Destiny

Destiny

By Jake Swartwout

Destiny Hanes was a somewhat ordinary girl. She had brownish red hair and a smile always on her face. He life was ordinary all except for her birth.

Like all other newborn babies, the prophet had visited her house to tell her what her future was.

But, unlike all other newborn children, her parents had angered a wizard. When he had heard they were going to have a child, he rushed immediately to their humble abode.

He crashed in right in the middle of the righting and killed the prophet on the spot. He then stuffed the unfinished prophecy into the unfinished lock box, sealing her fate.

Destiny didn’t know her fate yet, but she knew it was a bad one. What if it was going to say how she would die at age 200, but it only said 2? Or what if it was just gibberish saying how she would live a lon?

So every year, her parents waited for the day the box would open, signifying that her fate was soon to come.

She tried to not worry. She knew that there was such a high chance that it would just say that she would. Would as in would do whatever she wanted.

She was glad she had her friends to help her feel better. Since pre-school, the had always hung out together and had a great time. Now, you could always find them at each others houses or doing something together.

But it wasn’t until July 1st that they all were really connected.

That day, all of her friends were missing from school. The next day, they all came to school, excited about something.

Destiny asked them why and got the most stunning answer. They had all received their fates. At the same time.

Each one of them said that they got home the previous night and at 3:59, they heard their boxes click. Each one of them called their parents, went over, and opened the box.

Inside, it read:

At the Age of (they each got different ages), you will not be able to die.

While they did some calculating, Destiny laughed, remembering that she was the oldest by at least a year. Her friends ungrouped and came over to her. They had spied out the dates with their birthdays and found that it would be sometime between January 7th or January 21st.

This made Destiny really nervous. It was so close!

All of her best friends had gotten the same prophecy. That means she would have gotten it too, if it weren’t for that wizard.

What did she get? At the Age of 18, you will not be? At the Age of 18, you will not? At the Age of 18, you will not be able? Was she somehow going to give her life so her friends could be immortal?

She tried to shake off that ominous feeling of dread but it still clung to her. She decided to go home and investigate the box.

When she got home, she went immediately to the high shelf holding the box. She carefully lifted it down and inspected all sides of it.

Everything looked in order, but if it was, it would be open. She checked everything again. The hinge, the lock, the legs, the softly ticking clock.

She was still amazed how that little clock could tell the exact spot in time. She looked closer, trying to tell the time. It showed that it was December 19th, at 3:46 and 15 seconds, in the year 2013.

Now wait, she clearly remembered celebrating the new year. She went over to the large hall clock to compare.

The clock showed that it was January 2nd, at 3:46 and 16 seconds. The box’s clock was 2 weeks slow, and would force her to wait 2 weeks before she could see her prophecy.

She sat and puzzled about her prophecy a bit more but she was interrupted by her parents.

Bursting into the door, the whipped their heads around until they saw Destiny. She got up to see what was wrong, but was instead met by a bounty of hugs, kisses, and tears.

She backed away, confused by this strange behavior.

Finally, after a long while, her parents recovered enough to talk. They told her how they had brought all of their money to pay their rent. But yet again, the amount was raised and this time it was too much. Their landowner, the angry wizard that ruined Destiny’s life, decided to pay off the last of their expense by coming to kill Destiny.

Destiny, afraid and confused, hugged her parents closer. This might be the last time she saw them.

But she couldn’t just stand there and do nothing! She had to save herself! Defeat the wizard!

She broke out of her hug and rushed to her room. She picked out things to wear, like her thick jacket and tough boots. She went to the kitchen next to grab a few knives and some matches.

She explained quickly to her parents her plan for defeating the wizard before she rushed out the door.

It was a long hike to the wizards castle, so she decided to ask her friends for help. She ran to each of her friends house and each one of them said yes. They would help her. She even got a car to carry her up to the wizards castle.

She got to the top and looked in the door. Quickly, she told her friends her plan. One was sent off to create a distraction while the rest snuck in.

Inside, they immediately went in search of the wizard. ‘He should be in his tower by now,’ Destiny told her friends.

They regrouped and started heading up the stairs.The stair creaked, the broke. The girls went falling. It was a trap!

The wizard was standing there, looking through the bars of the cage.

“I knew you would come here. That is why I prepared.” He said. “Now to eliminate you forever!”

The wizard took out his wand and cast a spell.

Back at Destiny’s house, the box clicked open. Her parents looked inside.

It read:

You will Become a Bus D

They cried. Why would that happen? Did the wizard get her? Is that why her friends wouldn’t be able to die?

Her parents were sad, but they tried to move on. They did get a free bus.