Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020complete | Page 122

A Journey to the Future GBA
Harrow International School Hong Kong, Lui, Michelle - 11
Scrambling frantically around the attic, Max searched around for his recent discovery. He’d hidden the
peculiar metal book that was covered in a thousand locks. It had to be here somewhere. Finally, his face
beamed as he found the silver glint of a shiny-new metal book.
‘Lily,’ Max called out. ‘Come here!’
His sister’s footsteps echoed around their spacious attic, and her head popped out of the hatch.
‘Is it that metal book?’ Lily said excitedly.
Max nodded in elation, and opened the old book. A glow emitted, and they glimpsed flying buses
and food that looked absolutely scrumptious.
‘It must be the future,’ Max said in awe. ‘Let’s go there!’
Before Lily could say anything, her brother disappeared into the book of wonder. She rolled her
eyes and smiled. ‘Alright, Max. Here I go!’
She spun down a vortex that shone like a million stars.
When Lily arrived, she saw her brother, giddily devouring some dumplings. She grinned
mischievously.
‘We’re going to have a lot of fun!’ she told Max.
The twins caught the nearest Aerobus and it shot off like a cheetah. They held onto the
windowsill, screaming as it sped rapidly down the road. In less than half a minute, they’d arrived in what
looked like China.
‘So this region is made up of Hong Kong, Macau, and China!’ Max exclaimed, accidentally
throwing his last dumpling off a cliff. Apparently, thy were quite close to the Great Wall of China.
‘I can see the Great Wall,’ Lily said. ‘It’s… Changed.’
She saw giant machines with one person inside of each. It lunged across the colossal wall, taking
their passengers from one place to another in a blink. It had four skinny spider legs, a body of a velociraptor
and the robotic head of a cockatiel. If the Future GBA wanted to up their game, they had to figure out
some better combinations.
Sneakily, the twins hitched a vacant machine and zipped it across China and Hong Kong. Max ate
his very last (and well hidden) dumpling. The ride was extremely bumpy, as if they were riding elephants
with the speed of a private jet. Soon, the land of Hong Kong and China were covered by mountains, like
the countries were shy. Macau came into view. There were gambling casinos everywhere.
‘I want to gamble!’ Max pouted.
Lily grumbled. ‘Max, Mom will be SO mad.’
She followed her brother into the casino. He pocketed some random person’s cash and started to
gamble. Lily huffed and sat down heavily on a nearby armchair. Her brother may have consumed her
energy, but she knew it was the future; Max couldn’t run from this kind of opportunity.
A few moments later, Max returned with a bucketful of gold coins. But Lily had disappeared. It
was only 3pm. Horror torn away his happiness. Lily had been kidnapped in the future GBA.