Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 232

Unwanted Pilgrim ' s Portal Land
Dulwich College Beijing , Lam , Yoko - 10

There it loomed , the religious temple , house of Buddha ! The priest slid off the rosin-backed horse , which trotted away to graze grass nearby , as the companions gazed fondly at the structure . Minutes later , Sha Seng let out a squeal : What is that at the door ? At the door , a menacing thing ( nobody could possibly go through without fear of dying ) awaited . Before anyone could reply , a gust of wild wind from it swept away the startled horse ! Poof ! The horse had vanished from sight ... " A portal ," warned Sun Wukong , " beware !" However , they could not hear him due to the melancholy wind had brewed into a hurricane . Promptly , everything had been consumed into the obsidian portal ! All of a sudden , the long-suffering friends were whisked away . What was going on ? Hours later , the monk awoke to find his three faithful servants at his side . His head whirled with questions but none were appropriate . For a while , everything was so quiet you could hear a mouse ! Eventually , Bajie sighed , " We are soaring on a cloud with no destination . I observed your kin are not friendly here : the humans are atrocious ; the environment is awful ! I believe we have winded up in the future ." As the meaning of the words sank in , the pig brought the fluffy ball to a halt meanwhile Wukong glimpsed a shimmering item reflecting light in a turret , which he presumed the enemy stole . " Let ' s fight !" commanded Wukong whilst the brave monkey drew his cudgel and pointing at the scenario with a twinkle in his eyes . " But I want to eat and sleep ." Protested the pig . The others moaned in an exacerbated voice , " Not now ." As quick as lightning , the threesome was ready to jump into battle , well , Bajie was sort of not . " Attack !" yelled knights from Kingdom Pollution ( Kingdom Pollution was a gloomy sinister village : mines were found in every direction ; factories had smoke ; no trees ; no lakes ; no ponds ... The place was a garbage tip . It was full of dust , rubbish and dirt . Unlike the poor climate , the people all lived in luxury although only majesties had a casion / mansion castle !). 14 knights stormed at the monkey king . Meanwhile the rest charged at Bajie and Sha Seng . The three creatures had never faced any enemy with such high-skilled weapons and armory ! 12 knights , who were League Gold , wore golden armor ; League Silver wore Silver and the other 12 / League Bronze had bronze armour . League Gold owned gold swords ( which were ' swordnapped '/ sword kidnapped ), trained horses and gold shields ; League of Silver were equipped with silver swords and silver shields ; League of Bronze were given deficient bows ( Sanzang guessed they were abominable at crafting ) and horses . Cling , clang , cling ! The swords met as the magical monkey determinedly fought the enemy , hurting them three at a time . Each time a soldier got hurt , more and more slashed back ! " Can ' t catch me !" Laughed the playful pig . League Silver ' s captain kept swinging at him , yet the captain never got Zhu Bajie . Bing , bong ! Sha Seng dodged away then stepped back , keeping them confused . Blood stained his shirt but there was no time to wipe it , his life was at risk . Soon , only one League Gold ' s men remained . In the kingdom , he was known as Enchantment Captain , whom was in charge of making and enchanting picks , swords , shields , armor and some useful equipment . When he died , Captain left 1,000 crafting tables and anvils ; 800 armory sets ; 4,000 enchanted weapons and 50 inventions he built ! Scooping them up into his rucksack , Wukong hurried to his friends . What seemed like years later , the mighty three could not do much longer which resulted in them running into a dark mine and trying to dodge the men . " Ah ha !" The enemy was approaching ... All this time , Tang Sanzang had occupied himself by sewing a set of ideal clothes when a monster came along , telling him it was not safe here and inviting Sanzang to her house . " I would love to ," Uttered the pilgrim . " Unfortunately , it won ' t be possible as , um as I am waiting for some fighters ." The cheetah settled on a mushstool / mushroom stool . Next , she started weaving flowers . " Are you talking about the kingdom with beastly weather ? My rainbow crystal is in that turret , locked . With it , you can access portals , if you are in the right place ." Just then , Wukong whispered words to Bajie and Sha Seng : distract the enemy . With that , the monkey zoomed away . Up and up flew the creature . He knew they were all depending on him reaching that tower in the sky . 2 minutes later , the winged avenger reached the top of the staircase . Using a special spell , he dissolved into thin air and revealed himself in the locked chamber room . Silently , Sun Wukong grabbed the crystal , willing himself not to drop it or make any noise . Then , he slipped down the stairwell . Ba boom , ba boom . A guard . He was trapped !