The Magical Key

Chapter 1

“Clitter clatter!” was the sound I woke up to. I looked around in my bed, startled by the noise. I gazed at the floor and saw a golden, magic key that had a fascinating etching. I thought, “Maybe I might go on an exciting adventure! Yes! The last time I went on an adventure was when I got to spend time with Coral, my mermaid friend.

 I got up, picked up the key, and in front of my eyes formed seven mysterious, locked, magical portals. Each portal had a label above. The first one said, “ Fairyland”, the second one said, “ Candy World”, the third one said, “Iceland”, the fourth one said, “Emoji Island ”, the fifth one said, “Mermaid Kingdom”, and the sixth one said, “ Home, Sweet, Home”, which I knew meant that it would lead back to my house.

I decided to open the first one since I would get to meet actual, real fairies! I unlocked the portal with my key, and the portal pulled me into it.  

Chapter 2

“Wow! This place is amazing!” I yelled in astonishment. “I can’t wait to meet the fairies!” I kept on walking until I came across a large, awesome monarchy. I knocked on the wooden door, and out came a whole bunch of fairies: blue fairies, pink fairies, purple fairies, boy fairies, teenager fairies, and girl fairies. “Who are you?” one said in a friendly voice. “My name is Kruti!” I replied thoughtfully. “Well, welcome Kruti!” another fairy exclaimed. “Do you want to come in?” “I would be delighted to!” I responded.

I walked inside the building and sat on a comfy chair. “We were just about to have dinner,” a blue fairy said. “Since you’ve joined us, I guess we’ll have to cook one more meal. Betsy, Petunia, come into the dining room, would you?” Two fairies dressed in black clothes came into the room. Once they came in, a purple fairy said, “Please prepare a vegetarian meal for the guest, Betsy and Petunia. Make sure there’s no meat or any fish in her meal,” Betsy and Petunia nodded their heads and flew into the kitchen. While they were cooking my meal, the fairies and I talked about ourselves. We played games and solved riddles until Betsy and Petunia returned with a salad, veggie chips, chips and salsa, and two pancakes smothered with maple syrup and whipped cream on top of each one. “Wow! This is a lot of delicious, tasty food to eat!” I exclaimed.

“Hey, do you want to watch my favorite show, “Just Add Magic” on TV?”  “Yeah, whatever that show is about!” a pink fairy shouted excitedly. So Petunia turned on the TV and handed me the remote control. I opened Prime Video and searched the show “Just Add Magic”. I clicked on the first season’s first episode. The fairies and I watched the episodes and ate our scrumptious, mouth-watering food.

Once the fairies and I finished, I turned off the TV and asked if I could stay with them for the night. The fairies replied, “Of course, Kruti!” I got my own room and brushed my teeth, wore my PJs, and hopped into my cozy bed.

The next morning I ate my breakfast and got ready quickly. I told the fairies that I had to go and thanked them for their hospitality. I rushed outside of the palace and used the key to unlock Candy World. I was pulled into the portal and traveled at the speed of light.

Chapter 3

I fell onto the soft, marshmallow ground of Candy World. There were pink, cotton candy clouds and lollipop trees. I stood up and looked around. “Wow! Everything here is edible!” I exclaimed to myself. I wandered about, exploring the eatable world. Suddenly, I met a twelvish candy boy. “Who are you?” he asked kindly. “I am Kruti! What’s your name?” “Well, my name is Gummy!” the boy replied replied. “Do you want to come to my house and have lunch with my family? It looks like it will rain gumdrops and marshmallows soon,”  “I would like that very much!” I said mannerly.

So Gummy led me to his Sour Patch house. “I beg your pardon, but are you…edible?” I questioned him as we journeyed to Gummy’s house. Gummy replied mockingly, “Of course I’m edible! Everything in this world is eatable, even the citizens! Wait, are you going to eat me?” “Pfff! No way, I’m not going to eat you! Now why would I eat you? I laughed. “Every time a human comes here, they eat us. Long ago, our population used to be 99,999 citizens, but now there are only 2,222 citizens left.” he explained. “I feel sorry for the candy people living here.” I said sadly.

Finally, Gummy and I reached our destination. “Gummy, may I tell you something?” I asked him as he rang the doorbell. He nodded his head slightly. “I don’t actually like candy.” “What? But…but everybody goes crazy when they see it!” Gummy replied, surprised. “Well, I’m not that kind of person at all.” I said.

Out came a young lady with a beautiful dress and an elegant hair-do. “Hello, Gummy! Do you want lollipops or-AAAAAAH! Gummy, why did you bring a human to our house? Quick, we’ve got to call the candy patrol!” she screamed. “Sorry, it’s just that my mom freaks out when she sees a human because…one human ate my dad.” “I’m dialing 911 this instant. Gummy, you’re grounded, and as for you young lady-” “Whoa, whoa, whoa, you’ve got me all wrong here. My name is Kruti, and I-” I answered, but was interrupted by the worried lady.

