Grandfather

continued from Baptism 


A lone, robed figure struggled up the steep, mountain slope.

"I'm too old for this." the figure muttered. His sporemon, almost invisible because it was white and blended in perfectly in with the landscape, squawked in agreement.

A cave slowly appeared, and the man knew his target was inside. He made a snowball, and threw it into the cave. A thunderous roar came from the cave and a big, brown-furred beast lumbered down the slope toward the figure.

"Peregrine! Go!" The man thrust his arm out and the bird-like sporemon soared above the Pithicus.

"GRANDPA!" the voice was familiar to the man, Alaina's. He turned around to see 7 kids running toward him. The man threw back his hood. Grandfather stood, looking at Pithicus and Peregrine's battle.

"Mega Talon!" Grandfather shouted.

The sporemon's talons on its feet began to glow and it dived towards Pithicus. The Evol type stood on hind legs and roared, but it was too late. Peregrine struck the sporemon, and it was defeated in a single blow.  Grandfather turned to the Christianity Savers.

"How could my own grandchildren betray me?" he asked. Alaina shook her head.

"We didn't betray you, Grandpa, we found truth. Please, come with us. Can we be a family again?" Grandfather looked hurt.

"Truth?" He asked. "My Elisabeth, your grandmother, died! I prayed, and prayed, but did He respond?  NO!"

Ali went and stood between Alaina and Grandfather. "You're my family. Even you, Sara, Sam and Kay. You guys helped me see truth, and I want to thank you for supporting me." Ali got a fierce look in her eyes. "But this is my fight. I'd like this to be between my grandpa and me."

Sam gave her a thumbs up. "It's all you! We'll be praying for you!"

"Peregrine! Beak Dive!" Grandfather said.

Up in the air, the sporemon swerved and came down at Catterwaller. It was too fast. Catterwaller stayed on his feet, but he felt he blow. Ali had to cover her face to shield her from the snow that the attack had kicked up.

Ali looked at Grandfather. "What if Gramdma's time had come? What if she's now in heaven, a better place? Catterwaller, Lightning Claw!" Catterwaller leaped up and slashed at Peregrine, but only manged to clip his tail feathers.

"Science says there is no Heaven," Grandfather replied. "Jesus was a historical figure, but he was never from God!"

Ali stood up straight and looked Grandfather in the eye. She'd always loved her grandfather. He always worked hard, and was responsible. Even now she loved him. That faithful love of Christ, that allows you to love, mixed with the bond family members shared stirred up in her.

"I've seen him Grandpa. He is real. He died for you, and loves you."

Grandfather was taken aback but quickly regained control.

"Go now! Peregrine!" Grandfather shouted and Peregrine swooped down. Ali nodded at Catterwaller. Right as it swooped, Catterwaller jumped, did a somersault, and shoved Peregrine into the snow. Catterwaller stood, lightning sparking on its left claw.

Grandfather sank to his knees. "No one has ever beaten my Peregrine before. I guess.... I was wrong."

Grandfather looked at the four children. "C'mere you four, give your new Grandpa a hug."

They all surrounded Grandfather, and engulfed him.

Sam looked at the heartwarming scene. He then looked at Kay and Sara. Big mistake. They were crying. Sam couldn't help it. He cried tears of joy. At last, the family was back again, and now the threat had ended.

Or had it? In the pens that held the Evol Sporemon, yellow energy surged. The shock waves went out across the zoo, making the animals run for cover. The date on the calender read October 9th, the day the sporemon were programed to strike.

To be continued.......  

Our Move

This month, we moved back out to the middle of nowhere. We used to live in a small town on the edge of the middle of nowhere, and have moved an hour away from it to the middle of nowhere. That's a lot of nowhere! When I was a year old, my Mom and Dad moved out to the Hill Country, and we set up shop until I was about twelve. Then we moved to town. Now I'm fifteen and we've moved back again!

