WriteOn! 2024

 

Visar Doçi
Lezhe, 6th Grade

1st Place

 

If I have a door that opens anywhere I’d like to open it in Mars. I chose this place because if in Mars live aliens I’d like to meet those amazing and cool creatures. My friends which are aliens can take me with their ships. I’ll explore their amazing planet. I’ll call my friends. Also I’d like to play with my new friends. They’re red and they have one eye. I’ll take my friends to Earth to meet my best friends. In earth I’ll give to them our best foods. I’ll say to them to give me their food. I’ll take them in our town’s zoo. I’ll take my human friends to go to mars. That is the coolest planet I’ve ever seen. Mars has some cool big floating houses. They’re usually blue. I’ll be so upset because Mars has pomegranates, which are my favorite fruits. They have too their castles with their king. Their king is peaceful and he is always happy. I’d like to meet their king and I meet him. He give me a golden ring. Aliens always help their friends like me and they never forget them. I’m the luckiest boy in the world. They make me a spaceship but in their style. Their ships are as shiny as a star. I’m not a bad guy, I don’t forget to give them our foods which they like so much, really our foods are the best. I’d like to see their animals but they don’t have any and I buy to them a puppy to give them and they life it so much. Everybody take one of these adorable puppies. I have one too and I love it so much. I call him “Rajku” because my favorite singer is Rigeli Rajku “Noizy.” I give to them some songs which are singed from Noizy. Music help them to be happy as their king. They always come and meet me every week. I’d like to give everybody an amazing door like mine because I know everybody will like to meet an amazing friend. That’s for now. Bye now I’m going to play with my friend.

 

 

Tea Dushkaj

Lezhe, 6th Grade

2nd Place

 

            If I had the opportunity to have a door in my room that opens anywhere that would be great. First, I would open the door in the past to change it. To change some mistakes that I have done but that could not happen it is just a magic. Also I would choose to open the door in the future to see what happens to me later and if something bad happens I would do everything to change it. I would do everything to change it. I would do everything happy for me to have a quiet and amazing life that I don’t think that a perfect life exist. I would also open the door in a place where I can have fun and meet my favorite characters that means my favorite actors, singers, etc. I would open the magic door in place where I could change the mistakes that my family have done and keep them away from the bad luck, make my family life a happy life. I explain this with few words I would say that I would open the door in some places where I can change all the bad things that can happen to my family to make a happy life for my family and me. Now I will explain what are some mistakes that I have done. Some mistakes are that I have done a lot of fights with my brother. I have said bad things to him. Also I have done some conflicts with my friends but the good thing is that I said sorry to all the people that I have offend. But I made mistakes like I have took bad marks and not tell to my parents about it. Like an expression says: The lie has short legs that means the lying is a bad thing and you shouldn’t lie because the truth is strong than the lie. I would like to change the behavior for a better behavior but everyone can change it if he wants. These are some of my mistakes and if I hadn’t done them anything bad would happen to me and if my family hadn’t done them anything bad would happen to them but there is not a perfect person in the world. Also, I would use that door for this: When I am sad I would use that to go in a place where I can be happy and I would like so much to have one of these doors in my house but this is just a wish that can’t never come true but we should always believe because if you believe God can make everything that you want come true. I would like to use that door also to go in the future and see the questions and answers of the exams. Also this door prepares you about a hard future. With this door you can now see everything about the future and if you think that the future is hard with this door you can do it. This door is amazing. It helps you about everything. It can make the wish to go in a place that is too far come true. You can go in any place that you want. Every person wishes this door. There is one of these doors in every people head. I would like that all people have one of these amazing, magic doors. It could help people that were rich and now poor to change the past, the moment when they made the mistake so they would be rich again or people that have bad things in the life in the future because of the mistakes they have done.

Message: believe because if you believe everything comes true.

 

 

Klarissa Metaliaj

Lezhe, 6th Grade

3rd Place

 

            When I have a magic door in my room, I go anywhere. When I make a mistake the doro can be opened in the place that I made a mistakes and I would change that. This door used for everything because when you don’t find your new house the door shows where you imagine. I can have fun I meet everybody that I like. The door can you help you very much. With this door I can make travel too. I would like to change my behavior for a better behavior. If my family or my friends can’t know anything I would help them for everything. I can be happy with this door and I would like so much it. I like to have this door in my house for real. When you grow up this door helps you for the travel and everything. Finally the door helps you anywhere and for everything. I would like that all people have this because helps you for all the life. You can need this.

Message: You don’t be pessimistic but you be optimistic.

