Autumn Adventure Video

Hey guys, there are a few select stories I've made into short stop motions. This one turned out the best and was the first story ever to be published on this blog. Enjoy!
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Beautiful as a Butterfly

I used to be huge. I'm not afraid of saying it, because at the time, it was the truth. The complete honest truth. When I was 19, I started getting overweight. At the young age of 23, I decided it was time to change. Time to win my life back. Time to regain my life for good. So, I applied for the biggest loser, and got in. This is my story: The first day was really hard. I learnt my weight to be a huge, disgusting 180 kilos. I was put on Shannon Ponton's team. Blue. I was happy with that. Blue was my favourite colour. It always had been. The first week, I lost 5.9 kilos, making my new weight 174.1 kilos. Next week was 6.7, then 8.3, 7.4 and finally 5.8. But unfortunately, that was my last in my 5 weeks of huge numbers. After that, I was down to 145.9 kilos. The next week, having lost only 1.8 kilos, I was sent home. By finale, I had lost 72.4, making my weight now 107.6. I still had a while to go, but based on how far, it seemed worth it. My goal weight is 73 kilos, meaning I've still got to lose about 34.6 kilos. Though I've still got weight to loose, I feel I am emerging from the cocoon in which I've been hiding for so long. I am now a beautiful butterfly, flying out to explore this new world given to me all through a fresh start.

Wrong Wedding!

We pulled up to the park and I waited for the driver to open my door so I could get out and begin my huge life changing walk down that all fateful, all life changing aisle. I was all phsched up as the driver opened the door and helped me out of the long, white strech limo. I began walking toward the aisle.

When I got there, I met who I thought was my father and he walked me down the aisle. I didn't realise the error until I reached the arch where me and my partner Paul were to be married.

The astonished groom let go of my hands as quick as a snap. "You're not Emma." He gasped, almost in a whisper. "You're not Paul." I looked closely at the man in front of me, realising he was not Paul. Quickly, I picked up the sides of my dress and sprinted as much as I could back down the aisle.

The driver had waited at the end of the aisle and quickly sprung to attention when he realised I was charging toward him. "This is the wrong wedding!" I hissed at him. "I'd like you to take me to my own wedding now thank you." With that, I charged up the steps and waited for the driver at the limo.

Finally, I was standing with Paul under the arch at the right wedding. My wedding. Everyone clapped and cheered as we sealed our vows with a kiss. "It was a long road, but we finally got here." Paul whispered in my ear.

Secret Valentines

Nancy and Alex were in the same year 5 class, 5T. To celebrate Valentines Day, their teacher, Miss Thompson said they had to give Valentines to each other. But the catch was, they wouldn't be allowed to pick who. Instead, their names would all be placed inside a hat and they would all draw out a name. The person they picked would be their, what Miss Thompson called 'secret valentine'.

Nancy was the first to draw a name from the hat. 'Alex' her paper read. So she returned to her desk and began working on her card. Alex was the last, and what name did he happen to draw out? Nancy's. So he, like Nancy had done, returned to his desk and started to work on his card.

After lunch, the students slipped their cards onto their secret valentine's desk. A few minutes later, the students eagerly opened their cards and read them. Nancy opened and read her's first. 'Nancy, I've loved you my whole life. I always will. Love, your secret admirer'. Then Alex read his. It had the exact same message. 'Alex, I've loved you my whole life. I always will. Love, your secret admirer'.

Several years later, the same Alex and Nancy had been married and were now expecting their first child, a girl. One day, close to Nancy's due date, she was going through old things, photos, school reports and the like, when she found two cards. The cards from Secret Valentines on that fateful day, all those years ago in year 5.

When Alex arrived home later that night, Nancy decided to play mysterious. "What is it?" Alex asked playfully. Nancy couldn't hold it in any longer and began jumping up and down with glee. She pulled the cards from behind her back. "Oh my god." Alex sighed. "Oh my god!" "I know." Nancy said, hugging him tight. "I don't believe it!" Alex gasped. They celebrated their finding that night with a nice romantic dinner out.

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Happy Valentines day everyone!

Dear Warren

Warren worked for the army. But one, fateful summer, he took leave and returned home to visit with his mother. That summer was the summer that would change Warren's life forever. That summer he met Taylor Thomas. A beautiful, local girl who lived near the beach.

As the summer went on, Taylor and Warren grew closer and before they knew it was time for Warren to leave and return to the army. But even though they were physically a long way apart, they were closer than ever in their minds, and every night, with out fail, they would appear in each other's dreams.

Over the months the two were apart, they wrote letters to one another as if it were a religion. Before they knew it, they were together at last, and happy than ever.