The Triangle of the Sea

A Family Trip Goes Wrong

Natalie opened her eyes. It was 4 in the morning, but her parents were waking her up for a family trip they had never had for 3 years.

They would visit a beach in Bermuda and stay there for 5 days; Natalie, who had been looking forward to it for months, shot up and ran downstairs to have breakfast. Her younger brother Jason had already eaten his breakfast and was reading Les Miserables, as always.

"Have you finished packing?" Natalie asked. Jason  nodded, not looking up from his book.

"What a bookworm," she commented. He just snorted.

Several hours later, they were ready to board the ship. Usually they would have took the airplane, but since it was a family trip and all, Natalie's father had wanted the trip to be as long as possible. Natalie agreed but hated the idea of being on sea for so long. As soon as they boarded the ship, Natalie dropped her belongings in their room and started to look around.

It was a luxury cruise, with a beautiful design and large, cozy rooms such as theirs. Looking around the ship, Natalie thought the trip to Bermuda won't be as bad or boring as she thought it would be.

When she finally came back, Jason had finished reading Les Miserables for the millionth time.

"Are you ever going to be sick of that book?" She asked.

"Never," Jason answered, looking surprised. "This is the best book I've ever read."

"That's probably one of the only books you've ever read," she told him. "Go read other books. I've never seen you read anything but that book."

"I read more books than you do. I've read about the Bermuda Triangle as well," Jason said.

"I know about it, too," Natalie said, rolling her eyes. "It's pretty famous, you know - but it's just a myth, isn't it?"

"If it's a myth, why would ships and airplanes just magically disappear every year?"

"There are many accidents on sea, Jason. Maybe there were just particuarly many accidents in the Triangle, that's it."

"The Bermuda Triangle theory is supported by science," Jason said. "Since you hate science, I won't talk long about it, but they say there are hexagonal clouds and fierce weather in the Triangle. Those create literal air bombs that can blow the ship to pieces."

"Jason, you know I hate the sea," Natalie groaned. "Do you really have to talk about it when we're headed straight into the Bermuda Triangle?"

Jason laughed at his terrified sister. "It's okay. It's not like every single ship that crossed this Triangle disappeared. Plus, so many ships and airplanes cross this place, maybe that's why more of them disappear here than other places."

Natalie nodded and said, "I think I'll get some sleep."

"Me too," Jason said, turning off the lights.

Natalie woke up in the middle of the night as she was thrown up from her bed.

The ship had bumped into something huge.

"What was that?" She heard Jason yell frantically. Normally Natalie would have laughed to see her brother freak out like this, but she couldn't laugh, since she was screaming as well.

Natalie's parents had run out of the room to see what was happening. When Natalie and Jason had screamed their heads off for about twenty minutes, being thrown here and there, it was clear the ship wasn't shaking due to collision.