Linh Duong
5-6o
2/5/2013
Treasure Hunt
"What should we do now?" asked Cecilia, my cousin, exhausting from doing chores.
"Let me see," I said, breathing heavily, "We haven't cleaned my room yet."
It was on a beautiful Saturday, the sky was blue and clear, and it was so warm outside. Regardless, I have to clean up the house for the upcoming Lunar New Year with the help of my cousin, Cecilia. My parents were out so there's a lot of work for us to do.
We slowly dragged ourselves upstairs, to my room. When I opened my room's door, Cecilia's eyes wide opened.
"You got to be kidding me!" she exclaimed. "Your room is the worst place in the house, how are we…"
"Let's start!" I said, before she finishes the sentence.
My room was a mess due to my scatterbrains. My clothes were everywhere, my bed's blankets and pillows were totally messed up. My room looked like it just been robbed.
As Cecilia removed my clothes and stuffs, while I was cleaning up the floor, she found a strange box wrapped inside a golden fabric. She unwrap it.
"Hey Rosa, what's this?" Cecilia asked.
"What?" I said as I walk over to her.
"Hum….I has never seen this before. Let's open it to see what's inside." I suggested.
It was an octahedron box; its surface was a hexagon shape. It had a scarlet color and some yellow plants as its decoration.
"Should we open it?" Cecilia asked, holding the box and shaking.
"Just open it!" I said as if I was ordering her.
"But what if there are weird things in there?" she asked, her face seemed to be a little pale.
"We won't know until we open it, right?" I asked her gently.
She simply nodded. Cecilia opened the box slowly. Thump-thump, thump-thump, our heartbeat were so loud, we can even hear each other's heartbeat.
A Strange light came from the box as she opened it and all of sudden; something flew out from the box. We both freaked out. A little human! A little human is floating in the air! We froze, our mouths wide opened.
"Hi, my name is Aries, the guardian of the treasure box. Please to meet you." The little guardian said. He was about 5 inches tall, wearing ancient Greece-like, white robe. He has a straight, long, silver hair. Aries looked like an enthusiastic and energetic person. Then, he began to move closer, we got even more freaked out. We shivered, trying to think but our head went blank and words wouldn't come out.
"And you are?" Aries questioned me.
"My…my name is…Rosa…" I said it without thinking.
"Rosa, hum? It's a good name. And you are?" Aries asked about Cecilia with a big, kind smile. I can feel the benevolence from him. I finally calm down a little.
"Her name is Cecilia, my cousin." I introduced Cecilia. It seemed she finally calmed down.
"By the way," she said, turning to Aries, "why are you in that box anyway?"
"I told you haven't I? I'm the guardian of this box. My mission is to guide whoever discovered this box to the treasure."
We blinked.
"Treasure?" we exclaimed in unison.
"Right," Aries said, his smile haven't fade away. "Shall we go?"
We nodded excitedly. Then Aries slowly unfold a piece of paper. Is it the map? We wondered. It was an old, brownish piece of paper. It said,
"To those who want to find the treasure, you must last for one thousand years.
If you pull a bunch from the bed, they will flourish and bloom.
The treasure awaits you under the pink rain."
"I don't get it at all," Cecilia complained, "Aries, do you understand this code?"
He was thinking seriously and finally said, "This is the first time I look at this map. My master haven't told me anything about it yet, but I'm sure it's somewhere in the Horoscope Island."
"Horoscope Island?" we wondered, "Where's that?"
"Horoscope Island is a secret island in Pacific Ocean," Aries explained, "it's where we, the guardians live."
"So, how can we get there?" Cecilia asked.
"Fly, of course." Aries replied.
"F…F…Fly?!" Now our heads are spinning. "We're just original people, we know nothing about magic or flying, you know." Cecilia added.
"Don't worry," Aries comforted, "all you have to do is put our hands together and repeat after me."
We followed his direction, we put our hands in the middle and Aries said, "In the power of Aries, please send us to Horoscope Island."
He started to glow. We repeated what he said, our body started to glow also. My body felt really light and we both were floating in the air. I opened my room's window and here we go, we disappeared behind the clouds. I felt like I'm a super hero. When I looked down, people looked like ants. Cecilia seemed to enjoy it as well. We finally reached the ocean. As we glide on the on the water's surface, we can see ourselves clearly. The surface was peaceful, the waves move silently, the blue ocean made me want to swim, but I reminded myself I have to find the treasure first. This probably is a dream. I thought, as we were flying. If it's truly a dream then I must enjoy it from the bottom of my heart.
