Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 52

A Journey to the West of Hong Kong
St Margaret's Co-educational English Secondary & Primary School, Truong, Cameron - 8
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ne beautiful day in Sai Kung, the Monkey King, the Sand Priest and the Pig woke up from their
slumber. To their surprise, Xuanzang, the trio’s mentor, was missing! They looked around for
clues and after a while, the Monkey King found a map that a demon had accidentally dropped.
They analysed the map for clues and figured that the demons would eat Xuanzang one week later which
was the demon’s Thanksgiving, providing them immortality. The demon had taken Xuanzang and kept him
captive in a dark cave in Lantau Island. The trio set out on a mission to rescue their mentor.
They followed the map for one day and one night and got very hungry. The next day, they were woken by
the aroma of KFC and Starbucks coffee. They followed their nose in the opposite direction of the map into
Fanling, which was full of pretty demon ladies. The demons disguised as ladies welcomed the trio to enjoy a
big feast. Normally the Monkey King has powers to identify demons in disguise but he was so hungry his
powers were paralysed. The Pig was so distracted by the pretty ladies, he wanted to marry them and stay
there forever. When they were full, the Money King’s power returned and he realised that the ladies were
in fact demons. He quickly zapped them with his time-freeze ability before dragging both his friends away.
After the detour, the friends headed towards Lantau Island once again. When they reached Tsuen Wan, they
were challenged with a sea of demon sharks that prevented them from swimming across to Lantau Island.
The Sand Priest magically turned his gourd into a raft so that the three friends can cross the sea.
As they ventured on, the cheeky Monkey King spotted Disneyland an d ran off to play on the Toy Soldiers
Parachute Drop ride. He called for his friends to play with him but they were too scared to go on the ride.
Little did he know, the demons had tampered with the mechanical ride. The Monkey King was thrown off
when the parachute jammed at its highest point and he was sent flying through the air. Luckily the Pig
reacted fast and lay down to break the monkey’s fall with his soft bloated belly. They didn’t dare to go on
another ride.
The group journeyed west and soon arrived at Lantau Island’s cave where Xuanzang was held captive. They
tried to look for the key silently, but a demon spotted them and summoned ten other demons to help battle.
They quickly devised a plan. First, the Pig will use his nine-toothed rake to knock the demons dizzy. Then
the Monkey King will freeze the demons while the Sand Priest looks for the key and releases Xuanzang. In
battle, their plan worked out perfectly and together they locked the demons inside the cave. Xuanzang
praised the trio for saving him and they all realised that teamwork was the key to success in their rescue
mission.