The Last Apprentice: Revenge Of The Witch

It was a dark night, rain was pouring and I was nervous. I could hear the groans and moans of the ghosts of the civil war union solders. I am 16 but I'm scared, I can't sleep. I call my mom into the room she understands my problem and tries to comfort me. Nothing works so she goes the extra mile to solve my problem. She is the bravest person I ever met. No one in the village dares to go next to hang man hill but she just walked out of the house and the last I could see of her was my mom walking up towards the hill. I waited an hour then another then finally out of the dark of the night she walked through the door and calmly said " everything's alright now go back to sleep." At first I was amazed at what she had done but then I was far more curious. I was wondering what she had done up there, just then I realized that the voices of the soldiers were gone. I don't know what had happened or how it happened but I couldn't stay awake to find out. My eyes slowly closed and I was so tired that as soon as my head hit the bed I fell asleep.My mom's name is Elizabeth Jessica Parker and is not the typical type of one. She lets no one learn of her past. The only one who knows about her is my dad. All I have ever been able to recover is that my dad met my mom in a forest and saved her life from then they started hanging out and soon got married.

My name is Tom Ward and I am 16 years old. I reside in a rather large farm house located in the village of Chipenden. I am not like all other teenagers for I have a curse a very horrible curse that I may hate while others may love. I am the seventh son of a seventh son. I know you're thinking that's pretty cool but what does that have to do with a curse? Whats so bad with that? Sorry to disappoint you but by being the seventh son of a seventh son I am able to see and hear paranormal activity. Other normal humans do not see what I see and do not hear what I hear so they may not understand the problems I'm going through. Along with this curse or gift I have been given I have a responsibility. It is my job to try to help ghosts to cross over by talking it into them. Well at least that's what my mom says. I am the youngest of brothers so I get caught up with most of the chores. My other brothers are 27, 25,23,21,19 and 17. All my brothers were born two years apart except for me and the second youngest John. My mom doesn't tell anyone this it's just that John wasn't meant to be he was an accident. She doesn't like saying this but she knows it's true. Anyway my dad is getting old and as a family tradition he has to look for jobs from my oldest brothers to the youngest which is me. Sadly all my brothers were token on as apprentices to locksmiths and blacksmiths and poulterers but I have been left out. All the jobs in the village have taken up and there is none left for me. None left other than being the apprentice of the town's spook. A spook is someone who hunts demons, witches as well as ghosts and ghouls and terminate them. No one hangs around him or even feels safe around him, but the truth is that they need him, without him all paranormal beings would take control of them and destroy humans.

My dad would only put me there if he was desperate and I really didn't want him to, but the fact is to be the spook's apprentice would be a job fit for the seventh son of a seventh son because to be a spook you must be a seventh son of a seventh son. In fact my dad doesn't want me to go with that job but my mom wants me to go with that. I don't know why, but she has been very interested in it. So, my mom calls the spook in and he observes me he asks me a few questions like, " What do you think about being a spook?" and so on. He then explains things about the job to me, to see if I really want to join him. He told me that the job is really hard and very lonely. You are not allowed to trust anyone nor hang out with anyone. While he kept rambling about the job I kept thinking, hey give me a break. This job is hard enough as is and now you're taking my friends and family away, back off! Just then out of nowhere I mistakenly blabbered out "what about my family?" He then stood up and embarrassed me to the most. " haven't you thought you're child any manners Mrs. Parker. Speak when spoken to and otherwise shut up." " ye..yes sir." I have never felt that mistreated before especially from someone I hardly even knew. Well, now I know what my life is going to be like if I go with him . Apparently I don't have a choice any more because my mom already told him that I'll take the job. Why on earth would she do that. She better have a good reason. All he said before he left was that it'll be 20 gold coins each year to take me on and that he'll be back for me tomorrow.

