Isabelle Seldon - Aged 10 - Runner Up!

This story is part of a larger series, where Supreme Leader Isabelle and her butler Jerry-Lee go on adventures.

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At 12 o’clock, in the midday sun, an old dude walked as slow as a snail up to an ice cream van. He wanted an extra-large multi-flavour ice-cream and Derry -Jee made it for him quickly, before immediately closing the ice-cream van for the day.

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Derry-Jee thought he was the most evil person in the world and he wanted to control the universe. So, the moment he shut the ice-cream van, he

began to research The Gem of Glory.

 

The Gem of Glory was a rock. It was a blue rock. It was a special rock. It was special because it had magical properties and you could use it to take over the world, or even the universe! It was blue, because that was its colour. He had been looking for it on Google for a long time, and he had narrowed it down to three places: Brazil, the North Pole, and Lundy Island off the coast of Devon.

 

Derry-Jee was convinced that his dreams were going to come true: he was going to find it, he was going to get it, and he was going to rule over everyone.

 

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Meanwhile on the other side of the world, Supreme Leader Isabelle and Jerry-Lee the Butler were at the Spaghetti Desert! The sand was like linguine, with strands as long as a giraffe’s neck. When the grains moved under the wind, they sang songs like wind chimes. However, sunny and bright, the Spaghetti Desert was not perfect: it was a land of melting ice-creams.

 

“Jerry-Lee, I’m so glad you brought the portable freezer, but you really should have brought some more ice cream for yourself. I would share some of mine, but it’s just so hot today!”

 

Jerry-Lee let out a sigh and rolled his eyes at the Supreme Leader Isabelle. She was his best friend, but he wished she had learned to share as a child. 

 

Isabelle had been ruling as Supreme Leader of the World for twenty-five years, since she was seven years old. She was such a natural at looking after the world, that all the countries had agreed to let her rule even though she was a child. She was as good at ruling the world as a cat was at catching mice. Jerry-Lee had been her babysitter when she was younger, but since her promotion he had become her butler. Together, they were on almost-constant holidays, but they did some ruling on their days off.

 

When they were finished with their Spaghetti Desert safari, they returned to the hotel absolutely starving. Luckily, the hotel had made lots of marmalade sandwiches, so Isabelle and Jerry-Lee tucked in.

 

As they were eating the sandwiches, which tasted like sunshine, Jerry-Lee received a letter from the receptionist. Upon opening the letter, Jerry-Lee the Butler went pale and curled up like a scared chiggy-pig. “It’s from my evil brother,” whispered Jerry-Lee.

 

“Oh cool, I didn’t know you have a brother,” replied Isabelle cheerfully.

 

The letter was an invitation to Derry-Jee’s house. Isabelle insisted Jerry-Lee left immediately, as he hadn’t seen his brother in donkey’s years.

 

So, Jerry-Lee went straight away, even though he was as reluctant as a wildebeest crossing a croc-infested river. He was scared, as Derry-Jee could be not very nice.

 

“Can I talk to you about something serious?” requested Derry-Jee when Jerry-Lee walked through the door. Jerry-Lee nodded. “I want to take over the world, just like we always dreamed!”

 

Jerry-Lee gasped and squealed, “you mean like you always dreamed. I wanted to open up a farm for sea cucumbers!”

 

Derry-Jee ignored him, “I’ve almost found the Gem of Glory and I want your help to get it. Then, I’ll give you all the sea cucumbers in the world once I’m Supreme Leader! Look at this map, I think it’s in one of these three places!”

 

Jerry-Lee promptly muttered, “Okay, cool, yeah, sorry mate, I’ve got to go now!” Then, he walked to the door and ran all the way back to the hotel once he was through it. Even for all the sea cucumbers in the world, he would never betray Isabelle… plus, she had ice-cream!

