Home Alone: my story

Most of you have seen a Home Alone movie where a boy named Kevin Mcallister gets accidentally left behind at home when his family goes to Paris. He defends his home from two burglars who attempt to break into his home. Now I'm going to tell you my story if I was in this boy's position. The  story would take place in London, instead of Chicago. 

Summary: I get left home alone because my dad is away on business, my mum and my sisters are out of town to see my uncle and his family. I'm left at home alone because I have homework to do and have to deal with two burglars who attempt to break into my house. 

 

Now my story begins. I'm sitting in my room which  I share with my eldest sister Khamael. She enters. 

"What are you doing?''she asked.

Nothing,''I replied, closing my laptop.

''Don't you have homework to catch up on?''

''Well yeah, I do but it is not due till Monday, so I'm taking a break now.''

''Oh okay. By the way, Mama,Ghadeer and I are going to Surrey to visit Uncle Hasan and his family, want to come?''

''Sorry can't, I've got lots of homework to do.''

''It's okay, I understand. I'm glad that you are using your time efficiently, Huda. But are you sure you will be fine by yourself?''

"Don't worry, I'll be fine, I know what to do.'' 

Khamael smiled and hugged me and went to tell Mama what I told her. 

''I'm worried about Huda. It's not that I don't trust her,'' I heared Mama say, ''it's just that we might live in a not so safe neighbourhood in Notting Hills. I'm worried something bad might happen to Huda.''

Don't worry Mama,'' Ghadeer said,''Huda will be fine, she's very brave.'' 

I smiled at what Ghadeer said. Mama, Khamael and Ghadeer got ready to leave. Mama gave me safety rules such as not answering the phone and door to strangers and calling them if I needed anything or if anything happens. 

I waved them goodbye and went to my room and did my homework.

The next hour after I finished my Maths homework I decided to go make myself some chocolate milkshake when suddenly I heard a noise. 

What was that?I wondered. I decided that it wouldn't hurt to go investigate a bit so I decided to peak through the curtains. I gasped. I saw two men with crowbars. One was short and bald and the other was tall and blond. They were going to break into our house. 

''Which way do we go?''asked the blond guy.

''Through the back door.''

I ran quietly to my room, hid in my closet and put a Hijab on my head in case those guys make it into to my room. 

''I've heard that this family is Muslim. Most muslims are loaded.'' the short guy said. 

''Really, Harry, they're muslim. I've never met a muslim in my life.''

''Look, Mark, who cares let's just rob this house and get out of here.''

Oh no, they know about our religion. I thought about what I heard of them say. I recognise one of them, the short guy named Harry. He was the the police officer who checked into our house last night, he was talking to Mama about our security system. I shouldn've known this was going to happen. I took out my cell phone and and called 999. I told the operator everything about what happened. How the burglars looked like, where I am now, our address and the burglar's names. I kept on line, so if Harry and Mark make it into my room, find me and threaten me, the police will hear what is going on. 

''There is a muslim girl named Huda in this room. They've left her home alone because she has homework to do.'' Harry said.Oh no, they know that I am home alone. I'm screwed now. 

An idea struck me. I took out a pocket knife from the closet. 

The door burst open.

''Aha, there she is, she is wearing a head scarf.''

I stabbed them with the knife . Then the police arrived and arrested the criminals. 

Mama called, Khamael, Ghadeer, and even Uncle Hasan and his family called. They've heard about what I have done. The police told them everything. They told me how brave I was and that they were proud of me. Enough said. 

I

The Invisibles

I woke up and I found out my whole body was gone. I tried to scream a sound came out. I couldn't believe it! What if my family are looking for me and they find out I'm indiscernible. If my voice is heard and they can't see where I am they'd feel scared and abscond.

But at least I could see something and hear everyone. I didn't know what to do. I saw a portrayal of myself so I remembered my body and began to cry. Suddenly I heard a scream. What was that?
It was my sister Khamael.
''Oh no, what happened to my little sister?''
''I'm here, I can't see myself either,'' I answered.
''Huda, where are you?'' I didn't know what was going on. Maybe something demonic might have happened to my body. Some devil might have cut my body off. Khamael ran and told mama and Ghadeer about what happened to my body.
''Mama, come to our bedroom now, I can hear Huda's voice but I can't see her anywhere!'' Khamael exclamined.
''What on earth is going on here?'' Baba asked. He was in his and Mama's room working on his computer.
''Huda has just vanished, we can hear her but we can't see her anywhere,'' Mama replied.
I cleared my throat and began to speak.
''Look everyone, I woke up and I also found out my body was gone. I can see and hear you. I saw a picture of myself, I wanted to cry so I did.''
Mama cried, Khamael cried, Ghadeer cried and even I cried. Baba wasn't crying but he looked like he was going to.

