Spicy Girl by Zaid

Spicy Girl 

 By Zaid

Picture of assorted hot peppers

  click - Spicy Girl Audio Drama

 What is the hero's name? 

Spicy Girl, her real name is Ecrin, which is Turkish for gift from God 

What is her power? 

Her superpower is she shoots spicy types of pepper for fighting villains! 

Backstory/Origin story? 

She comes from Turkey. When she was a baby her parents fed her hot peppers and she got used to the hot peppers and one day, something happens in her life that surprises her: her sister was 20 and she got married. Her sister treats her badly and then one day, she got mad, and raised her hands and something 

spicy hit her sister… her sister felt a spicy sensation, her eyes watered and her tongue hurt, almost like she’d eaten a pepper. 

Where does she live? 

Ecrin/Spicy Girl lives in Istanbul 

Nemesis/bad guy - who do they fight? 

She has a best friend, who is now her enemy. Her former best friend/enemy is named Esmeray, which means Dark Moon in Turkish. 

Costume 

She wears a dress that is red, green, orange and yellow and it changes color depending on how spicy she is feeling. 

Secret identity 

Spicy Girl is her secret identity/superhero name. 

Conflict 

In the voice of Spicy Girl: “It was my 20-year-old birthday party and I had invited all my friends. All my friends came to my party, including my best friend, Esmeray. It was the best birthday party of my life. Not just because my best friends came but also because my fiance came. 

Esmeray said, “Hey, Ecrin,” and motioned for me to come over to her. That’s when she said, “I need to tell you something. Unfortunately, I have to go. I wish I could’ve stayed longer, but I can’t.” I asked her, “Why not? Where are you going?” 

“Hmmm,” she said, “I have to help my mom with chores.” 

“Esmeray, look at me,” I said. “You’re sure what you’re saying is true? You’re not lying to me?” “Ecrin, I have to go, I’m sorry. Here’s your present,” and without saying another word, she was gone. 

A few days later, I was watching the news. I was bored and had nothing else to do. I don’t really pay attention to the news, but that day I was paying attention and it changed my life forever. Another kid had disappeared, the news reporter said. 

The news reporter’s voice: “...Another child has disappeared, and their parents have no idea what happened. However, we found evidence of witchcraft in the boy’s room who disappeared recently and was last seen at 10 o’clock at night on Wednesday…” I saw on the TV parents saying, “We put our child to sleep and unfortunately, when we woke up we didn’t see him! He was nowhere to be found!”

Weird, I thought, he disappeared the day of my birthday party. 

The news reporter’s voice: “If you know anything about the missing child, please call the number at the bottom of the screen with your information. That’s all for tonight, see you tomorrow!” After that, I turned off the TV. Suddenly, I remembered my friend saying she had to do something. Maybe it was her brother, but I couldn’t be sure. Also, she may not have wanted to worry me. When I see her again, I need to apologize to her for not understanding why she had to go. 

That same night, I couldn’t sleep for some reason. So I went outside to see the stars, because it usually helps me sleep. But today, something unusual happened. What I saw, I did not like and I felt many different emotions all at once. First of all, I felt surprised because I saw my friend, Esmeray. Second, I felt scared because I saw her and not as human, I saw her without eyes, flying across the sky with a broom. I saw her head toward someone’s house. At the same time, I heard a baby cry. Esmeray looked at their house and cackled. I couldn’t watch anymore and I went back to my house and shut the doors as fast as I could. I could not believe it. Even though I was safe at home, the bad experience wasn’t over. I heard a knock at my door. I heard a voice on the other side. 

“Come out,” the voice said. “I know you saw me.” 

I recognized the voice. It was Esmeray. 

“Go away, Esmeray,” I said. 

“No, you’ve seen too much,” she answered back. 

Then something changed. I wasn’t angry or scared. Instead, I felt brave. I opened the door. “Yes, I’ve seen too much, so what are you going to do now?” I asked her. 

“Now you’re going to die!” she told me. She tried to throw something at me, but I ducked out of the way. Again, I closed the door. I knew what I had to do. I had to put my hero costume on! It was time for Spicy Girl to come out. 

