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Weekly #3
1700 words
Part 1
(Sorry that these are long; I got carried away lol)
Plot Point 1
George and Isla (the main characters) are woken up at night by a loud clattering noise. It is 2:00am. They looked outside to see what was going on, and heard other similar noises in their garden shed. They pressed their faces against the window and through the misty rain spotted a shadowy, tall figure stooping in the shed. The figure carried on searching, unaware of the two siblings and with a quiet cry of triumph brandished a large spade. They ran away into the inky night, leaving George and Isla astonished. They look at each other, their mouths hanging open, and talk softly to each other about the dreadful events. They decide to go back to bed and tell their parents in the morning.
Plot Point Two
A few hours later, at approximately 6:00am in the morning, a piercing scream wakes up George, Isla, their little brother Felix and their parents, Rose and William. They rush to the scene and discover a friend of theirs, who had been staying with them (called Amy) de@d on the ground. There is a deep gash embedded in her head, and her eyes are wide open and terrified, glazed over and distant. William hurries to the phone to call the police, but Rose and Isla just stay standing there in horror, their mouths hanging open. George carries away Felix, shielding his eyes from the harrowing sight.
Plot Point Three
Over the next couple of days, the police apologise about being unable to visit the house and investigate due to the heavy floods that surround it. Rose stays hushed and silent, tears brimming in her eyes as she flicks through pictures of Amy on her phone, the bright light glaring up at her. Meanwhile, George and Isla stay upstairs in their room, investigating. They work out that the murderer must have been the figure in the shed, because the mark on Amy’s head could have only been made by a spade. The murderer must have been quite tall and probably from the block of flats they lived in or any friends that the family had. They write it all down and try to look at the body. When they finally get a glimpse, they discover many important clues included in Part 2
Plot Point 4
The police arrive and carry out strenuous investigations and remove the body. This proves to be frustrating for George and Isla, but they stay up one night investigating and hear the banging of a door. They rush to the window and see someone loping away from the block of flats through the patchwork of fields, long hair flying out behind them. Isla recognises her as one of their most suspicious suspects, Eva, a lady from the flat below them. They are convinced that she is the murderer until…
Plot Point 5
They uncover many important, very surprising clues and solve the murder. It was their mother, Rose! They are deeply shocked and upset, but all the evidence is pointing towards her due to what they have found out about Eva. The police reported back to the family that morning that Eva had been running from them with some precious jewels she had stolen from Amy, but could not have killed her because she was on holiday in France at that time. She had only arrived back three days ago, and it was proved that she was in France by the airport. She could not have gone back without being noticed due to security at the airport and ferry, and was only there when she left a week ago and her arrival back in England three days ago.
Part 2
Clue 1
The murderer was seen with a spade in a shed at night. The mark on the victim’s head was a large dent, quite bruised and quite large, which was most likely made by a spade. The next they looked in the shed and saw blood stains surrounding their Dad’s tools, proving that the murderer had stolen something and used it as a murder weapon.
Clue 2
A blood stained cloth snagged on the window’s hinges, fluttering in the wind. It had tears and rips in it and had obviously been hurriedly shoved out of the window, trying to hide evidence. This was in Eva’s room, who was later discovered to be innocent, due to her holiday ‘during the murder.
Clue 3
A diary in Amy’s pocket. It said that she was going to go to London the next day, back to her home, and never return to the house again. She wrote of dreadful arguments with Rose and bitter anger. She said that she wanted to kill Rose in it. This gives Rose an obvious motive. There were bloodstains running down the notebook, but it was lying face up when she was found, so she must have been standing up after being hit, allowing time for the blood to run down her diary, then she must have d1ed.
Clue 4
Piles of paper in their rubbish bin, describing Amy in terrible ways. The handwriting was recognised as Rose’s. They told of horrible arguments as well and it said that Rose wanted to murder Amy. A red scarf (Rose’s) was found later and had darker streaks down its side. It was also found in the bin. The other cloth must have framed Eva, because she was on holiday, so it had to be Rose.
