Vague- 313 words
Marilyn and Arthur stood on the steps of Enzo's Restaurant, holding hands. It was nine pm. The stars were out and it was dark. But even for it being dark, the city of New York was bustling with activity.

“Call me a taxi, please, darling,” Marilyn told Arthur.

“Darling, that's an odd request, but alright. You are a taxi,” Arthur told Marilyn. It was an odd request indeed.

“No! I meant hail a taxi for me. I need a ride home, silly.”

“Oh! Oh, ha! Of course, darling. I'm sorry, I've been so hard of hearing since the bark hit me.”

“What bark? How does a dog bark hit you? That's… that's… that's insane!”

“No, no, no! The tree bark, from when I went camping, remember? It hit my ear and some of it got into, causing damage. Now we've both made a mistake.” Arthur smiled.

“When did you go camping? And where?”

“By the bank, darling, remember? I told you this.”

“But you told me a long time ago. And how do you get hit by bark at the bank? There are no trees there!”

"No, the river bank, not the money bank. Silly girl,“ Arthur finished, shaking his head in disbelief and disappointment. Marilyn froze.

”What did you just call me? Did you call me silly!? I most certainly am not! I just didn't understand you, that's all! I'm not silly!“

”Well, maybe you aren't, but a lot of other girls are! I mean, who doesn't understand what a bank means?“

This was the final straw. Marilyn gripped her purse hard, leaving fingernail imprints in it.

”And now you're being sexist!“

”So. What.“

Marilyn smacked him with her purse and stormed off, yelling over her shoulder, ”I hate you, Arthur! I'm breaking up with you. Never- and I mean never- talk to me again!"

Ambiguous- 338 words
Maddie ran around the house in a tank top and shorts, out of breath, pushing her long, brown hair out of her eyes.

“Mom? Have you seen my clothes?” She called out.

“What piece?” Her mom called back.

“That one thing called a shirt.”

“What color?”

“Sky blue with a hint of lilac purple, you know this!”

“What size?”

“Extra, extra large! It looks like a dress on me!”

“And what's that in letters?”

Maddie sighed. “XXL.”

“What are the sleeves, long, short, medium? Or are there any?”

“Yes there are sleeves! Short sleeves, it's a-”

“What kind of shirt is it?”

“A T-shirt! I was just about to tell you this before you cut me-”

“How much did it cost?”

“How am I supposed to remember?”

“Answer me!”

“Twenty or thirty!”

“What currency?”

“Dollars! American! American dollars! Now are you done interrogating me?”

“Nope. What is it made of?”

“What is what made of? The money?”

“No, you dingus, the shirt!”

“Cotton?”

“Is that a yes cotton or a no cotton?”

“Yes! It's a yes! Now where is it?”

“Where did you buy it? And stop snapping at me!”

“I'm only snapping at you because I can't find it! I bought it at Target in Roseville, Minnesota. Where we live, you know. And where you work.”

“Yes, yes I know. How many times has it been washed? And has it been washed with hot or cold, with soap or without, and when did you last wash it?”

“Mom, I'm done with these questions! I'm coming to find you!” Maddie stormed into the living room to find her mom drinking champagne while wearing her shirt. “Mom. That's my shirt!”

“Oh, I was asking you questions to see if it was. I'm going to use it for the day, got it? Now run along now.”

“I need it!”

“No, now go.”

Maddie stomped out of the room, shrieking in anger. She was going to plot payback. She went to her mom's room and took her nicest dress. Maddie then spilled grape juice all over it, the once white, silky dress turning red and disgusting.

“There. Take that, mom.”

It was now war.

Song: Cloud 9

translated lyrics - summary

XI don't want to see what I'm doing - I hate my job, I hate seeing myself do it.
XBut I believe when I'm with you - But I like doing it with you
XAll I've heard lately is negativity and weakness - Everyone in my family is mean about my job
Xi'm tired of pushing shoes - My job is pushing shoes into tight containers and shipping them
XBut if he needs me, I think I'll float - But if you need me I'll float along to you on excitement
XI look like a when she says I'm pretty - I look old when she calls me pretty
XEven if we mix the last one to the end - If we mix the foods until the end of the party
Xyou will always be my love - I will always love you
XTime begins to fall from the sky - A clock fell on my head
Xyou warned me to get up - You told me to get up
XI feel like I'm dead now - I feel dead, I don't want to get up
Xbut give me a new life - So help me
XBut if he likes me, I think I'll float away - But if you like me, I don't like you anymore
XI feel like another person when she says I'm pretty - When she says I'm pretty I feel different
XIt doesn't matter when we get to the end - It doesn't matter when we finish our shift
Xyou will always be my love - I will still love you
XBut if they love me, I think I'll float - And if she loves me back, I'll float my way to her
XWhen they call me beautiful, I feel like a - When she calls me beautiful, I feel like I belong
XI don't care if it ends up being dull - I don't care if work gets boring
Xyou will always be my love - I will always love you

Life

I groaned silently as I entered Shooing the Shoes, the store I worked at. It was a dump. I hated it, I really did. It looked like trash and smelled even worse.