I already knew this deal was subsided and could not be moved. My fate was in his hands. Well, I thought to myself I might at least make through what I have at home for the last night. That night my mom cooked up a huge meal. Rabbit stew, potatoes, steaks, loaves of bread and rice. My mom only cooked like this for special occasions, but I guess this event could coincide with special occasions. My mom started up with the prayer then my dad went on how Oh I am a grown man now, I have a job, he'll miss me around the farm and blah blah blah. I almost wanted to leave after hearing his speech. I was really in a bad mood though so you can't blame me. My mom just forced me into a job she knew I didn't like without my consent. That just got me pissed off. Later that night after I got my bags packed, I tried lying down in my bed to sleep in it for the very last time. It was hard and in the end I found that it was impossible for me to fall asleep. As the hours went by I kept thinking what I will be doing as a spook's apprentice. My mind passed killing witches and stuff but I couldn't help but wonder that I am risking my life doing this job. I could get killed, but what the heck it's worth a shot. Be fore I knew it the clock struck six. It was morning and the aroma of my favorite breakfast was already blasting into my face. Bacon, eggs and bread. When I got downstairs I received a huge hug from my mother and was sent to sit by the table. I had a plate and dug in for seconds. After all it was my last day here, I should have some special privileges. As I quickly devoured my second plate and was going for my third there was a loud knock on the door. It was the spook. My mom tried to talk him into having breakfast with us to kill time but he kept declining. Well time for my farewell. I grabbed my cloak and head out the door. It wasn't much of anything but my mom and dad just hugged me and told my their byes followed by the I love you's followed by the good luck. What I didn't expect was that my dad gave me his tinderbox. He never even lent anyone that and now he's giving it to me. Wow. " Take good care of it for me will yuh." he said. My reply was obvious " I sure will. Bye, love you.

There was no carriage or transportation we had to walk about one hundred miles by foot. We were half way when we stopped for a break. We were going to spend the night here and I didn't like one thing about it. As we pushed aside some hay to make a comfortable enough bed the spook started telling a story about the farmhouse we were staying in. He said " long there was a cemetery here. After the great war between the two counties were over they buried all the dead bodies over here. In total there was over forty two thousand of them. A few years later some company from overseas came here looking to build a factory. They destroyed the cemetery and built the industry right on top of it. The disturbed souls as predicted by me got up from their graves and haunted the men out of their socks. They soon ran out of business and bravery to stay here. They left the place and had it taken down thinking that the ghosts would go down with it. They were wrong, everyone with half a brain known you can't destroy a ghost that was rather ghosts. Just two years ago, today some farmer that didn't believe in paranormal activity built this very farmhouse here. Soon the ghosts scared the crap out of him and he left, learned a lesson to. So watch as you sleep tonight you may have some uninvited visitors." I really didn't know if it was his intention to scare the wits out of me but he did. I couldn't sleep that night but after walking almost fifty miles I was forced to.

I awoke the next morning by hearing galloping. There was horses somewhere near. Suddenly I realized My body was vibrating. I got out of the covers and startled, I realized that we were on a carriage. When I asked the spook what was going on he said that there were to many ghosts for him to handle in there and that we were two minutes away from his house. We soon arrived and I was amazed at the size of his house. It wasn't a house it was a mansion. When we got in The spook warned me that he has an invisible witch in the kitchen cooking food and to not ever go in there. He showed me to my room and I quickly unpacked. He said to hurry up because dinner was going to be ready in five minutes. If I was late there was no food. I hurries it up a little. When I came to the head of the bed my attention was drawn to the wall. It was full with words and there was hardly any space between them. I looked closer and soon realized that it was not just words, they were names. TOM! I ran downstairs and sat at the table. The spook looked angry but he stayed quiet. Food was on the table. I started eating. While eating I began to ask him questions about the names on the wall. I said " while I was unpacking I noticed that there was at least one hundred names on the left side wall. Do you know anything about that?" " Yes" he replied. " those names were not just names they were the names of all the apprentices I took on before you. I could tell they were more brave than you and they could never be replaced so don't show any attention to the topic." " What happened to them?" I asked. " They died. They were killed by witches and boggarts."
" All of them? "
" Yes."
" I'm sorry."
" You should be."
" Tom, I am growing old and I might not be able to train any more children, so I am hoping to train you into being the next professional spook. Tom I have had my fare share in this business and have had enough. After you I am not training any more kids. I'm to old.Tom. you, are,
The Last Apprentice."

Reseacrch for MY Novel Project

1. Are demons and ghosts actually real?

Many people will say that ghosts are real and many may not. Infact there is realistic informtion detailing exactly why ghosts are real but there are come backs explaining why they're not. There are many television shows that are mainly about why paranormal activity is real and I believe that it is real. There is way to much facts and infromation to explain why ghost life is real rather than not.

www.trueghosttales.com

2. Are witches and spellcasters actually real?

Witches and witchcraft are indeed real. There has been many cases in which witches have killed innocent men and have recieved the the most cruel punishment of all, death. In 1642 witch craft were punishable by death in Conneticut. Many witches have confessed and explained exactly how they do witchcraft.

