Rhinos At Recess Novels & Stories

“You’re having fun too.” “I’m tolerating it.” “Liar.” Because he might have been right. We passed a series of game stalls, each one louder than the last. People shouting, bells ringing, prizes hanging everywhere. Ryker slowed down, eyes scanning everything. Then he stopped. “This one,” he said. I followed his gaze. A dart game. Balloons lined up in rows, prizes hanging above them—cheap stuffed animals in every shape and color. And then I saw it. A penguin.

We decide to walk through the woodlands to see if we can find the adventure playground and I tell everyone about the deer I saw this morning. “It must be such a peaceful life being a deer” I think out loud, “At school we were learning about reincarnation” says Izzy “I want to come back as a cat” “I want to come back as a dog” says Rosie as she pats Penelope on the head, Harry jumps up and down excitedly, “ooh, I want to come back as an eyeball”. We all burst out laughing. *

Rowen sat close to me, and I ended up leaning against him as we all ate, and chatted. Eventually we went to check out the games to play. Ross, Rowen, Jax, and Colby wandered off to play horseshoes, leaving Melissa, Molly, Lexi, and me to do our own thing. I stopped at the face painting to watch the teenage girl painting a butterfly on the face of a girl pup. It looked really good, and the pup was extremely excited about it.

The boys arrived at the border after dusk. The rhinoceros beast, or rather, the Jagged Horn Beasts, took a lot more time than the usual monsters for them to handle. It wasn’t because of the Jaggedhorns only, but rather, the distractions from the Moostets. These furry and bigger sized meerkat like creatures were hopping around everywhere, trying to distract Jai and Darrion from the charging Jaggedhorns.

“Who is he?” “He’s ughhh… my apprentice.” Maester David replied as he watched the rhino shook its head after removing its horn from the stone. Tristan pointed his yellow sword towards the wild beast. “Sleep, beast.” He said as his sword glowed and created yellow petals flying towards the rhino. The rhino looked at the sparkling petals as they flew around its body. Suddenly, its eyes flashed yellow and slowly closed. The rhino fell to the ground and began snoring. Tristan sheathed his sword as he walked towards Maester David.

“Tyler and Ruby sitting in a tree . . .” I looked over towards the other girls in triumph. Only to see that they were all clutching at their sides in laughter and pointing at me, joining in with the cruel chant. It felt as if the world was spinning round and round. The playground scenery whizzed past my eyes, in fast circles, merging in a blur of mixed colors. Just as I was about to run off and cry, I heard the school bell ring. A sign that recess was over. Everyone made their way back inside.