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THE GREAT ROCK

Once upon a time there was a place called the Great Rock. The Great Rock was located on a planet known as Fantasia and was in danger. A force called the Terrible Nothing was making the land disappear. So one day the ruler of the planet, Princess Blue, told her servant Elm yra to look for a good brave warrior. So her servant went to get Autumn. Autumn was a 14 year old boy with brown hair and blue eyes. He had no parents. His parents had died when their house burned many years before.

When Autumn and Elmyra went to Princess Blue she told Autumn he had to look for the Great Ewok whose name was Era and who was the oldest Ewok woman.Princess Blue also told Autumn he would have to go over 4 big mountains.

Be fore Autumn started his journey he had to leave all his weapons behind. On his way he met a boy who was 15 years old. His name was Andree. They sat and drank fresh cold stream water. After they drank they started off again together.

On the side of the first mountain they ran into a great grizzly bear. Autumn punched the bear and threw him down the side of the mountian.

They passed one mountain. They had no problem on the second mountain. Even the third mountain. But on the fourth mountain they had a lot of difficulties. They had to pass a great big turtle. They hit the turtle with big rocks from a cliff and killed it. They also had to pass a quick giant mouse which Autumn and Andre killed by letting it run into a deep pit. After that they had to run away from a small porcupine. Finally, they made it to the Great Ewok, Eria. Eria told them they had to stop the Nothing by spreading ashes from a fire around half of the planet.

So they started walking back to the Great Rock again.

When they were two mountains away they could see that the Nothing was coming towards them. It got really really windy, so windy they couldn't walk very well. The trees and rocks and dirt started to blow away toward the Nothing.

Then suddenly a big white thing came and picked them up.lt had wings and could fly. It also had a doghead, blue eyes, long tail, and a long body with small legs like a dragon. His name was Mayan.

White Mayan brought them 600 miles away from the Great Rock. The Nothing was way behind them and couldn't catch up.

When they stopped they made a really big fire and gathered up the soot from it. Then Mayan took them and made a line of thin soot around half of the planet. It took them ten days, but it would have taken them longer if Mayan didn't fly as fast as he did.

Then Autumn and Andre went back to the Great Rock. And the Nothing could not get them anymore because the Nothing could not get past the ashes

After that they lived a grand life, Autumn became a prince and Andre became a warrior.

BY:


YVONNE EVAN

8th GRADE

ENGLISH

STORY PAPER

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