Fun Time Rockin' Would You Rathers

Written and Illustrated

by Super-Fun Division 6

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Fun Time Rockin’ Would You Rathers

introduction

By Avery and Shereese This book is about “Would You Rathers.” It’s really funny and adventurous— well, it’s a story of Would You Rathers, but it’s more like Would You Rathers turned into a story. Well, it’s like Would You Rathers turned into a bunch of stories. This book was written and illustrated by Division 6. (The crowd goes wild, woo hoo, yah, amazing wonderful cheers.)

contents The Girl Who Had Feather Hair and Forgot to Bring Her Homework, by Shereese 1 The Magical Adventure, by Avery 2 Crazy Story, by Izrael 3 Medieval Monster, by Wyatt 4 Emma and Skyler, by Thalia 5 A Very Odd Pikachu, by Jocelyn 7 Fire Trucker Man, by Donnell 8 Trapped for Five Long Years, by Liam 9 Dirty Memesters, by Faith 10 In the Woods, by Justice 11 The Drit Brat Life, by Kailani 12 The Evil Roblox Noob, by Keoni 13 Tristyn, by Tristyn 15 The Ghost in the Haunted House, by Trajan

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Bubbles Blew up to Las Vegas, by Earl 17 The Mini Manz, by S.O. 18 The Future, by Alysia 19

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The Girl Who Had Feather Hair and Forgot to Bring Her Homework

By Shereese Would you rather . . .

Have feather eyes or feather hair?

Live in a cave or in a tree?

Forget to bring homework or fall in mud?

There was a girl who had feather hair and liked to swim. Crystal lived in a tree. And her best friend Samantha lived in a castle. Crystal forgot to bring her homework and wasn’t allowed to go outside for recess ’cause Crystal was too tired to do her homework ’cause she didn’t eat until 1 a.m. Then Crystal did her homework and got to go outside. She played tag with her best friend Samantha. After that, they were so tired. They ran all the way to the water fountain and then they felt good.

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The Magical Adventure

By Avery Would you rather . . .

Be a unicorn or a fairy?

ice

fire

Live on Venus or on Pluto?

Fight a really tall guy or a really short guy?

Once upon a time in a magical place there lived a magical unicorn that was very famous. She had two best friends: a detective and a fairy spy. The magical unicorn (named Magic from now on) lived on Venus and the detective and the fairy spy lived on Pluto. Magic was very famous because there were so many fire people on Venus but not that many fire people on Pluto.

One day, Magic got a call from Mr. Detective and Mrs. Fairy Spy. They said, “Look at the news.” So she did. Magic put the news on and heard the news people talking about a massive jail breakout! And a really big bank robbery!

She sprang into action and met Mr. Detective and Mrs. Fairy Spy at the bank.

They found the robbery people driving away, but Magic chased after them and caught them. There was a really tall guy and a really short guy.

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Crazy Story

By Izrael Would you rather . . .

Be a kid or a grandpa and grandma?

Be in a haunted forest or a haunted mansion?

Have an Etch-a-Sketch or Silly Putty?

Crazy Start Somebody went to a haunted house and he saw a ghost. The ghost chased him down and he ran outside. P.S.: He was a kid.

Heroes vs. Villains He found himself in a forest. He saw Superman and the Joker fighting and he was like, “Omgodddd.” Then he saw an old man and an old lady and they chased him.

The Great Chase He went into a dark basement and he couldn’t see. He said, “What am I doing here?” Then he saw the old lady and the old man and he got cornered. They gave him an Etch-a-Sketch and Silly Putty and they ate sushi and pizza.

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Medieval Monster

By Wyatt Would you rather . . .

Be a headless haunter or have a spear in your chest?

Do 100 pages of math or have a bath in barf?

Live on a hill in a house or in a robot moose?

Once upon a time in medieval times and on a dark and stormy night, Headless Haunters used to rule the land. There used to be thousands and thousands and thousands, but now it’s just me, a little tiny, puny creature that EVERYONE hates! I’m from hell, where all the devils and monsters come from. Well, you probably know that all ready. Oh, and I’m in the Halo dimension. I have one friend and his name is Master Chief. He has a huge army. You should not mess with him because he has lots of heavy weapons. How could I forget about Mr. Peanuts? He’s my pet. Oh, want to hear me sing? Oh, I didn’t hear you, but I’m guessing it’s a yes. ♫ “Headless Haunter, near a small town, lives in a robot moose with Mr. Peanuts. He has a balcony so he can have a bath in the mystic lake of barf.”♫ Yucky, but funny. I was lonely because other than Mr. Peanut I had no friends. So I spent all night making a machine that instantly spawned eggs with Pringle faces that hatch into more Headless Haunters so I would never be lonely again. And I’ve lived happily ever after.

