“What? A curse?“
“You’ll go crazy if you stay here so let’s go!“
“I’m coming!“
Carla caught up to Kayla and they ran towards the king’s castle.
“Halt! Who are you?“ A guard bellowed.
“We’re here to break the curse!“ Carla blurted.
She slapped her hand on her mouth but it was too late, they were going to the dungeons!
“From the old man? I see… I’m the old man’s son, I will help you. Find the young boy inside,
he will lead you to the garden.”
“Yes!“
They ran inside and met a boy with blue eyes.
“You must be the boy.“ Kayla’s eyes darted around
“Boy?“ The boy frowned.
“Guard.“
“My name’s Ethan, follow me.“
The girls followed Ethan to the garden. The flowers were beautiful but one caught Kayla’s eyes,
the blue and white one. A lady rocked back and forth, never smiling or changing her expression.
“You must be the lady.“ There was no reply, “Here“
The lady stopped and smiled, then kept on rocking. Carla picked the flower and a rumbling
sound rushed into their ears.
“Someone is stealing the cure! Get them!“ a voice boomed.
They ran for their lives! They ran into a huge room with multiple doorways but guards burst
through each one. They were cornered! Kayla’s eyes darted around. She grabbed the flower and
clutched it tightly. The girls were petrified but a sound rang out. It sounded like millions of
animals… Elephants, birds, tigers, all kinds of animals flooded into the room. They ran around
and stampeded on everyone but Kayla, Carla and Ethan. Thinking quickly, the group ran outside
and continued until they arrived at the old man’s hut.
“Hurry, hurry! We must go now!“ the old man yelled, “Oh flower, oh flower break the curse
with your cure!“
The ground rumbled and broke as Kayla’s knees shook. They ran outside and met the old man’s
son, They exchanged glances and ran off, coming back with a boat.
“Come on! We must go to the river!“ Kayla yelled.
Kayla, Carla and Ethan together hauled the boat to the river and hopped in.
“One, two, three push!“ The son shouted.
Rumble, rumble!
“It’s an earthquake! Hurry!“ Kayla stammered.
“When the curse is broken, this place will fall…“ The old man said.
They travelled down the river at an alarming speed and disappeared into a dark cavern. Kayla
could still hear the roaring shouts of the king. Kaya looked back and closed her eyes, drifting off
into sleep.
“Kayla! Wake up!“ shouted Ethan.
She opened her eyes and found herself back in the Gobi desert. Much sand lay before her.
“We have been almost gone for a month!“ Kayla cried.
After those words she heard people shouting her name in the distance.
