Writing Exercise
Write a short story about one of your characters that has a secret. That secret being some sort of information that no one has or can know about. Describe secret in details and how they plan to protect it.
My Writing
Scout stared down at the book that Mr. Powers, the Vice Principal of Azriel High, had given to her. She opened the book and stared at the spells that would deactivate the protection spell placed on the school. She flipped slowly through the book to look at the other spells. If this fell into the wrong hands, the school would be vulnerable. Not to mention the other spells could destroy the school, along with hundreds of demon hunters.
Scout got up from her bed, after setting the book down, and walked to her closer. She opened her closet and stared inside. She knew she had to keep the book safe, but how? Scout was just a teenager, so why were Mrs. White and Mr. Powers trusting her with such a tremendous task? Mr. Powers told her that because she was the best demon hunter in the school, they had chosen her. Mr. Powers believed she could do it, and so did Mrs. White. No pressure, right?
Sighting heavily, Scout pushed her clothes off to one side and pushed on the back wall. The wall clicked and then slid open, letting her into another room. She stepped inside and flipped on the light before she looked around at the walls decorated by her weapons.
Scout walks over to a podium she had asked her dad to build for her and she smiled, running her fingers over the amazing wood he had chosen. She quickly returned to her bedroom and retrieved the book from her bed. She walked back in, clutching the book to her chest. Scout walked up to the stand and set the book down snugly on the stand. She looked down to see the glass cover she had made for her was waiting to be used.
Scout picked up the glass covering and carefully sat it on the podium over the book, the glass clicking into place as it filled a circle that her dad had carved for that purpose. Scout swiped a panel next to the book, and a keypad appeared. She walked out of the room after she typed a few numbers and letters. She turned off the light and looked over her shoulder to see laser lights appear around the podium. The wall slid closed when she pushed on it.