Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 218

China Rules the Seas
Yew Chung International School (Primary), Zhao, Nancy - 10
The Atlantic can be a very dangerous place. The Zi Tao was right in the middle of it, the Atlantic Ocean.
They were at the wrong place at the wrong time. At first, it just swayed softly, unaware of the dangers
ahead of them. But slowly but surely, the swaying became stronger and stronger. It started to jerk around.
The pirates aboard the Zi Tao were still in a deep sleep. It was an ear-piercing screech from the wind that
finally woke someone - Fong. Fong was the captain of Zi Tao, a Chinese pirate ship, and he was the
youngest, too.
Fong looked out of his window. Oh no, he thought, a storm.
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Fong ran onto the deck. His jet black hair flew behind him as he ran. The rain started pouring as he
started to spread the news of the storm, yelling on the top of his voice. The next few hours were chaos.
Crews yelled as they used up their strengths trying to steer the ship to a calmer place, but it was no use - the
ocean had a will of its own. The wind forced them to sail more west, making them leave from their track.
Gradually the storm calmed. Everyone was exhausted, but they were lucky to be alive after all.
‘I think,’ said Fong, clearing his voice, ‘I think that we should go back to sleep. Take some rest and
restore our energy. Leave all the work to me today.’ The crews all nodded solemnly, they couldn’t have
agreed any better.
Liu stayed behind. He knew that Fong would be very lonely on his own, so he decided to accompany
Fong for the rest of the day.
Liu was a young boy of twenty-one, just one year older than Fong. Liu was Fong’s best friend, but many
mistook them as brothers, because they looked rather alike.
Both had jet black hair and dark eyes. Both were tall and strong, and both were rather handsome.
The ship was wet and damp from the storm, so the friends set to work in cleaning up, laughing and
joking the entire time.
They spotted a ship ahead of them, so far away you can barely see them, and the mist that just appeared
didn’t help the situation, either. The other ship sailed closer and closer, but they weren't targeting them…
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‘Aha! I see a ship ahead!’ said Captain Jack. It was the Hoop. The Hoop was a pirate ship from America,
but not just any pirates, evil pirates. They earned their living by stealing things from other ships.
‘Yes, captain. You are very right’ said scrawny Meg, Captain Jack’s sidekick. Meg was very short and
skinny. One shall have mistaken him as a stick if he wore brown all over with leaves sticking out of his arms.
Meg only came up to Captain Jack’s ankle and was ‘accidentally’ stamped on by his wicked captain
whenever he made just the tiniest mistake.
The captain himself was very tall and had a black moustache above his lips that he had always been proud
of. He always dressed rather unnecessarily, as he always wore huge boots for dancing day and night, whether
he was dancing or not. And his hat always had feathers sticking out, a different colour and shape or each day
of the week. Captain Jack wore unnecessary clothes, and was an unnecessary man - his team would have
been better off without him.
‘Of course, I’m right!’ bellowed Jack. One mini thing would set him off in a real mood. Just as he said
that he began his usual punishment ‘accidentally’ stepping on Meg.
‘Look! Captain!’ shouted someone, distracting Jack from Meg, ‘The other ship is within reach!’
Jack stood up straight. He always loved terrorising other ships and watch them sink into the very bottom
of the ocean. According to him, there was nothing more satisfying to look at.
As the Hoop sailed closer and closer to the other ship, they were able to identify the other boat - the
Helina. The Helina was an Australian ship who also took pleasure in stealing and killing, and was Hoop’s
worst enemy. The two enemies sailed towards each other, preparing for a battle without a single sense of
fear - this was a life or death situation.
The two ships finally faced each other properly. The Australian pirates glared at the Americans and the
Americans back..
’Perhaps they think they can beat us, the most powerful pirates existing!’ laughed Jack.
Without a single more moment to waste, the Hoop fired cannons at the Helina and immediately it started
to sink. The Australians screamed as they lowered their safety boats, but unluckily, they weren’t quick
enough.
Captain Jack cackled like a witch as their enemy screamed - a scream that shall never be answered.
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