Short Story and Drawing by Hala Mahmoud (10 years)
Chapter 1: Adventure
One day, there was a boy called Edward. He was a kind boy with a loving family. His father, James, always went with him on adventures in abandoned houses. Edward loved horror stories. He read many of them, but he wasn’t scared because he knew they weren’t real.
One day, his father called him and said, “Come, Edward. It’s time to go to the abandoned house next to us.” Edward said, “Coming!” and went downstairs to his father.
His mother, Selene, said, “Oh, James, stop annoying your child with scary abandoned houses.”
James said, “Dear, they’re not scary. They’re just waiting to be explored.”
Selene replied, “Fine, but don’t be late to school. It starts at 7:00. It’s already 5:35.”
Edward and his father went to the abandoned house. To their surprise, they saw a sign that said, “Spirits! DO NOT ENTER!” But they ignored it.
As they entered, they began hearing strange voices until they got separated. Edward suddenly felt like he couldn’t breathe and fell to the ground. He heard a spirit say, “Time goes by so slowly.” The spirit kept repeating those words. Then Edward saw time moving extremely fast.
Chapter 2: Hospital Time
When Edward fainted, nothing strange happened to his father. But for Edward, something unusual occurred.
His father found Edward lying on the ground with blood coming from his head. James shouted, “Edward!” and rushed him to the hospital.
Edward woke up in a hospital bed with a bandage on his head. He couldn’t remember who his father was or why he was in the hospital.
His father said, “Edward, thank goodness you woke up. I’m so sorry this happened to you.”
Suddenly, Edward saw the room changing. It looked more technological, as if he could see time. He saw robots instead of human doctors.
Then everything returned to normal. A doctor entered and said, “The boy is fine. He just needs some rest.”
Chapter 3: Problem with Time
The next day, Edward went to school. Something felt different. He started seeing things before they happened. It was as if he knew the future.
Soon, Edward realized he had a strange power. He could hear time and understand it.
In the end, Edward became the king of time.
The End
