Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 292

The Treasure
St. Mary's Canossian College, Fung, Ingrid - 13
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t was a normal day in Cross Camp. Emily, Christy, Caroline and Jake were having a little walk around
the campsite to seek adventures around the campsite.
Emily is a sweet girl who has a pure heart and always persuades people to do things the right way,
though she is a little naive. Christy is a very smart girl who gets an A plus in almost every subject, except for
physical education. She is smart, but not very nice. Caroline is the most athletic girl everyone has ever seen.
She can master every sport she gets her hands on, archery, basketball, volleyball, etc. She is also the strongest
of them four, so she is kind of the mean one of the gang too. But deep down, she is a scary cat. Last but not
least, Jake. Jake is not as clever or strong as the three girls. His interpretation of "exercise" is watching a
football game while eating chips. Jake is lazy and careless. He always gets tripped over even when the thing
is right in front of him.
As they were walking, little by little, they walked into the forest and they stopped in front of a tree. On
the tree, someone carved an arrow pointing down and wrote the word "dig" beside the arrow. So they went
back to their bunks and grabbed their shovels. Then they ran to meet each other back at the tree. They dug
and dug, until they hit something. It was a suitcase. Inside the suitcase, there were three ordinary-looking
items. Along with the items, there was also a map with rules written at the back. "It's a treasure map. There
is something written at the back." said Christy.
“First rule, no arguments. Second rule, WE rather than I (work together). Third rule, give everyone a
chance. Fourth rule, return everything BACK to the suitcase and bury the suitcase where you found it. The
final rule, once you break any rule above, the treasures you found will all disappear." Jake read loudly,
making sure that everyone in the group could hear him.
"Let's see what these items are." said Christy excitingly. She picked up a burger in the suitcase and
wondered why it was there. Then, she threw it onto the ground and the burger exploded.
"Christy! Why did you do that?" Caroline yelled. Christy shrugged, as if she didn't care. But deep
down, she cared a lot about what the others thought about her.
Emily put a rope in her backpack and Caroline put a sword in hers.
"When will we start our journey?” said Jake, while eating chips. "Ew! Gross! Don’t talk while you’re
eating. By the way, we'll start at midnight." Caroline said with a disgusted face.
They packed their backpacks and left for their journey at midnight. Christy was reading the map while
Jake held up the torch for her. The others were holding their torches, seeking their way through.
"According to the map, we need to go to the West, to the abandoned warehouse where no one lives." said
Christy.
"The abandoned warehouse that says whoever gets in will never get out of it! Don't tell me you are
talking about that warehouse!" replied Jake.
"Oh, is little Jake scared? Come on! You're a boy, don't be such a wimp. Let's go." teased Jake while
the others laughed along.
They arrived in front of the warehouse and they stopped. "Danger. Do not come in." read Emily.
"Then are we supposed to go in?" asked Jake. The others scoffed at him and entered the warehouse.
Jake ran and tried to keep up with them. They tiptoed to try to avoid activating any booby traps set in the
warehouse. Caroline pushed Jake to the front of the line, but accidentally made him trip and pulled down a
lever which activated all the dangers. However, the gang did not have a clue what was going to happen to
them. They thought they had just pulled a useless lever.
As the four of them were walking through the hallways, an arrow was shot through, nearly killing
Emily. They immediately turned back and saw the skeletons with bows in their hands and a bundle full of
arrows strapped behind their backs. Emily said, "Maybe they’re friendly." However, the skeletons’ faces
were filled with anger, probably because the four had interrupted their "sleep". One of the former suddenly
pointed at them. "Get them!"
"They don't look so friendly to me!" yelled Jake. After he finished his sentence, hundreds of archer
skeletons aimed their arrows against all of them. Emily took an item from her backpack, which was a
glowing rope. Caroline took the rope and threw it towards one of the skeleton's head and tried to rip it off.
But the skeleton used his sword and cut the rope in half. Christy shouted, "Run!" They ran and ran and
stopped before a door that read “the door of doom”. The skeletons escaped immediately when they saw the
door.