Shiro Ai - The Alien

Haha, I totally forgot to post this and now it's already SUMMER. Geez, I'm real lazy. xD

So basically, this is a story about another freak that comes to Freak the Mighty's school. She's foreign, different, and made fun of so she goes to Freak the Mighty for help. She befriends them and then near the end she moves away because of this incident that happens with Freak (I'm not giving spoilers to those who haven't read the book!). This is how she shows you have to keep believing.

It may show that she gave up several times, even at the end, but it never says that. She still believes that Freak is still there. And she really won't give up. If you really really want it, I'll write the shortest after story. Probably she meets somebody there.

Enjoy the read! =D

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Shiro Ai – The Alien

By Amanda Le

I was known as The “Alien”. Known as the Alien that was left all alone. And all because I was foreign, not from here, different.

My name is Shiro Ai, or Ai Shiro as you Americans address me as. I’m Japanese; my name means “White Love” in English. People make fun of me for my culture. It really, really, hurts.

They also make fun of my name and me. Because my name means “White Love” they say I have no love. They say I have blank, empty, emotionless love. One of these reasons is because I act heartless in front of everyone I meet. But really, my name is supposed to mean Pure Love. I used to be all loving, but these stupid people at this unfamiliar, unwelcoming school twisted that around.

Until I met them. Them: Freak the Mighty.

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“Freak the Mighty! Freak the Mighty!” They had everyone chanting. Even I was chanting too, smiling for the first time in two years.

I go to a special class, where really smart kids go. There’s this kid named Kevin. He’s this cripple boy, probably has weak legs and has this disorder that he stays tiny or something, but he has a brain bigger than his body. I think he’s the “Freak” in “Freak the Mighty”.

And then there’s this new kid, came directly from the L.D. class. Kid’s amazing, transferred from a L.D. Class straight to a Special Class? Now that’s some astonishing boy. But the thing is that this guy, people call him Max I think, he’s a total idiot. He calls himself a butthead. He’s the Mighty, and that seems obvious.

So I never have a chance to talk to them, since they always talk to each other and seem to shelter everyone else out. So I eventually I get a chance and I talk to them.

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“How do you do it?” She asked in the middle of our conversation after greeting each other.

“…Huh?” I asked dumbly, typical butthead behavior. “Do what?”

“Be fine with those names, like being called a Freak or being mistaken as somebody mean because your dad was this Killer Kane?” She asked curiously.

“Oh, that’s simple” Freak said, “I ignore those insults and delete them from my systems!”

By now everyone probably knows that Freak likes robots, so it’s not much of a surprise he acts like a robot. And the answer to her question is because I am mean.

“What about you?”

“Huh?” I said again stupidly.

“How does it feel being son of a Killer?”

I made a disgusted face. “He didn’t kill anybody,” I said angrily.

“But everyone teases you because of your dad,” she commented, as I made an even more disgusted face. “How does that feel?”

“Why are you asking all these questions!? They’re stupid!” I shouted at her. For once, this person wasn’t scared. Usually everyone would run away, or scream or panic or something they’d do as if I were a killer, maybe even tell a teacher. But this girl stared back at me with a blank face.

“Because…”

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“I can’t stand the name of ‘Alien’.” I said still with a blank face; even though I was screaming my head off inside. As I said; I act heartless in front of everyone. “I want to know how you can stand those names.”

Freak smiled. “That’s simple.” He said in an intelligent, friendly manner, “Ignore it. Throw something back at them. Or just befriend the person, since your name doesn’t mean what they call you, right?”

He was so nice and friendly, most of all, understanding at that moment. I made friends with those guys, and we hung out sometimes. I’d join them on secret missions, but for some reason, I kept that heartless outer character in front of everyone. Why? Because no-one else would understand if I told them anything about myself.

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Yes, yes, they changed my life. So what’s it to say now? After that… incident with Freak, my family decided to move away so I don’t get reminded of anything. Really, they just put the burden on me to keep remembering them. I’d call Mighty a few times, and other times I’d just write some stories about some epic adventure that never existed that involved all three of us. And sometimes, I’d pray to see Freak again. Once, twice, maybe let Freak stay with Mighty.

But nothing will happen. Absolutely nothing.

It makes me sad. Now I’m unwelcomed at another school. Sitting alone, talking to only myself. Not even somebody imaginary will come to me. And worse, there is not a soul here that understands my feelings.

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I am Shiro Ai. I am known as the Alien that was left alone. I’m different. My name, “Pure White, blank Love”.

I’m a freak, and there isn’t another freak to put a pillow on my bed.

I’m an “Alien”, and this was my story.

