Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 63

That night, Ling couldn’t stop thinking about what she had done, just when she thought all hope was lost, she heard Asher murmuring in his sleep. “Zzz…take command of the ship tomorrow…zzz…we’ll be rich and famous…zzz…” Ling gasped, “How could you!” Asher continued, “We’ll contact the other pirates and fight…zzz…” Admiral Zheng and the sailors would be in danger! It was a quiet morning until there was a big “BANG!”. Just as Asher had mentioned, the fleet had been surrounded by other pirates. Then, chaos erupted. Everyone was fighting for their lives. Suddenly, Tersilla charged at Yun while he was distracted. As he was a good fighter, he didn’t seem to need any help, but he then got exhausted. Ling wanted help, so she charged behind, but Tersilla was quick on her feet. It was a fearsome fight, it wasn’t clear who would win until Ling fell on the plank, Tersilla used her sword to stab her, Ling rolled away in the nick of time, but accidentally pulled off the wicked pirates mask which revealed Tersilla’s identity. “Ahhhhhhh!” shouted Ling as she fell. Opportunely, Yun grabbed her hand. “You saved me, now it is my chance to return the favour,” he said with a smile. All was well after Ling and Yun caught the Crossbones Crew red-handed. When they went back to the present, they had never been so glad to be back at school. “Welcome back!” welcomed Professor Fa. “I have a little surprise for both of you.” He opened an old History book, and found Ling and Yun’s name in the Ming Treasure Fleet’s crew list!