Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Australia

For four days the girls spent money like crazy. They bought new purses , clothing, swimsuits, compasses, ect. Then it became that day where they packed all their stuff and took a short car drive to the airport.
After a 14 hour plane ride they made it to Australia. It was very beautiful with the beaches and the outback. The girls then bought a hotel room near Canberra. That night they tried to figure out the rest of the puzzle.
“ Ok here clearly says a river to the reef and the gateway to riches.”
Ariel said .
The girls thought for a while till Sophie said,
“ Am I the only one who gets this. It means we need to find a river that empties into the reef. I’m thinking the Great Barrier Reef. Probably the river has some clue to the treasure. I feel just like Nancy Drew and Indiana jones smashed together”
Lily said maliciously ,
“ Yah let’s all hail the brilliant 10 year old who has a knack of solving riddles. Yes yes, all hail you. This really has been a good week for you has it”
Ariel smirked with a sense of accomplishment.


Back in England, the NWD was getting hot on their trail. They had pinpointed their destination to Canberra, Australia.

Back with the girls, They had decided to go to an outside mall near the beach. It was a nice place, with all sorts of stores. Those of shells, fish, clothing and all sorts of nick nacks. It made the girls feel like they were in Hawaii, or on a tropical island. Almost all the people looked friendly, and they all wore beautiful clothing of all sorts of colors. The girls felt welcomed there. Young Sophie looked around at one of the shops, unaware that somebody was watching her.
The diminutive girl was about to buy a pair of seashell earrings, when a man knocked into her. She didn’t notice that he slipped something into her purse.
Sophie then walked over to Ariel and Lily. She had noticed that her bag and gotten real heavy. She searched through her bag and found a strange round object with a small red screen on it that had a small clock that was ticking away. Ariel cried,
“ That’s a bomb! Get rid of it”
Sophie scurried to get rid of it, and then tossed it into a trashcan. Then there was a huge explosion of fire and smoke. It shot the girls 10 feet back. There were tons of screaming people as a large mushroom of smoke filled the air. There was debree everywhere.
None of the girls were hurt and they knew that somebody was trying to hurt them.
That night at the hotel, Ariel desperately wanted to go home and for all this action to stop. Lily insisted that they keep going and find the treasure. Then there was a knock on the door. The girls were scared to open it, but Lily slowly opened the door.
To their surprise it was Matthew. The girls then welcomed him in. He looked around at the hotel and wondered how much it cost. He asked,
“ Now you haven’t spent a lot have you. My father had been tracking my credit card buys and it well led us here”
Lily then pushed some shopping bags into the closet. He then said down on the bed and said,
“ Let’s not get off topic now. I found out that the NWD wants to find the city of gold because it is home to a element called Carlizite. It is used in bombs , well can be used in bombs. It’s blast is said to be enough to destroy a country to size of France. Rumors said that the ancient Aboriginies made 4 rooms of gold to protect it, like a distraction. We can’t allow anybody to find it”
Sophie questioned him,
“ Why are you helping us?”
Matthew answered,
“ Because I know the destruction it can do it they get it. Also I think Lily is totally hot. Now tomorrow I’m taking you to a river that empties into the Great Barrier Reef. Wear your bathing suits, your going to get wet.”
Ariel asked him if he wanted to stay over, but Howie said it would be too risky. The girls never imagined the new adventure ahead.
To be continued…..

Chapter 4

Chapter 4: A final decision

Mr. Jeffery was furious that the girls had gotten away. They had the map and Matthew’s car. He yelled,
“ How could this happen! They couldn’t have just walked out the door and just jumped into the fastest car we own. It’s impossible”
Matt joked,
“Well technically not impossible, it just happened.”
The angry man spun around and bellowed,
“You helped them did you! “
Matt then said back innocently,
“ No, Why would I help those girls. I stick to the rules. All I know is that they must have escaped-”
Mr. Jeffery then mocked,
“ Nahhhh really”
Matt continued,
“ They must have found a way to get my car and my credit -”
He stopped suddenly as his dad said,
“ Wait they have your credit card. That’s perfect! We can then monitor their purchases and pinpoint where they are. Ohh what luck”