 

Dejvid Zogaj
Lezhe, 7th Grade

1st Place

 

We live in a colorful world. With a blue sky a blue ocean. With green gardens and green trees. In a world with colorful flowers and colorful spirits of nature. We live in a world full of dark mysteries too. Everyday, everyone, has bad days, and their garden is full of dark roses. Everybody loves to be loved by the warmth of the beautiful colors of the rainbows, believing that, close to it, is a magical world, perfect people, kind fairies that invite you to their perfect large kingdom. We all love having good days, with butterflies and magic. We live in a world full of different characters. We have adults addicted to cartoons. We have kids who are born old soul. I love seeing everybody happy. Everyday I wish to have a castle full of money, so I can give the poor children the chance to try the candy bars I eat everyday. This is a colorful spiritual world. But I have this ability to turn everything to different color. I can’t choose between all the colors. I really love them all. That’s why the rainbow doesn’t show only one of his colors, because he knows that he’s gonna be there after every storm. I wish I could create a color which would be called Sweetie, so I would swallow the world with it, and make every single individual person feel its taste. There’s a reason why everybody has a heart, to feel all the things everybody feels. That’s why we all have a heart and feelings. The color Sweetie would sweeten up all the things. Even our minds. It would swallow the wrong opinions and the wrong tastes in people’s heads. We would see everything’s bright and beautiful sides, without really noticing its imperfections. Because nobody is perfect and we can’t make a free judgment about something or someone, without really having knowledge about it/him. There really is not a total perfection or flawlessy. Even our 2 eyes and our own body have no symmetry or full correction. That’s the good thing about my ability and the color “sweetie”. It gives the chance to change the world and making it better. “Sweetie” might make people better too, but really there’s no good or evil spliten up, they’re both inside us. It depends in which one we choose to act on!

 

 

Xhesi Ndreca

Lezhe, 7th Grade

2nd Place

 

I have always wanted to change the world’s colors. I’ve never liked pale colors like white, grey, or black. I want the world to be full of colors. Okay lets go to the topic now. I want the sky to be green. The ground would be yellow and the trees would be red. The water would be purple like the grape’s juice. The sun wouldn’t be yellow but it would be pink. The stars would be purple too. Purple is my favorite color. The buildings would be with different color, for example: one would be white, one would be brown, one would be with rainbow colors. The school would be orange, because orange color makes the people happy and the pupils would go to the school with desire. The mountains would be blue like blueberries and they would have the taste of blueberry too. The lakes would be in the color of chocolate and would taste like chocolate. The roads would be like a crystal, I know it sounds weird but that’s what I want to. The bears would be red, I choose the color of love because it would be more interesting. The forests would be with different colors, so we wouldn’t be afraid to go there and the forests wouldn’t be so creepy. The fields would be patterned like the Scottish’s skirts, so the farmers would work more. The people wouldn’t be with the same colors, they would change from each other- so in the world wouldn’t be racism anymore and everyone would be treated in the same way. I would make the world a makeover. Everything would be different and everything would have its beauty. I would use all the colors, especially the warm ones. My purpose is to put happiness all over the world. I would make the sadness disappear. In the world it would be just happiness, peace, loves, and it wouldn’t be sadness, conflicts, or killings anymore. Trust me, I would make everything better. Well than, this was my essay, I am not sure but I think that I have done my best. I hope you will anything from this essay and enter my world, because if you really do this, you will like it.

 

 

Felisia Malla

Laç, 7th Grade

3rd Place

 

Sometimes I think of my how I would change the world in a better one. If I would be a magician I would change the blue sky into a river with all of the colors that change based in the emotional feelings of the most of people, so everyone knows how someone feels and he can do something to encourage him or to make him feel happier. Then I’ll make the oceans, the seas, rivers, and lakes in a transparent color, so everyone can see the beauties of the underwater world.

 

The trees and the grass would be pink like cotton. Volcanoes will erupt violet flowers, so the people can not be afraid of lava and they can enjoy. Earthquake would be an entertainment with the waves that brings with it rainbows colors.

It will not be any pollution, no! Not at all… Every kind of air pollution or oxygen, it will be a very nice perfume, that it gives with a blue color, so you can watch it everywhere you go and you’ll know that there’s something that relaxes you to forget everything and you don’t want from others or from yourself.

 

The mountains will be a colorful trampoline to have fun and the noise of the waves will be a piano playing relaxing music. This will be nicer and also a miracle to adore…

 

 

Ledia Sulaj

Puka, 8th Grade

1st Place

 

The New Me

I am Mary, 20 years old, living by myself in an apartment in New York.

