Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 56

Attack of the Reptile Pirates
Shrewsbury International School, Zarin, James - 7
CLANG! The sounds of swords clattering together was deafening. SHING! BANG! Gee and his friends
were delivering food to South Africa when a bunch of muscular pirates named after reptiles attacked them.
BOOM! Gee and his brother, Yee, who had a robotic hand, were accompanied by their two best friends,
Yang and Woo, who quickly jumped out of the battle to sharpen their weapons. Suddenly the reptile pirates
set their ship, the Zhang, on fire. When they walked out of the Armory, all of sailors they travelled with
were dead except Captain Ming. He was injured and dying. When Captain Ming saw Gee, Yee, Yang and
Woo, he whispered urgently. “Can you get the mission done? It would be very kind of you - Farewell, my
friends!” Before he fell noisily to the floor.
Yee, Gee, Yang and Woo were all squeezed together in a filthy canon. The reptile pirates got them! Cobra,
one of the reptile pirates, marched up to them. He lit the cannon and then Captain Komodo, the leader of
the reptile pirates yelled to them, “We’re going to blast you far away!” The next thing they knew, they
were blasted off high into the sky.
Gee opened his eyes slowly. When he woke up, he saw that he had landed in a bush! He could see Yee was
unconscious to his right and Woo buried in sand to his left, but where was Yang? Unexpectedly, there was a
loud crash which woke everyone up. Yang had fallen from a tree! They quickly made a raft big and strong
enough to hold them all. It was on this raft that they managed to get all the way to China!
It was a rough and hard journey. When they reached China, they told the Government about their
adventure. A funeral was arranged for Captain Ming. Some sailors continued the mission of bringing food to
South Africa while others went to deal with the reptile pirates. Thankfully, the evil pirates ended up
jumping into the sea because they were so scared!
Later that week, Captain Ming’s burial procession arrived at the cemetery. As everyone gathered around
they heard a familiar voice behind them. “Hey! What are you guys doing giving me a funeral? I’m not even
dead. This is one of the reptile pirates that tried to kill you guys,” he said, pointing to a pirate on the floor.
“You’d better lock him up. I also learned how to swing from tree to tree. Monkeys nursed me back to life.
They are unique, clever and have a secret language. You should get to know them. Now, I’m going to have
a short nap if you don’t mind.”
Captain Ming fell to the floor and started sleeping. Everyone thought his speech was hilarious and started
laughing hard. The villagers went back to their homes and went on with their lives. They never heard of the
reptile pirates again.