It took us approximately 30 minutes to get to the Horoscope Island. It was quite a long trip to get there but we had a lot of fun on the way. Aries stopped suddenly.
"We're here," he said.
"Where?" I asked, "I only see water, where's the island? Are we lost?"
"Calm down, the guardians have to put up a barrier so they won't be discovered by human. Rosa, Cecilia, don't lose sight of me, okay?" Aries said.
He flew straight into the ocean; we followed him, closing our eyes. When we opened our eyes, the island appeared. We saw thousands and thousands of tiny human everywhere as we fly over the island. After we were landed, Aries minimized us into 5 inches. The headmasters of the island came and greeted us.
"Welcome to the Horoscope Island," the headmaster welcomed us, "Please enjoy your treasure hunt."
He's quite old. I'd said he's about 80 years old. His hair and beards are long and white. He wore wizard-like clothes along with a cane.
"Yes, we will thank you very much." We replied in unison.
"You must be tired from the trip," the headmaster said, "Do you want to rest a moment or you want to take a look at Horoscope Island?"
We looked at each other and said, "We'll take a look at Horoscope Island, we might be able to find some clues about the code."
"Well, well, that's a wise choice," the headmaster said, "Then, please take your time and have some fun."
We saw a lot of interesting things as we fly. Horoscope Island was just like a fairy-tales world. The lake, pond, river, ocean, and other body of water were replaced by chocolate in Horoscope Island. The mountains were made of rock candy. The clouds were cotton candies. Almost everything around us was made of foods and sweets.
"A flower bed," I said, pointing down, "It's so pretty. Can we take a look?"
We flew down and lay down on the flowers.
"If I remembered correctly, this flower bed is called 'One Thousand Years Flower Bed' because these flowers can lives for a thousand years." Aries explained.
"Wait," I interrupted, "Isn't the treasure paper said something about a thousand year and the bed."
Aries pull out the paper and he said, "You're right."
"Maybe the paper is referring to this flower bed," Cecilia said. "See? And where it said 'flourish and bloom,' that's basically what flowers do, right?"
"You're right." Aries and I agreed.
"But what about the 'pink rain' part?" I asked.
"I haven't figured it out yet." Cecilia said disappointedly.
The wind blows. The petals blew. I saw some pink petals, but then realized that the flowers around us are white. I looked around and saw a cherry blossom tree.
"Look," I said, pointing at the tree, "Could it be the 'pink rain' part refers to the cherry tree?"
"How?" Cecilia and Aries wondered.
"Look at the falling petals, aren't the looks like rain?" I said.
"Oh…You're right." Cecilia said.
We rushed to the cherry blossom tree as fast as we could and started digging, using hands.
"I found it!" Cecilia yelled.
It was a golden chest and was decorated with gems.
"It's the treasure, it's the treasure!" we exclaimed, dancing happily.
"Open it." Aries told us.
We unlock the lock; lift up the lid, then a super bright light shine from the chest, so bright that made us blind. When we opened our eyes, we were filled with surprise, everywhere around us were blank, and everywhere were completely white. Suddenly, we heard a warm, gentle voice.
"Congratulation, you're the first ones to hear my voice. Only those that are warm-hearted can receive this treasure. Now I shall give you the treasure."
Out of nowhere, two necklaces appeared in front of us. They're identical except for the color of the heart-shaped gems.
"These necklaces can grant each of you three wishes. Once you used up the three wishes, the light from the heart will fade away, but after you used them you will discover a new power the necklaces gave you and you can use then internally. And you will have the power to contact the Horoscope Island as long as you keep it as a secret or else everything you saw, including the three wishes, will be erased from your mind."
The light shined one more time. This time, when I open my eyes, I was in my own room, lying next to me was Cecilia.
"So it was really a dream." I told myself.
Then I tried to wake Cecilia up.
"Five more minutes, please." Cecilia moaned.
"WAKE UP!" I yelled in her ear. She finally woke up.
"I had a strange dream." She said.
"You too?" I surprised.
We thought for a while then look at each other.
"AH!" We yelled, pointing at each other's chest. The necklace! The necklace we received as the treasure.
"It wasn't a dream then." We realized.
"Cecilia, what are you using the three wishes for?" I asked.
"I probably won't wish for anything yet because I want to use it carefully," she replied, "What about you?"
"The same as you." I said.
Ding-dong, ding-dong. The doorbell rang, which means my parents were home and Cecilia have to go home.
"Let's keep everything happened today as a secret." Cecilia suggested.
"Agree." I replied.
The End