S. Phillips
05-13-2010, 11:54 PM
Hi, i'm new to the forums and i wanted to post my first short story if you like the story please go to http://www.theuprisingshortstory.ning.com/ and sign up thank you.
Also this is not revised so please point out any error to me if you see one
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Prologue
My name is Dwayne Scott. I'm a Freshman at Turner University. I am about to witness a turn of events that can shape the very life I live in. I am about to turn away from a normal life and into a very dimension that is unknown to man. This is The Uprising.
Chapter 1
It was 12 o’ clock in the morning. The sun burned my eyes as if it was trying to kill me. “Get up,” a voice
said to me at the side of the bed, “your going to be late!”. I turned my head as if I didn’t hear Alisa trying to
wake me up, I was just too sleepy to care about school or life at that matter. “Why,” I said “all I’m going to do is just go to sleep in class anyway.”. “At least you’ll be in class,” She said “sometimes I wonder just
how you made it to college.”. I was humored by the statement as I was always the smart one in my class. “You should just quit Alisa, you know I’m going to get up” I said “I just need a little bit more sleep.”. I smiled with a fake grin and a slightly innocent wave.
I got out of bed shortly after. My legs were giving out on me as I was still half asleep. I quickly made breakfast and got ready for school. “Early mornings are always crazy, its like rush hour in New York.” I thought as I walked out the door. I quickly got into my car, even though the car was in bad shape it still got me at school faster, and drove out the driveway
All I thought about was Alisa. She was cute, smart, and generous. Every time I woke up and saw her I wish she didn’t have to leave. It was almost like an angel was hovering over me in the morning. I always thought about that but she apparently thought otherwise-she told me that I’m cool to be around but I was just a good friend. “That what they all say, damn…” I thought as I pulled out of the driveway “I really have gotten use to that answer ”. After a while I started to think about other things as she was irrelevant.
After a while I ran into a strange person that looked like he was homeless. “Beware of the turn of the century” the man said while running up to my car. “Beware, you are going to face a turn of events at first seemingly meaningless, but after that…..” . “I‘m sorry I really need to get going” I said “Sir, you are in my way, please move”. “Are you not understanding, the end is near and the future of the earth is in your hands” he said “Please get out the car and face…..”. “Shut the HELL up” I shouted “How am I supposed to even save this city. I cant even get to school on time. So please sir, GET OUT OF MY WAY.”
I started to reverse my car. I was about to run the guy over, I was a little too mad. I pushed really hard on the gas only to find out that it wasn’t working. I looked up and the old man disappeared. “That was weird” I thought, trying to cool down. I looked at the gas hand in my car only to see I was running on an empty tank.
I put my hand on my forehead and tilted my head back as if I was trying to check myself for a fever. The only option I had was to push the car to a gas station
After about thirty minutes of pushing and steering I finally found a gas station. The strain I put on my arms were more painful than I thought, I barely could hold the gas pump in the hole. Just as I was about to put the gas pump back into the slot I started to think. “Wait, I just put gas in the car right before I met that old man.” I thought but immediately stop thinking about him and about Alisa. She always crossed my mind when I was having trouble, maybe because she makes my problems go away. After I cleared my mind I got back in my car and started off to school.
After about ten minutes of driving I ran into a line of cars. At first I thought it was a blockade in front of me, until I looked at my gas hand….. I was on empty.
Chapter 2
I looked puzzled at the dashboard of my car. The gas hand which had just been filled was on empty. Only thinking about the words the old man said I rushed out of my car and started running back home. The words raced through my head faster than the footsteps I made. Thinking about the earth being in my hands was depressing. It felt like the end of the earth was going to be worse with me in charge of saving it. Maybe it will explode, maybe it will cover in water . I didn’t know what was waiting for me in the future but I felt like it was not something I wanted to witness.
When I finally got home I saw a note by my doorstep.
“ Dear Dwayne
I sorry for leaving without saying anything but my mother collapsed this morning. The doctor said she needed immediate attention so I left right after you this morning. I left my half of the rent on the table.
Hope to see you soon
Alisa.”
I started to pick up the note but I noticed smaller letters on the bottom of the page.
“If you want to see Alisa again follow my instructions on the back of this page.”
I turned the page over only to find that there were not any words. How was I supposed to save Alisa if the instructions this guy was talking about wasn’t on the page.
I put the letter in my pocket and tried to call Alisa’s phone but got no answer. It seemed like the old man’s words were more true every second. I became more depressed now that the woman I love was missing. I wanted to collapse to my knees and start crying but there was no point in doing that. I sat at my table staring at the back of the letter.
I was puzzled by the small statement on the bottom of the letter, it seamed as if the letter itself was against me. The letter had a small smudge on the last words Alisa wrote. It was almost like someone or something didn’t want me to read it. I reached for the glass of water I made for myself and accidentally spilled it on the paper. A black smudge was on the back of the paper and in the middle of it were strange letters.
“G- Ou-s--e”
I quickly poured more water on the paper to make the rest of the letters legible.
“Go Outside”
I quickly ran to the door and opened it only to see a large wasteland about a dozen dead bodies laying in front of me. I thought I was done for until I saw the old man from before, only he wasn’t old, he was a fit young man. Before I could confront him he gave me a letter and walked away.
