Dylan Adkins is GVMS' 6th Grade Young Writers Winner!

Somethin’ Smells Fishy



Dylan Adkins is a 6th Grade
Student and the winner of the
6th Grade "Young Writers" Contest
for GVMS!!



  All of my life, I have wanted turn into a fish and breathe underwater, but not this way! Lately, I have been experiencing some……. “fishy” situations. It started out with just a simple, green, slimy scale that appeared on the top of my hand, but the next thing I knew, I had spots of scales all over my body. After that event, it just got worse, and worse, and just plain out weird. I gained almost every feature a fish might have. I had scales and little pectoral fins popping up everywhere. I even sprouted some gills and a dorsal fin. The very worst part of it was when I first started transforming.



  Starting out, I was an odd, but average kid. It was one day away from my eleventh birthday. I was getting so excited for it! I knew that I was going to be the most amazing birthday yet. Of course, I think that every year, but I had a special feeling about this one. The thing is, at the same time, I felt like something bad was going to happen. I thought hard about it as I went to bed, and finally when I woke up, it was my birthday.

  Immediately, I felt extremely thirsty. I rolled right out of my bed and ran straight for the kitchen sink. I stuck my head under the faucet and drank as much as I could. I felt like I could drink all the water in the Hoover Dam. As I was gulping up the water, I realized I was getting very messy and slung water all over my arms, and when I started drying my arms I found a green, slimy, scale on my hand.

  Right after I saw the fish scale, I knew there had to be more. I turned my arm over and found three whole patches of blue and green scales. That is when I started freaking out. All of the sudden, my mom and dad pop out of nowhere and wish me happy birthday, and I just hid my arm behind my back and ran out of the room. In my head, I was thinking about what would happen if I fully exposed my body to water, so I snuck out my window and headed toward the beach.

 Afterwards, I finally reached the beach. I was standing on the sand to where the water could almost reach my toes. Before I went into the water, I had to stop and think for a second. I wasn’t sure whether to wait, stay with my family, and see if the scales would go away, or go into the ocean and find out what I’m really turning in to. I had left a note on the kitchen counter just in case I didn’t come back. I told them how I will stay safe, and don’t worry about me. I finally made my decision: to go into the water.

Finally, I ran right into the water. Once I had gotten into the water, my whole body started tingling. Pectoral fins were sprouting on the sides of my arms and the back of my legs, and my body was covered with scales. Then, I looked down at my feet, and they were turning into fins. The bones in my feet were turning into the bones that would that would be in a fish tail. The next thing I knew, I had gills instead of lungs. Finally, my transformation was complete, and I was half boy, and half fish.

In conclusion, I noticed that being half boy half fish isn’t really that bad anymore. Apart from the fact that I can’t see my parents anymore, I’ve learned how to communicate with all marine life, so I am able to live with different types of fish all around the world. I mean like, I could communicate with sharks, but who in their right mind would want to live with one. Anyways, I have learned how to send radar signals like dolphins. So, lives under the clear, blue sea, really is not that bad, and if you ever turn into a fish, give me a call on your shellphone.