Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 186

The Magical Eye of Island Mocha Kennedy School, Subramanian, Thiyaa - 9 As we crept silently towards the boat, I wished dad had finished what he had started. Once we reached the boat everyone pushed it into the water and then we sailed away. The night wind was cold and the boat was rocking like crazy in the waves. After two long days of sailing on the blue ocean, I saw the green Island of Mocha sitting on the horizon. I nearly shouted with joy. We reached the shore of the island in the afternoon and unpacked all our our tools, gadgets,c food and clothes from the ship onto the sand. Then we wandered around the island looking for a cave or a large space where we could pitch up our tents. Jacob and Richard stayed on the sand keeping an eye on the supplies. After maybe 30 minutes Lennie found a large cave It smelt like fish guts but we decided it was best we stay here.Soon we settled in. The sound of swishing waves coming now and then was so relaxing. We set up a fire and began discussing how we would find the treasure while roasting the crabs that Richard caught on the beach. When the sun was setting we sat on the beach quietly thinking about treasure. We woke up early in the morning so we could have a full day to look for the treasure. After having cookies and juice for breakfast we split into groups to search the island. I went with Jacob and Richard, Lennie with Maya and Lizzy. We put on our hats and took our torches and emergency backpacks ad left the cave. My group decided to hike to the top of a mountain where we could look for clues on where to find the treasure and to have a bird’s eye view of the whole island. Maybe we would see a place the treasure could be hidden. ”Where do you think the treasure could be hidden?”, I asked Jacob as we hiked along the trail. “I think it would be in some kind of cave or may be hidden under the sand!”, replied Jacob. “I wonder how the others are doing.”, enquired Richard. The other group had decided to follow paths in the jungle to look for clues. ”The scent of the flowers is heavenly but we have been walking forever! Hey look there, it seems like some sort of a clue…!”, said Maya. The girls saw a small rock with something written on it. ”This is perfect! I think we are onto something. Someone read the clue.”, said Lennie excitedly. Lizzy read expectantly, “Where the sound of water is heard, press a button and you will see…”. “I can't read the rest, it’s faded.” she complained. Meanwhile the boys had found another small rock with the same thing written on it. After a while, the groups returned back to the cave and ate lunch while discussing their clues. Suddenly Lennie shouted, ”The clues are the same. This is very weird.” “Let's use our isvisible seeing glasses to see if there are any words written in invisible ink!”, suggested Lizzy. Lennie removed her invisible seeing goggles. She put them on and said, “Hey, I see some words! It says, The heart of the island is a cave. So we must find the heart of the island cave.” “But there may be more to the clue. I think we should keep exploring.” exclaimed Richard. The Next day we all left but this time together to the other side of the island. It was a long walk. We reached there at noon. We climbed trees and dug in sand but couldn’t find anything. While climbing a tree, I accidentally stepped on a something sticking out and everyone underneath got stuck under a net. I pulled the net as hard as I could but it was stuck. After thinking for a long time I got an idea. I found a sharp piece of wood and used it to cut the net. Good thing my plan worked and we got back to searching. While we were talking and walking, we fell into a deep hole. Since we had no equipment, we couldn’t get out. It seemed like we were stuck in there for hours together. Then Lennie devised a plan, “You all make a wall and I will try to climb up and out of this hole. Once I’m out I can throw our rope down and pull you up one by one.” said Lennie. We decided to try Lennie’s plan and we all came crashing down.