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Secret of the black puss
Chapter 1 Unexpected
“And this is the sydney Harbour bridge.” I yawned, as my teacher listed all the possible ways to bomb the sydney harbour ( seriously, who would do that?)We were on the bus heading to the state library. The weather was storming. I was excited, not because of the two million books but because I could sneak away to the look at the interesting collection. It reminded me of my dad.
When we arrived I was the first one to get out of the bus. There it was, standing solemnly in the rain. The large building looked sinister in the rain and storm. By this time the class should’ve gotten out. I looked back, the bus was not there! Then I looked at my watch, it was exactly 12:38pm. Of all the peculiar things that happened to me this was the most crazy.
Running to the entrance I noticed something, a murder of crows. I approached the door. With simple pull of the door handel I was in the library.
Chapter 2 Trim
Advancing towards the Mitchell reading room I felt scared.
Goose bumps were creeping up my arm. This was not good. Every step I took, the courage inside me lessened.
After what seemed like an hour of creeping towards the reading room, I finally saw something. It was a shadow of a cat. “Who are you?” Realising cats couldn’t talk I staggered back. “Ahh, another passerby isn’t it?” Said a voice. It was coming from the cat. “I need your help, I have been left here when the time suddenly changed.”
“Can at least guide me.” I begged him. “Well you’ve come to the right person, I am Trim Captain Matthew Flinder’s cat.”
“I know everything about this place.” “I live upstairs, until…” he shivered. “Something came.” “Well nice to meet you… Trim.” I agreed.
Chapter 4 a good fright
“Well follow me rookie!” Then he marched up along the staircase. He led me down to the stacks. “Why are we down here?” I asked. “You’ll see.” He replied. I saw a figure in the darkness. Trim led me closer to it. Two bony fingers gripped my neck. I turned around. “Boo!”it was Trim. “Seriously Trim?” “Humans always need a good scare to be proven loyal to their guide.” “But DO NOT do that again.” I warned.
Chapter 5 The Globe Theater
We arrived in an empty room. With seven stained glass windows. I recognised this as the seven ages of man. A box in the middle opened slowly to reveal a bronze theatre. Several bronze people on the stage were ferociously stabbing a bronze person lying on the floor. But then it stopped. “Stop it Steven the someone has come.” One said in a sharp voice. “I agree, this is inhumane on this stage.” The one on the floor said in a strangled voice.
All of the bronze people hurried to the left wing of the stage “Hurry up Steven the defence position, go go Go!” The bronze person known as Steven. Stood in the middle of the stage and said. “Stand forth and tremble before me foul Carbanacle monster!” “I’m no monster Steven.” I said.
“Oh” he said in a monotone. “Why do you think I’m a monster?” “We moved the theatre downstairs because of the beast in the gallery.” “What beast?” “The time-nibbling beast” he said. “If you dare its somewhere in the gallery.”
Then the box closed slowly. I look at trim and he looked back. We have to resolve this.
Chapter 5 The time nibbler
As we crept through the gallery the paintings eyes seemed to follow us. The floor creaked and suddenly we fell into the floor boards. Down down DOWN we fell until…. THUMP. I fell hard on a stone cold floor. “This must be the monsters lair!” I gasped. We continued down the narrow passage. “So how did you get here?” “You see, when Matthew Flinders died I continued on my voyage and I became immortalised through memories, I found myself here.” I saw his sadness. Losing a friend to mortality forever.
As we crept towards the end of long narrow passage. A silhouette of a teacup lay there, still and silent. As we approached it, it wobbled and tipped over. Two long furry tails emerged from the back of the teacup. A low growling noise shaking the ground. Then a pair of eagle claws wiggled out on each side. Finally, whatever was in the teacup burst out.
With a blinding flash that knocked me several metres back. The creature was a strange mix of different parts of a cat, eagle and horse. Its head and body was of a black cat. The front claws and it’s wings was of a eagle. It’s back legs was of a horses.
“Why do you disturb me mortal!?” It roared. It was holding an enormous grandfather clock that had been severely chewed. Every single time it chewed the clock golden light radiated out of it. “What are you doing?”I shouted at the top of my lungs.
