The prompt ends with the two kids and the time capsule. This is where you begin your story. Things to include: · the same two kids (you may introduce more characters)

· description of the time capsule

· why they are being secretive

· what the secret meeting was about

· why New York City is in ruins (literally and/or figuratively)

· what they find in the capsule that gives them hope

Story Prompt: Read the following story prompt and think about how you will continue this story in your narrative.

It is March 15, in the year 2514. The people of former New York are in desperate

circumstances. They are being overrun, and they are losing hope. The banners proclaiming a

Free the Real NYC lie in the gutters, trampled by terrified and panicked citizens. Two teens–

or kidz, as they are called now– are on their way home from a secret meeting. As they walk

in the shadows to avoid detection, they both trip on a huge titanium cylinder. Etched into the

surface are a series of scratched-out words. The only words they can make out are, "he will prevail." They drag the heavy cylinder into a hidden alleyway and twist it open. The glow from

their flashlights reveals the contents of the cylinder. With gasps of relief, they look at each

other with hope in their eyes for the first time in years.