Apps are due for points by 8:12 GMT-4. Round One will be posted sometime in between 8:15 and 8:30. All times are in GMT-4.

Round One: The Prize at the End of the Quest

Application Scores

Sorry to double post, but it's been a while since my last post. I was just wondering if in the event that we don't get any more applications, or just one or two, will the contest still continue with the three of us?

No. As is prominently displayed in the contest rules, there need to be 10 applicants for a contest to go out of application stage. It would be a bit fruitless to have a competition with only three contestants. If five more people apply I will talk with bP about it, but as of right now (11:12AM GMT-4) we need seven more people to apply for the contest to continue. However, a bunch of people told me they would apply in PM. I may get in touch with them again sometime in the next few days.

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The Prize At The End Of The Quest

It took me awhile, but I finally finished round 1. I hope this contest pulls through, I love it. Sorry if it is too long I get carried away with these types of things...

Once upon a time, in a land not so far away, lived Robin Fields, and his family. They lived in a small cabin at the edge of Soville Hill. Everything about this family was normal, until his sister Katie, changed, she started wearing darker clothing, darker makeup, and became distant from the rest of the family. Robin, who had been close to Katie all his life, knew something was wrong.


“Dad, we need to talk, now.” Robin mumbled as he stepped out of his bedroom. His dad mumbled something under his breath, and put his newspaper down. “Come and sit here.” He stated calmly.



“Dad… have you noticed, uh…changes in Katie?” Robin stuttered trying to find the right words. “Yeah”. “Well, don’t ya find it weird?” Robin questioned. “No, she’s just going through a phase, all girls do at one point.” His dad replied, not seeming too concerned.

Robin shot up from the couch “A PHASE? DAD, LOOK AT HER, SHE IS ACTING WEIRD, DRESSING WEIRD, AND… WHAT IF SHE’S WITH THE WITCHES?” He screamed. “You actually believe in that witches crap? Son, there’s no such thing as witches, they are just…” “Dad, it’s a possibility.” His dad chuckled under his breath, “Why don’t you go and talk to your sister, then you’ll see she’s not a witch.”

Robin sighed, and went into his bedroom, which he and his sister shared, but to his surprise, his sister wasn’t there. She must have climbed out the window while he was gone for that short amount of time. He didn’t want to tell his dad, because he knew that he would just come up with some lame excuse like “Oh, maybe she’s at her friends.” So, he just sat in his room and awaited his sister’s return.

About an hour into his wait, he dozed off. But, his sleep didn’t last long, as he was awoken by someone walking into the room.



It was his sister, carrying a weird book in her hand. What book is that? Robin thought, going through all the books he could remember from the bookcase. He hadn’t seen that book before, and he decided that tomorrow morning he would. He closed his eyes, hoping his sister didn’t see him awake, and quickly fell asleep.


The next morning, like every other morning for the past 10 years, Robin got up and made his family breakfast. And, every morning for the past ten years, Katie, his dad and himself would eat breakfast together. But, that day the tradition was broken.





Robin sat there, moving his spoon around the cereal pieces. Thinking. Thinking about his sister, and how she changed so drastically over the past few weeks, thinking about the book he saw her with last night, and wondering why she skipped breakfast.

“Son, you have barely touched your cereal, what’s wrong?” His father asked as he did the dishes. “Nothing.” Robin replied staring down at his cereal. “Is this about Katie?’’



"Kinda.” Robin said, even though he knew “kinda” wasn’t the word. More like “YES”. His father turned around, facing his son wiping his hands with the dish cloth. “Like I said before son, changes, if your mother…” Robin cut him off “Dad, don’t bring mom into this…” His mother had recently passed, about a year ago, but that’s another story to tell.
“Like I was saying, she’s going through changes. Don’t worry, she’ll get it over it.”

Robin disappointingly, walked out of the kitchen, and he decided that he was going to find that book that Katie had last night, and he had a hunch that that book would have a clue on what Katie had been doing.

And, being the typical annoying little brother that he was. He knew exactly where the book was, under her mattress. She always hid stuff from him under there, ever since their pre-teen years.

Robin lifted the mattress, and pulled out the book. He then sat on the edge of his bed, and attempted to read it. But, realized that it was in some type of foreign language that he could not understand. And, he knew that if he didn’t understand it, Katie wouldn’t. They grew up in the same school system, that only taught English and French, and he was sure as hell that Katie hadn’t learned this language in a few weeks, she still barely understands French, and that’s after years of people attempting to teach her.




Bonus

A few days after the book finding incident, Robin still wasn’t closer to finding what was wrong with his sister. So, he went for a walk to clear his mind.



But, this walk only made him think more. What can I do? He kept on saying in his mind. It was basically a chant going on in his mind, he sat on the ground, and chanted that phrase over and over again. “What can I do?” “What can I do?” Then, after about 10 minutes, of that same phrase going off in his mind, something caught his eye. Somebody was in an abandoned shack near the side of Soville forest!



It was Katie! He couldn’t mistake that tacky black bun from a mile away. Quickly, Robin got up, and ran home.

When he returned, his dad told him that his best friend, Joseph came over and was waiting for him in the kitchen.

“Hey man, what’s up?” Robin said as he walked into the room. “Not much, you?” Joseph responded. “A lot…” Robin mumbled as he got himself a chair and sat at the table with Joseph. “I think Katie is a witch.” Joseph laughed. “You’re worried about the “witches””.



“ That’s what dad said…” Robin responded “but, you gotta see this book, be right back.” Robin ran into his bedroom and got the book out of his sisters mattress. “Here” He said upon his return. “I can’t understand it.” Joseph said as he flipped through the pages. “Exactly, so, are you going to help me?”