Random Short story: Siren lost on land

     Land has always been a dream of mine. Growing up here in the sea isn't a treat like some might think. How ever my mom always said terrible things would happen if I left the sea. The land creators would fear me. I don't care, I am sick of this wet life. The sailors always seem to love when we sing to them. Some of them loved it so much they would jump in water with us. It  never ended well for them. That is beside the point. I have decide to live on land.
     I swam as fast as i can to the edge where the water meets the land. I see the white sands. I stop and pull my self up to shore. Now according to legend I shouldn't have to do to much more. Just lay here until i dry out and leg will simply sprout out. I fell asleep on the nice warm sands. When I woke up there standing above me was a man. "Miss this is not that kind of beach. You need at least a bikini." i look down as my self and legs I have. I stand on them and look around every other person it covered unlike me. So I hum in his ear and whisper "Give me" as i pull on his shirt. He was so kind he took it right off. I slid it on and walked away. The people all seem to be in these covers some much fancy then the other. So i walked in to a store and looked at all the covers. A lady walked up to me and helped me put them on. But my humming did nothing to her. But not to far from her was a man who heard my song. He gave her a triangle of plastic and i got to keep it all. Life on land is easy. Night is falling i must find some where to live. I until I see a place with water all about the building, this is it this is my new home. I walk in side pleasantly. There is man who gives me the keys. I hum to the nice men who bring me thing they said i need. They brought me what feels the a cloud then call it a bed.
     Life is good here on land everyone is friendly. I have been watching T.V. here at  home, I realize need to work to fit in. That's is how thing work on land. So I go out to find a job. I wonder around the land when i could to a place where people sit to eat. Here is where i want to work. Everyone looks so happy in here. So i go up to the front and hum to the man in charge and I have a job. i'm not sure why mom said I wouldn't love it here its amazing.

5 years later

     I can't believe i ever lived in the sea. It all seems so far from me now. I moved from the big city to a small town with him! He is the love of my life and never once have i sang to him. I couldn't be happier or further from the sea. "I love you!" He whispers to me as i wake from my sleep. I cant help but feel completely happy. "You look as beautiful as the day i met you." I smile at him. "You are as dreamy as the day i met you." Life is good. I feel sick again this morning. For the past few weeks food has been my enemy. "You need to go to the doctor." He says. But i'm not sure how that even works. I have never felt sick in the sea. "No i am sure it will  pass." I walk to the kitchen and before I know it i am on the floor. He rushes me to the hospital. "Well there isn't anything wrong with you. Your just pregnant."  The doctor smiles. Oh no! A baby, will my baby be able to breath out of the sea?
    "Are you sure your up for this trip to the beach?" he says as he put our bags into the car. "Yes i am sure." The past two months have been so hard. I am so sick, i have to lave in salt water to feel better. If only he knew. He thinks i am 22 and maybe I am. But not in land time by they way humans consider time i am 268 which is nothing where i am from. but will my baby age like me or like him? So many questions. i need to ask my mom. i hum to put him to sleep when we get to our room next to the beach.  i walk into the water. I see her already waiting for me. "How did you know?" i ask her. "You are my daughter. Soon to have one of your own. She has to be born at sea or she will die." i cant believe what she is saying but i know she isn't lying. "What about her father?"  I know what she is about to tell me. but i had to ask. "By the time her lungs will be strong enough for land he will be old or he will be dead." i turn away and swim as fast as i can to land. I pull myself on to the shore and let out a scream one only my kind can hear. I feel the saddest i have ever felt in my life. I hear humming and i look up to see her singing. "Why are you letting out that kind of scream?" She stops singing. I grab her and put her hand on my tummy. She smiles. "She will die if i stay here on land." she nods her head no. "Thats what the creator of the sea think. She will not die. But if you have her on land she will never know the sea. She will live by land time and day the same way." she tells me as she helps me up. "How do you know?" She opens her locket. "She has been gone for 20 years now. She live and died her whole life before I even aged a year in what think is time." This mean if i have her here on land she will die much before me. "why stay here on land?" she smiles and points back. "for my great grandchildren. But i will tell you think if i could do it all again i would of took her to the sea. A mother should never watch her child die." She hugs me and walks away. What am I to do? Let her have her father? Or a longer life? I must do what is best for her. I walk up shore to see him. I lay down next to him.  I hum him to sleep for in the morning he wont remember me. 

