That fateful night was dark and stormy. The boat was supposed to be indestructible but it obviously wasn't. It was the end of life as I know it and the beginning of my nightmare.
My name is Sam and I'm a normal 17 year old boy. I'm from California and just love chillin' on the beach with my friends. My mom just had to go and ruin all my summer plans by planning a family trip. Oh joy. Shoot me now. Anyway, she decided that we should take a cruise. Seriously? A cruise? Oh well. I guess I'll suffer through it knowing that all her other schemes to ruin my social life haven't worked... Yet.
The soft sound of waves crashing against the boat, the gentle rocking, and the low whistling wind all seemed to grow in intensity. Slowly the sound engulfed the ship and became louder. Suddenly alarm bells started ringing. "What's going on?" whined Secily, waking up to this ear piercing sound.
"I don't know sweety." my mom cooed trying to keep my little sister from throwing a fit. "Grab your jacket and we will go find out."
When we walked out into the corridor everyone was running and we heard jumbled screams.
"What's going on?!"
"The ship is sinking!!"
"Sam! Where is your father?!" panicked my mother
"I don't know mom!" I shouted above the noise as I started looking around for him.
"Sadie! Sam! Secily! Here I am!" I heard my fathers voice. "I got us a life boat! Hurry!"
"Oh Steve! I'm so glad we found you!" My mom sobbed.
Secily was crying this whole time. She was only five and didn't understand what was happening. We all squished onto the life raft with the other occupants and then let it lose. As we paddled away from the boat I thought I saw something huge swimming in the water underneath it. Something huge and gruesome. I shut that thought out of my mind and focused only on the self appointed leader of our raft as he yelled directions, "Stroke! Stroke! A little more power on the left!" I needed to drown out my on setting shock for just a little while longer.
The soft light of morning reached my eyes, "Wow what a dream that was." I thought to myself. "Why is my bed so hard? Why are my muscles so sore? And what the freakin heck is that noise?" I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I was certainly not in California anymore. The events of the night before nagging on my mind, not quite clear enough to remember yet. As I looked around sore and stiff I saw the broken life raft, scattered bits of debris, and the few signs of human life, the clouds in my mind cleared and I remembered it all. The ship sinking, the (hopefully) imagined creature, the hours of rowing, and finally collapsing in the sand from exhaustion.
I never got around to finishing this but I figure I'll post it and finish it laterWhen we walked out into the corridor everyone was running and we heard jumbled screams.
"What's going on?!"
"The ship is sinking!!"
"Sam! Where is your father?!" panicked my mother
"I don't know mom!" I shouted above the noise as I started looking around for him.
"Sadie! Sam! Secily! Here I am!" I heard my fathers voice. "I got us a life boat! Hurry!"
"Oh Steve! I'm so glad we found you!" My mom sobbed.
Secily was crying this whole time. She was only five and didn't understand what was happening. We all squished onto the life raft with the other occupants and then let it lose. As we paddled away from the boat I thought I saw something huge swimming in the water underneath it. Something huge and gruesome. I shut that thought out of my mind and focused only on the self appointed leader of our raft as he yelled directions, "Stroke! Stroke! A little more power on the left!" I needed to drown out my on setting shock for just a little while longer.
The soft light of morning reached my eyes, "Wow what a dream that was." I thought to myself. "Why is my bed so hard? Why are my muscles so sore? And what the freakin heck is that noise?" I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I was certainly not in California anymore. The events of the night before nagging on my mind, not quite clear enough to remember yet. As I looked around sore and stiff I saw the broken life raft, scattered bits of debris, and the few signs of human life, the clouds in my mind cleared and I remembered it all. The ship sinking, the (hopefully) imagined creature, the hours of rowing, and finally collapsing in the sand from exhaustion.
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