Spirit

 Spirit

Avery Carter Ch. 1 Zach was an ordinary boy from Michigan. He was 5’10” and was very skinny. He was skinny, but very strong. He had electric blue eyes, and his hair was blonde and curly. He was goofy, but smart, in school and in life. He didn’t have too many friends, but what he had was enough for him.

He was walking down the street one day with his Zemunk, Frisky. His Zemunk was granted to him from his God, Jesus. Frisky came with Zach on any adventure he had ever been on. Frisky was created the day Zach could explain what he wanted. As they walked down the street, Frisky dodged in between Zach’s feet. Frisky was part chipmunk, part zebra. He had the body of a chipmunk, but his fur was a zebra coat. Zach admired Frisky because of his looks and his personality. Frisky could talk, but only about things Zach had taught him.

It was a warm day, about 87 degrees, thanks to Jesus. That was one wish Zach had made that particular day. Before he wished for the nice weather, the clouds were so dark that it was quite shadow-like outside, although it was only 10 AM. In the now sunlit sky, birds were chirping as they flew by. Frisky climbed up onto Zach's shoulder and Zach pat him on the head.

Jesus is Zach's God. Jesus lives in the heavens, but can appear to just Zach or many people. Zach only has 4 wishes or gifts per day. If he runs out of wishes, Jesus has to go to the God/Goddess council and ask for another wish to grant. The council will base their answer by how severe the situation is. Zach <range type="comment" id="444451220_7">has</range id="444451220_7"> been granted an extra wish two times <range type="comment" id="444451220_8">before. So</range id="444451220_8"> the chances of him or anyone getting another one was pretty slim. SOME other humans have a god/goddess, but only select few people.

Zach has been on many adventures. All the way from the <range type="comment" id="444451220_9">grand canyon</range id="444451220_9"> to the Michigan lakes. His adventures are always either fun or scary. Once, he went underwater and explored the world beneath the waves. Another time, he went into a cave and there were trolls waiting for him, <range type="comment" id="444451220_10">and trying </range id="444451220_10">to eat him. You could say he has a 50/50 chance that its fun or scary. (AC 1)*

Ch. 2 Zach was going to go on an adventure. Zach kept walking and once he got to <range type="comment" id="444451220_11">7-eleven, he stopped and bought some sour skittles</range id="444451220_11">. He finished them in a few minutes. He was still deciding what he wanted to do that day. He might want to go underwater again, but this time in the Bahamas. <range type="comment" id="444451220_12">But</range id="444451220_12"> maybe he wanted to go river rafting on the Colorado river. He was wasting time just __walking__ and not deciding, so he made up his mind and went river rafting.

First he wished to go to the Colorado River. Then, //poof,// he was there. He found himself on a rocky beach with just him and Frisky. There was a small, two person canoe with two paddles, half way in the water. He didn't have any trunks, so he wished for a pair from home. Then they appeared in his hand. He saw a bathroom and headed towards it to put on his trunks. The first thing he noticed when he walked into the bathroom was that it smelled extremely nasty. He quickly put on his shorts and walked out.

He was<range type="comment" id="444451220_13"> just going slowly down the river, paddling occasionally.</range id="444451220_13"> The views were amazing. There were gorgeous rocks and some plants here and there. He noticed that the river was getting a little more rocky. He continued down the river, making sure to steady the boat. Then suddenly, a tourist decided to stop and take pictures of Zach riding - how... awkward.

Zach decided that this river trip was NOT fun. It was way too calm. He asked Jesus to make it more rapid-y. Jesus showed up on the boat and reminded Zach that this was his last wish. He didn't think that anything bad was going to happen, and he forgot that he was in Utah and had no way to get back to Michigan. He then said that he was fine and that he wanted to use this wish.

The rapids began to pick up quickly and the kayak almost tipped over twice. He laughed about it, and didn't think anything could get worse. Things got calm and then rapids started, then stopped. But it lasted for about five minutes in each session. Zach had to paddle hard through the rapids so that he didn't go over huge boulders and crash.<range type="comment" id="444451220_14"> (AC 2)*</range id="444451220_14">

Ch. 3 While he was going down one of the rapids, a huge wind storm kicked up. Frisky got a little insane and fell into the water. He couldn't swim, so Zach plucked him out of the water. Frisky then hid underneath Zach's legs. As much as Zach tried to paddle forward, it was no use. He was blown backwards. The water got choppy, and he looked behind him and saw that he was about to go into a rapid, backwards.

The kayak began to spin and he had no control over where he was going. The sand from the beaches around him blew into his face, making it extremely hard to see, and painful. He couldn't paddle to the shores because it was no use, the wind kept blowing him to where //it// wanted him to go. He looked behind him and realized that he was about to crash into a rock. He took one deep breath in case he went under.

He hit the rock and the kayak flipped over. He had let out his breath before he went under, because he couldn't hold it in anymore. Zach was underwater for 20 seconds before he came back up. The rock scraped his legs as he went backwards. He tried to swim to shore, but the current was too strong. The next thing he knew, he went under again. The under current had pushed him down to the bottom. It was less rocky now. He pushed off the slimy bottom.

He came back up again. He sucked in air. When he came back up, he saw that his kayak was about 20 feet away from him. The paddle was nowhere in sight. Frisky had jumped into his pocket before the boat flipped. Zach took Frisky out of his pocket and when Zach raised him up, Frisky gasped for air. The water began to calm down, but it wouldn't be for long. Zach asked for another wish; to take him home.

Jesus had to go to the council and ask for another wish to grant. He waited for a few seconds and the doors opened. He asked for another wish and surprisingly, he got it. He granted Zach the wish in the knick of time. When Zach got back to his house, the lesson he extracted was to not take things for granted. Also to not go on risky adventures, and be aware of where you are and what you're doing.

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