11 hours later, I came across something glinting in the sand. It was a key. There was something
that seemed different about it. It had strange markings on it. They glowed with blue light.
With the key clutched tightly in my hand, we kept going late into the night. I stopped at an
oasis and tied my camel to a palm tree. When we woke the next morning, we drank water and
found some food in the oasis and started to trudge through the sand again.
Chapter Four - Captured
It felt like we had been walking in the sand for hours. Suddenly a sand storm began to rage. We
kept walking even though it was very windy. I had to close my eyes because the strong winds
would blow the sand into my eyes. I would rub my eyes on the camel’s coat as the sand storm
raged on and on.
Suddenly there were two men on either side of me. The one closest to me grabbed me from my
camel. The next thing I knew, I was in a cell.
Chapter Five - The Secret of the Key
When I woke up the next morning, I found myself in a courtyard. It was full of people wearing a
symbol on their arm. I looked up to the man standing closest to me. It was Genghis Khan.
Later that day, I was moved into Khan’s office. In the corner of the office was a blackboard,
and on it was a picture of the key I had found! There was also a map of the Gobi Desert. There
was a part highlighted in blue ink and it said The Room of Fortune (you need a key to unlock it).
Chapter Six - The Monk
Suddenly Genghis Khan burst through the doors. “You’re going to the dungeons” roared Khan.
Minutes later, two men came in and dragged me to the dungeons.
When I was sleeping, a strange feeling came over me. Something woke me up and in the
shadows stood a monk.
“I sense that you hold the key that unlocks The Room of Fortune. The key can also open any
lock in Mongolia” whispered the monk.
“So I could open this door all along?”
“Yes” replied the monk.
“I’m getting out of here right now!”
“Remember, we have to be stealthy” cautioned the monk.
“Yes, I will be. Now, let’s find this lock and get out of here.”
“It is on the second last pole” explained the monk.
I fitted the key into the slot and turned it quietly. We secretly hurried up the dungeon
stairs. A second later, three guards walked by. We covertly moved behind a bookcase and hid
inconspicuously. When they left, we crept out from behind the bookcase and hurried through the
courtyard. Then I used the key to open the gate and then relocked it.
