Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 472

Timmy spotted a hole just large enough for the little mouse to climb through. He ran for the hole, hoping to run
out and save Cassandra. At that very moment, a vine shot out and almost caught Timmy, then another vine
zoomed out and held on to Cassandra’s wrist. They were frightened, but Timmy thought hard, if Cassandra
panicked too much, she would scream...Then he could escape and bite through the vines and save them both!
He waited for Cassandra but didn't have to wait long as she was panicking, hard.
“YYYYYYYYY AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!” she screamed.
Timmy broke the vines on Cassandra’s wrist and made a hole on the cage large enough for both of them to
escape. They ran as fast as cheetahs running like they'd never ran before. Once they’d ran for a very long time,
they stopped and heaved a sigh of relief.
Vascol watched the scene in dismay, his plan had backfired! He flipped his desk , fuming, he had to stop them…..
Timmy looked up and spotted an object.
It was a ball, they ran towards it, jumping up and down with excitement. They thought: What could it be? Next
to it was a note, Cassandra read it aloud.
“Hello again, tap this ball three times and repeat the rhyme,”she read.
She did as told and she felt herself being lifted above the ground. From the top, you could see an amazing view of
the forest. A few moments went by, she and Timmy had arrived at Dream Valley ! A cloud came by her and
sitting on it was ...The Island Keeper.
“Hello! It’s nice to see you! I am the Island Keeper, also the person who sent you away in a basket. I had then
assumed that something bad was going to happen so , sent you away, and decided to have you return when you
could help the valley heal from a curse, and I was right. So now, I need you to do something only people on
earth can do so that the spell will be broken,” explained the Island Keeper.
“What can I do?”Thought Cassandra.
Suddenly,she knew what to do, she could use technology! She took out her phone.
“ I’m ready!” she said with a determined look.
She texted her best friend Amaline and wrote: Hi! What are you doing now? Amaline replied
immediately,writing: Just sitting on the couch watching TV.
Right then, they heard a painful scream. She’d she banished Vascol, and reversed the curse!
“Good job, thank you! You have saved Dream Valley so you may now travel through different dimensions any
time you like with this necklace. Just hold on to the charm and say the rhyme,”the Island Keeper told her. She
handed Cassandra a silver necklace and disappeared.