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Chapter 2 - The Scavenger Hunt

The first clue was "I am pointy and silver that can be used to take any measurement, if I am not careful it can be permanent if I use the wrong thing, what am I?"

I had a think for a while and then I remembered, the rulers in the math room! So I ran to the math room and find a problem on the bored with Mrs Anderson. Mrs Anderson was a nice teacher who helped other students. "Alright Cassie, here's your question." She says with a smile. I look at the board and see the question. "Octagon + Hexagon - Square = ?" I think for a while and then figured it out. Depending on the amount of sides of the shape that's the number. So it's really 8+6-4. Which would equal 10. So I wrote the answer on the board and Mrs Anderson gives me the next clue. I read it carefully to figure out where to go next.

"I am fragile and can easily be broken if not careful. I can be used to hold things and also can be used to measure. What am I?" I had a think for a while and thought of two things. Either a beaker from the science lab or a measuring cup from cooking class. It mentioned something about measuring. Which usually we would always do in cooking more than Science. So I went to the cooking class..and I was right. It had a bench with equipment and ingredients.

Mr White was at the classroom with Miss Bloom, the gardening teacher of the school. They gave me a recipe for me to make some cupcakes and to decorate the cupcakes. Seemed easy enough since I always did baking with my mother at her bakery. So I managed to bake the cake easily. Decorating was the hard part for me since I was never really the creative kind of person. I did my best and they tasted the cake. They both agreed it was delicious so they gave me the next clue. This time it was a riddle.

"I never appear when others are around, only when not looking. Messes usually get cleaned up easily when no one is around. Who am I?" What is this grade 2? I know who it is. It's that old creepy janitor. I went to the janitor's closet and grabbed the next clue at the door.

"I am round and can be thrown, I am used in a game that is very well known. I can be thrown but never kicked. What game is it?" Oh you got to be kidding me. I have to play basketball?! The worse part is the gym teacher always has been a creep too. I walked to the gym and find the whole school there sitting at the benches. Including the teachers. Mr Johnson had given me 3 chances to shoot a ball into the hoop to claim my reward. Lucky for me I was wearing sweat pants that day so he doesn't stare at my ass like a pervert. My friends cheer me on as I attempt to throw the balls into the hoop. I managed to get at least 2 with some luck. With the last one I had to move back for, I step back and then throw. Everyone looks at the ball to see if it goes in. It spins around in the hoop for a while until it finally goes in! Everyone cheers and claps for me.

That's when I realised it was a dream and I woke up. Because I knew it was too good to be true that I actually managed to shoot 3 balls into the same hoop without failing. Better get ready for the move then.