Food of the Gods by Clara

My food of the gods (my favourite meal) would be a three-course meal. Of course, everything would have to be gluten-free.

My starter would be one of my mum’s miniature homemade burgers - no bun - with melting grated cheese covering it entirely. It would also come with a small portion of spicy curly fries. The starter would come with tomato ketchup and salad cream, ready to be mixed together and create the perfect pink sauce: tangy, but able to cool down the curly fries. The taste of the burgers and cheese is amazing; the cheese perfectly adds some more flavour and makes the texture smooth in your mouth. The burgers smell delicious, as the cheese bubbles give an amazing aroma as you eat.

My main meal would be a meal at my favourite restaurant. I would order ham, egg and chips with tomato ketchup. Once I had it in front of me, my mouth would start to salivate. The ham would be cut into a thick chunk, and I would eat the slightly smoky ham first. Next, I would pop the egg’s surface with one of the best-tasting chips in the world. The chips crunch in your mouth and the best way to eat them is to dunk them in the egg and the ketchup before eating them. As your plate is delivered, you catch the scent of the warm chips, and can’t wait to eat everything on the plate.

Finally, my dessert would be a chocolate brownie and vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, and melting chocolate all on one plate. This is probably my favourite dessert in the world. The warm brownie smells of luxurious chocolate, and the contrast of warm brownie and cool ice cream mix together in your mouth, you wish you could eat it every day. The chocolate sauce joins with the ice cream towards the end, as the ice cream. By the end of your meal, you feel like you could burst, but you don’t regret eating every last crumb of it

Food of the Gods by Ella

If I had to pick what would be my favourite food it would definitely be macaroni cheese! Every year I go to my nan's house in Harlow. Every time, I have a heavenly creamy, cheesy microwave macaroni cheese. Every time I talk about it, I can picture it in my mind. I can hear it pop and sizzle in the microwave, and when I take it out the gorgeous smell instantly hits me (like a ton of bricks) the smell wafts in through my nose into my brain making my heart dance. Every so often I would stir the melted cheese in with the pasta sauce to make sure it was properly cooked in the centre. When it’s done I would place the steaming hot dish on a plastic tray and sit down comfortably to eat it and to top it off I would dip the buttery garlic bread in to the left-over cheese sauce. 

Then for desert, I would pile on a range of different coloured scoops of ice cream on to a soft, light fluffy waffle half dipped in melted milk chocolate in a massive ice cream sundae glass cup, topped off with chocolate sauce and a gigantic squirt of whipped cream on top. Then I would grab a small spoon and dig in to the bottom where all the sauce slowly dripped down the sides to make a puddle of chocolate sauce with strawberry sprinkles scattered everywhere, once I had made my masterpiece it was time to it eat it before I get that sickly feeling in my stomach.

Food of the Gods by Alycia

My absolute favourite! Food would definitely be McDonald's double cheese burger and fries. It’s the best meal in the whole world! It's amazing the lovely soft and yummy bread bun it tastes like a cloud from heaven! Topped with two juicy beef burgers and yummy melted cheese. It’s so good with the best ketchup in the universe; it’s sweet but savoury and salty with the amazing top bun that’s heavenly with ketchup! You definitely can’t forget the crispy crunchy fries that were made to be worshipped! They have yummy soft potato inside the crispy shell like a hidden treasure. YOU CAN NOT FORGET THE TOMATO KETCHUP! It tastes like heaven, it's so good! If you need a drink you can get a large coke with ice cubes it tastes really nice you can slurp it all up from the colourful straw if you are still hungry (which is crazy) are still hungry after that amazing meal then go across from McDonald's and get some diddy donuts with chocolatey Nutella sauce and lots of sugar!! Now after this you will not be hungry until the next day! It’s a feast for royalty.

Food of the Gods by Scarlett

If I could eat anywhere in the world for every meal, it would be Kingdom. Kingdom was an amazing buffet restaurant in Newcastle, but sadly, it closed down. It sells a wide range of food from all around the world; the best part though, is its all you can eat. I run in and excitedly sit down at the glossy, glass table that appears like its magically floating in the air. I long for the waitress to come over and tell us we can go and eat. She only takes a few seconds, but they seem to take hours. At last she comes and I race to the food. My eyes dart towards the starter section and I sprint over to it. I pile my plate high with mozzarella sticks oozing with yummy mozzarella; warm chicken strips coated in crispy breadcrumbs; slices of sizzling garlic bread just being brought out of the steamy kitchen and chicken and sweetcorn soup bubbling over its container.

