Moe
A Dystopian Novel
Made by Meekmoo, © The Hello Young Squire Company, 2019, All Rights Reserved.
Genre : Fiction
[Introduction]
There was an annoying disturbance in the area. Noises coming from every direction in the room, people all around could hear everything, it was loud. This wasn't normal for this place which was usually calm and peaceful in the morning, this place was called Blue City. All of a sudden, a nearby voice called out.
"Wake up, Poperri. Wake up!" it shouted.
The alarm was beeping loudly into Poperri's ears. They were nearly bleeding after hearing the shouts and calls of her friend, telling her to wake up. Ah, so that's what was causing the annoying disturbance.
"Ugh, can you turn the alarm off? My head is pounding." Poperri groaned.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
The alarm was still going off. With a grunt, Poperri stood up and shut off the alarm. She yawned sluggishly with her back hunched over. Then she realized something.
"Ahh! What are you even doing here?" Poperri shrieked and asked to her best friend, a little shocked, "Shouldn't you be at home or something?"
"Nah, your parents let me in. Heh, at least I'm not a monkey person!"
Poperri and her friend laughed about those people. The people that appeared to look like monkeys, it was pretty funny to talk about them in Blue City. Making fun of their appearance, and what they've done in the past. But it was forbidden to interact with them, everyone knew that.
Poperri's friend started a new conversation, "Today is your birthday! Isn't it, Pop?"
"What? Is that all you're concerned about, Redina? My birthday? Me turning into an adult?" Poperri asked, a little bit annoyed.
Redina sighed, "You should be excited Poperri. Now let's go downstairs!"
Redina proceeded to skip quickly down the stairs while Poperri was getting ready. She put on her bunny slippers and stomped towards the kitchen.
The fresh aroma of pancakes, eggs, and waffles filled the whole dining room. Poperri sees her Mom cooking some scrambled eggs.
"Oh! Hello dearie, you're awake!" Poperri's mom said.
Poperri yawned, "Yes, yes. Anyways, what's for breakfast today?"
"We're having your favorite! Cranberry juice with scrambled eggs and waffles!"
Poperri groaned. She looked around the room, it didn't seem very festive like usual. It seemed, empty. Poperri didn't really mind though since the only thing that kept her interested throughout the day was her grandpa, who was sitting on his rocking chair.
Poperri walked over to him, "Um, grandpa?"
He woke up with shock. Shaking the whole chair and acting as if there was an earthquake.
"Kid! You startled me!" The grandpa grunted, "I was taking a nap."
Poperri spoke,"Sorry Pops, I just wanted to ask about any stories you have got for me! Well since, it's my birthday and all."
"Oh! Right!" stammered Pops, "Hmm, let me see."
Pops starts to check his giant book of stories from under his rocking chair. He flips through a couple of pages until he stumbles on one.
"Ah, there it is." Pops said as he was scanning through the page, reading it a little bit. "The story I've told everyone in the city. Including you now."
Oh boy, Poperri thought. He was going to tell the story of how the creepy monkey people took over and how the people kicked them out.
"Yeah, yeah, Pops. I've heard this story a million times."
"Well you're gonna hear it a million times more! I have to teach you a lesson. Now let me start."
Pops cleared his throat. "Once, long ago. There were two groups of people. The Low Class Monkey People and the Superior Class, also known as us." Pops winked as he continued reading, "The Monkey People trashed Blue City, the people were devastated. Horrified! I was in that tragic situation, the monkeys were taking over. But I had hope. I raised my mighty sword and shouted, 'You scoundrels! Get out of our city!' That was it, the conflict was over. I saved everyone!"
Everyone in the room clapped. Poperri didn't believe that this story was true but she still trusted Pops. He was the wise guy of the town anyway. Poperri was always afraid of the Monkey People. Pops' story about them made her shiver but also cheer.
"Great story, Pa!" exclaimed Poperri's dad while patting Pops' shoulder.
"Well, I did whatever I could to protect our beautiful Blue City! Those pesky monkey people never saw it coming! Ha!" Pops started laughing a hysterical laugh.
Poperri's mom argued,"Could you two stop goofing off? It's breakfast time and my daughter is hungry!" Poperri's mother started to tear up a little, "My little girl, growing up so fast," she sniffled and then turned to Poperri, "Well, you better start eating or else I'll kick you out of the house!" she laughed in a joking way.
Poperri thought about something, Mother always wanted me to make new friends, that's why she forces me to walk out of the house and experience new things in our city. She sighed, sat on the couch, and ate her waffles which already went soggy in the maple syrup.