Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 207

New Journeys to the West
Discovery Mind Primary School , Francis , Layla - 10

Our story starts , 500 years ago . With a monk which was named Xuanzang , who lived in China . Xuanzang lived in a little shack on a mountain in China . It would take a whole day to get to a supermarket or some type of store , so he would go only once every two months , and would have to carry his big , heavy supplies up the mountain . This was very hard work , especially that no one was there to help him … Although , he lived alone , he had some friends , they were not like you and I , oh no , they were magical ! They all had at least one amazing power , and they were always happy to help Xuanzang . Xuanzang is always a up for a challenge and is a very strong man ; especially for his age . Xuanzang had always wanted to go on a very special journey . His aim of the journey was to find his spiritually and find the ancient Ajanta Cave in Maharashtra . Maharshtra was a beautiful little city in India , with ancient temples and some , were to say even Gods . Although he wanted to do the journey so desperately , he never really new when it was the right time , until now …

‘’ Guys !’’ screamed Xuanzang ‘’ It ’ s time to go !’’ ‘’ What ? Really , do we have to go right now ? Came a drowsy reply . ‘’ Yes , it ’ s so early ..’’ came another . ‘’ This is the best time to go , so stop snoring , and get up !’’ replied Xuanzang . About half an hour later all his ‘’ spiritual ’’ friends were up and ready to go … except for his friend the talking pig . ‘’ Talking pig ’’ was not his real name , his name was actually Pooh , but he didn ' t like it , so he told everyone that they have to call him Poh . Poh is very helpful and is always there to help . While they were all standing in line as tired as can be , Poh was not in line , no , instead he was still trying to find his rake he carries around . Poh always is losing it . ‘’ What are we going to do now ? Asked Friar with his loud deep voice . Friar is another one of Xuanzang ’ s friends . He usually has an angry expression on his face . Although he has an angry face , Friar is a lovely friend to be with and he certainly is not afraid of anything .
‘’ Come on Poh , hurry up !’’ he said again . ‘’ He ’ s right !’’ replied the Monkey King ‘’ We want to go , and you know how long it takes Poh to find his rake !’’ Now , Monkey King was the probably the most powerful creature out of all of them . He carried a little stick with him , it was probably as wide as two centimeters or maybe even shorter and about one centimeter in height . The Monkey King had many , many powers ! Now the reader must be thinking , ‘’ What are all these powers ?’’ Well , I ’ m afraid you have come to the wrong place , not even the Monkey king himself knows all the powers he has ! ‘’ Finally ! You ' re here !’’ said Xuanzang as Poh entered the room , ‘’ What took you so long ?’’ ‘’ Oh , you know same old me forgetting where I put my rake . ‘’ Sorry , but I ' m here now so let ' s go !’’
The journey that the group are going on , is going to be a tough one . The journey was all the way from China through the southwestern mountains of India , this means there ' s going to be very hard mountains to climb , but not only that , but also monsters ! Yes , monsters ! In these times monsters were real ! People on quests and journeys always came back and told people how they had to fought monsters and that they barely made it out alive ! People didn ' t believe at first … until some saw it themselves !
The started going up their very first mountain . There wasn ' t a lot of snow yet , but they knew it would snow very hard soon . ‘’ Were almost at the top !’’ said Xuanzang as the group walked behind him . ‘’ We made it to the top of the first mountain !’’ they all said when they got to the top , except for Xuanzang ‘’ Why are you not happy Xuanzang ?’’ said Monkey King , ‘’ We made it to the top of our first mountain , you should be overwhelmed with proudness or excitement !’’ ‘’ Ah … guys … look over there !’’ they all turned around , at what they seemed to see was a figure covered in snow , it was weird because there was no eyes or anything like that , it wasn ’ t even a full figure . Then Xuanzang knew what it was … it was a monster , but an invisible monster ! ‘’ Fight it ! Kill it !’’ shouted Xuanzang . The others knew what he was talking about and soon the monster was defeated .
Several more hours passed and they just had made it up to their third mountin . Just as they reached the top , Xuanzang lost his grip , and fell over the mountain . ‘’ Help !’’ he screamed . Monkey King had flight powers so he quickly flew as fast as lightning and caught Xuanzang in his big furry arms . Luckily , Xuanzang wasn ' t badly hurt , but he had hit his left leg on the side of the mountain while falling . He couldn ' t walk at all ! ‘’ How am I going to finish the journey ?’’ he said softly and sadly . ‘’ I ’ ve got it !’’ shouted the Friar . ‘’ Got what ?’’ said Poh . ‘’ Monkey King can pull his hair and duplicate himself , remember ?’’ ‘’ Then , the