The HPCMS Chronicle

By: Quinn Sandhu, Kaoma Canales, and Victoria Juarez  Part 1 “This is 2523. In this time people will have special abilities. In 2075 a meteor will hit earth, spreading an unknown substance mutating every newborn. When one of the mutated humans turns 13 the mutation will fully develop. They will prick their finger allowing a drop of blood to fall into the lantern. Depending on the change of color in the lantern, powers will be stronger or weaker than others. We use these abilities to empower our community. There will be 4 ranks. Green, Yellow, Orange, and Purple. The rarest color is purple and the most common is yellow. If you are one of those people to possess a purple rank, most likely your future will be challenging. But again, that's very rare to acquire purple so I wouldn't worry about that. The order of strength is purple, orange, yellow then green. Remember today is the past, tomorrow is the future. And I wish you all a bright future.”- International Alert 2023 “Bright fu...

The Beautiful Woman By Savannah Parker  Chapter 1: Heartbeat Ironically, it was sunny, a beautiful day. I woke up on the floor at a dim house, the light from outside shined through the large window, blinding me. I didn't remember anything from last night. As I forced my eyes open, I saw another person. She was still asleep on the couch. I felt jealous of her long brown curly hair and tan skin. I struggled to walk over to her; my legs felt weak; the soreness worsened as I walked closer and closer. When I arrived at the couch, there was an awful stench that caused my eyes to burn. I was too desperate to back away; I needed to get out of there. So I plugged my nose and walked, squinting. I tapped her; she didn’t budge. I shook her shoulder a little more forcefully. Again, she didn't budge. I didn’t even hear the slightest breath of her deep sleep. I tried to reject the thought, the thought you should know by now. Death. But how? Why? I backed away, scared, not noticing the glass v...