About Me
Hello! My name is Kate de Vries [ KAYT DEH VREE ]. You think you know me? Just because you saw an article about me in the newspaper, you think you have a slight clue what I’m about? Wrong. Words on a piece of paper will never define someone truly, but go ahead, believe what you hear. It’s not the first time I’ve been judged because of the media. The only way you will understand me is if we are close acquaintances or if you continue reading this. My story is quite simple. I’m a simple girl trying to make a difference in our world. I speak my mind, always. If you complain, it won’t matter. I’ll still talk, no matter what. I’m annoying? Oh well. This is me. I’ve gotten in loads of trouble because of my big mouth, but since it’s natural for me to talk a lot, it’s very hard for me NOT to talk. So, consider yourself warned and don’t say I’m annoying because I told you in advance. My life is, basically, like everyone else’s. Everyone assumes that just because I’m “wealthy†I’m some stuck-up, snobby girl that gets everything she wants. Wrong. I have to work to get what I want. You see, I’m very much interested in science, a scholar in zoology to be exact. I love exploring around, trying to find new species. The only reason I’m interested in doing this is because my grandfather told me spectacular stories about these winged creatures that lived in the skies over the Pacificus. Everyone thought he was crazy or just “saw†things because the altitude was too high and his mind wasn’t working properly. My parents even thought he was crazy. That’s why they don’t care about my science-related discoveries, because I learned everything from him. He had this log, or journal, that he kept while he was observing these creatures, and everything he noticed, he wrote down. He wrote so vividly and descriptively that it HAD to be true. After he died, I got even more interested in science and these creatures that he described. So, I went off with my chaperone, Miss Simpkins, and went aboard an airship to find these creatures, myself. My parents wouldn’t allow me to go alone, so I had to bring her along. Right away, I met a young man, around my age, named Matt Cruse. I was happy to know that there was someone that was my age, because there weren’t many kids that sailed on airships. He was very attractive, and I tried my best to spend as much time with him as possible. On board, I was told that there was going to be a tour around the airship and that Matt was going to lead it, so, of course, I wanted to go. During our tour, I was the only one that was there, so Matt & I walked around as he told me all the different parts of the ship and what its functions were. Somewhere in between the tour, we bonded quickly, and as I’d hoped, we became close acquaintances. Throughout the days and weeks, I gradually told Matt about the creatures that my grandfather spoke of and even let him borrow his log. At first, Matt’s reaction was like everyone else’s, and that was disappointing, but who could blame him? I wasn’t even 100% sure anymore, but I kept trying to tell myself that they were real and that I would find them! The Aurora [the name of the airship] also got hijacked by pirates, and all the passengers had to let them go through our belongings. They took some of my jewelry, but I’m just happy they didn’t steal any of my science equipment. Anyways, just as the pirates took off, their ship collided into our ship, causing them to barge a hole, which resulted in sinking. That was really bad, considering we were flying over water, but Matt spotted an island and the airship landed there safely. While being on the island, we got to walk around the beach and relax for a bit, but instead, I did a little research, and I noticed that this was the island that my grandfather was talking about. I couldn’t believe it! I was actually here, where the creatures were. I just had to go and explore, but I couldn’t go alone, so I brought Matt with me. We kept getting in trouble because we weren’t allowed to wander off, but we kept doing it anyways. On the island, we found a major load of bones and I took pictures of the creatures so I would have plenty of proof to show. We decided to call the creature a “Cloud Cat.†Matt and I also encountered a live one and I figured out that it was a dangerous carnivore, and not some friendly animal. Also, we stumbled upon pirates and we had to pretend that we were survivors from a shipwreck, so they wouldn’t suspect anything from us. For a whole day, we spent it at a pirate camp that was hidden by the forest. At night, Matt and I planned to escape while everyone was sleeping, but I accidentally fell asleep and Matt came back for me, but we both got caught and were sent to a pit full of hydrium, where we’d supposedly be killed slowly. Matt noticed my pants were silky and made a balloon so we would float out of the pit. Once we escaped, we ran into the forest and rested for a few minutes. I was all of a sudden very sad and started sobbing because of everything that happened. A friend of ours got hurt by the Cloud Cat, and he wouldn’t have if it weren’t for me, and I just felt that everything was my fault. While I was crying Matt had kissed me and everything changed. Everything that I was thinking about just totally vanished and all I could think about was Matt. I told him that he was my first kiss and he felt relieved. I, too, wanted to kiss him some more, but we had to get back to the ship.
