?????????????? ??????—In a little city in Nigeria, called Elysia.

  Students rushed out of the bus, murmuring as they saw the beautiful sight of the large museum they were in front of. Some had their phones, some held cameras, some holding journals.

  The lecturer, Mr. Marcus called the students together.

  “Gather around everyone” He said, waving his hands to give them directions. “In front of you is the first and official museum of Elysia, Mr. Andrew is your tour guide so pls...follow him and don't go astray”

  They all followed their tour guide into the museum, taking pictures and notes, and marvelling at the beautiful artifacts and scenery.

  Dave walked slowly behind his best friend, Moses, not seeming to have any interests in all that is going on.

  “I heard you broke up with Anna” He said suddenly.

  “I didn't break up with her, she broke up with me” Moses replied, still paying attention to the tour guide.

  “You must be heartbroken”

  “Nope I'm perfectly fine” He finally looked at Dave. “I didn't like the relationship”

  “What!“ Dave said with a frown of confusion.

  “I told her, I didn't like the relationship so she broke up with me”

  “Oooohhh” Dave chuckled.

  Dave looked at everything else apart from the tour guide, thinking of ways he could daydream. He saw a man walking suspiciously into a hallway. He had always been an adventurous young man and loved getting into things that weren't his business. He didn't care at first about the man, but he was sure he saw the man levitate for a second.

  “What the...“ Dave muttered. He couldn't help himself, he made sure no one was watching him and he followed the man into the hallway.

  The man walked into a room that was prohibited from anyone to enter, and Dave being a curious boy, followed him in. There was a vault made of strong metal, in which the man stood in front of.

  Dave watched from behind, far enough so the man wouldn't see him. The man made some signs with his hands and his hands turned into a bright glowing silver color. Dave gasped and was scared. The vault began to open by it's self and the bright golden light that shinned from the vault almost blinded Dave.

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  “Dave look at this artifact” Moses said as he pointed to a small beautiful sculpture, but he didn't hear anything. “Dave?“ He looked around but couldn't find him. “Oh, no. Where did this boy adventure to again” He was somehow able to know that Dave was in a hallway that led to room. “Oh my goodness, Dave” He said, and walked away from the group into the hallway.

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  The man enters the vault and comes out, holding a glowing necklace, with a beautiful pendant. But he wasn't exactly holding it, it was hovering above his palm.

  “Yes” He said with a mischievous grin. “Finally, the golden pendant is in my hands, I can finally break the curse”

  Dave gasped out of fear as Moses suddenly appeared behind him.

  “Dave, what are you doing?“ Moses said angrily, but without a frown.

  “Shut up don't let the man hear you” Dave said authoritatively.

  Moses saw the man and gasped. “Is that the golden pendant. It's real?” His face showing fear and confusion.

  “What!!!“ Dave also said out of fear and confusion. Moses noticed that there's some sort of facial resemblance between Dave and the man.

  “If he's a bad person he could destroy all of Elysia with this” Moses said.

  “I don't understand what you mean” Dave raised a questioning brow.

  “We have to stop him” Moses said.

  “What?“

  Dave tried to hold Moses. “No let's call security” But Moses charged in.

  “HEY, STOP” Moses said as though he was a police officer.

  “What” The man said with a brave confusion.

  “The necklace isn't yours” Moses retorted.

  The man laughs mockingly. “Is this a joke, an ordinary boy, who are you to stop me”

  “ First of all” Moses points a fist at him. “I am twenty one and my friend here is twenty one point five. Second I...“

  “Who?“ The man interrupted.

  “My friend Dave”

  “There's no one with you”

  Moses looked back and couldn't find Dave.

  “Looks like you lost your so called friend”

  “I don't care, at least, now, no one can see me” He cracked his neck dramatically. The man waited for the stupidity and awkwardness he was expecting.

  Moses pupils slowly turned bright neon yellow.

  “You are a warlock” The man said with a surprised accent.

  “You are not leaving this place” Moses said bravely. The man tried to walk but a strong wind prevented him and blew him back to his formal position.

  “Nice” The man said, a cunning smile forming on his lips. “You are really strong aren't you. Too bad I'm also a warlock and ready to fight you” His hand turned silver and Moses was flung backwards by an invisible force, it was as though the man used telekinesis to do that. He tried to walk again but he couldn't, Moses eyes was still glowing yellow.

  “Wind is your power drive unh?“ The man tried to touch the pendant but he was immediately thrown away, he hit the ceiling and fell on the floor with a loud thud. Moses was surprised but also happy.

  ****

  The men in the surveillance room didn't notice what was going on at first but when they did they saw Moses with the golden pendant on the floor. They immediately sounded the alarms and alerted the securities of the ongoing theft.

  ****

  Moses eyes stopped glowing yellow when he heard the sound of the alarm, the man immediately took the pendant and was about to run out the door, suddenly Dave came with a metal rod and hit it very hard against the man's head, causing him to fall and go unconscious.

  “Dave!!” Moses said out of surprise.

  “You have a lot of explaining to do” His brows forming a frown.

  “Take the necklace and return it”

  “What!?“ Dave stared at Moses like he was crazy. “I'm not going to touch that thing, you are the magician”

  “Exactly I can't touch it cuz I'm a warlock, but it wouldn't affect you”

  “Fine” Dave frowned as he went to to take the necklace from the man.

  Dave grabbed it from the floor and was walking to the vault, suddenly the pendant glowed brighter and started making a shimmering noise. Multicolored flares of light swaying around it.

  “What the...“ Moses muttered. “That's impossible”

  “What's happening” Dave asked.

  The man woke up, Ran and hit Dave with his elbow, Dave dropped the pendant and he grabbed it,(of course, by making it hover on his hands) he waved his hands which turned silver and the pendant disappeared. The man immediately disappeared In a puff of sliver-ish smoke, before Moses could do anything.

  “No!“ Moses exclaimed.

  “Where did he go” Dave said, in extreme confusion that almost made him dizzy.

  Security guards and police officers rushed in.

  “The thieves have been found” Said a female officer, into the walkie talkie.

  “What, we aren't the thieves” Dave defended. Another officer took off their back packs and started searching, also checking their pockets.

  “Tell that to the missing artifact, what were you doing here then” She said.

  “We came here because we saw a suspicious man here, he was the one who stole it”

  “And you didn't think to call security, and where is he now”

  “He disappeared” Dave said suddenly.

  “Trust me officer” Moses said calmly. “We didn't steal it”

  “Ma'am ?“ The other officer said.

  “What is it” He brings out the golden pendant from Dave's back pack.

  “What!!!“ Dave and Moses almost exclaimed at same time, dumbfounded, unable to give a logical reason to why it was found there”

  “And you say you aren't the thieves” Said the female officer.

  “We didn't do it, I swear it” Dave said.

  “Just stop talking, I'm afraid you have to be arrested for further investigations” She said as the other officer handcuffs both of them. “Next time, you wouldn't try to be heroes.

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