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Creative Writing: Ember's Lesson

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"Everyone to your houses, lock the doors, board the windows and any place that you can get into your house." Said the voice through the loudspeaker in the middle of the old town where there are no flowers, only cowboys and crows, and horses. Right now the streets were littered with people scrambling to get to safety in their house. All of the people are rushing to get to their countryside house. All but one. This man was one of the town's misfits, he never bothered to step foot in one of the Saloons because he knew that he was just going to get picked on because of his Autism disease. He had brown hair, pale skin, and he always wore the same pair of tan boots. This very interesting man had no friends in this town except his beautiful wife …show more content…

He could still hear the screaming sounds of the antique planes speeding through the air all over the town. He stood up and walked throughout the house and Ember was missing. Bruce screamed EMBER!!!! As fast as a flash Bruce ran upstairs to his bedroom where he had a perfect view of the town square. He ripped one of the boards off of the window and peeked outside. There she was Ember was out in the town square helping all of the drunks from the Saloon take out the Japanese Soldiers. She was the only person out there that actually knew what she was doing. All of the other people were lucky that they have not got shot yet because they are just standing there talking like they do every evening before sunset. From the window, Bruce looked over at the Japanese side and saw them dropping one after another the lifeless bodies fell to the ground. Ember was not giving up until the Japanese retreated or until they all are where they belong. …show more content…

Bruce stood in the bedroom stunned that his wife just took out a whole army of Japanese soldiers. Ember dropped the gun and ran over to their house and ripped the boards off of the door and ran upstairs and held onto Bruce so tight that she almost took his life too. After the next few stressful days commotion was still going on about how Ember is the towns savior. Since Ember is the "Savior" of the town Bruce is no longer afraid to get bullied by the drunks that pretty much live in the Saloon and most of all he can enjoy his evenings standing in the spot where the battle happened again. As for the bodies that were on the ground just a month ago they have all been contaminated and will never be seen again. At least with those disgustingly rude Japanese Samurais again. In fact, the whole town agrees that those Japanese soldiers were just flat out ridiculous. All of the townspeople hope that they will not have to see the gory act of war again in this town for as long as they are alive, there are also high hopes that the town will be able to afford more weapons and ammunition in case if another country dares to intrude this tiny town

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