Junior School Magazine - Edition 5 (June 2018)

T he G em of K indinya Sarafya’s fluorescent red hair danced in the wind as she ran through the forest. She ran faster than a cheetah: she ran for her life! The trees came crashing down behind her, chasing her to her death. It was coming; it was coming for her. It had already devoured Numula-hun. Now it was her turn. The roar of the trees and the demon were getting louder by the second – then – silence. Sarafya’s crystal blue eyes darted from Numula-hun, an ancient old witchcraft Mage to Helious, a tall muscular warrior. They’d been concealing her for about one moon now and Sarafya was trying to get to the bottom of it. She was now eleven summers old, still the youngest in her clan. She was a warrior, but doesn’t know it yet. “Sarafya,” sighed Helious. “Let me explain it,” said Numula-hun sternly to her son, Helious. “Explain what?” questioned Sarafya. “The prophecy!” cried Numula-hun. “It is told that a young, brave girl must journey through the darkest forest to the Valley of Lost Souls, to return the Gem of Kindinya!” As she finished Sarafya noticed that the rest of her clan were whispering and pointing at her. “Numula-hun! You don’t mean me do you?” yelled Sarafya. “Of course I do,” exclaimed Numula-hun calmly. “But there’s not much time it’s coming. You must return the Gem of Kindinya to the Valley of Lost Souls at once!” That’s when Sarafya’s life completely changed. Sarafya looked up at Numula-hun with stinging eyes, Numula- hun handed her the Gem of Kindinya. However, something went horribly wrong. A giant black-hooded figure shot up from the forest and screamed. It came crashing down onto Numula-hun stabbing her with its venomous teeth, killing her at once. Sarafya couldn’t watch, she ran. She ran faster than a cheetah through the forest carrying the Gem of Kindinya, her bow and quiver and her mother’s knife. The trees started to fall down behind her. She knew it was there, the demon, she knew it had come for her to finish killing her family off. First her Dad went missing, then her brother was murdered, then her mum died from the sickness and now it was her turn. Suddenly everything went quiet. The Gem of Kindinya started to drain Sarafya’s energy. She was tired and hungry but had no food. How was she ever going to make it to the Valley of Lost Souls and return the Gem? Then Sarafya felt something on her shoulder. It was cold and fierce. She screamed so loud that it didn’t stop. A piercing scream drowned Sarafya’s ears till she couldn’t hear anything. She felt her legs gave away and she collapsed to the ground. Everything went black!

Summer Edgley Year 6L

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