alchemy

treasurer

It was 10 am by the time we reached the caves. Even put down our bags and mike already started to snack on his favourite crispy chicken that he bought from his uncle Spencer's restaurant. We danced, sang songs, gossiped and ate lots of food.

The best memories of all of us were in these caves.

"Guys!! How about our game!?" Joy asked in a voice louder than ever, very much excited. And everyone obviously knew the reason for her super excitement.

It was now my turn to be the treasurer in our adventure game.

'The adventure game'. This was the game that we created. It's like an imaginary world which is the same as the world we are now in (the real world) and we divide ourselves into 2 teams, each consisting of 2 members and one will be the treasurer. The treasurer will be the first one to go inside the caves and hide the gold, that is the watch that we first designed. Gold was a very special thing for us. It was our first assignment that was very successful. Almost half of Hampshire now uses 'Gold'. But in the initial stages, most people humiliated the fact that this watch was designed by 17 year olds. Later on, it was sold as the craze for this stylish watch began to burgeon.

So, after the treasurer is successful with his secret plantation of gold, he comes out and gives the two teams a hint about its location and the time he would give the teams to find it.

If the gold is found, the treasurer loses the points and will continue to be the treasurer for the next game too, until he wins. And the team that spots gold first will get points and the losing team gets split.

The game would be so fun, that we always lost track of time. We would play for hours together.

I was scared of the dark a bit. And so, everyone would wait for the time when I would be the treasurer and they could get the chance to scare me.

"Yes. Yes. Yes. Let's play. Treasurer, it's now your time to go into the caves and plant the gold." Mike said, winking at me.

"Shut up mike, i'm not that scared either."

"Hey come on. Just kidding. Go plant it and come back."

"Sure," I said, irritated by the way they embarrassed me.

I walked straight toward the inside of the caves not turning back even once, since they were laughing. All of them waited near the sea shore while I went in.

This time I wanted to win for sure, because it is always me who loses as a treasurer. So I decided to go past a bit of the border and plant the watch in a safe and unidentified place. The sound of the waves, the rain drops, the birds and the pleasant smell in the caves was very beautiful. The light of the torch in that darkest place seemed so bright that I could even feel the warmth of that light. I continued to walk into the cave and suddenly I felt something move past my left leg!

For a moment my heart froze.