Long ago on the beaches of a far away land, a young girl, was walking across the beach looking for shells. A few hours passed and the sun was setting and she was getting sleepy. The girl decided to go home and lay out her shells so they could dry.

Before she went home, she saw something odd floating in the water. She decided to check it out. The thing in the water turned out to be a bottle, but what was inside?

She decided to wait till she got home to open it. But when she got home she hid it from her family...

When her grandfather left after putting her to bed late that night, she got up and went to her back pack where the bottle was. The young girl tried and tried but the cork wouldn't budge! She was close to giving up but before she stopped, closed her eyes and wished that she could get it open.

The bottle must have had a hidden power because when she tried again, It opened!

Inside the bottle was a letter to the discoverer and a map. The letter inside wrote,

Dear young explorer, I hope you have found my bottle, well of course you have, you are reading it now. My name is Caption Alek and I have a problem. My ship has been attacked by the evil Captain Castor. He and his crew. They stole all my special treasures. I need your help! What do yee say?

The girl didn't know what to do. Should she tell her grandparents? Or should she help Captain Alek? She was getting tired so she decided to sleep on it.

The next morning she made her decision....

She was going to help! But how would she get past her grandparents?!

She thought of a plan. She would tell them that she was staying the week with her friend Deeya at her house! Deeya is very smart and would help her think all this through.

Deeya agreed to help so they packed their bags with bottles of water, candy, snack bars, money, a first aid kit and a survival kit. Then they set off!

The two girls rented a boat and left for the coordinates on the map leading to an unknown place to all.

When they reached the island, they met Captain Alek. Alek was a rusty looking pirate with a hook and a peg leg.