Holly and the diamond ring by Seren

The lights of the Jewellery shop flickered on and of.The doors had gathered a thick layer of dust from not being open for some time.Outside, the paint peeled of the old orange bricks. Inside, it was icy cold. Holly rustled in her pocket for the keys. She placed it in the rusting key hole and turned two clicks anti clock wise. Holly and Liah stepped inside and the floorboards creaked underneath there feet.

They creeped up the ancient staircase up to Holly’s room. Her mother used to work in the Jewellery shop downstairs and they lived on the second floor. When the door creaked open everything was were Holly had left it. She sighed with relief when she saw her diamond ring was safe!

Liah picked up the ring with curiosity, she glared at something engraved into the gold. “Look at this code, what do you think it means?” she asked. “It must open the safe downstairs”exclaimed Holly excitedly.

“So this is what all the fuss is about” said Holly glaring at the code

“Indeed” came an icy voice lurking in the shadows. Holly immediately recognised her mother’s old friend from collage, Professor.Brown.His white hair spiked upwards and his smile lacked in warmth. He snatched the ring from Liah and saw the code.

In the blink of an eye Professor . Brown opened the ancient wooden door of the cellar and the two girls got locked up in a cold dark room. The lights wouldn’t work and around them it was as black as the night sky. Cobwebs hung from the ceiling as sticky as glue. Dust covered the floor. The doorways firmly locked and there was no windows they could fit through to escape.

“We will never get out of here,” sighed Liah. “Yes we will,” said Holly. Liah shook her head in the darkness but Holly couldn’t see.