 

It all started one Monday morning, when I woke up at 7:00. I washed my face, brushed my teeth and when I looked in the mirror I saw a man staring at me. OMG. I went to my bedroom, I closed my door and called the police. When the police got there, the man was gone. They asked me a lot of questions. They asked me where did I see the man. “In the bathroom,” I said. I went to the bathroom to tell them where I saw him.  I FROZE. I looked in the mirror. That man was there. “Here he is. Arrest him!”

 

-What are you talking, sir? That’s you!

-Sir? I am a “Sir?”

 

That day my life changed. I couldn’t believe it. I was a male. First I thought it was a dream, then I realized it wasn’t. What was I going to do? I didn’t know a first thing about being a man. Well, at the end I wasn’t going to stop living. I needed to go to work, I was late. But the thing was that I didn’t have man clothes. Luckily I had the Halloween costume. I decided to dress like a man that day. I got to work as fast as I could. My boss was staring at me.

 

-I am so sorry I am late!

-Who are you?

 

Damn, I forgot I am not a girl anymore.

 

-I’m … I’m… Daniel. I came instead of Mary. I’m… I’m her boyfriend. I came to replace her cause she was sick and couldn’t come.

-Okay. What are you waiting for? Clean the tables.

-Right away, sir.

 

After I finished my work, I decided to walk for a little bit. I was walking in a park and I see me, I mean myself, I mean Mary, I mean I don’t know who she was. I knew I was Mary, but she was just like me. I went to talk to her.

 

-Who are you? I said.

-No, who are you? She said.

-I’m, you! I mean you are in my body. And I guess this is your body.

-Yes!!!

 

So, after talking we realized that we didn’t have a choice. We decided to continue our lives. It was so hard for me. Well the first thing I should’ve done was to make some new friends. Of course boys…

 

After a couple of days my life had completely changed. I had friends (boys), a new job, even new boys clothes. I don’t know how but as a man my life was different. I didn’t need to have SO many clothes or shoes. At the job sometimes people treated me different. It felt like I had started a new journey of life. I could’ve got used to this, but deep down I was still a female, so maybe I couldn’t live a normal life. Every Monday I sit down, drink a cup of hot chocolate and lay on my bed, hoping I will return into a girl. Even I liked adventures and this was a big adventure. I would loved to go back where I was. I missed my old life. One day I woke up, opened my curtains, the sun was shining. I watched myself in the mirror. OMG, it’s Mary, It’s me. Me! But this moment wasn’t as beautiful as I thought. I needed to start everything from the day I returned into a boy. Five years later I was the owner of a big company, married, had two boys and I was happy. I never thought that my life was going to be like this. At the end I understood that after all, it doesn’t matter if you are a woman or man to have a great life. For the moment I’m enjoying it. You never know, I could return into a man again. At least I know I’m prepared for everything.

 

 

Xheni Malshi

Lezhe, 8th Grade

2nd Place

 

24 Hours Before:

 

I was alone, staying in the laboratyory. That nasty laboratory covered by dust and a home of a lot of mice. The place where my grandpa had spent his whole life trying to create that time traveling machine. He died there trying to make his dream come true! To create that machine so he could meet my grandma there, safe her life in all the ways possible. She died in World War II, trying to save him by a bullet. I was staying there thinking about all these things and then I started to make that machine work.

 

20 hours Before:

 

After 4 hours of working I fall asleep, dreaming of how it would be if I saw my grandma and grandpa at least once.

 

16 Hours Before:

 

I wake up and I see a light at the machine. I enter there and instead of the lab I see a nice living room with a big fireplace in the middle. It was a warm place, the opposite of that cold laboratory. My grandma and grandpa were sitting there and my dad was playing with a little cat. My grandma was pregnant and they both looked very happy. They couldn’t see me but I could see their happiness.

 

14 Hours Before:

 

After 4 hours I became visible and they could see me. I couldn’t tell them the truth about how my grandma died but I felt surprised when they said I was an angel from God. I stayed there with them, ate with them, and even played with my little father, we went to sleep and all the time I was thinking of how much they love each other. And I understood why my grandpa wanted to go back in time.

 

Almost that time:

 

We heard somebody knock at the door. My grandparents looked terrified. They told me to hide my father. Some people entered in the house. They had guns, gas masks, and they look very scary. They were there to kill my grandpa. It looked like they knew it because they looked terrified. A man got his gun and tried to shoot at my grandpa, but immediately my grandma pushed him and the bullet shot her straight to her heart. We lost her. Grandpa nearly lost his mind too. It was the first time for me to see him cry. He said “I swear I will save her”, but he couldn’t save himself. His tears ran through his face to her picture.

