I am Aidhru. Do not listen to what the title said, I
wrote this. Not Aizii or anyone else. Me, Ade. Now that is clear, I decided
to write a story. Yes I know - ridiculous. I don't even have opposable thumbs,
so how could I write a story? Well, after a month of solid typing, I've finished
the first paragraph.
Na, I'm just kidding. Aizii's been helping me,
typing it up. But I'm not here to tell you how I managed to write a story, I'm
meant to actually tell you one. So I'll start with a beginning…
Ses was the first one up. She always is. I swear
her old owner taught her bad habits.
Anyway, I awoke to Ses singing. She has a nice
voice, I do admit, but at 6 AM, it isn't. I grudgingly went downstairs to tell
Ses to shut up, only to hear the television blaring out an advertisement. I
was about to turn it off when I heard something interesting…
Are you a budding star? Want to be famous? Ever wanted to
do radio? Well, Good Morning Neopia is offering one lucky pet the chance
to star on Good Morning Neopia on the 30th day of Eating. To win, send a tape
of yourself doing whatever, the wackier, the better to…
Grabbing a pen and pencil, I hurriedly scribbled
down the address before holding it up and grinning.
"This time on the 30th day of Eating, I will
be presenting 'Good Morning Neopia'," I told Ses. "And not just that, I will
be the star." I stopped suddenly as something dawned on me. "What can I do to
win?"
"Good Morning Neopia!" I yelled, a fake cheesy
grin plastered on my face. Ses grinned from behind the camera as I tapped on
the makeshift desk. We were in the back garden, Ses and myself, recording my
winning entry. Okay, so I hoped it would win.
"Welcome to Good Morning Neopia, on this fabulous
day, wouldn't you all agree?" Ses nodded, shaking the camera. I ignored it,
as all good news reporters should. Instead, I shuffled my news reports, (OK,
it was pieces of paper Ses and I had scribbled on but they did have some facts
on it) and cleared my throat.
"Today's hit bulletin: Kougra Day hits Neopia!"
I said, over dramatically. "Today we have an interview with the pet spotlight
winner, Drakona14 and an interview with his owner, Aizii. We also have interesting
Kougra facts you may not know…"
And so it continued. Aizii and Drak's interviews
were great, with me making various witty comments and Aizii glaring at me. Ses
seemed to enjoy filming me, quite frankly, she enjoyed just being around us.
It was great.
With four days before the competition ended,
I posted off my entry and sighed. By this time, I seriously doubted I would
win, but it was always worth a shot.
The competition winner was announced on the
29th day of Eating. Drak, Ses, Aizii and I were crowded around our television
in the kitchen, all nervously awaiting the result. It crackled before springing
into life. A striped Aisha and Faerie Moehog sat on large armchairs, grinning
in a fake manner.
"Good Morning Neopia!" the Moehog said, "Before
we start, it's time to announce our competition winner. We've had loads of entries
from all areas of Neopia, and it's been hard choosing a winner. We have two
runners up who will both receive 10,000 NP and a free Slushie. The winner shall
receive 25,000 NP and a trip to a live recording of Good Morning Neopia." Wow,
I didn't know that, I thought. 25,000 NP! I could Paint Kate Halloween
with that. I wanted to paint her.
"Our first runner up is…" A drumroll. I felt
like yelling 'Just get it over with' but refrained myself. I kept myself cool,
calm and collective. Yeah, right. Heart pounding, I listened as…
"Timothy_7830 for a witty report. Congratulations!
And our second runner up is… Jessibell_2632, our team was in hysterics with
this one. Jessibell, you were very close. But congratulations!"
There was a pause. Great, so I didn't win
anything. Oh well.
"It was very tough, but our winner seemed to
just scream 'pick me'. We are going to phone the winner and hear their reaction
live on Good Morning Neopia." The Aisha smiled and picked up the phone. It automatically
dialled and you could hear it ringing. Just then, our phone exploded, ringing
madly. No, it couldn't be…
"Answer it," Drak hissed. I walked over and
nervously picked it up.
"Hello Aidhru?" a familiar voice said.
"Y…yes?" I stammered.
"Congratulations. You have won our competition.
Do you have anything to say?"
A strange, high-pitched squeal was my response.
"OH MY GOD!" I screamed. I had won! YES! Details
followed, but in my daze, I could barely repeat my name. Finally, Aizii was
given the details and told to tell me when I had calmed down. Wow. I was about
to be a star!
The studio was huge. After five wrong turned
and four wrong misdirections we finally reached the studio. Inside were the
two pets, the Striped Aisha and Faerie Moehog. Both greeted us (Us being Drak,
Ses, Aizii, catching_stars, lemonade287, half the guild, their pets and I) Immediately,
the Faerie Moehog came up to me.
"Hi, I'm Jon," he said, smiling and shaking
my paw. "If you sit between myself and Jen, and we're just give a quick interview
and you say a little bit about yourself. We show the tape and then we cut to
the first break OK?"
"Er…yea…" I stammered, wishing my stomach wasn't
doing loops.
"Okay." Jon smiled and led me over to the couch.
Jen shook my paw and I sat down.
"Okay?" She asked.
I smiled and murmured, "A little nervous."
"Don't worry," Jon said, "everyone gets nerves.
Just ignore it."
"OK. We're on in five…four…three…two…one…ACTION!"
The director yelled. Lights blared at us and suddenly, all eyes were directed
on me. Aizii gave me thumbs up and my nerves trebled.
"Welcome to Good Morning Neopia. Today we have
our competition winner, Aidhru in the studio. Her award winning tape will be
shown shortly. Aidhru, would you like to say something about yourself?"
NO! NO! I felt like yelling. Instead,
I stammered "H…H…Hi."
It was terrible. By the end, I felt like an
idiot. I stammered and stuttered throughout the whole interview and I realised
I had a blob of toothpaste on my nose during my 'award winning tape' - typical.
Well, I got the award and we met the cast and
crew. My five minutes of fame were over. We watched a re-recording of it and
I knew then just how much of an idiot I looked. My ego deflated at least 8 times.
Oh well, I knew there had to be another way of recognition. Tell my side of
the story.
Picking up a scrap of paper and a pen, I started
to write slowly...
I am Aidhru...
The End
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