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Emma and Skyler

By Thalia Would you rather . . .

Be a psychopath or a killer clown?

Live in a mansion with a pool or one with a lot of rooms for your stuff?

Eat olives or eggplants for the rest of your life?

Once there was a girl who was ten, and she didn’t always love her life. She always walked home and to school alone, because her mom would wake up and go right to work. Her mom always left a note. This one note she wrote to her daughter said: Dear Emma, I went to work as always, sorry. I woke up extra early to go grocery shopping and cook breakfast, and my boss said if I work hard today I will get off early. So I will hopefully get off early and I will be back soon!

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When Emma got the note, she was sad and mad at the same time. She never, ever got to see her mom (whose name was Margaret). So Emma decided to go to school early, and ’cause she was mostly mad, she just left without anything: no backpack, snacks, drinks, PONYTAILS, nothing.

So when she got to school she felt frustrated. She was also bullied sometimes, but today no one bullied her. They probably saw she was frustrated.

Emma got in lots of trouble that day. She got caught beating a sidewalk and punching an expensive car and choking a tree. When she was beating the sidewalk her fingers got hurt, but she didn’t even care or feel it! She was found passed out and she had to go to the hospital. After that, people called her mean . . . ’cause she started bullying other kids.

Five years later, she skipped school sometimes. She was slightly a nerd and mean. She was blond and had blue eyes and she wore bright clothes and mascara and eyeliner.

One day, there was a new student coming to her school and they became friends. When Emma and Skyler got closer, Emma started to change and not skip classes or bully people, because Skyler was called “the Good Girl.” When Skyler saw Emma bully a 13-year-old boy, Skyler said, “It’s mean to bully kids younger than you, you’ll teach them to be mean.” So Emma thought about it.

While she was thinking, the boy slowly nodded while looking at her, so Emma said, “Stop, dummy,” and he stopped.

Skyler said, “See, people will think you’re mean and not want to be friends with you.”

Emma said, “Why did you want to be friends with ME?!”

“Because I see the good in you.”

“You do?”

“YES.” And that’s when she started a new life!

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A Very Odd Pikachu

By Jocelyn Would you rather . . .

Be Pikachu or Vaporeon?

Live in the ocean or in the forest?

Be deaf or live in the streets?

Once there lived a weird Pikachu named Kaylee. She lived in a rather bright hollow tree. She always was hiding. She was always odd. She was also addicted to . . . cake. She had posters about cake. She even said, “Cake is my bae.” Her parents said she might get “cake sick,” but Kaylee didn’t listen. She said, “I want to die with cake.”

It got out of hand, so her mom, Sandy, and dad, Bob, and her four younger sisters moved out. She said, “Who is going to buy me more cake?” So for the next few months she started to eat soap.

Kaylee’s best friend Olivia came over with some cake. Kaylee’s face blew up. She raced to Olivia and said, “Are you going to eat that?” It was silent for a while, then Olivia said, “Yes! Why wouldn’t I?” It was silent again, then the lights went off and Kaylee was very, very scared. Then someone turned on the lights and there was a million and million cakes. She was so, so, so happy. Her family said, “HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” She was shocked.

Then her family moved back in and the lovely family lived together, but when Kaylee grew up she had this ever-weirder addiction. She was addicted to Humanmon Go. She played it almost to the point where she caught her human friend. That day, it was a very foggy day and cold. She went outside to catch “humans.” Then there was a . . . POKÉMON PLAYER! A Pokémon’s worst nightmare. She ran as fast as she could. She got away and after that she stayed in the house. She learned her lesson and lived ever after.

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Fire Trucker Man

By Donnell Would you rather . . .

Be a fire-type Pokémon or a water-type Pokémon?

Be a cookie or a chocolate bar?

Live in the sea or in the sky?

One day there was a fire Pokémon playing GTA5 and eating a chocolate bar.

Then a trucker man came and stole the GTA5, and then a fire trucker man stole his chocolate bar. The trucker man ran into the sewers. The fire trucker man also went into the sewers. Fire Pokémon found his GTA5. He stole it back, fought the fire trucker man, stole his chocolate bar back and played GTA5 forever.

