Naive

It's a beautiful day, we all are anticipating for the great day, auspicious to be, at least that's what we thought, not knowing the darkness that clouds our seeking to find the un fog mystery of the deep, well, not knowing some mysteries are better left unsolved and also some sleeping children are better left to their slumber, not children most certainly but darkness, if only we know we won't be celebrating.

Chapter 1

***flash back***

"Good day everyone, you may all take your seat please "said professor frank gesturing us to seat.

We all sat quietly with interest, professor frank is quite a person of interest, his lectures are vivacious, and his tales filled with some ridiculous tales about either, ghost, vampires, witches, censure and many other mystical creatures which we find it very ludicrous and definitely not plausible but we can't deny that we do enjoy the tales, he even went ahead saying he once saw a witch, which earned him a nickname "the eye".

one hour passed and all of us got moody, the professor on seeing our facial expression and poor feedback decide to give in to our unasked demand.

He smiled, his signature smile that caught our attention and brings his intention to our notice, we all lean forward with keen Interest, wanting to hear his flabbergasting and ludicrous lies, which is funny that we find it of interest, well, it can cast away our boredom from the long unending lecture.

He smiled again closing his book, he sat down on the stage chair, crossing his leg over the other, adjusted his tie in a dramatic fashion then leaned back on his chair,

"Two centuries ago "he started.

in a beautiful castle at Wingsinham, at the time of king Titus, well, as most of us would know, he is the last king of Wingsinham, a very tragedic incident had occurred that shocked the royal family and the entire kingdom, yet the cause of the tragedy is still a mystery, although, legend has it that the cause of the of the incident is due to some diabolic happening that occurred in the palace, but of course as you all know people don't believe in myth, ghost or anything unseen they consider it not plausible.

The king was in love with his wife, so in love that he hired 15 maids to see to her all needs met with, he adored her and made absolute sure that she is the only wife, he kept no other wife nor mistress like his predecessors or his other royal friend. However, on his wife's birthday the king organized a humongous feast to celebrate her, the feast is considered Gargantuan by all those who attended, he is always proud to show her off to his guest because of her sumptuous and voluptuous pulchritude, on that very birthday the king made a public and official declaration not to marry another woman again, which earned him more respect and love from his wife and subjects, after hours of jollification the queen retired to bed leaving the king and his friends to continue with the celebration with strippers entertaining them the king got drunk and one of his friends who was envious of the king relationship with his wife doctored the king's wine and plan in his own mischievous ways which orchestrated the king sleeping with his wife personal maid".

The professor paused to check our facial feedback again; he smiled on the influence his story is exerting on us.

"The next morning the king found himself beside the maid, he was perplexed at first then the event that took place drown on him, he was devastated, not that it was an odd thing for a king to sleep around or keep a mistress but for the love of his queen and his word which he Publicly declared, and a king is never known to go back on his promise or it will be considered that he has no respect for his position and hence his word will have no value.

"What have I done?" cried the king.

"Two months after the unfortunate accident took place, the king discovered that the maid was pregnant for him, and she threatened to tell his wife about his infidel if he did not give in to her demand of becoming his secret wife or mistress, the king felt threatened by her words and secretly ordered her execution to preserve his honor.

And it was told that she was killed at the castle precisely at the stable yard, since then the king had known no peace for she hunted him every night and day, it was said that the king, queen and the young heir died a brutal and mysterious death, with two guards also who partake in the execution, all the guards and maid where tormented and scared out of their wits by a queer sound and chill that surrounded the palace and all ran away, and since then no one had and has ever entered the palace again, some people confess seeing a figure or hearing a laughter emanating from the palace when they pass by.

"And the sad part of this wonderful story is, the palace was sealed and the king's crown is still in it, some said the ancient crown decorated with precious stones is worth fifty million pounds ".

All of us were left dumbfounded after the story by professor frank.

"Wow, I can believe this ". Jesse said with mouth wide open in awe.

We are left in the class thinking about the tragedic story, wait, let me rephrase that, we were thinking about the precious treasure.

"That's a huge sum of money". Beniah said leaning back on the chair looking at the ceiling.

