I Should Have Helped!

• Jack Thompson, Grade 5
• Short Story
• 2017

“DING DONG,” the dishwasher sounded loudly. I (Tut) sat on the top bunk of my bed and just let it ring as I had done many times before. The dishes could wait. 3:25 hit and I finally moved because my Dad arrives home at 3:30 I had plenty of time…Or I thought I did. I opened the dishwasher and something clicked, except the dishwasher was not it. The front door had opened. My Dad walked in. “Hi”, he called and wandered closer to the kitchen. I couldn’t believe it, he was EARLY. “WHAT DO I DO, WHAT DO I DO”, I whispered to myself. I was clueless.
I jumped into the dishwasher and sat still, silent and uncomfortable. I could hear my Dad calling outside but didn’t dare move at all. My feet started to feel rather wet. I looked down to see soapy water filling the dishwasher. Someone had turned it on! My Dad was outside so it wasn’t him. I didn’t know who had turned it on? The thought puzzled my mind for a minute until I realised I had better things to worry about. I was stuck in a dishwasher with no way to escape. I was starting to freak out. Cuts covered my body as it finally stopped, pain slithering up my bones. The door opened and I looked out, except my Dad wasn’t standing there…
A big, blue-black, bandaged beast stood in front of me. The beast slowly approached me, grabbed me and banged our heads together. My vision went fuzzy for a second until slowly it focused. “Ouch,” I yelled and rubbed my head. He stared at me with his dark eyes and then this word was planted in my mind… “FOLLOW”. I quickly walked to catch up with the beast as he was already metres ahead. I then realised I had my phone in my pocket. I took it out and clicked the button. The screen flickered on. I put in my code and it still worked. I couldn’t believe it! My screen then turned rainbow coloured and crumbled into dust.
I looked up to see the beast’s fingers glowing rainbow. He had done it. “Why did you do that?” I asked angrily. These were the words that were planted in my mind… “DON’T TALK.” Immediately my mouth shut. It was like he forced it. But how? I have a feeling this beast is more than he looked. As we rounded a corner a huge castle came into view, it was like it was from a fairy-tale. It was amazing and best of all we were going toward it.
I suddenly tripped over and hit my head hard on the ground. Very hard. Eventually someone shook me awake. I could hear my Mum and Dad’s voices and I opened my eyes. I saw my bedroom around me. I looked up to see my top bunk and realised what had happened…