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Trapped for Five long years

By Liam Would you rather . . .

Be rich or have food?

Have money or have a lava house?

Be in a storm or be in a school?

There once was a zombie who got lost in a cave. He chased a human into the woods and accidentally got lost. He did not go outside the cave after that.

He got so hungry that he had to eat lava. He was trapped in a lava cave. He almost exploded! He followed the lava path and found his way out. He went to the beach. There were humans there, and the zombie became a fire-breathing zombie. He sprayed everyone on the beach with lava before he ate their brains.

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Dirty Memesters

By Faith Would you rather . . .

Be Sylveon or Eevee?

Be underwater and able to breathe or in a city with winged people?

Be where it rains every day or where you burn when you go outside?

A young Sylveon is inside eating a candy-shaped Pokémon food and being cute.

The doorbell rings. Sylveon opens it. ????: Hi. Sylveon: Hai. ????: My name is Spoopy, and I’m your new neighbour.

A random person appears. The random person is holding Special K. Sylveon: Hi. Special K? Spoopy: Wut? Sylveon attempts to steal the Special K. Random person: Noooo! She is stealing my Special K! Police: Put your hands up!

Hours later . . .

A prison warden throws Sylveon in a cell.

Sylveon: Ow! Prisoners: Hello, we are the Dirty Memesters gang.

Sylveon: What are you in for?

Dirty Memesters Gang: Yup, we are in for memeing.

Sylveon: That’s the worst crime to commit possible!

Dirty Memesters Gang: So, what are you in for?

Sylveon: Stealing.

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In the Woods

By Justice

It was a sunny day and Nicole decided to go camping in the woods. She packed her bag with all the important camping items, such as food, tent, sleeping bag, flashlight and corkscrew! She slept in that day, and left very late in the afternoon. By the time she set up her campsite, it was dark and cloudy and she could barely see. It was so dark that she fell, and all her stuff fell out into the creek. All she had left was a corkscrew! So she decided to slowly climb up the tree using the corkscrew! After falling and trying and trying again and again, she MADE IT UP! The next day, she woke up and there was fog everywhere and she couldn’t see. So she decided to try to make a fire with the corkscrew, but it failed.

So she jumped down from the tree and sprained her foot and got a cut on her hand from a sharp stick. She started to bleed, then she started to cry!

After crying, Nicole went back to the creek and drank some water, then she headed back to her house. When she got home, she found her door open and everything was black . . .

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The Drit Brat Life

By Kailani

One day, a teen piggy ran away from an evil alien. She was on planet Earth.

She tricked the alien by making a balloon shaped like a pig. Then she went on a rocket ship. And then she went to planet Mars. But before she landed, her ship broke! And then . . . she was floating around in . . . space! With a helmet. So she floated to the Mars hotel, but she destroyed the motel (p.s., no one was in the motel) because she needed to build a ship to get home so she could go see her parents because she was lonely. So she blasted off! She landed in Paris and her parents were there! They were celebrating and they lived happily ever after.

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The Evil Roblox Noob

By Keoni Would you rather . . .

Have no legs or no arms?

Live in a haunted castle or a haunted two-bedroom house?

Be in a leaking hot air balloon or a sinking ship?

Once there was a man with no arms, and his best friend was MLG Pro. Also, there was an EVIL man whose name was Noob Roblox, Noob, Roblox. And he wanted to destroy the man with no arms and MLG Pro. MLG Pro and the man with no arms went on a journey to get away from the evil Noob. The man with no arms got shocked by lightning.

Man with no arms: I feel weird.

MLG Pro: It was good luck that I didn’t get shocked.

Right after he says that, MLG Pro gets shocked by illuminati.

MLG Pro: Oh, c’mon, really.

MLG Pro and the man with no arms look up and see the evil Roblox Noob.

He gives an evil laugh.

Evil Roblox Noob: Mwahahaha.

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Man with no arms: Is this how it’s supposed to be working?

Evil Roblox Noob: Sorta.

The man with no arms begins to float.

Man with no arms: Whoah, what’s happening?

The man with no arms falls to the ground.

Man with no arms: I don’t feel safe.

MLG Pro: WOOOOHOOOO! I’m flying like a hawk. I’m able to control myself properly, yay.

Man with no arms: Oh, brother. I need to control these powers properly.