But then I placed my eyes on the cutest boy there was and my view of work turned upside down. His dark, wavy hair shined in the dull lights of the store. His eyes sparkled as he smiled at me. My heart beat faster as he nodded a hello to me. His name was James. He made showing up to work in this trash hole worth it. He made it bearable.

No one in my family likes the job I have. I like it, although it doesn't pay a lot. I mainly like it because I get to see James.

The job I have at Shooing Shoes is pushing shoes into containers and shipping them off to who knows where all over the country. It's fine, I guess.

When James calls my name I feel like I'm floating as I walk over to him. My heart starts fluttering and a smile grows on my face as I blush.

And then Emma calls my name. She's another one of my fellow employees. I'm older than her, but only by a day. You might think that we'd be best friends, being a day apart. But no, we were just people who worked together.

I've known Emma and James since we mixed together every single food at a party a few years back- not that we're friends. We just pulled a huge prank and that was that.

Ever since that I've liked James. Like, like-like James.

I stared at him while I walked towards the delivery room with the shoes. I stared at him a tad bit too long and walked right into a shelf, making a clock fall off and hitting my head. I gasped in pain, dropping all the containers and clutching my head.

James frowned at me and walked past, telling me to stand up. Come on, you're fine. He kicked me, telling me to get up.

I whimpered as he walked away. He wasn't who I thought he was. He was mean and cruel.

Help me I cried towards him. He didn't hear me, or pretended not to.

A few days later, he came over to me. I'm sorry. He said. I ignored him and walked away. I didn't want to face him. I didn't want to see him.

Hey, you look good today. Emma says to me. I smile and nod a thanks. My heart started beating faster. What was this?

I wave to Emma, a pang of sadness in my heart as I watch her go. What was this?

Did I… like her? I thought about this for a long time after my shift.

The next day I had made up my mind. If she liked me and made a move, I wouldn't say no.

You look gorgeous today, Emma tells me. I blush and say thanks.

Work was boring and just plain ‘ugh’ as usual, but Emma made it better.

I knew that she was mine and that I would love her.

SWC Weekly 2- Newspaper

Part 1- 822 words

This just in! Here I am outside Myth Cabin where things are getting crazy! The Myth Campers want a mascot- more specifically, one called George the Unicorn! But George the Unicorn is not a unicorn after all! He's a beast- something you only find in your worst nightmares. He's made up of tons of mythical creatures, too many to count!

The Myth Campers found out that the Thriller Campers have a mascot- Harry the Cabybara. Myth Campers were outraged that Moss, their leader, hadn't given them one. They raided Moss' profile, demanding that they got a mascot, too! After all, they were in the lead. They pleaded with Moss, telling her things along the lines of:
They would take care of him
They would do all of their weeklies and dailies
They would feed him
They would hug him
They would love him
They would win Scratch Writing Camp July 2022 (which is quite obvious that they're going to)

Eventually, Moss was convinced! This was a win for everyone, Myth and non-Myth.

The Mythians had received help in their campaign for a mascot from themselves, both co-leaders, and even non-Mythians! Can you believe that? Their enemies, neutrals, and allies helped them get a mascot! Their enemies!

Imagine working to acheive something for your enemy! I would never do that!

This was a good day in Myth Cabin- and not just because of George the Unicorn.

They were in first with over one hundred thousand points! And it was only the first week of SWC! Over one hundred thousand points. That's a one followed by five zeros! Five zeros!

They were far ahead of everyone else, their total doubling and tripling some of the other cabin's point count.

They knew that they would win.

They knew that whatever happened, they would be winners in their hear-

Oh? New news alert! Alert alert!

Moss has put up suggestions of what creatures to combine to make George the Unicorn! Go vote now, Mythians! Go go go! I want to know what gets chosen! After all, I /am/ a reporter. I'm also the writer of this article because the power went out and we can't record anything so we're using paper and pencils! So old fashioned! And because you don't get to know what exactly is going on like you would when it was live TV, I'm writing down every new and interesting thing that happens how it would happen if we were live! Which we're not because of the power.

Anyways, back to better news!

Cabin wars started yesterday and lasted the day! Because that's how they work.

