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The Disaster (fiction) I stared blankly at question number 57. I pulled my hair, rubbed my eyes, and glared at it for five more minutes, but my efforts were futile. I was depleted of concentration, and found myself tracing the smooth texture of the wooden table, my eyes glued to the dark veins diverging and converging. I force myself back to the question. “Why do you have to make my life so difficult?” I whisper-screamed. Question number 57 did not reply. I was out in the local mildew-smelling library studying until the until Auld Lang Syne began to play, announcing the end of business hours. I gathered the trigonometry practice, that had proved to be my new adversary. The library closed at 10:00 PM sharp, and Ms. Hulward, the groggy and …show more content…

I always took a detour to the coast of the sea since I liked walking alongside the peaceful and secluded shore, the salty breeze running through my hair and grazing my skin. I inhaled the smell of the ocean. This day, in particular, was not too hot or cold, the perfect day to take a mid-night stroll. The salty breeze seemed to grow …show more content…

The sleeves of my poncho flapped, reminding me of the flying squirrel I encountered the other day. The breeze grew a little stronger, until it was no longer a breeze, but a gust of wind, making me shiver with an unknown sense of anticipation. I felt like Pocahontas singing “colors of the wind” as my hair flowed wildly and I stood gallantly on top of a jagged rock. Before I knew it, the gust of wind had developed into an incontrollable storm. My poncho sleeves slapped my arms, and my brand-new library card was whipped out from my pocket and thrown away into the darkness. My hair was no longer in Pocahontas style, but more creepy-woman-from-the-Ring-style, as strands of hair plastered all over my face, and voraciously entered by mouth. Soon enough, the storm had developed into a full-on tornado. I was blasted off the rock, and literally blown away towards the ocean. I had never felt so helpless in my life. I whispered my prayers, and pulled out my phone to send goodbye messages to all of my friends and family, to no avail; my phone was snatched away by the merciless wind, the instant as I had foolishly revealed it. I could feel the presence of death approach me. Large bold letters that read “CORPSE OF COLLEGE STUDENT FOUND ON SHORE” on the daily newspaper flashed through my

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