MLG Pro: Okay, sure, go train or something. I’ll be waiting here.

Man with no arms: Okay, bye. [whistles] Ah, I’m finally home. What the . . . [awesome sound] Whoooaaaah. [is given robot-powered arms] Omg, robotpowered arms. So cool. Imma train with these arms.

Two weeks later . . .

Man with no arms: I’m trained. Lets take Roblox Noob on. [whistles] I’m walking to a warfield, oh yeah. Oh, hello, MLG Pro. MLG Pro: You’re finally here.

Man with no arms: Well, I finally have arms at last.

MLG Pro: You do? Where?

Man with no arms: In front of your face.

MLG Pro: Well, what are you waiting for? Let’s fight this guy.

Two hours later . . .

Man with no arms: We finally beat him.

MLG Pro: Nope, he’s getting up.

Five hours later . . .

MLG Pro: Now we beat him.

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Tristyn

By Tristyn Would you rather . . .

Be Superman or Batman?

Be home or at church?

Be dead or alive?

One day there was a short guy named Tristyn. He was Superman. He was at home in the water pond. He was so tired from fighting every day. He went to his best friend’s home. Then he went to his girlfriend’s. His girlfriend was evil, and so he passed out. Then she went back to normal. Tristyn woke up and let her be. They had four kids, and then they played PS3 for two days. They played NHL hockey 12, 13 and 15. And they had soooo much fun and they won every game and they played Pokémon. And he loved her lots. She caught tons of Pokémon and he went back to being Superman and he loved it. And she still plays NHL all day and NFL all day long, too. She loves to play PS3 and Pokémon soooooo much. The kids are now 4, 14, 24 and 94. And they also love to play PS3 and Pokémon sooo much.

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The Ghost in the Haunted House

By Trajan Would you rather . . .

Go home or go in a haunted house?

Live in a haunted school or in a hospital?

Get in a fight with your family or with a friend?

The ghost was scaring everybody that came in the haunted house. The ghost destroyed everybody that came in the house. The ghost was scared of daylight, because the ghost might have died if he went in the daylight.

Then the ghost left the haunted house and went into the light to go to the graveyard to scare more people. He saw some zombies and the zombies scared him, so the ghost ran back home. Some people knocked on the door to say trick or treat, but they got eaten. The ghost ate too many kids, so the ghost died.

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Bubbles Blew up to Las Vegas

By Earl Would you rather . . .

Have devil wings or an angel halo?

Live in a potato or in an apple?

Be stuck in a pen or in a pencil?

One day a tiny cube (with a halo) named Bubbles was playing video games in his volcano potato. His house was made of indestructible marshmallow.

Bubbles decided to walk outside. All of a sudden he got teleported into a gigantic pen. Then he started to drown in the ink! He called, “Help! Help!”

Then someone came and blew up the pen. Bubbles got blasted by the burst and went flying to LAS VEGAS! Then he walked around the place. He wanted something to eat, so he went to Burger King. He got a burger, some fries and a cherry cola. He lives in LAS VEGAS now. And he got a job at Burger King.

He got a day off and he wanted to fly in his helicopter. He put it on autopilot.

He started to sing “I Believe I Can Fly!”

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The Mini Manz

By S.O. Would you rather . . .

Be baby sized or really tall?

Be Superman or Green Lantern?

Own a swimming pool or an ice rink?

Once upon a time a baby was born with midget pneumonia. When he was a baby, he was born the size of a small grown-up foot. When he was five, he was the size of a clock. And when he was ten, he was only the size of a baby.

A bathtub was like a pool to him, and a sink was a bathtub. He had to use the potty training seat to go to the bathroom. He could never have a six-pack, even though he ate whole plates of vegetables every year. He wasn’t happy because he was too small to go on rides and he couldn’t reach the monkey bars. So he bought four Phantom drones. He glued them together and rode around on them and then he could reach everything.

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The Future

By Alysia Would you rather . . .

Be a hamster or a bunny?

Live in the future or in the past?

Be eaten by a snake or by a dog?

Once there was a chocolate bunny who lived in the forest. The bunny was lonely. So she bought a time machine. When she got home, she travelled to the future, and when she was finally there she bought a robot dog. The bunny and dog became best friends. They built a house out of chocolate, and when they finished they went to bed. While they were sleeping, the dog got hungry, so he ate the bunny. But the dog got sick. Then a snake got into the house and ate the dog.

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