Note: This story is co-written with TheWhitePrincess1. Watch out for the switch to POV Miss Scarlet, the chapters written by my lovely partner. Enjoy!
The Story of Clue
Chapter 1
POV Colonel Mustard
Tea, Crumpets, and a Man Named Boddy
The doorbell rang.
"Oh who could that be? I hope it is the telegram man. I have not got a letter in three days. Hm, that could be a song, telegram man oh telegram man please come . . . telegram man!" Colonel Mustard said and sang while setting down his cup of tea, he quickly regained his posture.
And with a slight laugh he said. "Please excuse me Mrs. Brown." And started toward the door.
"Of course." Mrs. Brown replied.
The doorbell rang again.
"I am coming, hold on." The colonel said while walking toward the door. He muttered to himself on the way "I wonder what kind of telegram I am going to get." He opened the door. "Hello." A boy only 15 or 16 stood there with one letter in his hand. "Is this it?" Colonel Mustard asked while taking the telegram.
"Yes sir, were you expecting more?" The young boy asked.
"Um, no this is fine, thank you." He said.
"Good bye, sir." And with that he turned around and started for his car. Colonel Mustard shut and locked the door and sat back down across from Mrs. Brown.
He read the letter aloud "To: Colonel Mustard From: Mr. Boddy . . . Who is Mr. Boddy?"
"Oh I know who he is," Mrs. Brown started to say. "He is a very rich man. He owns a giant mansion on top of a hill. He is so rich the hill is even named after him, Boddy Hill home of the Boddy mansion, but why he is sending you a telegram, I do not know."
Curious, the colonel opened the letter very quickly. He read it.
Dear Colonel Mustard,
I am having a banquet at my mansion tonight; you and several other guests have been invited. I heard that you were a great Colonel in the army but is now a veteran and I was wondering if you would share your battle stories. I hope you will come, I will provide dinner and other things you might need. Dress formal but not too formal I don't want you to be uncomfortable. Dress warm because I like to keep it nice and cold. There will be dancing and plenty of tea and crumpets. Don't be late.
Sincerely,
Mr. Boddy
P.S.
I almost forgot the banquet will be at 7:00 sharp.
Colonel Mustard glanced at the clock on his wall it was 6:15.
"Well what does it say?" Mrs. Brown asked.
"It says there is going to be a banquet at his mansion tonight and I'm invited. He said it will be at 7:00 sharp and it's 6:15, I only have 45 minutes and I don't even know how to get there."
"I do, you back out of your driveway and go to the right and go all the way down and make a left on to Deathwill Avenue. Then you go a little ways until you see Become Street and make a right onto that. Then go all the way down until you get to Ove Road and make a left. Finally, go all the way down and make a right onto Boddy Street, yes, he is that rich and his mansion will be on the very end. Trust me you can't miss it." Mrs. Brown said.
"Thank you I'm sorry I have to cut our tea time short." Colonel Mustard said apologizing.
"Oh its quite alright, I will see you tomorrow?" Mrs. Brown questioned while getting up and moving toward the door.
"Yes, you will." He replied.
"Okay, good." Mrs. Brown said, grabbing her coat.
"Have a good day Mrs. Brown."
"You too."
Colonel Mustard looked at the clock 6:20. He went into the kitchen and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. He wrote down the directions to Mr. Boddy's mansion.
1. Left onto Deathwill
2. Right onto Become
3. Left onto Ove
4. Right onto Boddy
He slipped the piece of paper into his pocket and ran upstairs to his bedroom to change. When he was through he ran back down the stairs and took a quick glance at the clock it was 6:34. The colonel ran to the door grabbed his hat and coat and as he opened it up he saw that it was poring rain.
"Oh great." Colonel Mustard muttered to himself as he went back inside and grabbed his umbrella. Of course he opened it and walked out. Then he turned around and locked the door. As he looked up he noticed the sky was as black as ink.
"This is a great night to have a party."
He opened up the car door and before he got in put down his umbrella and shook off the rain. The colonel sat down in the driver's seat and shut the door. Then of course turned the ignition, the car started but then cut out.
"No please don't do this to me not tonight!" Colonel Mustard yelled as he pounded on the dashboard. He tried again, after a few spats it
sprung to life. Worried about the time he looked at his watch. It was 6:41. 'I hope the drive won't take long' Mustard thought, as he stuck his hand into his pocket, looking for the piece of paper.
'Oh no' he thought, 'I forgot the directions'. Quickly, Mustard opened up the door and ran inside. Ran up the stairs, into his bedroom, grabbed the piece of paper, and ran back down the stairs. While running to the door he glanced at his watch 6:47.
'Great I am going to be late' The colonel thought to himself while he ran to the car and got in.
Colonel Mustard backed out very fast and sped down his street. Nearly flipping as he turned onto Deathwill, but slowed down, he couldn't remember the next street and the colonel didn't want to miss it. So Mustard pulled out the piece of paper, Become Street was next. He slowed even more and was looking at the street signs. Maple St., Adams St., Love Ave., Become St., 'Ah yes finally' he thought as the colonel turned onto Become. Once again Mustard sped, almost hitting a car. He reached the end of the road and made a left onto Ove. Even after almost flipping and almost hitting a car he still sped. After what seemed like forever Mustard turned onto Boddy St.
'Mrs. Brown was right' he thought, the colonel could see the hill and mansion even though he still had a little way to go.
When he reached the mansion there was a big iron gate that had BM on it. Colonel Mustard rolled down the window and looked at the speaker to his left.
"Who are you?" A voice said that the colonel did not recognized.
"Colonel Mustard, I was invited." He said. The voice replied.
"Yes, I know you were invited, you're late."
The iron gate started to open. He glanced at his watch, 7:14. The gate opened all the way and he drove up to the mansion; 'Wow' the colonel thought, 'this place is big'. He parked beside another car, which a woman in a beautiful red dress was getting out of. 'Gosh she's stunning' Mustard thought while he opened up the door and got out. Because of the rain he quickly got under the porch and bumped into the lady in red.
"Oh I'm sorry." Colonel Mustard said.
The woman turned and looked at him. "It's okay," She smiled, 'She's got a great smile' the colonel thought and smiled he couldn't help it.
"I'm Miss Scarlet, and you are." She continued to smile.
"Colonel Mustard." He said while taking her hand and kissing it.
The door opened, they immediately turned and saw a man who looked to be in his thirty's. He had his shiny black hair slicked back and was wearing a white tuxedo.
"I am Mr. Boddy."