Travelling Mysteries
The bell rang. A huge group of kids ran outside. Most of them ran, but some walked, or waited for their parents to get there. One girl went the opposite way. One way nobody was going, but stuck inside a ocean of kids, she blended in pretty well. She went inside the bathroom. She waited in front of the sink, until her watch beeped, and the numbers on the watch flashed. “Perfect timing.” She said, tapping her watch. A small hologram appeared. “Same for you, Lily.” The hologram spoke. “Anyways, come to the headquarters fast.” The hologram said. “This is going to be one of your favourites.” The hologram flashed, and disappeared. Her watch went back to normal. ‘One of my favourites?’ Lily thought. She shrugged, and ran off. There weren’t as much kids now. She was half-way there. Suddenly her phone rang. “Hello?” She answered. “Your late to get home again!” The person on the other end was her mother. “Sorry, spending a night at a friends house. For studying, of course.” Lily replied. “Fine, but this is the last time.” Her mother ended the call, and Lily continued to walk.
She had finally got there. She was at the beach. There was a large rock that was always there. Lily places her hand on the side of the rock. BEEP, BEEP. Lily looked around. Nobody ever came to this beach. The hologram made sure of that. Actually, she was the one who decided to spread rumours about it. She actually fooled them, so they think it’s true. Anyways, out of the water, A building came out. A path appears. Lily walks on it. She makes her way inside. And the building disappeared. The hologram lady walked out. Not a hologram, but the real person. “Alright, come, in you go. Same as last time.” The lady looked like she was rushing. Lily was shoved inside this glass tube. Anyways, the lady went behind some controls. She pulled a small lever. ZAP! Lily disappeared before she could say a single word.
Lily appeared in a small room. It looked like a janitor’s closet. She examined the room, looking at what was around her. She noticed that she was holding a piece of paper. At the top was a title that said, ‘Your Job Is:’ and underneath that was a list of the things she needed to do. “Alright, so… Step one, earn their trust. Step two, sneak in without being spotted. And lastly, step three, steal the jewel.” Lily read. “Just like those cartoons I used to watch.” Lily shakes her head to clear all the cartoons out of her head. “Wait, I’m supposed to be wearing my black spy suit.” Lily said, looking down at her gown. “What the heck is this?! I’m calling her again…” Lily, still annoyed, tapped her watch. The hologram appeared again. “Tell me what's going on here.” Lily demanded. “Sorry, but I’m really busy right now.” The hologram said. Then it disappeared, as always.
Lily rolled her eyes. She took some time to look at what she wore. She was wearing a long, bright pink gown, with patterns on the sides. She had long light pink gloves on her hands to match the dress. And she was wearing a mask, too. She removed the mask to examine it. The mask had pink glitter on it, and black glitter on the edges. “Wait a minute..” Lily had a idea of what she was doing. “I’m at a masquerade party! Nice!” Lily smiled, and twirled with her dress. “I look amazing. At least they gave me something good to wear.” She placed the mask back on her face. She walked towards the door. She felt lucky that she was wearing flats instead of high heels. Anyways, she opened the door and walked out, closing the door again. She saw a giant room, which she soon realized was a ballroom. It was beautiful and full of people.
Lily casually made her way over to a door. It was a huge, wooden door with patterns of flowers around the edges. Lily stood in front of it. She observed, looking at all the patterns. “This must be the door that leads you inside and out.” Lily whispered to herself. “What did you say?” Said a large, armoured figure. It stood by the side of the door, now it was looking down at Lily. Lily realised that was a guard. It was holding a silver axe, which looked very heavy. “Oh, um, I was, uh, just admiring.” Lily said, with a nervous looking smile taped across her face. “If you say so.” The guard looked forward again and continued to well… Guard, I guess. Lily quickly looked at the door handle. It was large, and it had a giant lock on it. Then she turned and walked to the corner of the room. She stood there and thought. “I’ve got to find some sort of key. A large, heavy, key.”
Lily looked at the axe once more, realizing that was the key, by looking at the sharp ends. Lily decided to distract the guard. So she grabbed a cup full of a red liquid. ‘3, 2, 1...Go!’ As soon as Lily finished thinking, she poured the liquid onto the guard. Well she kind of threw the cup in the air. The liquid flowed into the helmet, hopefully getting in his eyes. “What is this- Hey, you get back here! I can’t see!” The guard said walking around crashing into things. People laughed as he kept hitting things. Then he fell, dropping his axe. ‘Let’s do this thing.’ Lily ran and grabbed the axe. She struggled to, but eventually she had it. The other guards ran out, feeling a bit afraid since they were unarmed. Lily came a little closer. “I will hit you with this axe, so stay back!” Lily spoke, feeling fearless. The guards stepped back. One tripped over a lady’s high heels. Both the lady and the guard went down. “Are you okay-” The guard tripped on the fallen guards legs, going down with them too. There was a loud clank with that many layers of armour on. Lily grinned and slowly lifted the axe up and pushed it into the lock. The door opened. “HEY! She’s getting away!” A Guard shouted. They all ran, while Lily escaped and shut the door. “You better get back here THIS INSTANT!” Lily heard.
“Now to find this ‘Secret Room’ of rare jewels.” Lily laughed at her very own sentence. She looked around. Then there was a loud bang. “Hope she didn’t run too far.” A Guard spoke. “Oh no.” Lily ran and leaned on the side of the wall. There was a brick poking out that she leaned on. It was pushed in easily. Then a secret door opened. “Huh? I found it!” Lily said happily. “I think..” It was dark, but torches lit the way. Lily made her way through the hallway, until she found a dead end. “It stops here.” Lily said, turning about to tread off. Then she realized, “That’s only what they want us to think.” Lily tried finding a secret button, or a secret lever, or anything that would open the wall. Nothing. After all her searching, nothing at all. Lily sighed. “Maybe it's more simple than I thought.” Lily decided standing right in front of the wall that seemed to be the dead end. She tapped the wall, and surprisingly it opened. “Huh, I guess I was right.” Lily ran in and it shined beautifully. There were rare jewels and jewelry everywhere. “How do I know which one to take?” Lily thought. Someone jumped down from a tall shelf. “I suggest ya’ don’t.” He was much older, and he didn’t have much armour, but Lily was sure to lose a fight to him. Lily sneaked a quick look at the paper, and it said the gem was a dark shade of red, and it was medium sized, and it was light. Lily spotted a maroon medium gem, which she ran at and grabbed. “You’ll never catch me!” Lily shouted. She dived into a vent. The man was way too big to fit inside. Lily giggled and crawled her way to the end. She tapped her watch again, and there the hologram was. “I’m ready to go back.” Lily said. And 3… 3… 1… WHOOSH! And in seconds she was back in the headquarters. “What was the rush before you sent me?” Lily asked. “I was busy, very busy, and I was about to be late for something, so I had to hurry. Now go back home, your mother’s probably worried. She made her way home and had a nap, tired after all that mess.
