After sometime, the port on the Island could be clearly seen by everyone board on the Ship. Everyone was shouting out loud with great enthusiasm and high energy.
After a while, the Ship anchored at the side the port. All the seven friends and everyone else was filled with great joy and excitement as they were about to get down on their dreamland in a few moments.
Everyone was amazed and astonished seeing the beauty of the Island from the Ship itself. The passengers began to disembark from the Ship one after another in an ordered and long queue.
"Finally we have reached our destination, our fantasy Island, the Island of Banoi." Tom said enthusiastically who was behind some of the passengers in the queue slowly moving towards the exit gate.
"I'm so hyperexcited. Move quicker buddy." Said Harry who was just behind Tom trying to push him forward.
"Have some patience buddy, we will be out in a moment."replied Tom.
In a while, they were all out on the sparkling sandy soil of the Island under the dazzling Sun overhead. It was a glorious moment for them as they have wanted this all their life. Chilly breeze was blowing lightly calming their souls. The environment all around there was so calm and peaceful.
"Everything is so majestic here, the weather, this chilly breeze, the atmosphere, everything is so beautiful and pleasing here."said Sherlin cheerfully.
"I totally agree with you."said Tom.
They carried their baggage with them and started moving towards the Hotel they booked for this trip which was situated not very far from the port.
There were few taxies available at the port which used to carry passengers from the port to the hotels and vice versa. There were about 9-10 hotels, in a row, some small and some big, located at some distance from the beach.
They rode to the Hotel on a taxi and went towards the reception.
"Hello, welcome to our Hotel, how can I help you?" The receptionist asked them.
"There will be bookings on our names."Peter said.
They respectively told their names to the receptionist and after checking it, she provided them with their respective room keys.
"Thank You."said Alex to the receptionist taking the keys from her.
"You are welcome Sir. Enjoy. If you need anything, just dial us from your room telephone." She replied.
It was all going smoothly and normal and nobody knew what is coming for them or in other words, death was waiting for them on their fantasy Island.
It was a 10-storey hotel, solidly built, resistant from heavy rains and corrosion and on a perfect location with sea side view from all of its rooms with cleanliness and hygiene as its priority.
All the hotels on the Island were built considering the unpredictable nature of weather and resistant from heavy rains. It was only during these 2-3 months when tourism was allowed, the hotels and restaurants were operated and after this period, all the hotel owners along with all the other staff used to return to the mainland.
After getting the keys, everyone went towards their respective rooms. Four of them got their rooms on the 5th floor while other three got theirs on 6th.
Sherlin, Juliet, Tom and Harry got their rooms on 5th floor and Alex, Catherine and Peter got their rooms on 6th floor.
As they were tired of the 3-day journey, they rested for sometime.
After a while...
Alex's attention was moved towards the ringing telephone in his room. It was call from the reception.
"Hello Sir, your breakfast is ready. Would you like us to bring it to your room?"asked from the other side of the phone.
"Has my friends had their breakfast?asked Alex.
"Not yet Sir. We are calling our guests individually. You are the first among your friends to whom we are calling."said from the other side of the phone.
"Okay, we will all have breakfast together."he said.
"Please bring everyone's breakfast in my room. I am calling everyone here."he added.
"All right Sir. We will bring it in 30 minutes. Thank You." and the phone was cut.
Alex then dialled everyone of his friends and called them in his room.
"I was too about to call you guys, we have rested much. Let's have quick breakfast and we move out to the beach. We can not waste our time here resting."said Harry.
"I agree with Harry. We should make most of our trip."said Peter.
"Exactly. Here comes our breakfast."Catherine said pointing to the direction of the door as the door bell rang.
As they opened it, Few staff of the hotel entered the room with large plates, full of delicious foods.
They started having it along with a lot of praise and admiration for the good service and extraordinary delicious food.
After having completed their breakfast, they went to their respective rooms and put on beachwear and proceeded towards the heavenly beach together.
"This is so much more beautiful than I thought it to be." Juliet exclaimed at the entrancing sight in front of her.
It was indeed a magnificent sight as there was endless blue ocean in front of them whose waves were crashing with the shore, and on their either side, it was white sparkling sand under the shining Sun as far as one could see. Along with these, there was light soothing breeze blowing which was filling their hearts with unreal satisfaction and joy. Water was so clean that the soil and the other particles on the its floor were clearly visible. Behind them, they could see the upper branches and leaves of the tall trees of the dense forest which was a bit far from the hotels.
"I absolutely agree with you, its like a heaven around here, much more beautiful than I too ever imagined it to be." replied Peter to Juliet in his rythmic voice.
"I don't want to leave this place ever, I just want to live the rest of my life here." Tom wished.
"I was too waiting for this moment my entire life and now I feel, it was worth this long wait." Harry exclaimed.
They laid out their beach mat and sat on it relaxing and enjoying the scenery.
Catherine and Alex also sat beside them hand in hand romancing each other.
More people were gradually gathering on the beach along with small children. Soon , it turned into a crowded place where everyone was so happy and enjoying at the beach. Nobody knew what was going to happen next, they were just living their present moment in high spirits on their dream Island.