As soon as I have gulped down the delicious starters, I’m back on my feet. The Chinese section beckons me towards it and I happily take the crispy duck pancakes: my favourite! I get cold cucumber sticks and juicy slices of pineapple tom stuff in my paper-like pancakes. After I have demolished every last mouthful of it, I head for the Italian stand. I get carbonara pasta and pizza. It is coated in bacon, chicken, steak, ham and beef. I gulp it all down, carelessly splatting the warm, creamy sauce all over my new top!

Then it’s time for my favourite course: the one I have been looking forward to all day. I joyously sprint to the huge dessert section. My eyes are blinded by all the colourful cakes and sweet deserts. They are all in little mini portions so I can eat lots. I grab the strawberry cheesecake; raspberry cheesecake; trifle; Victoria sponge; oozing cookie dough; brownie so tasty it melts in my mouth; scoop after scoop of kinder Bueno ice cream drizzled in chocolate sauce; pancakes; banana split; mini donuts; jam sponge; strawberry mousse with a strawberry on top; and best of all: chocolate gateau!

Michael's Mystery Mission by Maddie

With a start, I suddenly woke up. Sweating like a pig, I carefully sat up in bed, reclaiming my thoughts one by one. I remembered my nightmare. When the blackbird fed my sister until she became stronger and stronger. Then she flew above the trees out of the nest to the garage roof. Mina was there, she stared at me from the garden wall. After that she began saying, “STAY AWAY!” “You’re danger!” All of a sudden, I heard the baby bawling and that’s when I woke up. I could hear mum and dad saying, “SH!” “We are here now.” It took a few a minutes until they were asleep and by then my eyes had adjusted to the pitch-black darkness of my room. The atmosphere was so quiet and strange that it sent cold shivers shooting down my aching back. I tried to pull myself out of my uncomfortable but warm bed, but it was no good. I still didn’t know if my parents were asleep but luckily I soon found out. Mum started snoring loudly like a whale so I started my daring mission. I found my torch and quickly put some clothes on which were lying around. I crept out of my room and down the hallway and stopped. Thinking what to do I crawled on my hands and knees the rest of the way to the bathroom door so nobody could hear me.

Steadily, I stood up after finally reaching the bathroom door. As I tried to open it I realised someone was in there. So I quickly hid behind the clothes basket.

Five minutes past and the bathroom door swung open. It was my dad. Sleep walking like a zombie. After he finally went back to bed I quickly went in to the bathroom. I had to make it quick so I got the jar of aspirin and started to climb down the stairs trying to dodge the creaking, bare floorboards. I walked down the hallway to find the kitchen. It felt like hours to find the key but when I found it I checked my pockets. Oh no… the jar of aspirin fell out my pocket as I was coming down the stairs. I darted to the stairs; the jar of aspirin was now rolling down it. CLICK, CLICK, CLICK!! I picked it up and carried on with my mission.

Cautiously, I grabbed the worn out old back door key and headed for the wooden hinged back door. Then I stuck it in the lock. My hands were trembling with fear and the coldness. I turned the key softly in the lock; to my relief it opened very quietly. But, then I thought this is stupid! Why am I doing this? There is no going back now.

Michael's Mission by Tegan

I lay there in the darkness wondering if it was all a dream about the baby. I lay thinking about what to do next. I sat up with an idea to give the man in the garage some food. I got up, but I started to fall back to sleep so I started to drift back into a nice sleep but all of a sudden I heard ‘WWWAAAHHHH’ the baby had started to cry so I sat up doing nothing I could her Dad snoring like a pig and Mum cooing and hissing to the baby to calm her down. Soon after the baby and mum fell back to sleep, and dad was still snoring like a pig. I got ready to do a mission I knew that had to be done. I wandered to the bathroom to get the aspirin.

I snatched the aspirin from the cupboard in the bathroom. Cautiously, I made my way to the old, oak staircase. I stepped on the first step and a creak bounced through the hallway I heard mum mumble, “Who is that?”

I knew I was in trouble. I whispered back, “It’s me, Michael. I’m going to get a drink.”

 “Okay,” she said and went back to sleep. I got to the bottom of the stairs and a question was racing through my mind. Slowly, I reached for the keys and a torch and I unlocked the door and cold air hit my face as I opened the door.

