Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 247

The Adventure in Old Shanghai
Hong Kong Baptist University Affiliated School Wong Kam Fai Secondary and Primary School, Li, Mischa - 9
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t was a wonderful day in Hong Kong, well, not for Shing Lai Hei! She was walking home, with her backpack
overloaded. Today, there was a million homework stuffed in her backpack. Suddenly, she was in an unknown
place, for she wasn’t looking where she was walking. She was in a hidden cave and as she was exploring, she
slipped and fell into a hole! That’s when the story starts……
At the bottom was a purplish-black portal. “SAVE ME!!!” shouted Lai Hei but no she already fell in. All around
her were pictures of the past, like Napoleon, Li Bai, Jesus……suddenly, a picture of an old town appeared and she
was SUCKED into it!
“Oof!” she muttered as she fell on to the hard stone cold floor. She expected someone to help her up but no one
came. In fact, no one was even in the town! She began exploring this desolated place. Soon, she entered a bar.
Inside was a little girl sitting in front of a fire. She was looking gloomy, but when she saw Lai Hei, her face lit up
with hope. The little girl happily exclaimed, “Yay! The prophecy was true!” It wasn’t even a second when Lau
Hei asked, “What do you mean ‘prophecy’? Also, where am I?” “Well,” answered the girl, “you’re in Shang Hai
and the prophecy is saying like a hidden hero will come. Everyone except me was kidnapped and helped
something called the ‘Mineral Minions’ mine precious jade and jewels. I was hiding so no one found me. By the
way, here is the prophecy: When the night forgets light, 3 heroes will stop the fight, when they come one shall
hold, the powers of fire, water and stone. Combine these and save them all, and return to the normal state from
the fall. As she listened on how to track the heroes, she went off soon after.
She took out a map from her backpack and started scanning it with her eyes. She went north and moments later,
she arrived at a place called ‘Volcanoeix Dyraniom’
. It was so hot, that when she took off her jacket, it was still no use at all! Lava was flowing everywhere and mini
jump