Alexander

Its just luck, i swear!

First things first, i needed to find a place to live. Typically a boy of my height, weight, build and age (if i knew how old i was) lives at home with his family. This could be a problem for me unless i found my true family, i've read that every living thing comes from a family. As for now i don't have a family, i must find some means of getting money and surviving in this overcrowded city they call Los Angeles. I was walking along the streets as usual, trying to find food and shelter to survive, when i came across an electrical shop. They had many television monitors on display and one in particular showed people on a game show winning money for just simply answering questions. This could be it, this could be how i get started, i can answer everyone of those questions.

Todays the day of the game show, the day i get my normal life started. I arrived at the channel six studios and made my way to the stage. after being mic'd up i was ready to begin. The first round began, speedy questions!
"What year did the great fire of London start?"
"1666."
"What's the oldest smart phone?"
"The IBN Simon."
"Who was the first actor to refuse an Oscar?"
"George C Scott."
"Alice and Meg are the first names of which titular Shakespeare characters?
"The merry wives of windsor."
"And that brings round one to a close, with five thousand dollars because you answered all the questions, so you received your one thousand dollar bonus." We had a short break and went straight back into the game, this time i had a chance to times my winnings by one hundred, easy right?

"This round you will be answering questions on celebrities." Luckily for me i brushed up on my magazines and biographies before i came on the show.
"Ok, Can you name six characters from the hit programme 'Keeping up with the Kardashians'."

"Kourtney, Khloe, Kylie, Kendall, Kim and Rob."

"What was the last film Angelina Jolie stared in?"

"Malificent."

"What game does Model Cara D. host a radio show on?"

"Grand theft auto five."

"Lastly, what youtuber has a podcast on iTunes called 'overexposed'?"

"Kingsley"

"Well once again you have won that round with all correct answers, your total now is five hundred thousand dollars. Would you like to go home with your winnings or try and receive five million dollars?" I didn't even blink before answering "I would like to stay please and see if i can win that cash prize."

"So this round is a little different from the last two, this time your going to be up on your feet and trying to solve this puzzle that has been laid out on the floor, this puzzle has no edges or lines as it has been taken from the inside of another puzzle, you'll have as long as you need but you'll need to solve it to complete this round." I had not practised this but many of the children's books in the library's had had these puzzles in them before and i had been able to solve them fairly quickly although this one seems much more advanced, a real challenge. I analysed the pieces and then it all clicked, all i had to do was draw the real image in my mind and work out how many pieces there were in the total image. Before i knew it clapping and cheering came from the audience, along with a disbelieved face from the host. "I can't believe you've actually won, you've won the five million dollars! Congratulations! Heres your cheque now! Thank you for playing today, what will you do with the money? is it a present for your parents?"
"Um...no, no its not but I'm going to buy a house and car and then enrol in school."
"Not tryna smash your hopes and dreams but your all set for life you don't need to go to school!"
"I won't be going to school to learn facts, dates or how to spell. I'm going to school to learn life skills, the things that you can't read in books." The first chapter in my new life began as a young reckless teenager!