Nobody warred Myth too much, due to the fact that Birdi was telling them not to. But someone from Myth Cabin, Iris, I believe, kept telling people to war Myth! She wanted to be warred and she wanted to write. She told everyone to war them! And Myth won every single war they were given. And completed all of the extra challenges, too! It was an exciting race to succeed and write the words, knowing very well that they would do it in only a couple of hours.

They've been very successful so far this session, so keep up the good work, Myth!

Yeah, us here at SWC News cheer for Myth. Woo, Myth for the win!

Now let's talk about the hosts for Scratch Writing Camp this year. Birdi and Robin, two birds who are leading SWC along with some other co-hosts whose names we have forgotten. What? We can't know everything!

Our two birds, Robin and Birdi, are also being a leader and co-leader for two cabins!
Robin is being a co-leader of Myth Cabin, while Birdi is the leader of Thriller Cabin. The very Thriller that has a mascot! How can one host's cabin have a mascot while the other's doesn't? It doesn't work like that! Let's fix this injustice!

But back to talking about Myth Cabin because they're the best.
Myth Cabin's theme is ‘Myth Maze’, an amazing theme, might I add. They have four main colors, a light tan, a darker tan, a green, and a purple. The leader is Moss, a mage, and her co-leaders are Re, a warrior, and Robin, one of the hosts and a bard.

I, personally, feel like a bard, so I'm cheering for them! Although, they're all on one team as they venture through the Myth Maze. But in all seriousness, bards are amazing. They can play music, they have instruments, some of them can shoot darts with their instruments! It's amazing, the bards. But warriors have awesome weapons and mages have super cool spells! If I were to tell you what to join, I'd say bards, hands down.

Signing off now. Go Myth and good luck with George the Unicorn! Thank you to Birdi and Robin for this amazing session!

Goodbye and see you next time on Scratch Writing Camp News!

Part 2- 806 words
Imagine that you're thriteen. Going through middle school is hard, right? But what about going through middle school when everything that can go wrong, will, whenever you're around. That's a little thing called ‘Murphy’s Law'. Murphy's Law states that whatever can go wrong, will.

Hi there! And welcome back- or welcome to- Iris' Reviews of All Sorts! But if that name is too long for you, IRoAS for short! Here, I review all sorts of TV shows, movies, and books, plus podcasts and even videos! Don't forget to like this post and follow me on all social media platforms! I'm on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube- although I don't post there very much-, Tik Tok, Twitter, and even this coding website for kids. I think it's called Scratch or something like that? It's cool, but I feel like there's a dark side to it? Here's how things work here: I make a video or article about a show, and then you get to read or watch it, depending on the platform I post it on. Enjoy you're stay!

Anywho, today I'll be reviewing Milo Murphy's Law, a Disney Channel show

Here's what I'll go over:
- Summary and history of the show
- People in it
- What could have been done better
- Age recommendation and recommendations
- My rating

Summary
Milo Murphy's Law is about a kid named Milo Murphy. All the men in his family have Murphy's Law. Now, I know I said this before, but just a little reminder that Murphy's Law states “If something bad can happen, it will.” Milo has two friends, Zach Underwood and Melissa Chase. The trio faces all sorts of trouble that comes from Murphy's Law.

History of the Show
Milo Murphy's Law premiered for the first time on Disney XD, October 3, 2016. It's latest new episode aired May 18, 2019, although you can still watch reruns of the show on the DIsney Channel. This show was created by Dan Povenmire, famous for voicing Doofenshmirtz on Phineas and Ferb, and also being one of the two creators of Phineas and Ferb.

While we're talking about Phineas and Ferb, there are several easter eggs in Milo Murphy's Law about Phineas and Ferb, such as teal platypus pajamas and a roller coaster falling from the sky. There's even an hour-long special that features the Phineas and Ferb gang in Milo Murphy's Law. This is season 2 episode 1.

Milo Murphy's Law ran for two seasons so far, with no confirmation that there will be more. It has forty episodes, each about twenty minutes long.

People in it
Milo Murphy is played by ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, alongside with Sabrina Carpenter as Melissa Chase and Mekai Curtis as Zach Underwood.

What Could Have Been Done Better
I think that they could have put morals of the episodes and this would have given the episodes more meaning to them. It would also teach kids good lessons about life.

I also think that instead of splitting the episode into two parts, they could have done one episode per story.

Another thing is having a plot. There was a small plot, yes, but nothing big. Audiences love big plots, and without one, a show goes down in rating.

Age Recommendations and Recommendations
I would say that anyone at the age of eight and up can watch this. I'm way older than eight, but I still love it. Anyone younger than eight wouldn't understand it and it'd be confusing, and we don't want confusion!