Regretfully, I stepped into the garden and stared up into the beautiful sky filled with stars. I stepped into the wilderness and I remembered the 27 & 53 still in the bin. I went and got it and stepped back into the wilderness. Brambles and thorns tugging at my bed clothes and tearing holes during the process. I stubbed my toe on a brick and I started jumping up and down in pain; my toe started throbbing. I grabbed the cold char sui off the floor and carried on my journey to the garage.

I arrived trembling with fear in front of the bluebottle infested garage wondering if it was all a dream about the man in the garage, but I opened the door slowly and slowly stepped inside the old dark garage…

Michael’s Midnight Mission by Stuart

As fast as lightning, I sat up gasping for air. Beads of sweat rolled down my face as I shuffled out of bed. I thought I was in Antarctica, the air was freezing! As I froze to death, I tiptoed out of my room. Then I heard dad snoring and the baby’s breath rattling like a rattle snakeAs I headed to the bathroom I heard a thud. It was my dad falling out of bed. I hid and I had an excuse. Then, a few minutes later I grabbed the aspirin jar and…

I tiptoed downstairs; I could hear the aspirin jingling in my pocket. My heart raced as I tiptoed away. I tried to make as least noise as I could but also rushing so I didn’t get caught. All of a sudden, the stair started creaking. Holding my breath, I waited for the noise to stop. I grabbed the key and walked over to the door I proceeded to open the door. Then I saw the jungle that my parents called a garden.

Crazily, I explored the garden. I dropped the aspirin in front of the shed so I new where it was at all times. Without taking a step I saw bushes with caterpillars. I took a few more steps and saw rats eating the 27 and 53 so I grabbed it and scared the rats away. Fortunately the street lights were on and I could see perfectly. I could see the leaves, branches and a tree dancing in the wind .There was a trail of something so I followed it and it lead me to a bush. It had thistles so I looked through and saw a group of birds in their nest feeding their babies. They did their danger call like I was danger. I stepped back and tripped over a stone. Then I heard my dad opening the door so I hid around the corner. Then I figured that he was sleep walking so lucky me. I headed through the bushes and thistles and got to the shed it felt like hours but it was 10 seconds. Then I realise I forgot the 27 and 53 so I go back and forth and put the key softly into the hole and…

Eventually, I reached the shed and there were bluebottles, centipedes, spiders and much more creepy little bugs. Before I put the key in the lock I thought, should I really do this? I mean he did save me so. I put the key in the hole and it wouldn’t budge so I tried harder and broke it open. Tentativly, I stepped in.

Michael's Mission by Scarlett

Disorientated, I awoke, hearing the baby’s breath rattling violently in her sleep. I remembered the nightmare, about my sister as a blackbird, looming above my head, but could not grasp what it meant. I was sure it had a reason. Now, there was something I had to do, begin my midnight mission…a mission I knew I couldn’t avoid. Silently, I left the loving warmth of my soft duvet, and entered the cold attic. Immediately, a blast of icy wind hit me from the hole in the roof. Before I could change my mind, I put my feet into dad’s old slippers and bravely climbed the ladder down to the upstairs hall where my parent’s room was.

Although I couldn’t see much in the gloomy darkness, the sound of dad snoring like a pig in the distance, lead me the right way. Once I reached their room I carefully peered in to make sure everybody was asleep. Then I tiptoed towards the bathroom and reached out my hand. I gripped the silver handle for the cabinet which stored our aspirin. It swung open and I swiftly grabbed it with my sweaty hand.

I yearned to be back in my warm bed, safe from the cold, underneath my fluffy duvet. I was tired and couldn’t see a thing, but I had to succeed and that meant I had to go on. I slowly scaled the ancient staircase. Creak! I stepped on the creaky step! I stood still as a statue, my heart pounding, but I didn’t dare breathe. Did somebody hear me? Did I wake them? After a minute of waiting, I tiptoed the rest of the way down, utterly relieved. Steadily, I stepped onto the cracked tiles of the kitchen floor.

Michael’s Midnight Mission by Millie

Chapter  1

As fast as lightning I sat up, gasping for air. I felt like I was sweating like a pig. I sat wondering, why I was awake, what happened? I finally figured it out after some time. I had a nightmare. I remembered it was my sister in the nest Mina saw.  I was so confused yet…scared. I could hear my little baby sister’s soft breathing and my mum and dad’s heavy breath. At first I thought my mum and dad breathing was something else, and I got scared. I felt a bit shook. I then remembered my mission and I thought I would be a scared doing it after being scared bybreathign.  I remembered about Skelig, the man in the shed. I got so nervous about him sitting there waiting, getting impatient. I didn’t know what to do so I needed a plan. After about 15 minutes I can up with a plan thought of.  I crept out of my room peeked round the corner and snook out. As quite as a mouse I leant over to reach the door.

