Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 261

The Advneture of the River
Pui Ching Primary School, Wu, Tsz Yeung - 11
“We’re under attack!”
I froze for a second and ran onto the deck to see a pirate ship sailing closer and closer.
“Get your weapons and defend the ship!” Said Captain Marcus.
The ship exploded, sending shattered glass and wood everywhere. As if on cue, another shell hit the
deck. I felt myself fly up in the air and land with a thump before falling unconscious.
My name is Charlie Jackson. I was eighteen years old when I first heard that a fleet of ships will sail
around Asia and bring treasures and goods to other countries. Enthused by the idea of sailing the seven seas,
I immediately joined. In a week’s time, I was on board a vessel named Princess Andromeda. I was given the
job to clean the toilets. Every day, I woke up at five and started cleaning the toilets.
One day, I felt a spout of water spew out of my mouth and I woke up, I found myself on The
River. After a few more days of sailing in the Pacific Ocean, The River’s crew finally saw land and prepared
the gifts and hid some weapons in case the enemy attacked us. All of us walked on land for a while before
seeing a lot of wooden huts packed together. We walked towards the biggest hut and knocked.
“Who’s there? Why are you trying to knock my door down?” A voice asked.
“Sorry, we thought it would be rude to enter without permission,” I said.
“That’s weird. Well, you have my permission to enter,” the voice said.
“What are you doing here, strangers?” The voice said.
“We have brought gold and silk as a gift for you and your people,” I said.
The king in the hut looked shocked.
“How can I ever thank you?” Marcus said, “These are gifts, you don’t need to pay.”
The man wearing a big crown asked, “Do you have more with you?”
“Why do you want to know?” I said.
“Be…because I want more. Guards, seize them!”
We drew our hidden weapons and pointed them at the king’s guards. Then, a guard threw a stone and
Marcus immediately shot him dead.
The king said, “W…what was that?”
“It is death if you and your guards don’t behave.” I said.
“I’ll behave, I’ll behave.” The king cowardly stood behind his guards and I glared at the king and said,
“As punishment, we will give you nothing; you must learn how not to be greedy.”
As The River's crew sailed back into the humongous ocean, the weather got foggy. A fleet of metal
ships appeared out of the mysterious mist and charged straight at The River and surrounded our crew. They
moved in closer like greedy sharks hunting their prey. Each of the ships threw out a long metal rope and
tied them to our ship. We tried to cut the rope but it was no use, the knife didn’t even make a dent! Then,
the ships pulled on the rope and dragged us into the mysterious Pacific Ocean.
I arrived with the River's crew on an island called Bahrain and the pirates from the other ships ran
onto the River carrying wicked golden swords, electric spears, exploding arrows... The kidnappers tied us
up and carried us to a palace. Inside the palace, sat the fattest man in the history of the world. He was so fat
that if he stood on a scale, he would immediately break it.
He said, “Hello, sea wanderers. I am the great king of Bahrain, keeper of the biggest sheep herds in
Asia.”
Then he looked at his guards and said, “Guards, feed them to the sheep!”
Marcus laughed and said, “How can sheep eat us? Everybody knows sheep are vegetarians!”
The fat man chuckled and said, “You'll find out very soon!”
The guards held Marcus and threw him into a pen of sheep, which was in front of the palace. I could
hear Marcus's screaming as the sheep tore his body apart and blood splat everywhere. Everybody shuddered
as Marcus had his death sentence. In shock, I froze and the next thing I knew, I was struck by a sharp metal
object on my head. I was knocked unconscious before I even had a chance to react.
In the days of being in prison, I thought about what was my purpose here. Why do I live? Is it for
my friends at home or my mother? At first, I thought of just giving up trying to escape from this prison and
just get eaten by the sheep. After a few days, I made my decision. I finally saw the chance to help my
friends, which was when the guard fell asleep with the keys in my reach. I carefully pulled the key out of its
holder and unlocked my handcuffs, unlocked the locks on the door and freed my friends.