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Diary
Yew Chung International School (Primary), Gao, Miracle - 10
January 12th
Bang! The cannons blasted the enemy ship, leaving a gigantic hole in the hull of the ship. The
cannons repeatedly fired, and the soldiers ran towards their posts. This wasn’t a drill ; they were under
attack. The invaders, were running for their cannons, too. But it was already on late. The Chinese soldiers
ran towards the ship, attacking the crew. But just as the last soldier reached the deck of the enemy ship, a
wall of fire came to life. The fire began burning the ship, turning it slowly but surely into ashes. The soldiers
shouted and cursed, as the ship went completely up in flames, taking the soldiers with it.
Aaron woke up, in the sun. Their were bodies scattered and littered everywhere. Flames were dancing on
the wooden dock. Where am I? Aaron thought. What just happened ? Little did he remember, he had
forgotten that he had charged up the enemy ship, and then there was a fire and an explosion. Now he was
covered in ashes, his clothes were tattered, his face grim, but more or less alive. He had lept from the boat,
and he had swam to this wooden plank that had fallen from the burning ship. Now, he was holding it like it
was his life, which is typically true, based on the fact that he would drown. I know how to swim, I can
swim to land! He finally remembered that being a captain of a ship, he definitely knew how to swim. He
swam back slowly, surveying the damage done. Most of the ships were on fire, a few were sunken. Then, an
officer ran over to him.
He asked “Sir, the fleet is leaving tomorrow. Do you want to come?”
Aaron nodded. He knew that he was in for a adventure.
January 15th
Even before he knew it, he was on a ship, and he was watching the ship’s sails flying in the breeze.
Suddenly, there was a shout. “Land ho!” The clatter of chests sounded throughout the ships, before they
realised that the people on the land weren’t welcoming the; they were doing the complete opposite. Battle
bells rang. There was a cannonball, speeding towards the ship. It hit the ship with a deafening sound.
“Boom!” There was fire everywhere, and Aaron ran towards the cannons. He reloaded and fired. “Boom!”
The same sound repeated. The cannonball hit the wall of the enemies, and threw about half a dozen soldiers
off their posts. The sound of death and destruction surrounded them.
Crash! Aaron tried to jump overboard, but it was too late.The enemies swarmed up the massive ship in
hordes, taking prisoners and killing anybody who stood in their way. Aaron considered getting imprisoned,
and getting killed, and decided on imprisoning.
The chance came later that night. There was a storm, a great heavy rain cloud looming over the enemies
castle and city. Aaron never figured out what happened next. There was an explosion, and the sounds of
people screaming. The entire left wall burst open. Seawater flushed in. Aaron trekked over to the fallen part,
and clumsily, he climbed over the fallen bricks. The waves were huge. They were at least ten feet high in
the air. These came from what seemed like giant tentacles. Looking at it, Aaron remembered his childhood,
with adults telling the children not to swim alone because of sea monsters. Until now, he had never believed
it. He knew it was a Kraken. A giant one. Its bright yellow eyes glared piercingly with hatred. The enemies
seemed frozen on the walls. Seeing his chance at escaping, Aaron dived into the freezing water. The Kraken
thrashed around wildly, slightly missing Aaron. The enemies finally seemed to realize that Aaron was
escaping, and they shot arrows at him, as he struggled to swim towards freedom. But then, a ship crashed
into him, and everything went dark.
January the 16th.
Aaron woke up to the shouting of his name. He forced open his eyes and staggered up like a zombie. There
he was, on a ship. One of the soldiers he remembered said: “Sir, we got you outta the ocean. We
‘ borrowed ’ a ship from the enemy. And now we’re heading to somewhere West.”
“Follow the drill! Don’t panic! Fight back!” The pirate invasion caused a stir of mayhem on the ship. The
pirates used planks to invade, and jumped to the ship with ease. The sailors and soldiers tried to fight back,
but there were too many invaders, and not enough defenders.