Rocky Ronnie Narrative

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Once upon a time there lived a boy who went by the name Rocky Ronnie. The city of Brady, Texas knew they had something special when Ronnie was born. He was different from regular babies. His skin was a dark tint of orange and he was muscular and big. He had brown hair and blue eyes.
As time passed the city realized his abilities and worried. Ronnie was very strong and seemed to be able to control rocks. For instance, he could shift and lift boulders with his bare hands or use any rocks around him to build anything with his mind. Now, Ronnie parents didn't treat him any differently because of these abilities. Despite the other parent’s comments about how dangerous Ronnie could be, they continued to raise Ronnie in that neighborhood and allowed him to play with the other children. His dad, John, always told him “ don’t you ever let them get into your head”. That was always something that stuck with Ronnie.
When Ronnie was eight years old he longed to fit in. It was becoming very hard for him to make friends. Although he was very sweet and caring that didn’t seem to be the problem. It was his features and height that scared people away. He went home every day from school crying because of the kids at school who had made fun of him. He was tired of it. He
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He has seven days to make this wall. The media says it’s impossible, but nothing has ever stood in the way of Rock Ronnie. He begins each day by creating two layers around Texas. By the fifth day that job is done however, he soon realizes that the hurricane will just go right over the wall so he must make a dome shape. Ronnie is exhausted and wishes he could just lie down for a minute, but he knows what he must do. He uses his muscles and mind to control where he wants the rocks to go and soon enough the dome is built. The state is in complete darkness, but at last they have chance at surviving this. All they can do now is

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