Playingpretend Stories

"Let's play pretend." A smirk plastered across his face. "I promise this will be the last time."

Based on true events. A man hears his daughters arguing in the yard and goes to investigate. Upon questioning the girls, he learns that they are playing pretend-which has led to them getting divorced and having a custody battle over their younger brother. #1 Prize 2017 Western North Carolina Teen Talent, Creative Writing: Short Story

Abegail Castro, or Abby for short, had a pretty nice life. She had many friends-- especially her 4 best friends Melissa, Joy, Oliver, and Jerome-- and a nice home life. But Abby knows less about herself than she thinks. When one day she hit her head on a cherry blossom tree, she starts to have weird dreams about an evil villain trying to gain possession of the Paradox Cube, an artifact used to control one's mind. Abby's world turns upside down when she finds out that she is in fact the lengedary Dreamer who must fulfill the prophecy of the Foreseer, a prophecy told by the Pambihirang Gods. Abby soon discovers her new ability and with the help of her friends, she embarks on an adventure across the globe to foil the villain's scheme before it is to late. Things also become a bit complicated when Christian, the new kid, gets involved, for he is tied to the villain in a way that Abby has yet to discover. Will Abby fulfill the prophecy? Or will she fail and as a result, be killed by the Pambihirang Gods?

"It's a bunch of spiky white and brown flowers, hardly entertaining. The house is right there," she hummed, lifting an arm to point. Ann, I love you, the house would say. I love you, too, she always said back, because nobody would if she didn't. For all the children who lived there, some even years older than herself, none of them were very good with taking responsibility. --- Or; A girl calling herself the queen of England, and a girl calling herself the queen of France, sit on a hill with flowers they call vanilla bean.

Miranda is a dedicated theatre educator at Ellington High School. But drama finds its way into her life quite frequently....and not just while she's teaching. This story reveals how people are not always as they seem, and how to determine who you can really trust when everyone is playing a character. If everyone is behind a mask, how do you know who's being truthful?