Journey to The Hidden City of Diamonds

One day I was going out for my interview as a Petrologist, I met my friend, Zain, on the way. He told me that he heard some people talking about a Hidden City made completely out of DIAMONDS! I was shocked at this news and told him that it might be just some ancient legend. But he told me that he was gonna try to discover The Hidden City and asked me that if I had time I can also go with him. Zain is a man who believes in what people say very easily. Once, someone told him that there is an ancient civilization under our city. the second he heard about the civilization, he started digging his backyard. He did not find anything, but he found a skeleton with jewelry on it. So he quit digging, thinking that it was deeper inside the ground. BUT, he did not give up on adventures, he told me that the reason was that skeleton was too deep, it means that it was someone's grave and because they can't keep their graveyards underground, they used to to keep it outside the city. So, whenever someone dies, they used to come out of their city and bury the people outside. I thought his theory was kind of lame so I did not believe in him. But who thought one day his theories might be true. So, I told him I had an interview so I can't go with him. He told me that today was Sunday and told me how can I go to an interview during Sunday. I suddenly remembered that the Petrology Lab was closed for two months because the Head Scientist was at leave. Maybe I was dreaming about some kind of interview. So I was going back home but suddenly some voice called my name. I turned back and looked but it was only Zain. I did not even notice him following me the whole time. I felt like I was gonna yell at him, but suddenly he asked me that did I change my mind. I asked him why he was following me the whole time. He told me that I was his only hope of traveling to the Hidden City of Diamonds and none of our friends believe in him. I told him that I will go with him, just not to hurt his feelings. But I didn't mean it for real because the next day I heard someone knocking my house's door. When I opened the door, I saw Zain was standing in front of me with a tent, two sleeping bags, two camping bags, two grappling hooks and what all you'll need for an adventure. I was puzzled at his appearance. Then I remembered our yesterday's conversation when I said I will go with him to discover The Hidden City. He told me to just pack my clothes and go with him because he told that he brought things for me too, by the way he is from a rich family and when I say rich it means very rich. His father is a billionaire. As I was going out of my house, I tripped on something and almost fell down. When I looked down, I saw a pure gold nugget! I didn't show it to anyone and sat in Zain's car. I asked him where were we gonna go. So he told me that we were gonna go to the countryside. I hated the country side because all of those creepy little insects and muddy waters but at least I had a little experience because when I was in school, I used to go with the boys' scouts. We reached the countryside after one day. Then Zain took out an old map like those pirate maps we see in the movies. Then he took out a compass and tried to understand where we should go and start digging. WAIT, WE SHOULD DIG THE WHOLE PLACE! That was the reason why there were two shovels behind the four-wheeler. I was almost gonna faint when Zain told me the place where we should start digging. But as he was gonna get out of the car, I told him it was already mid-night and we should start digging tomorrow. He agreed and when we were gonna sleep, one more problem arose. He was taking the sleeping bags out which meant that we were gonna sleep outside! I pleaded not to sleep outside and told that today we'll sleep in the car. He agreed with this too and then we slept. The next day, when we woke up, I did not see Zain anywhere. So, I went outside and saw him digging the spot and he already dug like 200 METRES UNDERGROUND! I was not kidding. He really dug that deep and made his own ladder and don't ask me how he made it. Then I also started helping him. After a few hours, we almost reached 500 meters. I was gonna tell Zain to stop for a while and have lunch and I also forgot that I didn't have breakfast, but he himself told to stop for a while and have food. After eating Zain suddenly got up and started digging again. But this time we did not dig for a long time. Just after half an hour, Zain's shovel struck a rock which was very hard. Then my shovel also struck a very hard rock. I suddenly understood that it must be diamonds! I had a happy feeling from inside that at least the digging part was over after 1000 meters (1 kilometre). I quickly told Zain that there must be diamonds in there. He was so overjoyed. Then he told me that we should try to break the diamonds. After a lot of hardwork, the diamond ceiling broke and we both fell inside a tunnel. Now we had another problem, the ceiling was two metres high and we both were like only 1.75 metres. Then I got an idea. I told Zain that we should stack up on each other. he agreed and told me to stand on his shoulders because I was lighter than him and bring all the "adventerous" equipment. Then I, somehow, managed to get out of the tunnel. I climbed the ladder out of the hole which we dug. Then I looked down and saw that Zain was waiting for me. I thought that I should run away. I was thinking why did I come here in the first place, but then again I thought why should I betray my best friend? So, I brought all the equipments and went back down the hole and in the tunnel of diamonds and then we went venturing in the cavern of diamonds. We saw many houses made of pure diamonds. We both were shocked at this sight. But