Magic Temple

• Erin Collins, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2013

I was strolling along in the park and I had a really strange feeling that I was going to have an adventure that very same day. Then I felt sick like something had just sucked all the excitement out of me and right at that moment I started to feel scared. I felt faint like drifting into the most horrific dream I had ever had. I fall over and my eyes go all blurry, I see two strange creatures but only just, they look like they have a dreadful looking mask on. I feel them grabbing my arms and dragging me under a bush. I can’t see anything anymore but I can feel things and vibrations. At the moment I feel like I’m on a lift that doesn’t go up and down, more like all over the place and it smells like I’m underground. When I wake up I’m in a strange land and a shiny green parcel is sitting next to me, but not purposely put there. A note is on it, wait, no, two notes and they say exactly the same thing and it makes me feel like they mean it and if you disobey it something bad will happen, the note says:
DO NOT OPEN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
In the distance was a huge temple with a lion on each side. There is also lots of nature, moss on the temple and trees along the roads. Mini people were walking around caring bowls of leaves and coloured powders, but I feel like it’s not real, it’s not normal. I look back at the parcel l realised that it said nothing about not touching it or picking it up or even taking it somewhere. I pick it up and shake it, oh no it slips out of my hands, the parcel bursts open and inside is a map, it looks like it leads towards the magic temple.