thanx 2 evryone who likes this story.. though it really stinx. It may seem like i copied Vinyaya’s story but trust me i had no intention of doing so…and the plot is entirely different- its basically just *short stories from the recon academy from Holly’s perspective- tho i was a litle ….inspired from Vinyaya! thank you !*no pun intended

Holly Short had another one of those nights without sleep. It was quiet in Haven, yes, but the silence seemed to make her ears ring. She wished sleep would come easily . Afer all, tomorrow she would be embarrasing herself in front of the whole junior recon students during the flying test. Vinyaya, her favourite teacher, was sure to fail her. To make matters worse , that idiot,Lili Frond would be watching her as well, and what she did not need was more insults to top the ones the other boys gave her.

Brilliant.

She rolled over, pressing her small pillow to her face in a futile attempt to drown out the other boys’ snores.  “Won’t they shut up?” she groaned to herself, tossing and turning.

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“BEEEEEEEPPPPP BEEEEEEEPPPPP* Holly gave a small moan and shut the alarm off with her palm.It was irriatating, but the only thing loud enough to annoy the heck out of her so that she woke up. The elf rolled out of bed, rubbing the sleep from her eyes with long slender fingers.

Time to get ready, she thought.She padded over to her nightstand. Pushing a few digi pads and hair pins aside, she opened the drawer quickly and pulled out her lucky watch. The screen was still a little scratched from the last obstacle course test, but she somehow felt better once it was on.

Short pulled a handheld mirror from her bathrobe pocket and did up her long red hair into a very tight an secure knot.just to make sure it was firm , she added five hair pins in the bun. I really should get this cut, she thought. More time saved. A crew cut should do the trick. Holly slipped out of her nightgown. She recited the gears of a shuttle pod over and over as she dressed, just to make sure she got them. Flying tests were easy enough, but could turn nasty if you forgot  few things. Short shoved a few mints into her pocket, rubbed a bit of ear moisturizer onto the tips and was ready to roll. Sieze the day, she thought , and stepped out of her room, locking the door behind her.

As usual, the common room was a bustle of activity. Boys were laughing and joking amongst each other  as they played handheld games while trying to cram down as much nutri-bars as possible. The room had the pungent odor of old socks, which made Holly sick almost every time.  “Boys,” she thought. She was almost to the door when someone stopped her.

She whirled around so fast that a hairpin almost came undone. “Can’t I walk to the door once without-”she began, but stopped. It wasn’t Brian or Jonathan, the usual bullies.

It was Trouble Kelp himself , and he was looking thoroughly embarrased. “Er– good luck, holly,” stammered, and rushed off. Holly stood there, not knowing what to do. Why on earth had Trouble not referred to her as “girl” or “short” or even “you”.he had called her holly. and wished her “good luck” . She assumed he had been to one of those late night boy bashes in the Common Room and had too much strawberry mousse, and forgot about it.

Holly made her way to the door, trying not to inhale the sock-smell.She opened it hurriedly and rushed out, not even bothering to close it. Miss Vinyaya was outside, examining the shuttles that were parked there. They were beauties, painted in electric blue and silver.Flashy. Next to them was a young centaur, scribbling on a digi pad. Holly raced out to meet her best friend, foaly.

“Hi , Foaly,” she said ,out of breath.

“Hi, holly,” he said. ” your hairpin seems to have gone on a holiday.” Holly swore under her breath and rummaged in the pocket of her suit. “D’arvit! Im out.”

foaly instantly supplied her with a little device from his backpack. “Try this,” he said. ” you clip it on and it instantly locks itself . The nanobots inside change to the colour code of your hair. Invisible.”

Holly clipped it on. ” Thanks, foaly.”

Vinyaya spoke from the back of the shuttle . ” Short, the class has arrived.” Holly raced to join the class.

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“What was miss Vin doing, Short?” hissed a little voice in her ear. “Giving you the answers?” Holly grabbed the finger the boy was using to poke her in the back with and bent it back as hard as she could. The boy let out a squeak and recoiled his hand quickly. “you can’t get the answers for a flying test, you moron,” she hissed .

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• Shadow of the day
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• Artemis Fowl and the quest with King Lief, Part II
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• I'm baaaaaaaack!