Preface

The School Diaries is a new series I made to share my adventures which I have in school by writing blogs. I actually thought of making it in 2020 - about two years ago from now - but then there was the horrible coronavirus so the school was online.

Now, thankfully, schools have opened offline,  so I thought "Let me write the School Diaries now, which I thought about a few years ago!" So here it is, on your device right now!

The Super Six is a mystery-solving group I made with a few of my friends- Kartikey, Viaan, Ashima, Pakhi and Aaradhya. But in this story, it’s called the Super Seven. Read it to see why!

Happy Reading!
Aanvi Bamba
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Chapter 1 - Settling Down

We had a school trip in Goa from the first of October to the seventh.
When we arrived, we stayed in an amazing hotel, in room number 217.
At the reception, we found a very kind and nice woman. She said her name was Maria Fernandes. She was really kind as she gave us free tickets to the play zone. She also gave us some tasty cookies. Mmm!

It was an amazing room. It had 3 bunk beds, so we decided on our places with rock-paper-scissors. The result came out like this- one for Ashima at the top and me at the bottom, Aaradhya at the top and Pakhi at the bottom, Kartikey at the top and Viaan at the bottom.

It also had a little dining table with 6 chairs and a living room with 3 sofas. It was made for us!

(best room EVER!)


Chapter 2 - Making A New Friend

We also made a new friend.

She said when we first met, "Hi, I'm Isabella Fernandes. I live there in one of those bungalows. My mom works here. Call me Izzy. And you are?"

I replied "Oh! You must be Mrs Fernandes’ daughter. We met her at the reception. We're the Super Six " I gave Isabella a handshake and told her all about it.

"It is a mystery solving group I made with my friends Aanvi, Pakhi, Ashima, Kartikey and Viaan" said my friend Aaradhya.

"Now, let's make it Super Seven!" said Aaradhya

"But why?" asked Ashima and Viaan together

"Because we have a new member amongst us today, did you forget? replied Kartikey.

"Isabella of course!" I pointed out

Izzy said " Call me Izzy! Isabella's too long!"

"Fine" chorused the Super Six.

Then we heard a voice from a speaker saying " Mr. Amit K. Gupta's baggage has been lost. Please see if it has been misplaced in any room accidentally. Thank you."

"Oh! That's Uncle Amit!" pointed out Izzy

"Who's he? " asked Viaan and I.

"He’s my neighbour! I am in 28 and he is in 29" replied Izzy " He actually lives in Delhi, but he is here to stay for a few months. He came on 30th September i.e. Yesterday and will leave on 31st December."

"Where do you live in that township? " asked Viaan. " Sunflower, Rose, Daisy, Tulip or Petunia?"

"Daisy Bungalows. I'm in D28 and Uncle Amit is D29" said Isabella

"Ha ha ha! D for Delhi, D for Daisy! Let's go to D29 and ask Uncle Amit a few questions" said Viaan who was the inquirer of the group.

"It is dinner time now and a bit late for investigating. We'll go tomorrow" said Izzy

"Yes" replied the Super Seven together

"I'll stay here tomorrow and find some info on the internet. Just email Aaradhya or me with the flight details after you ask him. Until then I'll see the hotel's website." said I, who was the technical one; "One of you can take an iPad and email the details"

"So, Aanvi and I will stay here tomorrow and Viaan, Pakhi, Ashima, Izzy and Kartikey will go to D29. Pakhi will take her iPad and Ashima will email me. Fine?" asked Aaradhya

The Super Seven nodded their heads in agreement.


Chapter 3 - Going to D29

Izzy knocked on the door of the beautiful little white bungalow. A tall man came out. He looked around six feet tall.

"Hello, dear Isabella." he said, in a sweet voice. "Who are your friends here today?"

Izzy said "This is Pakhi, Viaan, Kartikey and that is Ashima" pointing to each one of them. "They have made a mystery solving group so we came here to solve the mystery of your suitcases."

"But now we have Izzy in our group today too," said Ashima, smiling.

"Mr Gupta, can you tell us your flight details so we can email them to Aaradhya and Aanvi, who are in the hotel room right now. They'll see if the baggage was left there. Can we call you Uncle Amit? " asked Viaan.

"Yes, you can call me that. My airline is called Goan Airlines, my seat no. was 13B and plane no. UL987." Uncle Amit replied

"Thank you so much!" replied Kartikey.

Until then, Pakhi mailed me the details.

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"Aanvi, his airline was Goan Airlines, aeroplane no. UL 987 and seat 13B." said Aaradhya, reading out the mail.

"I found it! Call Pakhi quickly! His suitcases are still left on the plane! " I screamed

She called Pakhi as fast as she could.


Chapter 4 - A Big Problem

"What happened, Aanvi? " asked Ashima

"I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I can see that UL 987 was on 30th September, as Izzy told us. It is written, 'THE BAGGAGE OF MR AMIT KUMAR GUPTA - WHO WAS SITTING ON SEAT 13B - IS STILL KEPT IN THE COMPARTMENT. PLEASE TAKE IT BEFORE THE FLIGHT ON 1st OCTOBER. THANK YOU.

The bad news is today is 2nd October. It was yesterday! " said I

"Look at the website to see if it had been postponed to some other date" said Kartikey, tilting the iPad camera to himself.

"Amazing idea! Yippie! It is postponed to tomorrow. Tell Uncle Amit to get his baggage now before he misses it! " Aaradhya screamed in joy.


Chapter 5 - Victory For The Super Six

"Uncle Amit, your suitcases are still left in the plane!" screamed Viaan "They say you should redeem them now before it’s too late."

"The plane is still there at the airport. It is now flight no. UL 456 but they took the suitcases to the Lost & Found." said Ashima

The 5 of them ran to the airport because it was not more than a kilometre or so away. Uncle Amit was a fast runner because he was also a PE teacher once.

They went to the Lost & Found and got the baggage.

"Thank you so much, kids!" said Uncle Amit

It was a miraculous adventure and we, the Super Six, hope there are more mysteries like this.

Wait for more mysteries of The School Diaries! Until then read some Garbad Lal stories :-

Mission 1 - Rescue at Zoo

Mission 2 - Digital Rescue

Mission 3 - Cooking Adventure

Mission 4 - The Mysterious Theft

Mission 5 - Fixing the Thieves