Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 201

The Crew's Adventure
Western Academy Beijing, Lynn, Miriam - 9
The Crew’s Adventure
ALL HANDS ON DECK! shouted captain Shang to call a meeting with the crew of the ship.
“Whats wrong sir? Let me guess, hmmm.. did another chicken fall overboard again? “No Oliver, this
time it is more important than a chicken falling overboard” corrected captain Shang. “Can I have
you attention everyone!” Everyone stopped talking Immediately, which was actually very surprising
because normally everyone would ignore the captain and continue talking. Shang felt like he was
with a different crew! He announced that the emperor Ming has asked the crew to sail around the
world exploring and bringing her gold to offer to all the kind people they meet! Every one gasped
excitedly. The next morning the crew started to pack up straight away, focussed on what the
Emperor had requested!
A friend on board
Finally on April, 8 ,1400 we started to make our way across the sea to find kind people around the
world. We decided first to head east, across the Pacific. During the voyage, every one was fighting
for the Fruit Loops,
because there was no other food that you can actually call breakfast, just lobsters and squid. Nobody
really liked to eat them, especially because they had been prepared by the chef whose voice really
makes him scary!! So no one ate his food.
Another challenge was with friends. Everyone on board had a pal to talk to, at least once in a while.
That sort of made me feel sad. But there is someone named Lín on board who I hoped that one day I
could be friends with. I know I can’t be her friend if she’s not asking me and I know I can’t be like
this for the rest of the Journey so there was only one thing to do. I walked straight up to her, my
heart was beating as fast as lightning. I did not know what to say so I just simply opened my
mouth ”uawwmmm uuh” which did not come out right!! Now my heart was really beating as fast as
lightning. I could not see it, but I just knew I was blushing. I ran to the quarter deck as fast as I
could. I wanted this all to be a dream so I tried to sleep so I could forget about it. The next morning
I still was not sure if what happened yesterday was a dream or not so I tried to pass Lín and she
looked at me like she never saw me before. I felt like my opportunity of having a friend on board
was reduced but I knew I could not give up so I walked straight up to her and tried again this time
“uh… Hi my name is Mēi”. Still not impressive, but at least it was not as bad as yesterday. A couple
days after that conversation, we started to become the best of friends. We sat next to each other at
lunch, we had sleepovers every two days… it all went well until...
The Storm
All of a sudden the lights started flickering, I went out of the room, it was 11:00 at night. There was
a wave, then a bigger wave, and it kept going until the boat started to capsize. You could see
thunder ahead, everyone was screaming. I could see at least 4 people falling overboard every 12
seconds. “There's a wave ahead!” someone cried with all his might. I looked where the man was
pointing, right in front of my eyes stood the most gigantic wave I had ever seen, which was rushing
to the ship. It seemed like it was a monster, but I knew I had no time to think, I had to react
quickly. The wave was approaching me. I tried to run to the toilet like a sensible person but I was
too late the wave had overlapped the ship.
The Island
“CREEK” I heard, I slowly opened my eyes and saw crows in the blue sky. I was lying on the sand
covered in bird poop. More significantly, I realised I was on an island with a giant pile of bird poop
next to me. I got up and walked closer, to get a better look, then accidentally fell in the pile of poop
but also realised that the pile was not just poop, it was also captain Shang!! I saw other piles of poop
which must be the other crew members who survived. Luckily the ship was also on the island as
well. “There must be coconuts on this island” I told myself so I went to where the tree was and
found some coconut trees. I could see the deliciousness from the fresh juicy colour of the coconut so
I tried to climb it. I was half way up when “BOOM” a net had fallen on me from who knows where
and dragged me to the ground. Suddenly, lots of tiny coconut people started surrounding me. I was