Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 559

Wizards to the West
Yew Chung International School (Primary), Tsang, David Chung Wah - 10
I
and my best friend Michael were in the school playground talking when Jathan walked in with his
heavy backpack. Jathan was wearing his same blue glasses and his summer school uniform. Michael was
also wearing his summer school uniform. We were about to line up when we heard a warping sound
and all our other classmates froze on the spot.
The warping sound stopped and a blue portal appeared. Some Chinese wizards stepped out of the
portal and grabbed us.
“Hey, stop that!” We yelled in protest, but our classmates were all frozen so they couldn't hear us.
At last, they overpowered us and pushed us in the portal.
When another portal appeared in the portal tunnel, the Chinese wizards pushed us out. They
stepped out and the transformation began. One of them turned to Xuanzang and the other became his
horse. The last wizard became a person who looked like Xuanzang.
They said, “The king said you are from the future and can help us get the ancient scroll from the
west.”
We introduced ourselves to them and started going the direction their compass. Then after a few
hours of eventless walking, we arrived to a dense, green jungle. It was humid and hot so we were all sweaty
after a few minutes. We sat down to rest and eat. The wizards (except the horse wizard) told us there were
monsters who wanted to catch Xuanzang and eat him. We sat down against a tree and the wizards started to
sleep.
Suddenly, I heard a rustle in the leaves above. I looked up and saw a thick snake coiling down the
branch trying to catch Xuanzang. I warned my friends and we grabbed the snake’s head. It snapped at us but
we were holding it tightly so it couldn’t escape. Just when I was out of strength, a Chinese witch in long
green robes floated over and muttered a spell. I felt stronger after the spell and crushed the snake’s head.
The commotion must have awoken the wizards because now they were standing somewhere near a
pond. They were drinking water and eating some food. Then we continued on our journey to get the
ancient scroll.
After a few more hours, we came to a deep chasm with pointy spikes at the bottom. We had no
idea how to cross and survive so we sat there thinking. The Chinese witch came again and made a flying
cloud that we could all stand on. We crossed the chasm easily on the cloud.
There was a desert on the other side with nothing except sand and cactus. Luckily, we found a cave
to give us shade. It was also cooler inside the cave. The bad thing is we couldn’t see anything inside the
cave.
It was night now so the wizards fell asleep and left us to guard them. I then saw a shape coming
towards us at the far end of the cave. As it came closer, it also became clearer so I could see what it was. It
was a giant spider-person! It was shiny black and eight red eyes staring at us. It’s eight limbs reached out to
grab us but we were too quick.
The spider backed us out into the open where there were scorpions waiting for their dinner, which
is us. We jumped away and tried to grab the scorpions. I grabbed one and threw it at the spider. My friends
saw what I was doing and joined in.
Soon, the spider was defeated by the scorpions and we woke the wizards. Then we continued our
journey. We walked on like this, passing different places and fighting monsters.
We finally arrived at a big temple covered in gold. We entered the gates and entered the temple.
Inside were lots of monks and buddhas sitting there. On the big gold throne sat the king buddha
eating fruit. The other monks and buddhas just sat there talking amongst themselves. Someone finally
noticed us and invited us to sit at a table with chairs around it. On the table were some food so we gobbled
it up quickly.
Then the king buddha asked us why we came to his temple. We answered that we walked through
deserts, and forests to come here for the ancient scroll. The king buddha asked to trade something for it. So
we had to give away the sacred belt we made out of the snake monster. Later, he sent some monks to give
us the scroll.