Before opening the door, I took the hottest pepper I could find and ate it so my courage would last until I defeated the enemy witch. I opened the door very slowly, and when I stepped outside, Esmeray wasn’t at the door; however, I saw her in a corner and I headed toward her. 

I said, “Are you ready to fight, witch? Or are you scared?” 

“Where is Ecrin?” 

“None of your business,” I replied. I raised my hand and held it in a fist, red pepper started to hit Esmeray, it sprayed from my hand. She only cackled. 

“How do you think you’re going to stop me with that?” 

“I may not stop you forever, but I can weaken your powers.” 

“We’ll see about that, Spicy Girl!” 

Esmeray started to fly and said strange words that sounded like a spell. I tried to walk but I couldn’t move. 

“Now how are you going to stop me, Spicy Girl?” 

“Like this, just wait!” I said, and started to feel a calm sensation. I pointed my hands toward her and holy water splashed her. She cried out in surprise! She spun around and waved her wand at me. It sent me flying and I fell down near a tree. I expected to feel pain, but instead I got up. I pepper sprayed her again! Then I got out my special weapon, which was a pepper wand. I waved it at her broom. 

“Hey!” she cried, and fell down. Quickly, I charged toward her. She pulled out her wand and tried to strike me with it but I blocked it with my wand. And we were fighting like that, swinging and blocking, for many hours into the night. I could tell she was getting tired. Which gave me the ability to do my special swing at her. I spun around and my wand struck her in the chest. I pulled the wand back from her chest, and I realized that I had paralyzed her. I thought it was over but I had forgotten that now it was nighttime and she is a witch, which of course, it wouldn’t last long. 

I knew I had to act quickly. I only had seven minutes before the witch would feel powerful again and get up from the ground. I ran and started to search for her eyes. My idea was to hide them until it was daytime then when the sun came out she would get burned. It took me about five minutes to finally find

her eyes. I grabbed them and put them in my pocket. I ran back, waiting for the witch to get up. Two minutes passed by and the witch made a fighting sound. 

“ARGHHHHHHH!!!!” she said, as she tried to push herself off the ground. She was clearly in pain. I sprayed her with green pepper this time. Then I sprayed again, and all the different colors came out and hit her. She tried to get her broom, but I made it disappear with my pepper wand. 

Again, we fought, blocking and swinging our wands at each other. She fought me with her dark magic and I fought back with my good magic. 

Finally, it was six o’clock in the morning. I only had one more hour to hold her until the sun came up. 

“You, Spicy Girl, don’t even know who you’re messing with! I am Dark Moon, which you did not know. I know who you are, Spicy Girl. I knew that one day I would have to face you. But I am going to let you win this time…” 

“No,” I said. “Why did you turn like this? Tell me, Esmeray.” 

“Because I am tired of trusting men who only let me down.” 

“But I haven’t let you down, Esmeray. You don’t need a man to be valuable.” 

“You say that because you have a good partner, who respects you, who understands you. You don’t know what pain I suffer.” 

“Yes, I do Esmeray. You know why I do? Because I love you and when you love someone you feel their pain. You have many people who love you, Esmeray. Your friends, your parents, your teachers, plenty of people. You are good just the way you are, you don’t need to change.” “Thank you, Ecrin. Thank you for your nice words.” 

I headed toward her so we could give each other a hug. But then, she threw fire toward me. I had enough with this witch. I sprayed holy water on her, I didn’t care if it was morning or not. “Stop you’re hurting me!” she said. 

“No, you’ve been hurting innocent people! And even though it hurts me, good bye forever, Dark Moon!” 

And then, I started thinking of tsunamis and I waved my wand at her and a holy water wave came at her. She melted into little grains of salt. 

Goodbye, Esmeray. 

That day my sister woke me up by pouring water on me. 

“Wake up, you think you can just sleep there all day and all night?!” 

“Oh, shut up, sister,” I told her, “I’m not in the mood.” 

“Did you cook for my husband?” 

“No, that’s not my job, that’s your job!” 

My sister slammed the door. That night I went out again. I don’t know why but I went to my sister’s room. When I entered her room I saw a broom in her eyes and I realized my sister was a witch.