At night we went to the jam3a at Khalo's house. Everyone got dressed except me because my body was gone. My wardrobe fell open. My clothes were gone. I didn't take any of my clothes. I was wondering who it was. Only my perfume, books, glasses, bags and shoes were tangible. We all got to Khalo's house. Everyone was there on time. Khalo Hasan had noticed I was invisible. Everyone started noticing too.
So they asked about me.
''I'm here everyone, hello,'' I said.
''Oh no, where is she?''  they asked.
''Look, my daughter had woken up this morning and found out her body was gone. We can hear her but we can't see her anywhere,'' Mama answered.
''Poor Huda,'' Julan said sadily.
''How did she wake up like that?'' Khala Zainab asked.
''I don't know, I have no who took my sister's body,'' Ghadeer said.  They all started crying, even Zanooba cried, the cute little baby girl.
Everyone went to the table to eat dinner except me. I didn't feel like eating. But the food suddenly fell into my mouth.

I woke up the next morning. My body was back. I was visible again. I was so happy I jumped in my bed. Khamael was pleased to see me so she joined me in the bed so were both jumping like crazy. Ghadeer saw us and joined in too.

Getting Lost

I was almost 14 years old when I wrote this story and my 14th birthday was coming up. I was born in 1997 in the Royal Free Hospital(mentioned in the birth story) in London. I live with my mum and I have two sisters called Khamael and Ghadeer. Khamael is oldest and I'm the youngest. She's 21 years old and she's two years older than Ghadeer. I like school,homework,pizza,chocolate,ice cream and pancakes.
But the worst thing that happened to me in my life and also most thing I hate is getting lost so I'm going to tell you my story of how I got lost in a store.

We were at my uncle's house first drinking tea. I don't drink tea by itself but I drink milk with it.
My uncle's name is Khalo Hasan and he has three children,Zozo,Mustafa and Batool. My other uncle named Khalo Baqir and cousin Aliya had just came from London. We were discussing and planning our outing to the snow park at the mall of the Emirates. So we got dressed so me,Zozo,Aliya,Mustafa,Batool,Khamael,Ghadeer,Khalo Baqir and Khalo Hasan went in the car.
But we went in mama's car so we chatted and listened to the tape of Anasheed.
We reached at last. It was prayer time so we had to go to the prayer room. Aliya had a pack of paper turbas for all of us. We finally finished praying and went to this place. But the problem was the prize of the snow park for 2 hours was too expensive so we couldn't afford that. We wandered around the shops and took pictures at some beautiful places we've seen. We went to the food court so Aliya bought a KFC chicken and water bottles for us. I really hate KFC.

We finally went to Borders but I forgot to take my Borders card. I went to the children's section and went to look for books I wanted to buy. I saw Jacqueline Wilson books I've just read. Then I saw some love Jacqueline Wilson books like 'Lola Rose'. I looked at 'Goosebumps' but it was so sad because I couldn't find 'The Night of the Living Dummy'. I booked some books in my head that I wanted to buy for later on which is 'The Naughtiest Girl Again by Anid Blyton' and 'Twins At St.Clares by Anid Blyton' that Aliya wanted to get me. I looked for Harry Potter books but there was only one book called 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Halows', there were no other books.  I finally finished and went to look for them but there was no sign of them. I looked where I last saw them but they were also not there. I then realized I was lost so I said to myself ,''What do I do now? I'll just wait till they find me but they never forget about me.''
I stayed calm and stood near the door so they can find me easily. Meanwhile,they were walking towards the car park. Khamael wanted to hold my hand but she realized I wasn't with them. Ghadeer started crying and said,''Oh my god,what do we do now?'' They were all very worried.
Khamael said,''I know where Huda is,she's in Borders.'' But they didn't know where Borders is so Khamael started running like crazy,her shoes almost fell off. Then she saw a young girl with a red scarf. She recognised this girl and shouted my name,''Huda,Huda,thank god you're all right,we were so worried about you!'' she said. At last she found me so we to Cafeteria Al Ijaza and ordered juice.

The next day me,mama and Khamael went to Mirdif City Centre and they bought me books and a mobile phone. The mobile phone was a good idea.