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Milla's Story

by SG Author Viola

Milla Kellway, teen rockstar leaves to Pelp after her first concert due to her fears of being a singer. There, she meets Tib, but they can't be toghether for long, since Tib must go to war. Broken-hearten Milla is confided by Zeno. They develop a relationship, but suddenly Milla needs to make a choice between the one she loves and the fate of Pelp...

Chapter 1: Milla Kellway

I'm Milla Kellway, and this is my story.

Think of me as an average 12-year-old girl whose hobbies are karate, cheerleading, and solving riddles. Average, chestnut-brown hair and big blue eyes. But then again, I'm not average because I have a super voice. I don't mean to boast. I loaded videos on YouTube and then my Hollywood star life began, complete with concerts and signing autographs.

Wow! The super feeling of being on stage, the crowd roaring while I sang my hit song, It's Raining Love. The paparazzi were shooting me like crazy, and everything was perfect. I loved it. At first.

My concert was great, but I thought that if this was what being a celeb was like, then I didn't want to be one. I mean, the ton of interviews after the concert, the even more tons of people who wanted an autograph...

I ran away. You may think I'm crazy, but I did.

I ran out of the closet room, past the paparazzi and the V.I.P. guests. I emerged onto L.A. Street, still not stopping the insane running. After a few minutes, I fell down, totally unconscious.

I woke several hours later, but this time I wasn't on the streets. I was surrounded by thick mist. I looked around and saw absolutely nothing apart from a small chalkboard with some writing on it. I picked it up and read it. I couldn't help but giggle because this was the worst riddle I ever read:

I am full of people but not quite so

For I have no second E or O.

In this four-lettered place,

My first and last are the same.

This is where you will go:

Hm. Full of people meant the word "PEOPLE." No second E or O: PEPL. First and last letter are the same? Swap the P and L, so that's PELP. I wrote "PELP" on the board. As soon as I wrote this down, something absurd happened: a tornado formed and approached me rapidly. I just had time to read the new writing on the chalkboard:

This is a choice you made

And didn't hesitate

You must flee to Pelp

This, unfortunately, was all I could read before the tornado caught me like a whirlwind and sucked me in. There were more "instructions" on it, but I didn't have time to read them now. If only I had, because they would have helped a lot in my extraordinary adventures, of which I had quite a lot, oh yes...