I looked puzzled at the letter, It read:
“Welcome to the end”
“March, 2, 3090”
Also this is not revised so please point out any error to me if you see one
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Prologue
My name is Dwayne Scott. I'm a Freshman at Turner University. I am about to witness a turn of events that can shape the very life I live in. I am about to turn away from a normal life and into a very dimension that is unknown to man. This is The Uprising.
Chapter 1
It was 12 o’ clock in the morning. The sun burned my eyes as if it was trying to kill me. “Get up,” a voice
said to me at the side of the bed, “your going to be late!”. I turned my head as if I didn’t hear Alisa trying to
wake me up, I was just too sleepy to care about school or life at that matter. “Why,” I said “all I’m going to do is just go to sleep in class anyway.”. “At least you’ll be in class,” She said “sometimes I wonder just
how you made it to college.”. I was humored by the statement as I was always the smart one in my class. “You should just quit Alisa, you know I’m going to get up” I said “I just need a little bit more sleep.”. I smiled with a fake grin and a slightly innocent wave.
I got out of bed shortly after. My legs were giving out on me as I was still half asleep. I quickly made breakfast and got ready for school. “Early mornings are always crazy, its like rush hour in New York.” I thought as I walked out the door. I quickly got into my car, even though the car was in bad shape it still got me at school faster, and drove out the driveway
All I thought about was Alisa. She was cute, smart, and generous. Every time I woke up and saw her I wish she didn’t have to leave. It was almost like an angel was hovering over me in the morning. I always thought about that but she apparently thought otherwise-she told me that I’m cool to be around but I was just a good friend. “That what they all say, damn…” I thought as I pulled out of the driveway “I really have gotten use to that answer ”. After a while I started to think about other things as she was irrelevant.
After a while I ran into a strange person that looked like he was homeless. “Beware of the turn of the century” the man said while running up to my car. “Beware, you are going to face a turn of events at first seemingly meaningless, but after that…..” . “I‘m sorry I really need to get going” I said “Sir, you are in my way, please move”. “Are you not understanding, the end is near and the future of the earth is in your hands” he said “Please get out the car and face…..”. “Shut the HELL up” I shouted “How am I supposed to even save this city. I cant even get to school on time. So please sir, GET OUT OF MY WAY.”
I started to reverse my car. I was about to run the guy over, I was a little too mad. I pushed really hard on the gas only to find out that it wasn’t working. I looked up and the old man disappeared. “That was weird” I thought, trying to cool down. I looked at the gas hand in my car only to see I was running on an empty tank.
I put my hand on my forehead and tilted my head back as if I was trying to check myself for a fever. The only option I had was to push the car to a gas station
After about thirty minutes of pushing and steering I finally found a gas station. The strain I put on my arms were more painful than I thought, I barely could hold the gas pump in the hole. Just as I was about to put the gas pump back into the slot I started to think. “Wait, I just put gas in the car right before I met that old man.” I thought but immediately stop thinking about him and about Alisa. She always crossed my mind when I was having trouble, maybe because she makes my problems go away. After I cleared my mind I got back in my car and started off to school.
After about ten minutes of driving I ran into a line of cars. At first I thought it was a blockade in front of me, until I looked at my gas hand….. I was on empty.
Chapter 2
I looked puzzled at the dashboard of my car. The gas hand which had just been filled was on empty. Only thinking about the words the old man said I rushed out of my car and started running back home. The words raced through my head faster than the footsteps I made. Thinking about the earth being in my hands was depressing. It felt like the end of the earth was going to be worse with me in charge of saving it. Maybe it will explode, maybe it will cover in water . I didn’t know what was waiting for me in the future but I felt like it was not something I wanted to witness.
When I finally got home I saw a note by my doorstep.
“ Dear Dwayne
I sorry for leaving without saying anything but my mother collapsed this morning. The doctor said she needed immediate attention so I left right after you this morning. I left my half of the rent on the table.
Hope to see you soon
Alisa.”
I started to pick up the note but I noticed smaller letters on the bottom of the page.
“If you want to see Alisa again follow my instructions on the back of this page.”
I turned the page over only to find that there were not any words. How was I supposed to save Alisa if the instructions this guy was talking about wasn’t on the page.
I put the letter in my pocket and tried to call Alisa’s phone but got no answer. It seemed like the old man’s words were more true every second. I became more depressed now that the woman I love was missing. I wanted to collapse to my knees and start crying but there was no point in doing that. I sat at my table staring at the back of the letter.
I was puzzled by the small statement on the bottom of the letter, it seamed as if the letter itself was against me. The letter had a small smudge on the last words Alisa wrote. It was almost like someone or something didn’t want me to read it. I reached for the glass of water I made for myself and accidentally spilled it on the paper. A black smudge was on the back of the paper and in the middle of it were strange letters.
“G- Ou-s--e”
I quickly poured more water on the paper to make the rest of the letters legible.
“Go Outside”
I quickly ran to the door and opened it only to see a large wasteland about a dozen dead bodies laying in front of me. I thought I was done for until I saw the old man from before, only he wasn’t old, he was a fit young man. Before I could confront him he gave me a letter and walked away.
I looked puzzled at the letter, It read:
“Welcome to the end”
“March, 2, 3090”