Sofia's Story

Sofia just finished writing a story for school. Enjoy!

“A Strange Week in July”

by Sofia Eury

“Mother, don’t die,” cried Lorelei.

“Go find your triplet sister and I’ll be fine,” said their mother with her hair pale with death as she faded away.

The next day Lorelei and her twin, James, were by a lake and quiet. James quietly skipped stone, then suddenly, he threw with all his might but the third stone came skipping back. Both children stared with astonishment. The stone floated in the air in front of them but as James reached out, the stone went forward a little bit. That happened a few times when Lorelei said, “maybe we’re supposed to follow it”.

“Then lets follow it,” James said with excitement in his voice.

They ran over a bridge and climbed half way up a mountain when suddenly Lorelei stopped.

“I don’t want to go on a journey!”

“Think of mother,” James said “ we have to find our triplet! But if you want to we can stop for the night” he continued, his blond/brown hair hiding his disappointment.

“No, we can go for a little while longer,” she answered, seeing her brothers disappointment.

They traveled a little while longer than stopped at the top of the mountain where the stone magically moved some branches to make a place for them to sleep.

The next day they decided to explore and have fun after quick breakfast of wild bird eggs the stone had found and magically floated them to a small fire to cook them.

First they found cool things like feathers, rocks, and leaves and then they saw something different. It was a sled.

“Even though its summer, with the mossy ground we can use the sled,” squealed Lorelei as her long, brown, hair flew up as she tried the sled for the third time.

For the rest of the day the two children played with the sled and explored.

The next day Lorelei lead them on, first sledding down the mountain in a joyful ride they would always remember, then they walked through the woods where James got stung by a bee. After the sting, Lorelei gathered some mosses and other things she knew would help his sting and calm him down. Then for the rest of the day they rested in the shade of a big oak tree and ate the honey they had found.

The next day the stone lead them on like the first day. After a small hike they came to river where the stone stopped. James and Lorelei caught on that they were supposed to find something and after some hours work they found it.

“Hey, it’s a small rowboat!” James said.

“And here are the paddles!” Lorelei said a little while after.

They picked up their belongings, which were the stone, the sled, and other cool things they had found, and they got in the rowboat, which was just their size.

James started the rowboat down the river with the stone at the stern and then asked for help. When they were tired they took a nap or got out and explored. While exploring, Lorelei got a surprise.

“Ouch!” she screamed, waking up her brother.

“It’s a crab,” stated James as he tried to pry off the crab from her leg. They pulled and finally they pried it off.

“Oh no, my leg’s bleeding,” exclaimed Lorelei with pain.

The children got in the boat and the stone magically controlled the paddles.

Lorelei’s white dress was now torn and had bright red blood on it. James’s green shirt and brown pants were ragged and had some specks of blood on them.

Finally, they came to a castle. They hurriedly got out of the boat and went to the castle door. After what seemed like a long time at the door, a beautiful girl answered. Her name was Gabriella.

They all went into the castle. First they helped Lorelei and then they told their story of the journey. While the story was being told, Gabriella kept looking at them. Finally, she stood up.

“I think I know who your missing triplet is,” Gabriella said. “ I think it’s me.”

Exactly what she said was true for, sure enough, when they stood up, the girls were a mirror image, and James was their perfect match.

All the children stared and smiled because it was very true and now they were done with their journey.

Lorelei’s green eyes shone with light and happiness, the most of the three children.

That night, they ate with Gabriella’s foster parents and told them of the journey, at the end asking if they could live together. Her foster father answered the question by saying that he would discuss it with her foster mother.

Right before bed, they decided they must live together so if her foster father says no, they will run away.

That next day they were waiting to here from him so they went outside. When outside, they showed Gabriella what they had found on the journey.

First, of course, they showed her the stone and all of its great powers. Then they showered her the sled and walked back to show her the rowboat. Then they just showed her some other cool things they had found.

Finally they saw Gabriella’s foster father coming. They all gathered around him.

“Well?” they asked.

“We have decided that since you are triplets you should live together so we can live together here.” He said.

They all shouted out with joy.

“Hey, I have an idea since we don’t have extra rooms,” Gabriella said. “We can divide my room in half so the girls can have one half and James can have the other half.”

They all agreed.

That night they all smiled in their sleep, thinking about their new life that was just about to start.