one thing was troubling me the whole time, i.e, the time Zain told me about the idea. I felt like someone or something was following me, but whenever I look back, no one was there. But one time, I got a glance of someone who was following me. It was a person with a gun. I was suddenly gonna yell at that guy, but when I looked back, he was gone without any sign. I thought those were just hallucinations, so I took it easy. We examined some houses and saw fresh fruits. I was completely freaked out, because if there is fresh food, it means the people are still alive! I told Zain that we should turn back from this point, but he was not frightened, he told me that nothing will happen and we should go on until we find something useful. I told him that we are already walking on something useful which is DIAMOND. But he told that diamonds are everywhere and what we need is some useful artifact for research. I reminded him that we are not archaeologists. He told me that we could give it to archaeologists and they can research on it. As our conversation was going on, we heard someone screaming like the Tarzan. We both got scared at that loud yell and started thinking that the people saw us and started coming to us. But as I was gonna run away, I felt something in my pocket. I understood that it must be the golden nugget which I picked up this morning from the ground. Just as I got an idea, we saw shadows of people coming near us and we heard voices of people talking in some unknown language. I told Zain about my idea. He told it was a good idea. When the people reached their "city", they saw us and brought sticks to beat us because we were outsiders for them with weird clothes and stuff. But as I showed them the golden nugget and they were surprised at this thing because they never saw gold in their city's history (or maybe I thought like that). They were satisfied by the looks of the golden nugget so they warmly welcomed us thinking that we were special people (I understood by the looks of their actions). They took us in a large house which was maybe a sort of conference hall. Then they started gifting us with...gifts?, anyways, they were giving things to us which they think was very precious. We simply accepted their gifts. Some of them started asking questions in their language. But we started to talk to them in sign language and told them that we don't know their language. They understood and don't ask me who taught them the sign language because they started asking question in sign language. One of them asked that where were we from from. We just pointed upwards. They were shocked and started taking the gifts back. I did not understand what was happening. But then a thought came in my mind that maybe their village was once on the surface. But after some wars and battles, they fled away from that place and started living underground. So that was the reason why they hated the surface people. As they were gonna start beating us with their sticks, we heard a gunshot. I understood that it must be the sneaky people who were following (which I didn't beleive). I was searching my camping bag and I found a...Mobile Phone. I started thinkng what will I do with my mobile phone. I suddenly got an idea, I could use the phone's smell and taste feature to trick the city people into thinking that the theives smell like rotten eggs, because one of these people told me that the whole city does not likes the smell of rotten eggs. And if someone has that smell with them, then they will start beating them. After I turned on the feature, I put the rotten egg smell and threw it to the theives. The smell was so strong that the city people started runnning towards the theives and started beating them. The theives missed many shots because they were so terrified and they ran away. Then the Head of the city found my phone and understood that the smell was coming from my phone and he understood that I threw it to save everyone. They were so happy that they gave us gifts again. We told them that we should go now. They farewelled us and we returned back to our car. One thing which we did not know was the date and time. We were in that city for three days! After that, we went home and rested. We didn't tell anything to anyone because we thought that someone will capture those people and make them live a hard life again. After a few years, some guy told that he saw a city made of diamonds. He lived in the same place as ours. I quickly ran to Zain's house and asked him that did he tell anything to anyone. He told me that he didn't even say a word about the city of diamonds. I asked him that did we put sand back in the hole. He told yes. I wondered how he travelled to the city. But I again thought that I should stop the news before it will spread to the whole world. I told Zain that we should stop the news from spreadin d and he agreed. We went to the man with a hologram projector witha video of some kind of ghost and scared him out of his wits that if he  spreads the news more further, the underground people will take him with them. The next day, I checked the news and it was showing that the city of diamonds theory was just a scam and they will never believe in what theories people say. Suddenly I heard my mom calling out my name. I got confused that how can I hear my mom's voice in the middle of the City (I meant my city). Then I just ignored. Then suddenly a tsunami came and wiped my face clean with water but my clothes were dry. I suddenly opened my eyes and sat on my bed. I realised that everything was a dream and I am just a 14-year old boy. So, I guess there is no such thing as a City of Diamonds.

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                                                  (or is there a city of diamonds?)