Meanwhile, the girls had stopped at Wales for a while. They were all sitting at a small pub talking about the exciting experience.
“ And I was like take that, and we went WOOOOO, and then I went Bang Bang! It was totally awesome!”
Lily kept repeating over and over again. Sophie took a big slurp of her soda and sucked some of it up in her straw. She then squirted it at Lily who jumped back. Ariel started talking about going back home once the heat is off. Lily then took a look at the map, which she had stuffed into her pocket. It was very confusing , and she brought up,
“ I wonder what the message meant? I mean the whole land under all and a treasure under the sands of time. What do you think it means?”
Ariel thought and said,
“ Ok land below others could mean dirt, cave, earth . Land below other. Land down under? What could it mean?”
Sophie laughed,
“ It kinda sounds like Australia. You know The land down under, but I really dout it”
Lily then exclaimed,
“ That’s it! The treasure is in Australia. Sophie you’re a genius! All we need to know is how to get there”
Her eyes then darted to Matthew’s credit card. She grinned and said,
“ Look’s like we’re going to Australia”
To be continued…..

Chapter 3

Chapter 3: A daring escape
It had been a day since they were first kidnapped. It was already 8:00 AM. The girls were hungry and scared. They knew that they would probably never get out. Then there was a voice from above,
“ If you ask me, I think Matthew is a wonderful name. Lily sounds like something that frogs sit on”
The girls looked up and saw him sitting on a box a couple feet above them. Sophie slightly jumped and said,
“Ohh it’s you Matt. Please be a dear and help us escape. I have a family”
He then shrugged and proclaimed,
“Well sure. Only because Lily is very attractive. Now come on”
He then jumped down and unlocked the door. The girls were surprised and a little bit suspicious why he would be helping them. He then snuck them out of the warehouse. He then asked Lily if she could drive. Lily nodded. He then took her to the back and there stood a shiny sleek blue car. Lily was amazed as Matt said,
“This baby cost me over 10 million dollars, I still owe my dad a couple million. She can go to 60 miles per hour in 2 seconds. Her fastest is 480 miles per hour. Don’t worry she is easy to handle. Even a child could drive it, just don’t crash it. It also has windows in the back. It comes to great use when in a car chase. Now you gotta start going. Before that I should give you these”
He handed her a credit card and told her to use it wisely. He then handed her a roll of paper, the map! She didn’t know how he got it, but she just snatched it. He then handed her the keys. There was little time as they quickly jumped into the car. Matt told them to stick to the main rode but when they get to the intersection to take a right, it will take them to Wales.
Lily hopped in the front seat as Ariel sat next to her. Sophie sat in the back. Lily then out the key and turned it. She then almost instantly floored it. The car the sped off. Matthew then raced to get out of the scene.
Lily was not used to driving such a fast car, and unfortunately made a bad turn. Suddenly the car came crashing through the warehouse causing boxes to scatter everywhere. People were yelling and running about trying not to get hit. Constantly they were getting fired at. Sophie and Ariel were screaming their heads off. They then crashed through the other side back onto a dirt road. Sweet freedom!
Mr. Jeffrey noticed that they had taken the map and was irate. He then screamed at some others to get them. One of his assistants said,
“ I’m sorry sir but none of our cars can even get close to it. It is too fast”
Mr. Jeffrey then barked,
“ Then get the Ferrari! I don’t care , they got the map!”
The others then rushed off and a couple of men got into a red Ferrari. They then rode off after them.
Meanwhile, Lily was holding tight to the steering wheel as Sophie and Ariel were screaming their heads off. They could barely stay still because of the roaring winds blowing in their faces. Lily looked through her rear window and saw a small red dot in the distance. Ariel looked out the window and saw it was a red car. It was gaining up fast and at first she didn’t worry.
As the car quickly got close to them. Ariel could clearly see somebody take out a large gun and fire it at them. The shot scared Lily and caused her to swerve a little. They approached a sharp turn at a steep cliff. The red car was right next to them. Lily tried to ran her car into the other, which caused both of them to swerve.

