A/N- Alright everyone! Here is the second chapter of AHE! Hope you are enjoying reading it as much as we are enjoying writing it! Review review review!!! – My Vampire Sparkles
Chapter 2: Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That
Disclaimer: I would hope by now that everyone would realize that I don't own Twilight…..
EPOV:
There was a palpable feeling of excitement in the air as we all went off to complete our various tasks. I knew this was going to be great, I just hoped that Bella would be safe since technically we weren't allowed to work together. I would get Alice for that later. As my brothers and I went about getting the cars ready I was planning the tasks I would assign each of them. Try as hard as they were to conceal their thoughts from me, I was catching some of it.
Dragons, Ooh Ocean! Bananas were just some of the various things I caught in my snooping. My own plans included an ocean search and international exploits, but the details I hadn't quite worked out yet. We detailed the cars, changed the oil, waxed them and filled the gas tanks. Making sure that everything was done to Rosalie's satisfaction. I was just starting to think about Bella when all of a sudden, beautiful hands covered my eyes.
"Guess who?"
"Bella! My love" I said as I quickly turned around, wrapping her in my arms. "I'm going to miss you." I whispered into her ear, smelling her hair and kissing down her neck.
"I know, Edward, but it'll only be for a little while. Besides," she started to whisper now "I don't mind cheating." Ooh how I loved this woman! I smiled at her and kissed her forehead. I took her hand and we walked back into the living room where the rest of the family was waiting. There were eight hiking backpacks stuffed to the gills thanks to Alice and Carlisle. Rose and Esme were finishing up the Easter baskets; each person's basket had an animal picture on it that represented them. I had a lion of course, Emmett a bear, Bella a lamb, Alice a cat, Rose a peacock, Carlisle a panda, Esme a tiger, and Jasper a fox. Rosalie was adding fake green grass and Esme was carefully placing plastic neon colored eggs on top. Alice was handing out pads of paper to everyone.
"For your clues," she said when I lifted my eyebrow in question. Everyone took a place on the couches. I grabbed Bella and sat her on my lap. "No, Edward, Bella can sit on her own. You can't work together remember?" Alice reminded me in a slightly annoyed voice. I growled, but Bella put her hand on my cheek and whispered, "Its okay, Edward." She slid off my lap and sat on the floor leaning against my knees. This worked just as well in my opinion.
You have 20 minutes to write a riddle for everyone. Remember the task must be doable. You may place an egg anywhere between the earth's crust and the atmosphere. And you cannot place an egg within 500 miles of another of the eggs that you place. You may only pick up the eggs meant for you, and you may not give an easy task to someone just because, especially your spouse!" she looked pointedly at me as she said this rule. I rolled my eyes. "Ok, you have 20 minutes starting... NOW!" Everyone started writing furiously…. Much quicker than I would have expected, our twenty minutes were up. Alice instructed us to fold each person's riddle in half and seal in the envelope she proceeded to hand out.
She took all the envelopes and placed them in a pocket on the front of everyone's hiking pack along with a tiny silver cell phone. Then she took a hat, filled with tiny slips of paper.
"This hat is filled with locations around the world. Carlisle will pick a slip to decide where we will start our game. Esme will pick another to decide where the finish line will be. Then we will get in the cars and go to that location. Once we are there you get 5 minutes to look at your riddles, then the game will BEGIN!!!" She was smiling the entire time. Carlisle and Esme stepped forward then.
"Now children, we know how you get into your games, so let's keep it safe and clean. We have veto power, and will call an end to the game if anyone breaks the rules at any point. Do you all understand?"
A chorus of six "Yes, Carlisle's" sounded around the room. He took a slip out of Alice's hat, Esme doing the same.
"The game will start out in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and will end in Balzers, Lichtenstein. We'll meet you there in two days time. Good luck."
"Woohoo! Let's get this party started!" Emmett hollered grabbing Rose and their hiking packs, and ran out the door to his jeep. I grabbed Bella and our packs and headed to my Aston Martin. We all revved our engines and sped off to Santa Cruz!
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It took Bella and me a little less than 42 hours to get there, everyone else arrived around the two days mark. Bella and I were lounging around a stream staring deeply into each other's eyes...
"All right, lovebirds, game time!" Emmett yelled at us, grabbing Bella from beside me, pulling her over his shoulder.
"Put me down, Emmett!" She told him, smacking him with not quite her full strength. I smiled at my wife's tenacity.
"Ok, everyone gather round!" Alice called. We obeyed, excited to get the game under way. "Take out the envelopes. You have five minutes to look at your first riddle. Once you find an egg, open the next envelope and so on until you have them all. Start, now!"
I quickly grabbed the first envelope and ripped it open.
Where a river starts and ends, a friend will meet you there. It starts with an R, but ends in speed by the sea. There you will find what you need.
WTF????
BPOV:
The two days it had taken us to drive down here had given me plenty of time to get excited. Who could ignore Edward's enthusiasm, I know I couldn't. I pounced on my pack getting the letter out just a little bit slower than Edward. What?:
Where sand dunes roll and a great cat sits, your small oval object sits in its midst. Travel afar, looking a top a great limestone rock, but beware of the fox who will try and knock you off!
This was going to take some work..
EsmePOV:
I gently pulled one of the envelopes from my pack and slid my finger under the tape. How fun this would be, I just hope that the kids will play nicely. I read my riddle quickly:
A triple threat, that's what you get. So don't get lost, or it will cost.
Hmm… This would be interesting.
EMPOV:
I was so psyched! This was going to be epic! I was in such a hurry that I ripped mine in half. Grumbling, I held the pieces together and read my first clue:
Way up north where the gene pool is small, we left you a present along the shore. It's wrapped in seal blubber and guarded by dogs, so good luck, bud don't get caught by the law!
What the hell was that suppose to mean? Oooh this is gonna be fun!!!
RPOV:
I was actually starting to get excited about this; I quickly ripped open my envelope, laughing when I saw that Emmett had ripped his in half. I looked down curiously at my riddle:
In a most extreme point, where all warmth freezes up, an egg with your name lies near little seal pups. Now, be wise in your actions, your thoughts, and your moves, because black and white creatures will try to make you lose…
DAMN!
APOV:
I ran to my bag and ripped open an envelope hoping to get a head start on the others. But the riddle stopped me in my tracks…
Be careful, my dear, this trip has a kick. They all might fight back if they think it's a trick. So cautiously dance through the bare desert land and you'll come to a place where these fighters make camp. Kept safely in a pocket where babies like to sleep, my present for you waits all nice and warm.
Ooh! A challenge. Me likes….. And with that I was off!
JPOV:
The emotions were starting to get to me. I couldn't tell if I was really excited now or not, Alice was so excited she was bouncing up and down. Never a good sign… I was the last to grab an envelope from my pack, and I slowly opened the envelope:
Hey, Soldier boy, we have a surprise for you! Hidden up high, there's a crack in history. The words inscribed here are that of the union, so come young soldier and help win back the war!
The soldier inside me rose to the challenge. I straightened my shoulders and marched off singing Dixie.
CPOV:
I was starting to get really excited now. I was still worried about the kids, but everything always seemed to turn out ok. I would let it go for now. I opened my letter as quickly as possible, my eyes raking over the words:
Where the precipitation freezes and Great Warriors once roamed, yaks pull carts and families are close in their homes. High in the snow where monks go to pray, your reward will be waiting for you in the light of the day.
My mind was turning as fast as can be, I must figure this out!!!
Duh-duh-dun!!!!!!!
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