. And I think such generosity deserves a prize, what do you think guys?"
Everyone nodded. I looked back at the little elf. "What do you want as a prize, Colan?"
Colan thought for a minute. "I wanna learn to read." He said finally and I laughed. Colan grinned. Billee chuckled.
"Colan, you can have anything you want." He said gently to his younger brother.
"Umm…I want cousin Ria and Cousin Kane to be good. And play with me all the time. And I wanna stay here wif Wendy for a while."
I think the kid's answer was a shock to all of us. He didn't want much for himself. That was the really cute thing. Billee smiled and said, "We'll stay in Hobbiton for as long as you want, Colan."
We now had the ten thousand dollars, so everyone slept easy that night.
Now was the confrontation. And thinking about how to get rid of my parents.
By Risty Maskell and Silver15
Disclaimer: We own nadda but our own characters
Summary: Stuff it. We dunno.
**************************************************************************** **********
I felt really angry at my parents and Mr. Silverblade for being such idiots. We had five thousand. Where were we going to get another five thousand from? It was just so hard to imagine. That's when I had my brilliant idea. I ran upstairs to Emma and Boromir's room, and found Emma lying on her bed, crying.
"Emma. I just had a brilliant beyond brilliant idea!" I said, excitedly.
She looked up with a tear stained face. "What?"
"We'll have a singing competition! Like the school Mock Rock!"
Emma began to smile, her face looked positively happy.
We gathered everyone in the living room and explained my idea. Benny and Damon thought it was an excellent idea. We called all our friends. Including Glorifindel and his girlfriend Amanda. I knew Amanda loved to sing and they said they would be there in a matter of days.
We called all the teachers and they all said they would come and donate money. We said it was for a good cause. I can't remember what we said the cause was. Something clever, of course.
We set the date of the Singing Comp the Saturday before the deadline. We told everyone who we rang, to ring their friends and bring them with them.
The days went by slowly, there were kids in town who were practicing for it.
Various teachers showed up for it. The admission for it was ten dollars for adults and five dollars for children in their tweens, or under fifteen for humans and elfling children. The day finally came and the whole field was crowded. The stage that was in the very middle of the field, had a circle around it, only one meter from the base. That's how crowded it was.
We had all the young kids first. Colan, Wendy and few of their friends got up on the stage and did very well for a bunch of six year olds. They did that song 'You've got a Friend in me' from Toy Story. Everyone laughed because it was so cute. Colan was dressed up as Woody, Wendy as Jessie, two of their friends, Hamish and Jack played the back and front of Bullseye, Gina's daughter, Dawn was Bo Peep and Her older brother, Max played Buzz. They all looked so cute together. Frodo and I were laughing so much.
The night went by at a reasonable pace. Glorifindel and Amanda got up on stage and did the song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Brad and Janet. Then I looked at Emma and Frodo and Boromir and we all nodded. We got up on stage and the opening bars of 'Never Let Me Down' by Sophie Ellis Bextor. Emma and I sang to the guys and they acted out.
I think that got the most cheers for adult acts. Our group weren't being judged because we had organised the whole thing. At the end of the evening, the winners were announced, The little kids section was Colan and Wendy's group. The older children, were a group made of Sam's three younger siblings, Merry's little sister and Pippin's younger brother. They had done the song, Devil went down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniel's Band. The fourth group was Glorifindel and Amanda. They had been very good, because they had done it in Kareoke. The final group, was, believe it or not, was Randy and three of his friends. Gimli was not among them. I thank Valor for that.
The prizes were a free family sized pizza from Stignotti's Pizza Place.
Afterwards, Benny, Damon, Me, Emma, Boromir, Frodo, Legolas, and Billee, counted all the money. $4,950. We were still fifty short. We were all pondering how to get the last fifty dollars, when Colan, rubbing his eye sleepily came in. Billee got up to see what he wanted.
"Colan, what are you doing up? It's late and you should be in sleepy-bye land."
I smiled at that. I had made that up for the little guy. Colan was standing there in his 'Wiggles' pajamas and holding my old teddy, Benson.
I saw him reach inside the chest pocket and pulled out a fifty dollar note.
I think nearly everyone in the room gasped.
I got up and kneeled down next to him. "Colan, where did you get this?"
"I found it." He said. "I heard you say you needed money and when I found this, I thought you would like it."
I smiled. The little kid had his brothers generosity.
"Thank you Colan. You are a very kind little boy. And I think such generosity deserves a prize, what do you think guys?"
Everyone nodded. I looked back at the little elf. "What do you want as a prize, Colan?"
Colan thought for a minute. "I wanna learn to read." He said finally and I laughed. Colan grinned. Billee chuckled.
"Colan, you can have anything you want." He said gently to his younger brother.
"Umm…I want cousin Ria and Cousin Kane to be good. And play with me all the time. And I wanna stay here wif Wendy for a while."
I think the kid's answer was a shock to all of us. He didn't want much for himself. That was the really cute thing. Billee smiled and said, "We'll stay in Hobbiton for as long as you want, Colan."
We now had the ten thousand dollars, so everyone slept easy that night.
Now was the confrontation. And thinking about how to get rid of my parents.
