A Journey To The Center of the Earth

“Sizzzzle…”

“BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!”

“Tick, tock, BOOM!”

Good day. I am Viola Fangue, and you are in the Top-Secret Laboratory of Dr. Klepto and the Fangue sisters.

It all started when my sister Jade and I got an amazing idea for an invention. It was crazy, but it could work if we had the right tools to develop it. We went to our eccentric friend, Dr. Klepto, to see if he could help us, and thus the Top-Secret Laboratory was formed.

Our idea was simple. We wanted to create a suit that would enable us to “swim” through the layers of Earth. Finally, after many years, we successfully manufactured three Heat-Resistant, Liquid Lava Protector Suits! Next month, we go on the big test drive, into the layers of Earth.

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Today is the big test drive! I am shaking with excitement as we speak. Right now, we are in the TauTona mine in South Africa, where our journey starts.

I took a deep breath, gripped Jade and Dr.Klepto’s hands, and plunged into the ground.

At first, I saw nothing but rocks and dirt. However, I was slipping down faster than a penguin on its belly, and soon started to feel very warm. Jade’s muffled voice rang out, and though I couldn’t see her, I heard her wail. “Viola, what if this doesn’t work? We’ll be vanquished by the heat!”

“Jade, nothing will happen. We spent many years making sure this would work,” I replied.

Suddenly, I wasn’t slipping down anymore. With much struggle, I swam out. Klepto swam in front of me, and I could see a blurry image of him. It felt like I was sitting in very warm pot of thick pudding. This, I realized, was the mantle, made of solid rock. Klepto, Jade, and I swam for hours, puffing and panting into our oxygen tubes. We were about to just give up when Klepto made a discovery. “If we swim directly downward, we will reach the core in no time. The convection currents will carry us along!” He was right. An invisible force was pushing us downward, and the temperature was ever warmer.

When we reached the outer core, I suddenly felt very light. “Wow!” Jade exclaimed. “This is liquid lava!”

“That’s right,” Dr. Klepto said. “This is a liquid molten core of iron and-“

We hit the inner core before Klepto finished his sentence. I pushed and pushed, but couldn’t get through the inner core. “That’s because this core is solid metal,” he said after watching my struggle.

“WE DID IT!” Jade squealed.

That was when it dawned on me: we were at the center of Earth! I sat on the inner core, exhausted yet ecstatic. We had really traveled to the center of the earth. It repeated in my mind over and over.

Though, after this experience, I must say that I prefer the crust to the core any day!