Anonymous Paradise

• Anaya Moetara-Fruean, Grade 8, Bracken Ridge State High School
• Short Story
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

She let the cool breeze engulf around her, filling her nose with a sweet and crisp aroma. Gently, she grazed the top of the water with the tips of her toes. She entered slowly embracing the waters that made up the beautiful lagoon. The trees swayed softly in the summers wind, while birds chirped with delight and freedom, in the awakening sky. The luxurious aroma from the flowers that canopied from the tops of the trees.

Now that peace found in the perfect paradise is demolished. We demolished it years ago because of the wars that are still continuing in our world today. If only there was one person loud enough to make a stand against it.In war, what is the prize? Money, power, land? Nothing! It shouldn't be necessary to fight.

The moral of this story is that no matter what obstacles I face, I will always find a way to help world peace strive.