Hayley+Pahl

__Bull's Eye__ Life is a circus it’s so hard to process It is has its ups and downs We all have our moments of being a clown We live We die But why must that be so hard When your best friend has gone And his body is six feet in the ground The tears flow out Almost enough to fill an ocean All you can think is why How could I do this To this poor innocent guy Now all I can do is hope That he is in heaven <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">With his beautiful wings <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">Taking the time to watch over me <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">I wish I could change <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">What happened that night <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">It’s like looking at death through a bull’s eye.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">__When angels walk among us.__ When angles walk among us They wear a mischievous guise Yet a picture of perfection in her father’s eyes. Sometimes when angels walk among us Meandering, without a care They will leave a weak of joy and tears A smile so sweet and rare. Sometimes when angels walk among us Tis a long and weary road Shouldering without a complaint There often burden path They ignore the straight and narrow And guffaw the futures wrath Sometimes these angels touch our lives With just a passing glance Unforgettable is their lasting touch A blessing is the chance. And when these angels leave your side Unpolished and unsure A splinter in your soul it leaves And time, it holds no cure.

The Darkness <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. 7:30 in the morning comes around and Audrey throws herself out of bed. Sweat pants and hoodie is her normal routine. Her hair is always in a ponytail and she doesn’t believe in makeup. She has potential to be pretty, and you would think with prom coming up soon you would try to impress people to get a date. As she was walking down the main hall way in school all she would get is dirty looks and boys would make fun of her. Secretly they want her. But what boy wants a girl that looks like a bum everyday of her life. Audrey is about six feet tall, blonde hair, blue eyes, and legs that go on for days. She has absolutely no respect for herself. And she doesn’t get it from her peers. She has never had a boyfriend, as you can see why. Girls don’t exactly talk to her; she kinda rubs off the non friendly depressed vibe. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Everyday she goes home to her best friend Rascal, the Pit-bull. She tells him everything that a girl would tell their best girlfriend. She cries to him every night and he’s the best snuggle buddy there could ever be. Rascal is the only loyal thing in her life. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The only person that knows why Audrey is the way she is, is her old best friend, Kelsey. They have been best friends since Kindergarten. They have been there for each other since day one. But one day Kelsey was gone. Audrey was so upset. Three days after Kelsey went missing so did Audrey’s parents. Audrey’s whole world got turned around. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Audrey lives with her older brother Austin. He isn’t exactly someone to look up to. But her pays the bills and puts food on the table so what else can you expect out of a 20 year old boy. Austin is the exact opposite of Audrey. He is living life to its fullest like, his parents missing doesn’t even faze him. One night Austin brought home one of Audrey’s old Jr. High friends, that Audrey doesn’t like one bit. It was the most awkward situation of her life. The next night Austin brought home some girl he met at the grocery store. She just doesn’t understand how someone can just act like their parents missing doesn’t even matter. Their parents have been gone for three months now. And there is no sign of them anywhere. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Later that day as she was cleaning her room she stumbled across a business type card that read “just a tear drop away.” What does that mean? She was so confused. She tossed the card on her bed and continued to clean her room. After cleaning her room she went in the kitchen to grab some dinner. Austin was in a really bad mood and just started yelling at Audrey saying “It is your fault that Mom and Dad are gone.” Blaming her for the absence of her parents. Audrey was so upset he would even say something like that because it wasn’t one bit true. She ran up stairs to her room crying, without noticing, one of her tears hit that card she found earlier. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The next day she woke up with 5 missed calls from Kelsey. Why the heck would she call me? After three months of being gone and now she is calling me. Audrey finally got the courage to call Kelsey back.10 minutes later she showed up in Audrey’s room. Audrey kept asking her questions, “where have you been for the last three months?” “Are you okay?” “What is going on?” Kelsey told her to just be quiet and she’ll explain everything later. “I have something to show you..” Kelsey walked over to Audrey’s closet and opened the door. When they looked inside the closet you didn’t see clothes. It was a whole different world. This lady ran over to Kelsey and Audrey and fell to their feet. What the heck is going on Audrey was thinking to herself. Why did they want me here? I am not anything special believe me. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> All she knew was she is in this place that nobody in the world knows about, but her. It is an older place with this huge castle right in the middle of it. It was really dusky outside and there weren’t very many people. But this lady, Rose, was sure glad to see Audrey and Kelsey. “Welcome to Roxbury” cried Rose. