Keanu And His Red Plane

 By: Lenny Isakbaev

One day a boy named Keanu rose up on a beautiful Saturday morning and prepared to be greeted by his mother for the usual pancake breakfast. He sat up in his twin sized bed, with his blue room full of action figures and stuffed animals. He walked down the hall of his two story suburban home and saw his father still sleeping in the master bedroom with his mouth drooling and the familiar sound of his snoring that would keep Keanu up at night occasionally. He turned into the bathroom to wash his face and comb his straight brown hair. Keanu was the shorter kid and he dressed fairly typical for a little 10 year old boy with his cargo shorts, plain green shirt, and pizza print socks. He made his way down the chestnut brown laminate stairs into the spacious living room which mixed into the living room. His mom was standing in the kitchen with her torso pressed against the counter as she furiously mixed the pancake batter which later turned into the wholesome blueberry fluffy delights that were Keanu loved his mom for. She was a great mother to Keanu and never put too many restrictions on Keanu so when he left his house to play outside neither Keanu or his mother expected his life to change that day. Living in a place similar to Denver, Colorado made going to the mountains and hills easy but not particularly safe. This was a daily thing for Keanu and he visited the rocky hills all the time so when he found a small opening tucked away in the cove of the rocky hills he was naturally curious and ran to begin cautiously exploring. Once he came upon the small opening to the cave, Keanu could not see but three feet in front of him so he decided not to explore that day and he raced home to prepare for his adventure the next day. Keanu liked to prepare for his expedition by laying out his flashlight, hiking boots, and yellow raincoat. He stuffed these items in a small backpack but not without including a few of his extra blueberry pancakes which always comforted him in sticky situations. Keanu had trouble sleeping that night and had very odd dreams about the small cave which made him hesitant to explore the next morning. Nevertheless, Keanu woke up early on the silent morning and everyone at home still snoozed in bed. He got dressed in his typical clothes expect now it was with boots and a yellow raincoat with the backpack full of snacks and a few emergency tools. He silently made his way down the laminate stairs so as not to wake his mother and then carefully opened the door to then make his way through the quiet suburban neighborhood which was located near the hills. After finding the small opening in the rocky hills he made sure to have his flashlight ready and then he hesitantly stepped into the opening making his way through the tight squeeze which seemed to twist and turn quite a lot. He kept hearing odd noises that were ominous and mystical in a way that made him more drawn to the dark depths of the spiraling cave. After encountering a very tight squeeze Keanu small torso was not small enough and he was stuck between two pieces of limestone rock. After yelling for help for several hours he began to slowly fall asleep and as he was in a daze he could hear faint snickers in the darkness when suddenly two slimy hands gripped his ankles and gave him a harsh shove which pushed him deeper into the cave. He scrambled as quickly as possible until he stumbled upon a large cavern opening which had a small moat around a structure of rock with a strange mystical sheen at the tip of the rock structure. Keanu focused on the mystical sheen and it seemed to shift around flawlessly and his curiosity peaked and he ran into the moat to then begin scaling the rock structure. Once he reached the peak and looked into the mystical sheen the light disappeared and there sat his small backpack which he ended up dropping when he was stuck. He heard the snickering again but then he opened his pack and saw that there was no more pancakes and instead there was a red paper airplane which could have weighed as much as 20 pounds and it was obvious that it was no regular paper airplane. This red paper airplane was fairly heavy for Keanu and it was made of some sort of unfamiliar ruby metal. Once he touched the plane it expanded and grew to four times his size which was too big for the cavern and then rocks and stalactite started to collapse around him. He saw the suns lights for the first time in what seemed like days and then he jumped on the paper plane which took off and flew into the falling rocks.Twisting and turning with complicated maneuvers, Keanu and the red airplane made off into the sky without a scratch. Keanu spent five days in the cave and this made many people worried which led to an all out police search for a missing child and when he swooped down into the small quiet town on his large red plane everyone's jaw dropped and many phones were pulled out to record. Keanu never did find out who or what helped him in the cave which troubled him and sparked a small flame of curiosity inside of him. He took his plane for cruises around the sky after school and wondered what may have been so slimy, had two hands, and apparently liked blueberry pancakes. Keanu was a special boy with a special airplane that had been hidden away into his backpack after collapsing back into the small size. He lived happily ever after with the constant thought of what might have helped him in that cave but he knew it was something magical. He started planning….