Chapter 6 Miles Franklin
“This is the clock of time it controls all time of the universe.” “Why chew it then?” “My dear creator “Miles Franklin, died through time.” “I am destroying time forever.” “Now go mortal GO!”
I looked back Trim was there. His large yellow eyes were grave and sad. Time will be demolished. Time will be replaced with an enternity of chaos. Time will be no more.
Suddenly, tiny battle cries filled the air. It was the bronze people of the Globe theatre! They dragged the clock out of the beasts mouth. “Stop, do you know what your doing?” “Revenge is NOT the solution.” I shouted at the beast. It pawed the ground. ”THEN WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?”
“I want you to know that everyone dies through time, everyone must go to the next world, eventually .”
The beast stopped raging. Silver tears slid down his cheeks. It fell to the floor. Then, a silvery figure emerged from the floor. It was Miles Franklin.
She said nothing and glided towards the beast she touched it a glowing scarab beetle appeared on is forehead (the Egyptian symbol of rebirth). Her form was flickering, fading and disappearing. All was left was a glowing scarab, still and unmoving on the floor.
Chapter 7 Homecoming
The scarab jumped to life crawled to the grandfather clock and dissolved. Golden liquid flowed smoothly down it all the damage gone.
The beast smiled and said “I should take you home.”
I climbed up onto its back. Then I waved at the puss and the bronze people. Then I found myself sitting on the beasts back. The night air brushing me in the face. The cities lights danced before my eyes before I knew it. I was home.
Chapter 8 3 years later….
I was reading a book in the Mitchell reading room when I saw Trim. “Uhhhh…..hi Trim” I stammered. “I thought you were only out at night.People can see you” “Well you’ve seen me before at night. My powers only work at night. My powers left an imprint on your vision. Making you see me but others can’t.”
“Where is the beast?” “Oh.” The same beast I saw three years ago still had a scarab beetle marking on its forehead. The bronze people of globe Theatre were massaging it. “I’m here to tell you something is wrong” it proclaimed.
Chapter 1 Unexpected
“And this is the sydney Harbour bridge.” I yawned, as my teacher listed all the possible ways to bomb the sydney harbour ( seriously, who would do that?)We were on the bus heading to the state library. The weather was storming. I was excited, not because of the two million books but because I could sneak away to the look at the interesting collection. It reminded me of my dad.
When we arrived I was the first one to get out of the bus. There it was, standing solemnly in the rain. The large building looked sinister in the rain and storm. By this time the class should’ve gotten out. I looked back, the bus was not there! Then I looked at my watch, it was exactly 12:38pm. Of all the peculiar things that happened to me this was the most crazy.
Running to the entrance I noticed something, a murder of crows. I approached the door. With simple pull of the door handel I was in the library.
Chapter 2 Trim
Advancing towards the Mitchell reading room I felt scared.
Goose bumps were creeping up my arm. This was not good. Every step I took, the courage inside me lessened.
After what seemed like an hour of creeping towards the reading room, I finally saw something. It was a shadow of a cat. “Who are you?” Realising cats couldn’t talk I staggered back. “Ahh, another passerby isn’t it?” Said a voice. It was coming from the cat. “I need your help, I have been left here when the time suddenly changed.”
“Can at least guide me.” I begged him. “Well you’ve come to the right person, I am Trim Captain Matthew Flinder’s cat.”
“I know everything about this place.” “I live upstairs, until…” he shivered. “Something came.” “Well nice to meet you… Trim.” I agreed.
Chapter 4 a good fright
“Well follow me rookie!” Then he marched up along the staircase. He led me down to the stacks. “Why are we down here?” I asked. “You’ll see.” He replied. I saw a figure in the darkness. Trim led me closer to it. Two bony fingers gripped my neck. I turned around. “Boo!”it was Trim. “Seriously Trim?” “Humans always need a good scare to be proven loyal to their guide.” “But DO NOT do that again.” I warned.
