Believe in Yourself By:Rhea Suresh

Welcome to Kidvilla, a large planet filled with kids .Kidvilla is 6 planets away from the Adultic where all adults live . Far away on the planet Kidvilla , a little boy named Benny Oliver was fast asleep in the tiny town of Kidvania . Kidvania was filled with toy stores , tiny restaurants , and intimate cottages . After a bad dream , Benny woke hugging Teddy (his toy bear ) really tight . “ Come on, it's time to go play Rasher ! “, said Teddy. Kidville magic did its job making toys talk , beds snored , and food tasted amazing . . . maybe the food tasted wonderful by itself .

As Benny walked to the field he saw the usual dragons, flying magic portals for goals , and Whenlin (the whale) Goalkeeper and Wenny the commentator .

Coach Craton was explaining the rules of the game to Georgia, a 5 year old girl . “ To play rasher, you first have to go to the dragon keeper and a dragon will choose you. The blue ball is called the gnasher, it will try to bite you so you have to be careful and fly over the field and throw it into the magic portal. Each team has three bogus’s which are similar to the gnasher to distract the opponent except it doesn't bite .The three roles in the game are the protector , unearth, and counterfeiting. The protector guards the portal , the unearth tracks and captures the gnasher and attempts to put it in the portal , and the counterfeiting throws all 3 of the bogus out into the field throughout the game . Whoever has the most points at the end of 3 hours wins .

“ Today the two teams playing are the Kidzania Rasher Team against the Fierce Dragons . On the Fierce Dragons Team the players are Willow for Protector of the Portal , Jacklin for Unearth ,and Abby for counterfeiting .On the Kidvania Rasher Team the players are Cyndy for protector , Bennyl for Unearth , and Makenna for counterfeiting . “Benny , Benny , Benny !!! “, shouted the crowd . Benny was the best player. Let the Game begin !!! “, exclaims Wenny. The game goes back and forth . Suddenly ,“Benny scores a goal!” says Whenlin “The crowd from Kidvania goes wild! “ , says Wenny “ Yippee! “, exclaims Teddy “The Fierce Dragons scored a point !”exclaims “The Fierce Dragons are catching up but the Kidvania Rasher Team keeps gaining points .”said Wenny,”The Kidvania Rasher Team is in the lead by 7 points ! “ “Boo! ,”shouted the crowd rooting for the Fierce Dragons After sometime Wenny announces, “ Kidvania Rasher Team is in the lead by 13 points! Fierce Dragons stay calm and you can do it !. After a long time ... “ The Fierce Dragons are back in the game , Keep it up ! “ “The score is now 29 for Kidvania Rasher Team and 30 for Fierce dragons team . `` '' There is one minute left. Who will win ? ``'' Benny caught the gnasher and is going towards the goal. Will this be a loss or a wonderful gain ?

As Benny reaches the goal Willow tries to stop Benny . When Willow tries to stop Benny, Benny and the dragon dodge Willow , but the dragon loses control and crashes onto the ground .

Benny’s eyes start to close . An hour later Benny wakes up with doctors around him. After a few minutes he gained his consciousness and asked ,” What happened ?” “You fell to the ground and Coach Craton brought you here . We did an x-ray and you broke a leg which will heal slowly after surgery. “, replied the doctor . “What if I won’t be able to play rasher? What if I won’t be able to practice tricks on my dragon . Those tricks are what help me score and gain points . “ , Benny thought aloud . Teddy sitting nearby calmly replied ,”You can spend that time relaxing and doing the activities you have always wanted to do without using your legs .

Later on at home ,” What if doesnt get better and I will have to use a wheelchair ? I want to travel the universe like to the Adultic and Grandlatic ( Grandparents planet ) ,Anitic (Animals planet ), or Toynatimit (all toys are made there ) . I want to see places and walk around there and not use a wheelchair .” , thought Benny aloud .” You’ll be fine ... let's start packing for our trip . “, exclaimed Teddy . “Ok ... let's make a map of the planets we're going to visit .

Once they had packed , Teddy and Benny went to Annie’s Fantabulous Market. Benny gave Annie a whole list of food for the 30 day universe trip

● 12 bagels ● 12 , boxes of sushi ● 6 containers of cup noodles

5 croissants ● 5 tacos ● 6 caples ( adish in Kidzania made out of sushi inside and covered with

guacamole with fruit decoration on top .) ● 7 enchiladas● 7 pavlovas

.” “Wow so much food ! Except ... what are you going to do with it ?”, questioned Annie . “ Teddy and I are going on a trip around the universe . “, replied Benny and Teddy proudly “Let me tell my friends ! Also , will you need any assistance ? If you do , just send me a message through Banny my great great grand uncle. . “ “ Ok thank you so

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much !” , replied Teddy . As they stepped out of Annie’s restaurant, ten year old news reporters came filing in and peppered Benny and Teddy many questions . “ How long is it going to take to travel across the universe ?”, one reporter asked. Benny and Teddy, answered a few questions and went off . Pretty soon the story got published and all the planets knew that they would soon get a visitor.