It feels good to be back home, but it sure is different. We have to wake up earlier Sundays, and we have to go to my grandmother's house (who lives in town) for all of Tuesday and Wednesday mornings so we can go to co-op. It's also kind of cool to remember all  the fun things I did here as a kid. Also, we're closer to our OTHER grandparents who live here. Again, it's different, but it's cool to be back here.

In other news, my sister went to regionals and is now the 6th best violin player in the region! Good job, Sis! I always knew you were great at playing the violin. The worst sound in the world is someone who cannot play the violin and insisting on doing so anyways. The best sound in the world is someone who is excellent at playing violin and insisting on doing so anyways. My sister is the latter.   

Baptisim

continued from Deal or No Deal?

"And in the name of-" Ali Charles was submerged into river water, muffling the words. She came up again, aided by Mr. Mill's strong arm. Sam, Kay, Sara and her brothers and sister, applauded. Ali beamed. She out of the water, dripping and laughing.

"It's really cool they all wanted to be baptized," Kay said " I guess they really have changed."  Kay went down the river bank to congratulate the four siblings. Sam was about to join her when Sara grabbed his arm.

"Um, Sam can I talk to you for a moment?"

"Sure, Sara."

"What you said on the night we had spaghetti, that I was a great friend, what did you mean by that?"

Sam thought for a moment and answered "You're one of my best friends, because you're like a sister," Sam looked at Josh, giving Ali a hug. "My definition of a great friend is someone who is always beside you, helping you through life. A friend is a comrade." Sara smiled. "Plus, sense you're around my age, you can kind of tell me how girls around my age think about boys like me." Sam added.

Sara laughed. " It's a good thing I can tell when you're kidding!"

Suddenly a roar rang out.

"It's coming from the mountains," Mr. Mills said, looking to at a mountain. "But what are those two brown things?"

Josh knew a once. "The first one is the fourth Sporemon, but the second one...."

Alaina finished for him "Grandpa!"      

To be Continued.....

Up a Creek (But with a big paddle!)

 Okay, here's the deal. You're waiting for someone to show up, and you know it's a girl (or in your case, if you're a girl, a boy) but you don't know who. You've been waiting for years. You know it's going to happen, but how? In a thunderclap? With Angels descending? Something subtle?  Or have you missed her (or him) and that person's right under your nose, and God is going to bonk you over the head until you see her? (or him)

Congratulations! You just ran through a third of a teenage boy's mind! It's something you remember, if you're as old as Mom (or dirt!) Or it's something you will go through, or are going through. It feels like you're up a creek without a paddle.

But wait.... I have a big ol' paddle I can pull out at any time! Know what His name is? JESUS! I know He guides everything around me, so why get down in the dumps over something I can't control?  I have a family who loves me and friends who will lend their support. I mean, yes, a certain girl might like me, But what if she's someone else's? Well, we can still be friends. If you're friends, it will save us heart-ache later, and I can be happy for her when she marries or vise versa. 

 God will show me my path. The sky looks gray and cloudy today, but He can make the Sun come out again! So what if I don't know who she is? I mean I'd like to know now, but His timing is perfect. If I don't see her  for another year, it's His timing. I just hope He'll nudge me, if she's right under my nose, instead of  clubbing me over the head. It's not lonely, but it sure isn't easy. But in the meantime, when I'm up a creek, I'll just call on my big  ol' paddle and He'll lead the way.

Deal or No Deal?

continued from:A New Battle 


Ali flinched as Josh slammed the front door behind him.

"Shhhhh! This is between us siblings, can you please keep it down?"

Ali almost rolled her eyes. No, don't, she thought. That was the old Ali, not the new one. She'd never win them to Christ that way. 

Joe shrugged, "Sorry." 

Ali went a little ahead of her brothers and sister and stood ready. Her siblings did the same.

"The deal is: if you three can beat me, I'll gladly go home with you." The other three children burst out laughing.

"All... three of us... at once," Alaina gasped in between breaths.  "No one can beat us three to one, Ali. We have to believe in ourselves, so you can come back." 

