Fantasy Legend

All aboard the Sand Ship!

  Narrator's P.O.V  

   Five miles from the temple, the Sand Ship is flowing swiftly down to the Sand Sea. The travelers in chase pursue aloft their spinners. They have been following via the magnifying glass, but with great difficulty the glass object's ability was compromised with keeping close range of coordinates. The ship rows with normal pacing, but harsh consequences came for the glass decreasing its uses.

  The wielder of the object, Leo, was the one that had plans. But with the failure at hand, the chances are little to nothing. 

"What are we going to do?" he thought.

   Carefully scouting for the ship, the once again free roaming orb attaches to his shoulder flashing like a siren.

"What's wrong little fella?" he asked. 

 The orb dashes to the front of Leo's spinner, and prepares to leap into the sea. In wonder for the orb's intentions, light glistens in the ship's trail. He leads the group for he was curious of the little fella's plan.

"Hey, is it me, or is that orb up to something funny?" Lexi exclaims.

She was observing the area their robotic friend dove into the dark blue sea. The rays of shining light orchestrates the melody of working mechanisms. It's alteration of size and shape mutates into the formation of a large boat with capacity of twenty beings. Placed onto the front side of this contraption is what appears to be a canon. 

"Wow! Check that out!" Link says excitedly. 

  With no trail of sand left for the team to drift onto, they climb into their new transportation and follow along the ship's path. Now they need to find out how to use the weaponry upfront. Amber on the other hand can't seem to be able to link anything of the ship from the book. She flips through the pages and to know avail, nothing had surfaced. No clues, no descriptions, not even a meaning to what the ship opposes to. Another idea that came rushing at her was the mysteries of their little companion. Sheet after sheet, any knowings about the robotic figure aren't worded on a single piece of paper.

"Darn it! I don't see anything about any of these!" she shouts.

Bewildered with suggestions, she wrangles the gang to organize plans on getting aboard. 

   The idea is to fire the cannon and make sure to hit the ship. This device was placed here for a reason, why not try it? As for the orb, it seemed as if he wanted something. The boat they were in began moving in faster speed. As it was catching up with the Sand ship, the cannon up front of the boat glistens with a snow white glow. Amber hurries to the front of the boat and prepares to use the cannon. 

  In the moment for perfect timing, as slight details of the ship occur, she aims and fires the weaponry. The ammunition from the cannon hits the ship. With the damage it took, it's visibility has left minor detail.

"Hold up a minute." says Pipit "We have to shoot this thing to make it visible? What sense does THAT make?!"

  With comprehension of what to do with the matter at hand, they continue with the routine until the battle has been victorious. The ship's size, decor, and outer detail is now visible for them to see. Now it is time for them to find a way to enter. They see that there is a door that can be opened from behind. The door seems as though it can be opened by a pulley system. Guessing from the structure, once the door unlatches we use it for a boardwalk. Yet the real question is how do they open it? Strangely there isn't any levers or buttons to open the passage way. 

"What can we do? Will the magnifying glass give us any clues?" asked Maria.

  Leo holds the item to his eye and takes a few glances around the ship. The only thing that occurred was an object highlighted in a shade of sky blue. This object seems to be another pulley system connecting to the bridge. Only from where it's built, it seems the gimmick has been constructed up above. Leo is now sure of what may need to happen. He warns the others about what he discovers.

"Alright then how do we get up there?" Dante says.

   Dylan stands forth staring at a wooden structure facing outward towards the horizon. 

"We swing our way up." He says pointing at the structure.

   Everyone agrees and gets their grappling hooks. Swing after swing, they set course above the ship's platform. 

  There isn't anything that seems that unordinary. From above it has the same setting as any normal ship. There is a bunch of rope lying around, you see a couple of barrels scattered around and about, along with hooks and chains hanging around on the railings. The children go on a hunt to search for someone that may have steered the ship. They split into two groups. All guys in one group, the girls joined in the other team. 

  Seeking to find the owner on the way around the ship, they check one side while the boys search the other.

-Time skip-

  The day was set to dawn and for their long awaited discoveries, they had not found any person in charge of the wheel, nor any other way in. They have however figured out the location to where the mechanism is placed. Under a steel sheet cover, another pulley system accompanied with four levers, gears, and a valve is designed below. From the way it's built, we may have to turn the levers so the gears rotate in a certain pattern. 

"Well, we found the way to get inside, how do we remove the steel?" Link asks.

Amber hands each individual a crowbar.

"What the- where did you find these?" says Leo.

"I made them." she replies.

"How come you haven't been using your powers of late?"

"The orb was doing all the work."

"Oh, I see."

 Gathering on each side, they prepare to lift the sheet cover. They heave with grave force and might til' they finally unlatched the steel from it's place. Once the cover was removed, different colored lights such as red, blue, green, and purple shines on each device. Confused they try moving the levers and turning the valve, yet nothing worked. Amber stands there watching and reading the lights actions. The lights only react to when a certain person comes near. For instance, watching Dante she noticed that the red, green, and purple lights only dim when he gets close. But once he stands near the blue light, it shines brighter.

  "Hey guys" Amber announces "I have an idea, Leo pulls the red lever, Link pulls the green one, Dante pulls the blue one, and Dylan pulls the purple one. Pipit, once they pull the levers, you turn the valve. 

  Given the instructions, they settle with the gadgets they were told to use. After the levers were moved, Pipit turns the valve and the gears began to rotate. And with the structure in use, rows of what seems to be theater lights lighting the ship from it's darkness. Yet, with everything working heavenly, sounds of heavy machinery running it's gears reoccurred. As the sound played it's melody the structure they used elevated to the surface, and the echoing of a rusted door being opened conjured. Zelda and Lexi had gone to catch what was happening and discovered the gate they were trying to enter has finally unlatched from it's hinges.

"Guys! The bridge came down!" They both shout.

  Deciding on what route to take to get down to the bottom, they make decisions on whether they wanna swing their way down, or climb down from the ledge.

Amber settles things by using her ability to create stairs. Rushing to get the gate, their robotic helper takes the form of the boat and transforms into the orb we all love. And joined the rest as they take a detour into the unknown ship.