They were only inches away from the cliff and it was hard to concentrate with the gunshots. She ordered Ariel to get it to stop. Ariel searched through the car, till she found what was to be the end of the problem. A fully loaded Ak-47. Ariel knew that she didn’t have a gun license, nor did she even have a drivers licence. She then said to Lily,
“ I cant use a gun, You!”
Lily then moved over to the window and handed Ariel the wheel. Lily grabbed the gun, but right before she could shot 2 bullets were shot at her. Both hitting a side view window. Lily roared,
“You son of a -”
Before she could finish Ariel yelled at her to shoot. She then shot 4 loads of bullets at the car. It sped in a circle before crashing into a tree. The girls gave a quick,
“ Take that!”
Lily and Ariel then switched places as they took a right turn. Ariel then said,
“ You know you missed them”
Lily then replied with a grin on her face,
“ I shot the tires. Now let’s get out of here”
To be continued….

New character idea

Now we go to Ariel: try to guess what actress this is . Last we have Lily who is tommaro

A long question

Yesterday my dad asked a question on How the parents of Lily had the map to The City of gold. Well here is my answer, Lily's mother's grandmother had been in a long reign of people who were given access to the city. once every year they were to put a new treasure inside the city. Near 1900 the tradition stopped when the map to the city dissapeared. The map had been given to Lily's mom and told to keep it in safe keeping. Well that answers the question.
thanks
-Anne