Part 3
1. Where were you exactly on the night of the beautiful, innocent and delicious - I mean harmless mango?
2. What were you doing that night?
3. What do you know about the murder?
4. Tell me every single detail of your movements and anything suspicious >
5. At any point did you see the mango at all, or maybe a flash of orange in the darkness?
6. Did you hear anything unusual while you were out at night? It is imperative that you don’t miss anything out. >
7. Did you notice the mango behaving strangely beforehand?
8. Were you friends or did you know the mango at all. If so, were you close friends and how long had you been like that?
9. If the answer to the last question was yes, have you had any lasting quarrels ever, whether it was recently or long ago? Do you have a grudge against him?
10. Could you tell us the name of the mango, since we could find out a lot about him if you did.
11. Could you name anyone else who was up on the night of the murder who knows the anonymous mango?
10. And finally, and most importantly, did you murder that mango?
Part 4
I groaned and turned over in my bed. George yawned beside me, thrashing in invisible pain in his troubled sleep.
“Gerroff!”
I swung my legs over the side of my bed and crept to the window soundlessly. It opened and a rush of cold air slapped me like raw and biting water.
A faint shape darted out of the building, hair flying out behind her wildly. Eva.
I shook George violently!
“Get up!” I whispered insistently. He opened his eyes groggily and flinched as he saw my urgent eyes.
“What?”
“She’s getting away!”
“Who?”
“Eva!”
I clenched my fists with irritation at his slow reflexes. He sighed and hauled himself up from bed, dawdling to the window.
“We have to go after her!”
I knew that Eva must be involved somehow. The handkerchief was proof of it! I clattered down the concrete stairs and banged furiously on the locked doors.
“Argh!” I cried, my voice hoarse and gravelly in the deadly silent atmosphere. George poked his head around the bland wall.
“Do you want to go back now?” He asked hopefully.
I nodded wearily, my eyes closed in defeat.
“You’re so over the top about everything, Drama Queen!” George teased.
I jutted out my lower lip defiantly and glared at him.
“Meeting.” I told him coldly. He nodded happily and bounced back up into our flat.
He leapt into his bed and disappeared underneath his covers and immediately started snoring.
“This is a murder!” I hissed.
He rolled over and looked at me, creases carving a path through his head.
“I just want to sleep.”
“This is a murder!” I repeated.
“Fine. You start. What clues do we know?”
I took a deep breath and began.
“We know that there was a handkerchief covered in blood by Eva’s window, the murder weapon was a spade. The murderer was quite tall and had long hair. Amy’s diary is very suspicious. It says terrible things about murder. It gives Mum a motive, but Eva is very good friends with Mum as well, and we’ve seen her running away, so she is more likely. Also, she wasn’t there at the murder scene, which suggests that she ran away.”
I panted, exhausted from my long speech. I gestured at him to carry on.
“Well,” he started unenthusiastically,” We know it can’t be Dad, Jim, Laura and everyone else in Block A apart from Mum, Eva and Sam. It probably isn’t Mum, but she does have a motive for killing Amy…”
He paused, staring anxiously at my watery eyes. It couldn’t be Mum.
“If we want to rule Mum out, we could go look around the living room, kitchen, bathroom and her bedroom in the morning. Right now we can have a look in the living room, kitchen and bathroom. How about it?”
I nodded mutely.
A few minutes later, we were searching for any suspicious clues under the sofa or cushions, floorboards and cookers, inside cupboards, even bins!
I stuck my hands into the recycling bon while pinching my nose, thinking of all the things that Dad put inside it. I pulled out a cluster of paper, scrunched up, the ink running down them. I could just make out the words.
I want to get rid of her.
Get rid of her, once and for all. She deserves it. Get her out of my life.
Rose.
But that was-
“Mum.”
