How To Write A Short Story: Harmony At Elk Creek High School

Fighting Past And Present
It was a bright and cold April morning when the old clock struck seven. Harmony Johnson, an ordinary 14 year old girl, had just moved from Ireland. Her family had moved to Georgia because her father Jack got relocated to work in Georgia as a chiropractor. Harmony is going to a new high school called Elk Creek High School. She is very distressed that she won’t make as many friends as she had back at Savanna High, but she remained courageous. The next day, Harmony was ready for school.
She walked down the stairs quickly to see her steaming hot bacon, sizzling on the plate. Her younger brother, George, was already eating his pancakes with butter layered smoothly on top. Harmony’s mom was sitting at the table asking Harmony to sit down so she won't be late

for school. Harmony ate her breakfast in a quick five minutes, sped out the door and ran to the bus, dodging the gentle rain puddles left from the storm.

As the school bus halted at the bus stop, the bus doors began to open. One by one, kids started to get on. Harmony was one of the last people to get on the bus, but not the very last. There was another girl wearing a dark gray hoodie with black tights. She was concealing her face from sight. Harmony said, “Hey, I’m Harmony, what’s your name?” The girl stuttered and stayed quiet. Then both Harmony and the girl got onto the bus. Once the two girls got onto the bus, Harmony wanted to meet this girl. There were three empty seats left for the ninth graders to sit in, so Harmony sat down in one of the seats and asked the girl to sit with her. She said stuttering, “O-Ok.” Both girls sat in silence for almost the entire bus ride. Harmony asked her again, “What’s your name?” The girl said, “My names Hannah.” Then for the rest of the bus ride, both girls talked, and talked. Once they finally got to the school, Harmony was so surprised. She thought to herself how much bigger Elk Creek is compared to Savanna High. She saw a very tall, brick building with giant words that read “Elk Creek High.” The

bus driver unlatched the bus doors and everyone immediately jumped out of there seat to rush to their classes. Harmony sprinted inside the school. She asked a teacher standing outside of the door named Mrs. Robinson, “Where is the office?” Harmony said. She said, “down to the end of the hall, then take a left.” Harmony thanked her, then walked toward the office. The hallways were mobbed with students. Harmony went up to three girls and asked, “How do I get to the office?” The girls looked at Harmony with a denote attitude. They all said at the same time, “Do you seriously think we’re going to help a new freshmen like you?” “We are Serenity, Rylee and Abigail. We are the popular girls in the school, and we do not like girls like you.” Harmony said, “W-Why not?” They sighed and walked away without saying a thing.
Harmony finally found the office and went in to get her papers. She saw Hannah again getting some sort of papers too. Harmony went up and said hello again. Hannah looked at her and snatched the papers out of the lady's hands and dashed down the hall. Harmony wondered why she ran away, but she didn’t really mind. Harmony went out of the office and went to her first block. Her first class was math with Mrs. Brown in room 302. She walked slowly down to her classroom and saw Hannah once again. She ran up to her and asked, “I know we just met, but do you want to hang out later today?” Hannah replied with, “Su-Sure” she said stuttering. Once Harmony and Hannah started to go to class, they both realized that they’re going to the same class. They thought it would be cool if they were in all the same classes but that's really rare.
At the end of the school day, Harmony pulled her phone out of her bookbag and started to text her mom to see if she could go over to Hannah’s house. She said that she could, but she would have to be back at around 9:00 p.m. Then she slipped her phone back in her bookbag. She strolled down the hall looking for Hannah. She finally saw Hannah grabbing her backpack out of her locker with a big smile on her face. Once she looked over and saw Harmony, she ran over and hugged her. “I have not had a friend in years!” said Hannah. Then they both headed down the hall. Harmony went to the busses and Hannah went to the office. Hannah shouted, “Harmony, over here!” As soon as Harmony heard, she dashed over to Hannah. She asked why they were going to the office. Hannah replied, “My mom won’t let me go on the bus because I have hemophilia.”. Harmony gasped in surprise and smiled. Hannah was really confused. Harmony told Hannah that she also had hemophilia. They both shrieked and hugged. Then they both dashed out the door to find Hannah’s mom. Crystal, Hannah’s mom was really glad that Hannah had a new friend. Once the three got home and got out of the car, Harmony saw a round shape lying on its side in the garage. Harmony asked Hannah what it was. She said, “It’s one of my dad's experiments gone wrong.” Harmony was still really curious to see if it would work. She pulled it out and laid it out on the driveway. Hannah and Harmony both reached for the “on” button. As it powered up, a purple layer covered the top of the portal. Hannah pulled out her phone and pulled up the facetime app. Hannah’s old friend, Madison, moved from Georgia to Paris.So, Hannah told her that they were going to teleport a note over to her house to see if Hannah’s dad’s old experiment still works. She said, “cool”. They dropped in a note with a smiley face on it. Once they dropped it in, they heard shine noises and bright beams blasting everywhere from Hannah’s phone. It was as bright as the sun and noisy like the school's halls. Madison held up a piece of loose leaf paper with a smiley face on it. All three girls were excited when it worked. The girls both thought to themselves where they should go. Harmony shouted out, “60’s! They typed in the 60’s into the teleporter and both jumped in the portal.
They dropped down in a room with a bunch of people with afro’s, rollerskates, and women wearing mini skirts. Everyone was dancing on a dance floor with black lights surrounding it. Their colorful clothes seemed to glow in the dark. They were all dancing to The Beatles. Harmony didn’t think this is what the 60’s was actually like, so she wanted to go back. So, they went back to the present. Harmony stepped on a sharp piece of metal on the bottom of the teleporter. Since she has hemophilia, whenever she gets a minor cut, she could bleed and bleed. Harmony started bleeding a bunch. Hannah ran inside to get her mom and her kit for when she gets cut. It was too late. Harmony was already passed out in a puddle of blood surrounding her. Hannah, her mom and her dad all ran out. Hannah speed dialed 911. The ambulance alarm and police alarm could be heard from 10 miles away. It was coming closer, and closer until it was at the house. They took Harmony in the ambulance and Hannah and her parents followed the ambulance to the hospital. Once they got to the hospital, they rushed Harmony into the emergency room. They hooked her up to all the equipment. It was too late. She was already dead. She lost so much blood, her body couldn’t process anymore. About an hour later, Hannah was balling her eyes out from this. Harmony was the only friend that Hannah had for a long time, even though they just met. All of a sudden, they heard beeping. Beeping from the machine. Hannah jumped over to Harmony to see her breathing again. She screeched. Every doctor came rushing into the room. The doctors were gasping in disbelief because she came back to life.. Hannah hugged Harmony so hard. Harmony said, “We’ll be best friends forever.”