A Good Trip Gone Wrong

 “Bye Brooke!” Carys and I waved to Brooke as the ship slowly sailed out to sea. “This is going to be exciting!” Carys said to me, as a wave of delight rushed through us. The sun was warm, and we thought that nothing can ruin this wonderful trip to Australia. We went to the cafeteria. As we drank some chocolate, we talked about how lucky we were to win the trip. We won a contest, and got the prize. As the sun slowly descended from the clear blue sky, we excitedly took our key and rushed to our cabin. Carys climbed to the top bunk immediately, as she poked her tongue at my angry and upset face. “You always get to be up there?” I said, angrily. But Carys said nothing, as she rolled around in laughter. We ate a marvelous dinner at the buffet, and climbed into bed. I closed my eyes, and dreamed of an earthquake. My eyes opened. The ship was shaking! ‘Thump’ “Are you okay Carys?” Carys had fallen off the top bunk! “Never mind, Quick! I think the ship is sinking!” We opened the door. Water a foot tall rushed towards us. We trudged through it, and came to a deck. Another ship had crashed with us! “Come! Jump in here!” One of the crew said. People rushed into the lifeboats. Luckily, there were many lifeboats. My face was as pale as death, as I felt Carys heavy breathing. The boat descended into the sea. Suddenly, the boat broke apart. I was in the middle, and I fell into the water. “No! Wendy! NO!” I could hear Carys horrified screams.

It was like a ghost, a cold and freezing ghost, pulling me towards the bottom of the sea. The water pierced my skin like someone cutting me open. Carys reached out a hand/ I grabbed it. And at that point, Everything went black. When I awoke, I found myself on a half of the boat. Only Carys and I were on it. “What?...” I said weakly. “Wendy!” Carys was so happy, she nearly toppled into the water. The sun came out, as it baked us like meat. “The other boat fell apart, and all the other people were on the other side of the boat.” Carys said. “Look!” I shouted, as a small island came into sight. We used our hands to paddle towards it. A wave nearly flipped us over. But we kept on, and soon, we were standing on it. “I’m hungry.” Said Carys, as her stomach growled like a hungry bear. A rabbit rushed pass. “Quick!” Carys grabbed a stone, and threw it at the bunny. It striked it in the head. It fell, and was dead. I made a fire, and roasted it. The next day, as we were building a boat, Carys said, “Look!” A tiger was behind the trees! Carys said in a proud and arrogant voice, “Look, Wendy, I can kill that in like, um, no time!” She grabbed a rock and threw it. It hit the head, but it didn’t hurt the tiger, but annoyed it. It ran towards Carys, “Ahh!” Carys toppled over, and the tiger bit her badly. I grabbed a stick, and threw it hard at the tiger. It fell. It was not dead, but too hurt to stand up. I dragged carys away, into the forest, far away from the tiger. I quickly grabbed my medical book from my bag, and out toppled some cookies. I gave one to Carys, as I looked in the book. Antibiotics, illness cures, plants, herbs...Cure for tiger bites! It was a herb. I quickly looked everywhere, and found it. I did as the book said, I squeezed it onto Carys wound. The blood stopped, and it quickly healed. “Well, I guess you are okay now.” I said to Carys. “That taught me never to be too rough and arrogant now.” Admitted Carys, blushing as deep as an apple. For the next few days, we lived on fruits and vegetables we found on the island. We built a boat. It was very strong, there were 2 layers, the bottom was where we could hide from rain and sleep, and the top was to steer the boat. We sailed out on a sunny day. We took turns to steering the boat and resting. We gathered plenty of food and water to last for months.

The first night was peaceful, but the second night there was a monster wave! We saw the wave rise up, and we quickly climbed into our under-boat Cabin. “Whoosh” We could hear it as it crashed down on the boat, and the boat shaked horribly. After a while, everything was calm, but we stayed underneath. Finally, we took a peek outside. “Yes!” There was a rainbow, and we saw our home! We were at the shore, so we hopped off the boat and quickly ran to the street. We used the money that was left to get a bus ticket, and first Carys was dropped off to her home, and then mine. As I got home,  my mum asked why I arrived late. I said, “Because Carys and I went to an ice cream store. No one knew our secret, not a single soul in the world.