BERTRIM ACADEMY -3 Prologue: BERMUDA TRIANGLE

The night was different from any other nights, it was darker, colder, and even too quiet. The waves of the ocean and the swaying of the ship is the only thing the crew felt. Everyone are already asleep except for one, the captain, he felt uneasy causing him not to sleep. He decided to watch the night for a while. For about 10 mins. watching he was about to turn back but saw strange lights, dancing, over the horizon. The sight was captivating and he never looked away. He started shouting orders that woke every crew on deck and below deck. The ship was then put on course to the horizon, wishing that an island might be there, its been months since they saw land. Then dawn came, a small ray of sun light is visible, the captain looked back again, and saw glimpse of unusual creatures. They are undescribable, some were huge, gigantic even others smaller, and one looked at him that cause him to move back a step. He suddenly realize that the island was slowly vanishing. A mirrage, he thought, after the island was gone. He then faced all his crew that are now on deck and started giving instructions to find land. The captain didn't say anything but the crew has their own way of passing-up time. The captain went back to his quarters and started writing everything he saw to his diary to remind him it wasn't a dream. It was something to be remembered and one day be discovered in the future.

YEAR 1609- 2009 (COMPILED NEWS)

Activities of unexplained events happen in the middle of the ocean. Deaths, plane crushes,and even missing planes and ships that passes through the BERMUDA TRIANGLE, or others call the Devil's triangle. This paranormal activities are known to everyone but few dare to solve it, even the international government are impartial to what they think of it. Devil's triangle was it's first name but at present they changed it . the place is defined by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Southern tip of Florida, creating a triangular shape, and having a 1.5 million sq. mile area.

The Bermuda Triangle region has some unusual features. It's one of only two places on Earth-the other being an area nicknamed the Devil's Sea off the east coast of Japan, which has a similar mysterious reputation-where true north and magnetic north line up, which could make compass readings dicey.

It is also home to some of the deepest underwater trenches in the world; wreckage could settle in a watery grave miles below the surface of the ocean. Most of the sea floor in the Bermuda Triangle is about 19,000 feet (5,791 meters) down; near its southern tip, the Puerto Rico Trench dips at one point to 27,500 (8,229 meters) feet below sea level.

Treacherous shoals and reefs can be found along the continental shelf. Strong currents over the reefs constantly breed new navigational hazards, according to the Coast Guard.

The Coast Guard also notes that unpredictable Caribbean-Atlantic storms can yield waterspouts that often spell disaster for pilots and mariners.

Chapter end