"The mind locking fact is that no one has ever attempted to recover the precious". said ket seating on Beniah's lap while the idiot massage her shoulder, the two couples are adoring and annoying, sometimes I wonder if the whole public love thing is to annoy us.

"Well, not officially, but rumors said that many individuals and thieves tried to recover the treason and

Since then but no story was made of their success or failure, some said they are trapped in the haunted castle, and obviously everyone is scared to go in and confirm the story " I said as the matter of fact.

"Of course, no one can, it's suicide, and ghosts are real". Jesse said with eyes popping out, oh that kind of look he wears when he is scared.

"Ohhh, Jesse don't be a chicken, ghosts are fictions by writers and only in movies" Ket injected with a mockery tone.

after a long talk , we all retired home, but I just cannot get the whole thing off my head, then suddenly the devil whisper the most stupid idea in my head, a beautifully idea that if it goes well, it will make me and my friends a millionaires. I couldn't sleep at all waiting for morning in order to lay my wonderful plan to my friends.

"No,no,no,no, that's suicide" shouted Jesse in disapproval

"I told you, he won't agree" ket said rolling her eyes "why can't we just go and leave him be, since he decided to be a chicken".

Well, she don't usually get along so much with Jesse.

we are in our usually hidden place, one of the school's abandoned room, I suggested the idea of recovering the treasure which was still unrecovered due to people's fear of the mysterious death and of course the ghost stories which i, or should I say we all choose to neglect, but except for Jesse of course which have a thing for mythology and also believe in all the supernatural balderdash.

"Come on Jesse, we are in the 21st century, those are all Hollywood fictions, they aren't real".

I said trying to convince him.

"Don't u are watch many account of people who testify and confirm this on YouTube?" Jesse insisted.

"Without substantial prove" I pressed on.

"So we should put our life on line just to test the theory?"

"Dear Moris, a cunning man solve problem but a wise man avoid it".

The others kept quite watching us, they know neither of us will give up, we both have that persistent spirit in us. Well, they know better than to argue with Jesse.

I kept mute for a while thinking of how to convince him when suddenly an idea pop into my head, an idea I know he won't resist.

"Ok, you said you needed money for your science project on your Tesla tower or whatever that is" said i.

His eyes suddenly pop out, and he kept mute, I saw that like a gateway so I pressed on.

"And this could be the best opportunity to do more and for your family, and also you can use the money to intimidate the guy that snatch you girlfriend, besides you know without your science project completed you can't graduate this year".

He was still quite, obviously thinking.

"Come on man, don't waste this once in a life time opportunity, only a fool will allow such opportunity to go to waste because of something he isn't sure of". Said I.

"Huh, you might be right though, this can go a long way for me ". Jesse said.

"That's my boy". Beniah shouted in delight smacking his head, he does that allot being a play type.

Angel smiled in delight "I think we need to get some things like food for our journey" she said reasonably. She is always the smart one, we all respect her serious attitude but she is friendly too, she always take care of us and treats us like her kids which is funny because she is the youngest.

We all nodded in agreement

"So when are we leaving". she asked

"On Friday night so we can lodge into a hotel for a night rest and then head to the castle which is almost 7 kilometers away from the main town ". I said.

"I also got us some ticket for the trip ".

"No way". Beniah interjected.

"There is no way we are going by train, remember we can bring this treasure by same way because of the train security checking protocol ".

"Wow, I can believe my baby got some brains "ket said playfully tapping his head romantically.

"That why you love me ".Beniah replied her pecking her cheek.

We all rolled our eyes, obviously knowing what will follow suit.

"He is right "angel broke our moment of thought.

"Beniah darling, we are using your car" she said.

Well, it wasn't exactly a request.

"No freaking way "he shouted.

We are turned and looked at him.

"Why are you all looking at me, my dads just got me this car and heaven help my soul if he sees a single scratch on it, there is no how I'm going to Wingsinham win with it".

We all kept staring at him, he had no chance of escaping and he knows it, then he finally gave in.

We took off and lodge into a hotel at the city of bohama which is not so far from Wingsinham, but funny enough none of us slept, we kept talking about our anticipating adventure and how and what we will use the money, and it was past three in the morning that we all retired to bed.