Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 87

He soon came to the party and looked around. Everyone was dressed as one of the travelers as he had
thought. He started making his way towards the stage, where a microphone lay on the stage with no one
using – everybody was busy dancing or talking to each other. He crept onto the stage, picking the
microphone up. ‘This is going to be crazy!’ he thought, taking a deep breath and then spoke into the
microphone. ‘Hello! the next part of the party is meeting the real travelers, and they are all outside, waiting
for you!’ Then he jumped off the stage and zipped away in no time. At first there was silence in the crowd,
then there was murmuring, then there was cheering. The crowd started marching outside excitedly. ‘I can’t
believe it worked!’ Sam thought.
Outside, Dan the policeman was still threatening them, and Annie could do nothing to rescue them. Then
all of a sudden, a huge crowd of journey to the west travelers came charging out of the mall, going straight
for the real travelers. ‘Hey!’ cried Dan in surprise. He was surrounded by the crazy ‘travelers’ and had lost
sight of the real travelers. ‘I’m will get you someday…’ he fumed.
Soon, the crowd realized they couldn’t find the travelers either because of their own costumes! When the
crowd had finally calmed down, the travelers had already gone to continue their journey. ‘Good luck!
And… may the force be with you.’ said Sam. The children stared into the darkness…