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Excerpt from: A Fair of Change
Angela took in the information the Cheerleader had just given
her. The Library roof? Falling in? That definitely wasn’t good. “Was anyone
else there?”
“I don’t think so,” Brittany answered, as she twirled a pigtail.
That was an annoying habit.
“I’ll find someone to check,” Angela said.
It was the next day that Brittany found that the library
roof falling in had more consequences than the library being closed for
repairs. Her Language Arts class was interrupted…
“Now, why do you think it is that Tolstoy felt he had to
make War and Peace so darned... unpleasant? Daria?” Mr. O’Neill asked.
Words: 101
Excerpt from: End of the Endeavour
It still looked uninhabited. But most island cultures
they had found didn’t really use their beaches. “We will have to land.”
Words: 21
Excerpt from: Convergence on Lawndale
Daria, Quinn and Peter arrived at the school. “You go and
meet your friends,” Peter said. “While I sign in.”
“Of course,” Quinn said.
“There she is,” Daria said, seeing Jane Lane approaching
from the Parking Lot.
“What’s happening, Amiga?” Jane asked.
“The Doctor, again,” Daria answered.
That was all Jane needed to know. “Gotcha.”
Daria then filled her in on what was happening, including
the portal to Middleton.
“I see,” Jane said when Daria had finished.
“We need to look out for unusual activity.”
“Of course.”
Quinn met her friends. “Quinn!”
Words: 92
Excerpt from: An Underwater Meeting
Police tape was strung around the entrance. ‘What
happened,’ she wondered. She saw one of her colleagues nearby. She went over to
her. “Ranae? Do you know what happened?”
Ranae shook her head. “All they said was that someone was
dead,” she said sadly. “They wouldn’t say who it was.”
“Oh!” Muriel said, in slight shock. Was it a murder? Why
would someone kill in their small town? “That’s not good.” She sighed
The TARDIS landed, but the Doctor was worried. The
landing seemed a bit ‘off’. “Strange,” he commented. He turned on the Scanner.
“Underwater?” That was unusual. It was rare that the TARDIS landed underwater
on her own volition. There was always a reason.
Words: 116
Excerpt from: The Engineer and the Time Lady
She materialised aboard the Calgary.
“Report,” Alpha ordered.
“I'm fine. Octavius knocked me off the building,” Nina
reported.
“Are you sure you want to do what you're doing?”
Alpha asked with concern.
“Yes!” Nina said, although she wasn't entirely sure.
“Beam me back.”
“Wait a moment, Spider-Man and Octavius have fallen
off the building.”
“Beam me close to the hostage.”
“Energizing!”
Nina materialised and then smashed the window, startling
the older lady. “It's OK,” she said holding her hand out. The lady grabbed onto
the offered hand. Nina then helped the lady through the window. But not quickly
enough.
Words: 98
Excerpt from: Voyager and the Convergence
“Understood.”
“I recommend slowing to Warp 2 as we approach.”
“We'll hit them in two minutes, Captain,” Paris reported
after the information was transferred to the Conn.
“Slow to Warp 2 in one minute, forty seconds. Mark.”
“Aye,” Paris said.
Voyager slowed as she approached the divergences.
“Warp 2,” Paris reported.
“Steady as she goes,” Janeway ordered.
Clara was still in the Mess Hall, waiting for something
to happen. She would have been almost as bored as the Doctor if not for the
fact that she had introduced Naomi Wildman to the joys of Regency literature.
'Great! Now I'm missing Jane!'
Flashback – Two weeks earlier
“I can read it from the PADD, Clara,” Naomi protested.
“Nonetheless, reading it from a screen is not the same as
reading from a hardcopy,” Clara explained as she finished putting the
instructions into the replicator. “It's also worth a lot more than the
rations.” She pressed another control and the book appeared in the slot.
Naomi grabbed it. “This cover art is rather good,” she
said.
“I had to choose the best,” Clara said. “A good book can
last a lifetime.”
“That sounds good,” Naomi said.
“So, you can read out the first couple of pages.”
“Sure,” Naomi said. “It is a truth universally
acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in
want of a wife...”
End flashback
Naomi was still going through the various works of
Austin. Clara could see her talking to Neelix about where she was up to in Emma.
Words: 255
Total: 683
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