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Stargrazer

You’ve probably been on an airship when the skies are blue and the breeze just enough to give the engines a helping hand. Remember how it feels to have the wind blowing through your hair, to see the fields and towns far below and to feel totally free of everyday life.

I bet you’ve enjoyed holiday flights across the bay, journeys to see distant relatives, knowing that once you have landed you will be able to relax for several weeks.

But you should also try a trip when the winter winds are as sharp as knives, with the clouds darkening, for that is another matter. When the thunder explodes like canon fire around you and a lightning strike would bring the airship down, when the rigging strains and the ship’s engines falter, that’s when an airship ride is not so much fun…

And some say they’ve seen sky pirates, hiding in the clouds, waiting to strike. You probably won’t believe this but some say that there are flying beasts with claws that can tear apart even the toughest dragon’s skin balloon.

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Ty gripped the railings, his knuckles whitening. He gulped as the clouds engulfed the airship. He glanced at his twin sister Mariana who seemed to be enjoying it as the airship lurched from side to side. They had left the city behind about a week ago and should have been passing over the lowlands but this storm had blown them off course.

At that moment, the sky dragons struck. Ty saw three of them streak out of a storm cloud and fire roared towards the Stargrazer. Captain O’Shea tugged the tiller to one side, just averting disaster and in one swift movement drove the engines as hard as she could.

For a moment, the dragons disappeared as she steered the airship into a huge storm cloud to hide. Thunder grumbled around them and electricity crackled. Ty glanced at Mariana who was staring into the telescopian but it showed nothing. The clouds blocked its view. “Hold tight! Prepare to land!” Captain O’Shea barked over the megascope.

A moment later, the Stargrazer dipped below the clouds as air seeped out of the balloon and the engines stilled. They drifted down, buffeted from side to side by the storm. Ty and Mariana stared up, searching for the dragons. Had they managed to evade to them?

© Pie Corbett 2020

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