Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 12 | Page 291

were using only common swords and spurs. They had some axes too. Ours were lasers and fire swords. In
the 24 th century, we also got wars. We used robots in our fight to minimize causalities. In the battlefield, I saw
some Mongolian soldiers fought hard with the Chinese army. The Mongolia soldiers were all tall and strong
while the army from the Song Dynasty were relatively short and weak. Seeing lots of soldiers killed, I wanted to
help. However, my friends told me to calm down. They suggested that I should use the dragons to breathe fire
on the Mongolian Army. I listened to my friends. The dragons killed a lot of Mongolian soldiers and their
horses.
We finally saved the Song’s Dynasty’s army and defeated the Mongolian soldiers.
We use the time machine again to go back to the cave and told the kids on what we had done in their era in Song
Dynasty. They were happy to know what we had done. I gave one of my robot to the kids to play with.
After a week, the resurrection potion was failed to work. The royal family all died again. They all turned back to
skeletons. The fire of the candles the kids brought to the play room went out. I knew it was the time. The
tears from my eyes came out quickly. We stayed there, in the complete darkness, with tears filled up all our eyes
because we were all very sad and missed the kids so much. Our sadness had overwhelmed the fear of darkness.
Then we walked slowly through the cave back to the town.
The town of Shanghai got a lot of shops and people. Seeing all the happy faces of old Shanghai people, we
started getting better again. People in 24 th century usually played with robots instead of real people. We met
robots more often than real people. With trying all the delicious food on the street, chatting with all the real
people and kids in old Shanghai town, all of us became very happy and relax. We went to the time machine
happily. Before we went, I brought one of my invention “Crystal Ball” to record all the happenings of this
precious experience and good memories of the journey.
My friend Jane, the wizard, put the experience into
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the Crystal Ball. I drove the time machine back to the 24 century. On our way home, we were excited and
kept chatting on our next trip - Old Paris…….