City of Secrets

Q U A T R E

Okay, I was kidding.

But for real, it started to rain like crazy all of a sudden.

We take our stuff and run inside.

It was going to be hard to walk now.

We were supposed to be quiet because my parents are sleeping, but now we have wet and squeaky shoes, which is just great.

"Take off your shoes and go to my room", I whisper.

"Great, I just spent $25 flat ironing my hair", Jay frowns.

"Don't worry about it, you still look fine", Harry says.

She keeps on frowning.

"Can we get something to eat? We are starving", she finally says.

I am so dumb. I prepared a small snack tray for us and my stupid self left it downstairs.

We carefully walk down the stairs to get to the kitchen.

Jay sits on a stool and Harry leans on the railing of the basement.

Then, all of a sudden, Harry slips on something.

I have no idea how, because he was literally just leaning on something.

"Ow! What the heck was that?", he grabs his foot in pain.

I turn on the flashlight from my phone. There are small indigo gem pieces all on the floor.

And they lead to the basement.

And now one of them is stuck in Harry's foot.

He groans and hops his way to sit down.

I hand Jay a bandage and other supplies while I carefully pick up the pieces.

She rubs a cotton pad with soapy water onto the area.

Harry moves away his foot, "I'm fine. You don't need to do this."

She ignores him and puts on the bandage, "Unless you want it to get infected, yes, I do need to do this. She helps him get up, putting his arm around her shoulders.

I pick up the gem to take a closer look.

While I carefully shine the flashlight onto it, Jay leans over and asks, "Woah, that's really pretty. Where's it from?"

"I have no idea."

I walk towards the railing. "These pieces all lead to the basement."

This is the part in a horror movie where the suspenseful music comes in.

But that did not happen.

What did happen, though, was the sound of footsteps coming from down the hall.

I forgot my mom always comes to use the bathroom around this time.

But my friends don't know that.

"WE'RE GONNA DIE!!", they whisper scream.

I take both of my hands and cover their mouths.

I mouthed for them to shut up.

"Go to the basement door!" There is a little platform where we can hide under.

Luckily, she doesn't take long in there, and only about five minutes have passed.

We all turn around to face the basement door.

"Woah, this is super high tech!", Harry starts to touch the door.

"Where did you get this type of technology?"