Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 554

‘ No ,’ Elizabeth said , with a serious tone , ‘ breakfast is the most important meal of the day . You should never miss it and feed up yourself . See , you ’ re so skinny .’ I think her voice somehow changed during this horribly chilly adventure . I was totally speechless . Finally , Elizabeth said , ‘ Fine . We ’ ll continue west .’
As we walked , I noticed that Elizabeth was acting strangely . Firstly , she was glaring all around . Secondly , she was always mumbling . Thirdly , she walked a lot quicker than usual . She looked somehow … different .
Very soon we found a hut . Elizabeth opened the door and we stepped in , my fears chills my back . There was a long hallway , carved out of dark stone . At the end of it , there were stairs , and there was a mirror at the top of the stairway . At both sides of the hallway , there were doors . I had a sensation it was a haunted house .
Elizabeth suggested we should explore sideways . My intelligence told me that I should disagree all her suggestions . I replied her that we can try the doors one by one later . She concurred and started to walk up , dragging me towards the mirror .
I saw her big eyes were glowing . We both looked into the mirror when we were at the top . I saw her reflection was a deformed face on a distorted body . ‘ You ’ re not my friend Elizabeth ! You are a ghost ! Where is Elizabeth ?’
The ghost muttered , ‘ You would never know what happened next !’
‘ I do !’ shouted an old man in his long grey robe standing in the front door . ‘ These two silly girls were exploring this dark forest together until you took away Elizabeth ’ s clothes for disguise last night and left her in the mountains . I saved Elizabeth and followed you here .’
I looked at him gratefully . He was holding a girl in his arms - Elizabeth . The ghost charged at him angrily while the old man put Elizabeth on the ground and took out a wand , tearing the ghost into ashes with just one wave .
Elizabeth woke . She looked around , ‘ Oh , GHOST , HELP !’ she exclaimed .
I said , ‘ Calm down . The ghost has gone . You ’ re safe now . And I think we ’ ve found the great wizard .’
‘ Now I should send you home , afterwards , I must continue my journey to destroy all evils in this world , until then , you two should never be too curious and go to this dark forest again all by yourself ,’ advised the wise wizard .
A few months later , we heard news that the wizard has destroyed all evils . That means , we are ready to have another adventurous but safe journey to the west !