Brickhaven: CH 8 | A Trap at the Gate and an Impossible Ultimatum | LEGO Stories for Kids 8-12
A guard slips into the exile camp at midnight with a warning: Krag has turned the west gate into a trap, with orders to seize whoever carries the double-scored satchel through at dawn.
The usual courier is a thirteen-year-old girl with a limp — so Pip takes the satchel himself. He nearly outruns the ambush, until a second line of soldiers closes the field and Krag takes him.
By midday the ultimatum arrives: Max has one day to stand in the town square and publicly renounce his claim to be the Builder, or Pip goes to the dungeon. And Max knows that dungeon better than anyone alive — because he built it.
Brickhaven is a serialized LEGO adventure story for kids 8-14 — a ten-year-old wakes up shrunk to minifig size inside the LEGO town he built, where the champion he designed...now rules as a tyrant.
Perfect for kids 8-14 who love building, puzzles, and adventure. For fans of The LEGO Movie, a kids' edition of Ready Player One, and classic fantasy stories where an ordinary kid is the only one who can save the world.
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00:00:00 — A guard slips into camp with a warning
00:02:30 — The west gate is a trap — the target is the satchel
00:05:30 — A limping thirteen-year-old is the courier — so Pip goes instead
00:09:00 — Dawn at the arch — the trap springs
00:12:30 — Pip runs, and a second line of soldiers closes the field
00:16:00 — Krag's ultimatum: renounce the Builder, or lose Pip
00:19:30 — Max maps the dungeon he built — and the Destroyer inside it
00:23:00 — "I built it" — Max takes responsibility
00:25:00 — CH 9 — What Comes Next
I am the author of serialized fiction books for kids, teens, tweens and young adults, including:
- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure
- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure
- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier
- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation
- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory
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