Young Storykeeper Volume III

86 | STORYKEEPERS VOLUME III AGE NINE | 87
THE FINAL BATTLE
One day a boy named Jack was in his bedroom
looking out the window when his mother called. “Jack
are you ready?”
“No, Mum.”
“Well, hurry up then or we’ll be late to see your
grandparents.”
So Jack started packing. By the time he had
finished, they were ready to go. Everyone got into the
car and they drove to his grandparents’ house, it was
a lighthouse. Jack’s grandparents were happy to see
them.
Jack noticed Warrior X. He was a robot knight
- he was really tall. Warrior X was waving when they
went inside the lighthouse.
Jack took out some board games from his bag.
He played with his grandparents and his brother, he
had lots of fun.
That night Jack was awake and on a balcony.
Suddenly he saw something that looked like a portal!
He saw these big monsters coming out of the portal!
His grandparents woke up but they were zombies
now.
Warrior X saved Jack. His dad, brother and dog
Max, woke up and ran to where they heard the noise.
They ran to the museum because it had swords and
armour and weapons, so it was safe. They armoured
up.
CHAPTER 2: THE SURVIVOURS
The next day, Jack, his dad, his brother, Warrior X
and Max went out to find something to eat. They all
had swords and armour, except there was no armour
for Max to wear and Warrior X didn’t need anything
as he was a robot.
Jack saw something, he didn’t know what it
was. They found three trucks and drove them back
to the museum. They made them into war machines.
The next day they drove around town, managing to hit
about every zombie they came across. Jack passed a
campsite. Someone was there, he thought. It was a
boy, but it was a girl and a boy.
“Who are you?” said Jack.
“I am Lora,” the girl said.
“I am Josh,” said the boy. “Can we come with
you?”
“Sure,” said Jack. So, they hopped into the
back of the truck war machine and drove back to the
museum.
Jack’s dad and his brother were back already
with Warrior X. Suddenly a huge monster appeared,
as soon as it had passed, Warrior X ran outside and
struck the monster.
CHAPTER 3: THE BIG BATTLE
That second another massive monster passed,
then more and more passed. Warrior X tried to kill
them, but he got slammed into a wall. He tried again,
he managed to cut it. Then everyone ran through the
museum and Jack saw some armour to use, sothey
turned around to help Warrior X.
They all tried to kill a monster but it didn’t work!
Lora and Josh had an idea, it worked! They got the
monsters to attack each other, so everyone started
to work together and they managed to kill them all.
There were a lot of broken buildings, but now the war
was over!
Everyone went and stayed in Ireland and they
were happy playing there.
Patrick Kennedy
Co Meath
THE HAUNTED LIGHTHOUSE
One night there was a tempestuous storm. It raged
for 20 days in Co. Kerry. This storm was no ordinary
storm. It was haunted. It had haunted Valentia
Lighthouse, where Captain Rufus Trigger and his
family had lived for the past twenty years.
Captain Rufus had blue eyes that glistened in the
moonlight, red hair. He liked to wear his favourite dirty
red t-shirt. He was very kind and had saved 100,000
lucky ships.
His nine year old son was named Jace. He had
blonde curly hair, blue eyes and a smiley face. He
was like his father, very kind and gentle. He fed the
hungry seagulls and cormorants that visited the rocks
nearby.
Rufus’ wife was named Lola. She was pretty
and had rosy red cheeks. She always cooked a ham
for dinner with a few chips and veggies.
The wind howled incessantly. The old doors banged
and creaked. The Triggers started to panic. Just
as they were about to eat their dinner, out of the
haunted storm a ghost appeared and screamed
“RAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!”
This white eerie ghost had eight eyes!
Rufus grabbed the family and took them to an
ominous looking island. It was called Ghost Island.
There were fierce ghosts, ugly ghosts and huge
horrible ghosts. The Triggers were petrified. They
made a little hut with twigs and leaves. Soon they all
snuggled in. They had to eat leaves and grass. They
had a horrible time looking at the ghosts making
creepy noises.
Soon the ghosts fell fast asleep. The Triggers
desperately wanted to leave. They knew that the next
day, the ghosts were going to eat them. They made a
small raft with more twigs and branches. They snuck
to the shore and rode across the seas and arrived at
their old home, the lighthouse. They didn’t want to live
there anymore.
After a few days, they found a little red cottage in
Knightstown where they still had a view of their lovely
Valentia Lighthouse.
Eva Ruane
Co Mayo
DRIFTING AWAY
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful lighthouse
off the coast of Cork. And about two kilometres
away from the lighthouse, out at sea, was a small
buoy, floating.
Approximately two days later, a yacht sailed
alongside with a family onboard. They tied up to the
buoy. Then, a small boat came along and brought
them back to shore. But the owners of the yacht did
not realise that the chain was broken and the yacht
was drifting.
Two hours later the boat was nearly at the
lighthouse. As it reached the lighthouse, a strong
wave caused the yacht to crash forcefully into the
lighthouse, and the lighthouse started to crumble
and collapse.
Luckily, it was a rainy day, so no one was there
at the time.
The good news was that the builders started
to rebuild the lighthouse straight away, to restore it
back to the way it was. Two years later they finished
building it. The family tied their yacht up more
securely from then on!
Emily Kearns
Co Cork