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__//**Why the aliens invaded us **//__

Why They Invaded Us! Written by: Maiya LeBron Illustrated by: Maiya LeBron Grade: 5th Homeroom: Mrs. Stambol School: Durling Middle School April 7, 2010

Dedication: I dedicate this book to my friends and especially my family for supporting me through sports and school. I also dedicate this to my Tio Kiko who I love very much and I wish him a good life in heaven.

It was a boring, but steaming hot day in Coolsville, Ohio. Then suddenly, a huge crash rattled our planet from north to south, east to west. The whole earth shook on July 3,3010. Many injured but thankfully no one had died. So much damage had come in those few minutes. When it finally stopped, houses were destroyed and personal belongings were lost. My friends and me were standing on the sidewalk during that horrible earthquake, but we did not move or get damaged at all. Our names were Seth, Josiah, Selena and I Maiya. We were Super naturals ever since birth and loved our awesome powers. Seth had a telepathic ability. He was able to walk through walls and read the minds of any living being. He had blond, sandy hair and ocean blue eyes. Selena had strength and could pick up anything that was 1,000,000,000,000 pounds or below that weight. She could be in the U.S and see China with her telescopic vision. She was tall with brown hair and hazelnut eyes. Josiah could fly, walk through walls and disappear. He was average height with brown hair with a blond spot on the front of his head, which was very unusual. With his grass green eyes he could burst anything into flames. And then there was me, Maiya. I was so fast she could run around the world three times in one second. I was so flexible; it was like I was made out of elastic. I had soft, flowing brown hair and sparkling brown eyes that twinkled like stars when I smiled. We were known as the COOL SQUAD.

We jumped into our jet and flew around the world searching for the thing that had caused the huge crash. Then we finally landed in Washington DC where a UFO had landed in the Reflecting Pool that was surrounding the Washington Monument. When we landed, it was muddy because all the water in the pool was slashed out by the weight of the ship getting plunged into that pool made everything within 2 miles wet. The president was the first one to spot the UFO while taking his morning jog around the White House. He called in the military and they shot it down. Everyone was freaked out with the huge crash so there was a crowd surrounding the crime seen. We struggled to get to the president to get details to what he saw when the UFO hovered in the sky. Many people wondered why the alien ship came to our planet, but people assume the aliens just wanted to take over our world like always. But the COOL SQUAD’s friend Aaron, the cyber-geek, didn’t think that the aliens came to our planet to kill us because if they were going to kill us they would of brought more than 1 ship. Since we always counted on Aaron they also kind of believed in his suspicion. So just to be on the safe side we stuck with his suspicion and went to tell NASA their plan and to ask if we could use one of their ships. But of course NASA said "no!” They said it was to life risking and the rocket was too preoccupied with them getting ready to take their first trip to Venus. But the COOL SQUAD wouldn't take no for an answer. So we went to our friend Marissa's HQ to see if we could use her shuttle. Last time we saw the ship it was huge with a coat of lime green on it. Marissa had worked on the shuttle all the time adding cooler and more high tech things in and out of the shuttle. There was an arcade and an all you can eat buffet with a butler. She had a huge ball pit but instead of balls in the pit there were skittles. But the thing that was me and Selena’s favorite was the chocolate pudding Jacuzzi. We wanted to go to the alien planet but if we took Marissa’s ship it would be a very luxurious trip, which we wanted. When the team got to Marissa's HQ, we knocked on the door and once Marissa opened it, Seth and Josiah got to their knees and started to beg.

"Marissa can we __please__ use your ship. Please we will do anything,” the boys pleaded. "I want to go swimming in your chocolate pudding Jacuzzi," said Seth "I want to go dive into your skittle ball pit," exclaimed Josiah.

Marissa, Selena and me looked at them and then at each other. They busted out laughing. The boys felt so embarrassed with the laughing females looking down on them laughing and hollering with all their might. The boys got up wiped the dirt off there knees and stood there like nothing had ever happened.

The COOL SQUAD was taking a tour through the new and improved shuttle, which their friend Marissa had built. This time when we saw it it was a pale blue on the outside, but a neon lime green on the inside. She built a couple beds in the ship just in case the people that used the ship had a long trip. But of course they were no ordinary beds, these beds were made of Jell-O. This just made us more eager to use the ship. This ship was a kid dream come true. Everything was made of candy and junk food with a fridge full of cell phones, laptops, and all the video games you could dream of. But while we were enjoying their tour and imagining ourselves tearing through the atmosphere and sleeping comfortably on the Jell-O beds, unfortunately we still hadn't got a full answer from Marissa and that still meant that there was a small chance of her saying," no".

Once our tour was over, we said at the same time asked Marissa," Can we please use your ship we really really want to use it. You can even come with us if you want". Once that last sentence slipped out of our lips Marissa jumped on the offer and said," YES!” Well since they finally had a ship they could use, we had to pack their bags and get ready for that big day ahead of us.