I recommend that you watch Milo Murphy's Law if you've watched and liked Phineas and Ferb, Big City Greens, The Ghost and Molly McGee, Johnny Test, Twelve Forever, Teen Titans Go and Walk the Prank.

If you like comedy, family fun, and chaos, then this is the show for you!

My Rating
While most reviews rate this show a 4.6/5, I rate Milo Murphy's Law a 4.8/5. My reasons for this are below.
- It's a show I will never grow out of. I love it and it carries on characteristics of Phineas and Ferb that I miss, although I could just watch Phineas and Ferb.
- It's a show my siblings and I always agree on when we watch it- and this rarely ever happens. It unites me and my siblings and that is impressive.
- It does the impossible. It keeps me and my siblings on the couch until the very end, and that's not an easy task.

For me and my siblings to agree on anything and watch a show to the end without complaining is near impossible, and yet Milo Murphy's Law does that. All in all, you should definitely watch it! I highly recommend you watch it, whether or not you like the shows I said that if you watched you'd like Milo Murphy's Law.

Part 3- 517 words (not including questions & usernames)
what do i do if my crush is dating someone? or what do i do if my friends dumped me?
-@Music_Panda_99

Hiya! Oof, that sucks. I've dealt with similar situations like this in my life before, so let's see if I can help you! My love life has been complicated. From my friends teasing me about who I liked, to them calling even me talking to someone flirting. I'm fed up with it, of course, but all of the teasing has helped me learn something. It helped me grow out of my crushes faster. It's also made me begin questioning several things about myself. But one of the most important things that this teasing has taught me is that love isn't fair. You might like a person and they might like you back. Or they like someone else, which sucks, but then it's like, whatever! I have many, many, many other chances! That's the point I'm trying to get across by telling you this, at least for your first question. You have a gazillion other chances to get a boyfriend/girlfriend/*insert gender neutral term for girl/boyfriend here*. Don't let one failure hold you back.

As for your second question, were they ever really your friends? Think about it. Did they always include you in everything, or did they leave you out? Were they really all that nice to you? Are they what you want from a friend? Ask yourself these questions and think about them. Being dumped by friends is really horrible, but you get over it. Like I said before, you have a gazillion other chances to make new friends and get new friends. Don't have your friends set in stone for the rest of your life. Live life loosely and if they want to be your friends, great! If they don't, it's their loss! You're probably a really great person, and whatever they don't like about you, well, they're insane. Would real friends treat you this way? I hope this helps!


All the mangoes at the grocery store were unripe and I'm not sure I can wait until tomorrow to have mangoes! What should I do?
-@i_like_kotlc

(Please don't take offense from this- this is a fake response I have written) Be. Patient. Patience is a key element to have in your life. Yes! We all love mangoes. But are mangoes better than patience? No. Mangoes hold you back from doing what you want to do, as all of your focus goes to them and not the task you're supposed to be doing! They are a key to procrastination which will help /no one/ win Scratch Writing Camp! Forget about mangoes, okay? Forget about them! You can wait and be patient like the rest of us, or, heck, eat an unripe mango! Unripe mangoes are good, too! All everyone ever thinks about is ripe mangoes, but ripe mangoes were once unripe! They are the exact same thing, after all! Unripe mangoes might be harder and less sweet than ripe mangoes, but they are still good! Unripe Mango Appreciation!!!


AHH! My schedule is so busy that I barely have time to help my team in SWC? What should I do?
-@Emma201112y
Oh no! Try to help when you can, and if you can't, that's alright! Remember, life > SWC (sadly). Do what you think is best for yourself, and if that means dropping out of SWC this session, then do it. It's a sad choice, yes, but your life is more important than SWC.

Part 4- 203 words
Roleplaying. What is it, you might wonder. Well, you can find out by joining The Four Clans Roleplay!

If you love the series Warriors by Erin Hunter, then you'll love this roleplay! It combines writing, roleplaying, and Warriors, making it a great time! You should join because it's an amazing community full of artists, roleplayers, and writers.

Although we roleplay as cats, we are not furries! We just love writing about Warrior cats. We make our own stories. We decide what happens.

Of course, there are rules you have to follow in order to join. If you don't, you'll get kicked out of the roleplay! And you don't want that to happen.

Here in The Four Clans Roleplay, we hold each other up and support each other through the bad and hard days, and we cheer each other on during the good days. We have a very supportive community, so if you ever need someone to talk to, just ask!