Chapter 2

Finally I lifted my hand to the handle and twisted it. I opened the door hoping it wouldn’t creak. Luckily, to my relief, it didn’t. Slowly, like a snail, I crept in. I started looking around for the aspirin.  I sated to panic but after some time I found it. I crept round the door to see if anyone was there. No one was luckily. Swiftly, trying to be quite, I snook down the stairs. I had the key this morning, but couldn’t remember where I put it. I started to tear the kitchen to pieces in a rush. After what felt like hours, I found the key. I tried opening the door but it was the wrong key. Later on I found it, and it was 1:00am. Nervously, I opened the door and felt the cool ‘Midnight’ breeze.

Chapter 3

I crept outside and snook around the house. Before I could get round the house, I couldn’t fit round the gap. I started worrying, but then I sucked my stomach in, and went the gap. I carefully opened the lip to the bin and got the left overs of 27 and 53. I tried not to get my hands sticky from the cold, red and gooey char sui.  I snook back round into the garden, and stopped. Is there really a man in the shed? Am I going crazy? Am I dreaming? Am I sleep walking? I soon stopped asking myself and kept walking. I got to the door. Should I go in?

Chapter 4

I just stood there in silence. I didn’t know if I should go in. I was scared yet confused. I was a few steps away from the door, opened it and he was there.

Michael's Mission by Grace N

Chapter 1

The Dream

 Desperately gasping for air, I rapidly sot up from my sauna like bed completely drenched from head to toe in sweat. Then the feeling of what just happened hit me… This horrifying dream with my sister surrounded with blackbirds, and then she turned into one. Right after that my mind went completely blank, like crashing waves turning into smooth-waters. Just thinking about it made me petrified and confused what was the dream? Why was my sister there? What caused the dream? These thoughts where all I could think about…

Chapter 2

The Plan.

I decided to get up and do the mission that I had been planning all day, I got on my dull (damp) slippers and walked to the bathroom. With one hand, I grabbed the dusty, old bottle of aspirin and reached to put it in my pocket.

“What if they jingle around in my pocket too much?” I whispered to myself. I decided to take 5 out of the bottle and then put it back into the old, wooden cabinet. I avoided the middle of the landing, because that’s where the floor boards creak the most, and I had to avoid the loose nails on the 8^th, 4^th and 2^nd step. I went around the rug and came to the stairs. Without one thought I stepped onto the first step without remembering that it creaks,

“CREEEEEEEEEEAAAAK!!!!!!”

Chapter 3

Where are the keys?

I squinted my face tight up as I hear the fidgeting of mum and dad’s damp bedsheets moving around, suddenly it stopped.

“Phew…” I mumbled. I carried on, I got to the eighth step not realizing that…

“OCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!”

“Michael! What are you doing?” Mum bellowed.

I said nothing. I waited for about 30 seconds. Then carried on (REMEMBERING) for the loose nails. I look over to where the keys are but...they were gone. I quickly went down the remaining stairs and opened the door to find the keys, staring at my face. So I grab the old, rusty key and twisted it into the dark key hole.

 Chapter 4 

Get to the shed.

I opened the door to a wet, dark environment.  I was only in my old slippers and they were not strong enough for the wilderness, I made my way over to the trash can and…

“SQUELCHH”

I stepped into a big pile of mud…I hope. I went over to the wall and sat down, took my slippers off and wiped them all over the wall. The majority of the mud was gone but some was still there, I put them back on and went back to the trash avoiding the big puddle. I came to the trash and saw that they had put the baby’s dirty diapers on top of the Chinese boxes, “Oh come on!!” I said. I picked up the end of the diaper and chucked it onto the dirty floor, luckily nothing “spilled” so I was okay. I reached out for the mouldy Chinese container with the left-overs inside, I looked inside and…. “SPLOTCH!”

The gross, soggy noodles and the disgusting spring rolls fell onto the damp, dirty ground. “Eww…” I said. I figured Skellig wouldn’t mind so I just picked up the gross food and put it back into the container. I walked over to the shed hearing the, “squelch, squelch, squelch,” of my slippers against the wet mud, I got to the door and went inside.

“Finally, boy!” he exclaimed. I reached over and gave him the “food.”

He ate it all in one gulp.