Series Wednesday: Timetopia Page 13

                I bow down. “Hello.”  He circles around me, “Up.” He says, I look up to see his smile even more charming then the monument. I can’t believe I am getting to meet Charles, one of The Five! He is like every teen girls crush being the youngest man of The Five. He smiles at me. “Ava, why are you running?” He knows my name. “I lost my friend.” He opens his hand, where he is holding some type of orb. The orb lights up and a picture of Rev shines out. “Is this your friend?” I nod yes. “Do you know how she got to Timetopia?” I think about it for a bit. She never said how she got here, but Rev isn’t much of a sharer. I shake my head, no. “How long have you known Rev?”  I think about it. “A few weeks.” Now, he is nodding. “What has she told you about herself?” I was taught if one of The Five was to ever talk to me, I had to tell them anything and everything they asked. Most people have never even seen one of The Five in person, but Rev wouldn’t want me to tell her story… or the little bit I know. Maybe he can answer some questions for me. “She hasn’t really told me anything… We have just been running. Do you know what a gun is?” His face changed instantly. “Did she tell you what a gun was?” I know the gun is in Rev’s bag, maybe I should just show it to him. But he didn’t answer me, just asked me a question instead. “A manager used the metal handle. I’m sorry, I mean a gun, to hurt my mom at the Questions hall.” He looks shocked. “Wait, you’re saying there are guns here in Timetopia?” I nod yes.  He seems very upset by this news. “Ava, how do you know it was a gun? What does it look like?” Does he not believe me? Did Rev lie to me? I’m not sure what to say. “Rev told me it was a gun. It was metal, it made a loud pop noise. When it did, people started bleeding. My mom being one of them.” He stands very still now. “Ava, this manager… what happened to him?” Everything happened so fast I don’t remember. “I am not sure, I didn’t see. I was too worried about my mom. Do you know what happened to her?” We aren’t supposed to ask The Five questions. He hasn’t said anything about it, but I think he is going to now. Just the look on his face. “I wish I knew what happened to your mom. It seems like some of the managers have gone a little rogue. But I promise you, I’ll look into it.” He strokes his hand across my cheek.

                I take a step back from him. He looks at me “Your eyes, they are so familiar. He pulls the orb out again. He has all my school pictures on it and pictures of my parents. I can’t help but smile when I see their pictures. “Can I see that?” I stick my hand out.  He looks down at the orb for a second and then laughs. “It won’t work for you. Its Five technology. This is my own and only works for me.”  He seems so proud of  this fact. “How is it that there are no baby pictures of you Ava? And no child care tracker in your neck?” I am not sure what to say. I don’t know the answer. “I didn’t know there wasn’t any pictures of me as a baby. There are at my house.” He laughs. “No, those are pictures of you as a toddler. The earliest one of you is when you seem to be 2 or 3.” I shrug, not sure of the answer. “Where are you off to?” I am not sure why he is asking me this. “I am off to my grandma’s house.” He had such a serious face and now he is smiling again. “Did Rev tell you that’s where she is taking you?” I nod yes. “I am going to have to go now, but here. Take this.” He hands me a watch. “It’s pretty, thank you.” I’m not sure what I have done to get a present. “It’s not just a watch. If you press the center, it will tell me where you are. Since I can’t track you, I have no way to come to your side if you need help.  I don’t think Rev is helping you get to your grandma’s. So when you get to where it is that she is taking you, just press the button and I will come to your aid.”  Rev would never hurt me.  Why does he think that? “Rev wouldn’t do anything to hurt me. I think you have the wrong impression of her.” He laughs. “There is a saying where I am originally from. You can’t trust anyone. Not even you’re pets, because if you stop feeding them they will eventually eat you.” WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?! Isn’t that what Rev says? Where is she? I have so many questions for her. “Do you know where I can find Rev?”  He laughs. “Right. I had to pull her out of time so I could talk to you. I threw her ahead a few hours. By the time you make it back to your room, she should be appearing.” He turns to walk away. He must be The Five who is going to lead us for the next year. “Thank you. Oh and welcome to our year, I can’t wait to see how you lead the year.”  He laughs. “I’m not the one making the switch into this year.” He walks away and disappears. This makes no sense. Unless of an emergency, two of The Five are never supposed to be in the same place. How is he in our time? That would break the rules. I’m not sure what’s going on. The Five wrote the laws, why would he risk it? I’m so lost about what’s happening. But I need to find Rev. I grab the back pack and head back to the visiting center.

Poems: Hard work from yesterday

Easy way of life is what they sell us.

Work smarter not harder is what they say.
But we can't we do both?

Kids growing up without a scar now a days.

But is it better?

Never knowing the joys from hard work.

Will they always cry when things don't go their way?

A generation of winners, never knowing how to lose?

I was shown at a young age what it was to save.

