Tresure Hunt

the treasure hunt








by

ANDY

1
Expect the Unexpected

15-year-old Alice loved puzzles. She was known for her ways to solve problems and puzzles. She started liking puzzles once she became two. Her mom got her a puzzle set. Alice, first, hated it. She wanted that barbie doll every two year old wanted. Alice started to like puzzles when she started to play with the puzzle set.
Now she loves puzzles, as I mentioned earlier. No one would ever thought that Alice would actually fail a puzzle. Alice never did. I am serious. Look at me--I am very serious. I swear.
But, Alice got a letter about puzzles. Was the letter a good thing? Alice opened up the letter. The paper had nothing on it expect a post-it saying:

You can't see me in the dark--or in the light.
What did you think would happen? Yup, you guessed it--she solved the riddle. The answer was "invisible". Alice thought it was so obvious--so 1st grade, she would say. "What else?" she said. "Is that it?"
Then, she said to herself, "OH! Invisible ink, the letter is written in invisible ink!!" She got her invisible ink light (don't ask me why she even keep those stuff) and looked at the letter.
Great! You solved the riddle! Your next clue for your next destination is:
I have a BEE. I have a lot of BOOKS. At the end, there is a WHY.

Alice solved the riddle. In 10 seconds. Could. You. Really. Do. That.
"Library, duh. Library has a 'b', lots of books, and a 'y'. That was the worst riddle. Why would they think they could fool me?"
Alice went to the library. She saw a note on the floor. Alice didn't want to snoop--but, she did. The note said:

hcuot reven dlouhs uoy moor eht ta kool dna loochs k-erp eht ta reetnulov (right to left)

"Huh? Wha--" Alice began to say.
"I see you've read my letter." a voice came. It was the librarian, Mr. Jumes.
"W-Wait... you sent the letter?" Alice asked.
"Yeah. I sent the 5smartest kids for a treasure hunt. They came here already. Do you know Laura Kims, Ryan Roleci, Kyle Mashman, and Lydia McKey?"
"No..."
"Well, I gave each kid that note you just found and the letter you got. I probably left one on the floor by accident..."
"Why would you want to send us for a treasure hunt?"
"My grandfather--well, he was a really good puzzle maker. He made the first 23 puzzles of 'Puzzle Minds'. He got very rich for his puzzles and became a billionare."
"I have that puzzle book! They are pretty good puzzles."
"Well, he died, with a puzzle for me. He sent me all these clues and things like that. I did an attempt to solve it, but--I couldn't d-do it. My brothers and sisters were always fighting and my father thought that we would do the puzzle together and stop fighting. Obviouly, it didn't happen."
"And....?"
"He buried one million dollars."
"Oh my..."
"I know it's 'oh my'. I need you guys to find it."
"Yeah su--"
"We'll split the money." Mr. Jumes said with a grin. He winked at me and laughed.
"Oka--"
"Shoo! Solve the puzzle, we don't have much time."
I took the note. Hmmm, what could this mean?

2
PUZZLEd

Alice couldn't eat her breakfast. Alice was PUZZLEd. Get it? PUZZLE and you add a "D" says PUZZLED. OK, bad joke. Whatever!
Alice couldn't solve the puzzle, as I mentioned. Or riddle. She thought about it. She wondered about this. Maybe it's in another language. But why does it say left to right? she thought to herself. WAIT! "I got it!" Alice shouted! She was embarrassed but she figured it out. "Read it right to left, BACKWARDS." Then, she read it. "Volunteer at the Pre-K and look for the room that you should never touch."

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I'll read it later.

thanks

thanks

This one is good too!!

Of course.

thanks! i love good comments.

Coolio.

I like this story.

It's okay.

thanks.

np

I might make another chapter.

You sould!!

make ittt