Darkness Falls (1)

Darkness Falls (1)

Skittle Aradito has a hard life. She has no friends, is hated by everyone and, worst of all, she is bullied by Casper Arterton, the most popular boy in school. Casper thinks he is all that, and tries to make Skittle's life a misery in every way possible, to make her tragic life even more tragic. When she goes to high school, she meets her English teacher, Mr Winter, who helps her through her tragic life. But when changes come to Skittle's life, things take a turn for the worse, and she has to find a way to get through.

published on July 12, 2014completed

Chapter 16 - Leaving School

Chapter 16 - Leaving School On the day that Skittle and the rest of her year were going to leave, it was chaos. There were kids running around trying to get their school shirts signed by their friends, rehearsals with the speeches and an audience waiting. It was nearly time for the speeches to take place.
"Stand in a straight line, please!" the teacher said to everyone in the classroom.
"Yes, miss!" everyone replied.
"Okay, is everyone smart and ready?" the teacher asked.
"Yes!" the whole class said.
"Okay, then. Let's go into the hall." the teacher said, smiling.

The children entered the hall quietly, one behind the other, then they sat down on the blue bench in front of the hall. Skittle was worried about having to read her speech out to all the parents who had come to watch. Skittle's mum couldn't make it to the leaving ceremony as she couldn't get a day off from work.
The girl named Jennifer was the first to read her speech. She stood up nervously, her legs shaking.
"Um, hello. My name is, um, Jennifer, and I, um, have been at this school for..."
Then she suddenly burst into tears.
"I don't want to leave!" she sobbed, putting her head in her hands.
The teacher quickly handed her a tissue and took her to one side. Skittle knew that when Jennifer got emotional, it sometimes got really bad.
Then it was Casper's turn.
"Hello, I'm Casper! I have many good memories at this school, with my many friends!" he announced.
Skittle sighed and let him get on with his speech. It seemed to take forever. She was very glad when it finally ended.
"And that was my speech!" Casper finished.
Then it was Skittle's turn.
She stood up, picked up her speech and began to read, keeping her eyes on the script.
"Hello, my name is Skittle. I have been at this school for pretty much my whole life, and I have some memories to share with you." she said as loudly as she could.
She looked round at the audience. They were all looking back at her. Skittle gulped, and continued to read.
"I remember the time Tara and I were at my house and we saw that frog video on Baby TV. It was hilarious." she read out.
She got a few odd looks. Skittle rolled her eyes. She was only little when she watched that video!
"I also remember the time when Izzy and I lay in the grass in the park, talking about the future." she said.
A few people in the audience whispered to one another, remembering Izzy and why she left.
"I remember the time when Casper got covered in snake skin." Skittle announced.
And then the whole audience laughed and laughed.
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This story made me cry, but it was good. I feel bad for Skittle. And if your life is like that, I feel bad for you. T.T I think Skittle haunts the school now.
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on January 31, 2016
So sad!:((:((
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on July 26, 2015
This is the scariest and most terrifying story I ever read, the 2 main reasons are that they involved;
school with out friend and with bullies, and cauze it's not fiction so in real life
It's also a awesome story and hope you'll make more stories but with a bit more fiction.
5 stars though ^-^
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on April 09, 2015
I read it from 9:55 PM to 11:40PM without stopping! It was so amazing!
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DEFINETALY 5 STARS OR 100! <3
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on February 12, 2015
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on February 12, 2015
:(( This is so sad!! But it's so well written!
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on January 16, 2015
....
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This so much like my life...my entire life was literally just written right here...
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I know that. We obviously have pretty much the same lives
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on December 22, 2014
But this is my life story. My literal autobiography. I just gave everyone different names.
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on December 22, 2014
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on December 22, 2014
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on December 22, 2014
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on December 22, 2014
Cr*p, what a lovely bedtime story. I actually cried at one point.
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Blo*dy hell, your school is generous.
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Not a lot of the time. It's horrific.
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on December 19, 2014
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on December 19, 2014
I can now say that I have written an award-winning story, because Darkness Falls won the story writing competition today and I got a trophy and a trip to meet famous authors.
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@PrincessToast

But I don't think you've seen the wall post about what happened on the trip. It was absolutely horrible. The teacher brought 20 other people on the trip who hadn't done anything at all. On the way there in the coach, I was forced to sit in a spare seat in a cramped area next to the door, and everyone else got proper seats, even though I was the See More
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on December 19, 2014
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on December 19, 2014
... :(( :(( :(( :((
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Aww. ;_; This is a shortened version of a true story up until I meet Mr Winter, except that nine friends actually left me and a lot more happened before that.
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It's okay. :/
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on October 06, 2014
I'M SO SORRY!!!! :(( :(( :((
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on October 06, 2014
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on October 06, 2014
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on October 06, 2014
FINALLY FINISHED! Phew!!! I loveeee it! I found a new bedtime story >.< Though, it was sad :c
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Thanks! :D
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on August 23, 2014
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on August 23, 2014
Amazing :((:((
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Thank you! :D
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The sequel will take about two months.
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on July 29, 2014
I NEED THE SEQUEL I NEED THE SEQUEL
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on July 29, 2014
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on July 29, 2014
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on July 29, 2014
I just finished. At least someone cared for Skittle!
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Yeah, Skittle is a representation of me and Mr Winter is a representation of my favourite teacher. This story was a true story up until the part where Skittle starts visiting him at breaktime. And glad you enjoyed it! :D
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on July 14, 2014
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on July 14, 2014
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on July 14, 2014
That was so saddddddddd :((
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I know. :((
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on July 14, 2014
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on July 13, 2014
so sad Good work
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