Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 1 | Page 92

The Stolen Treasure
Victoria Shanghai Academy, Chan, Pearly - 8
Where am I?
“Finally! I get to read my book on “Ming Treasure Voyages!" Mia collapsed on her bed, grabbed her book,
and flipped through the pages. Immediately, she was sucked inside the book. “Help!” She yelled. But no
one heard her. When the spinning finally stopped, Mia looked around and immediately recognized this
place as Malaysia. She looked up and saw herself staring at a scary forest. Mia wanted to explore, so she
bravely got on her feet and walked into the forest. Then, suddenly, she heard a rustle and peered through
the bushes...but saw nothing.” Ha! It’s just the wind! Nothing can scare me! Said Mia. She kept on walking.
BOOM! Mia whirled around. “Nothing but the wind, nothing but the wind,” Mia reassured herself...but
then...A metal-looking human was staring at Mia...But was it really a human? That was when Mia spotted
buttons on the creature… and lights flashing on his head. Then Mia at once knew who that creature was...
A robot was in front of Mia.
Trapped!
“HELP!” Mia cried. Too late. The robot swallowed Mia in one gulp. Mia was worried. She was in a cave-
like mouth. Mia looked around, hoping to find something, but instead she heard a noise. She walked over
to the noise and… “Hello?!” a voice said. “Anyone there?!”
“Oh!” thought Mia. “There’s someone here!” Mia bravely walked to the noise...and found herself facing a
warrior!
“What are you doing here?” They both said, confused. They looked at each other...then Mia started to
panic. “Oh! Well, I was swallowed by this giant robot!” said Mia.
“Hi! I’m Zheng He!” replied the warrior. “Well, I’m here to look for the legendary gold. My home, China,
has sent me to get it. I’m not sure if it’s here, but the map I have in my pocket says so. So I let the robot eat
me. Then I can look for the gold! Do you think you can help me?”
“Sure!” said Mia.”
They started looking. But they couldn’t find the gold! At last, Mia gave up. She sat down on what looked
like a clean spot, but it was covered in saliva. So she stood up. She looked around, hoping to find a clue or
at least a place to sit and…. she found a piece of cloth in the corner. She walked to the piece of cloth and
lifted it. She found an open chest covered in jewels. Gold coins were scattered around the chest, there were
also necklaces and bracelets inside it.
“The treasure!” Mia yelled.
As Zheng He was running over, she found a gold coin with a skull on top. As she was closing her hands
around it, there was a flash of light and Mia was immediately back in her room with the book “The Ming
Treasure Voyages” on her lap. “Whoa! What an adventure!” She thought. She put her new book on her
bookshelf and smiled a secret smile to herself.