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Mythical Dragons to the West
Kingston International School, Doo, Damian - 7
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long time ago in a lost island far, far away… there was a castle of mythical dragons and a castle of
vampires. The vampire queen wanted to take over the dragon’s castle. She made a big monster,
Golem, to attack the castle. The dragons could not defeat Golem. The dragon king, Vulcan, and
the dragon queen, Kepri, phoned Guan Yin, “Our kingdom is in trouble and we need help!” The Goddess
of Mercy said, “Go to the West for help. Practice kindness in the journey.”
Dragon king and queen travelled west along a river for weeks. One day Kepri saw a jellyfish. The water
pushed it to the shore and it was dying. Vulcan cried, “Don’t touch it!” because mythical dragons were
weak against jellyfishes. But it was too late. Kepri helped the jellyfish by putting it back to the river. And
then she fainted! The dragon king decided to bring the queen to the sky palace to see Yu Huang Da Di.
The Jade Emperor said, “It is very brave and kind for the dragon queen to save the jellyfish knowing that
she will be sick afterwards. For her courage and kindness, I will help her.” The Emperor gave Kepri
medicine.
The dragons flew back to the land. Kepri woke up after taking the medicine and she felt more powerful
than before. She could fly for hundreds of miles and back rapidly like lightning! Vulcan was shocked, “The
medicine gave you new power!”
The dragons arrived at a volcano. It was scorching hot and they were exhausted. As they laid down for a
rest, the ground began to shake and the volcano erupted! Kepri saw two school buses full of children and the
lava and smoke were getting close to them! The queen screamed, “We have to save them!” “Be careful-”
but Kepri already zoomed into the smoke before Vulcan finished his words. Kepri, with her super speed, got
all the children two miles away from the burning lava. Vulcan produced two fireballs with eyes and they
turned into two little fire dragons. The dragon king told the little fire dragons to eat as much lava as possible!
The children cheered for the dragons.
At last they were in the West. There was a huge building with jewels and paintings (the dragons had to be
careful not to break things). Ru Lai was there to greet them, “I have been watching your journey. You have
been kind and have helped many lives. For your kindness, I give you this.” Ru Lai gave the dragons a
magical door. “Thank you!” said the dragons, “but how do we use it?” “Put it in front of your castle and let
Golem come in. The big monster will be trapped.”
The dragons went back to the castle and used the magic door to trap Golem. The war ended. “Let’s
celebrate!” said everyone.
The dragon’s stories and acts of kindness were told to other animals, including humans and they all learned
from it.