Part 1:
A girl in the 1950s discovers a note left by her long dead father. The note explains how he was a leader in one of the two rival groups in the area. The note instructs her to go stay with her older brother and his girlfriend. When she gets there, her older brother hands her an envelope that he says he was supposed to give her.

When she gets to her brother's place, he gives her a note that he was instructed to give to her by their father. It instructs her on a certain date to go down into the other rival groups territory after the big citywide party. There she will find the next clue.

She goes out with her brother and his girlfriend to a dance club that is right in between the two groups territory. While both of the groups are there, she sneaks out back behind the club to the location she was told to go to. When she gets to the back, she meets a boy from the rival group. He agrees to help her and they find the final clue.

She starts to fall for the guy that she met behind the club but since they are from rival groups they can't do anything. They meet up at midnight and look for where the final clue leads to. When they get to the final place they are caught by the group that the boy is a part of. The group members thank the boy for leading them to the location of the mans treasure even though its obvious that he did not want to do this. He begs the girl for forgiveness for betraying her.

They manage to shake the group and double back around to the spot. Up high there sits a small wooden box. She opens it with the boy and inside the box lies a series of pictures and other things given to him by the girl over the years. There is one small note in the box that says my treasure was you all along.


Part 2:
The first clue is that she needs to go to her old house which is now her brother's place and look for where they made the sweetest of music. this is the inside of an old guitar that she and her father used to use when she was younger. The guitar sits in her old bedroom.

The second clue inside the guitar says to go to the top of their favorite place to dance. This is a dance club that is in between the two groups' territories. When she arrives there the next clue is hidden in a pair of dance shoes underneath a bench on the roof.

The third and final clue was inside the shoes. On it it says go to where they said goodbye one last time. This is out at the rocky cliffs to the old treehouse where she last got to see her dad. The treasure from her dad sits inside of the old chest in the center of the treehouse.

The boy that she meets behind the dance club is from the rival group that her father hated. The boy agrees to help the girl but he ends up being forced to betray her. The girl had thought that she could trust him and that he knew how to help him but he ended up being a red herring.


Part 3:
Hello sir! My name is Linda Scott and I'm the reporter for The Times. Can you give us your name and what exactly happened down at the cliffs last night?

Well Im not really feelin' like giving you my name. Priviacy and all. But last night at the cliffs was crazy. I really thought that them kids wouldn't be able to get away.

Kids sir? Would you care to elaborate more about this?

There were two of em. A boy and a girl. The boy was from the Everly gang, my group. The girl I could tell was an Ivy. She kinda looked like the old leader, James kid. We saw the pair sneak up out to that lil treehouse that is out by the cliffs.

Treehouse? I wonder what they were doing out there.

Anyways the two kids were getting ready to climb up the ladder and then some of the Everly people stepped out from the shadows. They started to run after them kids and were shoutin “give us that box.” The girl and boy ran away from em and they went straight towards the woods and disappeared. The Everlys went running after them shouting and making a racket. Later on the kids creeped back into the clearing. They snuck up that treehouse ladder and later on came back down with a box. i wonder what was so important in that box to them kids.

I don't know sir. But thanks so much for agreeing to speak with us. Linda Scott, signing off!


Part 4:
Nancy took one last deep breath. She stood outside the dingy exterior of the dance club while she waited for her brother and his girlfriend to catch up. She smoothed down the fabric of the yellow dress she wore and stood up. “Now or never” Nancy muttered under her breath. When she pushed open the door it felt like an explosion of color and sound. The girl's bright dresses swirled this way and that as they danced in the center of the room. She could hear rock and roll music playing above the clamorous noise of chattering. The men were off to the sides mostly and were sipping drinks. Shutting the door behind her, she immediately scooted off to the sides. Her brother and his girlfriend walked in right after. She stood where she was until they disappeared into the crowd. Nancy stood there against the wall and pulled the note out of the pocket of her dress. In her dad's flowing script it read “Go to the top of our favorite place to dance my little star.” She felt a twinge of sadness whenever she read over the part that called her his little star. She slung her black jacket over her shoulder and started to make her way towards the back door. Her head was already pounding from the music and the sound of people talking. When she reached the door she gave one look around to see if anybody was watching her. They were all focused on the dancers. Slowly she pulled open the creaky door and stepped out into the cool night air. As Nancy shut the door behind her back she could feel her headache start to cease as the sounds inside became muffled. Out back there were some old wooden crates alongside some old chainlink fence. She stepped around the puddles and walked towards the rusted old ladder that led to the roof. Suddenly a voice behind her said “What's a girl like you doing out back here” She jumped and slowly turned around to face the voice. Nancy saw that he was a boy. He appeared to be around her age and was wearing a beat up leather jacket, jeans, and black high tops. He had his blond hair slicked back and had these starling green eyes that seemed to pull Nancy in. Finally, she snapped out of her trance and managed to get out “And who are you?” she asked. She turned back towards the ladder and began to climb. She threw her jacket up to the ledge and looked back down at him as she waited for an answer. “My name is Michael” the boy responds as he looks up at her. “Nancy” she quickly responded as she reached the top. She turned away and was getting ready to look around the rooftop when she heard the sound of someone climbing up the ladder. She whipped back around. Michael's head popped up from over the ledge and he called out “What exactly are you doing up here?” Nancy sighed and turned back around. “I'm looking for something that my dad left for me up here.” She called back. Up there on the roof, sat was a small tent area covered in gauzy white sheets. Inside Nancy could make out a string of lights and a pair of red dancing shoes. On the ground sat a small radio and basket. Just looking at this place brought back memories of dancing up here with her dad. She could hear the sound behind her of Miachel pulling himself up onto the roof. She walked over to the tent and skirted around the puddles on the ground. As she got closer she could make out something sticking out of the pair of shoes. When she stepped inside she could hear soft music pouring out of the rickety old radio. Nancy snatched up the pair of shoes and pulled the note out of the toe of the shoe. On it read “Go where we said out goodbyes one last time.” She took in a deep breath and said “I'm coming Dad”

totals
part 1:353 words
part 2:225 words
part 3: 255 words
part 4:685 words
all:1518 words