Capital Thoughts

• Madeline Bourn
• Short Story
• 2008

It was a cold and stormy morning when a girl called Elizabeth Ditran was reading a book called ‘How to be cool in School’. Eliza (for short) was no ordinary girl. She was born in a cellar and she calls a dark, dusty castle home.
She lives in a town called Shomville. Everyone in Shomville is abnormal.
Her best friend is a bat called ‘Buster’. She met him when she was 3. Her ‘human’ best friend is called Analiese. She is what you would call a freak I human terms, but she has abnormal powers, like being able to speak without talking and a weird ability of being able to (in a way) transmit thoughts through her eyes.
Anyway Eliza is a Vampire. Well when she turns 21 she develops her full powers and she is only 13 so she has to wait a few more years. She doesn’t mind being a vampire, all she wants though is for her brother to stop being incredibly vague. You see Eliza’s Brother Graeme can tell the future but when he tells it the words are extremely vague. Here is the story of Elizabeth Ditran-

“Hey stop it!” Eliza Said
“Yeah nice one Eliza! Hehe like you will ever have enough courage to become a vampire!!” Said a school yard bully called Thomas.
“I will so!”
“Nope! Never! Anyway you look disgusting in that shirt. Where did you get it? Loserville!” Said a girl called Amy-Lee.
“GO AWAY!” Yelled Eliza.
She ran off, crying with every step of her feet sounding on the cold concrete.
“I wish I was normal” she whimpered.
“Hey Girl! Wat’s Sup? Buster and I have been catching birds and putting fluffly hats on them! Cool Huh!?” Analeise said.
“No! What about the poor animals that you have done that too!” Said Eliza shocked that they would do something like that to poor helpless animals.
“Sorry Eliza (*whimper whimper*) Hey why don’t we go down to the pool?’ Analeise commented.
“No thanks. I‘ve got homework to do before anything else”
“Fine by Me!” Analeise Replied.
Eliza walked off muttering under her breath about how much she hated homework. She walked through the big wooden door leading in to her house. As soon as she stepped in to the doorway her brother started talking about how she would get 8 out of 10 for her spelling test and 3 out of 5 for her maths.
“Oh Shut Up! You never stop talking! Will you ever?!” Said Eliza in an annoyed tone.
“No you shut up. Anyway no I will never ever stop talking, which is a privilege to me!” Yelled Graeme.
“Oh go away you thick-headed boy!” Yelled Eliza in Graeme’s Direction.
‘ I wish my life was normal, I wish I was normal”
As she said that she stormed up the stairs into her bedroom.
“I never want to turn 21. If I can I will avoid it”.