Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020complete | Page 405

The Adventure of the Greater Bay Area Harrow International School Hong Kong, Ji, Brian - 12 “Arghhh, it’s burning today. I’m so thirsty.” I groaned. It was a sunny day. Lisa and I were walking along the dockside. “But it’s a perfect day for a Geo field trip to the beach. Let’s go get some drink, Ethan,” said Lisa. There was a vending machine on the corner of the pathway. Lisa and I drank a can of coke each. Holding the empty can, I looked for a rubbish bin. The closest one I could find was miles away. I felt too lazy to go to the bin, so just kicked the can into the sea. I kicked it as far as I could. At that moment, I lost balance and fell off the sea wall into the sea! “Arrrrrrrrrrrrhk!” I sank deep into the sea. I couldn’t hold my breath for any longer. I was dying…! After a few minutes, I opened my eyes. ‘Am I in heaven?’ Instead of angels, I could see beautiful angelfish swimming around me. It was not heaven. I was still in the middle of the sea. And surprisingly, I was breathing! I was still alive and felt like I was a fish. Happily, I swam and explored deep into the sea. “Hi” I heard someone’s voice behind me. There was a boy wearing a weird glittering outfit. His clothes looked like it was made of cans. Cautiously, I talked to him. “Who are you? Do you know me?” “Oh, my name is Jacob. Are you new to the Greater Bay?” he told me. “The Greater Bay? What is it?” I asked Jacob with curiosity. “Hm, It seems that you don’t know anything about here. The Greater Bay is the magical underwater city. Come on, follow me. I’ll tell you more about it in my house.” Jacob swam down deeper toward the dark bottom of the sea. I became nervous. “I thought your house was not this far..” I was trembling. “We live underwater of the Greater Bay. Here we are. Come on in,” said Jacob. Jacob’s house was made of shiny cans. Actually, not only his house but all the houses and buildings in the city were covered with aluminium cans! I followed Jacob into his house. Inside, it pretty much looked like an ordinary house. We sat on the sofa and he gave me hot cocoa in a can. “Thank you. Everything in this world looks like a can.” I told him. “They are.” He replied.