The Four Clans Roleplay has many events! One of them that's going on right now is ‘The Great Journey’. All the cats are on boats journeying to their new homes in a whole new territory after their old ones got destroyed!

Join today!

Part 1- 776 words
Brainstorming
-Tundra Setting
-Houses out of ice
-Town is called Icechill
-Lots of fur for clothes
-Houses and buildings in glaciers/caves
-Never use ‘. Instead of don’t, it's do not
-Doves are a sign of hope
-White, purple, blue, and black are the colors of everything
-Fire dancing shows
-Four clans
-Flying powers
-Prophetic powers
-Telekinesis
-Spells
-Kids go to school to learn how to use their powers
-School is Icelista
-School colors are black and purple
-Students are called icers and icests
-Magic is used day to day for all sorts of things
-Soft magic system

Connections
The schools colors are black and purple, and the colors of all the houses are black, white, blue, and purple. This is a connection because of the use of the same colors. Another connection that can be made is between the setting, a tundra, and the houses, that are made out of ice. There wouldn’t be much, if any, wood or any other building material, such as bricks, logs, and cement, so they build their houses and buildings out of ice. A connection that can be made is between the four clans and the four magic groups each group of magic is a clan, flying powers, prophetic powers, telekinesis (ability to move objects with your mind), and spells, so your average witch/wizard from Harry Potter. A connection that can be made from these connections is the school, Icelista, and the clans. The school, takes kids from all clans, teaching them how to use their powers and then using them in real life situations for the final exam. This school teaches the kids how to harness and control their powers, kind of like an upside down magic situation if you know that series, with a bit of Harry Potter mixed in.

Narrative
Zara In front of her new school, Icelista. She was the age of 13, the age all kids started going to Icelista, the school that would help them learn to control their powers. It was exciting, yes, but at the same time, scary. She didn’t know anyone.

Zara was the stereotypical introvert– stay inside her icehouse on sunny days, instead of running around and playing like the rest of the kids, she would draw, she wouldn’t attend parties.

Her father was disappointed in her. She kept herself in her room all day, only coming out for dinner. He almost never saw her and any conversations that you had or cut short. He just wanted to know his daughter, but she made this almost impossible.

Zara‘s mother had died only minutes after Sara was born, due to loss of blood. Zara has grown up alone in the cold world. Her father spent most of his time grieving his wife’s loss, but recently I’ve been trying to connect more with Zara. I thought that he was finally done grieving, but wasn’t really that?

As Zara walked through the front door to her new school, a rush of warmth hit her face. She breathed it in color science. She hated the tundra they lived in. It was horrible. It was always freezing, it was almost never warm, and any buildings they owned were built out of ice and snow. At least the houses were fun colors. But at the same time, they were depressing colors. Black, purple, white and blue. Depending on the shade, it can make a good day bad in an instant.

Zara clutched her bag and walked into the warm front hallway. SLAM! She quickly turned around, startled by the noise.

“Ey, icicle, next time, close the front door, will ya?” A brown haired boy called out to her. He smirked while his friends surrounded him chuckling. She didn’t recognize him, but then again, she didn’t recognize anyone.

The hallway was busy and bustling, everyone moving fast, almost as if they were scared of being slow. Zara darted to the far side of the hallway, slamming herself against a locker and squeezing her eyes shut tightly. She hated this, she really did.

“Hey, do… are… are you new here?” A soft voice filled Zara‘s ears. She nodded, opening her eyes and looking at this person. “ I can help you. I just arrived yesterday, but I know pretty much everything already.“ The girl held out her hand to Zara. “I’m Kata, by they way,” she said with a smile.

“Zara,” Zara grinned back. She took Kata’s hand and shook it.

Maybe this was the start of something new.

Part 2- 946 words
How is magic in the world used in the characters every day life? What are the abilities?
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Magic in the town affects everything, from who can help out the most to who can’t help out as much. I’ll state information about the abilities below.
Flying- Rather self-explanatory. You can fly! Wow! These people are not as flyers and are often found painting things in the building. They are considered the lowest of the four.
Telekinesis- they can move objects with their minds. You can find them cleaning, if they can reach high places with a broom. We are considered the second lowest of the four.
Prophetic- these people can see into the future. They are called ciders. Titers oversee the government and make sure that the actions that are taken aren’t bad. They are considered the second most of the four.
Spells- these people learn curses, spells, and hexes. They are considered the most important of the town.

What are the laws of your world, specifically about magic? Punishment?
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You don’t talk back to the leader, no matter what you think it’s unfair or unjust. They control everything. If you step out of line and you get tortured, coming back to your work with random bruises, sometimes a splatter blood on your clothes. There are no warnings for this, and if you break this rule too many times, you will be exterminated. As for the rule in Magic, if you’re using your magic in a bad way, it will be taken from you. Other than that, you’re free to use it as much as you’d like.