Even pancakes as a toddler i worked for.

maybe not in a conventional way.

So now that I am older I hear these kids cry,

Not wanting to work but skate through life. 

I don't understand.

Thinking this world owns them.

Excuse me i say, you most currently are mistaken.

Your luck to not be in the fields.

Your luck to be able to be in school.

So please i ply stop being ungrateful.

For if your not careful things can change.

Stop looking to the people on T.V. screens for the answers.

Look back at your families past.

To the grandmas and grandpa who slaved away.

For you to have a better day.

I'm sure never did they dream for such an ungrateful day.

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                I wake up in the morning and Rev is packing a back pack. “There is a stream not too far from here. I want to go see it. I mean we can’t leave town any way.” She is being very shifty. “Do you want me to come with you?” She looks out the window. “If you want. But I am leaving in 5 minutes.” She hasn’t left my side since the day I met her. I am not sure why she is in such a rush to get there. I grab my shoes and throw some clothes on and follow her.

                We hike 5 miles to this stream and she isn’t the Rev I normally see all the time. She stands at this stream silently and very strong.  She starts to kick a tree and screams. I step back, she was frightening me. “Why did you do this!!!?” she throws a rock into the water. “What did I do?” I ask her. She looks at me like she forgot I was there. “Not you.” I look around. This place must mean something to her. “What happen here Rev?” she stands there with tears in her eyes. “This is where Richard asked me to marry him.” I looked around. Wait I thought she had never been to timetopia. “When was this?” I need to understand. “It was on a crazy trip we did. We drove from the Bronx to California. We were sick of driving and Richard decided we needed to be one with the land. So we hiked and here is where we stopped. He got on one knee right here by this tree and asked me to spend every day of the rest of our lives with him. I got up on this rock looked him in the eye and said yes, unless he went bald then I’m out. We both laughed and he said he would get hair plugs if that ever happened.”  California? Hair plugs? I’m not sure what a lot of these things are but I can see it is hurting Rev. I have never seen her so open hearted. I hug her, she pushes me away. “I’m not much of a hugger. But I get the sentiment.” She just stands there.  “Rev how did you drive through Timetopia before?” she stops being sad instantly. “Right, Timetopia.” She is standing very still now. I am waiting for a real answer. She knows more then what she is telling me. Is this the place she visited or not? How could she have drove to California a place I have never heard of in Timetopia? “Rev answer me.” She looks at me. “Ava I can’t.”  Now I am getting mad. “Why not? How did you drive to through Timetopia before?”  Her face get serious. “Ava you don’t understand. And I can’t be the one to tell you, I want to trust me.  But your grandmother is waiting for you with all the answer. I promise when we get to where we are supposed to. Most of your questions will be answered even some you haven’t even thought of yet.” I am done with this! I want answers why do I have to wait to get to my grandma’s house. None of this makes any sense. “No Rev. I have traveled across Timetopia I need some answers. I deserve at least some.”  She nods yes, but paces back and forth. “This isn’t my place. But I have never been any good at following orders. I wouldn’t be here if I was. If you need some of what I know to go on, maybe it is the right thing.”  I nod yes. She takes a deep breath. “Okay well you see…..” Rev disappears right in front of me.  Her back pack drops to the floor. I don’t understand.. How could this happen? I was looking right at her. This isn’t right. I feel like I can’t breathe. I look around and there is no one around me. “REV!” I scream. Did she get erased? If she did would it happen like this?

                I start to run back to the main road no signs of her. How could she just be gone? Wait this is just like my mom. She was there one second and gone the next. Okay stop think. I need a plan. What if Rev never comes back? I need to still make it to my grandma’s.  I hope she comes back. If I was going to make it to my grandma’s I need the map. I stop running and remember the map is in Rev back pack. So I turn around. I run back to the back pack. Why would I leave that behind? What was I thinking? So I run back the mile I just ran. I make it back to her back pack. Still no sign of Rev. I still see her foot prints of where she was standing and it’s like she was pulled right from the spot. I don’t understand. “Hello Ava.” I hear a man’s voice from behind me. I turn around slowly. I can’t believe who is standing in front of me.

Fun in cali

    Hi Everyone.
So i'm sooooo Excited to share what i have been up to. Yesterday i shot a photo shoot for the Timetopia characters!!! So you will finally get to see my vision of them. A huge thanks to all of my friends who helped out. They are still in editing but i cant wait to share! Thank you everyone for reading and taking this journey with me! Be sure to hit that follow button so you don't miss a thing. 

