Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 383

Sha Wujing
The International Schools Foundation Academy, Lu, Stacey - 11
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ha Wujing gasped, and the two shadowy figures turned. He did what came to his mind first: run.
Sha Wujing, or Sha, was a river monster, until Xuanzang, his master, came and turned him
into human. His job is to protect Xuanzang along with two other magical creatures: Sun Wukong, a
monkey, and Zhu Bajie, a pig. A few hours ago, they completed their journey to the West. Buddha gave
them two weeks of holiday. They chose to explore China. Except, they were blown to different places.
Smart enough, they told each other that if anyone was lost, they will meet at the center of the Country.
Sha landed in Beijing, the capital of China. He instantly knew that, because of the famous Great
Wall of China. He started to climb it.
There were so many people at the Great Wall. Sha looked around. The people were either
climbing or looking at the view except two suspicious looking people who wore black tights and shirts.
They were mostly circling a woman with ruby earrings dangling at her ears, a pearl necklace around her
neck, and a jade bracelet around her wrist. Sha narrowed his eyes, and followed them.
The two people walked into a door that said ‘No visitors, staff only’, and closed the door behind
them. Sha ran to the door, and held it just before it closed. Then he put his ear to the door. One of them
spoke.
“Look at what you’ve done, Belladonna,” a male voice said.
“It’s not all my fault,” Belladonna said, “Look, Lerman, we still have a chance. I chose us because
we could show Experemas Poius how trustable we are, so we might get a pay rise,” said.
“Okay, I’ll trust you this time, but if we fail again, then I won’t work with you,” Lerman said.
Sha kept listening, but dozens of questions bounced in his head. What was the plan? Who is
Experemas Poius? Who are they?
“I will have to go soon. I’ve got a whole family waiting for me,” a new voice said. There was
silence. “Ha, you think we will let you go that quickly? ” Belladonna snickered.
“What do I have to do?” The rich lady trembled.
“Well, first, you have to find whoever is here that is part of the Journey to the West, and go to
Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou to fetch the rest of the group. Then you meet us here, with all four
members and the dragon horse.” Lerman chuckled. “Then our mission is completed.”
Sha gasped. Then he ran. But the evil claws were quicker than he expected.
Sun Wukong
Sun Wukong, or Sun, landed in Hong Kong. He glanced at the street food. Wait, was that street
food? Yes, Sun thought. Is that Egg Puffs? The famous street food of Hong Kong? Maybe I could steal
one of those from a shop and run away quickly. The people couldn’t catch me.
He jumped around the streets, snatching as much food as he could. One of the shop owners
shouted, “hey!” Then, started chasing him. But soon the shop owner gave up, and walked sulkily back to
his shop. Sun sat on a branch, while the other people stood there and gawked at him. Sun flashed them a
mischievous smile.