Castaway Island
Chapter one:
One stormy night two years ago my whole life changed forever. My family and I were on a cruise when all of a sudden a storm hit. The storm wasn't bad at first but it grew immensely large. As I was sitting in my family's cabin I felt a small shake. Then the lights went out. As I felt around for a flashlight I stumbled over a lump on the ground. When I fell I hit the nightstand and the flashlight fell off of it. When I picked it up I turned it on and turned to see what the lump was. When I saw it was my little brother crumpled up in a ball from fear. I helped him up and we walked out onto the deck. When we reached the bow of the boat we started to look for the rest of our family. The search became futile when panic struck from a maelstrom being sighted a mile ahead. People were screaming and running all around us. I held my brother tight and pushed through the crowd to the captain's room.
When we reached the captain's quarters we burst through the door and scrambled to the captain with every breath we had. When we reached the captain we stopped to catch our breath. Once we were capable of talking I asked the captain what was going on. "We have sighted a maelstrom but we are so close the current is pulling us closer" he exclaimed. "We are trying to pull away but the water is so hyperactive we can't get control." As I listened in horror my brother riley wandered to the window. After the captain finished talking I noticed riley by the window and ran over to see what he was doing. When I reached him he yelled out, "I see mom and dad." When I looked I saw them to. When we ran out to get them I was struck with fear. When we got out side I saw the maelstrom. As I scramble to grab riley and to get to mom and dad I realized we forgot to get the dog out of the cabin. I turned to head to the cabin thinking mom and dad would head there to. When we reached the cabin I ran in and grabbed our Great Dane boomer. When we got back out on the deck the dog started running and we chased after him. When we caught him we realized he ran to mom and dad. When I saw them I jumped up and hugged them both.
Then out of what seemed like nowhere the ship was stuck in the maelstrom. I grabbed my brother and mom and dad and held tight. But then I saw boomer stand up and went to grab him but a man running in fear hit me and everything got dark.
When I came to all was quiet and peaceful but then everything came back into focus. I remembered the storm and the maelstrom and the panic. Then I felt a tug on my arm. I looked to see what it was and I saw boomer and the family. I was relieved to see every on all right. Then I noticed we weren't on the ship we were in a life boat. When I stood up I saw the ship going under in the distance. Then I noticed something I would never forget another maelstrom opened in front of us. I grabbed an ore and rowed as fast as I could but it was no use the current pulled us in. Then we went under I held my breath as best as I could but I blacked out. When I woke up I was on a piece of the boat floating in the middle of the ocean. The storm had cleared but I couldn't see anyone else. I kept looking around for what seemed like hours. Then to my surprise I saw boomer swimming toward me with riley on his back passed out. I kept yelling to boomer to come to me. When he got to me he jumped up on the wood and riley fell on the wood to. I woke him up and he started to cry. I said what's wrong and he said "I want mom and dad." I told him it will be all right and then I was relieved when I saw an island in the distance. I turned to riley and said start kicking.