• Chapter 5:

    We raced through time. We ended up in the my town where I was born. Gargamel was the name of my town. A letter appeared It read,

    Dear Anna and Cody,

    Go to Anna’s old house and find a black diamond. There inside the diamond will be a map to the black ruby. Follow the map until you reach the shadows. There you will receive another letter.
    From, Gingle Snap

    “um Anna, why is the sky blue?” asked Cody. “The sun's rays hit the
    Earth’s atmosphere, where the light is scattered by nitrogen and oxygen molecules in the air. The blue wavelength of this light is affected more than the red and green wavelengths, causing the surrounding air to appear blue. At sunset, the sun's light passes farther through the atmosphere, deflecting and decreasing the blue in the air. Scattering by dust particles and pollution in the air causes the sunset to appear red… duh” said Anna “I didn’t need to know everything Anna” said Cody. Anna snickered. “I’m sorry, its just you asked and my IQ is 120” Anna said briefly. Anna and Cody stumbled upon the deserted town she once lived upon. Blankly she stumbled upon a hill. “CODY, I remember my house was over this hill in the fields” Anna said proudly. Anna and Cody raced up the hill to the top. On the top of the hill was a big oak tree. The tree was spreading orange and brown and yellow leaves upon the ground. There was another hill. It was to high to see over from the hill the stood upon. They ran down the oak tree hill and ran up the tall steep hill. When they reached the top. There was an empty field. Anna raced down the hill and when she reached the field she felt like bursting into tears. But, she didn’t that was the past and she shouldn’t worry about that. Cody was standing next to her. “lets just look around here and if we don’t find anything we shall go back” Cody said humanely. Anna looked at him. He could see sadness. Anna walked over to some unfamiliar black soil. “Cody come here” Anna said in a shocking voice. Cody jogged over. “look, black soil” Anna said briefly. Cody stared in shock. They knelt down and started digging. While Anna was digging she pictured this differently. She pictured the streets filled with people and everything is hip hop shape. But she was wrong. Anna felt something that wasn’t dirt. She grasped her hand around it and pulled it out. It was the black diamond. “CODY, look” Anna said in relief. Cody felt something too. A hammer. He pulled out the hammer and told Anna to put the diamond on something hard. Anna did as told. Then one wack and the diamond cracked. That couldn’t be possible. Diamonds are the hardest thing on Earth. Then he realized that , that was no ordinary hammer. It had some weird symbols on it. . He wondered what it meant. He soon forgot about the hammer. Anna looked at the map that was inside the diamond. They had to go to Jagorlon City. Anna knew where that was. There, they would find another letter to where to find the diamond.
    They walked for miles. Until they reached Jagorlon City. When they reached Jagorlon City they found it deserted also. Then a note cam flying in. Anna opened it and read aloud “ Dear Anna and Cody,

    To find the black ruby follow the silver path with silver roses. Then you shall reach where you shall find the black ruby.
    Don’t get lost, Gingle Snap”
    Cody and Anna followed the path. Then they reached the dead end. The searched the area until they found a hole. The dug into the whole and found the black ruby. They were jumping for glee when they just got thrown back to the normal time. “that was odd, we usually have to chant.” said Anna to Cody. They opened the book to find out there next task. John was already there. “I brought you back, no need to worry, and your next task is to find a black rose skull” John said as he disappeared.