The End

“When everything seems against you and nothing is going your way, when you think it’s just about time to give up, hang on a little longer, since that is the exact time and place that the tables will turn.”

Persuasive Letter

This letter, in my opinion, still needs major editing.
Here it is.
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Amanda Le

High Tech Middle Media Arts

[CLASSIFIED INFO, Shall remain unknown for stalking reasons. xD]

San Diego, California 92114

Bob Filner

Representative of 51st District

2428 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Dear Bob Filner,

The issue of global warming is really big. Why? Because the greenhouse gases that keeps heat in our atmosphere has increased and trapping more heat in our atmosphere. And the rising temperatures cause a chain reaction; such as heat melting the ice caps causing sea levels to rise causing floods, the change in weather (The changing temperature has a huge on the seasons), along with more natural disasters. I think there people should start using renewable energies for their cars, since cars are one of the biggest polluters and adds to global warming the most.

My name is Amanda. I go to High Tech Middle Media Arts, grade 6.

We truly thank you for the many services you try to provide such as funding our community, helping with federal agencies, providing internships for those future representatives of federal houses and much more. We also love you for always putting us citizens and students first. I really believe you can help us convince everyone else to use renewable energy, thus helping lower the amount of emissions of greenhouse gasses.

If we really don’t do anything about Global warming, it means that our ice caps will melt, animals will become extinct, and most importantly, we might loose a lot of land that can’t be recovered. If we just change the fuels for our cars to renewable energy, there will be a lot less pollution since most renewable energy don’t burn anything. Just using Hybrid cars, Diesel powered or Hydro powered cars will do a lot to help.

It would also help a lot with our economy. With a lot of people using different renewable energies, expensive gas prices won’t need to be paid. Renewable energy sources can last a long time. Even though upgrading our cars may cost a lot, it’s quite worth it.

Even kids like me can help. I’ve learned to always turn off lights when we use them, and we always walk to the park instead of riding the car. Little steps can go a long way, so even we can help without changing the laws.

I hope my argument brought you into consideration of convincing everyone else to use renewable energy. I truly think it would be best for everyone to use renewable energy so we all can live a long, healthy life with memories of all the courage that brought the United States together to stop the fever that the earth has.

Sincerely,

Amanda Le

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UPDATE: The letter has been updated. Make sure you read it again so you can edit the right piece of writing. ;)

UPDATE #2: The letter has once again been updated. Check again if you want to edit it.

RE: Being a Freak

I myself haven't really been called a freak for a reason, because everyone says "You're so smart" and sometimes people say that I'm cute.

But sometimes I can pretend like one when playing a role as some freak, an odd one out. And sometimes people stare at me when I be random at times.
Though it's not like I hate it. Sometimes being a freak is when you want to be left alone, and act different so people will leave you. Though, sometimes it feels awkward, when people just start staring at you, and you have no reason why until you realize it.
I always felt a little left out because I was always the smartest in class until 5th grade. But I never really payed attention.

However, I never recall calling somebody a Freak. I tend to be nice a lot. If i did, i may have erased it from my memory.

Being a "Freak" to me seems like being a odd one out. Like being in a crowd of people with friends and no-one is being your friend because they decided not to hang out with you or was away and absent.
"Freak" sometimes means unusual or something, because somebody can be completely normal but can be called a freak because of a broken leg. Or a wheelchair. It's completely natural to have disabilities. No-one is perfect.

Thats my definition of Freak and when I've been called that name.

Freak The Mighty

*Images that are supposed to be here but aren't because Amanda is lazy*
I'll explain about them... later...

Anyway, Freak the Mighty is an awesome book we're reading in class. I already know how the ending goes. It's really sad...

We've gotten to Chapter 5 so far. That's a fifth of the book already. It's still sort of introducing these characters. "Freak" and "Mighty" are two different people who are complete opposites. They end up being best friends later on and go on adventures together, but now they're getting to know each other.
In the beginning, Mighty talks about how he was called the "Kicker" in day care because, well, he kicked everything. He also talks about how he met Freak. He also says that he never saw Freak until he recently had moved into his neighborhood when they were older.
Then in the next chapter it talks more about Freak moving in, and it seems he was very unsocial.
In the chapter after that, Freak was playing with some mechanical bird that he couldn't get out of a tree, so Mighty helped him out and played with him, thus increasing their relationship.
The chapter we finished today is when Freak visited the "Down under", also known Mighty's room. They talked about Grim and Gram, Mighty's Grandparents. Freak also told him the story about King Arthur, and reveals his fantasy of robots and how ancient knights represent them. Mighty was Learning a lot of things from Freak. The "Fair Gwen of air", Freak's mom, was worried sick about her son and when Freak came out of the Down under, she immediately took him home. She might have been scared of mighty.