 

Now:

I had cried for hours but my tears started disappearing. I started disappearing too. It was the time for me to go home. I entered in the machine thinking what is love? What is life….

 

 

Olta Shehu

Peshkopi, 8th Grade

3rd Place

 

It was a hot summer day and I was at Greece with my family. Greece! Hot sun, clean and amazing beaches, great places to visit. Just perfection!

 

Well on one of our days at Greece, me and my family decided to visit Acropoli. We were so amazed of it’s view on TV so we decided to visit it live. After about one hour, we arrived at our destination. Here we were. In front of us, was a huge place with a lot of stones, ruins, and different strange “homes”. Oh! I was just amazed. In front of me weren’t just usual stones, but there was a whole history of past civilization.

 

While I was just walking around I found a bracelet on the ground. It was strange because it was on the ground, and no one was looking at it, even though they were walking so close. I caught it and I started watching it with a lot of interest. It wasn’t an usual bracelet! I mean, it seemed to be thousands years old, but in the same time it was so trendy. It was brown and it went with my new shoes. So I put it on my hand. But I couldn’t imagine in what trouble I was in. even it looked like an ordinary bracelet, it was magical. You don’t trust me do you? Well let me show what happened then…

 

So I went to a shop to take something cool and fresh to drink. “Oh!”- I said- “I would love to go back in time and to live even for a day in these ruins. I wish…!” When suddenly I felt something strange from my hand. I tried to understand what it was. It came from my hand with the bracelet. I tried to put the bracelet off of my hand but I couldn’t. “What the hell”- I thought. When a bright light appeared at the place (maybe it was appeared in my eyes). It lasted for some minutes and then it disappeared. I opened my eyes. But what to see? I was staring in another place, I mean I was at the same place, but with another view. Around me weren’t ruins or stones but were huge, high buildings. Wow! I was sure. I was back in the past. The streets were crowded, people were dressed strange, there were a lot of shops with foods, etc. While I was looking amazed, I crashed into a girl. She seemed at my age. “Sorry”- I told her. “What the hell are you wearing?”

 “What?! You can speak English? What  is the matter with my clothes? They’re trendy!”

 “Oh really?” she started laughing. “You look like coming from another time! Hahaha.”

“In fact, I am”.

“What do you mean?”

“Well you need to know that I am totally different from you. And I really, really need our help to go back to the future. Can you help me? Please!”

“What? Hey, you’re kidding me. Right? If the lord knows that I mean if he found you dressed in that way, you’re dead!”

“What?”

“You are totally doing a mistake because you’re kidding that this is not allowed.”

“I swear, I need to go to my time, I come from the future.”

“You…You… Hey where did you get it?”

“What?”

“The bracelet. It’s the bracelet of the daughter of the lord. I mean the daughter who hasn’t been born yet. Where did you get it?!?”

“I told you, I come from the future.”

“Let’s supposed you’re right! What should I do to help you?”

“I don’t know…”

“Hey, I still don’t know your name.”

“Oh I’m Olta. Olta Shehi”

“Hahaha. Sure you’re from here. What a name! I am Hritika Abagdilah Sirius Bett.”

“Can I call you Hiri?”

“Sure. So what can we do? Firstly, let’s go to my home. My grandma knows what to do or not. Try to look polite, because she can’t stand spoiled girls.”

 

We arrived at her home…it was made of stone and painted with different colors. It was high and looked amazing. The furniture were made by wood. And smelled good!

 

“Grandma! Can you help me?”

“Who is she?”

“ She’s Olta. And come from the future. Look she has the princess’s bracelet. Can you help her to go in her time?”

“So, finally, you’re back? I have been waiting for you for ages. Finally, you’re here.”

“So, why is she? I mean what do you mean?”

“You’re here to give us the civilization we need. Me and the ‘Old Ones’ have been waiting for you. The members of the ‘Old Ones’ died and only me, I am alive and I have to advise you. The lord must meet you! Come with me.”

 

The road wasn’t so long but I really enjoyed it. Hiri looked so polite. Her grandma too. When we arrived at the lord’s place, he made me a huge celebration, lots of food and lots of gifts. I felt so important at that moment. For about 2-3 hours. I had the best party ever. Then I visited the palace but I still couldn’t understand the reason for all that. I was just walking around when I heard the lord’s voice come from a room. He was talking to this grandma.

 

“She knows too much for us. We have to bury her alive after the celebration. We couldn’t put in risk our world’s history like we did with the last girl, Sally. Can you remember her? We let her alive and she told everything for us.”

“What? We can’t kill her. She’s my friend”- I heard Hiri’s voice.