Burr, George Lincholn. Witches and Witchcraft http://www.jud.ct.gov/lawlib/history/witches.htm

3. What paranormal activity has been known to happen in England?

There are many paranormal activities that happen in England. Most of them happen in yorktown/ville. For example in York's treasure's house there is a ghost of a horse rider caught on tape. In the York Theatre Royal there is the ghost of a nun often seen. In clifford's tower there is many people that is said to have seen the floor of the tower full of blood then gone. In theYorkshire Museum Library there is evidence that the ghost of an old man has been seen taking books off the shelf and reading information about himself. In York Castle there is someone who claims to have seen a paper change into different animals.

Maureen, Fleury. Haunted York England Histroic buildings

http://ghost-hauntings.suite101.com/article.cfm/hauunted_york_england

4. Are Spooks real? and if so what are records taken of them?

Spooks are not real. They are just made up in the story. Spooks are just the chills you get when someone is scared. I call my character the spook because as you see him you get spooks everything about him is spooky.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2982769.ece

5. Are there any famous haunted places in America?

The history of the Haunted Museum began in the latter years of the 19th Century, a time of adventure and exploration that sent American and British adventurers into the far-flung regions of the world -- and to little known and haunted places within the borders of their own countries. This was the Golden Age of Adventure and Ghost Research, as passionate travelers began to try and decide if the stories they heard were actually true! So indeed there are places in America that are haunted.

http://www.prairieghosts.com/museum.html

Plot Outline For The Novel Project

1. Introduction

. Tom Ward lived in the United Kingdom with his family on a farm. He is the seventh son of a seventh son and is also the youngest. All of his brothers already have jobs but he is the only one left without one. Desperate his father calls in the most feared man in town. The spook. Town folk call him the spook but his real name is Gregory Helms. Everyone knows that he has to be around for their protection against the supernatural but are still afraid of him because his job is rather different from the rest of the villagers.All the major events in this book that you are soon to find out will lead to Tom facing the devil. This story takes place in England which is a very famous place that is known to have high paranormal activity.

2. Rising Action

. Tom gets a job with the spook and doesn't like it. Since Tom is a seventh son of a seventh son he is able to see ghosts, so being the apprentice of a spook looks like a good job for him. However he is still a little freaked out about hanging around a guy like him. He thinks he's going to get possessed or killed. Tom soon gets the hang of it and begins to take a liking towards the spook.Tom and Gregory want to rid the land of all evil activities such as demons, witches, ghouls and boggarts. They pretty much want to do this either because it's a job that fits them knowing that they are the seventh sons of seventh sons or because they just want to make a living. I would probably say it is so because it runs in their blood and they enjoy doing it. They care about staying alive and being able to kill all paranormal activities.

3. Climax

. Tom is really getting the hang of being a spook's apprentice and has been killing a lot of witches lately. Unfortunately one of the witches he has killed is a very close relative of one of the most powerful witches known to man called Old Mother Malkin. Tom is just getting to know the job so he is not that well trained. He has gotten on the bad...well worst side of the witch and has already gotten an enemy, he has hkis first extreme battle. The spook is a professional at catching witches, and he attempted to capture Old Mother Malkin and failed. The souveiner was a free 12 inch scar. Eventually old mother malkin is captured and has lost most of her power. While waiting to regain power she sends an evil assassin to kill Tom, by the name of Grimalkin. She is the most dreaded creature of all and everyone and thing known to man is afraid of her. Now he's in for trouble.



4. Falling Action



. After Grimalkin has been sent after Tom she soons finds herself off track and has a liking for him. She no longer wants to kill him but wants to help him now. That sets Old Mother Malkin furious and makes her want to destroy Tom as well as Grimalkin. Right now the characters will gear up and train more. Toms needs more experience from the spook and grimalkin from herself. Grimalkin is very hot tempered and that seems to get to the better of her sometimes so she needs to practice some meditation or something. After being trained and getting better the team will soon set out on the most dangerous mission of their life. They will set out to the old abandoned lake which is the place malkin always comes to seek prey, they are sure to attract her. They rage on in battle but something goes wrong malkin is not by herself she brought backup, big backup.

5. Resolution

. After the battle seizes there is an unexpected end. People from the good team and bad team are down but who knows. If it's not tom then who is it? Can it be the spook grimalkin who knows? After the battle everyone also learns something. They realized that even though some people are born as a bad person that doesn't put a lock on their fate. In the story tom comes to realize of two witches that were born and known thoroughout town as evil witches but soon realizes that they are good ones. The first one is not expected it was his mom. When he found that out he was put in a state of shock. Also he already knew Alice his friend was born a witch and plaguerized as one to but was not an evil one. She was malevolent. The characters will try to learn from their mistakes and try to trust eachother better. Because of the spook not trusting alice in the story she was severely hurt. Now they're all together and hoping that they watch what witches they destroy and how they do it.

