2. Chapter 1: Poison
Marching up and down, the king‟s loyal guards stomped sternly in
front of the royal wooden doors of the palace. Despite looking
fearless, they were as soft as a dog and as week as a ball of cotton
wool. Slowly, a dark sinister shadow crept up on the innocent
guards. The moment the guards saw the shadow, they turned and
fled to the left and to the right. The shadow slunk through the
doors… Party music filed the room, as the king and his people
celebrated the harvest season,‟hemera‟ Suddenly, the wooden doors
were flung open to reveal a hooded figure, the entire room went
silent. Manu, (a small shy boy) tiptoed towards the king to mention
that the figure was Sir Lin. Before Manu could say anything, the
king took a swig of his wine, took one step and collapsed, choking on
the poison Sir Lin had placed in his drink…
3. Queen Adolf quickly ran forward to examine the body.
“Still alive – just”, she stated seeming very upset
“Go”, she said to Manu, "Go to Sir Lin‟s secret fort and retrieve the
Flower Staff”
“Do I have a chose?” asked Manu
“I offer you a choice but know that you have none”, announced
Queen Adolf. Manu understood.
Manu marched out of the city gates paused and then started the
long hike towards the little speck of Kalahari mountain in the
distance…
4. Chapter 2: MONSTER!!!
Later on that day, Manu arrived at the edge of the Adoponian
forest (a deadly and mysterious place). BANG! What was that?
BANG BANG BANG!!! There it was again… Manu‟s heart began to
beat like a big brass drum. Slowly and quietly, Manu crept towards
the dark petrifying trees. The moment Manu stepped in, everything
went black…
Quietly, Manu sneaked through the terrifyingly calm forest. All of
a sudden, Manu heard a tree collapse nearby. Manu zoomed behind
a tall oak tree. Five minutes past… Before soon, a small head poked
around the side of the tree and looked at Manu. Moments
later, fourteen more heads, a huge body, wings and six legs came
round the side of the tree… It was the Adoponian Monster… Manu
ran like the wind, the Adoponian monster thundered after him.
Sprinting around the corner, Manu fled over a red brick bridge, but
5. the Adoponian monster didn‟t. It took one step onto the bridge, the
bridge collapsed, and the monster was swept away towards Otti
McCray waterfall. Manu turned and walked unsteadily onwards.
Soon, Manu came to a set of cross roads. There was a yellow bridge
that lead onto a yellow brick road and there was a purple bridge
that lead onto a purple brick road.
Which way does he go?
Choose wisely…
Yellow
purple
6. Chapter 3: watch out below
(yellow)
After making a hard decision, Manu took the yellow road. Before
long, Manu came to a gorge, he looked carefully upwards; he noticed giant
statues of great kings sitting on rock thrones. Manu looked at the thin
ledge that he‟d be walking across. At the end of the ledge he saw a little
glowing stick. Immediately, he realised what it was! H e quickly stepped
onto the ledge and started side stepping across it. What he did not notice
was a Rock Giant staring right at him…
Out of nowhere, a boulder fell almost on top of Manu! Manu cocked his
head upwards to see the most magnificent thing. The Rock Giants were
throwing boulders at him. A small stone knocked Manu off balance…
He fell clean off the ledge. One of his flaying arms caught the ledge and
held…
Ten minutes past. Later, a hand clasped around Manu‟s. It was a small boy.
The boy hoisted Manu up onto the ledge. Manu realised he was on a green
hill, where the glowing stick was… The stick was a wand- a wand that could
be used to kill sir Lin.
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7. Chapter 3: Grrrrrrr (purple)
After a while, Manu came to a mysteriously looking cave. Manu started to
sweat and his knees trembled. He stepped into the cave, and the entrance
sealed up…
Slowly, Manu tiptoed through the damp mossy cave. Soon, he came to a
giant furry… rug? He felt all over (he did not know what it was for he was
in the darkness of hoping cave) and eventually found a fluffy bobble. Manu
gave it an enfustiastic yank… Two red eyes opened and the room was filled
with light – it was a Grizzly Bear!
Manu sprinted out of the cavern and hid behind a huge boulder.
GrrrrrrRRRROAR!!! Growled the brown lump of fur which unravelled itself
to reveal a humongous grizzly bear. It came grunting and sniffing into the
next cavern where Manu was hiding. Suddenly, Manu spotted a spot of light
and ran into it… He saw a wand lying on a rock, he picked it up
“I could use this to defeat Sir Lin”, he thought. Suddenly, a boulder moved
a side to reveal grassy green hills, the sun, the Kalahari mountain in the
distance and a small boy. Out of no where, the boulder rolled shut behind
Manu. The boy picked up a stone and wrote on a boulder.
“Can I help you with your quest?” Manu slowly nodded.
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8. Chapter 4: Charge!
After hours of walking, the two boys arrived at the Kalahari mountain…
Soon, after they had climbed the mountain, the boys tiptoed into the dungeon,
consequently not Knowing what lay ahead of them…
Out of no where, an eagle swooped past Manu and transformed into Sir Lin!
“You shall never take the Flower Staff from my hidden fort”, screamed Sir Lin
drawing his four daggers. Manu grabbed his wand and the boy grabbed a nearby
brick. The fight began…
Sir Lin was throwing his daggers all over the place, the boy was whacking sir Lin
around the head with his brick and Manu was trying to work out what the wand
did. All of a sudden, sir Lin flung the boy off and charged at Manu… Manu hit
sir Lin with his wand… Sir Lin‟s arm fell clean off.
“AAAGGGHHH” screeched Sir Lin looking at where his arm once was. Manu
thought for a moment and hit Sir Lin‟s head with his wand „clonk‟, Sir Lin‟s head
fell to the ground and dissolved into ash. As did his body and daggers…
9. Chapter 5: home sweet home
Finally, Manu could get what he came for – the Flower Staff.
Carefully, Manu stepped over the ashes of Sir Lin and picked up the
Flower Staff. He turned around to see the boy staring at the pile of
ashes which were Sir Lin, Manu looked down and saw a beautiful fire
red phoenix rising out of the ash… The phoenix looked at Manu, spread
wide its wings and took of taking Manu and the boy as it went and flew
NNW (north north west) towards Atlantis.
Before long, Manu, the boy and the phoenix arrived at Atlantis. The
phoenix dropped Manu and the boy into the town square, fluttered down
and started to wash it‟s wings. Manu rushed inside the palace, the boy
hot on his heads. Manu, dashed into the kitchen, poured a splashy cup of
water, topped the glass with the staff and poured the water into the
king‟s terrifying dry mouth…
Two days later, the king slowly awoke to find himself in his white bed.
He now felt much better. He got out of bed, got dressed (stumbling
over a few times) and went downstairs to see everyone having a party
for himself and Manu.
10. Later on that day, Manu was knighted as „Manu the great‟.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Adoponian forest, the Adoponian monster‟s
body was walking quietly…
Sir Lin had taken over its body.
“Mwahaha mwahaha MWAHAHA MWAHAHA”
The end – or is
it?
