The Journey to the West
Clearwater Bay School , Xu , Erik - 10
“ J
ohn , there ’ s a package for you !” said John ’ s mum . John raced to the door . “ Who ’ s it from ?” asked John as he opened the package . There was a card strapped onto the back of the box . It read : Dear John
Merry Christmas ! From Uncle Gary .
Inside the box there was a game set complete with the game “ Journey to the West ”. John took the package into his room and set up the system including a model S stereo speaker , a 4K high resolution display and all the newest gaming technology . He turned on the master switch and inserted “ Journey to the West ”. He waited for the system to boot up . Suddenly , he was inside the game !
John saw the four main characters standing in front of him . He saw Monk Pig , Monkey King , Monk Sandy and Tripitaka . John knew what he had to do , he needed to pick a character to be , so he walked towards Monkey King , suddenly he was Monkey King . He recognized Xian because his father had once taken him there . Tripitaka and his friends were ahead of him . John assumed he had to defend Tripitaka and travel with him to India .
John tested his powers . He imagined himself as a pig . Pop ! He was a pig . He tried flying because he could not think of anything funnier than a flying pig . He was airborne . He flew with the rest of the crew because he wanted to learn some new tricks . John hoped his friends were intelligent because he knew in most video games there were dumb CPU ’ s .
John saw the Terracotta Army in front of him . There was a small gang of teenagers all around the Terracotta Army . They were all equipped with AK-47 ’ s and a sidearm . They looked like they were holding some sort of plastic bomb . Immediately , he summoned his stick and flew in their direction but all the gangsters were doing was shooting him . John retreated due to the pain . He was thinking about his next step .
Suddenly , he realized the obvious . He pulled out one of his hairs and blew them at the clay warriors . All the clay warriors became alive and ran to help John fight . John , Monk Sandy and Monk Pig all charged at the gangsters in the identity of the leader . The gangsters were too surprised to react . They lifted up their guns , but they were already overwhelmed . Arrows and spears were flying everywhere . The gangsters were all scared into retreat running away from the army . As the warriors marched back into their positions , they turned back to stone .
The friends cheered in unison . They raised their weapons together . The friends congratulated each other for winning the first level . “ We have won the first level without casualties , let ’ s do it again !”
So , with renewed excitement , John , and his friends continued their walk to the west .
They approached a barren desert filled with miles and miles of sand . There was nothing fun for miles around the desert . John missed home . John flew around the desert looking for a way back to the physical world but failed . He landed and shouted “ I have had enough of this game . It isn ’ t fun anymore !” Sympathetically , his friends came and comforted him by saying : “ Come on let ’ s go and continue our quest !” Monk Pig whispered to him : “ Hey , tell you what , we ’ re all real players and tried looking for ways to get out but never found one . The only way to go home is to win all the levels .” “ Really ?” “ Yup .” “ Then Let ’ s go fight some monsters .”
The four people continued their journey to the west facing challenges like monsters and every time they were losing , they thought of their families and immediately felt stronger .