 

When Jerry-Lee got to the hotel, he ran straight to Isabelle, almost tripping over a red hat in the lobby. Super fast, he squashed out his words to say, “Derry-Jee is trying to take over the world using a super stone!” Isabelle just kept munching on her marmalade biscuits.

 

“We’ve got to go!” Jerry-Lee demanded in a panic!

 

“Can you just get me a cup of tea first?” Isabelle said, because her mouth was dry from all the biscuits.

 

Jerry-Lee sighed, “uh fine, that’s okay. I’ll make one for me too, but then we have to go!”

 

One hour later, after packing up and having some tea, they got on the airplane. It was amazing and a VIP jet. The re was a bath full of bubbles and a bed as comfy as sheep’s wool. The food was as amazing as the rainbows that appear on the ground from the car oil. Of course, Jerry-Lee sat back in economy, but Isabelle had a great time

 

As soon as they arrived in Brazil, they started asking people if they had seen the Gem of Glory. Nobody had. They went off to explore the jungle, but Isabelle quickly got distracted by a very nice flower.  It was spectacularly colourful like a rainbow, and the middle bit was the same orange as a sunset. There was a blue jacket draped over it, which seemed very strange.

 

Then…a net came down!

 

Jerry-Lee raced to save her, but then… another net came down!

 

They were trapped!

 

It turned out that Derry-Jee had trapped them and sent them to prison, so he could search Brazil by himself for the Gem of Glory. However, he didn’t find it, despite interrogating Jerry-Lee and the Supreme Leader Super Star Isabelle.

 

Derry-Jee eventually flew away from the country, like a bird, except he was in an airplane.

 

It took Isabelle and Jerry-Lee a full night to figure out how to escape from jail. Isabelle remembered that Jerry-Lee had his super-shrinker in his pocket, and so they turned themselves into the size of ants to sneak through the bars.

 

Once they were out, it was only five minutes before they were full-sized again.

 

Naturally, they went straight to the airport. They were going to go to the North Pole, but they were so tired from all their growing, and they had some awful stitches, so they decided to take a break and go on holiday to Lundy Island.

 

When they arrived at Lundy Island, they tried to find their room, but there were none available as there were loads of bears visiting on a cruise.

 

Eventually, they found one…kind of. It was actually a cave. Dark, wet, gloomy, this cave was not somewhere you wanted to be. Luckily, Jerry-Lee brought a mini-TV with him that stretched out super big. Of course this wasn’t enough for Isabelle, “don’t you have a any popcorn, and a sofa, and a bed, and loads of stuff?”

 

Jerry-Lee sighs, “uh, I knew this was going to happen.” So, he unpacked his ginormous suitcase and made the room a comfy place to be. They fell asleep watching programmes about cakes on Netflix.

 

“Jerry-Lee, you should really learn how to bake”, yawned Isabelle.

 

The next day, they were off. Bright and early, they went on a walk to explore Lundy Island to see what they could find.

 

“I saw some bear footprints earlier and I can smell some marmalade. Maybe if we find them, we’ll find a tea party!” Jerry-Lee announced. Isabelle thought this was a great idea and they went hunting for food.

 

After a while of walking for a bit, Jerry-Lee said to Isabelle, “did you know this was one of the places Derry-Jee thought the Gem of Glory might be at?”
 

“Do you mean the ocean-blue sparkly thing I saw five minutes ago?!”

 

Jerry-Lee stared at her in shock, and then they both started sprinting back to the sparkly stone.

 

As they arrived at the spot, they saw Derry-Jee! “Get away from my stone. It’s mine!”

 

“Chaaaarge!” yelled Isabelle.

 

Isabelle, Jerry-Lee, and Derry-Jee collided in a pile of legs, arms, feet, faces, and hands.

 

Beside them, somebody giggled and then coughed. They looked up. Holding the Gem of Glory was a bear: Paddington Bear!

 

“I’ve been following you this whole time. Now, I’m Supreme Leader. Mwahahaha. You’re fired, Isabelle!”

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To be continued…