The Wedding

By Jennifer (Age 9.5, Hong Kong International School)

There once was a girl named Clare who was still in high school but already had a baby! This was the night of graduation and she couldn't wait. But that wasn't all there was to be excited about, as she was going to get married right after the graduation! The music started, and she slowly walked forward to the groom. She could feel tears of happiness forming in her eyes. People were watching. Some were weeping, while others were just smiling.

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Suddenly, there was gunfire, and everyone screamed in horror as they watched helplessly as the groom collapsed to his knees and then passed away without another sound. Clare looked at her supposed-to-be husband in fright. "Who did this?" she asked. No one made a sound. "I asked, who did this?!" she screamed as waterfalls of tears streamed down her face. Clare's family rushed to her to help her cheer her up a bit. But nothing seemed to help. Clare did not know what to do anymore so she just started to run. Anywhere was fine with her, as she just wanted to get away.

The next day she found herself in her bedroom. "I must have fainted before I even ran a yard," she thought as she got dressed and went downstairs with her Alex Rider book in her hand called Eagle Strike. "I plan to find out who did this, just like how Alex did," Clare thought. So right after lunch, she zoomed to where the wedding reception had been to find clues. But all she found was an empty room with a trash can inside. She searched the trash 20 times, but there was only a candy wrapper and a tissue. Nothing helped at all. But as she was about to give up, she saw writing on the candy wrapper! She squinted at the tiny letters to try to make out what was said, but all she could read was:

Though everyone is excited about my wedding, I do not love this girl, but my parents are forcing me to, so I must kill...

Suddenly, things began to make sense! She quickly ran to the police station to make sure that the police didn't accuse someone for killing the groom. There was a person in jail who had been found with a gun. She told the police, "There is no criminal! The groom himself didn't want to marry me, so he tried to kill me so that he could marry someone else. This person here is the one that saved my life." She smiled at the "criminal" and he smiled back. He was her good friend John. A few days later there was another wedding, for Clare and John, and this one went perfectly.