Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:27 am
Solong 3rd entry.
It was nothing but a blank envelope with some sheets of paper inside. I found it hard to understand why it had been passed down between our family with such secrecy for all of these years. I held it in my hands now and checked quickly outside my door to make sure that my parents were not home. When I was satisfied that they had left, I took a deep breath and tore open the letter.
Two pieces of paper floated to the floor, I picked up one and read.
"Hello, my name is King Thomas III. I dedicated my life to following after my father and chasing after the 8 mythical relics that were said to be scattered among the ocean floors by a man long ago but unfortunately, life is just too short to make such a grand discovery by ones self. Lucky for you, I have attached a detailed map of the general area in which the 8 relics should be, although they most likely have been scattered across the ocean by now. Once you have opened this, there is no going back, you are my successor and you don't have much time until someone else finds this letter. There is something else you should know... Whoever finds the 8 relics will be able to open a door to the future, I know it does not make much sense but it's all that I was told. So go now and fulfill your new destiny.
Gods speed,
King Thomas III"
My hands shook violently as I read the final words of the letter. I pulled out the box of matches from my drawer as I tried to make sense of the letter. I decided this, I would leave my home and leave a message for my parents telling them that it was necessary. I would spend the rest of my life trying to solve this task that was bestowed upon me just minutes ago. I struck a match and lit the corner of the letter on fire. Then I stuffed the map in my backpack along with anything I might need. I wrote a letter to my parents before I walked out of the front door, backpack in hand, ready to journey off to wherever the map led me and start my new life.
Two pieces of paper floated to the floor, I picked up one and read.
"Hello, my name is King Thomas III. I dedicated my life to following after my father and chasing after the 8 mythical relics that were said to be scattered among the ocean floors by a man long ago but unfortunately, life is just too short to make such a grand discovery by ones self. Lucky for you, I have attached a detailed map of the general area in which the 8 relics should be, although they most likely have been scattered across the ocean by now. Once you have opened this, there is no going back, you are my successor and you don't have much time until someone else finds this letter. There is something else you should know... Whoever finds the 8 relics will be able to open a door to the future, I know it does not make much sense but it's all that I was told. So go now and fulfill your new destiny.
Gods speed,
King Thomas III"
My hands shook violently as I read the final words of the letter. I pulled out the box of matches from my drawer as I tried to make sense of the letter. I decided this, I would leave my home and leave a message for my parents telling them that it was necessary. I would spend the rest of my life trying to solve this task that was bestowed upon me just minutes ago. I struck a match and lit the corner of the letter on fire. Then I stuffed the map in my backpack along with anything I might need. I wrote a letter to my parents before I walked out of the front door, backpack in hand, ready to journey off to wherever the map led me and start my new life.