What is an important symbol of your world?
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An important symbol of my world would be a dove. A white dog can be seen in posters all over the town, a silent protest to the cruel way that people are treated if they mess up. The government knows about this, oh yes, but they have no evidence to arrest anyone on, so they that it’s fine but if you step out of line and you’re known for having a white dog somewhere, your punishment is worse than everyone else’s.

How can your world magic a character development?
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The magic in my world can add a character development because of power-hungryness. Characters can and will get hungry for power. They might attack other people to get power that they want. This aids character development and the way that they might learn from their mistakes eventually, although there are no promises. How does characters actions can affect other characters can also cause character development for other characters. Other characters might start a rebellion against this one character, causing them to have a character development of leader ship.

How common is magic, and are all the characters aware they possess it?
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Magic in my world is very common, with all the characters using it or at least knowing about it. The only ones who wouldn’t have it would be ones who have gotten punished for doing something that the government a.k.a. the mayor thought was bad. The only character in my world you guys didn’t know about it is the mayor’s daughter, who will learn about it as the story goes on. Zara might not know anything now, but she will learn a lot of stuff at her new school about magic.

How can you ensure the magic in your story is realistic, and it’s written as a normal part of your world?
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I can make sure that magic is realistic in my world by making sure it has a backstory in the town’s history. There will be flashbacks and old manuals that Zara has and finds that will furthermore make my story realistic with the magic in it. I can also make sure the magic is realistic in the way that I don’t suddenly change how the magic works the magic follows a strict structure from the beginning of my story to the end of it.

How is magic viewed in your world?
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In my world magic is viewed as a blessing, but also as a normal thing. Everyone uses it day to day, and if someone is found flying around or making objects move with your mind or predicting the future, they don’t jump or get scared about that, because it’s normal. The only reason people think that magic is bad is because of the mayor. The mayor uses magic to manipulate his subjects. He makes the ones with the best powers work for him, promising lots and lots of good fortune, when really, he just uses it to manipulate you.

Compared to our modern society, what do characters do differently in your world, now that magic is incorporated?
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In a modern world, people don’t have magic to help them with tasks. But, in my world, magic is used day today to help with so many tasks and is a part of everyone’s everyday life. They use it to help clean, to repair things, to make sure that they are making good decisions, and protecting themselves from any monsters and outsiders that might come to try and steal their magic. Magic is normal my world and used as often as possible whenever possible.

How is the education system in your world? What do your characters learn?
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The education in my world is different than the real world. Kids do not go to school starting at age 3, but instead start going to school at age 13. Instead of learning math, literacy, language arts, science and history, instead the students learn how to control their magic and use it safely and win to use it. The normal world does not have magic so it does not need to worry about any of the things that the magic world a.k.a. my world doesn’t need to worry about.

Does magic affect the government of your world? If so, how?
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Magic makes the government power hungry and horrible to its citizens. Although there is only a mayor, he is still power hungry and rude, plus disrespectful and just cruel to everyone around him. This is because he was born as a flyer and he was always the worst flyer there was. He hated how the education system was ran. He hated school. However, instead of fixing things when he became an irritated, grumpy, power hungry person with no kindness in his heart except for his daughter, Zara.

Part 3- 944 words
Dystopian Fantasy
306
I climbed out of bed and the guard snapped my handcuffs on. Not only were the metal rings on my hands, but they were on my feet, too. My name is Lily. I live in a world where any girls over the age of 10 are taken as slaves. This is because the government didn’t have enough hands to help build supplies for the military, so they recruited young girls instead. We are the government slaves. We do whatever they want whenever they want and we are not allowed to argue back, no matter what. We hate it, yes, but we have no choice. They will kill us if we do not comply with what they say.

I trudge out of my room, the guard behind me pushing me along with a long metal pole. Rumor has it that that pole can turn on and electrocute you. But no one has ever seen it happen. So is it actually true?

I stumble and Richard pushes me alone, not caring if I’m hurt. Of course, this girl is a man. Any woman there are better left in town have been taken to work for the government.

The guard pushes me through a door making me stumble yet again. I want to fight back, I really do. But there’s no hope. They will kill me in a second. That’s what they get paid to do after all fast little girls around and push us around and then kill us if we step out of line.

I slam down into my chair, and begin working on making the bullets. I push the bullets into a box, the silvery metal in my cold fingers. My job is a packager, since I am 16 and all. Once you turn 16 you no longer do your laundry. You start working on weapons.

