Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 122

A Deadly Voyage
St. Stephen's College Preparatory School, Kwok, Sum Yu - 9
As the ship departed from the coast of the Southern Sea of China, Young Captain Zhuang knew that he
was going to go give away some treasure. He sat down on his chair and thought for a while.
" Actually, should I keep it or should I give it? ''
It took him a while to figure out what to do. He always made the right choice.
It was the time where pirates were cruel and evil and mean but he didn't care. As long no one killed
him he would be fine. His best sailor, Chen Wen, was looking at him the whole without blinking. Captain
Zhuang looked back and saw Chen looking at him. He was surprised that he was interested in him so he
told Sailor Chen what was he thinking.
" Aye mate, we know that these times, evil pirates. '' Chen Wen replied in a miserable face.
" These times you'll know why. I ain't gotta tell you. ''
The ship stopped by a little island on their way to the northern sea. The three little pirates, Meagan,
Annabel and Alicia , stood and looked at the island.
"Look! There's some pal over there ! '' they exclaimed.
And sure enough when they went on the island they saw two tough and strong men. " Ahoy
Matey! I am Captain Zhuang from Beijing. Would ye like to join ! We'll give you enough money and food.
'' Of course, they joined the gang.
'' Avast ye, we're going off to The Canadian Ocean where the treasure fleet is. We pirates
will give out money, but we will pass the Northern China Sea, '' said Captain Zhaung
''To our new pirates: We're the Ming Treasure team. We serve for pride and I hereby present
ye my seadog, the old salt, Chen Wen the sailor. So, what're we waitin' for? Yo Ho Ho! We'll set sail to the
northern seas! Somebody raise the Jolly Roger! ''
Not far away from the southern sea, the northern sea was ruled by a very famous team of evil pirates:
Captain Chua's Pirates. They are known as ''The Killer Pirates'' as they always kill and there is a theory that
no one can ever beat them because their weapons are too strong and powerful. But Captain Zhuang knew
that it wasn't real. One day he would beat them.
Many days passed as the sailors, pirates and Captain Zhuang prepared their strong weapons to defeat
Captain Chua's Pirates. He was pretty satisfied that he had so many dangerous weapons and his pirates
worked hard, except one, Pirate Rong Yang. He always pretended to be nice but he was cruel. He always
messed things up and today was his punishment.
"Blow the man down! Let him walk the plank! E's bad, he's a maggot !E's going to feed the
fish! E's a landlubber! Me fellow pirates, let this be lesson to you!'' shouted Captain Zhaung.
All the other pirates had never seen Captain Zhuang shouting at someone. They were
all surprised and fascinated. At last, Rong Yang went on the plank and drowned. That was the end of his
journey.
''Chen, I'll talk to you later. The others, go and fetch the monkeys,'' said Captain Zhuang.
'' Aye !'' the pirates chanted.
'' Chen, come with me. I want to take you to a secret place. It's at the rear of the ship.”
Captain Zhuang ordered. They went to the back of the ship and there was a secret tunnel leading to a
tremendously beautiful room where there was a small table with two seats and some tea.
'' Have some tea. '' Captain Zhuang said,
'' Never tell any pirate about this matey. Now I will tell you how to be a better sailor.''
Suddenly, Chen heard thunder and lightning. Thunder roared and he knew if lightning
struck the boat would sink. He quickly ran through the secret tunnel and told the pirates about the chance
the boat would sink and when they looked down there was a gigantic sperm whale! They were all
frightened when this chaos happened. Even worst, they were almost in the Northern sea!
''Thar she blows!'' said one of the pirates as they panicked and panicked.