Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction



A Game Called Pelota
by Jared W.

One day as I sat down and got my spears ready for war I heard a strange noise that sounded like this "BLARGA". So I thought "could it be the city idiot, wait he fell into the canote an accident yesterday." So I some more but the sound stopped and so did that sound and so did my thinking. Well the tribal conch blew and that meant it was time for war. So we did or sacrifices and then we left. Not long after our departure i heard that sound again "BLARGA!!!!!" it was really loud. The other troops started to throw spears at where the sound seemed to be coming from.

Another few miles went by and a solder started to sing. "Oh, the cat came back the vary next day, oh the cat came back he couldnąt stay away."

"Hey you," I said "What's with the song?"

"Well my cat ran away but like in the song he came back the vary next day."

"No but do you like games.?"

"Yeah why?" "Cause I made up this game where you asked questions and it was like a chain and if you did bad you were the weakest link so if you did bad you were voted off."

"Sounds fun!" I said.

So we walked more and more, and I heard that sound more and more. So I thought "well it must be some sort of strange animal sent by the gods? Well since it doesnąt have a name I'll make on up.....um.....it could be a tikishockarocka!" So I went to general Cornelio and told him the animal that has chasing us.

"What, that is a lie! Have you been eating something strange today boy. I'm sorry but i have to release you from the army."

So I left, I thought I should stay the night here in the forest then leave the next day. Well night fell and the sound was louder and louder. Not long after I saw a tall figure but it was dark so I couldnąt see. "AAAAHHH, are you the tikishockrocka!"

"No I'm just a monkey. My name is Zakatorio."

"Hi, I'm jaredo, I come from chichen itza."

"Can you help me find my dog?" He asked.

"Sure what does it look like?"

"Well, itąs pink and has a short tail."

"When did you lose it?"

"Right after dinner."

So we looked all over for his dog but couldn't find it ,, we went all the way from the deep forest to the ocean and now i didnąt know where we were.

"What did you have for dinner just out of curiosity?" I asked.

"Well I had these purple mushrooms I have them for dinner every night." He replied.

"You rrrrr your so dumb you dragged us all thet way out here just to say you never had a dog and that you ate the mushrooms that make you go crazy!?!?!?!?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Well, there is a city over there let's see where we are."

So we walked to the city and there we found out it was home to the Aztecs and king Nickalias was walking down the street and told me and Zakatorio that we had to play a game called Pelota. A game were you hit a ball with any thing other then your hands and if you score the basket cause there is only one to win you get to be sacraficed to the Aztec gods.

So we started to play with our team aqainst a nother I stayed under the hoop trying not to be seen and then Zakatorio passes the ball to my head then bounces off and into the hoop just my luck.

Well, I begged to at least return to chichen Itza to be sacraficed and the king agreed.

So we traveled back and I jumped into the canote and my last thoughts were, "i'm going to haunt that monkey and throw him in the canote!"