Today we are featuring Inklings Book Contest 2016 finalist, Hailey Fiske! Hailey finished 2nd grade this year and submitted a story called “The Saint Gabriel Knights and the Dinosaurs’ Time Invasion” We loved Hailey’s humor and use of dialogue between her characters. Enjoy!
The Saint Gabriel Knights and the Dinosaurs’ Time Invasion
by Hailey Fiske
One day, the Saint Gabriel Knight Super Heroes — Daniel the Imaginative Tall Tale Teller, Haley the Cunning, Ian the Brave, Henry the Smart, Veronica the Clever Fun Girl, and Dominic the Intelligent Archaeologist — were reading super hero books by the bookstore window. Suddenly, they felt the ground tremble. They thought it was their imagination. They heard deep roars. They thought they were hearing things. Then out of concern, they looked up from their books.They saw huge shadows that darkened the library window. They realized that this was all real.
Daniel said, ”DINOSAURS!!!”
Dom rolled his eyes and said, ”Dinosaaaws” in a mimicking voice. “It’s just your imagination again, Daniel.”
Veronica said, ”One minute!” and ran outside. Veronica came back inside screaming.
“What’s the matter?” asked Haley.
“DA-DA-DA-dinosaurs!” shouted Veronica.
For a moment everyone was quiet, then suddenly, they all started panicking.
Henry said, “Okay, everyone try to calm down.
Ian said, “Yeah, let me go out there and stop them!” starting to go towards the door.
Henry said, “NO! We have to do this together.”
Ian said, “You’re right, It’ll take all of us to withstand that awful rotting fish smell.”
Sniffing the air, everyone held their noses in agreement.
Then out of nowhere, a tall thin, nervous-looking lady with purple glasses appeared, she looked angry.
“Shhh!” She hissed.
That lady was clearly the librarian. The Super Heroes looked around the area and noticed everyone was looking at them. Clearly, they and the dinosaurs had been making too much noise.
“Sorry,“ said Ian.
They decided it was best if they discussed the matter outside. There they were allowed to talk freely, and besides, there was a jungle gym! They thought the dinosaurs wouldn’t be there.
They were wrong. Looming over them were long brown, grey and green necks, attached to large heads with jaws filled with pointy teeth. Luckily the Super Heroes could hide between the play structures. There, they drew up a plan.
Henry said, ”Listen here! We’ll outsmart them. The dinosaurs will come towards us and Daniel, will you tell them a tall tale?”
“Yes, but why?” Daniel asked.
“You’ll see. Just make it fantastic,” replied Henry.
“What will I do?” asked Veronica.
Haley said, “Just be your regular old fun and clever self.”
“Yippee!” exclaimed Veronica.
“What about me?” chirped Ian? He was smaller than the rest, but very brave.
“You are courageous. We’re counting on you to know what to do when you’re needed, right everybody?“ Haley said
“That’s right, Haley.” Henry replied as he nodded.
Dominic said, “I’ll discover where they came from, what they need, and where to put them back! And when it’s my turn to add something else, I’ll just pitch in.”
“Okay! Let’s do this!” said everyone together.
“Wait a minute… what am I going to do?” Haley asked impatiently.
“You’re the cunning one. You figure it out,” Daniel piped in.
“Don’t worry, Haley. You can do it!” Veronica added, encouragingly.
Soon enough, the dinosaurs came charging at them. Daniel told them a really good tall tale about how his friend cooked a dinosaur meal. The dinosaurs were worried because they thought the tall tale was real.
“Did he really?” they asked, their large bodies shaking in fear.
“Yes. He just barbecued the dinosaur and put him between two giant loafs of French bread and then invited us all over for a big Dinosaur dinner. It was the most delicious meal I ever ate. I never knew anything tasted as good as Dinosaur meat!”
The dinosaurs started to look more scared than scary.
The Super Heroes snickered quietly.
Meanwhile, Veronica and Ian planned what to do next.
