The Case of Buried Treasure Chapter 1

As I was going through some of my things, I came across one of the four mysteries my cousins and I wrote as youth. We were about ten at the time, so the story is pretty simplistic and not very realistic. Still, it was fun for me to type it up. It is only nine chapters long, so I decided to post it here chapter by chapter. I put it into paragraph form and fixed some punctuation for clarity purposes, but I left the misspellings intact. Here is chapter one:

The DTB Cousins

The Case of Buried Treasure

Chapter I - The Search in the Old Mansion

The DTB Cousins decided to go to the old mansion on Euclid Ave. When they arrived Troy said, "Let's make a thorough search of this mansion. Remember Chief Harper made an announcement that whoever found anything in this house may keep it."

"Let's split up to search this place," said Darin.

"Okay," said Brad.

Troy said, "I get this floor, Darin can have the second floor, and Brad can have the attic up at the top."

The DTB Cousins split up and began to search. Brad, who was searching the attic saw a chest. He opened the chest and looked inside. He felt the sides and felt four lines in the shape of a rectangle. Brad pulled out his pocket knife and pried open the compartment. He pulled a slip of paper out of the compartment and discovered it was a treasure map. Brad pulled out the other papers in the compartment. Brad put the papers in his DTB folder. Then he began to search the closet.

Meanwhile, Darin, who was searching the second floor, went to a bedroom first. He was inside and headed straight for the bed. Darin got on his hands and knees and looked under the bed.

A man came up from behind. The man grabbed Darin and dragged him across the floor. Darin tried to get free, but couldn't. Darin then yelled for help.

Troy had gone to the living room and was searching the fireplace mantle when he heard Darin's yell for help. Troy quickly ran up the stairs.

Troy saw Darin's pocket camera on the floor by the bed. "This must be where the fight was," thought Troy.

By the time Brad had joined him, Troy picked up the camera and they both began to search for clues in the bedroom.

To be continued...