Trapped

 

This is a story about a ghost who meets a boy...

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“Claire” I heard a voice whisper. I ignored it. “Claire” I heard the voice again. I picked the doll up. I blacked out. That was 6 years ago...

It all happened so fast

“It all happened so fast.”


The air-raid sirens start blaring. We ran to turn off the lights. I was in charge of the black-out curtains, but being short meant that it was hard to reach the pull-string. I kept jumping and struggling to reach it. I finally got it and ran to do the next one,once I had got all of them Shreccy and Lulu and turned the lights off,we sat under the counter with a candle. “Why couldn’t we have been sent to the countryside?” Tilly asked the room. The only thing that answered were the sirens and some loud crashing. Suddenly the crashing got so loud it could deafen someone,then everything started to shake,the floor felt lopsided and I heard Tilly scream. Everything went quiet. I jumped up so fast the corner of my favourite dress tore. Some of the lilac fabric ripped. “Lulu! You ripped your dress!” Shreccy tutted. “Okay mother-rr!” I said. We realised that Tilly still hadn’t said anything. I ran around shouting her name when all of a sudden someone came staggering through the door “Hey,Hey you're giving me a headache.” father slurred as she came through the door as if nothing happened. “What happened,WHAT HAPPENED?” Shreccy shouted “A BOMB JUST WENT OFF AND YOU COME IN HERE LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED” They went on shouting until I cried “TILLY’S MISSING!” They turned to look at me. “What?” Father said calmly. Too calmly. Sensing what's about to happen Shreccy came over and put her arm around me. “The crash,Tilly screamed and I can't find her '' I mumbled. “That's it!” Shreccy said she walked to our room and grabbed a few dresses, a couple of cardigans,our raincoats,a few books,a notebook and pencil,some of Tillys favourite things and my stuffie,Mr Snow. She packed all of this into 2 of our school satchels and walked out our room and through the hall. She looked up at dad and said so coldly it made my blood shiver “Thanks.for.nothing.father” she held her arm out indicating to me that I should follow her. As we left the room I heard father...crying?

We walked down the staircase in worse condition than before the bomb hit we had to jump a few missing stairs. Once we got out on the street we heard crying,shouting and people cursing the Germans. “Where are we gonna go now?” I asked in tears. Someone from the streets came up to us.”Hey little ladies,what are you doing out this early after an attack?” He asked us kindly, I mumbled something, “Pardon?” he asked “She said none of your business sir,now if you excuse us” Shreccy said making herself seem a LOT older than 9. “No can do lil’ missy. I'm part of the crew who helps the sick and injured and if your mummy and daddy got bombed then you're going to have to go to us and we’ll set you up in foster care for now.” This got me stuck and I think it stumped Shreccy too. “Ahhh,you see sir we were just going home now.” Shreccy said not quite thinking of the words. “Where were you?” He asked with what In believed was general concern. Shreccy stood there not replying “Go on then lovey,I’d ask your little sister but I believe she doesn’t wanna talk” he laughed as if he had cracked an amazing joke. “We were at school. We were in trouble so we had to stay late and clean the backboards” I squeaked. “And she talks!” He said with a friendly grin “Well that would explain the satchels. I thought you would have been running away!” He said cheerily “Anyway poppets hop along now and get home quick I expect your parents are worried sick!” and with that he left “Good-bye” Shreccy said to make her seem like she had enjoyed that conversation when we walked off I added “And good riddance!”.

“Where did you get that good at lying Lulu? You almost made me believe it!”.

“I- I’m not sure” I confessed. “Where are we going to go?” I asked “Well Emma said we were always welcome with her!” Emma! Why hadn’t I thought of it before? Oh wait BECAUSE SHE HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD well not HALFway I never found out exactly how far away Whales is but I do know its far! “How will we get there?” I asked sarcastically.

Gretel's Diary Entry

this is my diary entry for Gretel, Bruno's sister. I hope you enjoy.

12 August 1942

Dear diary,

I hate it here! I haven't anyone to play with apart from my idiot brother,sorry I mean my dimwitted brother. His name is Bruno and hes 9,he acts like he knows everything but I’m 2 years older than him. Today he told me he had an imaginary friend called Shmuel. I was sceptical at first because he's 9 and I don't know how or when but I think he made friends with another child here. When we first got here Bruno mentioned how there were so many children and others on the side of the fence and he wished he could go over to play with them! I mean hasn’t he any brains? I mean, they're Jews! Worlds away from us.

Anyhow,here at “out-with” as Bruno calls it we have a very small house,much smaller than the one back in Berlin. We moved here when father got appointed his job to watch over the camp next door. I wish we could’ve stopped in Berlin,don't get me wrong I love father but i miss Berlin so! As I said my 3 best friends are back in Berlin and so are Bruno's. That's all Bruno goes on about these days “I miss Berlin,lets all go back,I miss Daniel,Carl and Martin” I mean we all have things we miss but we suck it up!

Lock Down Writing

This is my lock down writing. I hope you enjoy.

Life is not something that you can take for granted, it is something you earn, yet here we are breathing and living.

Soooooo,lock down? Not a great time ay?
My lock down wasn’t what I would call “fun” more like… TEDIOUS, A PRISON, A TIME TO REALISE HOW MUCH MORE ANNOYING YOUR BROTHER ACTUALLY IS! Of course there were good points too,not many,but still..
Like when my brother built me a bike ramp, which I fell off, but I got my cast off, but I couldn’t straighten my elbow for a few weeks. I binged nearly everything on Netflix and Disney + but I had to do online school,I read every book in the HOUSE but then got sore eyes..
Oh come on lock down!,give me some good points to write about! Oh,here's a couple! I called my best friends,Zoe and Grace just about everyday to keep in touch and me and my other best friend Bryah played 1000's of years in the sim world (for the sims of course) And when I say that I don’t mean a couple of lives I mean the sims had a whole bloodline going! We also bought some packs and custom content!


