The Box

The Box Part 1

Only 3 months ago my grandmother died because of an unknown disease. She left me a box which had to be opened on my 12th birthday. I didn't really understand why it had to opened on my 12th birthday, but it really scares me sometimes to think about what could possibly be inside ?

The day came around when it was my birthday. The second I woke up, I felt shivers running down my spine. I then sat up right and placed my feet on the carpet and it left a warm sensation throughout my body. My room is a very bright, fun and warm room. It's very funky. Then the box came back into my head. I felt so nervous because of the box. The box was a rather pale wooden colour, that then had a lid that folded on top. The box was pretty big so I had many different thoughts going through my mind. I opened my presents from my parents and got an iphone seven, fidget spinner, trampoline and a computer. It was then time to open up the box. I shook it but there was only a slight sound coming from it. It sounded like ruffled paper . I opened the box slowly with my eyes poking in before my head. It was a paper. I read what it said and I was terrified. I saw my parents looking at me rather odd. Shaking, I handed them the paper which read.

" To my dearest family, I was kidnapped. I never died. My kidnapper told me to write a letter saying I was going to die and that I ran away. He told me to send it to you. Now that you have received this letter I need you to inform the police that I am living in a remote control area. I live where trees are dead, thick grass, slimy swamps, abandoned buildings and dead things everywhere. Let the police know right away. You need to remember the number 3872 i mean it"

Love Grandma Sophie xoxo

As fast as I could, I dialed the police. Immediately I told them that my grandmother was being held captive in a remote control area which had dead things everywhere. Then they freezed. I was on the phone saying " Hello ? hello ??" I was furious. Did they hang up on me ? Then the dispatcher's voice said she lives in the abandoned forest. The abandoned forest was a place back in the 80's where people killed one another and kidnapped people who had rich things. I don't really understand what my grandmother could possibly be kidnapped for ? She wasn't rich, was there something my grandmother hasn't really been truthful about ? Me and my parents went to the forest with high armed policeman, a helicopter and a car that was surrounded with motorbikes. After hours we thought to give up, but out of the corner of my eye I saw a trail of footsteps. The police were getting packed up and I screamed " I SEE FOOTPRINTS !!". They were shocked. We ran following them which stopped in the middle of nowhere. I looked around and saw nothing. I was so frustrated that I jumped, when all of a sudden the floor was like an elevator going down. The police man jumped down on the stone flooring. We came to a halt. I was trembling with fear. With one big gulp I walked through the mossy, cold hallway. There were traps everywhere. Slowly, we walked around them trying not to step on it. Two of the policeman fell into two traps leading them to injuries. We then came past doors with nothing inside. There was one door which looked rather fresh. Looking in I didn't see anything. This had to be where my grandmother is. Ready to storm in, I see a code lock on the door. I then remember on the paper my grandmother told me a code. Then it hit me, I put in the pin numbers 3872 and the door opened ! The policeman stormed in and came out with my grandmother. She was all skinny, wrinkly and looks very pale. We found the man and it turned out to be a man who worked at our local markets. Walking out we rushed my grandmother to the hospital. Many hours later my grandmother had come out of surgery. The doctors told us if we didn't find her sooner she could have died because she hadn't been eating enough food and drinking enough water. It then remembered me to ask her why he had kidnapped her. I mean why kidnap an old lady ? When I caught her attention I asked her "why did he kidnap YOU ?". My grandmother leaned towards my ear and said " I'll tell you when we get home".

20 minutes after driving home my grandmother took me to my room. She sat me down on my bed and said to me" My mother was a very wealthy lady. Before she died she handed me a billion dollar bracelet which had my initials engraved on them. That bracelet was one everyone wanted. They chased me for it, never left my side. One day when I was at home alone the man came and took me and the bracelet." I then asked her "how come you left the box for me to open on my 12th birthday ?" My grandmother replied to me with such a scared voice " he would have ran away with me if you opened the box the straight away, but seeing you opened it on your birthday he thought nobody would come looking for me, it gave me time". I hugged my grandmother and said to her "I'll go get your bed ready". Before I left the room, my grandmother pulled my arm with a tight grip and said "Now here is your present from me."

My grandmother handed me the billion dollar bracelet, which had my initials engraved on them. It was diamond wrapped with emerald and gold around . I was freaking out. How did I end up with a million dollar bracelet ? She said I needed to hide it because people will come after me. From this day I still have the bracelet. Before my grandmother actually died she left me another box.