Friday, May 29, 2020

Traveling through the past: A chapter book by Ritvika

Chapter1-Into the past
Aisha, Ishita, and Ayansh had just won the baking competition with their amazing trophy-shaped cake. ‘‘Well done!’’ said their grandpa. He was a great scientist. He was working on a time machine. "That sounds so cool! You deserve a reward." he said. “A trophy and medal are enough.” said Ishita. He said he wanted to reward them. "If you insist." said Ishita. Grandpa gave them a box with a hole. They slowly opened the box. A puppy jumped into Aisha’s arms. "Aww, I think I’ll name you Choco." she said. They walked into the house. 
The next day, he invited them to his science lab to try an experiment. He didn’t have everything needed at home, so he went to the shop. "Don’t touch anything", he said and went. "Ooh, is this the time machine grandpa was talking about?" asked Ayansh. He walked towards it. Aisha caught him by his arm, "You heard grandpa, right? He said not to touch anything." Soon, they were arguing and fighting. "Stop fighting!" said Ishita, but she ended up joining the fight.
While they were fighting, Choco came into the lab. He knocked down some beakers. He threw some chemicals into the sink. He tore grandpa’s coat. He broke his extra glasses. He wore grandpa’s extra coat and the other pair of extra glasses and started barking. It looked like he was pretending to be a scientist. Then, he spilled some chemicals into a beaker. The beaker blasted and the room was filled with a pink liquid.  He turned on the time machine, and all 3 of them went in.         
Chapter 2-Creation of Earth
The next moment, they were lost. There was no water, air, or food. There was no Earth. "Are those gods?" said Ayansh. "We should create some slimy creatures and make the planet warm and cozy. We could use a star." said Lord Vishnu.  "No, they would burn. Let’s make the planet out of ice." said Shiva.  "But they would freeze. Let’s join millions of asteroids, and it can be near Canis Majoris." said Brahma.
"Or we could make a planet near the Sun.", said Aisha. "Who are you? We only speak to gods." said Vishnu. "I am goddess Saraswati, this is goddess Durga, and this is Lord Indra." said Ishita. "Oh, tell me your idea." said Shiva. Ishita said, "We could have a medium temperature, have air, water, and food, and maybe have creatures which look like lord Hanuman but less powerful." "Good idea!" said Brahma and took them near the Sun.
Brahma said to Ayansh, "Indra, use your thunderbolt to make rain." "Um, I left my thunderbolt back home." said Ayansh. Shiva gave him an extra one. Now, there was a planet full of water. Brahma created some land. They took some DNA from all the gods and created apes. They also created plants and animals. Earth was now created. Lord Shiva gave Ayansh his extra thunderbolt. They were pulled back into the time machine and went to the next place. 
Chapter 3-Dinos! Run!
They were in a big forest, and they were looking for a place to sit. They spotted something which looked like a gigantic boat and sat on it. They didn’t know that it was actually a dinosaur’s claw. The dinosaur roared and chased them. He was the size of a mountain. His teeth were the size of tall trees. His roar was so loud that the strongest man would go flying all the way from the sun to Neptune. 
They were terrified and tried running away, but the dinosaur was too fast. They tried hiding behind a big cherry blossom tree. It was so shiny. It was actually millions of crystals. It was magnificent. The dinosaur crushed it and found them. Ishita was so angry that she just took one of the crystals and was going to poke the dinosaur, but Ayansh held her and pulled her back. Now 10 more dinosaurs came and surrounded them. 
Then Aisha did the bravest thing ever. She walked to the dinosaurs and said, "We are sorry that we sat on your claw. We will be more careful next time." The dinosaur roared again but softly this time. Ishita also warned them about them getting extinct. The dinosaur plucked out one of its scales and gave it to them. They were pulled back into the time machine and went to the next place. The dinosaurs were puzzled about what had happened and thought Aisha, Ishita, and Ayansh were very kind.    
Chapter 4- The Magical Scissors
Now they were outside something that looked like a mountain, so they went in. They didn’t know that this was actually the pyramid. Something touched Aisha on her back. It was a mummy! It bumped into a wall and fainted. It got up holding something. It was a letter to its brother written a decade ago. This is what it said, "Something is wrong with my daughter Cleopatra. She has been tied up with some kind of magic rope. Only the Scissors of the Sphinx can cut the rope." This was King Ptolemy XII Auletes!
They knew that they had to save Cleopatra, so they went to find the scissors. They knew the pyramids were full of traps, so they had to be careful. They saw a light shining near a tiny tunnel. It was a dead end. Aisha knew a lot about Egyptians. She searched for the softest brick. She found it and pressed it. A doorway opened, and they walked in. Ayansh ran around the room. He pulled one handle, and the room started to collapse. There was a deep hole that could lead to the treasure.
The hole was too deep. "There is only one way out.", said Ishita and jumped in. Aisha and Ayansh had to go in, too. They fell for a year (okay, maybe a minute), and they finally reached the ground. There it was! The Scissors of the Sphinx. Ishita slowly picked it up and took it to Cleopatra. The scissor opened the rope and Cleopatra was free. "Thank you so much.", she said and gave them a crystal. They were pulled back into the time machine and went to the next place.
