Some sleeping children are better left to their slumber

*back to present***

We woke up by twenty and six, had our breakfast and carried our luncheon in our bags and made our way to the castle, we were just one miles away from the castle when saw an odd looking old man standing by the road side making a stop sign while waving his hand in the air.

"Beniah, stop please". I said taping him on the shoulder.

We halted close to the old man, he looked at us and said in a cold lifeless voice.

"Go back lads, for asleep is what lies ahead, do not wake it". He said coldly avoiding our gaze.

We just stare at him in awe, we look at each other with a knowing look that says "this man is mental".

He then turn to look at us then said

"Only a fool walks through the valley and shadow of death and beckons on death and doom for his soul, heed my warning lads, and go back". The man said shaken.

Now, we all become scared of his attitude, Beniah quickly ignite the engine and we zoom off to the direction of our precious jewel.

"What the flip was that" angel asked in fear.

"a mad man or a drunker obviously ". I responded shrugging my shoulder in nonchalance, trying to mask my fear.

"Seriously, fellows, I'm starting to get uncomfortable with this journey". Jesse said.

"Since when were you comfortable about this whole thing".

Ket responded.

"Wait, how on earth he knew where we are heading to?". Angel said asking no one in particular.

"Because no one use this road anymore, obviously, judging by the amount of leaves on the road". Jesse replied.

"But what is an old and strange looking man doing here all by himself?".

"He look pale and lifeless, and his cloth is like that of the days of Noah" Beniah joked to lighten the mood.

Five minutes later we arrived at our location, we were all marveled at the beauty of the castle, I can't help but imagine the beauty of it a century ago when it was filled with life, but now it looks lifeless, the castle stood tall and elegant, rich with beauty except for the grasses the grows overtime on the roofs and dried leaves scatter around the surface of the ground, blown eastward by the wind, the place look unkept and remarkably dark, Its sight alone send a chill sensational fear down my spine, although, it's morning and about raining so it's natural for the atmosphere to be cold and dark because of the covering cloud, But the darkness on this part was alarming, the place look foggy and too dark.

Jesse suddenly broke the moment of silent

"Guys, am I the only one having a strange feeling about this place ".

"No, you are not" we all answered in unison.

"So, guys are we going in or not ". Beniah asked impatiently although his voice sounded weak.

"I don't love the ideas of been soaked in rain".

We all rush towards the building in hurry for it was raining already, we approach the gigantic building's door but surprisingly the door opened wide by itself as thou welcoming us in, we were timorous at first but due to the rain we ignored all safety and rush in.

The room, as rich as a palace is, big in size, well furnished with portrait of royal lineage which clearly dated to the predecessors of the throne framed with gold, the last portrait was that of the unfortunate king with I'll omen that professor franks briefly showed us, inside was surprisingly much colder than the rain itself, the house is filled with cobweb all around, much darker than it ought to be.

"Wow looks at so much gold in here ". I said in awe.

"This people were such a fool to ignore all this riches believing it's a cursed mansion and treasurer".

"Okay guys, let's engage on the mission, this place looks creepy and lifeless". Jesse said.

"well, there are things of interest here, why not filled our bags already while searching for the crown" I said greedily.

"And don't forget the crown is out top most priority " I added.

they all nodded in agreement, we all head for out treasure, filling our bags with any valuable we can lay our hands on, we were so lost in our joy thinking of all the incredulous riches this house is endowed with, we searched in every room, but it seems like the rooms is never ending, we come to a room which has a tag "prince Holmes" written boldly on the door, we went in hungrily and devour it of it riches, I saw a small treasure crest and went ahead to open it.

"Guys, come over here "I scream in delight.

They all rushed to me and for a while they have lost their breath already by be holding the beauty.

"Rubies "I said unbelievably

"25 of them, that makes five for each of us" I said.

We shared it among our self, in our mind we have made it in life, but we still haven't found the crown yet, we presumed that it must be at the throne room or the king private chamber, the rooms seems to never end, the castle is if two segment.

"Guys, we don't know what we might find ahead, so let's not fill our bags with less or non valuable things ". Angel reminded us.

"Yeah, she is right" Beniah agreed

"This is obviously not the king's or queen's chamber, we don't know what we might find there ".

Well, they have a point, we all gather together ourselves and straight ahead we went to explore the other chambers, if only we know what lies ahead.