The Adventures of LiteStar

Steve Crisp

Once upon a time there was a poor man who lived in an alley close to the big castle, where a beautiful princess lived. He liked the princess very much. She had long golden hair (he liked gold very much), and she had the most beautiful blue eyes. (The man liked gold very much.) She also had the most beautiful blue eyes.

One day when the man was in the forest hunting rabbits, he heard somebody cry. Suddenly he discovered an old witch who was standing next to a tree, crying. The witch took a big breath and asked the man if he could climb into the tree.

"Why do you want me to do that?" the man asked.

"Because I've lost my magical neckless!"the witch said.

"What is so special about your neckless?" the man asked. The old witch answered that she couldn't use her magical power without it. The man asked if he would get a reward for it. She told him that he could get anything he wanted if he returned the necklace.

So, he climbed up into the tree. When he reached the top he saw that it was a hollow tree. When he was about to tell this to the witch he fell down inside the tree.There he discovered a long subterranean corridor. He walked into the corridor and discovered three doors.

He opened one of the doors and looked inside.There he saw an open treasure chest with bronze coins in it, and in front of it a horrible dragon was lying.

"Why are you here?" the dragon snorted.

"I'm here because an old witch asked me to look for her magical neckless" the man answered.

"What does the witch look like?" the dragon asked curiously.

"She is tall, and has a long nose with four pimples on it.And she has a voice that sounds like a mouse, " the man said.

"I know that witch." the dragon said.

"From where?" the man asked.

"The witch wanted me to find her magical neckless, I did so and gave it to her. Then she asked me where I found it, and I showed her. But suddenly she used her magical neckless and turned me into a dragon. And the spell can only be broken if the neckless is destroyed by a human being," the dragon said.

"Do you know where I can find the magical neckless?" the man asked.

"Yes, it's in the room next door:"

The man went out and opened the 2nd door. There he saw a dragon with two heads lying in the front of a treasure chest filled with silver coins.He went into the room and asked the dragon if he knew where the magical neckless was. The dragon told him that it was in the room next door.

LiteStar knew Jenny would be excited when she heard about his idea for a new adventure. She wasn't like the other children who came to play on the holodeck, Jenny was special, she made him feel like a human too

The mining community on asteroid 9c5 hadn't seen a supply ship from Earth for more than a year now. All the adults were worried that something was wrong back home and Jenny remembered a news story last summer about a deadly virus that the doctors were trying to find a cure for, "It's strange that it hasn't been mentioned since" she thought. t was Saturday and Jenny ran to the holodeck. She hurriedly typed her password into the computer terminal and jumped through the force field as it slid open.

"LiteStar, LiteStar" she called as she ran through the grassy fields, "where are you?".

"Up here" LiteStar waved from a branch six feet above her head. "I've got a great idea for an adventure today" he said as he floated down to the ground beside her, (holoboys can do that sort of thing). " All week I've been programing a virtual time machine and I want to show it to you".

"Oh boy!" Jenny giggled as he took her by the hand and ran towards his lab.

"Look over there" he gestured as he typed in the first commands of his program.

A low hum began to come from a round ball that appeared at the end of the room. It almost reached the ceiling and looked like it was made of very fine silvery fibres that shimmered with lots of colours. "

Wow!"exclaimed Jenny as she ran her fingers over the threads.

"Get in" called LiteStar tapping on his keyboard and opening a door down the side of the sphere.

Inside was a huge room, much bigger than the ball looked from the outside. There wasn't much in there except two very comfortable chairs, a big screen and a computer terminal. LiteStar appeared at the door.

"Like it?" he smiled.

"What will it do?" she asked.

"Go anywhere in time and space" he replied excitedly."Let's see if it works" he whispered as he sat down in one of the chairs and placed the keyboard on his lap.

"I wonder if we will be back for tea" Jenny thought as she sat down next to him and watched the big screen as it came to life.

So, the man went out and opened the last door. There he saw a three-headed dragon which was lying in front of a treasure chest filled gold coins, and the magical neckless! The dragon asked him what he was doing there.

"I'm looking for the magical neckless which is in the treasure chest." the man said.

"Why do you want it?" the dragon asked.

"Because an old witch asked me to get it for her." the man answered. "But if I give it to her she will turn me into a dragon, so I've got to destroy it." the man said.

"Here's the magical neckless." the dragon said.

The man went out and threw the neckless against the wall. A few seconds later he saw three hansome princes coming out of each door.

"Come with us to the castle, and we will give you a reward," said one of the princes.

Then they all climbed out of the tree, and the man noticed that the witch was gone. They all walked to the castle, and when the village discovered the three missing princes they told the king that they had returned.

The king came out on the balcony and exclaimed: "Now it's time for the princess to marry one of the princes!"

But the princess wanted to marry the brave man who had rescued the princes. The marrige took place at the castle the next day.And thy lived happily ever after!