The Inheritance (Fiction)

The Inheritance (Fiction)
Lian Feng (age 9)
Alpharetta, GA

It was year 3078 and it seemed that new inventions were created and copyrighted every hour. Who knew that twelve year old Alexis Anderson would soon be one of the greatest inventors of the next 17 centuries……
It all began on a regular day in Alexis’s bedroom. She was staring at her most prized possession, an antique case, like she had done many times before. The case was actually her great-great-great-great grandmother’s.
As she breathed in the scent of lavender, she dug through the case searching for her great-great-great-great grandmother’s strange old-fashioned photograph because it reminded her of her great-great-great-great grandmother.
Instead, she found a sealed envelope. She wasn’t sure where it came from. She had never seen it before. Using her “Laser Un-sealer 2000”, she opened it within one millisecond. Alexis carefully unfolded the slip of paper inside. Her eyes widened in surprise as she realized hat it was. It was a treasure map that showed where her inheritance was! The inheritance her family had been looking for, for over five generations!
Alexis ran to the phone shivering with excitement. Quickly, she dialed her best friend Olive.
“Hello?”
“Hi Olive!”
“Oh hello Lex! What’s up?”
“I found a treasure map that leads to my family’s inheritance. No one has found it for five generations! Want to come over and help me locate my family’s treasure?”
“Awesome! I’ll be there in a second.”
“Okay, bye!”
CLICK……..
Soon, the doorbell rang, “Ding, Dong!”. Alexis opened the front door and there was Olive grinning ear to ear.
“Where’s the treasure map?” Olive asked.
“Oh, up in my room.” Replied Lexi.
“Let’s go upstairs and get it then!”
“ Stop Olive. You’re so old-fashioned. Remember ,I have my on invention called the “Bring-Me”. Pressing the button of the “Bring-Me”, she spoke into the microphone, “Bring me the treasure map.”
Soon, the treasure map was aiming at her face. Lexi ducked then grabbed the map before it hit the unsuspecting Olive. She dusted off her jeans and carefully smoothed out the map.
“ I think you need to work a bit more on that!” Olive laughed.
They both gaped at the map. According to it, the treasure was hidden somewhere on an island in the future. They would need to use a time portal to get there. Alexis looked at Olive. Olive looked at Alexis. They were both thinking the same thing.
“Mom!” yelled Lexi. “I’m going out!”
“Okay! Just be back before dinner!” her mother replied.
Alexis snatched up her “Time Turner” and pulled Olive out the door.
“Olive, do you have your Portal-Creator?”
“Check!”
“What about your Locator 3000?”
“Check!”
“Alrighty then, let’s go!”
Olive created the portal to the island while Alexis fiddled with the “Time Turner” making time stop. Both of them jumped into the swirling portal. It felt like a roller coaster! Olive almost threw up.
Suddenly, everything was silent. Alexis looked around. She and Olive were surrounded by palm trees. Two signs were stuck in the ground. One of them said, “Property of Rosa Anderson”.
“That’s my great-great-great-great-great grandmother’s name!” exclaimed Lexi excitedly. “We must be close.” The second sign said, “The treasure is in one of the trunks hanging from the trees. You only get one try. On the second try, the cannibals here will eat you. Alexis gulped.
“Why do we use ‘The Locator’ to find where the treasure is?” Said Olive.
“Sure!” Olive typed in “Alexis’ Inheritance” and pressed “Enter”, but the screen remained blank.
“That’s strange. There’s nothing on here.” Olive commented.
“Let me see.” Alexis glanced at the screen and said, “What are you talking about?” When Alexis looked at it, she could see a picture of the whole island where the treasure was. She realized that her great-great-great-great grandmother had made sure that no one could find the treasure except her relatives. That’s why Olive couldn’t see it.
“Oh well, follow me,” commanded Alexis.
When she reached the place where the treasure was, she took off her shoes and climbed the tree the treasure chest was hanging from. She untied the string it was attached to and climbed back down. With Olive’s help, they both opened the trunk. Inside were different important documents, glittering jewels, and antiques worth billions of dollars! Alexis put her shoes back on and they hauled the trunk into the portal and dove in. Thoughts whirled around Alexis’ head. She had found the treasure!
When they got home, Alexis showed her mom the inheritance.
“Oh Lexis, you found it!” her mom squealed.
After that, her family moved into a gigantic mansion. Her mom let Alexis do whatever she wanted with the sixth story of the manor. With her mother’s help, she turned the two rooms into science laboratories where she could do experiments and invent new things. With all the inventions and discoveries she came up with in her laboratories, Alexis became the most respected and brilliant scientist in the universe.