Blog Story Chapter 2!!!!

Hey!

As promised I finally finished the next chapter in my blog story.

To any new visitors...
This is what it is about.
This is what happened last time.

This chapter is dedicated to my mother, Betsie. She said: "One of the others is a talking cat... I love talking animals...." Well, I do too. And I really like bringing whackyness into this story.

Anyway... Here it is the next chapter in the BLOG STORY...

Chapter 2- Timer: 185 hours, 25 minutes

Jake felt like he had been walking for days, but in reality it hadn’t been much more than 12 hours. He hated how quiet everything was. It felt as though he was walking in a soup. So far he’d encountered seventeen cars; all of them had their drivers frozen in mid action, like his mother and father. He hated the feeling of knowing that their fate was depending on him.

  Jake’s GPS started vibrating in his hand. When he looked at the screen he saw a red dot had appeared on the screen. He checked his dot and figured out whoever was the other dot was two blocks away.

  New energy surged through his veins. Jake took off running toward the other red dot. As soon as he reached the street the red dot was supposed to be on he spotted her. She was the first moving person he had seen all day, and by the look on her face he was hers.

  “Are you one of the others?” Jake asked her when he reached her.

  “Yes!” She was nearly in tears. “Are you Jake?” she asked.

  Jake was startled, as far as he was aware he’d never seen this girl before. How does she know me?

  “Yes, and you are…” he asked the girl.

  “Sarah, but I don’t think we’ve ever met. I just know I needed to find you.” The girl said.

  “Me?” Jake asked

  Sarah handed him a stopwatch, like the one Jake had, and handed it to him. Its screen read 46 hours, 17 minutes. Jake looked up at Sarah with alarm in his eyes.

  “You have less time left than me!”

  Sarah nodded.

  “My letter said I needed to find you. It said we needed to fuse our stopwatches together and then I would be safe.”

  “Fuse the stopwaches together?” Jake was very confused.

  Sarah handed him a USB cable from her bag. “It said we needed to connect them with this cable.”

  Jake nodded, he took the cable and plugged it into the port on his stopwatch and took the other end of the cable and got ready to plug it into Sarah’s stopwatch.

  “Wait, wait. Are you sure we should do it this way?” He asked.

  “Yup, the letter said we needed to do it exactly this way.” Sarah answered.

  Jake took a deep breath and inserted the cable. Both screens lid up and Sarah’s timer started counting down very fast.

  “No! Don’t do that!” They both yelled. Jake tried to remove the cable but it was stuck. Sarah started to cry.

  The timer kept going until it reached zero. Sarah screamed.

“TRANSFER COMPLETE.” Jake’s stopwatch announced. “TIME LEFT: TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE HOURS, THIRTY-FIVE MINUTES.”

  Sarah and Jake looked at each other with wide eyes. Slowly Jake let out his breath.

  “I think it worked.” He said.

  “But what about my watch?” Sarah asked, holding out the now blank stopwatch.

   Jake took a deep breath and tried to think of an explanation.

  “I really don’t know.” He said.

  “I think I could answer that for you.” A voice said behind them. They both turned and stood face to face with a tabby cat. They stared at it for a moment then realized the cat had been the one to speak.

  “Well, don’t you want to know?” the cat asked.

  “You, you’re a, cat!” Jake said.

  “Why of course I’m a cat, do I look like a dog?” The cat looked at them as though they were mad.

“But you can talk.” Sarah said.

“We cats have always talked.” The cat replied. “You humans just never listen.”

  The three stared at each other for a while.

  “Well, are you going to stand there watching me like mindless carrots, or are you going to follow me?” The cat pointed his tail down the street.

  “I guess.” Jake said.

  “Good then try and keep up!” the cat darted down the street. Jake and Sarah looked at each other, they burst out laughing.

  “Mindless carrots!” They said in unison.

  They looked back at the cat; he was almost at the end of the street now.

  “I think we better get going before he gets cross at us." Jake said.

---X---

  “Here we are.” The cat said to them. He had led them through a maze of yards and streets, and was now sitting on top of a box.

  “Hey, I got one like that earlier.” Sarah said.

  “Me too.” Jake said as he approached the box, the cat jumped off and revealed Jake’s name on the box. Jake carefully lifted the lid and examined the contents. He took out two lunch packs and an envelope. He tore it open and read it out loud.

Dear Jake.