Book Report Of Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Last Olympian

Percy Jackson, his friends, and the Olympians fight in a war resembling the original war between the Greek gods and the Titans and in a final battle with the powerful Titan, Kronos. Many fight for Olympus, including the Hunters of Artemis, dryads, satyrs, naiads, and tree nymphs, Chiron's centaur cousins the Party Ponies, and the hellhound Mrs. O" Leary. They must defend Mt. Olympus from Kronos' huge army consisting of rogue half-bloods, dracaenae, Hyperboreans, Laestrygonians, drakon, Hyperion,telekhines, Typhon, and hellhounds.

It is revealed that Luke had bathed in the River Styx, thus becoming nearly invincible (much like Achilles). Seeking to defeat Kronos, Percy does the same, with some encouragement from Nico. Rachel, a mortal who can see through the Mist, tells Percy that he is not the hero of the Great Prophecy, and that it will influence his choice when he turns 16.

Percy and his friends fight in a last stand to protect Mount OLympus from the oncoming invasion of Kronos. With many surprises and challenges, Kronos drives the protectors of Olympus to the doors of the Empire State Building. He continues to Mt. Olympus, destroying many of the structures there.

Percy and Luke (who is possessed by Kronos) battle at the top of Mt. Olympus (located above the Empire State Building) in the throne room. Luke is shocked back into his normal self when Annabeth reminds him of his promise that he would never harm her. The Great Prophecy hinges on Percy's decision to give Lukethe dagger rather than kill him. Luke commits suicide by stabbing himself in his mortal pointwhen Kronos takes over his body, becoming the hero of the prophecy and ending the war on Percy's 16th birthday.

The gods grant Percy, Grover, Annabeth, and Tyson rewards at the conclusion of their quest. Percy, refusing godhood for himself, forces the gods to swear on the River Styx that they will recognize all of their children by the time they turn 13. He also requires cabins for Hades and the minor gods to be built at Camp Half-Blood, and that they set Calypso free of her curse.

The Last Apprentice Revenge of The Witch: Book Report

The story begins with Thomas’ dad looking for an apprenticeship for his youngest son. He has lined up a meeting with Old Gregory to take on Thomas. Old Gregory is a Spook, a protector from bogarts, witches, ghasts, and “all manner of wicked beasties.”

Thomas is happy to leave the farm but is a little apprehensive about becoming a Spook. All his life he’s been aware of things moving in the shadows. His oldest brother even jokes about him still sleeping with a candle lit. His mother assures Thomas that this is his destiny. As the seventh son of a seventh son, it will be his job to keep people safe when Old Gregory is no longer able.

So Thomas and the Spook set off on a one-month trial apprenticeship. Before they go too far, Thomas has to pass a test – he has to spend the night alone in a haunted house. It’s creepy, and there is definitely something in the house besides Thomas. But Thomas manages to keep his wits and survives the test, which has a surprising ending.

As his apprenticeship continues, Thomas learns much about bogarts, witches, and girls with pointy shoes. And he has a lot of questions about what happened to the apprentices that came before him. Left alone for a short time, Thomas gets tricked into letting loose the dangerous witch, Old Mother Malkin. But instead of waiting for someone to bail him out of danger, he figures out a way to defeat her on his own. His troubles aren’t over, however. When he heads back home for a brief break, Thomas discovers Old Mother Malkin’s spirit has followed him and he has to protect his family from her evil possession.

The story isn’t graphic, but just creepy enough to make you look over your shoulder or leave the lights on when you’re home alone. I can’t wait to read what adventures Thomas has next. Out of five stars I would give the book a rating of five. I think this book was amazing and would recommend it to everyone I know.

