Disclaimer: I do not own National Treasure or any of the characters. I only own Arabella.
Foreword: I decided to start writing this after I got the idea for this last year. I always thought Riley deserved someone, so I figured I might as well give him someone =D And I disregarded the date in the beginning in the movie when Ben is a kid, cause I'm not good at math in the least bit. So when they go on the treasure hunt, just assume it's the time the movie puts it, or if you want, a little closer to 2011. So, onward towards the story!
Prologue
" I cannot believe you convinced your dad to bring you to D.C. next week." I said to my friend Ben.
" Honestly, neither can I. I was sure he'd say something like, 'you already memorized a history text book, why do you need me to bring you do D.C.?" Ben said before laughing.
Ben and I were sitting in his backyard, enjoying the lazy days of summer break. Ben's actual full name was Benjamin Franklin Gates. He loves history like it was a little puppy- and honestly, so do I. We even met in history class in seventh grade. But the thing is, I had skipped two grades, so I was an eleven year old in seventh grade. Ben was the first person to actually talk to me- he didn't mind I was younger, and a history geek. In fact, he actually seemed to admire it. It had been three years since that day, and we were still so close, we were almost inseparable.
" I wish I could go with you." I muttered, swiping my hair out of my face.
" If you want to go, you can come, Arabella." Ben said with a smile. I smiled back and bumped his shoulder with mine.
" I'll ask my parents. But won't your father ban me from said trip?" I asked. Ben raised an eyebrow.
" Why'd he do that? He likes you." Ben asked in confusion. I rolled my eyes and gave him a look. I thought we had actually been through this before.
" He would probably think we'd be looking for the next clue." I said with a small smile. Ben actually grinned.
" Stay here." He said before running into his house. I rolled my eyes at him. He seemed to have a tendency for running off randomly.
Ben, after we got to know each other pretty well, told me about the Templar's Treasure. He told me that his family had been searching for it for possibly a few hundred years. But now, he was the only one looking. I had immediately become interested and so started Ben and I looking for the next clue to lead us to the treasure. Now is obsession was mine as well.
Ben rushed back outside, holding a fairly large book in his arms. He sat down next to me and smiled again, placing the old book before us. Inside that book contained all the information on the treasure that we currently had. Including the one we were still trying to figure out.
My shoulder length light brown wavy/curly hair blew into my face and I brushed it away from my eyes. I smiled at him again before we both opened the book. We flipped the fragile paper before we came to the page we apparently both had in mind. Ben pulled out the scrap of wrinkled, yellowed paper. We both looked at each other.
" The Secret Lies With Charlotte." We both said, reading the writing on the paper.
" Are you still positive you want to join me in trying to find this?" he asked me.
" Of course! I don't care if people think I'm crazy. The treasure needs to be found, and I'm going to help you find it." I told him. He held out his hand with a grin. I grinned back and took his hand. We made a deal then. We'd both find the treasure, at any cost.
Afterword: Sooooooo, the prologue is short, but the first chapter will not be. I know that this is probably a bit boring, but please read the next chapter! It will start to get better, I swear! I also apologize if I took anyone's ideas, I swear I didn't mean to if I did! And if anyone is wondering, at this time, Ben should be eighteen and Arabella should be sixteen. She is a very smart girl! Please review! Hope you stick around to read the better parts!