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The writer of the best short story from this challenge wins a ProWritingAid Lifetime License, worth $140. Take the terribly-written adverb-laden outline of a story below and use your own voice to make it amazing. Maybe it's sci-fi, maybe it's romance, maybe it's thriller...it's up to you: The door was opened and they looked out. She was very surprised. He looked very worried. They went quickly to find out more. She slowly picked up the object and it all finally made sense.
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Acadec56

There will be war

And then there was light. We raced through a space projection, watching hundreds of different stars that were all bigger than the sun, moons that emitted a crimson glow, and many other astonishing Earth-like planets. Then, we came to a quick halt at a gigantic, mostly blue, oval planet with only a small spec of green. And it all made sense. With shock and terror on both of our faces, we rushed back to the spaceship to inform Earth of this horrific situation. We strapped in, started up the Patriot, and in a few minutes, we were off. "Scarlett, let me see that orb." Said Justin. Hands shaking, I gave the orb to Justin. He stared at the cloud white orb until finally he said, "this changes everything". And he was right, everyone's lives were about to change. We both had suspected that the aliens were hiding something from us, something diabolical. That's why the government sent us, and thank God they did. After 20 years of cooperating and living with them, they were planning on stabbing us in the back. But why now? Why wait 20 years to move forward with this plan to remove Earth's Crust and implant them into their planet? Hopefully, we get answers to these questions, but there's one inevitable truth, there will be war. Finally, we landed onto our space station where general Jackson was waiting for us. "What have you found??" He said. Justin looked at me then back to general Jackson, "this Sir". And with one touch, there was light once again. After it was over, everyone in the room looked shocked, scared, and very sad. Angrily, the general shouted, "THIS MEANS WAAARR!!".

     A few months later, families were torn apart, lives were ruined, and war had began. The absolute terror and sickening landscape that war had provided, decimated both Justin and I. It was only the one's in power that were plotting against Earth, not their citizens.We tried to make things right, we tried to help as many aliens as possible, but we couldn't and Justin paid the ultimate price in order to protect me. This is all my fault. Even though Earth utilized guerilla techniques against the aliens, there's no way that we are going to win this battle. They have too many soldiers, allies and weapons. We are going to loose. We are going to die. And you whomever finds​ and reads this, please remember what my husband told me....What is loved will never fade away.