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 : A Surprise Attack

Ariel had just adapted to her new life as Anna. She had been preparing for her All Girls retreat to France. There was going to be a fancy formal party at the camp leader’s house. They were expected to dress nice. Ariel had been rushed, for the party was to start in about two hours. She quickly tossed on a short green dress and raced out the door. Her mom drove her to the party.
It was almost fancy, except for the fact that they were playing hard rock music. For a while, it was calm. Ariel constantly looked out the window to see if the white van was there. Then, she heard somebody yell her name behind her. Ariel spun around, and saw it was Lily and Sophie! Lily ran over and said,
“Girl, I haven’t seen you in like, ever. How is everything going? Never mind that, I just got my drivers license. I’m so excited!”
The girls talked for a while, when suddenly there was a crash! The doors and windows suddenly broke into pieces! Seven masked men jumped inside and pointed guns at the girls.
There was a sudden rush of fear as everybody jumped to the floor. An adult tried to negotiate with them, but one of the guys fired a gun into the ceiling. It then scared them all. One of the men said,
“ Now we’ll try not to hurt you all, just hand over Lily, Ariel and Sophie.”
Sophie then said sarcastically,
“ It’s Sophia. Can’t anybody get it right….. I mean, I never heard of a Sophie.”
Then Sophie recognized the tuxedos, they were wearing as the same people who tried to kidnap them a week ago! She tried to scuttle away from them. Suddenly, a guy grabbed her, and she kicked and screamed. She was dragged out of the house and into the white van. The three others went for Ariel and Lily. It took two men to take Lily, being of her older age. They were then tossed into the car.
The three girls huddled together and were scared. One guy took off his mask to reveal a youthful boy of about 18. He had long brown, hair and dark eyes. He sat down in front of them, as three others sat close by. A stern looking men took off his mask and said,
“ Now ladies, we don’t want to hurt you girls. Ohh, where are my manners, I’m Mr. Hank Jeffery. This is my son Matthew, Matt for short.”
Ariel chuckled a little, but fell silent. Mr. Jeffery then said,
“Now, we’re looking for a map, and we’ll let you go if you give it to us.”
Lily then asked,
“ What map, who are you guys? The Britain police don’t kidnap girls and wear masks. You don’t even look like one, and for god sake, they don’t use the name Matthew! No offense. It’s just too smart like.”
Matt gave her a mean look. Another guy admonished them,
“ Show us where the map is, Lily!”
Lily had no idea what they were talking about but answered,
“ I don’t have any map if that’s what your wanting. What the devil do you guys want?”
Mr. Jeffery looked at the others and asked,
“ Tell me Lily, do you believe in the City of Gold”
The three girls burst into laughter. Sophie exclaimed,
“ Yeah, I believed in Cities of Gold when I was three! Let me guess, you think the tooth fairy will help you find it. Maybe after that the -”
Ariel gave her a look as to tell her to stop. Mr. Jeffery then told them that the gold is the least of their concerns for something other than gold was their goal. Lily said,
“Ok, I never even heard of a map to this City of Gold. Why do you want us?!”
Mr. Jeffery just said that they wanted a map that they had and they probably won’t hurt them. The car then stopped in front of Lily’s house. Mr. Jeffery asked politely for them to get the map. The girls could tell he was demanding them to do it.
They then hopped out of the car and started searching her house. There were two guards outside the door. Lily tried to grab enough stuff they needed, as Ariel searched for the map. Lily grabbed a pocket knife, a cell phone, and a pack of gum. Meanwhile, Ariel and Sophie were searching through the house for the map. Sophie whined,
“Were soo going to die! I knew I shouldn’t have signed up for that retreat. I shouldn’t have ever gone to flashlight tag that night. This is all Lily’s fault.”
Ariel was getting tired of hearing her whine, and pushed her over. Then a couple of guys went in and forcefully took the girls out. Their hands and feet were tied with rope.
For a while, Ariel and Sophie were in the trunk of the car both sitting on a bunch of boxes. The doors opened and Lily was tossed in too. She sighed,
“ I think they got the wrong person, I would never have some stupid map to an unknown stupid place. This is stupid!”
Sophie complimented her,
“ You sure do like the word stupid. Just think on the positive side. If we get through this alive, we could be on an episode of 20/20 or be on the cover of People Magazine. New found fame!”
The other girls knew that it would never happen. Then they heard voices from the outside say,
“ We found it! It was in some vase that was full of dumb lilacs.”
Lily’s eyes widened and said,
“Not my lilacs!”
Ariel shushed her. They then felt the car moving and in an hour, they knew they were far away. Ariel then noticed something on one of the boxes. The letters NWD in red ink. Ariel knew what they were. A couple weeks earlier, she had saw on the news that an organization called the Nuclear Weapon Distributors (The NWD ) were selling powerful weapons to countries like Iran and North Korea. Why would they want to find a city of gold? It didn’t make sense. The car stopped and the girls were blindfolded.
A couple of minutes later, they found themselves in some warehouse. They were in an enclosed area with a 9 foot wall of boxes surrounded them with only one exit that was blocked. Then Lily used her pocket knife to rip through her bounds. She took off her blindfold. She then helped untie the others. The girls knew that whatever it was, was getting serious. The door on the side opened and Mr. Jeffery entered and yelled,
“ Listen here girls, either you participate or else. Now anybody here speak ancient French?”
Ariel slowly raised her hand and he tossed her the map. The map wasn’t what she expected; all it had was writing on it. No pictures at all. She studied it hard and said slowly,
“Umm…I think it says land under all, lies a treasure beyond all. Shins in the sky but buried under the sands of time.”
It made no sense, but the men quickly snatched it back. The door then closed behind them.
To be continued….

Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Myth and a Chase

There has always been a legend of a city of gold which was used to hold the most powerful nuclear weapon on earth. Many people believed it was a myth, or fairy tale.


