Got this one done faster, eh?
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"No."
"Are we there yet?"
"Will you shut up!" spluttered Keith. Jasmine had been annoying him for the past three hours with constant questionings on 'Are we there yet?'
"Hey, keep it down over there will you?" said Iago. He was curled up on one side of the raft, taking a nap – or rather trying to take a nap. Keith and Jasmine's constant bickering was keeping him awake.
"He's right," piped up Matthew. "Your arguing is really getting on my wick now." He looked around. "Where's Draco?"
"Puking over the side of the raft," replied Cassie. "Again!"
"He can't help it Cass," Nisha told her. "He gets seasick."
A slightly green Draco came trudging back, groaning.
"I'm not gonna eat for the rest of this journey," he groaned.
"Why don't you take a nap?" suggested Zara. "That'll help your stomach settle down."
But her words fell on deaf ears. Draco was already asleep. Cassie smiled. She went over and fell asleep right next to him.
"How long till this journey is over Matt?" asked Jasmine.
Matthew looked at his little computer that showed where he was*. "Well, we are over halfway through the Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii, so we can stop up to rest for a night there, and stock up on supplies."
"Good plan," replied Keith. "Problem is, the raft is already sailing towards Niagara Falls. Hawaii is off to the left. How will we change course?"
"I'll do that," said Jasmine. She used her Purify winds and they filled the sails so that the raft sharply turned left, towards Hawaii. Within another couple of hours, the raft bumped gently into the soft sandy beach in Maui.
"I know this place," said Draco, who had recovered. "Dad told me about it once in a story."
Iago lay down and stretched out on the sand. "It sure feels good to lie down on a soft bed," he mumbled, happily.
"It's around 7:30 p.m in Hawaii time guys," Matthew announced, "so it should be getting dark soon."
He was right. After they had spent about a couple of hours resting, stocking up on supplies and making any necessary repairs to the raft, the sky darkened and the stars came out.
"Goodnight everyone!" said Iago.
"Goodnight!"
After getting about four hours' worth of sleep, Draco sat up. For some reason he felt . . . restless. He got up and went down to the small wooden harbour and lay down, watching the stars and thinking.
The he heard footsteps. It was Cassie.
"Hey Drake," she smiled.
"Hey Cass. Why are you up?" asked Draco.
"Couldn't sleep," she replied.
"Same."
They sat together on the harbour for a little while, watching the stars.
"There's Khonsu watching over us," mumbled Draco happily, staring up at the moon; brighter than he had ever seen in his life.
"Yeah," Cassie smiled back. But not even he can watch over me better than you, Draco.
"Let's go back," he said.
"Yeah."
* Sorry I didn't mention it before. Matt's computer was given to him when he was two my Max, so that he would never get lost.
Aww! Nice little bit of Draco X Cassie there! (I know they're cousins, but this is Ancient Egypt; Osiris, Isis, Set and Nepthys were siblings, but Osiris and Isis ended up marrying, and so did Nepthys and Set. So cousins getting together would actually make sense!
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