Elemental Academy- Chapter 1, The letter

Hello, Emma
We have found you host the rare ability to become an elemental. Would you like to learn magical powers in a school surrounded by magical plants and creatures? If so, return the form below. We will provide you housing, clothing, and food in a space until you complete our tests.
Signed,
The Fire Elemental
Heated Fire
Head of the Elemental school's Light side
And 
The Night Elemental
Zorzin Star
Head of the Elemental school's Dark side
The form:
Name:
Favorite element:
Favorite color:
Night or Day?
Light or Dark?
Favorite mythical creature:

Emma stared delightly at the form. Could she really?

An Hour later:

It was ready to send.

Hello, Emma
We have found you host the rare ability to become an elemental. Would you like to learn magical powers in a school surrounded by magical plants and creatures? If so, return the form below. We will provide you housing, clothing, and food in a space until you complete our tests.
Signed,
The Fire Elemental
Heated Fire
Head of the Elemental school's Light side
And 
The Night Elemental
Zorzin Star
Head of the Elemental school's Dark side
The form:
Name: Emma
Favorite element: Water
Favorite color: Aqua
Night or Day? Night
Light or Dark? Light
Favorite mythical creature: Kelpie or Sea Serpent

Killer Birds

You've heard of killer bees, killer trees, and killer sharks. But what about something new- killer birds? Watch this video to discover the secret killer in the birds.
   

Enjoyed the video? This is just one of many videos demonstrating the killer inside birds.
Go to Youtube and type in 'birds hunting prey' for more. You never know.

China slideshow

Today, my class presented a China powerpoint slideshow. We had each done China reports on topics; mine was the Chinese leopard. Kates, a classmate of mine, mom took the key info out of our reports and put them into the slideshow and added pictures and music. Today, my class presented the finished work. After that we got.... Chinese fortune cookies! They actually came from Japen. They also taste good.

Jackalopes- chapter 1, Recovering

The tribe was still recovering. Black burns showed on paws and legs, antlers were missing, sores throbbed red. A wildfire had raced through there home, set by the griffen lion tribe, hungry for more territory. Things had been bad. The leader was missing a leg; the deputy died; only two elders had survived the rage. The tribe knew they had no chances of surviving in their former home. So they traveled up to the top of the Song of Sky mountian, where the phoenixes nursed them until they where ready to battle the griffen lion tribe for their former territory.

The medicine tent consisted of 25 beds woven of soft plain grass; a boiling cauldron filled with a hot, red liquid that most of the patients where being fed, and a phoenix healer, along with 3 jackolope ones. "Noooooooooo!" A great moan split the air. "Its true." said the phoenix healer softly. "Jumpera will die in three days time." "No." Muttered the jackolope softly. "There is one way to save Jumpera, however." "How?" said the jackolope, leaning in.

Wings of Fire

Wings of fire is a book series about 7 dragon tribes at war. Queen Oasis of the Sandwings( I will inclose a Nightwing guide to the dragons of Pyrrhia at the next post, along with the prophecy ) was killed by a scavenger, and now her three daughters, Blister, Blaze, and Burn, are fighting over the throne. The Nightwings have made a prophecy that 5 dragonets, from different tribes, born on the brightest night, will rise up to stop the war and chose the next Sandwing queen. However, the Skywing egg was smashed and the dragon carrying it killed, so the a Talon of Peace(a underground peace movement that believes in the Prophecy and is determined to stop the war) go's out and gets a Rainwing egg as a replacement. This is a great series about dragons.

The books: The Dragonet Prophecy, narrated by Clay, the Mudwing Dragonet of Destiny. The Lost Heir, narrated by Tsunami, the Seawing Dragonet of Destiny. The Hidden Kingdom, narrated by Glory, the (mistaken) Rainwing Dragonet of Destiny, as a replacement for the smashed Skywing egg. The Dark Secret, narrated by StarFlight, the Nightwing Dragonet of Destiny. The Brightest Night, narrated by Sunny, the Sandwing Dragonet of Destiny. The Brightest Night will come out April or March 2014.

 Commentery on the Rival sisters: "Blaze is about as smart as a concussed sheep, Blister is probably plotting to become the Queen of all the tribes right now, and if Burn wins, she'll probably keep the war going just for fun." - StarFlight.

Aguments

There are arguments everywhere. What is the best way of teaching. How to make stuff from clay. What is a good book. These arguments make the world. No one ever agrees on something. Arguments decide which way is the law, which side will prevail. Each argument- silent or not- has a reason,plain or hidden, petty or not. These things shape the world. Each argument has a winner, a loser, and a judge. The judge might not know he is judging; she might be dead. Any way, the judge of the argument decides the outcome in something she says, or something he dos. Arguments shape the world.

freewrite

I said this blog would be about stories. And here I am, fulfilling my promise. I am a very bad storyteller, so don't be disappointed if you don't like this story. But I am going to tell you one anyway. So here it is.

                                       The Ruins of the Jungle

Deep in the Amazon, intertwined with the river, near the home of the bats, lies the Ruins of the home of the mystical race of the Jagur (pronounced Jay-gur). They were beings that had the arms, heads, tails, and could transform into jaguars. But one day........ true jaguars came. Well, not completely true jaguars. They had wings, and there strength could not be matched. The Jagurs quickly fell. But the imprint they had left on there home never faded. And that is where our story starts.

This part of the jungle where the Jagurs used to reside became known as the " Land sinkhole". 18 years after this nickname was established, a team of 6 explorers came. They had been sent to explore the land sinkhole and discover its secrets. Now, the world no longer believed in magic. Just a little reminder that will come important later. The team leader, Laura, established a few rules before they went. "First rule: Stay together." she announced."We might send someone to scout ahead, but the majority of the time we will be staying together. Second rule: don't waste supplies. And third rule: Always obey me." Then the doomed team plodded into the jungle.

As soon as they reached the home of the Jagurs, strange things started to happen. The team uncovered ruins of villages that seemed like home. There was a rule never to separate, as you know, but one man did. He ventured, alone, into the cave of the bats. They found him, feverish. He was moaning. As time went by, this man began to recover. But his skin took on a yellowish taint, his eyes becoming catlike slits, and his body grew spots. Soon, he became a Jagur. The same thing happened to everyone else on the team. This is the imprint the Jagurs left on there home. The Jagurs were once dead. Now they became alive again.

Did you like this story? If you did, please say so. Want to write a story of your own? Please write it here. I hope you enjoyed this story. If you did not, please write to me saying how to improve this story.

Welcome to my blog!

Hello.  I am Lena. This blog will be about books, the world, and books. I know I said books twice. Its to emphasize the point that this blog will be about books and the world- and stories. Stories are an

 important part of life. Tales about how the fox outwitted the human, how the ice  witch was melted in the sun but still killed the hero, how people can turn into animals. Scary stories by firelight are a part of life. Even though stories and tales are important, lets move on to animals. I love animals. Snakes, birds of prey(eagles, falcons), wild cats(tigers, lions, bobcats, cheetahs) and turtles(of all kinds) are my favorites. I have a pet snake, Firescale. He is a corn snake. He is red, orange, and white, with very little yellow and no black. I like books. They are fantastic. Like the character Matilda. She is in a book called Matilda. The author of the book is Ronald Dalh. He wrote other books, like The Witches and the BFG. I would give him the grand prize for writing if I could.