Chapter 2
Over the next couple weeks, the skyship sailed over vast seas and scorching deserts. Vigorous winds shook the skyship and acid rain fell through the sky. One morning, the crew that was aboard the ship awoke to see that the winds and acid rain has stopped and there was a medium sized island which was at the bottom of an island trail which was stretching across the sea like a stretched out snake.And at the end was a big island covered with forests, caves, cliffs, beaches and most importantly room to land the skyship. According to Raffertis’ map, it was called the hidden oasis.
Gazing down from the deck, captain wrinkletoes used his binoscope and, a second later, bellowed, “prepare to land” He saw what appeared to be an entangled wreck of a smaller skyship. Cheeburti glared over the deck curious to see what was below them. Has Wrigglesworth landed here? The engines turned silent and the skyship descended, sliding through the dying winds and approaching the land under them. Rafferti then rushed towards them. He left the deck feeling uneasy from the descent even though the skyship settled nicely on the sand.
The rigging stilled; everyone gathered around on the deck to see where they had just landed. Rafferti and Cheeburti gazed across to the clearing where the wreck of the smaller wreck rested. To one side, a small, still lake covered the coastline which was rich in pearly white seashells. On the other side, there was a forest webbed with exotic animals and plants holding fruits going for miles, hemming them in. Above, grey clouds shattered and the sunlight creeped through lighting up the dark island.
The fruit descended by a rope ladder and began to search the old, waterlogged and fungi infested wreck. Rafferti rushed into an old, abandoned and torn up shelter and yelled “Look!” while holding up a ripped map. Captain Wrinkletoes examined the old map and pointed to faint letters in the bottom right corner. “We’ll set up camp here and look for our old friend cheesy greesybottom sooner rather than later.”
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