I had the pleasure of reading some wonderful stories written for the Summer Storytelling Competition and I have to tell you, it was extremely hard to pick 3 winners! However, we have our final three which will be announced below. The aim was to create a short story which was based around Habbo using a number of props provided! HabboBites certainly has some creative writers and I definitely enjoyed reading each persons entry, I even got Muddlets to read me some outloud! ;-)
Without further ado, the winners are:
1st - LalaLandXDD (PotatoPower)
- 30 Bite Points
- Exclusive Site Achievement
- Exclusive forum icon
2nd - Valeriehyh97 (valeriehyh)
- 20 Bite Points
- Exclusive Site Achievement
3rd - ..Autumn (Autumn)
- 10 Bite Points
- Exclusive Site Achievement
Honorable Mentions - Everyone who entered but didn't win will receive 5 Bite Points for their participation!
- PopoTea (saladassShun)
- Acermenu
- Disclose
- Tektar
- SaintQuack (megarshark)
Thank you to everyone who entered, it was a tough choice but Lala's was definitely one of the most intriguing reads!
Lala's Entry:
Under the starry night, as I lay my head on the pixelated purple sleeping bag with my trusty green katana by my side, I gazed upon the ancient stars as they filled the sky one by one and listened to the rustling of the leaves in the jungle. Adventure is love, adventure is life and adventure is nothing without experiencing it with my closest companions: PinkishPhoenix, -SBSTransit, Mr.Bryian and Guitarenchi.
“Hey guys. I gotta go pee.” He interrupted his own bongos session with the urgent announcement, got up and left but the rest of us just carried on with whatever we were doing. Suddenly, we heard a girly scream coming from the trees behind us. We grabbed our weapons and firefly lanterns, cautiously approaching the trees.
We found Mr.Bryian, face-planted into a pile of leaves and his pants all wet. We were struggling to hold in our laughter at the sight of this embarrassing moment until mr.bryian spoke.
“Can you not be so tragic mr.bryian? We can’t hear what you’re mumbling about.” Guitarenchi spoke with such sass as she attempted to keep her face straight but inevitably let out a few chuckles here and there. Mr.Bryian pointed to his feet and there it was. A jungle boombox. It was … playing something. We couldn’t hear it clearly. PinkishPhoenix picked up the boombox as –SBSTransit helped Mr.Bryian up from his embarrassing fall.
As PinkishPhoenix attempted to make sense of what the jungle boombox was playing, she accidentally dropped it onto the jungle floors. The jungle boombox literally broke into two and amongst the jungle boombox pieces, there were several scrolls lying on the ground. We unraveled the parchment paper scrolls and examined it carefully under our firefly lanterns. It’s a map along with a handwritten letter!
To whoever,
If you’re reading this letter, it means I am no longer here. The legends were true. I have seen it for myself. The legends of the treasures of HabboBites Temple. It was said that Funkyhabbo collected the rare treasures and hid them in the temple. I have barely made it out alive out of the rigged temple along with the knowledge I gained from it. I have written down whatever I know and drew a map. I hope you would fulfill my legacy and I wish you many luck in this epic journey to awesomeness.
But be careful of the traps within the anci…
We looked at each other, baffled by our accidental discovery. It took us a whole minute to absorb what we have found and one by one, we grinned. We knew what this meant. It was fate as another adventure awaits.
We arrived on ‘Aki Bay, also known as the famous Bites Port, where trade flourished and merchants became successful. I approached cara1989 who was standing in front of a “For Rent” sign as the others followed my lead. Behind her, a large sailing boat equipped with 4 pirate cannons stood tall and it was more than enough to fit us all along with our supplies. Our jaws dropped.
“We don’t need a boat this large. It’s going to be tragically expensive like 5gbs or something.” Guitarenchi says as she looked away to examine other boats and calculate the cost in her head mentally. She has always been the accountant of our group.
“Who cares how much it’s going cost? We’re gonna be rich once we get to that island.” Mr.bryian bickered with guitarenchi behind me.
PinkishPhoenix informed the captain of the coordinates while the rest of us waved our goodbyes to cara1989 as the ship led us closer to our goal. The rest scattered off into different directions, exploring every inch of the ship. I remained to savor the view of Bites Port. However, as I looked to cara1989’s figure slowly diminished, I swear I could see her smiling and it was not in a good way.
There was no stopping us now. We decided to proceed with our plan without any rest. We brought our firefly lanterns and observed the beautiful structure of HabboBites Temple. The entrance to the temple were so full of vines that we had to use our katanas to make a path. We stepped into the temple and all of a sudden, fires were lit on the walls. Our eyes took some time to adjust to the brightness. Out of the blue, a voice could be heard echoing in the room.
The setting … it was familiar. There was a Sands of Times hourglass beside the white pod situated at the front with gates surrounding it. It’s … Danger Zone. Suddenly, we were teleported into the arena and 10 glowballs emerged and began to move on their own. We were too shocked to realise what was happening. Suddenly, -SBSTransit shrieked as one of the glowballs touched her. She was teleported back to the entrance. She stepped on a tile and was then teleported back to the arena. Our instincts took over and we dodged the glowballs, one by one, while spam running to the seats beside us. We just have to beat the hourglass. Beads of perspiration formed on our faces and backs. Every now and then, we took a quick glance at the hourglass. We’re winning this.
We examined his corpse and found ninja stars lodged into his skull. Why didn’t they take the treasure? Did Funkyhabbo’s bodyguards chased the intruder off? We would never know.
A loud scream pierced the air and our concentration. Guitarenchi was being dragged off by a shadowy figure into the Danger Zone room. We chased after them and stopped as soon as we stepped into the Danger Zone room. Concussions was restraining guitarenchi with a knife to her neck while Peachery gave us an evil smirk. The notorious treasure hunters. The ones who wouldn’t stop at anything to get what they want.
“You know, I should really thank cara1989 for tipping us off. We’ll reward her with 50 bite points. No worries.” She smiled sinisterly while playing with the daggers in her hands.
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“LALA WAKE UP! NEW GAME!” PinkishPhoenix screamed at me. I woke up startled. Confusion struck. I looked around me. I was in PinkishPhoenix’s HabboBites event room and she was hosting Dictionary Game. It turns out I was idling in the room after getting p2ked in the first round. Well that was a good pixel dream.
What a smashing story, I really enjoyed reading it - thank you Lala!
Disclaimer: Lala's story was over 1000 words but she messaged me to confirm this was okay, of which it was.
I hope everyone enjoyed writing little stories for the competition and had a good read of the winning entry! Funky will be handing out the exclusive site achievements, bite points and forum icon ASAP.