Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 397

Journey the the West (With a Twist)
Quarry Bay School, Bratton, Luke - 8
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t was a usual evening. Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, White Dragon Horse and Tang Sanzang were all
happily sitting around the Dining table feasting on a banquet. Everyone was having a good time. They
were telling jokes and reminding everyone about good times. Except for one thing. Zhu Bajie was
acting very strangely. He just wasn't being himself. Tang Sanzang seemed to be the only one who noticed
Zhu Bajie and his unusual behaviour.
As it got late, they all accidentally fell asleep at the table. Sun Wukong was exhausted but just
couldn't fall asleep. Out of the darkness, he saw a mysterious figure move around. When it left, Sun
Wukong woke up White Dragon Horse and Tang Sanzang but Zhu Bajie was nowhere to be found. Sun
Wukong explained everything about how he saw a mysterious shadow and how Zhu Bajie had disappeared.
That is when Tang Sanzang joined into the conversation. He told Sun Wukong and White Dragon Horse
about how he noticed that Zhu Bajie was acting strangely during dinner. The three of them decided that the
next day the second they woke up they were going to search for Zhu Bajie.
It was dawn. White Dragon Horse, Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong set off for their terrific quest.
White Dragon Horse agreed to carry all the supplies. Even though they knocked on every door they could
find and asked if anyone had seen Zhu Bajie. But the truth fell upon them. No one knew where he was.
They looked and looked until they saw him. But he looked...different. His clothes were torn. Then
they saw his face. He was not happy. Questions raced through their minds. Why did Zhu Bajie run away?
What was wrong with him? Why was he acting so suspiciously? They decided to follow him, stalker style.
What would happen if he saw them? At that time, nobody knew.
Zhu Bajie had led them to the Emperors palace. The guards shouted as loudly as they could.
"Halt!" They shouted at the top of their voices. Then Zhu Bajie asked for permission to see the Emperor in
private.
The guards escorted Zhu Bajie to the Emperor's room. The doors then closed.What was going to happen
then?
Inside the Emperor's room, Zhu Bajie asked the Emperor if he could train as a personal bodyguard. The
Emperor said that he could but only if he went through very intense training. Very strangely Zhu Bajie
passed it all.
Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang and White Dragon Horse whispered among themselves. They all thought that
Zhu Bajie was very lazy. So was he more athletic than they thought, or was something wrong with him?
Then the Emperor decided to announce that Zhu Bajie had passed the test and that he was impressed by
Zhu Bajie and his skill and ability. To top that, he made Zhu Bajie his own personal bodyguard. What was
going to happen next? Than doors closed. Only the three of them and the Emperor and Zhu Bajie were in
the same room.
Then Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang and White Dragon Horse dashed as fast as they could out of the
palace. Something was very wrong with Zhu Bajie. Then, at that very moment, there was a shout for help
coming from the palace. Sun Wukong was the first to recognise who screamed. The Emperor. They then
sprinted back to the palace and straight into the Emperor's room. They were so curious of what was
happening that they didn't even stop to tell the guards why they were coming in. The second they got in to
the Emperor's room the first thing they saw was the Emperor, who had been tied up and had a bandage over
his mouth and a smashed window. Tang Sanzang inferred that Zhu Bajie had tied up the Emperor, taken
something, smashed the window and had than made his escape.
When they finished untying the Emperor, he said he would tell them everything. He explained
that he had been tied up by Zhu Bajie, and then he had taken the documents which allowed him to be the
Emperor, smashed the window, jumped out and ran away. "”But... Why would Zhu Bajie want to be the
Emperor?" said Sun Wukong, who was feeling confused. They all knew Zhu Bajie was a good person. And
if he was a good and kind person, why would he do something as horrible as this? But then Tang Sanzang
had a idea. "Maybe he was blackmailed! Or bribed! " Tang Sanzang announced. Sun Wukong joined in the
conversation. "But who blackmailed him then?'’