Hey, new Jungle Book story coming along. Enjoy! Do not own anything Disney, or the hotel Alex stays in. Or the airport he landed in. Or anything else you know that's not fictional.
I was totally exhausted. The plane landed an hour ago in the John Wayne airport in Orange County. We then had to drive like thirty-minutes to get to are Best Western hotel that was across the street from the Disneyland entrance.
At least there was some good news: Brandon and Ronny aren't in the same room I'm in. The bad news is that Dwayne Neard, Brandon's worshiper and nerd, sleeps in the bed next to me. Dwayne follows Brandon everywhere like a little glasses-wearing, smart-mouth puppy. It's actually kind of sad, because behind Dwayne's back Brandon makes fun of how his last name kind of sounds like 'nerd'.
In the hotel room, I read the first 'clue' on the scroll:
The first of five of treasures can be found on an island not to long and not to wide.
Be sure to feed a cracker to the guardian of the island. Find a person who stands near the door to the building that houses the treasure and say "I am looking for something". Wait for him/her response and say "you-know-who wanted me to find something". The rest, however, you have to figure out alone. And be cautious, because 'dead men tell no tales'.
That last part gave it away. The first piece of the treasure was on Pirates of the Caribbean! I was excited. What if there really is a treasure that was in Disneyland? I suddenly felt someone watching me. I turned my head to see Dwayne's head turn to the window. Had he seen the clue? I cautiously put the scroll in my suitcase, locked it with my combination lock, and went to bed.
The next morning, I found myself in a crowd of about three thousand people. Disneyland was set to open in a few minutes. I was happy that the teachers were going to let us roam the park by ourselves. They had all are cell phone numbers connected to an automatic number that called us to give us info on when we would head back to the hotel and stuff like that. It also had a tracer on it that let the teachers know if we were going out of park. How's that technology!
Finally the park opened. I, along with the other thousand people, rushed to our first attraction. I ran to Pirates to find out if the treasure was actually real.
As this was my first ride of the day, there were not many people in line. I walk up to an employee who was a twenty year old girl and said "I am looking for something".
"What are you looking for", she asked.
"You-know-who wanted me to find something".
Her eyes widened for a second and then she smiled and said "I think I can help you with that".
She then pressed a button that was hidden on the wall. A concrete platform rose out of the moat that surrounded the island. I followed her across it and onto the island. It led to a cave that seemed to go on forever. The walls had numerous holes in it that were about the size of a fist. "There is going to be a small 'delay' that will give you plenty of time", she said, "you might want to use the skull stick right there". She then left me alone to do my work.
I picked up the skull stick. It was a bamboo stick that had a plastic skull stuck on it. I looked up at the wall, only to notice it had changed. It took me a minute to realize that when you back up to the other side of the cave, the holes in the wall formed into letters. The wall now read THE ANWSER LIES IN FRONT OF YOU. I scanned every inch of the space above me until I found a single hole on the ground that matched the end of the skull stick. I knew what I had to do.
Unfortunately, before I could continue I was interrupted. Brandon, Ronny, and Dwayne appeared in the cave. It looked like Dwayne had not hesitated to tell Brandon what I was reading last night. "So, where is the treasure, Miller", said Brandon with greedy eyes.
"Haven't found it yet", I said, while I quickly came up with a plan to get Brandon away from me and the treasure.
"Then tell us where it might be, and then maybe we won't beat your face in".
"Fine, because lucky for you I know where it is", I lied, "I figured out that when you put this stick in that hole and pointed down the cave, it will point you to the treasure".
"Okay then", said Brandon, "Let's go, except for you Miller, you stay here".
They took off.
Idiots, I thought. But, said an evil little voice in my head, that could be where the treasure piece is. I took that thought out of my head and quickly continued what I was doing.
I stuck the stick in the hole. Then two bright lights streamed out of the skull's eyes. The skull stick started to spin around as if it was scanning the room. As the light swept over the wall with the message, I noticed a gleam of light coming from one of the holes. I reached in and pull out a thin golden mass that was shaped like quarter moon: a piece of the treasure of Disneyland. I did the thing anyone would do after they found a piece of treasure and had an angry Brandon chasing them: I ran.
The employee who helped me let be cut to the front of the line. The boat I was in was just starting to take off when I saw Brandon, Ronny, and Dwayne get in the boat behind me. I actually forgot about them and focused on the ride. It was same old same old, but I still liked it.
The boat docked and I got off. I considered myself lucky that the boats were cleared out one of a time. If it was two at a time then Brandon would have caught me then and there. I ran to find a place to hide from Brandon. One piece down, four to go.
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