Hidden Worlds
306
It’s a normal Sunday morning. I have an hour before I need to leave for church and I’m taking out the trash. As I go outside and walk through my front door, a strange sweet smell drifts in the air. I think nothing of it, I just think it’s the bakery across the street. Thinking back, I should know that the bakery isn’t open on Sundays. Maybe then I would’ve been smarter.

I walk to my trashcan and open the lid, the sweet smell as strong as ever. I plug my nose and toss the trash bag into the trashcan. But it doesn’t hit the bottom. At least, it doesn’t make a noise. I stick my head into the trashcan, looking in it trying to find my trash but there’s nothing in the trashcan. It’s just a hole to a pink world, where this very sweet smell is coming from.

I made a bad decision. I jumped into the trashcan and fell through the hole. When I landed, I landed on a very soft object. It was squishy and very sweet smelling. It wasn’t sticky. I bounced a little bit on it before landing on my feet, on the yellow ground. I looked around, my eyes wide. The hole was nowhere to be seen. I had no way to get back home.

I started panicking. What was this place? What did it want for me? Why did I do that, jump through the hole? I was an idiot for jumping through that hole. Why can I be smart for once?

I looked around more, my eyes grow and wider and wider as I looked every second. This place was very very sweet smelling, almost enough to make someone nauseous. I didn’t like it here. It was full of bright pastel colors.

And then came a unicorn.

Urban Fantasy
332
I stepped out of my apartment, breathing in the smell of roadkill and trash. I lived in New York City, what one might think is the best city in the world, when in reality, it’s not. It smells absolutely horrible it makes me nauseous every single day and everything is so overpriced, I’m nearly broke. But I’m not but still, it’s not a good place to live in.

Any important people who live in New York City, live in the floating islands above New York City. The floating islands are a paradise, full of fun and relaxation. I don’t have to deal with the horrible smells or the over priced everything. Everything to them is free. I hate the way that this city works, but this is the way it is and this is the way it has been and it’s the way it always will be.

I gaze at the floating islands in the sky. My eyes are wide with jealousy as the mayor waves down at the people, smiling and acting like everything is fine. Well guess what? It might be fine for you, Mr. Mayor, but it’s not fine for the rest of us. It’s torture living here. I’m surprised we haven’t all moved away yet.

I walk down the street, confetti hitting my head. One of the islands was throwing out confetti onto the street and littering everywhere. This just made more work for the citizens later. We already didn’t have any good cleaners, so we all did it ourselves. No funding, no support, nothing. It was us against the government.

I got to where I was going and walked through the door. Inside, was the rebellion meeting. I was part of the rebellion. In fact, I was the leader of it. I was the one who started this rebellion against these horrible people living in the sky. Their feet haven’t touched the New York City ground in years and us in the rebellion wanted to change that.

Writing Competition Entry

Author's notes:
This is my Scratch Writing Camp Writing Contest Entry. It's a non-fiction article I have written about miscarriages in pregnancy. Please enjoy and read the rest of these notes and the trigger warning. Thank you.

Notes:
-Anything that I took word for word directly from the source is in quotation marks and italics and it's cited. (example: “cats are the best” (Linda Sue, Cats are the Best, 2020)
-Citations, quotes, and sources are not counting for my word count
-All and any sources I use are linked at the bottom
-I am counting this note for my word count
-This article is not meant to show offense to anyone.
-I know that trans women can have miscarriages, but for my article, the mother(s) will be referred to as women.
-This article talks about sensitive and hard topics, so please read at your own risk.

Trigger Warning:
miscarriages, pregnancy, birth

Word count: 780

Miscarriages in Pregnancy

Imagine this. You and the person you love have just found out that you're pregnant, and only a few weeks after you tried for a baby too! You start buying all sorts of things for the baby, not carrying if it's a boy or girl yet. You buy dresses, suits, bottles, pacifiers, blankets and so much more, making the total cost of all of this really high.

And then you go to the doctor for a check-up.

Your world falls apart as you learn that the child you were growing inside of you isn't going to make it. In fact, it's already dead. All the money you spent on it is gone. Emotions swirl through you. Do you feel grief for not being able to give your child a life? Perhaps you feel depressed. You want a child, and the one you have isn't going to live. Maybe you feel angry, angry at yourself for not giving the child a life, angry at your body for not letting the child live. But your body is you, so you're angry at yourself.

This is a sad moment in many women's lives. Unfortunately, this is slightly common. 10-15% of women's pregnancies end in a miscarriage.

Now you might be wondering-
How does a miscarriage happen?
Can I prevent it from happening to myself?
What happens after the baby dies?