Ali shook her head. "It's not just about teamwork, or yourself. I've gotten stronger through Jesus, and He is my power. He is one I believe in. I've seen with my own eyes what He can do."

"Amafist, Super Punch!" Josh called. The big purple sporemon punched the ground sending a big crack though the ground toward Catterwaller. Catterwaller leaped nimbly over it, and silhouetted against the moonlight, came down toward Amifist. Amifist raised it's hands to block, and claws scratched harmlessly.

"Amifist's hands are made of solid Amethyst. You can't hurt him!" Josh said. Suddenly a huge fireball whipped through the air, striking Catterwaller. Magmine and T-Dex stood side-by-side.  "Double Blaster!" Alaina and Joe cried. The two sporemon unleashed a two fireballs, that met and became a new super-huge fireball.

"Ali!" Sara, Sam, and Kay ran over. They knew better then to get in the thick of things. They each held hands and bowed their heads.

With friends praying for me, Ali thought, and Jesus' strength, I won't lose!

Catterwaller dodged the fireball. Both Ali and Catterwaller were tiring out. They breathed hard.

"They're getting tired! Strike for our sister, we want her back!" Josh cried.

Amifist, Magmine, and T-Dex all dove at catterwaller at once.

"Lighting shield!!! Lord, show them your light!" Ali yelled.

A yellow shield incased Catterwaller protecting it from the attack.

"Look!" Alaina pointed.

Ali had a glow around her, pure and white. There was some thing in her eyes. The attack faded and the three sporemon lay, defeated. Then someone stepped from behind Ali. He was dressed in white. The three seemed to realize something, and bowed to the figure.

"Welcome home." He said, smiling.

Then they began to change. Josh's skull on his shirt changed to a cross, Joe's mohawk flattened, and Alaina's shirt covered her waist.

Sam smiled. "Hands in,everyone!" they put their hands in a circle, one on top of another. The new team had formed!

A gnarled fist banged the control panel. "No! They've betrayed me! I guess the last sporemon is MY responsibility!"

To be continued.....   
 

A New Battle?

Continued from Spaghetti  

"Ali?" "Ali!"

Ali knew that voice, but couldn't place it.

"Grow away" she grumbled sleepily.

Alaina  touched Ali's lamp on her bedside table, or at least what worked like a lamp on Thrae.

Ali sat up. "What's a matter?" she asked, rubbing her eyes.

She looked at the dim room. Ali, Josh and Joe were standing by her bedside.

"We've come to take you home, Ali." Josh said.

Thoughts of her broken home, and her father she never even knew swirled in her head.

"What?"

In an instant she realized that they had been pretending! They weren't interested  in Christ, they had come to take her back to her grandfather's!

"I have a deal to make, guys." Ali said, going over and petting Caterwaller, to get him to wake up.

*******

"You're a great friend, Sara."

That thought kept hounding Sara Mills, as she lay staring at her ceiling. She knew she couldn't sleep. Not even reading Tears of a Dragon by Brian Davis on her new Kindle (or what they had like a kindle on Threa.) wouldn't help.

The front door slamming interrupted her thoughts. She went over to the window. Ali and Caterwaller stood battle-ready. As were Josh, Joe, Alaina and their sporemon. Something was going on. She had to tell her parents!



To be continued


       

Birthday

Yesterday was my Birthday. I turned 15, and I am proud of it! I got a new video camera, the third book in the Dragons in our Midst series, (Highly recommended! They are AWESOME! author: Brian Davis) a dinosaur enyclopedia, a manga (Japanese art style) book. A Bey, Forbidden Ionis, a beywheel, Stinger Toxic Scorpio, a Beywheelz staduim, clothes, a watch, and lots of love. I'm glad I have a great family and friends. The birthday cards were great, guys(if you're reading this)!

We hung around the house until around 5:00, when we went to Bonzai!, a Japense steak house. Everything was great. They even cook your food right in front of you! The only draw-back was it was loud. Afterwards, a swim in Nana's pool. It was a great birthday all in all. 

God bless your week!
Creator's son