A little catch up time with you

Hello Everyone!
I am sorry i have posted about what i am have been up to. I have just been very busy trying to plan a project for timetopia to help you guy visualize things a little better. I will be off to california tomorrow to work on this project. But do not worry i will still be posting timetopia on Wednesday. Life has been so great here in Florida i am loving it. I really like my job, I am not yet a full time writer so i have to work a full time job. But i work with great people. I hope every ones holiday season is going well.   I will keep you updating on all the exciting things coming your way. Thanks as always for reading and hit that follow button right there on the right so you don't miss out on all the Short stories and Timetopia. 

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                As we drive into the city, Rev pulls off the road. “We can’t drive into the city on a wellness checker's bike.” She has a good point. She hides the bike in some bushes. We start to walk to town. “We should stay at the visitor center tonight.” I tell Rev. “How would that work? Don’t we need some of those bar-code things on the back of our necks?” I look at her. I’m not sure what our bar-codes would have to do with the visitor center. “All we have to do is go in and sign up for a room. We just have to tell them we are on our way to my grandma’s. Since I am not 20 or married I have no ID yet.  So there won’t be anything for us to show them, but we have to do something about your hair.” Rev stops me. “Listen to me, you can’t tell anyone where we are going. You are going to have to lie.”  I don’t like this. Why should I lie? I am not doing anything wrong. “Why? I don’t want to lie.” Rev takes a deep breath and rolls her eyes at me. “I’m going to tell you a saying from back home. You can’t trust anyone not even your pet, because if you stop feeding them, even they will eventually eat you. Okay? Good chat.” Rev starts walking again. What does that even mean?

                                 Rev has her fake hair as we walk into town, we walk over to the visiting center. “So it’s like a hotel.” Rev shrugs, I’m not sure what a hotel is. She walks right into the visiting center and walks right up to the front desk. “Hi welcome. How many rooms are you going to need?” Asks the guy at the front desk. “Just one. There is just me and my cousin on our way to our aunts house.” The guys looks at Rev for a few seconds. “Okay one suite.” He hands her the keys. She smiles at him. “My name is Ron, if there is anything you need I’ll be the one to help you.” He smiled at me as he said it. Rev doesn’t seem to notice the little things, like the way everyone is kind. She is kind when she has to be but it never feels like it was taught to her like it was to us. We get to our suite. She pulls bowls out of her bag. “You want my hair color changed then you have to help.” She hand me gloves. She start pouring things into the bowl, the mixture turns dark brown almost black. “Where did you get this?” she laughs. “I brought it with me from back home. You don’t have this stuff here.” She starts to part her hair and has me evenly put what looks like mud on her hair.  She sits with it in her hair for a while and goes and washes it out. When she came back out her hair is brown and shiny. She has long brown hair now. “Are you happy now?” she asks. “Why did you have your hair that color in the first place?” She rolls her eyes. “Some stories are better not before bed. Let’s get some sleep and back on the road tomorrow.”  We hear a knock at the door. Rev grabs her knife and walks toward the door slowly. I run over to her and stop her. I walk to the door and open it. “Hello, I am responsible to let you know the day after tomorrow is Switch Festival. Here are the specific details. Enjoy your night.” It’s Ron the guy from the front desk, he hands me a paper with our itinerary for the festival. “Why thank you Ron.” I smile and close the door. Rev gets up and grabs the itinerary out of my hand. “Too bad we are going to miss this.”  I forget that she didn’t grow up here. “We can’t miss this. They shut down all the roads. There is no way out of the city until the switch is over.” Rev rolls her eyes “What is the switch? And why do they lock down the roads?” I stick my hand out for her to hand me the itinerary back. I sit in our sitting area and lay the paper out for her to see. “It’s the switch, we are getting a new one of the Five. It’s been a year since the last switch. So for a few days all of the cities are on lock down. Just until the Five get here, well the one in our time at least. So see here tomorrow the old one leaves and for 24 hours we are alone to have our festival without a Five.  Then the new one comes and it’s time to start anew.” She looks at the papers. “So you realize that there are only 5 right so there can’t be new ones or old ones because there is only 5. Just helping you with the math on that one. So we are stuck great.” I laugh. “But this is the most fun time of the year. It’s the start of the New Year. It’s the only time we can drink more than one glass of liquor a day it’s all you can drink.”  Rev smiles. “Okay so it’s New Years, maybe we could have a little bit of fun. Wait, you can drink?” I look at her. “Yes I am 17, we can start having a glass of wine at 16.”  Rev gets up and walks to her bed. “How do you know which one of The Five you’re going to get?”  What a strange question. “We don’t, that’s why the switch is such a big deal. We see who we are going to get. It’s exciting.” Rev’s eyes go to the ground… how strange.