Good, you have found Sarah and Mittens. I trust you and Sarah have transferred her time to your stopwatch. You should now have a bit more than 230 hours left. As you find the others you will need to add their time to your watch. Trust me, you will need it.

You also need to stick together as a team. If any one of you leaves the group they will die and the time you transferred from them will be forever lost. You MUST stay together.

The four others should be on their way to you by now. Remember to keep an eye out for them. As soon as everyone is gathered I will reveal myself and tell you and your team where you need to go.

There are two bicycles at the end of the street waiting for you. Use them well.

Stay alert.

Stay safe.

Keep together.

Remember to rest.

I will write to you again soon.

Mr. X

PS: I know you must be hungry. Please enjoy your dinner.

  “Dinner?” Sarah asked.

  “Yes, you’ve been on the road all day now.” Mittens said. “To your bodies it is about nine thirty at night, even though it looks like its seven in the morning.”

  “I hadn’t thought about that yet.” Jake said. “That sure explains why I’m so hungry. I didn’t eat lunch!”

  “Well then you had better eat.” Mittens said to the kids.

  “What about you?” Sarah asked as she opened her pack.

  “Oh, I’ve already eaten. You have no idea how easy it is to catch mice when they are frozen.” Mittens said licking his lips.

  After they finished their dinner Jake and Sarah stretched out in the shade of a tree and yawned.

  “Good night.” Sarah said.

  “Good night.” Jake said. He started thinking how strange his day had been, and hoped with all his might that this was only some weird bad dream.

 

There it is!

Comment below what must happen next, because I don't know about you, but I really want to know!

See you next time.

~DFTBA

Blog story CHAPTER ONE!

Hey guys!

So I finally sat down and wrote the first chapter of the story I am writing with you.

If you are a new reader and you have absolutely no idea what I'm talking about check THIS post out.

I loved all of the suggestions you gave me. They are awesome!
I couldn't choose just one. So I decided to use them all!

I also decided I'll dedicate a chapter to the person who's  suggestion I used the most.

This chapter, it is Tanya! You can find her blog over HERE
 She said: "A person (Boy or girl) who wakes up one morning to find that his/her alarm clock hasn't gone off yet to wake up for school. He/she waits for a few minutes and realizes that the time hasn't moved forward -it's frozen on 6:57AM. He/She has to find the source of the problem, and everyone (with the exception of a few people that help the MC) is also frozen."

Thanks Tanya!


Okay. Without any further ado..... Here it is ladies and gentlemen..... The FIRST chapter of, something I 'cleverly' titled, THE BLOG STORY!!!!!!!

(Hope you like it!)

---X---

  Jake woke up feeling totally refreshed, a feeling he didn’t normally experience first thing in the morning, and definitely not when he had spent most of his sleeping time reading comic books by flashlight.

  He sat up and stretched his arms and looked at his alarm clock. It read 6:59. He was supposed to wake up in one minute, so he decided to wait it out. But the clock never changed to 7:00. After a few minutes Jake realized this and jumped out of bed as fast as he could. He was late for school!

  He dressed as fast as he could and ran down the stairs to grab something to eat before he rushed to school. Then he remembered his mom and dad were probably still sleeping, since they didn’t come to wake him up, so he rushed to their room. No one was there.

  Jake was confused, why would his mom and dad go to work before waking him up? He didn’t have time to think though, he was really late. He ran down the stairs again and froze when he entered the kitchen. His heart sank right to his feet.

  There, by the kitchen table, was his mother, her arm was frozen in mid air as she was about to place an apple in Jake’s lunch sack. She wasn’t moving. Not even a bit.

  Jake looked around the room and spotted his dad, who was also frozen. He was packing his suitcase for work.

  Then Jake realized how quiet it was. Not a sound could be heard except his own breathing. It was very eerie. He cautiously walked over to his mom and touched her arm. He gasped. Her body was warm, as that of a normal living person. He ran to his dad’s side and touched his arm too. It was also warm. Then Jake looked at the microwave clock. It read 6:59. He rushed to every clock he could think of in his house. All of them weren’t ticking. All of stopped at the exact same spot. And all of them read 6:59.

   Jake fainted.

---X---

  Jake didn’t know how much time passed since he had fainted, and he couldn’t very well look at a clock to see, but he didn’t think it was too long. He checked on his mom and dad again, who was still frozen, and decided to find some help. As he was about to go down the porch steps something caught his eye.