“Please you shouldn’t help her or you are going to be dead, trust me. We are going to torture you, if you tell anything to her.”

 

Hiri started crying. My heart was beating so hard. I was frightened to death. I didn’t know what to do. I ran and went out of the palace. I mustn’t go to the celebration today or…or they’re going to bury me alive. I…I wanna go home! I wish…

 

“Hey she is leaving. Catch her.” I heard the lord’s voice. “Now!”

 

When I said “I wish” a light appeared and after some minutes, I found myself in the middle of ruins. Oh. I was back. I…I was alive at my time. I started screaming “I’m alive! I’m back! Mummy I’m back!”

 

“What? Where have you been? You were here all the time!”

“What I was at past? “ I said.

“You’d better stop watching TV. Babe, come on.. we need to go inside Acropoli, to watch more.”

“No…I’m tired of palace or history I wanna go home.”

“Oh stay here and have a drink. Try to keep calm and do not be stupid. See you.”

 

I looked at my hand and the bracelet wasn’t there. So…was it all a dream?! So I didn’t meet Hiri?! Wait…I still have the taste of food. So…That was real? That’s gonna be my little secret. A secret between me, myself, and I…

 

I still remember exactly what happened. Everytime I see a documentary in my mind, I see my adventure. Now I love history and wanna learn more and more, just to try to not forget my unbelievable experience. So…that was all! Hope you liked it!

 

 

Sidrita Peci
Lezhe, 9th Grade

1st Place

 

Blair is a normal teenager, who loves mysteries and is always up to something. She lives in Manhattan, New York but she hates that city, because she thinks that life there is boring. The same routine everyday, the same faces, the same noises, the same view everywhere. Only skyscrapers and fancy cars, and people rushing to their boring works. Blair wants adventures, wants to discover new things and live life at it’s fullest. She got was she asked for. One day, her mom told her they were going on a trip to Japan, since it was summer and Blair was on a school break. That was probably the most exciting thing for Blair, since she loved traveling as much as she loved mysteries and adventures. She has never been to Japan before and she would really love to visit Kyoto, which is also known as “The City of 10,000 Temples.” A few days later, she and her mom took a plane to Japan and arrived there 9 hours later. You probably think she is exhausted and jet-lagged, but no, Blair was more excited than ever and with all that energy she had she could visit all the cities in one day. Her mom though wasn’t that energetic so they decided to find a good hotel, in Tokyo, spend the night there and then head over to Kyoto. The hotel was amazing, Japanese food was delicious, and the service was on-point. The next day they took a plane to Kyoto. Blair went visiting the beautiful cherry blossom trees and some of the temples. She stopped in front of a temple that had a golden majestic door, while the rest of it was a beautiful dark red color with golden details all over it. It didn’t look like a normal temple, Blair felt like it had something extraordinary about it. “What is behind that door?” she said to herself and tried to open it, but it was locked, and there was nothing she could do about that. And old man with a long white beard tapped on her shoulder.

 

“We were expecting you, Miss Blair” he said with his cracky voice and Japanese accent.

 

“How do you know my name? Who are you?” Blair said terrified.

 

“We will explain everything to you” the old man said.

 

“We?” Blair asked curiously and her mom walked towards them.

 

“We,” she said. Blair, the old man and her mom talked a lot. They explained to Blair the reason why she came here, the reason why Blair always felt like she is connected to Kyoto in one way or another, and the reason she had a love for mysteries and adventures. She is the lost princess of Kyoto, the woman she calls her mother actually adopted her when her real mother was killed from a secret band called “The Emerald Snakes.” Blair’s family always had the key to open that ancient temple door, and behind that was a book. The book of all world secrets. Blair was taken to Manhattan in order to be safe, but now that she returned she can have access to the key who opens the door of secrets as she liked to call. Now, with her holding that incredible book on her hands there is no mystery that she can’t reveal.

 

 

Erisa Dembacaj

Lezhe, 9th Grade

2nd Place

 

Keira was born in a mysterious way. She didn’t know anything about her dad, but she knew that she was the daughter of Lilly. That morning she turned 17 years old, but she didn’t feel anything besides the fact that her boring life would be the same. She woke up and the sun was cuddling her cheeks. She got ready and walked down the stairs, her mom was still asleep. She took a snickers to have something in her stomach. She was a really simple girl, but in the same time difficult to know what she thinks. She always wore black clothes but she had not a black spirit and mind. Keira’s favorite subject was history. She always loved it, to know things that were hidden under the sands of the past, and to discover secrets hidden in the shells of the ocean. She always said that you should know the past’s mistakes to build a healthier future. Keira was only interested in history. Math or science, she felt like losing time with them, finding x or y that were always an imagination, finding solutions that aren’t useful for your life. It was Friday, the last day of school. It was June, a moth full of exhausting days, hot and sunny. Keira after she finished school she went to the library to take the “Book of Your Own Secrets” by Denis Garcias. She went deep in the library shelves, in the 5th row, searching for the letters. A…B…C…D… there wasn’t nothing there, any book of secrets. She really needed that book for the philosophy project. She was already leaving, but she found something. Something that was swallowing her, a book, a golden leather book.

