I Think We Have a Suspect

Amyra Singla

Age 8

I Think We Have a Suspect

Chapter 1: I Think We Have a Suspect

Once upon a time, Milly was gripping a tree. She loved hanging on them, so she decided to climb them. They were at Brooke Park. “Come down!” yelled Arian.

“Let her do it,” Sella said.

“She’s very picky anyway,” Arian snickered. Milly ignored her.

“Hey, did you hear about the strange new person in school joining us?” asked Sella as Milly reached the top branch.

“I know about him, but I didn’t really know why he is mysterious.” Arian tickled her legs.

“Are you afraid it’s a ghost?” asked Sella hauntedly and teasingly. Arian didn’t reply. “Anyways, people say it’s a mysterious one who doesn’t want to share its name. Well anyways, we better spy on him. Good news is he won’t be a bully like last time.”

“You mean Rick?” Milly guessed. Rick was a bully, not just to them, but to some other students in their old school. They changed their school, not just because of Rick, but also because of that bushy tail whose name was Miami, and she had a cat named Picka. Arian was allergic to cats, so she, Milly, and Sella had to move schools because they were friends since they were born.

“We should come up with a name for the guy,” said Sella.

“Don’t treat him like a pet,” Arian said.

“I’m not, I’m treating him like a mystery person.”

Milly hopped down from the tree and said to Arian and Sella, “Well, I’m going to go into the school to investigate.”

“Brave!” Sella teased.

“I’m coming,” said Arian. Sella had solved mysteries ever since she was little, but she hadn’t solved any since she went on vacation. But she had to agree.

“Fine,” she said.

They headed up the hill to their school and looked in every nook and cranny, but each time they looked, they saw a shadow pass by them in-

stead. They put on night vision goggles with a camera, so they could spot the suspect and take a picture. They split up in different directions—east, west, and south. Going north inside the school was very dangerous, and if anyone went that direction, they would have to call the police.

Mrs. Crook chose Arian, Milly, and Sella, but they couldn’t reveal their identity because Mrs. Crook said so, and in fact, he was the principal. “OK, we should get walkie-talkies, so we can communicate,” said Arian.

“Wait . . . don’t you hear . . . that?” said Milly.

“And don’t you smell that?” said Arian. Chills went down her spine. They looked at the wall, and a blur passed by them. Milly caught a photo of the thief. Arian, Milly, and Sella rushed outside to Brooke Park, and they looked at the photo.

“Wow!” said Sella. “I think we should cancel the break we took, so we can investigate.” Milly narrowed her eyes.

“I mean we should take a vote because we could look at the photo when we are at home and investigate more when we are at school,” said Milly. Arian lowered her hand for no school, and Milly and Sella raised theirs.

“OK, I guess we are going to go to school. And besides it’s better to do all the investigating we can since we don’t have after school,” said Sella. “I’ve been after school, and they do it right here at Brooke Park. And I know the perfect place to go . . .”

Chapter 2: Perfect but Quiet

“HEY COME TO THIS PARK HALLOWEEN ESPECIALLY,” a sign said right above the hanging wood carved sign.

Arian hated Halloween, especially when a fake monster scared her to death. “So, why did you bring us here when it’s not so eco-friendly for Arian?” Milly said.

“Well, here it is!!” yelled Sella.

“I definitely think Brooke Park is better,” whispered Milly to Arian.

Sella pointed to a tree that looked like Brooke Park’s tree. “OK, well, nice visit, but I’m leaving,” said Arian.

“What a scaredy cat,” said Sella.

“Yeah right, she’s been my friend longer than you, and besides being mean is not a must.” Milly slowly walked away.

Her feet were definitely squishing in the mud. “Come back!” yelled Sella. Milly ignored her.

When the after-school program was done, Milly found Arian sitting at the Brooke Park tree.

“Why is Sella so rude?” Arian said.

“I don’t know. But you know, we can find out what’s going on in her body,” said Milly.

“How?” asked Arian.

“Follow me. You’ll see.” They went into an old house on the hillside, and soon there was an answer. “Hey Milly, who’s y’all friend here?”

“Can you translate the farm language to English?” said Arian.

“Sorry can’t. Anyway, my name is Vanessa and as ya know, Milly.”

“We are wondering if you could see the inside of my friend’s body?”

“Yes,” Milly’s friend said. They hopped into the house and looked inside the lab.

“Wow,” said Arian.

“Welcome to the lab,” said Vanessa.

“I am going to yell out loud or something, so we need help seeing inside of Sella’s body.”

“OK, I’ll do good old research. Bye.”

“Wow, that was short,” commented Milly.

They went to Brooke Park, surprised to see Sella with Quav.

Chapter 3: A Mad Friend

“What are you doing?” asked Arian. “Hanging out and playing tic-tac-toe.” Arian grabbed Sella by the arm and dragged her to the fence. Tic-tac-toe is a secret thing, and you can’t tell anyone.

“Only one Sella,” said Sella sarcastically.

“Fine three. What? Who? Ummmmmmmmm my friends from first grade . . . I mean sixth grade. Sara Quinn, you, and Taire. Why?” “What? Those were like my enemies.”

“Well, they are my friends.”

“Where are they? They moved here,” replied Sella.

Milly said for Sella to apologize to Arian and Arian to apologize to Sella. “Friends?” asked Sella. “Friends,” said Arian.

“Breaking up. No way José! Can I still have a separate friend?” said Sella.

“Sure,” Milly piped in. As they left the park they ran into Sara, but they pretended they didn’t see her.

“We should investigate more,” said Milly.

“Sella can join us when she wants.” Arian smiled. They messaged Sella if it was OK to go to her house to get the keys. She replied yes. They jogged like a bunny and hopped like a cheetah. Oops, it was the opposite way.

Chapter 4: Suspect Found

They grabbed the keys and hopped to the school. They hid behind the barrels and also stood on the less noisy parts, hoping not to make a loud noise to scare the thief. Arian pictured herself, Milly, and Sella being heroes— and—”Come on!” Milly startled Arian and shook her head, getting out of her daydream.

“Boo boo boo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,” said a sound coming from the speaker.

“In the office!” yelled Milly.

They raced there only to find a note saying, “You can’t catch me now.”

“Get it! You can’t catch me now, not now,” said Milly. “Look, there’s code 789. Wait!”

Chapter 5: Finally

They rushed to the classroom, and they looked at the joke book, 7 Ate 9. There was one person who loved eating and jokes. Ria! They went to her house, and they were surprised to see her in a black thief suit, walking away. “Looking for me?” said a voice behind them. It was Sella. She used some of her distractions while Arian called the police. The police were at racing speed. Quav walked tiredly toward Sella.

“What are you doing here?” asked Sella.

“Finding you!” The police were finally there.

Quav stared in amazement but walked away like Snow White. “No!” Ria shouted.

“Yes!” said the police.

Chapter 6: Apologize

“Guys, I’m sorry,” exclaimed Sella, “I should have been friends with you, not Quav and Quinn.”

Milly and Arian looked at each other and smiled.

To be continued . . .