Isabelle and the Flying Shark

By Fahad Sher Hussain

Isabelle is a lonely girl who has never had friends. Being unpopular and disliked, she finally finds an unlikely friend. Isabelle forms a bond of friendship with a flying shark, with whom she goes on an adventure to un-spell the magic, and help him go back to his home in China. This short story is about the importance of friendship, love and how love can conquer all evil.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fahad Sher Hussain
• Release date: Jun 4, 2016
• ISBN: 9781310630439

Fahad Sher Hussain

Fahad Sher Hussain was born in the city of Lahore, the cultural capital of pakistan. In his teenage years, he moved to New Zealand where he completed his graduation from AUT University in Communication Studies, and his Masters from Auckland University in International Relations and Human Rights. After directing a feature length film and writing numerous scripts, fahad developed a keen interest in writing fiction. Magic, fantasy, emotions, and love are some his favourite subjects to write on.

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This short story is a work of fiction. Names, Characters, Places and Incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Isabelle and the Flying Shark

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Copyright © 2016 by Fahad Sher Hussain

The short story is protected under the copyrights laws of the United States of America. Any reproduction or other unauthorized use of the material or artwork herein is prohibited without the express written permission of the author.

It as a short story humbly written by the author Fahad Sher Hussain, and edited by Zaeem Mahmood. The story focuses on the value of friendship, and love in our everyday lives.

The Lonely Isabelle

Not faraway in New Zealand is a small town called Arthur Town.  The town is a very small place, so small that everyone knows everyone. In this town, if you are a lonely girl, who has no friends, then life gets very lonely.  Isabelle at the age of 10, has not many friends, and the friends she has are not really her friends.  With long blonde hair up to her shoulders, Isabelle wears glasses and has recently got her braces done. Isabelle resembles a matured woman shrunk into a size of a little girl. It is this reason why that other girls in Arthur Town do not befriend her. Introverted and nerdy, Isabelle spends most of her time reading books and learning about the rest of the world. Isabelle lives with her mother, her mother is in her early 30's, but she looks like she is in her early twenties. Chontelle, Isabelle's mother, could not afford a house in the nearby city, hence she moved to this small town. They were lucky though, she rented a small batch by a vast farm, and right next to the small house is a beautiful stream. Surrounded by a beautiful native bush, the stream has ducklings, fish and glow worms at night. During the day she tries to spot dancing fish jumping out of the stream, while at night she goes on a search looking for glow worms. Isabelle loves talking to animals, she feels that the native birds, fish in the stream, the glow worms and swans are all her friends. They only love and live their lives, they never hurt other human beings. 

In a small and beautiful town like Arthur Town, there are three very mean girls; Alice 12, Patricia 10 and Phoebe 8. Alice is the leader of the clan, Alice is also the princess of her family. Patricia and Phoebe are her little sisters but also her charladies. Alice is a very popular girl in Arthur Town, she is smart, witty and pretty. Unfortunately, there are not many kids in Arthur Town, and not many of Isabelle's age. Alice does not like Isabelle, she finds her boring, and nerdy. Since Alice is the most popular girl in Arthur Town and in her family, Patricia and Phoebe also follow her opinion in disliking Isabelle. 

Unlike Isabelle, Alice and her sisters come from an affluent family, where they have had everything in abundance. Their father is the mayor of Arthur Town, while their mother owns the only hair salon in town. The girls have a huge house, unlike Isabelle they have their own swimming pool, a huge farm with a lot of animals, and many pets. They have two dogs, three cats and four rabbits. Isabelle 's room opens up to their farm. It is a vast piece of land, how Isabelle always wonders that it must be so wonderful to play in that farm, and so much better to have siblings to play with. Isabelle has always longed for friends, and siblings in her life. But she has not lost hope, she knows that one day she will find a friend, a very close friend who will understand her. 

What do you keep looking through the window, asks Isabelle's mum, Chontelle. 

Isabelle does not answer. Today Isabelle has been feeling very lonely, she is feeling the vacuum of having a close friend in life. 

Why don't you play with Alicia and her sisters, she suggests while cleaning the house.

Mum they always tease me, Isabelle shouts at her mum with a frustration that her mum never understands the bullying she has