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…..

before Chapter 1

I plan to put chapter 1 on tonight. For your understanding it is fairly long and it is actually based off a real experience my neighbor Lauren, Sarah and I had. Except I jazzed it up a little. It really good. Thanks for reading.

A brief synopsis of The Adventures of Ariel, Lily and Sophie

It mainly consists around three british girls named Ariel (age 13 ), Lily ( age 17 ), and Sophie ( age 10 ). When the evil group called the NWD tries to kidnap them because Lily is supposedly has a map to the legendary city of gold. At first they think it is just a fairy tale. But when things start to heat up they are put in an epic quest that takes them all the way around the world.
Now all they have is themselfs and a map to the city, but the NWD is hot on their trail and wants that map. It is a story of chases, magic, and tons of action. I'll be posting chapter 1 soon.

-Thank you
From Anne