Creative Writing: Harriett Pumpernickle

“Get lost old lady!” That was the fifth kid today that’s told me to go away.
“I just want to tell my story to someone.” I mumble under my breath. Since no one wanted to hear the marvelous tale of Harriett Pumpernickle’s life, I started going back inside.
“I’ll listen to your story…” A little boy said, stopping by my front steps. I turned around and smiled at him.
“Really?” I ask. He nods and sits down. I sit with him and begin my story of how I set out to find the lost treasure.

It was a nice day in our small town. The birds were chirping, the sun was shining brighter than it ever has. “Harriett! It’s time for breakfast.” My mother calls. I stretch get out of bed and start walking out to the kitchen. “Good morning sleepy head.” My dad

We look away and eat our food. It was oddly quiet at the table and nobody even looked like they wanted to start a conversation.
“Are you guys leaving today?” Maggie asked, bringing her plate to the sink and washing it off.
“Yeah we are. Thanks for letting us stay here and cooking for us.” I say bringing the rest of the plates over to her.
“It was my pleasure.” She says “I also have some things to give you guys. Before, you leave of course.”
“Okay. Thanks for everything Maggie.” I say smiling. She nods and goes to a cabinet with a lock on it. She unlocks it and pulls out a bottle of something green and another one with purple rocks in it. “Here. Take these and only use them when you really need them or are in danger. The green one will help when you are in danger. The purple one heals all. Well, mostly all. Have a safe trip and don’t mention this to anyone.” Maggie says handing me the bottles.
We all pack up and start to leave. Maggie waves goodbye to us and we continue down the path. Nobody talked for a while and we stopped several times throughout the trip for short breaks.
Finally, we reached a lake and stopped to take another break. I checked the map and realized

“We’re here! We’re really here!” Charlie yells. “Woohoo!” Charlotte shouts throwing her bag up in the air and catching it. We all run it the water and start searching for the treasure.
“Uh.. Guys?” Charlie says standing up and looking behind him. “Help us look Charlie!” Charlotte says tossing some sand at him. He garbs our arms and tries to run for shore.
Charlotte and I stand up and look at him annoyed. We follow him ready to drag him back in with us when a huge pool of water splashes at us. Charlotte turns around and starts screaming then runs. I follow her scared with fear.
When I get to my bag I finally turn around and see the tail of who knows what. Charlie and I pack up and rush off. “Hey! Hold it!” Charlotte says tugging us back to where we were camped out. Charlie and I joylessly sit back down and take off our bags.
“I guess we do have to stay. I mean it was my idea after all. I can’t chicken out on this.” I say standing back up. “And Maggie gave me something to use in a time like this.” Grinning, I pull out the potions Maggie gave me.
“What do they do?” Charlie asks taking the green potion and swirling it