On a cold winter night in Maine, a bundled-up couple was walking home from the movie theater, it had been their date night. Pennywise had spotted them when they had crossed the bridge going from downtown into the suburban area. He knew that if he wanted to take the woman, he'd have to distract the man. Distraction was rarely a technique employed by Pennywise. He is a multidimensional shapeshifting entity after all. However, is a recent battle involving a bold group of kids had left him battered and shaken.
As Pennywise watched from the shadows, he finally spotted an opportunity. The woman had gone inside a convenience store, and the man had stayed outside waiting for her. Pennywise's mouth began to water for he knew his next meal would be coming soon. The only problem was that he needed the woman outside of the store in order for him to take her, and he needed the man distracted. As the woman was checking out, Pennywise saw his opportunity. He ran over to the side of the store, away from the entrance, and in a perfect impression of the woman yelled, "Babe can you help me with this?!" The Man looked up, slightly confused. He walked around the corner and into the dark, just as the woman was exiting the front of the store. Pennywise made his move. He snatched the woman right from the sidewalk. She dropped all of her groceries on the floor as Pennywise carried her off into the woods.
As they entered Pennywise's cave, Pennywise sensed that they were not alone. In a flash of light, Pennywise's nemesis appeared in front of him, the ancient turtle Maturin. "Drop the woman Pennywise", Maturin stated calmly. Pennywise obeyed. Then without warning, he lunged at Maturin. Knocking him down and landed on his shell. Pennywise, having battled Maturin many times, knew exactly what to do. He ripped out Maturin's right eye, causing the turtle to recede into the void. Pennywise's bewildered gaze then returned to his soon to be meal.
Back at the convenience store, the man looked everywhere for his girlfriend. Unfortunately, he would never find her.
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Author's Note: I decided to base my story on when Ravana comes to abduct Sita and has to fight off Jatayu. I immediately thought that this could be put into a horror format and I ultimately landed on Pennywise after thinking about how I could incorporate the luring away of Rama into my story. I decided to write the story from Pennywise's/Ravana's perspective because I thought that I would have a little more creative freedom that way. I wasn't really sure how to incorporate Jatayu into the story, but eventually, I decided to add Maturin the turtle (yes he's really in the original IT book) into my story and make him play the part of Jatayu.
Hey Jacob!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your writing because you decided to completely change the plot and characters into a horror short story. I am not much of a fan of horror, but you wrote it wonderfully. It kept me engaged the entire time. Did you consider maybe adding a background story to Maturin? I understand that he is your nemesis but for how long. Has he always been a nemesis or was he was Pennywise’s friend? One suggestion might be to put into context about how pennywise knew to rip out Maturin’s right eye. Pennywise battled Maturin many times, but how did he eventually figure out that the right eye is the weakness? For example, if I was Pennywise and finally was able to get my next meal, I would need to make it where there were no witnesses. Perhaps, I would take both of them so the man would not report the woman missing and potentially have someone searching for her. There would have to be no loose ends. Good job, overall!
Hi Jacob!
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you completely changed this story. I feel like most of the stories that I have been reading for this class, as well as my own stories, have been very similar to the original stories. Therefore it is interesting to see your creativity and imagination when completely changing everything. I was definitely on the edge of my seat the entire time. While I cannot say that I like horror, I definitely find it to be very engaging and intriguing. Your story definitely kept my attention! I think this story was really well written, but I do think you could add some more detail. For example, I wanted to know about Maturin and the relationship between him and Pennywise. Therefore you could maybe talk about this more and do a bit of background story as well. Overall, I think this was really well written and I love the way you totally made this your own. Good job and good luck!
Hey Jacob! I have seen the first IT movie (it was the first horror movie I have ever seen, and I think it was the right choice because it wasn't THAT scary, it was kinda ridiculous at some points), so I understood the references in your story. I think it relates to Sita's abduction very well! I had no idea there was originally a turtle in the IT book, so that was cool to learn, and it worked out perfectly with Jatayu's role in the original story. Nice work!
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