Epic World Book 1 The Clues
Chapter 1 Getting in the Contest
"Breaking news, right now at Orlando, Florida's Universal Studios, there is this huge contest, the winner gets a billion dollars, the losers walk away with nothing, now get over here if you want a billion dollars, but may I remind you that only 7 people or teams may enter this contest, back to you anchors!" announced the woman on FOX News. I jumped off my sofa in the living room and bounded into my room. I threw a few of my belonging and necessities in my backpack, burst into the kitchen and said, "Mom, I'm going to enter this contest at Universal Studios and I'll give you a million bucks if I win, bye!" But as I was exiting the room my mom said, "I'll only let you go if you'll promise me you'll win, Dylan Strohaker," and I immediately said, "Promise!" and she waved me good luck. In a minute I was driving my red F-250 towards Universal Studios and after about 30 minutes I was there. The last one there, also, because behind me the gates closed after I showed a person that worked there my pass.
I shoved and jabbed and ran until I got to the front of the crowd, where the woman from the news was standing. She said, "We need one more contestant!" and I raised my hand and was on tiptoe in a second. I got lucky, because out of hundreds of other people, she picked me, then she led us into a new building and gestured us to sit down in front of a stage. "It's time we meet each other, what's your name?" she pointed to me and I said, "Dylan, I hope I'm team one, because team one rocks!" and the woman said, "Yes, you are team one, Dylan! How old are you and where are you from?" and I yelled so everyone could here, "18! And I'm from Orlando!"
The reporter said to a mean-looking boy sitting next to me, "You are team two! What's your name?" and the boy glared at her and said, "Kyle. Why am I always second in everything?" and the reporter said, "Because you're always second best, I guess! Just drop it, how old are you, Kyle? And where are you from!" Kyle said, "18, and where I live is personal, I don't want to tell anyone because I consider everyone an enemy that I'll have to beat or kill sooner or later!" and the reporter said, "Alright then, team three, what are your names?" Team three had three people, a dad that was 40 and named Scotty, a wife that was 38 and named Lexi, and a daughter that was 17 and named Stephanie, and their last name was the Boomhowers and they were from Wisconsin. Team Four were twins named Bob and George and their last name was the Bobbers and they were from Orlando like me, and they were 16 years old and both seemed smarter than Einstein. Team Five was this weird, shy girl named Vicky, and she was from Russia. Team Six were these four, large, muscular dudes that were named, Billy, Sherlock, Bob, and Jones, and they were a gang from North Carolina, all of them were 20 years old except the leader who was the biggest and toughest of them all, Jones, who was 22 years old.
Team Seven was this woman named Betty with a dog and a rat, the dog was named Barksalot and the rat was named Fiercealot and the woman wouldn't give away her age but said she was from Tennessee. Then the reporter said, "My name is Julia and I'm the host of this contest and the contest is called 'The Clues,' now look around you and notice you are on camera, you guys are going to be the contestants in a new game show called the Race for the Clues, now walk onto the stage, please." Once we were on the stage, the curtains were drawn and we were behind stage and the reporter was gone. But then a big projection screen turned on in front of us, showing the reporter on T.V.
The Julia on the T.V. said, "This screen is how you get from place to place, well, in this case, movie to T.V. show, movie to T.V. show. At the end of every level, a swirl screen will pop up in front of you, and all you have to do is walk through it. But the thing is that each team has their own screen, so you'll start the level in different places so that you're on your own. If you happen to run into a team that has crucial information that will lead to the big clue, you will be allowed to attack them and take the clue or sneak the clue away from them. In each level, you have to find three pieces of information to complete the level and move on to the next level and there are three levels, good luck and goodbye!" The screen went blank.