I'll answer all of these questions, but first, you need to know what a miscarriage is.

A miscarriage is a loss of the child you're raising inside of you that may happen during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Some women don't even know that they're pregnant when they have a miscarriage. This is the truth, and it's a sad one. Symptoms of a miscarriage may include period-like cramps that aren't your period, severe pain in your stomach and back, and tissue or fluid passing out of you. If you have any of these symptoms, please go see a doctor as soon as possible!

There are many possible factors in that could cause a miscarriage, and I'm not going to list them all, but here are some of them-
-Development of the placenta is wrong
-Infections
-Medicines
-Problems with the mother's reproductive system
-Long term health conditions

The risk of having a miscarriage may increase if you drink alcohol or lots of caffeine, if you smoke, use drugs, or if you're over the age of 35. The older you are, the higher chance you'll have a miscarriage. “…women under 30, 1 in 10 pregnancies will end in miscarriage… women aged 35 to 39, up to 2 in 10 pregnancies will end in miscarriage… women over 45, more than 5 in 10 pregnancies will end in miscarriage” (Miscarriage 2022


A miscarriage is dealt by taking medication to get the rest of the tissues and fluids out of the mother. There are also procedures that doctors can do to take out the fluid and tissue, but I won't explain those due to not wanting to gross anyone out.

Preventing miscarriages is not possible, although I mentioned factors that can induce the risk of a miscarriage above. Don't do any of the things I listed above, and also go to your doctor for regular check-ups.

Recovering from a miscarriage isn't easy- it's a lot to handle, both physically and emotionally. Pain is one thing that people subject to miscarriages face, but also guilt and depression. Be kind to anyone who has experienced a miscarriage, and don't bring it up, as it's a painful subject to talk about for some people.

I hope you learned something important from reading this article. If you have any questions or want more details, please go to the sites linked below.

Thanks for reading!

Sources
-https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/miscarriage/causes/
-https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pregnancy-loss-miscarriage/symptoms-causes/syc-20354298
-https://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/miscarriage.aspx
-https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/pregnancy/miscarriage
-https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/miscarriage.html

Author's notes:
This is my Scratch Writing Camp Writing Contest Entry. It's a non-fiction article I have written about miscarriages in pregnancy. Please enjoy and read the rest of these notes and the trigger warning. Thank you.

Imagine this. You and the person you love have just found out that you're pregnant, and only a few weeks after you tried for a baby too! You start buying all sorts of things for the baby, not carrying if it's a boy or girl yet. You buy dresses, suits, bottles, pacifiers, blankets and so much more, making the total cost of all of this really high.

Your world falls apart as you learn that the child you were growing inside of you isn't going to make it. In fact, it's already dead. All the money you spent on it is gone. Emotions swirl through you. Do you feel grief for not being able to give your child a life? Perhaps you feel depressed. You want a child, and the one you have isn't going to live. Maybe you feel angry, angry at yourself for not giving the child a life, angry at your body for not letting the child live. But your body is you, so you're angry at yourself.

This is a sad moment in many women's lives. Unfortunately, this is slightly common. 10-15% of women's pregnancies end in a miscarriage.

Now you might be wondering-
How does a miscarriage happen?
Can I prevent it from happening to myself?
What happens after the baby dies?

A miscarriage is a loss of the child you're raising inside of you that may happen during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Some women don't even know that they're pregnant when they have a miscarriage. This is the truth, and it's a sad one. Symptoms of a miscarriage may include period-like cramps that aren't your period, severe pain in your stomach and back, and tissue or fluid passing out of you. If you have any of these symptoms, please go see a doctor as soon as possible!

There are many possible factors in that could cause a miscarriage, and I'm not going to list them all, but here are some of them-
-Development of the placenta is wrong
-Infections
-Medicines
-Problems with the mother's reproductive system
-Long term health conditions

A miscarriage is dealt by taking medication to get the rest of the tissues and fluids out of the mother. There are also procedures that doctors can do to take out the fluid and tissue, but I won't explain those due to not wanting to gross anyone out.

Preventing miscarriages is not possible, although I mentioned factors that can induce the risk of a miscarriage above. Don't do any of the things I listed above, and also go to your doctor for regular check-ups.

I hope you learned something important from reading this article. If you have any questions or want more details, please go to the sites linked below.

Thanks for reading!

Sources
-https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/miscarriage/causes/
-https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pregnancy-loss-miscarriage/symptoms-causes/syc-20354298
-https://www.marchofdimes.org/complications/miscarriage.aspx
-https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/pregnancy/miscarriage
-https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/miscarriage.html

Anyway, this was really good! I look forward to seeing if you place