I am lying down. The hot sun shines brightly at me. I open my eyes little by little. The ground under me is really soft. I touch it and it feels like sand, running through my fingers.
I sit up. Where am I?
I am stuck on a hot deserted island, that’s where. I just know it. I start to scream - and my other 5 friends Charlotte, Marie, Nicole, Lucy and Corbin start to wake up.
Like me, they are really confused.
‘This is a dream. We’re dreaming.’
‘This is a fantasy.’
‘No it isn’t.”
‘It’s real, believe me.’
They get up with confusion. Corbin and Lucy seem to love the island. They think it’s beautiful.
I think they are crazy. I scream at their face. ‘There’s nothing here but sand. Boring sand.’
Then I walk off. They must think I’m weird, screaming like that, kicking up the sand. They tell me to chill. Nothing bad is going to happen to us.
But they are wrong. I know it! I sit down, close my eyes and try to relax. If only I could shake the feeling that something terrible is going to happen.
Suddenly I hear cannons being fired. There are pirates headed to the island. The fire cannon is blowing up trees. We make a run for it.
Luckily there are too many palm trees for the pirates to see where we are going. When we pass through the trees we find ourselves on the banks of a river.
I know its name. Long River. They is no way we can get across it, because there is no bridge, no fallen to tree stretching from bank to bank. And there are poison fish in the water.
Corbin points out a boat. We leg it but the problem is, there is only space for four people on that boat. I really want to live, so I go in after Corbin.
The others start to fight and argue with each other. Only two more can get in. Who should it be?
Nicole and Charlotte have a catfight. Meanwhile Marie and Lucy sneak onto the boat. Angrily, Charlotte pushes Nicole in the river. Poor Nicole can’t swim. She is surrounded by poison fish. Her body starts to sink little by little.
We can see her hand bitten off by fishes. I feel really sick. Charlotte feels so guilty, she wants to follow her into the water. I can’t lose another friend. I get out the boat and try to stop her.
She doesn’t jump in. Somehow, we all cram into the boat; now we can’t leave anyone behind. I have never felt so scared in all my life.
Then the boat starts to tilt. I hold onto Corbin. Corbin really likes it and smiles back at me. I am so glad when we reach the other side. We get off the boat just in time. As I hop on to the bank, is starts to sink. The others get out really quick and the fishes are eating the wood as if it were a piece of meat.
The sun starts to fade away. It gets darker. My heart is beating faster and faster. Corbin knows I am scared so he gets up and starts to sing and dance to entertain me. I feel much better.
We all cheer then Corbin wants me to dance with him. My friends start to cheer for me. I get up and dance by his side. I love it and the others want to dance.
While we are dancing we hear people talking and also shouting. We stop at once and I look through the bushes. It’s the pirates, looking for us! I step back and step right on to a dry stick. The snap sounds like a gunshot in the dark. We run!
It’s so dark that I can’t see and I have to hold hands with Corbin. Marie falls over. She can’t get up. We try to help her,
“I think she’s broken her leg,’ says Charlotte.
Marie says, “go without me”.
I can’t lose another friend but Corbin says we must go. Her screams fade away every time I ran further away. As we run we fall into a hole in the ground. I land on Charlotte and Lucy and Corbin land on me. Ouch, the pain! I’m thinking how stupid can we get. This time we can’t escape. The hole is too deep, the sides of it too slippery to clamber up.
We sit down and stare at the moon. It is really beautiful. Corbin thinks it is romantic. Charlotte and Lucy start to fall asleep. I feel really sleepy too. And that’s when I notice Corbin is really upset. A teardrop rolls down from his eyes.
I look at him and tell him, “everything is going to be fine, trust me”. He smiles back at me and we fall asleep in that pit, in the middle of the humid jungle on an island goodness knows where.
The next day I wake up to find I cannot move my arms. We are in a dark cave. We are strapped to a pole hammered into the ground. Marie is right beside me. I wake her up. How did we get here from the hole in the ground? Had the pirates captured us while we were sleeping?
The others are with us too. Corbin tries to break the pole but it’s too strong to break.
‘Quiet, everyone,” I gasp after a while.
I can hear footsteps. They come closer. It must be one of the pirates. He comes closer to us.
He says his name is William. As it turns out, he is not one of the pirates, just a man who was marooned hear many years ago. He offers us a deal. If we help to kill the pirates, he will help us escape. We all say yes.
Quickly, he cuts the ropes and we escape from the cave. He shows us how to use a sword. He’s got a pile of them, hidden away in a chest.
We practice all day long but where are the pirates? We look behind and suddenly pirates jump out from nowhere. They are ready to fight. We start to fight.
The battle is terrible. Pirate’s body parts fall off like we are using light sabres. But we can’t get to the captain. His name we learn is Savy. He claims to be the worst pirate in the history of pirates.
Suddenly everything goes as quite as the grave around me. The only thing I can hear is someone breathing. I know someone is behind me. I turn around. It’s Corbin.
‘Do you want to fight?’”
‘Don’t be silly.”
He finds the remark funny and starts to laugh. I realise he is not talking to me but to Captain Savy standing only a few feet away.
The duel lasts a long time, me and Corbin fighting Captain Savy together. We ate doing quite well. Then Captain Savy pushes me aside and it’s Corbin and him now. Lucy and Charlotte help me up. Corbin doesn’t do so well on his own. Before I know it, Captain Savy’s sword comes down and I hear Corbin howl.
The next thing I know I’m holding Corbin in my arms.
‘You can make it out of here,’ he whispers.
I am so angry that I pick up my sword and start to duel with Captain Savy again. We are fighting on the edge of a cliff. Captain Savy is worn out and me too but neither will give up. Then I hear a shot. It’s William. Slowly, Captain Savy falls over the cliff into the sea below.
We carry Corbin to William’s ship and leave the island at last. If only we can get home in time to get Corby help! Then the ship stops in the middle of the ocean.
‘This is the end of the line for you, I’m afraid,’ says William.
I was shocked. “I trusted you”.
‘Never trust a pirate,’ he howls gleefully. And he makes us all walk the plank while he throws Corbin into the sea. I try to hold on to him but I can’t. I have to let go. Then I feel something swimming underneath us.
It’s dolphins come to our rescue. And behind them is a boat, clouded in mist.
I shout for help! But I see one guy has a musket. He fires and I see the bullet coming towards me, straight at me. I close my eyes, and then I open them again.
I am in bed. I’d just had a nightmare. Lucky none of the adventure was real, otherwise I’d now be… dead.
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