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> After all this mad confusion that Audrey was having, Rose finally explained what was going on. It ends up that Audrey’s parent were the royal King and Queen in Roxbury. But they wanted a normal life for their kids so they left to the outside world. Audrey’s dad, James, has a twin brother, Nickolis, who turned to the dark side after James took his family out of Roxbury. Nickolis was not happy that they left and he didn’t. Nickolis made a plan to capture James and his wife Mary Ann. He was supposed to live the normal life not James. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Nickolis was the King of the Shadows. The shadows are everyone he trapped with his dark cloud that he can control. When they got trapped their life was pretty much over. All they did was waste away. Nickolis sent his shadows after James and Mary Ann one night when the kids went home. When the kids got home the next day and their parents were nowhere to be found. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Kelsey is not a servant for Roxbury. She got taken by the shadows the night that their parents did, as she was walking over to Audrey’s house to see if she could hang out. The only was Nickolis would let Kelsey free is if she stayed as a servant for Rose. When Audrey’s tear hit that card on her bed, it was a call for Kelsey to come get her and show her what was going on. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> “Why did you bring me here thought Kelsey? I don’t understand.” “Audrey you are the only one who is strong enough, mentally and physically, to challenge Nickolis in a dual. You are our only hope.” <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> The only catch was that at midnight Nickolis was going to cast a spell on Roxbury, so everyone would become a shadow. That gives Audrey seven hours to prepare for the dual. Audrey freaked out when she heard this. She isn’t strong, she has her black belt in Karate but that is about it. Little did she know she has magical powers in Roxbury. They were so new to her, she was afraid she wouldn’t know how to control them. Good thing Kelsey knew what to do. She taught Audrey everything she possibly could about her powers and how to activate them. She also gave her information about Nickolis’s powers. His powers are fire, laser vision, and invisibility. Audrey’s powers are water, she can move things with her mind, and can cause storms. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Tow hours before the dual, Audrey is really discouraged. Nickolis is really confident he’ll win. He doesn’t have one single doubt. Audrey has a lot of pressure on her. She knows she can do it. She can don anything she sets her mind to. All the people of Roxbury’s lives on are in her hands. She can’t let her parents down. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> It’s a quarter to midnight and Audrey is scared out of her mind. She is standing all alone in the middle of the battle field, knowing that Nickolis is somewhere near. He is here; you can just feel it in the air. BAM!! Out of nowhere Audrey is face down on the ground. She stands up whipping the dirt off her face, and ready to kick his butt. As Nickolis is throwing his own party about tripping Audrey she comes up behind him and Karate kicks him right in the back and putting him in a head lock. He threw her off of him and she went flying to the other side of the battle field. She stood up and Nickolis was nowhere to be found. She closed her eyes to take in what just happened, and she felt heat… she turned around, and she was in the middle of the ring of fire. Audrey used her water and put out a section of the fire. Hiding behind a huge flame Audrey moved this huge box of metal and slammed it on Nickolis. She walked away thinking for sure he should be finished after that. A couple minutes later she fell to the ground. Nickolis got her legs, back and neck with his laser vision. Bleeding everywhere Audrey wasn’t sure if she could continue to fight any longer. The thought of her parents being gone forever struck her mind; it made her that much more pumped to kick Nickolis’s trash. She whipped her tears and she stood up for the ground. She was not going to let this guy get away. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> She closed her eyes, wind started to blow, clouds formed about them, the fire and dirty made a tornado, and rain started to fall. This was the first time Audrey has seen Nickolis even the least bit frightened. Audrey pushed the storm towards him making him run away. As he turned the other way there was a hug wall of water right in front of him. He was trapped. Audrey moved the tornado even closer. Then the unthinkable happened. He had surrendered. They stopped the fight and immediately captured Nickolis. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> He made the agreement of setting all the spirits in the shadows free and work as a servant for the rest of his life. Exhausted and so overjoyed, tears filled her eyes. Nickolis kept true to his surrender and freed all the spirits. Audrey reunited with his parents. Kelsey went back to Audrey’s houses and grabbed Austin. There family was reunited and complete. Kelsey was freed from her servant position and returned back home to her family. As for Nickolis he now knows how it feels to have absolutely nothing. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"> That night they went back to their house in the real world. Audrey went back to the way she was before. She wore makeup and dressed up the next day at school. Boys were hitting on her left and right. She was so excited. She even got asked to prom that night. Her life was everything she ever wanted it to be.