The Great Storm, by Victor Lew Yuk Vong

The sunlight shone through Martin’s window, waking him. The fine aroma of the ocean filled his nose and the voices of the people flew throughout the harbour. Martin could only find himself smiling, as it was a beautiful morning. Martin quickly got changed to go outside into the harbour, thinking that “this will be a great day.” The shop owners were all yelling their low prices, so Martin had to check them out. After buying some fish sticks to snack on, he had to run hastily, for his shift in the lighthouse was starting. But Martin noticed something strange, the waves were all moving slightly differently. Then, the sea bellowed.

The people of the harbour all looked towards the sea, not knowing of the consequences of what had just happened. Everyone held their breath, waiting for something to happen. But to everyone’s relief, nothing happened and they all went on with their normal lives. Martin hurreyed up, knowing that he was already late. But far off in the distance, storm clouds were forming.

Martin, bored as always, decided to check the news. To his dismay, a storm was on the way.  Luckily, it was not a catastrophic storm, so Martin kept looking out into the sea.

Nighttime arrived, and along with it, the storm. Obviously, people thought nothing of it, although, Martin noticed something strange. Of course, there was a storm, but Martin couldn’t help but notice that the storm was much worse than what they described on the news. Then he looked at his phone, his mouth was open, a level-five risk storm. The winds picked up, the beacon turned on.

The people all rushed out of their houses without a second thought, they all fled. Martin ran for his life, running towards the storm shelter but the storm destroyed the area around him. 

Martin woke up in the shelter, the storm still in its fury. An hour, another hour before the storm finally calmed. The architect of the harbour had a glance and the verdict had been made. “It can be fixed!” he shouted. Everyone cheered except for Martin. When he saw it, he froze and there was no mistake. 

Under the rubble, Martin’s body laid frozen.