Chapter 5 – War of the Mayans 
"Please don’t come near my diamonds." said a king. "Don’t be greedy." said another. They went to see what happened. "I live in a Mayan city called Tikal. We had the most beautiful flowers and trees until Cizin the god of death destroyed everything." said the second one and led them to a garden. All the plants had dried up. This was horrible. Aisha looked like she was going to break Cizin’s sword out of anger because she loved plants.
They knew that they had to help the king. He said that his name is K’inich Janaab Pakal. They started by taking back some diamonds that he had stolen. King Pakal dropped it into a safe, and Ishita gave him a fingerprint box that she had brought from the present. Then she attached it on the safe. Now they started to fight Cizin, but he was too powerful. They noticed that Aisha was still angry. She stood in front of Cizin and roared as loud as the dinosaur. He ran away terrified.
The garden started to bloom. The plants were now green and colorful again. King Pakal thanked them all. The city was dark and grey before, but now it looked beautiful. "We play a kind of ball game, and I would like to give you this ball." he said. Aisha ran to the garden and looked at all the flowers. She felt like staying there forever. A Mayan served them some tamales. They were pulled back into the time machine and went to the next place. 
Chapter 6-Birbal needs help
They were in front of a giant palace. They went inside. They heard a familiar voice coming from a bedroom. Akbar was sitting next to Birbal. It looked like he was not feeling well. "He has got anemia, and we are not able to find any cure. It is getting worse." said Birbal, "He needs to get better soon, or else we will go out of our position." Aisha, Ishita, and Ayansh had to help Akbar and Birbal.                                            
"Help!" a fisherman called from outside the palace, "I am not able to catch any fish." "See? Now we are not able to solve any problems.” Birbal said. "We will help you." said Ayansh. But they didn’t know exactly how. No one knew except Ishita. Their visit to grandpa’s science lab was supposed to be a picnic, and Ishita had brought some pasta. She took it to the fisherman, and he liked it. She also wrote the recipe and gave it to them.
Aisha gave Birbal some dates that too she had packed for the picnic. Akbar started to feel better.  Akbar gave them his sword in return for helping him. Akbar asked them to be his second assistant. That was when Ayansh started blabbering, "We would love to, but do you really think we will make good assistants? I mean you.." Before he could finish his sentence, they were pulled back into the time machine and went to the next place.                                                                
Chapter 7-Boom!
They were sitting near a broken house when a man came and said, "3 more of our enemies. Let’s put them in prison." They started running and hid behind a stonewall, but someone broke it. They disguised as animals. Aisha disguised as a sheep, Ishita disguised as a deer, and Ayansh disguised as a cow. Soldiers started shooting at them, and the disguise tore into pieces.
They were caught and put in prison. The prison was in Hiroshima where a bomb was going to blast. They had to get out of there quickly, but the prison was locked, and there was no way out. Aisha noticed something. In each of their adventures, they got one thing. Maybe the lock could open if they held all the things. They held 2 things each. All of the things joined together and created a key.
Aisha opened the prison lock. Now, they had to stop the war. Aisha went on the radio and shouted, "Stop fighting!" Everyone froze. She continued, "Fighting will not help you. All you are doing is killing everyone, so please stop. If this war is not there, the world will be at so much peace; so, it is your job to stop it." Everyone dropped their weapons and decided to stop the war. Now, there was no world war 2.
Chapter 8-Naughty puppy
"Congrats! Your journey is complete." came a voice, "You have proven that you are brave and can do anything. This was your last destination." The voice was coming from the time machine. What did it mean? "I think it means that our journey is over and we can go back home." said Aisha. So, they went into the time machine. The next moment, they were back in grandpa’s science lab. What an adventure that was!
Grandpa ran to the science lab. He was so happy to see Aisha, Ishita, and Ayansh. They told him everything that had happened. He didn’t scold them. Instead, he took them to the shop as a reward for being so brave. Aisha bought a silver necklace, Ishita bought some glitter boots, and Ayansh bought a guitar. The things in total cost Rs.10000, but he still bought it. The biggest gift was to have him as their grandpa.
He made pizza for dinner because they could not eat Ishita’s pasta. While he was cooking, Choco came into the kitchen. This was not good. He sprayed tomato sauce all over the house. He wore Aisha’s necklace and Ishita’s boots and started playing Ayansh’s guitar. He tossed the pizza dough on his head and squirted some tomato sauce. He put some cheese and toppings. It looked like he made the pizza. Grandpa replaced the dough and put it in the oven. Choco then messed up the whole house. He was so naughty but they still loved him.  

Written by: Ritvika Arya
Edited by: Aanchal Agrawal

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