“Wait a minute, that’s my name,” said Keira, staring at the magical book that looked like a golden portal to a different dimension. It was a book named, “Secrets of Keira Foster.” It was her name.

 

“I must be crazy, believing that this is my book,” she whispered with her mind messy of thoughts. She went to ask the employer about that book, but he was like asking him about universe. It was an unknown book for him. She went speedly like the wind to her house. She opened the book but for her horror, it was empty, empty like a white sheet. She wasn’t sure, if it was a book or a notebook. It was 12’o’clock midnight, full moon, and a lot of sleepy stars. Keira was still awake. That moment the book opened with a squeaky noise and a golden light. Keira was hypnotized. She took the book and began to read it. She was reading letters, letters that were appearing second by second. She drowned in those words, words that told her the truth, the truth she was always feared of.

 

“I’m your father, writing these words to you and your heart. Since your mom told me she was pregnant, I thought of a brave girl named Tris, like a fighter. You’re wondering what is this book with your name on the cover. I’m your dead Jack, you never heard about me. I am a universe guardian, to guard Earth and all the other planets. I should have survived to protect you and your mom, but I didn’t. Sorry about all the responsibilities you had because I’m not there. But you need to do something, to open the door of your own self. It is a door inside this book that helps you see deep in your heat. I am sorry that I am nt there helping you, Tris, to recognize yourself. You’re strong, I’m sure about it.”

It was a door in front of her, weird feelings were gathered, she took a key and put it to it’s lock, but it was closed. It was closed because she was scared of what was behind it. For the first time, she wasn’t excited to know her secrets, her future. She wanted to know past, not the dark future, filled with wild secrets. Keira for the first time was admiring math, with solutions and only problems written in the letter. She knew that she wasn’t ready for that door to be opened. She closed the book with a noisy sound, and stayed all day thinking about her dumb choice, but she was sure she didn’t want to get involved in the real like problems, just to enjoy her present and the simple math obstacles that have always a solution. Maybe her door had only a choice, bad or good, she wasn’t curious for the first time…

 

 

Adjolla Pllumbi

Lezhe, 9th grade

3rd Place

 

Evil Emperor, the worst I ever seen. It took my family away, and I left alone. How bad would it be? You really can’t imagine. Just imagine yourself all alone without anyone, fighting directly to the worst evil emperor ever. I did that. Even if I was unpowerful, I needed to fight for the best of the world. This evil emperor must be stopped, we can’t live more in this way. We can’t live with pain, surrounded with dead people everywhere. We must fight, but I can’t fight it alone. I need creatures, that’s why I choose dragon. It’s the most powerful creature I ever seen. It’s big, strong and very powerful. It is now in my side and together we will beat the bad things that’s getting closer every day more. Evil is a very family person, nowadays. He wants to get in our hearts, to make our life worse. He focuses only on our bad side, that’s why we usually are victims of his emperor. Don’t you think it’s easy to beat him. It’s very hard that’s why I together with my dragon are beginning a war with Evil Emperor. We in fact are making a plan how to catch him no directly but when he’s sleeping (even if he never sleeps). One beautiful foggy night, I tried to get in evil emperor but I didn’t. It was impossible. The guardians were everywhere so I couldn’t see the bad evil. I get information that he was coming from another war. In that moment, I thought that he might be tired so it’s easier to fight with him right now. I get ready to shoot him in the moment that he’s going to get inside. I saw him from far, so I got ready the gun and when he got closer, I shooted. The evil has being shooted directly in heart, but anyway he resist again. All guardians started shooting anywhere, but nothing happened at me. In that moment I said dragon to start the work. He started burning everything with his flames so anyone couldn’t resist. I tried to shoot as much as I can. Then I went to evil and I shooted him for the last time. I was directly when he couldn’t resist anymore and finally died. His emperor just crushed down and all guardians has been killed. This was the end of Evil Emperor. We tried and fight a lot but finally we did it, we killed him. Evil Emperor destroyed. We were so happy especially me because now I will find my lost family. I started looking all around but nothing. Started searching everywhere and finally I found something. Someone told me that my family lives in a faraway country. I decided to look for them and after five years I finally found them. They were older but I knew them. I cried a lot when I met them but I was very happy in the same time. I bring them all to my country and all began a new perfect life. I am very glad.

