My Gaide: A Narrative Fiction

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I wake up and find myself on an unknown island. My galaide’ has broken into pieces. I can’t remember what happened last night. I look around to see a massive volcano in front of me. Seconds later, a robot comes flying out of it and scans the environment. Out of nature, I hide in the bushes. It doesn’t take too long before the robot detects my heavy breathing. I guess I wasn’t meant to be a ninja. It catches me with it’s mechanical claw and takes me away heading inside the volcano. To my surprise, I spot an unusual looking prison. There’s prisoners fighting each other, mining rocks, cleaning the floor, etc. I’m brought in an office and there’s a Willy Wonka poser right in front of me. We exchange basic information about ourselves. I learned that he’s the Warden of this place. For a manager, he acts pretty immature. …show more content…
Giving me anything I want, making sure I’m happy. I think he has a crush on me. It’s too bad I don’t feel the same way. I missed my real home too much, but I knew the Warden liked me here. I couldn’t just leave the poor guy. He told me how he didn’t have a real son to father relationship. He was a cold hearted and greedy man. And how his mother had left him a long time ago. I was chatting with Jared (The Warden’s assistant) who became my close friend about wanting some materials to fix my boat. Next thing you know, the Warden heard our conversation and got angry at me.

So here I am, writing in my diary on how the Warden has locked me up in prison. He told me I can never leave. And even if I tried, I may get killed. So far, no one has escaped

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