Man,I wish I could go on about Sims FOREVER but I can't so a few things before I go. Quarantine does NOT mean holidays,if your brother is ever annoying you,a wooden spoon is a good weapon and of course during quarantine stay safe!

Life during lock down

Shmuels diary entry

For the class novel we are reading The Boy In Striped Pyjamas. one of the tasks were to write a diary entry from Shmuels point of view. In case you didn't know Shmuel is Bruno friend from the camp.

10 August 1942

Today I was woken up by screaming. I saw a man being dragged out. I felt sorry for him. Lieutenant Kotler called for me today,I was dead scared thinking that something terrible was going to happen but surprisingly he pulled me up to a path towards a large house,I was so surprised. I walked into the kitchen and was given a cloth. “I need all these glasses polished” Lieutenant Kotler said gesturing towards a large set of glasses “and you have small enough fingers” he continued “And woe betide you if you smudge or break them”. I nodded and got to work. Halfway through the glasses Bruno walks in, ”Shmuel?? What are you doing here?” he asked, sounding astonished. “I have to polish these glasses,” I replied, not looking up. He walked over to the fridge and grabbed some chicken. I was shocked. It seems so long ago that I could just walk freely over to food. He offers me some, I ponder over it but shake my head “if he comes back he’ll be furious” I told him “who? Lieutenant Kotler? Oh don't worry about him,this is my house not his” Bruno says through his mouthful. He hands me some chicken and I was stupid enough to eat it. “You! Boy! What are you doing? You stole that food,didn't you! Don't lie to me!” Lieutenant Kotler shouts at me “You,little man. Bruno. Did he steal any food?”.he asked Bruno “He gave me some,he's my friend” I told lieutenant Kotler. He looks at Bruno "Is he your friend?” he says multiple times. “I- umm'' Bruno stammered “No,I’ve never seen him in my life” Bruno finally answers. I was shocked,Bruno lied,and now I was in big trouble with lieutenant Kotler. “Just as I thought,Shmuel you will follow me please”. I walked out shaking knowing what was coming next….

I’m not sure I'll be able to forgive Bruno,he may have been my friend but..

Missing

                                   

This is my narrative from my characters Lily-Louisias point of view. Zoes character is Shreccy. I hope you enjoy.

*Lily-Louisia’s P.O.V*

It all started one day. Dad said Emma ran away. Mum left to find her. Mum got killed. Dad blamed us.We went on a trip. Quartilla went missing. We met a long lost friend. And made new ones.

We were going on a trip,we all hopped on the train apart from dad “Where are going?” asked Tilly. “I- I’m not sure” replied Shreccy with a cold tone. That got me worried,Shreccy always knows what's happening. I pulled out my phone,no service. “Why did dad send us here” I asked on the verge of tears. “Hey Lulu,it’ll be ok,maybe we're off to a camp,a summer camp. Yeah we're off to a summer camp where the sun shines every day” reassured Shreccy as she put her arm around me and pulled me into a hug. I was settled with that idea until Quartilla pulled us both into harsh reality. “Stop hugging like that you look, daft,beside why would dad send us to any camp,let alone a summer one. He’s probably sending us off to any old place like Hansel and Gretel.” That set me off crying again. “Come here ya crybaby” said Tilly “I didn’t mean it. You know that'' The train stopped. More people got off. Is this our stop I wondered. Everything then happened so fast,people screaming,I felt my arms get gripped tight,suddenly one arm felt dead I looked to my right where my arm felt loose. Shreccy started screaming. I looked out and saw shreccy falling. “NO,SHRECCY'' I screamed tears flooding my vision. I saw her fall. “You have reached your destination”said a man's voice over the loudspeaker. “Trust dad to choose the cheapest train,if you could even call it that.” mumbled Tilly through tears. “Sh-shreccy,sh-she fell” We ran off as fast as we could in fear of falling off. Tilly pulled me into a piggy back as I couldn’t manage to muster courage to walk. “Look, a sports shop!” said Tilly suddenly pulled from her case of the dumps. She ran in with me still on her back, she is very strong. We walked in and MTV was playing on the t.v, “one bouncy ball please” said Tilly. The cashier handed her a bright red one. “Thanks” mumbled Tilly and ran out. “Hop off now Lulu,I want to play with the ball”. “Do you think Shreccy will be alright?” I asked “WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WiLl ShReCcY bE aLrIgHt! OF COURSE NOT YOU IDIOT WILL YOU EVER GROW UP? SHE FELL,SHE’S DEAD FACE IT GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE GOSH DANG CLOUDS LILY-LOUISIA!” Tilly shouted. I had never seen her so angry,not even when dad had hurt us. I ran off crying “Wait no,Lulu please I didn’t mean it,come on Lulu please” Shouted Tilly,I kept on running I wouldn’t stop now,I couldn’t. I ran through a bush,not quite knowing where I was going. This place seems familiar,to familiar. Being small I can fit into small cracks,places Tilly and Shreccy could never fit. I ran into a place where even I found it hard to squish into. I sat there looking at my phone for a few hours,looking through photos of me,Tilly and Shreccy. Suddenly it went dead then I realised I would never see Shreccy again. I felt a whole new wave of tears wash over me. I sat there crying for about an hour then decided to get up and find Tilly.

Static Electricity

This Term we have been doing Science with Miss Power. One of the thing we looked at was static electricity,I had to sacrifice my beautiful hair-do to try this experiment. We rubbed the balloon on my head so all my hair stuck up.  I found this experiment quite fun to do!