Ally General Mysteries: The Diamond Mystery (Chapter 1-Book 1)

by Kayla in Virginia

I always will wonder why Lady Justice had chosen ME! Me, Ally General. A normal,10 year old girl. I have always just wanted to blend in but NO! LADY JUSTICE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN THAT RING OF HERS! It was really strange how all these natural stuff kept happening! Tornado's, floods, fires, you get the picture! I am really happy she chose me. This is how it all started. The ring, the mystery agency, and me...this is the story that changed my life. This is the time some dumb ring saved my life. Okay, I know I shouldn't call it dumb because without it, I would be dead! But it is still, a ring? So, it all started on a Saturday afternoon....

I chewed the paste like substance in my mouth and washed it down with some milk. My mom was talking to Lady Justice. Lady Justice is my neighbor. Her real name is Jessica James Justice. She always wears a million dollar ring. She is totally obsessed with it! Anyway, Lady Justice was talking to my mom about her ring.I wasn't paying any attention to her story. Just having lunch. "Dear, where is your bathroom?" Lady Justice asked my mother. "Upstairs on the right. Ally, go show Lady Justice the bathroom." "No, now Mrs. General, dear..." Her face went gray. The whole room seemed to stop. For the first time in 40 years. (Thats was Jessica says)) her ring was gone. Lady Justice could of fainted right there. Suddenly, my mom ushered Lady Justice out of the house. "Please, Miss, we...er...have to go!" Odd, Lady Justice was in OUR house. So, how come....I thought about this for some time. Lady Justice looked like she could faint. " ALLY! COME TO MY HOUSE!"

I hesitated because I had never been to Lady Justice's house.My mom refused to let me go. I was bored so I ignored her. I gasped  as i walked down stairs. I say the world in a strange way. It was so strange, I can't describe. The world looked like it was upside down. I was amazed. I was walking on the sky while the everyone else was...on the the sky??? I mean, the sky was on the ground while the ground was in the sky? Confusing, yes. Lady Justice didn't seem to notice. When I got to her house, Things where even stranger! Lady Justice's house was stranger than anything I have ever seen. Think about a Indian house mixed with African American. There where pictures of people form th '8o pictures of things from the 19 century!

"Have a seat!" Lady Justice said to me as she pulled up a chair. I was nervous because the chair didn't look that stable. Lady Justice sat down in one of the seats. "Lets talk about you new case."

"Case as in a mystery case?"

"Yes dear."

Pause. Lady Justice stares at me.

"Ummm, what do you need, ma'am?

"Oh, call me Lady Justice."

Suddenly, I spot a photo of a class.

"Do you see my picture? It was my 1st grade class. I gasped. The photo had said class of 1901. Could some on be a alive for that long? "Are you ready for my case? There is a reward!" she gives me a stack of bills. I think it was about 15 billion dollars! "Okay, here is my case!" "Wait! I know this is rude but how old are you?" I had always thought Lady Justice was about 45. But that would be impossible! "Oh, I'm only 12,000 years old." Lady Justice said it as though that was not old. Suddenly, my chair broke. My butt banged on the mud floor. "You...12,000 years old???? But how is that possible?" I must have sounded desperate because of the look on Lady Justice's face. "Awww, don't you know? I thought you where the one?!?!" The one? "I'm guessing you family is dead, then?" I was nosy. So? My neighbor was over a thousand years old! "Yes, died in a fire and some old age." I asked permission to ask some questions.

" How old is the oldest person in you family?"

"WAS, honey. Thats easy! Bill-Bob! He was 100billion years old. He just died."

"Who is the youngest?"

"Mary-Anne. She is upstairs. She is only 10."

I was confused. I thought her whole family was dead? The was a strange noise upstairs. Like some one shooting some thing. We raced up-stairs and gasped!