Shipwrecked!
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Chapter 2:
I struggled to free myself but it was no use. Suddenly I saw blurred figures of someone. Kai & Ray! I was so thankful. I waved my hands frantically hoping they'd notice. They freed me in a jiffy using their beyblades. By now I was starting to get dizzy. I felt two arms grab me, the next thing I knew we were on the surface and I was gasping for breath. Panting Ray asked me, "Are you alright?" I nodded still gasping for breath. "We have to find the others," Kai said his breathing slowly easing down. He grabbed a piece of wood and we clung on it. "You wait here," Ray told us. "I'll find the others." He dived into the water. "Do you think the others are ok?" I asked Kai anxiously my teeth chattering. Almost as if answering my question Kenny and Max surfaced. They swam towards us and grabbed the wood we were holding. "Where are Tyson and Ray?" Max asked me. "Ray's gone to look for Tyson," Kai replied. In about five minutes Ray appeared dragging an unconscious Tyson. "Is he alright?" Kenny asked him. "Yeah," the Chinese youth replied, "Just ate too much to swim." "I told him not to eat that much but no he wouldn't listen to me, the stubborn fool." I fumed. "I don't think this is the right time for this, Hilary" Max said. "Um guys don't look now but I think we're going to be crunched by an enormous wave" Kenny stammered. "Quickly grab each other's hands. We don't want to get separated." Ray shouted. I quickly grabbed Tyson and Kai's hands and then braced myself for a huge wipe out. The water hit me with a massive force. Then everything became quiet and peaceful.
After what seemed like several days or maybe weeks I opened my eyes. I was lying in some kind of beach. I sat up and shook the sand off my hair. "I can't believe it I am alive" I whispered to myself. "I AM ALIVE!" I shouted happily jumping up and down. I looked at the others but somehow they didn't seem to be that happy. "What's with the long faces, guys? We actually survived" I said stressing on the words. "You shouldn't be so glum." "But we don't even know where we are, Hilary" Max commented putting a full stop to my joy. I sighed and sat down next to them. "Great, no batteries" Kenny said. "Looks like Dizzi can't help us out of this one. "We'd better find something to eat" Ray stood up. "Don't worry!" Tyson replied "I have plenty of food in my backpack" "Smart one there, Einstein but where is your backpack? Probably at the bottom of the sea." I muttered sarcastically. "Oh yeah he he I forgot" Tyson put his hand at the back of his head. "This is all your fault, Tyson. If you hadn't been stupid enough to leave Dragoon behind we wouldn't be in this mess," I flared up. "Yeah blame me, that's what you are best at," Tyson yelled. "Me blame you! I was just telling the truth," "Last week I nearly lost a beyblade match, thanks to your whining." "I wasn't whining, you were the one who wasn't concentrating," I shouted. "Umm cool it you guys," Kenny muttered nervously. Tyson and I glared at him, "You stay out of this," we yelled at the same time. "No, Kenny is right," Ray said firmly. "Arguing is not going to get us anywhere," I sighed, he was right. "We've got to find some place to stay. It might rain soon," Max informed. "I know where we can go," Tyson piped up. He pointed to mansion a little further away. It was the creepiest mansion I'd ever seen with rattling windows just like in a horror movie. I bet there were bats in there and maybe ghosts as well. A shiver ran down my spine. "No way! I am not going anywhere near that place" I declared. "Fine stay out here" Tyson walked off. I looked at the others for support but they followed Tyson. "Wait for me" I shouted following them. "Do we have to go there?" I looked from Ray to Kai. "We don't have much of a choice" Kai replied. So we walked up to the house. The gates creaked open with the wind. "Who wants to go first?" Tyson asked. "This was your idea. So you go" I gave Tyson a shove. He stepped inside. We walked for two minutes and reached the door. Tyson reached out to open the door but before he touched the knob the door swung forward. I gulped and clung on to Max, who standing right next to me. "Hello anybody home?" Tyson called. "Home home" his voice echoed through the creepy hall. "Doesn't look like anyone's been here" Ray walked inside. "Look at that portrait" Kenny's teeth were chattering. "Boy it sure is ugly" Max walked over to the portrait. I looked at the picture 1610-1690 was written under it. It was the picture of a creepy old man. I stared at him and he stared back. Suddenly something ran over my foot. I looked down. I let out a piercing shriek. It was the biggest, hairiest and ugliest spider I'd ever seen. The boys jumped. "Hilary, why did you do that?" Tyson demanded. "Sp-sp--spider" I stammered pointing to my leg. "It's only a spider," Ray said picking it from my foot and showed it to me. I screamed slapping his hand away & jumped behind Kai. "Coward" Tyson muttered. "What did you say?" I yelled forgetting about my fear. Thunder crashed outside the window. I covered my ears and sat down. "Why did we have to come here… it's so creepy…I'm scared" I mumbled. "Hey look this must have been the drawing room" we heard Max call from somewhere. "Let's go and check it out," Tyson walked out. We followed him and entered a room with worn out mats and torn sofas. "There's a fireplace too." Kenny pointed out. Ray went over and touched the wood. "Seems ok to me" he said. "Kai come over here and help me light a fire" "Hn ok" Kai replied. I wandered around. This wasn't my kind of holiday. I went over to a rickety old table and ran my finger on it. It was completely covered with dust. The room suddenly flooded with light. Ray and Kai had lit a fire. "That should keep us going for the night." Max said. "The only problem is food" Kenny reminded us. My hand suddenly hit something. I picked it up. It looked like a diary. "What's this?" I said out loud. "What have you found, Hilary?" Ray asked. "This" I walked over to him holding out the diary. "That's a diary" Kenny said. "I think I've figured that out, Kenny" I replied. "Let's see how old it is. Maybe it belongs to the old man" Max suggested. We sat down in front of the fire. Kai sat on the sofa. I opened the diary. It said 1999. "So it doesn't belong to the old man" Ray commented. "I can't read the name." I said. "Never mind" Tyson said impatiently. "Read inside." I flipped through the pages. Then I began to read aloud.
"August 1st
Today my friends and I went on cruise to visit a couple of islands. Our ship was wrecked in a storm… "The rest of the page is too faded I can't read anything," I told my friends. I brought in close to the fire so that I could see the words more clearly, but it was no use. I turned the next page, "Wait there's more here," I said.
August 2
"We were in some kind of creepy mansion in a mysterious island. Nina went to explore the mansion…two days have gone…no sign of her…all those went to look for her vanished too…we heard screams and wails…we found Julian's body…blood everywhere…all my friends disappeared…this place is cursed…I don't have much time… I know I'm going to die…to all those come here this is a warning…Leave now & Never return…or it'll get you……" The rest of the page was covered completely. We all stared thunderstruck, it was horribly familiar……
Author's note: I hope you enjoyed that. I know it is a little bit long but I just couldn't resist myself. I'll write more in the next chapter... don't worry it's gonna get scarier. See ya! Please review!