Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 343

New Journey to the West
Korean International School, Shade, Ian - 9
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ong, long, long time ago, there was a special mine. Inside there was a special metal. One day in the
future a miner mined the metal. Out came a baby metal cheetah! The miner ran away.
The cheetah met a group of other cheetah's kids. They went exploring the mine. When the
parent cheetahs came back, they didn't know where the kids were. Meanwhile, the metal cheetah found a
throne with a crown studded with jewels sitting on it. So, he became king.
A few years later, when the king was fully grown, he went to a place called the Palace of Peace. There,
there was a monkey who ruled the palace. He was very kind and magical. The monkey taught the metal
cheetah all kinds of magic. The metal cheetah even earned a name: Quicksilver. But while he was gone,
some hunters killed the other cheetahs. When Quicksilver came back, he was upset and mad. An old man
walked by. Quicksilver killed him. He was very, very furious. He swore to destroy whoever killed them.
But he didn't know what to do. So, later, he went to the city where the people lived to get weapons. " I'm
not afraid," he thought. But he didn't notice the dangers in stored for him...
In the city, he went to a mining company. There was the exact same miner who had mined the metal
egg! Quicksilver pounced on him. The miner sobbed, "Time to die...goodbye world!" But Quicksilver
didn't kill him. Instead, Quicksilver licked Billy's (the miner) face. "Huh?" said Billy. Using magic,
Quicksilver allowed Billy to understand him and explained him the whole story. After that, they got some
weapons and armour.
A few days later Billy gave a speech on TV that we shouldn't kill animals because they will attack us
back.
Then, a few days later, in the early morning, poachers tried to capture Quicksilver. But Quicksilver was
too quick (that's why he's called Quicksilver). He ran out of the city and Billy was lost without him.
An hour later, Billy decided to travel to his luckiest compass point, west. It always made him lucky. So, a
few minutes later he set of to the direction west. But the problem was, Quicksilver was heading north. Now
they'd never find each other!
Then, he remembered he had learned magic. So, he used the magic to create a special map inside his
mind so he could detect the position of Billy. After he saw that Billy was heading west, he ran super-turbo
speed to catch up with Billy.
Meanwhile, Billy had found a large building shaped like a giant robot that sells special robot companions.
"I could have a robot friend..." thought Billy, "to help me find Quicksilver. If I don't find him, at least I'll
still have a friend."
So, he went inside. Soon he found the perfect android. He bought it and named it Eleninja, and his
nickname was Janel or The Element Bender. His ability was to be able to bend the elements of the world.
When he went out of the building, he saw Quicksilver running towards him at super-turbo speed. Billy
was so happy! Soon, they each told to each other what had happened to themselves. Then Quicksilver
asked, "What is that?" pointing at Janel. "Oh, that? That's Janel. He's an element bender."Billy replied.
"Wow, that's very rare. Where did you get him from?" "From that giant building over there." "Cool..."
But a second later, Quicksilver sensed something using magic. It was the hunters who had killed
Quicksilver's friends! "I will destroy you!!!!" he yelled. A few seconds later all the hunters were dead. "I
promised I would destroy you..." Quicksilver muttered under his breath.
A few minutes later, Quicksilver told Billy and Janel that he wanted to have a normal cheetah's life
because there are only animals and no people. "Of course I like you but I want live in peace in the nature."
"Then we'll find you a place to live," Billy and Janel replied.