Fountain+of+Youth

media type="file" key="Fountain of Youth 2.m4a" width="300" height="50" One afternoon, I was walking home from work. My name is Chad Nelson. I'm a 50-year old man who wears striped long sleeved shirts and baggy jeans. I just finished my work shift, when suddenly, something caught the glimpse of the corner of my eye. I walked over to the glimmering object on the ground. It turned out to be a key.... A key to what? I thought I'd keep the key until I found out who it belonged to. I picked up the key and placed it in my pocket and continued my way home.
 * __Fountain of Youth__**

That evening I studied the key for a while. The key was no ordinary key. It was shaped like a mail opener. I'd figure out what its for sooner or later, I thought. I was quite tired so I went upstairs and got ready for bed.

I was strolling around when suddenly, out of no where, I heard a raspy voice. The voice was very faint and it kept on calling out "Use Majah's key to find what will bring you youth, power, and supremacy." The voice kept on repeating itself. As the repetitive voice kept talking, it got louder and louder until ...... I woke up. I had perspiration all over my forehead. The phrase kept repeating in my head. "Use Majah's key to find what will bring you the Fountain of Youth." Who is Majah and what is this Fountain of Youth?

The next morning I went downstairs and got ready for work. When I opened the front door, there was a letter in the mailbox. The letter was from a guy named Majah. Weird, I didn't know any Majah and that same name was in my dream last night. I quickly opened my letter and inside the letter was a small piece of paper with a smudged writing on it saying "Use Maha's key to find what will bring you the Fountain of Youth." This was getting really weird. First, the words appear in my dream and now a random letter from a guy names Majah have the same words too? I threw away the letter and continued my way to work.

I was having a pleasant day at work at the bank when a customer came up to me and said "Give me Majah's prized possession."

"Who are you and what is with this Majah guy or whatever," I asked. The man was wearing a grey tuke and grey parka. He looked very obnoxious.

"Give me the key and no one will get hurt," shouted the mysterious man.

"What key, w-w-what are you talking about," I asked once again impatiently.

"The key to Majah's Fountain of Youht," shouted the man angrily.

I suddenly remembered the key I found on the road yesterday. I took it out of my pocket.

"This key," I asked the man.

"Yes, hand over the key and no one will get hurt," he boomed impatiently. He made a grab for the key, but missed.

"First you must tell me who is this Majah, what this key is for, what is this Fountain of Youth, and how do you know I had the key," I asked wanting to get some answers.

"Fine, but first you have to hand over the key after, UNDERSTOOD?"

"Sure"

"I knew you had the key because I was leaving my house when I saw an old man looking at something shiny. I went close and saw that it was Majah's key. Majah was the Great God of Kulingapar. He held all power. No one dared to underestimate him. Anyone who tried to take the throne away from him was severely punished. One day, Majah decided to make something that would represent his superiority. So, he collected all his troops and told them to create a giant fountain. The fountain would contain the most replenishing, mystical, and holy water. Anyone who drank the water would feel like they were 20 years younger. The fountain was done and was named "The Fountain of Youth." The fountain was open to the public and people began to gather around and drink from the Fountain of Youth. Everyone began to feel younger, but their physical appearance didn't change. Nobody cared about that though. Then one day, Majah shut down the Fountain of Youth. The only was to turn it on was with the key. Majah kept the key to his side 24/7. Anyone caught trying to steal the key was guillotined. No one knew why the fountain was shut down and it has never been used since. Now, hand over the key!"

I neglected to hand over the key. I wanted to know more about this "Fountain of Youth."

"Where is this Kulingapar," I asked the man.

"In Africa, now hand over the key or you'll pay," the man said with his eyes locked on the key.

"Hey I got an Idea," said. "Wanna go find the key together?"

"Old man, I'm not playing games right now. I'm the only one that holds the knowledge of finding the Fountain the Youth. I will never join you on finding the fountain."

I needed a way to get him to help me find the Fountain of Youth. Then I thought to make a deal with him.

"I'll give you $2500 if you help me find the Fountain of Youth."

