The butterfly catcher
Henry was just seven years old when he decided to become an inventor. His father was an inventor before he passed away. He was a great man, filled with hopes and dreams even though the public mocked him of his failed and useless inventions, but he was never the type to give up just yet and that inspired Henry to become just like his father. So, starting at just seven years old he began his first invention.
Before Charlotte came into his world, he had a crush on one of his classmates. Her name was Fauna Mcgivens. The prettiest and the most popular among his class, Henry never got the nerve to talk to her because he was just too shy. Fauna was a nice girl. She was outgoing, fun girl and she was nice to everybody. The time came when it was her birthday; luckily Henry was invited along with other boys and girls in his class. By the time he opened the envelope and read the invitation he nearly fell out of his chair. This could be his one chance to win Fauna's heart, one chance to impress her.
Fauna was a butterfly girl; she loved to catch butterflies whenever she had the opportunity to. So, Henry made his first invention, the butterfly catcher. With fishing nets, clock parts and magnets he finally came up with one. The trick to catching a butterfly is to hold the net to front of the butterfly, when target is reached you have to press a button that's facing in front of you, this will send a electrical charge through the net and into the magnet, this will cause the magnets at the ends of the nets to jump forward and clasp shut, catching the butterfly. In order not to get electrified, you have to wear the special gloves he designed. He smiled at his invention; he gave it a good inspection before wrapping it up with a nice red bow.
When the day came of the party, he watched eagerly as one by one his friends brought over their gifts for Fauna to unfold (it so happens that Benedict Lightwood was there and so was little Charlotte). Books, fountain pens, hair ribbons, ha thought Henry. His gift was the highest and the coolest out of all of them. When Fauna saw Henry's gift she squealed in happiness as he slowly explained what it was. Fauna and the other girls and boys happily tested it out, giving each other turns in the butterfly meadow. Henry nonchalantly leaned against the bench and watched them. One of the girls asked him if he wanted to try.
"No, that's coo'"
As he watched them play in the meadow, he wondered what would happen if one of them got electrocuted. Probably won't kill or harm anyone, but that's not going to happen. He mused…
"AHGHH!" Someone screamed
Henry rushed over to the meadow to find a group of children staring at Fauna near a small pond, her dress was black and burning, her skin was covered in blackish spots and her hair was spiked up.
"You're stupid machine electrocuted me!" She screamed, throwing the device to the ground "This is the worst party ever!" She stomped away with Henry's heart, followed by a snickering group of boys and girls.
Henry stared at the device for a long time. He bent down and scooped up the net, he saw that the button used to activate the device was broken. It overworked when they were pressing the button too many times, this must've have sent a few bolts…he looked at the pond. Water…that would've been a terrible sight to see
He sighed and kicked the net into the water and watched it sink to the floor of the pond.
Oh well, it couldn't get any worse.
So what did you think? Review/comment PLEASE! How many entries should I do regarding Henry's inventions? :)