  A box just sat there on the porch. It was covered in brown wrapping paper and it had his name, in big fat marker letters, written all over it.

  Jake called out to the street but not a sound was heard. The entire street was still eerily quiet. Jake gathered up courage and approached the brown box, still waiting patiently for him. His mind started playing tricks on him.

“What if it’s a bomb?” He thought to himself. “It could blow up as soon as I open it up.”

  Jake carefully put his ear to the box to listen for any sounds, he couldn’t hear anything. But that didn’t prove that there wasn’t a bomb. Not yet anyway.

“Jake, you’ll just have to man up and open that box!” He commanded himself.

  Jake picked up the box. It was heavy. He carefully tore off all the wrapping paper off and stared at the now uncovered box. He could hear his heart beating loudly in his ears, and his breathing started to quicken slightly.

“Come on Jake!” He said to himself. “It’s just a box, it can’t hurt you.” As much as he wanted to believe himself he was still afraid.

  Jake carefully placed his fingers on the box lid and took a deep breath. Slowly he lifted it. What he saw surprised him.

  There was no timer with big red numbers telling him when it would blow up. No wires he would have to worry about cutting. Indeed, there was no bomb. But there was something.

  Jake lifted out an envelope which was also addressed to him. He opened it and started reading.

Dear Jake.

  

If you are reading this it must mean time has frozen, for all except you.

Or so you think.

 All around the world select individuals, such as yourself, finds themselves in the same situation as you.

Time is frozen.

It is your duty, Jake, to fix this again. In your box you will find a smaller box containing a watch. This is your countdown timer. If those numbers reach zero you, and everyone on earth, WILL DIE.

Your first instruction is to find the others. Together you have to work to save the earth.

The timer is equipped with a GPS, which you will use to find the others.

There is also a bunch of tools you may need during your mission.

A knife, compass, first aid kit, and some energy bars to keep up your strength.

Use them wisely.

Keep a lookout for your next letter.

Mr. X

  Jake looked back in the box he found the timer and stared at it. It read “197 hours, 15 minutes, and 39 seconds.” He quickly did some maths. This gave him just over eight days to save the earth.

   Jake ran back to inside to his room with his new gear and packed them in a backpack. He also packed some other things, like a sweatshirt, extra socks, and a box of matches. He went to the kitchen pantry and packed some crackers, chips, cookies, and a few water bottles. Now he had only one more thing he had to do.

  He needed to find the others.

 ---X---

Okay, there you have it. The first chapter!

Tell me what you thought of it in the comments. 

Remember too also suggest what should happen next. Like, who should Jake find first, and what their next mission should be. I can't post the next chapter without you!

Tell your friends about this too, if you think they'll like it. There's always room for more people over here!

Well that's all for now!

~DFTBA

Blog story ideas

I know I'm late with this blog post... but you need to be in a mood of sorts to blog and I wasn't in it. (Yes I was lazy)

Hey there internet people!
I trust everyone had a nice holiday. Yes?
My grandparents left us yesterday :( and they arrived safely in South Africa :) We had a very fun time with them. I'm glad we had them over.

My school starts again on Wednesday! I've missed it. (I'm not being sarcastic, its true) 
I'll also get to initiate my sister and her friend into high school. Any ideas of what I should do with them? I have a few planned but I can't tell you, its a secret.

Okay, now for the real purpose of this post.

I have an idea for my blog this year...
I want to challenge myself to start a story here. I guess what it comes to is I want to write creatively. (Bear with me, I'll make sense eventually.)

Have you ever played the game where you're in a group of people and someone starts telling a story, stops, and someone else pick up and continues the story, stops, another person continues it? My idea is almost like that.

No I don't want you to continue where I leave off... instead I want you to leave a comment on the post with a suggestion of what should happen next... who the hero should meet next... everything really.
You, the reader of my blog, gets to decide where the story goes; I have to write your ideas into a story.

If you don't understand what I'm saying just leave a comment and I'll reply with a answer that hopefully makes more sense.

I don't know how often the story will be updated, it really just depends on your ideas; but I would like it to be updated once or twice a month.


My first suggestion requests is:
A name for the story- Something exciting
Who the main character should be- Gender, race, age, job, interests...
Who the supporting characters should be- best friend, enemy...
Where should the story be set?

And finally

What should happen in the first chapter?


I don't care how wacky it gets, just keep it appropriate. 

You ready?
GO!

 ~DFTBA