Jewel's Jewels: A Narrative Fiction

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Mark had stolen Jewel's cheese, again. He was running around camp, glancing behind him to see if Jewel was following. Then he slammed into someone. A small girlish scream left the person's mouth. The person ended up not being a girl, but Mark's 14 year old brother, Tyler. "Who new you screamed like a girl," the 16 year boy, grabbing his brother's wrist and dragging him along until, he started running. "You surprised me," Tyler shouted, a light pink dusting his cheeks. "Yeah. Wait until I tell Skylar!" Mark was laughing his head off. After running for a while, the Kim brothers slowed down, and something with huge wings landed behind them. Pine jogged with them. "Give me the cheese, and keep running. Jewel will think

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