The Missing Key

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The Missing Key

&nbsp;Go to the book that is 159 pages and that has been around for ages.

I met Rai and Auggie behind this weird looking pole. We saw Mrs.Williams walk out and as soon as she went out of sight we ran to the door. We went to her classroom with my phone flashlight and we just stared at the door and at each other. Rai had noticed no key and a little paper snuck at the bottom of the door. She gave it to me, but I was too scared to read it. I finally got the courage to open it and it said this, “Go to the book that is 159 pages and that has been around for ages.” We were all confused, but it was getting late. We went our separate ways and I headed home. When I walked into the room my mom was freaking out! She was shouting,” Where have you been? I have been worried sick!” I had forgotten to text her.&nbsp;&nbsp; I told her,” Sorry I forgot to tell you there was a lot of traffic to walk by.”&nbsp; I was brushing my teeth when my mom came into the room and asked,” Anything you need to tell me?” I got nervous but I simply replied with,” No uhm Goodnight!”&nbsp; She told me goodnight. I went into my bed and all I can think about is that note. I had finally fallen asleep. It was the next day of school and Auggie came running up to me.&nbsp; Surprisingly he said this,” I know what the riddle is!”&nbsp; I was shocked and quickly asked him,” Well what does it mean?”&nbsp; He was right about saying it until Rai came running surprisingly 5 minutes before the bell. I told her what Auggie told me.&nbsp; She told him,” Well what is it?”&nbsp; He said,” It is one of the history books in history class! Let me explain. "There is one book that is 159 pages and all those books talk about what lasted ages!”&nbsp; Rai and I were shocked and happy! It was around the fifth period and I was in History class. I was trying to focus, but all I can think about is the note. We were doing notes until we had to open our textbooks. I saw it was 159 pages!

We ran down the mountain and walked very fastly to get home on time. We went our separate ways when on our block.I made it home and I told my mom about the adventure we had and had a great dinner. I was really tired and I had to hide the key. I hid it in my drawer. I went to bed really quickly. The next day I&nbsp;went to Auggie’s house. Today I put whip cream on his hands and then tickled him. He slapped his face with the whipped cream.&nbsp; He told me,” Emma Seriously?” He started laughing right after.&nbsp; Auggie got ready and I just watched television. Rai was finally here. We were talking about the key and the door. I headed home after. It was finally Monday, the day we found out what was behind the door. I quickly got into my clothes and I quickly grabbed the key and put it in my bag. I went into the kitchen and my mom was there with breakfast. I ate very quickly. I grabbed my bag and ran to the bus. I went to Auggie and Rai on our bus seat. I showed them the key and we all pulled out a smile. We finally made it to school and my heart filled with excitement! We went through the day pretty quickly! We were starting our plan. Mrs. Williams walked out of the door and we ran. We had encountered a problem, it was locked! Rai picked the lock with a bobby pin! We got in! We ran to the classroom and we made it. We went into the classroom and went behind the cabinet. We got the key out of my pocket and Auggie had the courage to open it. We saw something so shiny and so pretty. I picked it up and it was a ruby! Rai picked up the note and she read it, “Wow you got the Ruby now go to the place that makes one of you groovy!” I was confused but I figured it out! I told the group this, “ The place that makes one of us groovy is the library,” Auggie said,”&nbsp; “Oh yeah, Emma and I love to go!” Rai was nodding her head agreeing with us.&nbsp; We had to get out of school though so we instantly ran out and went straight to the library. It was after-school and Rai, Auggie, and I met up at the library. We looked all around for the clue it was hard to find but then Auggie had an idea.&nbsp;I found it in the Sorcerer's Stone! I ran to find Rai and Auggie and Rai read the clue.&nbsp; She repeated,” Almost done, go to the cave that is the safest one!”&nbsp;

By: Samantha Huanosta 6th Grade collaborative project with Ms. Blue and Mrs. Dahl Patrick Henry Math, Science, Technology Magnet 2020

