Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 43

Journey to the Ice Monster's Cave
St Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary & Primary School, Chan, Mikail - 8
T
he night had rolled in over Antarctica bringing with it the threat of a raging snowstorm. The air
was still and heavy and the thick clouds blotted out the stars. Xuanzang was meditating in the
warmth of the cave he and his companions shared. Suddenly, he had a premonition of an imminent
attack from the demon ice monster who was on a mission to freeze the world, hypnotise everyone and use
them as puppets for his entertainment.
The following morning when the sun rose, the four friends set out on a journey to destroy the ice monster.
They hiked through whooshing cold mountains, slid over icy rivers and pushed their way through swirling
whirling snowstorms. They were close to reaching the bottom of the Chichika Mountains when they saw
an enormously high ice wall surrounded by a lot of minion ice monster guards. Though crafty, the minions
were always goofing around. The monkey king’s instant reaction was to attack the minions. Being held back
by Xuanzang after observing their behaviour, they came up with a plan to divert the minions’ attention, so
they could enter the gates unknown.
The monkey king transformed himself into different animals and put on a show for the minion guards.
While entertaining them with his somersaults and tricks, he also made them disappear one by one. In the
meantime, the others sneaked through the wall and up the mountain.
As they entered the cave, they could hear the ice monster chanting and trying out hypnotising spells on his
monster guards. The pig and the sand priest charged into the cave from different directions as Xuanzang
chanted an ice warming lullaby. They defeated the minions easily with one hit. The pig was able to punch
the ice monster with great strength, but not before the monster struck the sand priest and turned him into an
ice minion. Just then, the monkey king danced his way in and around the monster and froze him. The two
companions smashed the demon into pieces. Just as they turned around, all the pieces started to fuse back
together. Again, with all their strength and tricks, they tried to attack from all angles. The monkey king
even dived from the sky and transformed into different animals. They all had one question on their minds:
How can we defeat this monster? The pig had an idea. He took out a box of matches he had kept and lit a
few sticks. Each companion threw it in the direction of the monster. The ice monster laughed and said,
“You can’t defeat me with that!”
But as the stick hit the monster he slowly began to melt and in no time turned into a big puddle of water.
The sand priest turned back into his human form, but everything around them began to melt. They were
pushed out of the cave by a big wave and slid all the way down the mountain. It was a very wet and
fulfilling journey for all of them.