As they reached the field they saw Georgia anxiously waiting for them . When they got there she asked ,”This intimidating person told me to tell you that he has a faster way for your leg to heal . You’ll see him on that side of the field . ” , whispered Georgia , “ He had a scratchy voice .” “Ok ... thanks Georgia “ , replied Benny agitated .

“ Teddy do you think it's gonna be ok ? “By the way Georgia described him he sounds discreet . “, replied Benny “ “Yeah”, said Teddy softly . Suddenly a tall , weary , and thin man jumped out from behind them . “ I .... have a brisk way for your leg to heal but , you will need to pay a cost .” Benny and Teddy move away and discuss . “ Should we pay the cost for a faster cure ? ,” said Benny sounding unsure , “ Or should we stick with what the doctor said .? “ “I don’t know ? What if he is lying about the cure ?”, stated Teddy

An hour has passed finnally decided they went back to the man who had gotten tired of waiting.” What’s the cost ?”, asked Benny ``10,113,999,548 lackaros (lack- a - ross ) “, replied the man '' What !!!! Teddy that is way more than what we paid to the doctor . “ ,

replied Benny shocked, '' If you want a faster way for your leg to heal then this is the way to go.``,said the man in a raspy voice . “Let’s do it just in case one method of my leg healing doesn't work .”, said Benny, still in shock by the price . “ Ok , You are sure right ?” said Teddy, still not completely agreeing with Benny .” You’ll have to get what I asked for from all the different planets . I wrote it all down on this sheet of paper .” “ Ok .” replied Teddy and Benny ``We have got to go now with all of our food and list . Bye .” Just as they were about to go Teddy asked one more question ,” What's

your name ?” “Loathe Macklin '' ,said Loathe , “And if you don’t come back with the stuff I asked there will be consequences'', said Loathe ”Ok... “ , said Teddy . Their journey had begun . First off Grandlatic . “Woo-hoo ! We are off to explore and to get a cherry merry ornament. “I’m hungry .”, whined Teddy ,”How many more days until we reach?” “We can eat sushi today.”, said Benny, also hungry,”A couple more hours until we reach .”

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They had soon reached Merry, Grandlatic . In Grandlatic it was Christmas so the city was decorated beautifully like sparkling jewels shining in the light .The post office was full with grandparents sending their kids and grandchildren mail and cherry merry ornaments . Which was good for the kids because it was fun for them to open mail from your grandparents . Restaurants were crowded and brightly lit lighting the night .People reading newspapers on benches reading about the first kid to visit the most planets .

“ We still have to find the cherry merry ornament specifically today . Let’s ask someone .”, Teddy mentioned , “ Excuse me, can you please tell me where I can buy a cherry merry ornament .” , asked Benny “ Down the road in Marol Carols’s Ornaments .”, said the old man ,” Oh and are you the kid that is traveling around the world ?” “Yes ,thank you !”, answered Benny “One more thing .” , said the man “Yes.”, replied Benny cautiously “Can we take a selfie ? “, asked the man “Sure”, replied Benny CLICK!

At Marol Carols’s Ornaments there was a long line after an hour of waiting; they were still not close to the counter yet .”Hello , would anyone like a merry cherry ornament ?” , asked an old lady When Benny turned around he saw an old lady with a name tag that said ,”Hi! I’m Mary Osweld. A minute later Benny saw a huge crowd around Mary saying,” Me , Me , I want it .” Benny knew he wouldn’t get the ornament .He had a one out of thirty percent chance . When Benny turned to look at the crowd he saw Teddy walking through the crowd carefully and asked Mary ,” May I please have the ornament ?” Everyone became silent . Mary replied saying ,” the toy bear who didn’t crowd me gets the ornament .”

After a few days of exploring town they got on the dragon and flew off . Next stop Adultic .As they flew they had passed multiple asteroids and shooting stars . THUD!!!! “Ahhh !!! I was sleeping .”said Benny upset that he couldn’t sleep longer .They had reached Aldultic . Aldutic was filled with tall buildings, peaceful parks , skyscrapers, and yoga centers . It was peaceful on one half and busy with work on the other half . Teddy's face looked disgusted by all the traffic and work .They had soon reached the peaceful side of the Aldultic. Pretty soon they got to Blosetic on the field they saw an old man standing ahead of them holding golden keys .They walked over to the man and asked ,” Hi , do you know where we can get a cherry blossom from the cherry blossom tree ?”“Yes, you have to do a course challenge to prove that you're kind hearted and helpful to get a special cherry blossom .