Well the day had come when we were going to the restricted planet. It was about 3 am when we left with Marissa. We had only 5 years to get there then leave alive and safe. Well it didn’t end up that way. It was about 9 years when we finally arrived to a planet that we had no clue the name of it, the gravity levels, or if we could take off our helmets and breath in oxygen. We landed very softly in a field looking area. There were weird looking plants and strange things hovering in the air that looked like birds for a second to me but to everyone else they look like little mutated butterfly birds. Instead of grass there was pink tentacles or lots of anemones sticking out of the ground. Through our space suits we could feel the sliminess of the ground touching our space boots. There were red skies instead of blue ones. Josiah took a step and his foot was suddenly in a man-eating tree’s mouth. “HOLY! WHAT THE…. OW,” Josiah screamed. Maiya’s watch was lighting up and a hologram of Aaron came up. “Uuh, I see Josiah’s in a situation. You either should A) Shoot acid with a gun. Choice B) cut off the head. Choice C) disintegrate it,” Aaron said. “I’ll take choice B. Oh and yeah, HELP,” Josiah said Aaron quickly used his mechanical skills and a large automatic hedge trimmers popped out of the watch. “Your welcome,” Aaron said. “Thanks Aaron,” Maiya replied. Seth turned on the hedge trimmers and he cut down the tree quickly. “Finally and my leg still hurts,” Josiah said. “Uuh the acid went to your bone, sorry I forgot to tell, and I was navigating the ship. Oh and take this,” Aaron said. A first aid kit came out of the watch. “Man your good,” Seth said. “I know,” Aaron said. They patched Josiah’s leg up and he walked with a limp for then on. “I wish I could actually feel the land,” Aaron said quietly. “What,” Selena asked. “Nothing,” Aaron replied. Aaron disappeared back into the watch and we kept walking. We stayed alert so the man-eating plants wouldn’t eat us with their leafy jaws. A little bit later, we started noticing there were little houses in the distance. They had greenish-pink colored. As we got closer they started to look like skyscrapers. That was an awesome sight to see. There were 7-foot things that stood in the air that looked like trees to us. The mutated butter-birds were nesting in them. Their little hatchlings were eating but instead of worms, like on earth, they ate huge animals the size of cantaloupes. Little people were looking out of the skyscraper’s windows. We saw thousands. Millions maybe. They stared right at us, very curious and frightened at the same time. Aaron’s hologram came up again and he was observing the area. “Globbis, Maximus Alienus. In English, the big globbed aliens. You better not offend them, or else,” Aaron said. He disappeared again and the team worried what would happen if they offended the big globbed aliens. The team armed their weapons and hid them behind their back just in case something or someone attacked them. They knocked on the door of the nearest skyscraper looking building. A creepy looking thing opened it frightened. The thing had a big stomach and a fluffy thing around its neck. It was very short and was staring at us with its bulging eyes in terror. Its mouth opened very slightly and mumbled something to us but we did not understand its language. It turned around and ran as fast as fast as its little legs could and forgot to shut the door. We crept inside to see what was in there. It looked like a military base with weapons, uniforms and pictures of different alien thingies in their costumes posing I guess for a picture. Then suddenly the alien that opened the door for us and ran for its life busted through another door and this time it came with a companion. This one had a fluffy thing around its neck too. It was approximately one foot taller than they other alien. This alien came up to us and in our language it asked us. “ What are you doing here? You are trespasser’s and should leave immediately!” Then suddenly the king of all aliens busted through his office to see what was going on. “What are they doing here? We were not expecting them till later. Human life forms come immediately,” said the king not in rage but in a suspicious tone. He brought us to this empty room. Them suddenly the lights went out and the last thing I heard was screaming then I blacked out. I woke up in a chair with my friends tide up beside me. We were stuck together with rope that teared my skin slightly. The king and other aliens shined a light on us that slightly blinded me. They asked us why we shot down their ship. Then we explained what happened like how the military shot it down and why we came. Marissa asked, “ Why did you guys come to our planet.” It was quiet until the king answered the question. “ We went to your planet for sugar. We don’t have enough on our planet and needed some for our annual first day cake when we celebrate the first day this planet was created.” We on what the king had told us we offered to give as much sugar as he wanted. After all he was the king. We called up Aaron on my watch to ask him to make lots of sugar come out of the watch like he did before. But when we told him lots he made unbagged sugar burst out of the watch shooting in all directions. It filled half of the room when he finally stopped. The king was very pleased and offered a reward of letting us free which of course we accepted it. We left the day after leaving the planet of weird and some how awesomeness to our regular boring planet earth.

A couple years later we received a postcard from what we had found out was planet Zigar. They thanked us for the sugar and hoped for us to visit them on their planet once more. We never had a chance to. Once we all finished school on our earth the cool squad separated. Well me Maiya still have contact to Selena but the others are still lost to me. I’m older now and still have interest in adventure but have long lost my powers. One day I wish to explore Zigar again but who knows.

About The Author Hi, my name is Maiya. I’m 11 and I lived in Lorain, Ohio for all my life. I am a huge soccer fan and love all sports. I’m a straight A student and love school. My favorite teachers are Mrs. Warner, Miss. Kutting, Mrs. Novak, and Mrs. Stambol. I’m a 5th grader with lots of imagination. I have two loving parents and two annoying brothers (or should I say two annoying bothers). I have lots of great friends. I love to read and have a passion to type and hope you love this story cause I put a lot of imagination into it. I also wanted to mention my co-author Aaron Lien. He helped me a lot and helped me save lots of time. The other reason why I have to mention him is because if I didn’t mention him he would probably talk my ear off with tons of complaints.