1700 words
Part 1
(Sorry that these are long; I got carried away lol)
Plot Point 1
George and Isla (the main characters) are woken up at night by a loud clattering noise. It is 2:00am. They looked outside to see what was going on, and heard other similar noises in their garden shed. They pressed their faces against the window and through the misty rain spotted a shadowy, tall figure stooping in the shed. The figure carried on searching, unaware of the two siblings and with a quiet cry of triumph brandished a large spade. They ran away into the inky night, leaving George and Isla astonished. They look at each other, their mouths hanging open, and talk softly to each other about the dreadful events. They decide to go back to bed and tell their parents in the morning.
Plot Point Two
A few hours later, at approximately 6:00am in the morning, a piercing scream wakes up George, Isla, their little brother Felix and their parents, Rose and William. They rush to the scene and discover a friend of theirs, who had been staying with them (called Amy) de@d on the ground. There is a deep gash embedded in her head, and her eyes are wide open and terrified, glazed over and distant. William hurries to the phone to call the police, but Rose and Isla just stay standing there in horror, their mouths hanging open. George carries away Felix, shielding his eyes from the harrowing sight.
Plot Point Three
Over the next couple of days, the police apologise about being unable to visit the house and investigate due to the heavy floods that surround it. Rose stays hushed and silent, tears brimming in her eyes as she flicks through pictures of Amy on her phone, the bright light glaring up at her. Meanwhile, George and Isla stay upstairs in their room, investigating. They work out that the murderer must have been the figure in the shed, because the mark on Amy’s head could have only been made by a spade. The murderer must have been quite tall and probably from the block of flats they lived in or any friends that the family had. They write it all down and try to look at the body. When they finally get a glimpse, they discover many important clues included in Part 2
Plot Point 4
The police arrive and carry out strenuous investigations and remove the body. This proves to be frustrating for George and Isla, but they stay up one night investigating and hear the banging of a door. They rush to the window and see someone loping away from the block of flats through the patchwork of fields, long hair flying out behind them. Isla recognises her as one of their most suspicious suspects, Eva, a lady from the flat below them. They are convinced that she is the murderer until…
Plot Point 5
They uncover many important, very surprising clues and solve the murder. It was their mother, Rose! They are deeply shocked and upset, but all the evidence is pointing towards her due to what they have found out about Eva. The police reported back to the family that morning that Eva had been running from them with some precious jewels she had stolen from Amy, but could not have killed her because she was on holiday in France at that time. She had only arrived back three days ago, and it was proved that she was in France by the airport. She could not have gone back without being noticed due to security at the airport and ferry, and was only there when she left a week ago and her arrival back in England three days ago.
Part 2
Clue 1
The murderer was seen with a spade in a shed at night. The mark on the victim’s head was a large dent, quite bruised and quite large, which was most likely made by a spade. The next they looked in the shed and saw blood stains surrounding their Dad’s tools, proving that the murderer had stolen something and used it as a murder weapon.
Clue 2
A blood stained cloth snagged on the window’s hinges, fluttering in the wind. It had tears and rips in it and had obviously been hurriedly shoved out of the window, trying to hide evidence. This was in Eva’s room, who was later discovered to be innocent, due to her holiday ‘during the murder.
Clue 3
A diary in Amy’s pocket. It said that she was going to go to London the next day, back to her home, and never return to the house again. She wrote of dreadful arguments with Rose and bitter anger. She said that she wanted to kill Rose in it. This gives Rose an obvious motive. There were bloodstains running down the notebook, but it was lying face up when she was found, so she must have been standing up after being hit, allowing time for the blood to run down her diary, then she must have d1ed.
Clue 4
Piles of paper in their rubbish bin, describing Amy in terrible ways. The handwriting was recognised as Rose’s. They told of horrible arguments as well and it said that Rose wanted to murder Amy. A red scarf (Rose’s) was found later and had darker streaks down its side. It was also found in the bin. The other cloth must have framed Eva, because she was on holiday, so it had to be Rose.