So that's how far we've gotten. I'll update soon in a few chapters~

Fever 1793 - Book Reveiw

I don't have the actual book with me, but I'm trying my best.

Fever 1793 is a book of epic adventure and surviving through a plague. This book was written by Laurie Halse Anderson. It shows how much you can change because of this event. The plague was called the Yellow Fever, and it still exists today but can be taken care of better. It's spread by a certain type of female Mosquito.
In this book, it took place in 1793 where the fever started in august in Philadelphia. The main character was Matilda, and she changes a lot throughout the story. It must have been tough for her, seeing as her friend dies and she can't go to the funeral and her Grandpa dies in front of her eyes. Matilda goes through lots of hardships and problems, but always broke through because she kept trying. If I had been in the same situation, I'd probably never make it through. She had to live through nearly five months of barely any food, barely and company, dying people all around her and even going through the fever herself.
Imagine, a plague going around San Diego and nobody notices until thousands of people are dead. Imagine, if you were said to have the plague, your family kicked you out because of it. Imagine, a little kid's mother died from the plague and the kid was all alone. That's only just a few of the hardships that the plague could have caused. That plague had changed everybody's lives in Fever 1793.
The author may have had an experience of her own to relate to how Matilda felt and changed. She definitely was not alive during this time period, but she makes it seem real. The ever-tolling church bells, those people pushing the carts to the grave, the thousands of bodies buried in the park, the almost mindless grave diggers eternally digging pits for those bodies, the plague, everything made me feel like I was in the story.
From this occurrence, doctors hopefully learned that mercury, other chemicals and bleeding people will not heal them. We know how to cure the yellow fever - just like any other fever - you rest well and have some fresh air. They didn't have correct medicines or vaccines back then, so I'm pretty sure it will be easier curing it today.
Though if it had never happened in America and the plague had remained in South Africa (I think), who knows, maybe Philadelphia will still have remained the United States' capital.

Life as an Animal - A fiction by Amanda

Here's my first published piece of 6th grade. I'll be writing it here.

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Life as an Animal

I giggled. I trotted outside with a cup of rabbit food.
"Hey Elijah!" I greeted the white rabbit spotted with black brown dots. I poured the food into his bowl.
"How are you doing?" I said with a smile as I patted him. "You know, sometimes I wish I can be an animal and talk to you," I said. The rabbit cocked his head. "Don't you wish you can be human?" I continued, "See life through our eyes? I wish i can see life through your eyes."
Elijah seemed to nod. He turned around and dug his head into his bowl and ate his food.
I giggled again. "I gotta get inside, Elijah! Bye!" I patted him with a smile and locked his cage before I took off.

.:Next Day:.

I yawned, stretching my front legs. Wait a minute! Front legs!? I looked down, screaming. Well, not exactly screaming, it was really high pitch, maybe not audible to human ears.
Anyway, I was a rabbit! A rabbit! I looked over to the clock. It was only 4AM. I swiftly jumped out of bed, racing to the kitchen.
I found myself jumping on the counter and then jumping to the doorknob to get outside. That went on for a while...
By the time I got outside, it was already 5AM. I ran towards Elijah's cage.
"Elijah! Elijah!" I screamed in panic. I didn't know who else to go to. Elijah looked over to me.
"What?" He asked as if it were nothing.
I couldn't believe it. My rabbit. Talking. My rabbit! I wanted to faint. Maybe it just was that I understood him for the first time. Yeah, that's all.
"What's going on!?" I asked (more like demanded) in a whiny voice. "How did I become this?"
"It's nothing," Elijah said casually. I was really confused. I almost hope this is a dream!
"And because I said so," Elijah joked. He smiled. "No, I wished it," He said, correcting himself.
"How?" I said, still frightened at the situation at hand... no, paw.
"Yesterday was my birthday."
My head perked up. His birthday?
"I'm 4 years old now. For the past 3 years, my wishes have come true. It was true magic. Two years ago, I was adopted by you. A year ago, I was able to meet some new friends. Those dogs your uncle owned, were they? And this year, I wanted to do something for you. I never thought it would actually work," He smiled. Then Elijah frowned,"When I was a kitten, I wasn't so lucky..."
I beamed. Who cares if he hadn't been lucky the first time? Maybe karma felt bad for him and decided to let his wishes come true. Anyway... He really cared about me! I knew taking him from the shelter three years ago was the right choice!
We smiled.

"Elijah, Thank you!"

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For you people who don't understand, Karma is when bad things happen to you and you get something good later on (or something like that). When Elijah said "When I was a kitten, I wasn't so lucky...", he meant when he was a baby. Kitten means baby rabbit as well as other animals.
Please comment on how good you think this is.