Samantha's first published book, The Missing Key, has received high praise among his/her classmates for its creativity and its interesting storyline. Samantha's favorite character in the story is Emma because she can relate to the character and genuinely enjoys the character. Her favorite page illustration is the Rubie and the Journal because it is really detailed and looks realistic. Samantha is a lifelong reader whose literary interests include fiction, fantasy, adventure, and action. Her favorite book is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Currently, a student at Patrick Henry Math, Science, Technology Magnet Middle School who is studying to become a lawyer and would like to attend college at New York University.&nbsp;When not writing, Samantha enjoys cooking and playing outside with her family.

I brought it home and I invited Auggie and Rai.&nbsp;They ran into the room trying to solve it already.&nbsp; I told them,” Uh Uh Uh Homework&nbsp;first!”&nbsp; They both replied,” Ugh fine you're no fun!”&nbsp; We finally finished our homework after an hour! We were looking through the pages and saw this weird looking mountain. There&nbsp;was another sticky note that said,” Go to the mountains and watch the&nbsp;weather remember to bring a cozy sweater.”We were glad we found the clue. I arrived at home and I talked with my mom about my day and I had to tell her about how I need to go to the mountain. &nbsp; So I asked her,” Mom, am I able to go to this completely safe mountain trail with Rai and Auggie?” She said,” Yes.” I said,”&nbsp; “Ok thank you and by the way, I am going today!”&nbsp; She said,” Okay ”&nbsp; I had finally finished my homework and got some rest before my hike.&nbsp; Rai and Auggie had walked to my house and when I was heading to the door my mom said,” Bye Sweetheart be safe!”&nbsp; I replied,” Bye Mom Love you!”&nbsp; We went to the mountain and it took around a 10-minute walk and it was still light out! We had reached the trail. Auggie’s face turned red from being so tired. We all had cozy, wool sweaters and looked for a note or item that has something to do with the clue. We were walking around for 10 minutes until we saw a key. Auggie had picked it up and there was a sticky note! Auggie read what the note said and it said this,” Good Job you found the key, now go to the door next to the paper tree!”&nbsp; I said, “Paper tree?”&nbsp; Auggie replied with, “Yeah remember the tree with our favorite books?”&nbsp; I said, “Oh Yeah!”&nbsp;

Rai was in detention struggling with her work. While Rai was doing her work, she noticed something strange. She noticed a cabinet Mrs.Williams never discussed. Rai obviously was curious so she couldn’t get her mind off of it. Rai was finally able to come home. When Mrs.Williams left, she ran back to the classroom. She looked behind the cabinet and saw an old, little door. She was shocked when she saw it, but she heard someone coming! She instantly ran out and went to my house. Auggie and I were reading until Rai came bursting into the room. “ I saw a creepy door behind Mrs. Williams’s cabinet!” Rai said out of breath. We all looked at each other and were intrigued.&nbsp; I said,” Whoa, we should explore it!”&nbsp; Rai and Auggie left and I got ready for bed. My mom came into the room and told me goodnight. &nbsp; I said,” Goodnight mom, I love you!” I didn’t think of telling her about the door, I was so tired. It was the next day and Auggie was waiting for me at the door as always while Rai showed up late. We entered Mrs. Williams’s class and we took out our homework. This was our plan. We didn’t do our homework because we needed to get into detention! Mrs.Williams went to my desk and asked me for my homework.&nbsp; I nervously replied,” I forgot to do it because of family plans.”&nbsp; She looked disappointed and said,” I never thought you would miss your homework, but detention!” I felt defeated. Auggie and Rai had gotten detention as well.&nbsp; After School, we went to the classroom “doing our work.”&nbsp;It was a long one hour but we finally finished.&nbsp; I told Mrs. Willams,” I apologize this won’t happen again.”&nbsp; She replied,” I know just please manage your time now goodbye see you tomorrow!”&nbsp; I said,” It won’t Goodbye!”&nbsp;