 The End

 

 

Kristela Gjonaj
Lezhe, 10th Grade

1st Place

 

My name is the Shadow. That’s the nickname I got for myself. I don’t consider myself as an inventor, I consider myself as a dreamer. I dream about things and they become true. This is what happened that night. It was one hell of a scary night. My parents weren’t home actually I’m not really sure about it maybe I was just delirious, anyway there was a big thunderstorm outside so I was scared. What am I saying? I wasn’t scared, I just felt tired and went to bed. There is a lot of contrast feelings inside of me right now, so please don’t mind me. Anyway where was I? Ah, yes a scary night. It’s not like our house got destroyed by the storm, in fact I slept pretty good that evening, but was this one dream that it gave me the chills. I had invented a time machine. When I say it like that it doesn’t sound scary at all, unless you wake up one morning and find an enormous freaking scary time machine in your living room. That’s what happened to me. My first thought was “Awesome!” in cases like this people start thinking and decide to do the right thing, that’s not my case. I was just surprised of what did I do to deserve this. Anyway like I said before I am a pretty weird person. So what does a weird person do? They start playing with things that they don’t have a clue how to use. Anyway after a lot of questions like: Should I touch it or should I not? I ended up in another dimension. I went through a lot of troble to get back to my world but the good thing about time travel is that when you’re gone no one notices your absence, so that’s a big plus to time travel. So for the first time I captured myself thinking about what to do, yeah I’m amazed too of how much I’ve grown. So I decided to do the right thing for this one time. I gave my time machine to the world. I didn’t want to be greedy and selfish, that’s why I did it.

2:30AM. I woke up guys. All of this was just a dream. I’m not an inventor, there’s not time travel machine. All I had left was a freaking storm outside. I called the police because the whole place was filled with water, it’s weird because they aren’t answering. That’s a first. Someone knocked on my door and I went to open the door. As soon as I opened the door, I dropped the phone. I couldn’t believe what I saw…

 

…Hello? This is 911.

 

The end.

 

 

Alesia Limani

Lezhe, 10th Grade

2nd Place
 

                As my adventure began, I started feeling more anxious and excited minute after minute. The spaceship was in my command and I was in charge of everything, that’s why I was a little bit nervous of what could happen during out little trip to Venus.

                The reason why I chose this planet was because we have all heard of the discussion about: “Do aliens exist in the universe?” or “Is there any sign of life in Mars?” but why we don’t even question/ask other beautiful plants like Venus?? I also know that Venus is Earth’s twin because they have similar shape and size, so I thought why not? The trip last 30 hours from Earth to Venus and it was a bit exhausting for me and my crew, but the idea of discovering new species and exploring a whole new, different planet kept us excited and thrilled about the following hours. The minute we step foot onto Venus, everything seemed to change. It wasn’t the planet that we expected to see, but a whole different world more beautiful than we could have imagined. The planet was covered in gray dust that gave him a look like it was made of silver. The stones were as large as elephant, but their uniqueness stood in the fact that they were all made of diamond. We couldn’t our eyes! How was it possible that an amazing planet such as Venus had never been cited before in the news? We explored and searched for different samples to take with us back to Earth and we even raised the Albanian flag to tell that we had been there and as the time passed we thought that we had seen it all but no. At the moment we were about to go the spaceship and turn back, we got attached by the Venus “residents.” They had their own personalized weapons that if they hit you with those you could sleep for 1 hour. We got hit by them and spend our hour of sleep at their prisons. When we woke up we found ourselves handcuffed and we couldn’t move a single piece of our body. We tried to communicate with them but they couldn’t understand us because they had a completely different language. That’s why they brought us language detectors, and while we speak they translated or transcripted in their detector’s screens what we were saying. After we explained the situation and told them who we were, they began acting nice and friendly with us. In fact, they changed their behavior when they learnt that we weren’t their enemies but only Earth people who wanted to discover a new planet and meet other people (in this case aliens).

                After we communicated and talked with language detectors we said to them that was time to leave. We net and greet for the last time and watched hem constantly for a long time so we couldn’t forget their faces.

                It was a wonderful experience, full of adventures, surprises that we didn’t expect but the most important it was an experience that I would never forget!!!

