English Creative writing inspired by The Power of Five: Nightrise

by danielh3845 (student)

Holiday Work

The power of five: night rise:

This book is the third book in the series. Fourteen year-old twins Scott and Jamie Tyler have never known who they are or where they came from, but they have always known that they possess extraordinary powers. When Scott is kidnapped by the sinister Nightrise Corporation and Jamie is framed for murder, they realize that they must use those powers if they are going to survive.

But Jamie is catapulted thousands of years into the past, bringing him face to face with the full horror of the Old Ones. Here Jamie learns that he is one of five Gatekeepers whose power is all that stands in the way of eternal chaos. Together at last, the Five must fight the massed forces of evil. And they must win.

Some themes I noticed while reading this book were death, family and despair. Family is a significant theme in this book, the connection between Scott and Jamie is the consistent plotline in the book, the twins explain near the beginning of the book that they find reading each other’s minds much easier than reading the minds of anyone else because of their brotherly connection.

Despair is another significant theme in this book. When Jamie and Scott are separated, Jamie becomes desperate to get him back, he lets his rage and sadness take over and he does everything he can to get him back with no worry about the consequences.

Death is not as significant as other themes but it does come a lot in the book. When Scott is taken by the Nightrise Corporation, his and Jamie’s’ adoptive parents are murdered in an attempt to dispose of Jamie. Later on in the book Jamie’s past self from thousands of years ago is killed in battle so Jamie is pulled back through time to take his place. This is where he discovers what his powers mean and why he has them.

A character I liked in this book is Jamie Tyler. I liked this character because of the ...

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A character I liked in this book is Jamie Tyler. I liked this character because of the fact that he would do literally anything for his family, therefore I feel like I can relate to his character. He is also very brave, although he is afraid for his brother he is not afraid of what he has to do to get him back.

A character I disliked in this book was Scott; although he is very similar to his brother he is very introverted. He only talks to his brother and he hates using his powers. Then after he is taken this becomes worse and he won’t even talk to his brother. He only says a couple of words but he silent the majority of the time.

One genre I would name this book as is thriller, this is because for most people the idea of having powers is very exciting and most would enjoy having them. It is also supernatural because of the fact that the two protagonists have powers and the fact that Jamie gets sent back in time into the body of his past self.

Creative writing piece:

This creative writing piece is from the perspective of Scott while he is in the custody of the Nightrise Corporation.

I woke up on a bed make of solid, grey stone. All I had to keep me warm was a coarse, moth eaten blank. I stood up and made my way across the small room, as I approached the door a grill in the top of the door opened

“Oh good, you’re awake,” said the woman on the other side of the door “I’m Susan Mortlake; I’m CEO of the Nightrise Corporation.”

“How long have I been here?” I asked tentatively.

“3 days, we had no idea the darts we shot you with would knock you out for so long. You must be hungry, stand away from the door.” She opened the door and I noticed she was holding a plate with a slice of bread and a lump of cheese on it.

“Here you go,” she noticed my hesitation “don’t worry; there’s nothing wrong with it.” I grabbed the plate and ran to the bed. As I sat down I noticed her following me over. She sat down beside me so I moved as far away from her as possible.

Within minutes the bread and cheese was gone.

“Would you like some water?” she asked. I nodded. She turned around and pulled a water bottle out of a bag I hadn’t seen before. I gulped it down, savouring the cool feeling washing down my throat.

“Why am I here?” I questioned accusingly.

“We know about your gift and we think it would be very useful in making this company as powerful as possible.”

“What gift?

“You’re ability to read and control minds.” She stated matter-of-factly. I didn’t know what to say, no one knew about my abilities apart from my brother Jamie, and that’s only because he had the same abilities as me.

“How do you know about me? Where’s my brother?” I was starting to panic.

“We’ve known about you and your brother for a very long time. You’re destiny is to help us resurrect our gods. And you’re brother was supposed to be with us right now but unfortunately he caused us too much trouble so we couldn’t bring him. We lost two good agents because of him.” I had a feeling she was lying but there was one thing she said that stuck out.

“Jamie killed two people? No he wouldn’t do that.”

“Read my mind and tell me if I’m lying” she retorted confidently. I concentrated on reading her thoughts. She was blocking me out somehow. Suddenly I saw Jamie’s face, he was covered in blood and he was standing over the body of two men in suits with guns.

I pulled away to discover I had fallen off the bed, I was laying the cold floor, shaking with tears streaming down my face.

“I told you I wasn’t lying.” She laughed menacingly. She turned and walked out of the room leaving me cold and shaking on the floor. I stood up and curled up on the bed under the blanket. As I fell asleep my last though was “I’ve got to get out of here.”

I chose to write from the perspective of Scott in this piece of writing because in the novel you don’t find out what happened to Scott when he gets kidnapped. Therefore I chose him so you would have an idea of what Scott went through. Also I made the character of Susan Mortlake lie to Scott so that the story would make sense, if she lied to Scott and told him that his destiny was to help them, not to stop them then he would be more likely to do whatever they ask.

I made the Nightrise Corporation put Scott in bad conditions, like the slice of bread and a lump of cheese, because in the book when Jamie eventually finds Scott he is described as pale and gaunt from what they assume is a lack food and sleep. If he was getting minimal food and was sleeping on a stone bed with just a bad quality blanket to keep him warm then he is more likely to lose a lot of weight and suffer from insomnia.