Battle of The Labyrinth Book Review

After reading parts one two and three of the Percy Jackson series I am up to part four, whre the adventure kicks up. The entire story gets extremely exhilarating and makes want to never put the book down.After Percy realizes that is a demi-god his lifde sets course to an entire new level. He is the son of Poseidon and almost everyone's enemy. His old friends Annabeth, Tyson, Grover and Nico are still here. Although,.... Nico is the most popular one in this story out of all. Nico is extremely angry after he found out his sister Bianca is dead after going on a quest with Percy. Nico and Bianca are the children of Hades and unknown to everyone.
The name of the book I am read is called Percy Jackson and the Olympians Battle Of The Labyrinth. The author is Rick Riordan. It is three hundred sixty nine pages long and yet still doesn't have a dull moment to get you bored. The main characters in this part are Annabeth, Grover, Kronos, Nico, Luke and of course Percy Jackson. The setting of the book takes place in America. They travel to several states in the country to do a quest and missions. The entire series and this book itself is about ancient Greek mythology and revolves around the twelve Olympian gods and goddesses as well as their evil and cold hearted father Kronos.
The story begins where Percy starts anew at his new school, Goode High school. from there he is unsurprisingly attacked by two empousa which are the original character from where the vampires come from except scarier. So anyway he is attacked but is helped by a mortal girl that is able to see through the mist and visualize the monsters in front of her perfectly, even better than half bloods. That, is very rare. After that Annabeth catches up to him there and takes him to camp half blood. Everyone at camp and in Mount. Olympus are very stressed about Kronos coming back to laugh but they are still working together. At least a little. When they get back they have a very exciting welcome. As they walk through the swords arena they find a hellhound, but soon realizes that it's a good one and belongs to the new camp activities director Quintus.
This story was told from the perspective of the character Percy Jackson and I think that it's a good idea for that to have happened. I say that because it just sounds right from his point of view. It fits the story and above all the story is almost all about him. I think it sounds good in his perspective because the story is about him and it would sound more interesting if he told it. It'll make the reader feel like he or she is reading an actual diary written by a real person.
A major conflict that takes place in the story is when Percy and his friends have to battle Luke and his crew all by themselves. Camp half blood had only few inmates while Luke's army which was growing stronger as well as in size had over two hundred people. The worst part of it is, is that Kronos was reborn and he himself lead his army to destroy Mount Olympus. Well of course he didn't succeed......yet.
As a result of these issues the story was lead into an entire new point of view. Camp half blood was actually in the lead and was beating Kronos' army badly. Especially with Percy and Annabeth on their team. Percy and the rest of his friends as anyone predicted got out of the labyrinth and were not killed. Well, they can't be killed, they are the main attractions of the book. Kronos' army is getting weaker and doesn't seem so strong now. Surprisingly Kronos' greatest general, Luke is getting ready to betray him. He doesn't like the path he's heading and wants to go back to camp half blood. He also just misses Annabeth and the rest of his pals. He doesn't want to see them get hurt. I could've told that by reading the third book and the beginning of this book.
There wasn't anything left to discover about Percy and his friends since they practically told all their secrets to each other. One of the only things that was very surprising is that Luke is definitely going to change himself back into the good person everyone else knows and loves. Kronos is also beginning to expect that Luke is going to betray him and I predict that he is going to soon organize to kill him. Luckily Percy and Annabeth realizes that and should decide to help him get back. If it wasn't for Annabeth all hope on Luke would've been gone. She had a crush on him and still cared for him up till now.
The climax of the story was when Camp Half Blood is about to go head on towards Kronos' army. In almost every story the climax is where the main characters have a humongous war. This was just another one of those. It was so interesting at this point. I am pretty sure that to just see the climax everyone will be waiting for the movie to come out and hopefully in this movie they will show the amazing climax that they have in the book. One of my favorite parts of this story was when Tyson meets the last Hundred Hander. I find that very interesting because the hundred handers were one of the weapons used against the titans in the war to destroy them. If camp half blood can get this one to fight on their side they might just even the odds of beating Kronos' army. Also the hundred handers are a part of the real Greek myths.
If I could change this book I would change the part where Quintus is the bad person because it's the same in every story. There is always someone close to Percy and in the end they betray him and leave him to fight them off. I think this book could've been different. It would have surprised everyone and make them wonder. Also Percy needs another companion to stay by his side. His friend's list is rapidly decreasing because of the war and the uprising of Kronos. On a scale of one to five stars I would give this book a full five. It deserves it and the other series do to. Few books interest me and this happens to be one of them. I really enjoyed this book and thought it was very interesting and fun to read. I would definitely recommend this book for another person to read. If someone doesn't like reading after reading this book their minds will be sure to change. I hope you enjoyed my book review on Percy Jackson and the Olympians Battle Of The Labyrinth. Also try reading the other parts of the series.

Reading Response

During this adventure Percy, Annabeth and Grover are on a quest helping Clarisse out. They weren't supposed to go but they sneeked out and eventually and cought up with Clarisse. The gang were in the forest hiding from Luke when Percy noticed a snakey figure, it was the hydra. They dodged and swung but couldn't keep it up for long. Soon cannons blasted at it and it went down. Those cannons were from clarisse. She had gotten a gost ship by praying to her father Ares.
Percy from this book reminds me of Harry Potter from all parts of those books. I say that because they are both the most special of a special camp. Percy of camp half blood and Harry Potter of Hogwarts. Of the entire camp they're in they are the most special and mst powerful. Percy because he is the son of one of the big three. Harry because he survived an attack from Voldemolt. From that attack he got a scar which somehow gave him power.