“First Question : Who has sent you here ?”, questioned the man “Loathe Macklin . “ ,replied Benny cautiously “What ! Why has he sent you here! He was banned from this town for his cruelty . “ “Really? He told us to get a cherry blossom from the cherry tree in

Blosetic , Adultic . “, said Teddy. A lady came out and whispered something into his ear .After she left he said ,” Ok fine...I’ll give you a chance to see if you are kind hearted . “Second question : What gets bigger the more you take away?”, said the man thinking they wouldn’t solve the riddle Suddenly , Benny thought ,” Someone has told me this before ….oh I remember, Georgia , the answer was .. “ As Benny turned around he saw a hole . It suddenly came to his mind it was a hole . “It's a hole ! “, Benny exclaimed . “Correct .”said the man “What is your name ?”, said Benny . “Dave .”,replied the man .“Next question : Imagine you are in a competition and someone gets stuck on a high mountain and they don’t know how to come down .Will you help them or leave them there and go win the competition . “ , said Dave Benny and Teddy automatically know the answer and say ,”We would help them .” Dave replies ,” Correct. “ “Yes!”, they said happily .”You can now go get the cherry .”, said Dave After Dave gave them the keys they walked into the room they saw a big tree with baby pink , glass cherries all over the tree .They walked to the tree and picked one glimmering cherry and walked out.”Thank you Dave !”, they exclaimed . ” Your welcome !” , said Dave

They were now on their way to Plantin , Analytic . On the way there they had eaten cup noodles and bagels . “I can see the planet !”,exclaimed Teddy tired of sitting on the dragon . “Yay!”, shouted Teddy excitedly . Pretty soon they had reached Anatic . They saw a little girl sitting on the ground with a big cast on her left arm . Benny thought ,”She must have hurt her hand like me .” As they walked up to the girl she seemed to be thinking about something . Benny asked ,'' What happened?” “I broke my hand while doing aerial silk (“...a type of performance in which one or more artists perform aerial acrobatics while hanging from a fabric .”stated in Wikipedia ). I don’t think I’ll be able to play that sport again ?Oh and my name is Natalia'' , said Natalia . “My name is Benny and this is Teddy . I broke my leg when I was playing rasher .I’m traveling the universe because I think I might not be able to do this later on . I am also unsure of going back and playing rasher .”, said Benny “Ok .”, said Natalia “You shouldn’t quit, you can practice the tricks you don't need to use your left hand for .” , said Benny “Ok , thank you . You should still play rasher, you just don’t have to do tricks like standing on your dragon “, recommended Natalia . “Ok I will do that . Thank you bye !”,

They had a long way to get home . After they finnally reached they saw Loathe standing on the field smiling from ear to ear . Once they landed Loathe came running and asked,” Did you get the items I asked for ? I need to see them .” “Yes. This is the merry cherry ornament , the cherry blossom , and the … wait we forgot to get the silver plate !”,exclaimed Teddy and Benny “Aah!!! I needed that to make money and take over Sportat the company that leads your team!”,yelled Loathe ``Wait, you made us do all that so you could get revenge on a sports team? Why?”,said Teddy . Still shocked Benny asked ,”Why though?Why do you want to take over the company and get rid of

it ?” “ I got injured on my arm when I was playing rasher on the Kidvania Rasher Team so I had stopped playing because I couldn’t use my right hand . So in return I wanted the team to stop playing . “,said Loathe “How would that help you ? It would make you happy for a day but you would not want the team you played in to be gone , right ?”, said Benny “Yes , that is true'' , said Loathe “You can go back to playing . it’s not the sports fault that you got hurt .”,said Teddy “Actually , I want to go play rasher again .” , said Loathe “You’ll have a lot of fun.” ,said Benny,”But why did you want a cherry merry ornament ?” “I wanted one because I had never got a cherry merry ornament from my grandparents .”,said Loathe“What is your grandma’s name ?” questioned Teddy “ Mary Osweld” , replied to Loathe “Wait! She was the one who gave us the ornament .”, said Benny “Really?”,asked Loathe “Yes!”,they both exclaimed. “You both can keep the cherry blossom .”,said Loath “Thank You!”they exclaimed, “You can keep the cherry merry ornament .”,said Benny

The next day it was Loathe’s first game of rasher after a long time . Sadly , Benny couldn’t make it; he had a doctor appointment for his leg .Once Benny reached the doctor’s office the doctor examined his leg and said his leg would be fine and that they could take the cast off his leg .Benny was so happy . When the doctor finished removing his cast he ran outside and saw Loathe holding a trophy which said 1rst Place. He was very light so he was tossed up and down in the air by the other players .

The next day Benny thought ,”Believe in Yourself .It is the most important thing .” As he ran off to the field to play rasher with Loathe .

The End !

About the AuthorHi , my name is Rhea Suresh . I’m going to 6th grade. I stay in California . I enjoy fiction and fantasy books . I enjoy reading , gymnastics, and playing with legos . I have one sibling and a dog . Going for walks with my family is also something I love doing .