“Yeah, yeah, thanks for the information, Kruti.” Gummy’s mom said. “Listen, Gummy, the police are coming in five minutes. Make sure that you lock her up in a safe place so she won’t escape, OK?” “Yes, Mother.” he obeyed.

I whispered to Gummy, “Don’t do it, please?” “Don’t worry, I won’t lock you up!” Gummy replied quietly. He led me upstairs to the bathroom and told me to lock the door so nobody would be able to come in. I thanked him for his help, and I did what he instructed me to do.

The police came, and I grasped the key tightly. I decided that this was a great time to unlock the third portal, which would lead to a cold, icy place. I thought to myself, “It’s better than being in candy jail!” So I used the key to unlock the portal to Iceland. I was then pulled into the icy, cold world.

Chapter 4

“Wow, it’s warm here. I was expecting it to be cold because of the name!” I exclaimed. But I discovered that it wasn’t warm. It was just me, because I wore a warm, comfortable coat, furry snowshoes, and a fuzzy, cozy hat on top of my head. The land was lifeless, and there were no penguins, seals, or people at all. “Ugh, this is literally the most boring place. I thought it was going to be exciting here. Goodbye, boring Iceland!” I used the key and unlocked the portal to Emoji Land. I was pulled into the portal.

Chapter 5

I sat on an island that had so many emojis. Some were unicorns, and others were horses. There were mostly happy, sad, angry, and pleading emojis on the awesome island. “I think I might stay here for a while and hang out with an emoji or two.”

“Hey, want to hang out?” I asked a smiling emoji. “Sure! My name’s Happy! What’s your name?”  “My name is Kruti!” I replied. We first licked vanilla ice cream. Next, Happy and I ate delicious spaghetti with tomato sauce. We talked as we walked on the huge island. Finally, I had to say goodbye to my friend. “I’ll never forget you, Happy!” I exclaimed. I used the key to unlock the last and final fantasy world I would visit: Mermaid Kingdom. I was pulled into the portal and sent to Mermaid Kingdom.

Chapter 6

I was swimming in the ocean, but I suddenly remembered that I couldn’t breathe underwater. I didn’t have the strength to swim to shore, so I fainted. I woke up in a large palace, surrounded by mermaids and mermen. I realized that I had a mermaid tail. “Are you okay?” one mermaid asked. “Humans should be careful these days,” another one said.

“Thanks for saving my life! I could’ve drowned and died if it weren’t for you! Could I spend some quality time with Coral? I’ve waited so long to see her! Where is she, anyway?” I questioned curiously. “Here I am! Kruti, you’re back! I’ve missed you so much!” Coral exclaimed. “Do you want to watch more horror movies with my sisters and me while eating seacorn?”  “That would be delightful!” I replied excitedly.

So Coral, her sisters, and I watched movies while eating delicious seacorn. (By the way, seacorn is a snack that is just like popcorn, only under the sea!). After the horror movies, Coral, her sisters, and I played a board game called, “Mernopoly” and the video game, “Super Mario”.

I told them that I was vegetarian. Coral said she’d be right back. She asked the chef if he could prepare a vegetarian meal. Coral came into the room, and we played with dolls. Then we heard a sound that went “Ding, ding, ding!” “Oh, that sound means it is dinnertime! Come on, sisters! Come on, Kruti!” Coral, her sisters, and I rushed to have dinner.

There was roast beef, turkey, pumpkin pie, vanilla cupcakes, pizza, cucumbers, carrots, seaweed, fish, onions, garlic, seanut butter and jelly sandwiches, corn, french fries, and seanuts. Coral, her sisters, her parents, and I ate the delicious food. Once dinner was over, I told Coral that I had to go back to my house. She and her sisters said they would miss me. I hugged them tightly, and I used the key to unlock the portal that led to my house. I was pulled into the portal, and I sat on the floor of my bedroom.

Chapter 7

“Wow! I visited so many fantasy worlds, especially my mermaid friend’s home again,” I thought to myself. “I think I’m going to just lie down and…read…a…book…”  I was woken by the sudden shout of my name. “Wake up, Kruti, wake up!” my dad exclaimed. “You have to eat breakfast!” “Hello, Dad! I traveled to different fantasy worlds with just one magic key! Here it is!” I explained, holding out my hand.

To my surprise, it was empty! “Where…where did it go? I swear that I went to fantasy worlds, I swear!” “Okay, Kruti! I still believe that you went to fantasy worlds because I found that same key when I was about the same age as you.”  “Wow! That’s awesome, Dad! But I’m not hungry! I just had dinner with mermaids!”  “Okay, Kruti! I’ll just tell Mom that you’re not hungry anymore because you ate dinner with mermaids. I don’t think she’ll believe your adventure, but maybe the key might be hiding in our bedroom. Maybe that’s why you can’t find it. I can’t wait to hear about her adventure to different worlds if she does go.”  “I hope she’ll have a great time, just like me. Who knows? Maybe someday she’ll have the greatest adventure of her life. I know I did!”

By Kruti Patel