THE END

 

Oriola Biba

Lezhe, 10th Grade 

3rd Place

 

                When I was a little girl I would play with my brother “treasure hunt” and every single year I would find something new but still I would never have any idea no matter how much we would try to put the pieces together. Nothing seemed to make sense. Everything was just a game for us until we found a little flower which we were just about to throw away. The flower was purple and was not very good looking to be honest. It looked sad and very very old. The minute we were about to throw it an image appeared. An old lady with a lot of wrinkles and pale skin, white hair but still looking elegant and lovely. I was super terrified. An old lady’s image had just appeared! What was I supposed to think! I was scared to death! Until all my fears softened from her slowly lovely voice. As soon as she started to speak I felt a connection. (Even though I wish I didn’t to be honest.) She was creepy and her eyes were wired. They were red. I had seen green, blue, brown, black, and a lot of types but none of them looked red. The fear conquered my soul again. I just wanted to run, move, just disappear but my brother didn’t actually let me take a single step. I looked at her and she told me not to be afraid. She asked me to get closer to her. Trust me, I would never get near her on my own will, but she sort of had control over me. She forced me. As soon as I came near she said clearly:

                “Do not be afraid my little niece. I came in peace. I am happy you have finally find the last piece of the life changing game. The mystery is solved now my heroine. You can finally meet your real world, your real family and your real you! That piece of flower is you. If I wouldn’t have appeared to learn you, you would have had all your life wasted. All your “hunting game” would have been worthless. And the worst of all you were about to destroy a whole different planet, a whole different life.”

                How was I supposed to feel? I was about to run away but the connection with her was even stronger from gravity. I could not resist without crying but I found out that I was actually smiling. Maybe I was in a dream. I had no idea. I also am not concerned at all about what actually got into me that I said:

                “Yes.”

                I don’t even remember her asking me to do anything. But I do remember that as soon as I said ‘Yes,’ a massive, beautiful and strangely pink spaceship. Yes, a pink spaceship. It was all real and if you think I am out of my mind, I wouldn’t blame you my friend.

                I had a dozen of questions in my mind. First, where is my brother (on at least what I thought he was to me)? To be honest I wasn’t sure of who I am for my own self. Was my real name Ola? Who are my real parents? And what other planet was she talking about? I am pretty sure that there is no other planet but Earth where life was able. What now am I an alien? Something I feared the most? Am I my own fear?

                I went inside the spaceship. I settled myself and felt ready for who knows how long the trip would last. I had no idea where I was heading to but I believe everyone would think that it would take months to go from a planet to another, or maybe from one galaxy to another.

                But you know what? It was the shortest journey of my life. As soon as I winked “BOOM” I was there in my real home. Everything was different. Even the shape of the planet. The planet was in a flower’s shape. One of the ones that are yellow and you can get sunny seeds. Now the flower I had found made sense to me. It represented the planet I was really from. My “real” family waited for me. They were so happy. Nut I was not. I was quite shocked. I had 12 brothers and 5 sisters. Isn’t that crazy? Well, trust me it is not. This planet was not normal at all. It was full of supernatural creatures. Some were werewolves, some were kitsemee, some were banshees, chimaera, etc. And after one hour or at least that is how we would measure time in my “old” planet I found out that I was actually a werewolf. That makes all sense why that old lady had red eyes because she was one of the alphas of the family and why I had green and orange shades on it because I was still a werewolf. My real name was Olawerewolf. My family was one of the strongest alpha packs in the Supernatural planet. I learnt a lot of thing. And all the objects I had found while I was playing with my little brother (whom I miss a lot) made sense. They were keywords to this planet. I am happy I said yes to whatever that question was. Life here is full of adventures and full of activities, actions and opportunities to develop skills. I love it here. No one is aware of technology and I am happy about it.

                Technology would ruin every single thing in here. What I love the most is that how different Supernatural creatures can have such great relationships and great harmony together. I admire the lifestyle here. I can actually feel like home. I can soon become an alpha too which I cannot wait to find out about all the new abilities I will own. I am thankful I never quit on playing that game. I am thankful I never gave up trying to put all the pieces together to make sense. Trust me, all the years I spent with it were WORTH IT.

                You might be having some questions on your mind while reading my testimony. I will answer briefly a few of them. The other ones I want you to try and put the pieces together because even I never stopped wondering about hints. Yes, it is all a story but even mine was just a game and love where my perseverance brought me to.

                The planet is not very far away from people. It is not in galaxies or Milky Ways but it is located into good people’s hearts and minds. No evil people shelters such thing within themselves. This supernatural planet was created because of a 4 year old girls wish. And you guess who that 4 year old is now? My grandmother. I knew there was a sort of connection with us. I felt it. And I actually am not a lot different from her. I am Olawerewolf. From a human to a supercreature because I trusted my instincts and never gave up!