Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 4-7 2019 | Page 157

Emperor’s Plan
Korean International School, Jin, Tina - 16
One day, the Emperor gathered us in his palace and said :’I need 30000 people right now, to go on an
adventure.’ so the adventure begins. 1000 crew died on the way. Not enough food, drinks. There were rats, flies -
very dirty and bad environment. Someone died because of diseases. 2 captains, 10 vice captains. People were divided
into different teams - cooking team, cleaning team, soldiers, service team??? I am one of the members in the cooking
team: there is a rule that we will steal the captain’s food. Don’t question, don’t tell because if the captain knows they
will kill us and throw us into the sea!!!!! My friend is in the cleaning team - he told me that they don’t actually clean,
they just pretend that they have cleaned the rooms, all teammates are super super lazy but the cooking team was even
lazier.
We had a lot of adventures during the trip. The most unforgettable one should be the fight between us and the
happy island people. It was a scary night with strong winds and heavy rain. We landed on the happy island……. At first,
we thought the people were very nice, you know what? They gave us food and drinks, and even held a party to
welcome us. I remember a little girl told me: ‘Hey! My name is Claire. Welcome to happy island! We are so happy to
have you as our guests.’ I smiled at her, and she hugged me, so we became friends. Everything seems pretty normal and
peaceful until the night comes…….I heard a weird screaming from the captain’s room -
‘AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!’ he screamed loudly. ‘YOU GET OUT OF MY ROOM!!’ with voice
cracks. There was another voice laughing and said ‘NO!! GIVE ME ALL YOUR GOLD!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!’. And I woke my friend up - ‘Hey!! Stop sleeping! The captain screamed and he seems
to be in danger!’. Unfortunately, my friend ignored me and keep sleeping. I am extremely angry and I slapped him,
punched him, yelled at him - ‘WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’. He finally woke up and yelled at me ‘What’s wrong with you?
The captain…….WHAT?’. He and I rushed to the captain’s room and we saw the door was opened but captain was
not in the room! We are super frustrated so we woke all the members up and search for the captain. My friend and I
entered the Happy forest, which is the biggest forest in the island, someone told me the forest have a scary creature that
will eat human…….We went there and my friend said ‘Don’t go in!’. Originally, I wanna leave but I heard a voice
screaming : ‘HELP! HELP! HELP!’. My friend looked at me, with his body shaking and face turning pale ‘Oh no!! That
sounds like captain, should we go and see?’, I nodded and we went in the forest. We followed that voice and we saw
OUR CAPTAIN yelling at us!! The sheik of the island stared at us angrily ‘What on earth are you two doing? IT IS
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!’. We are frightened and don’t know what can we do. And suddenly - ‘BANG!’ the
sheik was shooted, falled down and died!! We are shocked and have no idea what’s going on - ‘He is dead! My friend!
Don’t stay there! It is dangerous! Come and follow me - I will show you the way to escape!! COME! NOW!’ It’s
Claire! She comes and rescue us!!!!!! We followed her quickly and she showed us the way to get on the boat ‘Don’t
come back again or else you guys would be in danger again! Leave the island now!!’ She told me. ‘But what about you?’
I asked. She smiled and said ‘You need not to worry me. I will be fine! Go! Have a safe trip!’ She waved at us and gave
us a big smile. I will remember this moment forever - a young beautiful girl who save our life, she is a HERO.
When we started our journey, the emperor gave us a loads of gold and told us ‘If you meet some nice people, give them
some!’. So we took all his gold and started the adventure. Sometimes when we meet some really good people, we will
send them our gold. And don’t you know who received the biggest amount of gold? It is the PEOPLE OF SAD
ISLAND…...They are the nicest people I have ever seen in the world. We landed on the island. They danced to
welcome us. They gave us BBQ fish and it’s very tasty. We stayed on the island for 1 month because we lack of food
and drinks. The emperor on the island know our bad condition and then he said :”no worry guys! I will take care of
you until you guys have enough resources. If you don’t mind, just take some food from here! You guys must have
travelled a long way to come to the sad island! Take some good rest.”
And then, we stayed there for 1 month. The emperor organized different activities for us to better understand
the island’s culture and history. For example, the funniest game on the island is playing a ball called sadball. The
emperor told us :”we invented this game 100 years ago, just make a blind guess, do you know why there’s such a game?
What is it for?” and captain said:”For…… entertainment?” the emperor answered:”what a good guess! But it’s wrong.”
one of the teammates in cooking team raised up his hand
and shouted :”I KNOW! ITS FOR celebration!” the emperor laughed:”HAHA, this young little boy is so energetic,
but again, it’s wrong.” The emperor continued :”i think its time for me to tell you the truth. It is for medical use!
When people get sick, they will feel painful so when they play the sadball, they can release their negative energy and the