the story was bril but why couldnt you have emily in it
from iwan c

Chapter 2 James and the Teraquins, by Thomas Morley

"You have a time machine, really" said James excitedly,
"Yes we definetly have" said Paris in a springy voice "lets go get it".
The teraquins and James speedily hopped into santo, santo sped to the middle of the city and suddenly stopped to a halt in front of an orange ball,
"This is it" shouted Paris rubbing his hands together "you just hop inside",
"Ok" said James "oh and put your hands and feet on the pink pads",
"Oh yeah and say what dimension you want to be in" shouted Paris
"Yeah ok" James shouted back.
James hopped into the time machine he put his hands and feet on the pink pads then big vines came down and tied James to the side of the time machine. James was stuck, he tried to get free but he wouldn't budge,the earth trembled and out of the undergrowth came a humungus shadow, it was the man which had told him about the under water city.
"You" said james scowling,
"Yes me" said the figure stepping forward and taking off his skin and mask.
"But your a teraquin" said James confused,
"Yes I am" said the teraquin walking over to santo and getting in.Then suddenly there was another earthquake and two more figures came rising from the sand,
"I'm levi" the biggest one boomed and "I'm lydia" the smallest one squeaked.
"Shut up squirt" spitted levi,
"How do you breath" shouted James,
"Oh we forgot, shall we?" Levi asked Lydia "Yeah" Lydia aswered then they both turned into squids
"Now we can, laughed Levi,now where was I? oh yeah killing you"
Levi went over to the time machine and struck his sharp fingernail into it water poured into the time machine and James could not breath "Now" said Paris "Let us free"
"Well i'm sorry, but i've changed my mind"said Levi laughing,
"Fine have it your way!"shouted Paris.
Paris stomped on the pads on santo and zoomed past James meanwhile Josh had pulled James from the time machine "Thanks"James said. Paris stopped and quickly introduced James to the new teraquin ."James this is my wife Freya"
"Nice to meet you" Freya said
"You to" said James.
"Stop talking and get attacking" shouted josh. Oh yeah remembered Paris,
"Attack " he shouted.
At first nothing happened then a gigantic shoal of huge fish with pitch forks came charging in. Levi and Lydia could just look in horror at the warriors charge!
The biggest one shouted then after that came a bloody battle, Levi got hit and fell to the ground "Stop" shouted Lydia,
"I've come to find a new owner for my masters sword. I see you James are a powerful warrior so you are the one who seeks the sword"
"Well thanks" shouted James after her "and bye".
"Well James" said Paris "you were very brave so you can have our cross bow too"
"Thanks" James said when he had retrieved it.
"But how can I get to the top of the ocean?You know, the upper world."
"Close your eyes and we will take you, It's not long"
When James finally opened his eyes he was back on land. He walked home with his cross bow and sword and when he got to his tree house he climbed a vine to the doorway, clambered into his familiar hide out, picked a peach off the tree and lay down and read a book.

James And The Teraquins, by Thomas Morley

Once upon a billion light years ago, there was an underwater city of the Teraquins. They were green creatures with a purple and white chequred flag on their chest. Well, once a Teraquin dressed up as a human and went to the Upper World. He told a young man, called James, all about the underwater city, so James set out to find it. He went in an old slimey boat with mouldy oars which could only just float, but James set off to find the underwater city anyway. When he was in the middle of the Pacific, a terrible tsunami capsised his boat and James sank to the bottom of the ocean.

James woke up inside a strange transparent fish which had a wooden name tag attached to it with rusty nails. The name tag said Santo, 'not really a suitable name for a fish' thought James. James got up, and realised he could still breathe. He looked around. Outside there was a huge city with lots of little pods, all of which had different sorts of animals inside. James looked at the animals, the fish was swimming right past the city!

James tripped up and landed on a sort of soft pink pad. He noticed there was another one to his right. As he landed the fish changed direction. James trod on the right hand side pad and suddenly the fish started heading directly towards the city. The fish was like a gigantic vehicle and sped forward straight into the city wall. James fell down a hole and landed in what he thought looked like an elevator. There was water pouring in like a rapid cascade. The water level grew and grew and the elevator went up. James felt faint, then suddenly the doors opened. He gasped and gasped, he opened his eyes and there in front of him were four green creatures with purple and white chequered flags on their chests. This was exactly how the man described the Teraquins.

The biggest Teraquin stepped forward and helped James to his feet. The Teraquin said that he was called Paris. Then he pointed to another Teraquin and said 'this is my brother Josh, my son Iwan and this little girl is my daughter Thomasina. Sadly my wife passed away the day after our wedding day'. Josh quickly changed the subject and said cheerily 'Lets go and have lunch.'
James looked worried. Paris laughed 'Don't worry, we're not eating you !'

They made their way towards the biggest pod and went inside. It was massive, you could fit at least ten houses on top of each other inside. Paris sat on a throne with shiny jewels all over it.
There were a few other Teraquins aswell, who were serving lots of mouthwatering treats.
James sat down at a wooden chair, he looked at the pile of steaming food. 'Yum sushi my favourite' James thought. James picked up some crab. The crabs spiny outer shell scraped across his lips. 'd'arvit' he said 'thats really sharp!' When he had finished eating Paris kindly asked James if he needed any help getting back to the Upper World. 'Oh yes please' James said excitedly. 'I know!' Thomasina exclaimed. 'You could have our time machine'

To be continued.........