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t was midnight in the orphanage. The curtains were drawn, the room was pitch black, but everyone was awake, all because of one person. She was the weirdest person in the orphanage, and even had a weird name: Luna Nightshade. Luna had inky black hair, brown eyes so dark that they seemed black and very pale skin.
getting up, another pillow flew across the room and hit Luna in the face. “Pillows will turn into rocks…” She muttered and then went to shower.
Every night at midnight, she would wake up, and start speaking gibberish. She would say things like: “When pandas eat pasta…, and people turn back into monkeys…, and butterflies turn back into caterpillars…”, and then no one could sleep. Most of the time, she’d stop and fall asleep at around two a.m. Sometimes, she went on like that until six a.m.!
Hearing this, Luna filled up with rage. Those insults were the final straw. She yelled, and… all those gibberish words came true! No one noticed yet, though. They were all out on their weekly visit to the zoo, including Luna, who smiled to herself, knowing what was going to happen next.
That night… “Would you be quiet?!!” a pillow flew across the room and bonked Luna in the head. The pillow thrower was the orphanage bully called Scarlet Fever. She had dyed fiery red hair, fair skin and an even fiery temper. “Some people here are trying to sleep!” Scarlet yelled. Luna’s only reaction was “When bullies turn into pears…” then, she suddenly collapsed on her bed and started snoring. Everybody cheered, and hoisted Scarlet onto their shoulders. “Scarlet! Scarlet!” they cheered. Then they seemed to remember that they were cheering for the most hateful person in the orphanage, so they dropped her and went to sleep. “Hey!” Scarlet shouted, but everybody was snoring away and couldn’t hear her. Scarlet sighed and trudged back to bed. The next morning, when Luna was
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“What is up with Luna and her gibberish???” One kid asked. “I know, right?! Her and her nonsense.” people replied.
“I dibs this seat! No, not that one. The one in the front, yes, that one.” Scarlet pushed everyone away and plopped down on the front row seat- the only clean one. She always took that seat, and nobody dared to stop her. Except for today. “Excuse me,” Luna said, pushing Scarlet aside. “I think I’ll sit here today.” “What- but-how-?” Scarlet stuttered. Finally, she managed to say “You’re not speaking gibberish! And you’re challenging me!” everyone stared at Luna. They were totally feeling the same as Scarlet- a feeling they had never had before. Suddenly, something happened. They watched as Scarlet, the big bad bully of the orphanage, slowly shrank and morphed into a pear. Luna’s gibberish words were true! “We’re here!” The bus driver announced. He was a short man with bushy eyebrows, a bushy moustache, and a bushy beard. When he spoke, it sounded like a donkey with asthma.
At the zoo, everybody went to see the pandas first, as usual. They were the cutest! At the panda exhibit, everybody saw an amazing thing. Again, Luna’s gibberish had come true! The pandas were eating pasta. And loving it too! It was the weirdest day of everyone’s lives (except for Luna’s)! “HAHAHAHAHA! I RULE THE WORLD! EVERYBODY, DANCE WITH ME! I LIKE TO MOVE IT…” Luna was standing on a cliff and watching everybody dance with her. People had turned into monkeys, butterflies into caterpillars, and pillows into rocks. It was the best day of her life! Suddenly, Luna felt exhausted. It had been an exhausting day, after all. So she went to bed, unaware that the world was getting smaller and smaller at an alarming rate. The next morning, the sun rose for the final time as the world was now as big as Luna’s house (she had taken over a mansion while the owner turned into a monkey). “Aaaaaah, what a wonderful-” she got swallowed by the earth, fell out of it, and fell into a black hole, where she had to be a slave for the alien king (because she trespassed). Mother Earth now sensed that Luna was gone. She regrew with joy, making the world just as it was before, only better, because there was no Luna Nightshade. After this, everyone was amazed at what just a little bit of gibberish could do.