Part 3
1. Where were you exactly on the night of the beautiful, innocent and delicious - I mean harmless mango?
2. What were you doing that night?
3. What do you know about the murder?
4. Tell me every single detail of your movements and anything suspicious >
5. At any point did you see the mango at all, or maybe a flash of orange in the darkness?
6. Did you hear anything unusual while you were out at night? It is imperative that you don’t miss anything out. >
7. Did you notice the mango behaving strangely beforehand?
8. Were you friends or did you know the mango at all. If so, were you close friends and how long had you been like that?
9. If the answer to the last question was yes, have you had any lasting quarrels ever, whether it was recently or long ago? Do you have a grudge against him?
10. Could you tell us the name of the mango, since we could find out a lot about him if you did.
11. Could you name anyone else who was up on the night of the murder who knows the anonymous mango?
10. And finally, and most importantly, did you murder that mango?
Part 4
I groaned and turned over in my bed. George yawned beside me, thrashing in invisible pain in his troubled sleep.
“Gerroff!”
I swung my legs over the side of my bed and crept to the window soundlessly. It opened and a rush of cold air slapped me like raw and biting water.
A faint shape darted out of the building, hair flying out behind her wildly. Eva.
I shook George violently!
“Get up!” I whispered insistently. He opened his eyes groggily and flinched as he saw my urgent eyes.
“What?”
“She’s getting away!”
“Who?”
“Eva!”
I clenched my fists with irritation at his slow reflexes. He sighed and hauled himself up from bed, dawdling to the window.
“We have to go after her!”
I knew that Eva must be involved somehow. The handkerchief was proof of it! I clattered down the concrete stairs and banged furiously on the locked doors.
“Argh!” I cried, my voice hoarse and gravelly in the deadly silent atmosphere. George poked his head around the bland wall.
“Do you want to go back now?” He asked hopefully.
I nodded wearily, my eyes closed in defeat.
“You’re so over the top about everything, Drama Queen!” George teased.
I jutted out my lower lip defiantly and glared at him.
“Meeting.” I told him coldly. He nodded happily and bounced back up into our flat.
He leapt into his bed and disappeared underneath his covers and immediately started snoring.
“This is a murder!” I hissed.
He rolled over and looked at me, creases carving a path through his head.
“I just want to sleep.”
“This is a murder!” I repeated.
“Fine. You start. What clues do we know?”
I took a deep breath and began.
“We know that there was a handkerchief covered in blood by Eva’s window, the murder weapon was a spade. The murderer was quite tall and had long hair. Amy’s diary is very suspicious. It says terrible things about murder. It gives Mum a motive, but Eva is very good friends with Mum as well, and we’ve seen her running away, so she is more likely. Also, she wasn’t there at the murder scene, which suggests that she ran away.”
I panted, exhausted from my long speech. I gestured at him to carry on.
“Well,” he started unenthusiastically,” We know it can’t be Dad, Jim, Laura and everyone else in Block A apart from Mum, Eva and Sam. It probably isn’t Mum, but she does have a motive for killing Amy…”
He paused, staring anxiously at my watery eyes. It couldn’t be Mum.
“If we want to rule Mum out, we could go look around the living room, kitchen, bathroom and her bedroom in the morning. Right now we can have a look in the living room, kitchen and bathroom. How about it?”
I nodded mutely.
A few minutes later, we were searching for any suspicious clues under the sofa or cushions, floorboards and cookers, inside cupboards, even bins!
I stuck my hands into the recycling bon while pinching my nose, thinking of all the things that Dad put inside it. I pulled out a cluster of paper, scrunched up, the ink running down them. I could just make out the words.
I want to get rid of her.
Get rid of her, once and for all. She deserves it. Get her out of my life.
Rose.
But that was-
“Mum.”