"Okay, I guess I'll help you out here. Hmmmmmmmmm. You've got it old man, you've got yourself a deal." We shook hands to seal the deal

"Hey old man, what's your name?"

"It's Chad, Chad Nelson. Yours?"

"robby Jackson."

I was packing my stuff to head to Kunlingapar. I have never heard of such a place. It was nowhere on the map. Robby said it was on the island of Madagascar. I took out the key and wondered what the Fountain of Youth would look like and what I'd feel like when I drink the water. I could already feel the water replenishing my mouth. Oh, how I'd like to feel 20 years younger again. That would be a miracle. I finished packing and left to meet Robby at the airport.

After our suffering 10 hour flight to Madagascar, we went on our search for the Fountain of Youth. First, we needed transportation so we rented a car and drove out to Kulingapar.

The drive took hours and hours. My head was hurting and I was feeling really nauseous.

"Robby, how much longer is it till we're there," I asked.

"It's going to take about 2 more hours till we get there," answered Robby.

I moaned and tried to go back to sleep, but I couldn't.

When we finally got to Kulingapar, I sighed with relief that the agony was over. I look around. The place was pretty barren. There was no one in sight and there were lots of torn down buildings. Mosquitoes were flying everywhere.

"So where is this Fountain of Youth hidden," I asked swiping at the mosquitoes.

"It's in the far tomb over there," Robby answered pointing at the small little triangular building at the far end. We got our packs and headed towards the Fountain of Youth.

As we made our way to the fountain we head a man's voice moan. It was really close. It seemed to be coming from the long patch of grass to my right. We headed over to the patch of grass but no one was there.

“OOOOOOO,” shouted a raspy voice. We turned around and saw a naked man with a long beard.

“Who are you,” I asked the man.

“OOOOOOO, OOOOOO,” the man replied. Then he ran away towards the Fountain of Youth.

We finally made it to the tomb where the Fountain of Youth was encased. On the front of the tomb was a key hole. I took out my key and inserted the key into the hole. It fit perfectly.

The tomb started to split apart and the ground shook as it did. When it finally arrived to a stop there was a magnificent looking fountain in the middle. I knew it was the Fountain of Youth. The fountain had no water pouring out of it and at the top of the fountain was another key hole. It was the same shape as the one before. We walked up to the fountain and I inserted the key into the fountain. There was a moment of silence as we waited for something to happen. Then suddenly, water gushed out of the fountain and filled it up. We were shocked with amazement as we watched the water pour out. I dipped my hands into the water. The water was clean and pure. Robby also dipped his hands in. As we were going to take a sip of the water we heard a cry. The water in my hands was gone and the same man we saw before came running at us. He seemed very greedy looking. He was looking straight at the fountain. The man shouted and shrieked. Robby backed away and the man dipped his hands in the water and took a sip.

“OOOOOOOOOOOOOO,” shouted the man with glee. You seemed to be flailing around and doing some kind of dance. Then he suddenly came to a stop and turned to us.

“Thank-you for bringing the Fountain of Youth back to life. Let me introduce myself. I, if you might be know, am Majah. I was the one who created this fountain. I gaped in shock and I didn’t know what to say.

The silence was broken by Robby and he said “If you are truly Majah, the great God of Kulingapar, then tell me why you locked up the Fountain of Youth.”

Majah replied, “Yes, I did lock it up, but I never wanted to. I was forced to lock it up by someone who I cannot say. He never told me the reason why I should lock it up. If I didn’t obey what he said, he would kill the citizens of this place. He would kill one citizen every day. I’ve always wanted to bring back the Fountain of Youth to the people. When the evil man died, I had lost the key to the fountain. That is the story of why I locked up the Fountain of Youth.”

I turned to the fountain and stared at it.

“Am I allowed to take a sip,” I asked Majah.

“Please do,” replied Majah joyfully. The water tasted so good. It was so refreshing. I could already feel myself younger again. I wanted this sensation to last forever. We said our good-byes to Majah after our fill of the water and we headed back home to Florida.