Collin Holms is a 13 year old boy who attends Wilkinton Secondary School. He takes his education seriously; he studies twice a day (even on a weekend). He is in four after-school clubs and enjoys all subjects. But his commitment hasn't stopped him from getting F's in all of his exams. Science, physical education, maths, English, geography, history, languages; all F's! Collin never gave up though, he kept on practicing. He wouldn't get A's straight away, and he knew that.

So he kept on practicing and practicing and practicing, for 5 years. He was in sixth form now, and after all his hard work, he got an A! If there's one word that describes Collin, it would be resilient. The same day he got his first A, he got a phone call from his mum. "Hiya pumpkin, how was your day," asked mum, "Amazing, I got an A!". " Well done, I knew you had it in you! Anyway, I was just calling to say that I'm at the shop now...

so I wont be able to let you in, if you walk the long way home, then by the time you get back I should be home. Does that sound okay to you?" "Sure, bye." replied Collin. 

      So off he went, with a huge grin on his face, proudly. He'd only walked the long way home once or twice, but he had remembered the way. He was walking down a path, the sort of path you get in horror movies, when he saw a flock of pigeons. Not the average flock of pigeons though. They were different, from the shape and size, to the noise they made and the colour of their eyes.

Suddenly, the wind picked up, Collin's hair blew, the trees were swaying and the dead leaves took to the sky like a swarm of bees. After the strong winds came to a stop, one final gust of wind rippled across the town like a gentle wave in the sea. This time, the wind only made the hedge rustle - the hedge that the abnormal pigeons were in. The wind startled the pigeons, it scared them. One of them flew to a nearby tree, after that all of them followed. All but one...