Grade 7, Metropolitan College
Once upon a time in an unknown place far away was a village called Wonderous, filled with crazy people. In this village they had a tradition in which when a girl turns eighteen, she gets a legacy necklace.
Hence, there was this girl named Elera. She had good manners, was very respectful, very beautiful, and had a great attitude.
This time it was Elera’s turn to get a legacy necklace because she had finally turned eighteen years old. She got the most beautiful necklace, and this made the women of the village angry and jealous. Three girls plotted something against Elera when they heard of this.
One day Elera’s grandmother sent her to run an errand. On her way she was approached by three girls. “Haven’t you heard?” asked the first girl. “Heard what?” Elera replied.
The second girl laughed, then said, “If the monster sees you wearing your necklace it will kill you.” “But they s…said to never remove the necklace,” Elera answered. “We threw ours in the river, we can help if you want,” the third girl said. Out of fear, Elera took off her necklace and gave it to the second girl who swung the necklace up and tossed it in the river.
“You fool,” said the first girl. Elera replied, “What?” Then all three girls removed their blankets, and they were all wearing their necklaces. The second girl then said, “I can’t believe you fell for it.” Elera realised that they had tricked her. “You tricked me, you still have your necklaces on,” Elera said with tears rolling down her face. The third girl replied, “There is no monster.” All of them walked away and started laughing.
Elera ran crying, deeper into the forest. At some point she stopped and sat down with her back against a tree. A few moments later, when Elera was still crying, a voice whispered, “Come closer, my dear.” Elera was intrigued by the voice so she followed it. The deeper she went into the forest, the louder the voice became. Then the voice stopped and she saw an old woman who asked, “What’s wrong, my dear?” Elera broke down in tears and told the old woman what had happened.
The old women then said, “I can help you on one condition.” Elera looked confused. “You have to kiss all my boils and sores.” Elera thought about it for a moment. “Fine, I’ll do it.” Elera kissed all her boils and sores. Then the old woman turned into beautiful young lady. The lady then said, “Now its my turn”. She grabbed Elera by the legs and hands, and threw her into the river.
Elera was kicking and screaming until she realised she could breathe under water. Then she realised that kissing the women’s scars, boils and sores gave her the ability to breathe under water. Elera swam deeper into the river; then she came across a cave. “We’ve been waiting for you my dear. We couldn’t find your necklace, but I have an idea.” The lady then took out some threads and pearls.
“Take these and go up to the surface,” said the lady. “Okay,” Elera replied and went up to the surface. Then the pearls and thread turned into a beautiful necklace.
The necklace was no longer the legacy necklace, it had turned into the Royal Legacy Necklace.
When the three girls found out, they were angry. “Hello,” said the beautiful lady. “Now bye-bye.” The lady then took them by the arms and tossed them into the river.
They kicked and screamed until they drowned, never to be seen again.