Sunday, December 12, 2010

Chapter 4 -- Treasure Hunt

"You mean a treasure hunt? I love treasure hunts!" Sam was getting excited.

"Yeah. A treasure hunt. My parents left this letter for me." Uleen said as she took a piece of paper from the cabinet next to the television. "Here, read it." She passed the paper to Sam.


Sam looked at it and said, "Is this English? I don't know how to read it."


"Oh yeah... I forgot you can't read Jaguish. Jaguish is a language only my family, the Jaguas can read. Let me read it out." Uleen said.





To my beloved daughter,


Dear Uleen,

When you are reading this letter, mommy and daddy have already gone to another world. Don't be too sad. We will still be with you every time.

There's a thing we haven't told you...


About a hundred years ago, your great-great-grandfather, Joe saved the queen, Queen Wendy from a disastrous fire at the palace. The necklace was a reward from Queen Wendy for Joe's bravery.


The necklace was called "Sparks of Light". It was made of gold. There was a gang of thieves trying to steal it from Joe. To save Sparks of Light, Joe was forced to hide it.


Joe was the only one who knew where Sparks of Light was hidden. He was soon killed by the thieves and the mystery was never solved.


Nobody knew where Sparks of Light was. Mommy and daddy tried to find it, but failed. We hope that you, Uleen can solve the mystery. Find a human to help you. Humans are smarter.


Be careful... That's all we can say.


Love,
Mommy and Daddy <3

"It looks fun... I love adventure. And there are thieves... It's just like a game!" Sam was excited.


"It's dangerous too, you know? It's not like a game. You only have one life and you can't game over and restart. If you fail, you lose your life." Aleen said with a grim face.


"Ohh... Okay. But let's try... Your parents said that humans are smarter, so you guys will need me, right? I am willing to help you all." Sam said.


"Okay. Since you agreed, let's start the treasure hunt together," said Uleen with a smile.


Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Chapter 3 -- Treasure

At the end of the road, there was a black wall and a tiny little screen in the middle. The angel took out a rainbow-coloured card and tapped it on the screen. Before Sam realized what had happened, he was at the other side of the wall.

"This is Colourena. It's a place where the Arquins live. I'm taking you to my house." The angel told Sam.

"Hold on, what's an Arquin?" Sam was getting confused.

"In Cloud World, we angels learn magic in school. At the age of twelve, we need to sit for a test to become a Ranese. Raneses can use their power whenever they like as long as it was not against the Angel Law. At the age of eighteen, we sit for a test again. If we passed it, we would become an Arquin. Arquins have the right to go to other worlds and have a coloured and shaped house. Colourena is a place where Arquins live. The houses here are colourful and the shapes are different." The angel explained.

After the angel's explanation only did Sam notice the differences. The houses here were not white. They were colourful. Plus, there were various shapes of houses . There were apple-shaped houses, orange-shaped, rectangle, square, triangle... Whatever shapes and colours one could think of could be found here.

Sam and the angel walked down the road and turn left into the third row. The angel's house was pink and love-shaped. Sam was going to ask how could a love-shaped house be stable when the angel said "Have you forgotten that Cloud World's a magic world? Some of the things here can't be explained by Science."

"Oh yeah... This is a magic world and the angels can read minds." thought Sam.

The houses here did not have any gates.The angel tapped her card on the front door and a screen appeared in front of her. She entered a password and the door slided open.

"Welcome to my house. Please take off your shoes and put it on the shoes rack. Thank you." The angel pointed at the shoe rack next to the door.

Sam put his shoes on the shoe rack and glanced around. This room was very small. There was just a shoe rack in it. The wall next to the shoe rack was another door. The angel did the same thing as just now and the door slided open.

"Hey guys! Look what I've brought." There was three more angels in this room, which Sam had known as a living room, and the angel who took Sam here told them.

"What's up? I'm Eleen." The angel sitting on a pink sofa said.

"Hello. I'm Aleen." The angel reading a book said.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Oleen." The angel, who was standing next to the angel that brought Sam here, was sticking her hand out for Sam to shake.

Sam shook hands with her as the angel that brought Sam here said "I think I haven't introduce myself. I'm Uleen."

Sam was getting troubles to remember their names. They looked the same. "Eleen, Aleen, Oleen and Uleen. Weird names." thought Sam.

"They're not weird. We all have 'leen' at the back to show that we are friends. Best friends." Uleen said.

Eleen was the most beautiful angel in this room. Her hair was until her shoulders and reddish-brown. She had a pair of blue and sharp eyes. Her shirt was pretty. It was pink and have flowers on the middle. Her skirt was a darker pink and puffy.

Aleen was the only male angel in this room. He had brown hair. His hair looked like the hairdresser had put a coconut shell on it and just cut it along the coconut shell.

Oleen was not as beautiful as Eleen and Uleen. Her eyes were smaller than theirs. But her hair was nice. Part of it was highlighted purple. She tied them into a pony tail.

"Hi Eleen, Aleen, Oleen and Uleen. I think I don't have to introduce myself, right? I just want to know why am I here?" Sam asked.

"Oh yeah. I think I've forgotten to tell you that. We want you to help us to find a treasure." Uleen explained.