CH. 1

Vanessa woke up and smacked the annoying alarm clock and executed her normal morning routine. She'd get up at exactly 7:00 get in the shower, eat toast with cream cheese, brush her teeth, get her stuff together and, get her scooter, and then finally drove to work at the Danville bank. The only thing different about today is that today is her 21st birthday. It wasn't anything special for her and nobody in Danville really knew except herself (Of course) and her mother and father. Once she got to work she sat in her bankers' station and sat there all day as usual. Throughout the day she thought…

Wow, my life is really boring, Ever since graduating high school I had no life. I'm turning 21 today and I will legally be an adult. I need to do something drastic to make my life rejuvenated again and to have my dad stop treating me like a kid.

When Vanessa's shift was over she got on her scooter and went back to her apartment in Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. Yes she still lived in the same building as her father but she lived 3 floors down. As soon as she got in she threw her stuff on the counter and plopped down on the couch. As soon as she turned on the TV the doorbell rang. She sigh and rolled her eyes.

"I wonder who that could be" Vanessa Sarcastically said.

She went to the door and looked through the peep hole and believe it or not her father Dr. Doofenshmirtz was waiting there for her.

She opened the door and said

"Yes, dad" in an irritated way

"Ahhhh, Vanessa I have come to give you a birthday wish" Doof said.

"HAA-"

"STOP!" Vanessa cut him off "First of all there is no way I am allowing you to sing in the hallway and second I don't need you to sing to me so that I know you wish me a happy birthday."

Doof looked down the hall at a happy birthday crew including a ballerina, a clown, a guy dressed up in a bear costume holding a bouquet of flowers and a large bunch of balloons, a leprechaun holding a giant birthday card and a giant floating baby head.

He shooed them off before Vanessa could see.

"Uhhhh… any ways I got your mail for you"

"Oh great let's see how many bills I got this month" Vanessa said.

Vanessa took the pile of mail from her dad's and said.

"Thanks dad" and gave him a hug.

Doof left and Vanessa shut the door behind him.

Vanessa left out a happy sigh and said

"ahhh, dads"

She picked up her mail from the counter and sat down on her couch again.

"Bill, bill, bill, bill. ad, ad, bill, ad, letter, bill, bill, Wait letter!"

She threw all the other junk on the floor and picked up the letter and took a good look at it she wanted to soak the moment in because she needed to remember this moment she had nothing very interesting in her life anyway.

The envelope was yellowy-brown because of how old it was It was addressed to her in an old ink pen in wispy cursive writing. The back was sealed with a rubber stamp. The envelope was almost too perfect to be opened. She was just too excited to see the contents.

She ran to her kitchen to find a knife to open the envelope. She wanted to keep the envelope because she thought it was just to dang perfect.

She ran back to the couch so she can open the envelope. She stuck the knife in very carefully in order not to rip the envelope. She moved the knife very slow to the other side and once it was ripped just at the top. She let out a big sigh of relief. She carefully took out the letter in the envelope and before she opened it she felt the paper. It was parchment paper that was also a yellowy-brown. She took a big breath in before she opened the letter she hoped that she wasn't just getting worked up for nothing.

The penmanship was exquisite and still wispy cursive. The letter read….

Beware Vanessa! You are in grave danger! Believe me this is real. Come to the Cherry ridge manor immediately. This is a matter of life or death. You are our last hope.

S. 17 April 1962

P.S. The medallion may come in handy.

What medallion Vanessa thought.

She looked back in the envelope and there it was a large medallion attached to a long chain.

That's weird I know that definitely wasn't there before…

She took the medallion out carefully by pulling it out by the chain and she laid it on the table.

She took a good look at it and saw that the medallion was in the shape of a circle and it was very detailed. In the center there was a large blue gem raised above the medallion. It was shaped almost like a Mickey Mouse head with overly large ears. It almost seemed like the two ears were the exact same size of the head. She held it up to the light and the gem sparkled.

She put the medallion on the table next to letter and glanced back over at the letter.

She looked away for a moment and did a double take.

Wait a minute 1962! Vanessa thought

This has to be some big joke. This can't be right…. Somebody is just trying to pull some big joke on me…. Maybe it could be real, What if this letter is from the past and it's from a ghost mailman! Wait a minute what am I thinking….

Vanessa's thoughts trailed on like this for hours and she fell asleep on the couch thinking about it. When she woke up she made a final decision.

"I am going to Cherry Ridge Manor."