My Last Journey Essay

As our plane flew over the wide, windy desert, all 14 of us felt a special excitement and adventure in taking this vacation together. I looked out the window and saw the sand blowing gracefully through the air. It looked so pretty and neat. The sand was traveling just like us. I heard my friends chatting and laughing. I smiled. My 6th-grade class was going to Arizona to see the Grand Canyon and other pretty sights. I was super excited; I knew we were going to have a ton of fun! Boom! I jumped in my chair and shrieked, “What was that?”

“I don’t know! What is happening? Chelsea screamed as we started to fall downward.

All of a sudden one of the boys shouted, “Look, the wing broke off the plane!”

“Ahhhhhhhhh!” we all screamed.

I am frightened.

I had been dreaming, but I actually ate sand. That was disgusting. I lay back down on my sweatshirt. I was in a makeshift tent that my friends and I had made for some shelter. It had no floor so I was surrounded by sand. I thought about my dream. I wish I was at home eating cake with my mother instead of in this tent. I miss her. I also miss cake. A few days have passed since we crashed.

When our plane had crashed seven people had died and seven had survived. Now only four of us were left. On the day of the crash, Chelsea, Max, and Christian had tried to save someone who was in the wrecked plane. They tried to pull the person out of the rubbage, but while they were doing this the medal fell on top of them and crushed them. Chelsea was gone. She was my best friend and was always there when I needed her. Now I felt like I had no one I could count on to help me.

“Ellie! Ellie!” shouted my friends from outside the tent. I looked outside and saw them running toward me. They had huge smiles on their dirty faces and were jumping up and down. “Look! Look!” They were pointing to a plane that was landing near the wreck. I jumped up and ran out to join them. We were saved! I could go home and eat cake with my mother! Ragged, starved, and beaten, the four of us ran towards the long-awaited rescue plane that had