But one day, three unlikely girls who barely knew each other, would be put into a epic quest to find it. It all began one night at Lily’s house. All the neighborhood kids had gathered to play the daily Flashlight Tag Game. This was normal for these kids, for every night they played it. It was Lily’s favorite game.
Lily, who was 17, was like every other British girl. She loved sports, and she had many friends. She lived in a fancy mansion, which was normal in her neighborhood in Liverpool, England.
It was to be a normal night, she had invited her good friends Ariel and Sophie to come along. Ariel came from a normal family, but she was a jealous wreck. She lived with her newly adopted older brother, named Nick, who almost everybody loved more that her. Flashlight tag was the only way to get away from him.
She wasn’t very active and the only thing she did in the summer was tour across Europe and take an all girls retreat in July. Ariel and Lily are somewhat friends, but they didn’t see each other often. Lily was a popular girl, while Ariel wasn’t really. She blamed it on the fact that she was one of the few red-haired girls in her neighborhood. Her parents just said,
“Just ignore them, remember red-haired girls are beautiful. When your 14, we’ll allow you to change your hair color.”
Ariel was only one year away and she wanted it to go by fast. She mainly had one true friend, the young Sophie.
Sophie (or Sophia ) was the second youngest kid in her neighborhood at age 10. She was best known for being a glamorous kid, who every night at flashlight tag, wore some new lipstick color. She also happened to have three ex-boyfriends (most considered them just friends) and one boyfriend so far.
It started the normal way, all the kids met at Lily’s front porch and discussed where base was going to be.
“ Now remember, my Mum says that we can’t go in the road and into the neighbor’s yard. Now, let’s make this a nice and fun game.”
For an hour, it was very calm; nothing but kids playing games and the slight sound of cars passing bye.
Then something strange happened, a white van just stopped in front of Lily’s house. At first they didn’t mind it, but slowly it got a little disturbing. The three girls hid in the bushes and watched. They were a block away from Lily‘s house. It was eerie as the people in the van just stared at the house. Then, the doors opened and six men wearing black suits walked out. They all looked almost identical, and threatening.
Ariel could see that they each had a gun and she knew that they had bad intentions. She tried to keep quiet as the men looked around the house. Sophie had an idea, and threw a pinecone a couple feet away.
The men then jumped into their car and sped off on the other direction. The girls made a dash to Lily’s house. Then, suddenly, the car spun around and drove toward them quickly.
The girls were freaked out as they all tried to run fast. The car was only a couple of feet away when they then heard gun shots. They were so close to Lily’s house, but Sophie accidentally tripped on the sidewalk. Lily quickly helped her up .
Ariel was trying hard to open the door, for the men had gotten out of their van and were running towards them. Lily then fumbled to unlock the door, and they all fell in. She barely had enough time to lock the door behind her, as the frightened girls started to hide around the house.
Sophie, being the smallest of the group, hid inside a box inside Lily’s Mom’s closet. She then piled some clothes on top of her and went into a deep silence.
The other two girls hid in other places. Then, suddenly, they heard the sound of the door breaking down and the racing of footsteps around the house. The girls didn’t know why the men wanted them or what they wanted. Ariel, (who was hiding under a bed), saw the feet of many scampering about the room. They were throwing stuff all around. Most of the things were very expensive. It seemed they were searching for something. One of them said,
“ Find that map!”
He said it constantly. Ariel could tell that whomever it was had more authority over the other 3 men that were in the room. The 4 men then left the room angrily. After 20 minutes they heard the sound of a car driving away.
The girls were still worried , for they didn’t know if there were still anybody inside. Lily , who was hiding in a secret trapdoor below a carpet, had called the police.
In a matter of minutes, the police had come and all of their parents were desperately worried. Ariel’s mom Judy cried,
“ Ariel! Are you ok? Did anything happen?”
Ariel had barely enough time to answer, because her mom was hugging and kissing her. A policeman came up to the three girls and told them to come with him.
They were then driven to the police station. They talked little about the experience. The police just thought it was an attempted kidnapping and robbery, but they were way off. Though nothing was stolen and nobody was hurt, the girls were separated from each other for safety.
Sophie went to London where she went by the name Sarah. Ariel, meanwhile, went to Birmingham, and Lily stayed in Liverpool.
For about a week, it was fine. They thought that if the girls were separate and under new names they would be safe. They changed their appearances a little. Then, one day, the unthinkable happened… an event drew them together. This was the beginning of an epic adventure.
To be continued…..