9/11 English Short Story
EXT. PATH OUTSIDE DURWIN - DAY (FLASHBACK)
SETH (11) chubby, tall, with two black eyes and glasses held together by tape, waits behind a bush.
HEATH (14) handsome, shorter than Seth, holds hands with his girlfriend as he walks down the path.
Seth leaps from behind the bush and tackles Heath. A severe beating ensues, while Heath’s girlfriend screams.
INT. MRS. CRAMER’S 7TH GRADE EVILOLOGY CLASS. DAY
SETH
And this is how I ended up in Necromancy School.
The class applauds in a polite fashion. Seth takes a bow and his seat.
EXT. UNDER A TREE - AFTERNOON
8 YEARS LATER
Seth sleeps under a tree when the peep of a frog wakes him. He flips onto his belly and green smoke emerges from his hands and changes it into a zombie frog. It turns and latches on his …show more content…
You don’t seem like you enjoyed being a necromancer.
SETH
I wanted to be a warrior.
LYLA
I could see you doing that. You are large enough. Why didn’t you?
SETH
My dad’s a necromancer, his dad’s a necromancer. My mom’s a necromancer. You know how it goes. Boy, is he going to be pissed. He’ll probably kill me.
LYLA
Not if you’re a great warrior.
SETH
Do they have a warrior school in Gnarlburg?
LYLA
I don’t think warriors go to school. Now, get up. We have to prepare and I can already feel my sunburn coming on.
She slaps him on the chest and pulls him to his feet.
EXT. THE ROAD TO GNARLBURG - MORNING
As they travel, an ogre appears out of the bushes and menaces them with a tree.
SETH
I got this!
Seth steps forward and summons a horde of tiny skeletons that attack the ankles of the ogre. It lifts its foot and makes quick work of them.
LYLA
Um...
She points at the ogre, who lifts Seth by the ankle. His robes fall over his head to expose his nudity.
SETH
I don’t suppose I could get some help.
Lyla face-palms and blasts the ogre in the chest. It lands and the earth quakes a bit. Seth rights himself.
SETH (CONT’D)
Maybe warrior isn’t the best choice for me.
Lyla smiles and they continue
SETH (11) chubby, tall, with two black eyes and glasses held together by tape, waits behind a bush.
HEATH (14) handsome, shorter than Seth, holds hands with his girlfriend as he walks down the path.
Seth leaps from behind the bush and tackles Heath. A severe beating ensues, while Heath’s girlfriend screams.
INT. MRS. CRAMER’S 7TH GRADE EVILOLOGY CLASS. DAY
SETH
And this is how I ended up in Necromancy School.
The class applauds in a polite fashion. Seth takes a bow and his seat.
EXT. UNDER A TREE - AFTERNOON
8 YEARS LATER
Seth sleeps under a tree when the peep of a frog wakes him. He flips onto his belly and green smoke emerges from his hands and changes it into a zombie frog. It turns and latches on his …show more content…
You don’t seem like you enjoyed being a necromancer.
SETH
I wanted to be a warrior.
LYLA
I could see you doing that. You are large enough. Why didn’t you?
SETH
My dad’s a necromancer, his dad’s a necromancer. My mom’s a necromancer. You know how it goes. Boy, is he going to be pissed. He’ll probably kill me.
LYLA
Not if you’re a great warrior.
SETH
Do they have a warrior school in Gnarlburg?
LYLA
I don’t think warriors go to school. Now, get up. We have to prepare and I can already feel my sunburn coming on.
She slaps him on the chest and pulls him to his feet.
EXT. THE ROAD TO GNARLBURG - MORNING
As they travel, an ogre appears out of the bushes and menaces them with a tree.
SETH
I got this!
Seth steps forward and summons a horde of tiny skeletons that attack the ankles of the ogre. It lifts its foot and makes quick work of them.
LYLA
Um...
She points at the ogre, who lifts Seth by the ankle. His robes fall over his head to expose his nudity.
SETH
I don’t suppose I could get some help.
Lyla face-palms and blasts the ogre in the chest. It lands and the earth quakes a bit. Seth rights himself.
SETH (CONT’D)
Maybe warrior isn’t the best choice for me.
Lyla smiles and they continue