Veronica whispered “Psst…. Let me at ‘em. I’ll make them have so much fun and laugh so hard that they’ll get dizzy.”
“Then I’ll be able to tie them up in ropes!’ interjected Ian.
“Can you really do that with those humongous dinosaurs?” asked Veronica.
“Yes, I am brave!” Ian proudly said.
Dominic wisely warned, “These creatures are very dangerous. Even for someone that is very brave. I know about these beasts from my studies. You must be careful, and we must all be intelligent in how we handle them.
Haley had been quietly listening in and thinking.
All of a sudden everyone exclaimed at once, “Then what are we going to do with a bunch of dinosaurs that are not supposed to be here?!”
“That’s where I come in!” Haley burst out, holding up a tape measure, a clock and a circuit board she had made with her Super Hero Friends.
Everyone looked confused as they asked, “How are we going to use those things to send them back in time? We made them, but how do we use them?“
Then Henry said, “I think I figured it out.”
Henry whispered in Haley’s ear.
“That’s right, “ Haley replied. ”That’s exactly what I was thinking, Henry! We can measure back in time. If they could measure forwards, we can measure backwards. ”
Everyone said, “Wow!”
“I didn’t know that, but I get it now,” said Ian.
“That’s brilliant! I get it too,” said Veronica.
Dominic said, “I wasn’t thinking that way, but now I am.”
Daniel added, “That’s amazing science! I thought that kind of science only existed in my incredible imagination.”
“Okay, you guys…” Haley said. “Veronica, you tell your clever riddles and make them laugh really hard. Henry and Daniel, you connect the circuit board, measuring tape and clock together. Ian, you tie the dinosaurs to it and wrap this wire around them. Dom, you find the exact place in time where they have to go back to.”
Haley handed Ian a red wire. “Connect the wire to the circuit board once you have them tied up.”
“Then we’re all going to turn the clock back as fast as possible, over and over again,” Henry explained.
“Dominic, you find the date!” said Daniel.
“I’ll entertain them and tell clever riddles and make them laugh so hard they’ll get dizzy again,” offered Veronica, “so they don’t know what’s going on.”
“Just thinking about that makes me dizzy!” said Ian.
Sure enough, the Super Heroes performed as planned. When it was time for them to be tied up, Veronica kept swooping around them in circles while telling them clever riddles. It made them laugh so hard and get so dizzy that they fell back onto the circuit board. Then Ian got a rope and tied the dinosaurs to the clock, circuit board and the measuring tape and wrapped the red wire around them. Daniel and Henry connected the circuit board, clock and measuring tape together.
Dominic said, “I need to quickly find their place in history… I got it!!! They died 65.5 million years ago!”
Haley smiled at Dominic glowingly.
Daniel and Henry quickly adjusted the clock to 65.5 millions ago. Ian was ready to connect the red wire to the circuit board.
Then Daniel told the tied-up Dinosaurs (that were trying to get loose) that they (the Dinosaurs) were going back to a time where there was no one that ate Dinosaurs. They seemed happy about that.
Veronica told them, if they went back, no one would make them woozie from riddles and running around them. They sighed in relief.
Ian told them no one would tie them up or be stronger than they were.
Henry and Haley said… well, they actually just looked at the Dinosaurs in the eyes and said “HAH! Go back!!”
Then Dominic pulled out an ancient calendar and adjusted the clock and circuit board to it and Ian inserted the red wire and…
POOF!!!!
The Dinosaurs started spinning around and around in a whirlwind, as they gradually rose from the ground and became smaller and smaller.
The Saint Gabriel Knight Super Hero Kids watched in astonishment as the Dinosaurs gradually disappeared into the sky, and the last fleck vanished forever.
The Dinosaurs were gone and the St. Gabriel Knight Super Hero Kids saved the day!
…As they celebrated with lemonade and cookies, they noticed a mysterious little wooden door on the side of a brick wall…