Chapter 5 The Globe Theater
We arrived in an empty room. With seven stained glass windows. I recognised this as the seven ages of man. A box in the middle opened slowly to reveal a bronze theatre. Several bronze people on the stage were ferociously stabbing a bronze person lying on the floor. But then it stopped. “Stop it Steven the someone has come.” One said in a sharp voice. “I agree, this is inhumane on this stage.” The one on the floor said in a strangled voice.
All of the bronze people hurried to the left wing of the stage “Hurry up Steven the defence position, go go Go!” The bronze person known as Steven. Stood in the middle of the stage and said. “Stand forth and tremble before me foul Carbanacle monster!” “I’m no monster Steven.” I said.
“Oh” he said in a monotone. “Why do you think I’m a monster?” “We moved the theatre downstairs because of the beast in the gallery.” “What beast?” “The time-nibbling beast” he said. “If you dare its somewhere in the gallery.”
Then the box closed slowly. I look at trim and he looked back. We have to resolve this.
Chapter 5 The time nibbler
As we crept through the gallery the paintings eyes seemed to follow us. The floor creaked and suddenly we fell into the floor boards. Down down DOWN we fell until…. THUMP. I fell hard on a stone cold floor. “This must be the monsters lair!” I gasped. We continued down the narrow passage. “So how did you get here?” “You see, when Matthew Flinders died I continued on my voyage and I became immortalised through memories, I found myself here.” I saw his sadness. Losing a friend to mortality forever.
As we crept towards the end of long narrow passage. A silhouette of a teacup lay there, still and silent. As we approached it, it wobbled and tipped over. Two long furry tails emerged from the back of the teacup. A low growling noise shaking the ground. Then a pair of eagle claws wiggled out on each side. Finally, whatever was in the teacup burst out.
With a blinding flash that knocked me several metres back. The creature was a strange mix of different parts of a cat, eagle and horse. Its head and body was of a black cat. The front claws and it’s wings was of a eagle. It’s back legs was of a horses.
“Why do you disturb me mortal!?” It roared. It was holding an enormous grandfather clock that had been severely chewed. Every single time it chewed the clock golden light radiated out of it. “What are you doing?”I shouted at the top of my lungs.
Chapter 6 Miles Franklin
“This is the clock of time it controls all time of the universe.” “Why chew it then?” “My dear creator “Miles Franklin, died through time.” “I am destroying time forever.” “Now go mortal GO!”
I looked back Trim was there. His large yellow eyes were grave and sad. Time will be demolished. Time will be replaced with an enternity of chaos. Time will be no more.
Suddenly, tiny battle cries filled the air. It was the bronze people of the Globe theatre! They dragged the clock out of the beasts mouth. “Stop, do you know what your doing?” “Revenge is NOT the solution.” I shouted at the beast. It pawed the ground. ”THEN WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?”
“I want you to know that everyone dies through time, everyone must go to the next world, eventually .”
The beast stopped raging. Silver tears slid down his cheeks. It fell to the floor. Then, a silvery figure emerged from the floor. It was Miles Franklin.
She said nothing and glided towards the beast she touched it a glowing scarab beetle appeared on is forehead (the Egyptian symbol of rebirth). Her form was flickering, fading and disappearing. All was left was a glowing scarab, still and unmoving on the floor.
Chapter 7 Homecoming
The scarab jumped to life crawled to the grandfather clock and dissolved. Golden liquid flowed smoothly down it all the damage gone.
The beast smiled and said “I should take you home.”
I climbed up onto its back. Then I waved at the puss and the bronze people. Then I found myself sitting on the beasts back. The night air brushing me in the face. The cities lights danced before my eyes before I knew it. I was home.
Chapter 8 3 years later….
I was reading a book in the Mitchell reading room when I saw Trim. “Uhhhh…..hi Trim” I stammered. “I thought you were only out at night.People can see you” “Well you’ve seen me before at night. My powers only work at night. My powers left an imprint on your vision. Making you see me but others can’t.”
“Where is the beast?” “Oh.” The same beast I saw three years ago still had a scarab beetle marking on its forehead. The bronze people of globe Theatre were massaging it. “I’m here to tell you something is wrong” it proclaimed.