It had the address on the back of the note. We were so happy we were finally going to know where this Ruby belongs! We gathered all the items up and I left. I was finishing up some of my homework until my mom came in the room and told me, “Sorry Hun I have work tomorrow, but we are going to visit grandma on Sunday,”&nbsp; I was pretty upset but I told her,” It’s fine I was gonna ask you if I can hang with Rai and Auggie tomorrow?”&nbsp; Then it hit me, I can go to the cave without her knowing because she works, Perfect!&nbsp; She told me, “Ok just text me when you come back home,” I told her,” I know.” &nbsp; I finished up my homework and my mom called me for dinner. We ate some take-out pizza and watched Harry Potter together. It was getting late and I still had to shower.&nbsp; I told my mom,’ I am going to take a shower and head to bed Goodnight love you!” She said, “Goodnight love.”&nbsp; I got out of the shower and went straight to bed. I was falling asleep until I got a text from Auggie.&nbsp; The text said,” You Up?”&nbsp; I replied,” Yeah What's up?”&nbsp; He texted back,” I am kinda scared for tomorrow.”&nbsp; I told him,” It's going to be ok now head to bed for some rest Goodnight!” &nbsp;He texted back,” Thanks Emma Goodnight!” I fell right asleep after. My mom had given me a kiss on my forehead before she left. I ran to my room to get ready. When I got to Auggie’s house, Auggie was already ready. All we had to do was text, Rai. I texted in our group chat,” Rai, are you&nbsp;ready to come to Auggie’s house?” She replied,” On my way!” She got her and we said Goodbye to Auggie’s mom. We told her,” Okay!” We went to the address with all the items. We finally made it. We went to look around at all the caves, there were three. One had a bunch of spider webs so we knew that wasn’t it. Another one looked old so we knew it was the other cave. We&nbsp;

went into the cave with our flashlight. We found these three gems. We saw a diamond, an emerald, and an aquamarine. There was one gem that was missing.&nbsp; Auggie asked, “Do you think the Rubie fits?”&nbsp; Rai said, “Let’s try!”&nbsp; I got the Rubie out of my bag and I put it in and the cave opened. I asked,” Well, what is it?” Auggie approached Rai and Auggie said,” Looks like a rusty old Journal.”&nbsp; Rai said,” Wow all this for a rusty old journal what a scam!”&nbsp; Auggie was shocked he could barely say the name but he got the courage and said,” Betty Garcia.”&nbsp; I was shocked that it's my grandma's name.&nbsp; Rai had said,” Emma, that's your grandma, did you know about this?” &nbsp;I told her,” I had no idea!” &nbsp;It was getting late and we had to head home. I was still surprised but we put all the items in the bag and headed home. I knew it was time to tell her. I was getting really nervous. My heart was beating so fast, but I kept it cool. I got the courage to tell her. I said,” Mom I have something to tell you.”&nbsp; She said,” Please don’t be bad tell me.”&nbsp; I said,” You know how I have been hanging with my friends a lot and why I had to go to the library.” I said fastly,” Well we found a door behind my teacher's cabinet and we found a bunch of clues and I found grandma's old journal!”&nbsp; She replied,” Oh yeah I set that for you when you were a little girl. I WAS SHOCKED! She replied laughing,” Yeah, you can ask grandma about it tomorrow!”&nbsp; It was time for bed, I was exhausted after today. It was the next day and I got ready to go to grandma's house.&nbsp;We picked up Rai and Auggie. We finally arrived at my grandma's house.&nbsp; When we walked in Grandma Betty said,” Why Hello!”&nbsp; We all said,” Hi Grandma!!”&nbsp; Then we all asked,” Grandma when did you write this journal?”&nbsp; She said,” Ah yes I wrote that in World War II. It was a dark time so I put all my feelings in the journal!” We were all invested. We all read the journal together and talked about it. It really was interesting! Grandma said,” Even in the darkest times I always find happiness!” I will never forget that quote.

I dedicate this book to my family and my teachers.

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