Chapter 1: Lost

"Ow," whined Virginia. "I tripped over something!"

They were all there that morning. An ad in the newspaper passed about a bright light shooting out of the top of Ka Dingel. This was believed to be the Infinite Jewel. It was said to be the twin sister to the Eternal Sparkle. No one ever knew what it did. But the three teams were willing to take the chance.

Virginia trotted into the bottom floor of Ka Dingel.

"Janus! Maya! Why are you here!"

"Silly silly you!" Maya chuckled arrogantly. "I'm here to take the Infinite Jewel for myself. You thought that I, Maya Schroedinger, would honestly let you ruffians get the Jewel!"

"You're green like Princess," Janus said. "Being green in life isn't going to get you anything." He smirked arrogantly.

They all stood there, staring each other down…

Everyone took off for the top of the tower. Team after team, they raced to the top. Gallows even tried to shoot somebody to win. They could feel the top coming closer. You can probably see what happened next…

"What is this?" Virginia said. She held it up for the teams to see. What stood in her hand was a simple diary. It was a thick red diary with a jeweled ribbon hanging out.

"Wow, a diary!" Gallows went up and snatched it away. "Let's read it!"

"No!" Virginia said as she madly stomped over there; and snatched the diary from Gallows.

"This has to belong to one of us," she said. "That time when we were all on Ka Dingel! We were all there that same day! One of us must have dropped it!"

"Gimme that!" Someone snatched the diary from Virginia's hands.

"Janus!"

"Just read the bloody thing so we can get on from this crap!" He violently stabbed the lock with his bayonet. And alas, the diary flipped open. Virginia went to pick it up. Everyone crowded around Virginia. As she flipped the first page, she started to read…