( italics= Ellie's thoughts,"italics"= Ellie talking,"bold"= Hailey speaking)
Hmm...what rhymes with rain?...gain?pain?hmm...I think I'll go with insane. Or maybe I should think of something more aesthetic?
*phone rings*
What a great a way to stop the future Shelly from writing her masterpiece.
"Hey, Hailey!Whassup?"
"Hey,El. You free tonight?"
"Why? What's the plan?"
"Mom's not home. How'bout we have a movie night?"
"I dunno. We do have a bunch of homework..."
"Seriously? Homework? How long has it been since we actually hung out just for fun?"
"Umm.."
"Yeah,umm. Now,no more stupid excuses. Come to my house by 7 or I'll drag your sorry ass here!"
"OK,OK. Calm down. I'll be there on time. Bye."
"You better be. Bye."
So this is Ellie,our protagonist,the self proclaimed 'future Shelly'. She's an adventurous and fun loving average teenage girl. She's a pretty free person. But what people don't know about her is that she secretly writes poetry. And what better place to hide your secret poetry notebook than a hollow tree out of plain sight. Although she started writing to release her stress,now it has become a habit. So whenever she finds some free time,she comes to this place a little up in the mountains. Normally people don't come here. And even if they do it's quite hard to find. You see,you have go through a bunch of bushes and trees to find this certain hollow tree. Although, it's hard to get here but the view's totally worth it. You can see the whole town from up here including the little river that flows near it. The view is almost breathtaking. She finds her inspiration to write here. And when she's finished, she'd simply hide it in the tree. And that's exactly what she does now. But things didn't exactly go the way it normally does.
*thud*
"Oww...my hand. It hurts. What the hell!"
Ellie gets up.
"Stupid bushes! How on earth did my shoelaces got untied!!?? Must be the bushes. Ughh...Hmm,what's this? A diary? A locked diary? Here?"
The diary she was holding looked very interesting. It was teal in color(Ellie's favourite) with a keyhole by the side and different types of patterns printed on it. The patterns don't match but altogether creates some kind of hidden meaning. Something you can't really put your finger on it. And it has this weird aura coming from it. Some kind of strange vibe that tells you to not bother with it but still pulls you towards it.
"Hmm...a locked diary. But where's it key?"
She cleans the diary. There's something written on the cover.
"It says FINDER'S KEEPERS?!!!"
YOU ARE READING
A Not So Ordinary Diary
Short Story"Every desire or wish fulfillment whatever you call it comes with a cost. And even if you don't pay it beforehand you'll have to pay it eventually... by any means. But the question is will you be able to do so?" Meet Ellie,an adventurous, quirky, ex...
