Chapter two: I Go On A Scavenger Hunt
I touched my photo of him. He had the same silky black hair, brown eyes, and dazzling smile that I almost succeeded to forget about. He resembled me so much I wanted to tear the picture apart. My eyes is the only thing that makes me different. I finally got Mr. Tucker to take me to get my hair coloured purple , but otherwise I looked just like him. I hate his guts! What father leaves their child with the monster he knew my step mother was? Yet he saved himself and left me to suffer.
I started sobbing. I couldn't help it. All my angry thoughts of him that I hid for ages came rushing to my brain and I let the tears flow down my face. I buried my face into my dark purple furred panda with my father's big brown eyes which was one of a kind. My father and I named my panda Poison because whenever I got mad at the person who held my panda or try to take it away from me my panda started to steam and it burned the person who tried to take my beloved Poison. The next thing I knew I was skipping down the hallway with the person who touched Poison was screeching in pain behind me. My father said it was Poison's special power, to burn people when I got mad, but I nowadays I just thought it was just some special effect.
I willed myself to stop crying and I opened the book to the first chapter. This book was amazing but it was all fiction. It's about what would happen if Greek mythology and the modern world were to combined. I found myself reading non-stop, I was almost finished the just the last 3 chapters when one of my stepsisters called me.
"Oh, Mia!"sang the one named Perina.
"It's time to ... uhmm I forgot but mommy will tell you!" said the twin sister Kerina.
What do they want know? I thought to myself.
I walked downstairs and I was greeted with the two most revolting faces in the world. They both had frizzy, puffy blonde hair which obviously didn't look combed in weeks. Their skin was orange from tanning all the time, and they wore the worst clothes a human could find, really short shorts that said Bad A**, and a really tight fitting plaid top . Their faces were covered with way too much makeup, bright pink lipstick, and highlighted green eye shadow. One word to describe these two ,"Disgusting."
" What do you want?"I growled
"Mom said you've got to make dinner" replied Kerina
"I see you remembered. Go make it yourself."
" Uhmm.. no we both forgot we had to ask mom. "
" And no. Make dinner? That would like totally ruin our manicure" added Perina
You think at least one of them was a little smarter than the other but nope. They were both as dumb as a doorknob.
" Just make dinner!" screamed my stepmother, Sequoya Willy or as I liked to call her Ms. Willy Nuttie , made her way to us. She had a facial mask still on her. Make that the most 3 revolting people in the world. She looked exactly like her two daughters but like a 40 year old.
"Fine." I grumbled and I went to make dinner. The only thing that kept me going was that book, it was so good I had to return to it the minute I got the chance. Did you know the only thing I'm allowed to eat is bread and on special days with jam? So yeah, I'm pretty scrawny but I could usually afford an apple at the store. There was this one time where Mr. Tucker gave me a piece of a fruit called mango and it was like tasting heaven, but I couldn't afford to buy one every time. See I don't get an allowance so when I was 10 I started doing work for my neighbors like shoveling the snow , gardening, or anything I could do. They were really sweet. If it wasn't for them I don't know what I'd be wearing to school.
In a matter of 30 minutes the Willy's or Willy Nuttie's got their food. As usual they complained and criticized my cooking. Well, it would be better if I could taste the food but I thought it was good enough for a cook who can't taste their creations. Too good for that family of three. My stepmother was about to say something about her boyfriend, who by the way hated me, but I cut her off and told them I'm going to my room.
" You're not going to eat? You're too skinny to avoid a piece of bread!" said my stepmother, which was followed by laughter.
Well you and your daughters are too fat. I thought. And they really are.
I ran to my room and in about 25 minutes I was finished the book. I sighed I really like that book and there was no way I could afford the next book. I was about to close the book when I noticed something written on the last page of the book.
In neatly printed writing read :
I guess you finally got this book in your hands. This is one only one piece of a 1000 pieced puzzle game. You will be sent on a scavenger hunt, the first step is to answer this riddle and you shall find the rest of the books.
What goes up the chimney down, but can't go down the chimney up?
Here's a hint: Think of what we used to do when I was still with you. DIG,TREE.
Good Luck!