Part 1 --My First Day at the Sea--

''I woke up on a windy day in Ferristown with joy because it’s the first time I will sail on a ship! I ran outside of the blue door of my house. "Gaah" I screamed because of the strong stormy gale pushing me towards the turquoise sea from the cobblestone docks. I used my full force to prevent the wind from pushing me towards the bay of Valereena. I managed to do it, and then I ran towards dad with force enough to avoid the wind. "Can you recognize what ship did I brought yesterday?" Dad said to me. My elder sister, Amelia Madeline laughed at me when I was thinking intensely. And I gave up. "I forgot dad" I said. Amelia and dad laughed at me so hard. "Where is mom?" I said. "Arthur, she is buying the cargo." Amelia told me. "Also what ship did you buy, dad?" I asked dad. "It's not a brigantine like before, it's a Barquentine!" Dad answered. "A Barqunt- Barqenti- Dang it!" I said. "A barquentine" Dad told me. "Ohh, it's so hard to say it!". I'm normaly not satisfied with anything, so I always ask questions. "Which type of cargo is mom buying?" I questioned dad. Dad answered "Sugar and Cotton". "What's the destination?" I asked dad. "Yeah what is it?" Amelia asked too. Dad said "Tofuyaa". "Where's that and who owns it? tell me everything about it!" I asked dad. "It’s south of Seraphine, north-east of Valereena, and a close ally of Valereena. It's owned by Cheng-Hee Kim and It was founded by Xi Zhengese settlers." Dad answered. "Interesting" I said without knowing anything about that Xi Zhengese part.''

''"Let’s get on board" Dad said. As we went on the Barquentine I saw many people on the ship who were rigging the sails. I learned in school about the riggers, they work hard and raise the sails, the flag and drop the sails. We set sail after we were on board. "How much cargo we purchased mom?" Amelia asked to mom. "About 32" Mom answered. "How much of a profit would that give?" Amelia asked. "32 barrels of tea leaves is worth 39 doubloons and 5 shillings, and tea is very expensive in Tofuyaa, so it'll cost around 75 for us" replied dad. " Also there is a cabin on this ship" Dad said. "It's where you will sleep tonight, there is a huge map there too". "Really?" I asked. "Yes, go check it yourself." replied dad. "Is there a toilet?" Amelia asked. "Yes, sorta, it’s in the cabin…” Dad answered. I went to the cabin after few minutes then I was amazed to see it. A map of Ansaria. I went outside a few minutes later. "Captain, there's a ship in the horizon" A crewmate said to my dad. "Cabin boy, see the flag of it" Dad ordered. The cabin boy looked through his golden spyglass from the crow's nest. "It's an Ardh al-Arabian corvette." He explained. "Good, they won’t attack unless we attack them, Ardh al-Arab is our ally anyways." Dad said to the Cabin boy. The corvette had violet painted sides and a black hull, the rims were yellow. It was following us, waiting to do something. The sails where raised and the corvette put a plank to make a bridge and the captain of it was on our ship's deck. The captain had a black beard and a weird hat. "Greetings" Dad said to him. "As-Salaam" The Captain said. "Why are you on our ship?" Dad asked him. "I wanted to tell you that many Seraphinian military cutters are roaming the way, and a few pirates too, I just wanted to tell you that can we escort you?" The Ardh al-Arabi Captain said. "Yes, sure" Dad answered. "My name is Hussain Ahmed, What's your name?" "My name is Frank Jeremiah" Dad replied. "Now we are going to be on our ship and start escorting you" He said. "Dad" I whispered. "Yes" Dad replied. "What did he mean about "As-Salaam"?" I asked. "As-Salaam means Hello in Arabic, they are Arabs that's why, Ardh al-Arab's language is Arabic" Dad answered. "Also why is his name so weird?" I asked dad. "That is an arabic name" Dad replied. "Ohh I understood it now". I told to dad. After a couple of hours of sailing with the corvette, it got night time. "Go to your bed" Mom said to me and Amelia. "Okay" We replied. As we went to bed I heard weird noises like a nail scribbling on a wooden plank. "What is this sound" I said. "It's the ship, you will hear this sound on a ship, also beware of rats." Amelia replied. "Rats? Eww" I said. I went asleep almost half-an hour.''