Mikaere@Hornby Primary School: August 2020

Here is my most favourite finished story I have wrote so far. Hope you like it! Also it is pretty long so just please sit back and relax while you read my story. (Gory alert Gory alert!) Dan had been digging all morning. Along with his team of fellow archaeologists, countless tons and dirt and sand had been removed. At first the mechanical diggers had done their bit, to be followed by spades and shovels. Now, as the team neared their prize, their tools became trowels and delicate brushes. Hours of sweat and toil in the blistering heat had brought little reward as yet, but things were about to change. Dan stood in front of what he hoped would be the most significant discovery of his career so far, and gently began to untie the knot that had sealed the door for thousands of years… Dan noticed some weird markings on The Tomb. He didn’t think much of it. As he opened it, a light came out. He was desperate to open it. It was locked! He thought that all hope was lost, until he had a brainwave. He had the spade from before, why not smash it open? It was the only way. Dan’s Helper Robot came in through the comms. “Smash it open Dan!” He hesitated for a moment, but he did it anyway. SMASH! Dan saw a… diamond creature? He thought that everyone dug it out for no reason, but there would have to be a reason for it to be locked up. Suddenly, the creature started moving. It shot up in the sky, and started to look at the place it was in. It went over to the wall that some people were resting on, and consumed it! The creature got bigger. It consumed more and more things until it was the size of a car. It wasn’t stopping though, and everyone ran. Dan hoped they had a good place to go, because things were about to go haywire. The diamond cracked off the creature and Dan picked them up. He would totally need them. Dan had a friend who was an expert at making things. His name was Sam and he lived close to the town. Dan needed to get there as quick before the creature destroyed the town and everything in it! Dan ran to Sam’s. He entered the code to the bunker and explained everything to Sam. Dan said he needed to use his 3D Printer to make a diamond sword to defeat this monster. He also needed some armour. There was surprisingly a big stash of armour each on an armour stand. It looked neat and tidy. He picked out the best armour for him. It was black, purple and red with spikes. Nice! The machine spat out the sword as Dan got back from picking some armour. Dan went for the door. Sam was amazed and said “Good luck out there Dan!” Dan threw open the door but the monster was tearing up the town! It was also really huge! There was a kind of… light? Coming out of the monster's eye. Dan saw someone stuck in a house and he realised he needed to save him. He threw a zipline down to the window of the house and used his sword to go down the zipline. SMASH the window smashed into pieces and Dan helped the guy. Turns out he is good at fighting. The house suddenly broke down and the guy started floating somehow. There was a purple light on him so I knew he was getting sucked up by the monster with the light in its eye but there’s no time to focus on that right now. The guy was going to die! Dan built onto the destroyed house and grabbed the guy. The house was now consumed by the monster. 4 Dan was angry at himself for letting the monster get out of The Tomb. It gave up trying to get Dan and the person he was trying to rescue. There weren't many people in the town but Dan didn’t care. He rescued all of them and then the monster (I’m sick of calling it “The Monster” we need to give it a name… The Wither. Not copyrighting minecraft or minecraft story mode ok don’t be a snitch.) Alright where were we? Oh yeah. So The Wither went over to a mountain and started eating it. Perfect for a boss fight. Dan took a horse and his friends and the whole townspeople he rescued. Dan needed to stop what he started and he jumped on the horse and everyone else had horses and so they went over to The Wither and he jumped on it but then it sent him flying back to the town. Dan felt like giving up but he was never going to do that. So he ran back to The Wither and then he jumped inside of it but he didn't die. It was too dark and he fell down. He heard a howl. It sounded like Dan’s dog, Rex! He was here to help! Dan wondered how he got in here though. That didn’t matter. Rex was here to help! “Pass me my sword Rex” Rex picked up the sword and passed it to Dan. He was about to make history. He prayed that if he didn’t make it then Rex would take all the love. There was a massive hole. Dan guessed it was the throat. He jumped, and did a twist flip in midair and sliced through The Wither’s throat. It shook around violently, making Dan’s way down less comfortable. Dan got up and realised there was no way out. There was another hole. There was light! It was pretty high though… There were things to climb on, so why not parkour up? He got through the hole and climbed up The Wither and used his sword to disable one of the eyes of The Wither. The Wither screamed in pain, making Dan fall off. The Wither started moving to another town so Dan jumped on The Wither again, not knowing that he did. When The Wither got to the town, Dan decided to go on another adventure and went back inside The Wither. It was getting bigger and bigger by the minute so Dan wasn’t wasting any time. He found the heart of The Wither. It was pretty big, purple and black, so Dan guessed it was the part that was keeping it all together. He repeatedly jabbed his sword in it, and when he realised there was only one more hit to go, Rex came out and Dan used him as a launching pad (Don’t worry Rex is trained for this kind of thing.) to get up to the top of the inside and backflipped onto the heart. He felt a sort of spirit come through him. Wait! Something started rumbling, and something started exploding! Dan and Rex needed to get out quick! Dan thought that they would have to go the gory way. Rex held onto Dan and they sliced through just as the inside blew up. (BOOM!) Dan and Rex landed in water. The whole country looked like they were here. There was a big stage, with a big light. Dan’s friends were up there so he got up there too. When he did, everyone cheered. Dan guessed they knew what happened. He stepped up to the microphone and gave a big speech. He explained what happened with The Wither and how he and his dog defeated the monster. He also explained how he was sorry for letting out the monster and everyone cheered real loud again. Dan felt really ashamed for letting the monsters destroy towns and for destroying everyone's homes. He told everyone that he would build them back. Dan knew this was a good ending to the story he would tell his grandchildren.