The Hidden Mission
Mary Shanet Mueller
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Group 4: Fiction, St. Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary & Primary School
What an interesting day! Today is the 4
th
of April 2009. First of all, history class! It was
risingly not the usual boring classes. I’m pretty shocked to say this but ... today’s history
s was pretty interesting. Mr. Marshaw talked about the Great Wall of China. I’ve heard of it
sted until this day. It has so much history; the way it was built, its size, which without a
doubt makes it the longest man-made structure in the world, the events that happened during its making, etc. I
was crept out to find out that some people call it ‘The longest cemetery on Earth’ due to the huge number of
people who died during the building of the wall. We didn’t cover that much content of the Great Wall today so
I’m going to go on YouTube and see what I can find since I’m not much of a reader so Wikipedia wouldn’t
really help me. Anyways, Tata for now! I’ll tell you about what I find later.”
“
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Anastasia closes her diary and goes on YouTube to search for videos of the Great Wall. (Surprisingly, not a
lot of videos that were related appeared. But finally, she found a video.) She excitedly clicks on one and waits
for the video to begin. The video begins and she starts dazing off. She gets so caught up in the video that all of a
sudden, her surroundings change and the next thing she knows, she’s in the video! “Where am I? Am I where I
think I am? … CHINA!? ” She asks herself in excitement and disbelief. She rubs her eyes and pinches herself
several times before finally giving up. She starts walking a few steps and starts to explore the place. “What
beautiful scenery, I have never seen anything like this in my whole life! The mountains, the sky, the fresh air,
just amazing,” she tells herself. After about an hour of strolling, she pauses and her jaw drops. “What…How
silly of me! I’ve been walking on the Great Wall of China this whole time!” she shouts. She carefully studies the
Great Wall by tapping the floor and touching it. She finally decides to sit on the side to take a rest. “Whoa!
What an eccentric yet amazing dream I just had,” she says after waking up where she is seated in front of her
computer back in her home in a small village called “Willowcomb”.
Everyday after school, because of her obsession with the Great Wall, she keeps going back to her “dream”
of actually being in that place. She eventually spends almost all her time dazing off into the Great Wall in her
dream. However one day, when she was back in the Great Wall, something unusual happened.
“
Dear Diary,
You wouldn’t believe what I have just encountered! Like normal, I went on YouTube and I was in the
exact same dream as the past few days. There was no one there as usual but this time, there was a voice, which I
couldn’t figure where it was coming from. It said ‘Anastasia, take caution when you are here. There is a mission
destined for you and your brother, Clifford. Help us please!’ I woke up immediately all stunned. It was such a
strange dream because it felt so real!
At dinner, Anastasia and her family gather and start eating. Anastasia who is full of thoughts and
information about the Great Wall couldn’t resist and started telling her whole family about the Great Wall.
“
What do you guys think? Isn’t it fascinating?” asks Anastasia. Her parents uneasily nod and change the
topic.
“
Anyone up for apple pie with ice cream?”
“
Dear Diary,
Just finished dinner! I don’t understand.. At dinner, I spent so much time talking about the Great Wall and
all I got was a nod or two. Why were they uncomfortable when I was talking about it? I don’t see any reason to
be … ”
Suddenly, she heard a knock from her door. She quickly hides her diary and gets the door.
“
Let me guess ... I did not steal your Mars bar, okay?” she tells Clifford.
“
It’s not about that, we have to talk about something which I know I should’ve told you a long time ago but
I wasn’t sure if it was really something.
But first, wouldn’t you kindly let me in, little sister?”
“
Fine, but if this is a prank or anything, I get to have your part of dessert for 2 whole weeks. Deal?”
Clifford rolls his eyes once more and shakes her hand. They both sit down and Clifford reveals everything he
knows.
According to Clifford, he heard their parents talk about how they will never let Anastasia and Clifford go to
China because they wanted them safe.