Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 152

New Tales of the Ming Treasure Voyages
Heep Yunn Primary School, Hung, Sophie - 11
A girl, who looked young was sitting on a rock which was a perfect spot for gazing at the mysterious and
beautiful sea .On her palm, a coin was shining through the sun. She clutched the coin to her chest and then
ran faithfully to the sea. Her journey was about to begin.
Eleven years past. ‘What an easy job through these years!’ said one of the crew. ‘Not yet…’
sighed one of the pirates. The pirate wore a hat with colorful feathers on it. A purple jacket surrounded her
liked a queen. She was the captain and her name was Siu. Looking hopelessly on the map, she said, ‘We
need to go to the island where our enemies live and go to a secret place that nobody have ever discovered,
which is underground and have a lot of gold. However, we can’t let our enemies know because the
underground is where our enemies laid,’ The crew looked horrid and scared to face the mission they were
going to encounter. A man stood up and encouraged, ‘Listen up! We came through bad things together,
why don’t we take this challenge?’ That man was called Kai, he was Siu’s younger brother. All the crew
finally agreed to accept the mission. Siu and the crew hopped on their ship and got ready to set off. The
time had come.
The crew loved to feel the wind while sailing on the seas. The sea lived in their hearts.
However, the sea brought them storms. ‘Hold on crew! We’re going turbo!’ cried Siu. She held the steering
wheel and turned it around and around. The crew held the ropes tightly for not letting their ship drown.
‘Yikes! There is a waterspout ahead!’ The crew looked horrified and closed their eyes and prayed, only Kai
strived to help. Kai jumped onto a deck and tried to change the sail direction in order to skip the
waterspout. Siu used all her might to steer the wheel, but it just got worse. One of the crew found that the
situation was not getting better, so he called the other crew to help push a side of the ship. Whoosh! Kai
threw himself off the air liked a bird and hoped to have a perfect landing on the ship but the direction of the
ship had already changed. Instead of landing on the deck, he fell into the deep dark sea…
‘No!’ Siu cried with tears blinking. She felt very fear and unsteady. She looked at the clear, yet
quiet sea. She never knew that the pretty sea had turned out to be her brother-slaughter. ‘Captain?’ asked a
girl with a beautiful voice. That was Siu’s best friend, Ting. ‘We better keep going.’ Siu answered. Splash,
they sailed away. ‘You are really fine?’ asked Ting. Ting continued, ‘You have never predicted the future. It
has already happened. I know you have a lot of pain in your heart and that pain may last forever. You have
to be positive and look at the sun, not the shadow. Remember Kai encouraged us to complete this mission,
so we should finish it,’ whispered Ting. ‘Thanks Ting’, smiled Siu.
They were approaching to the island and got closer to it. Siu and the crew got on the island
and tiptoed beside a bush. ‘Now here’s the plan…’ Siu whispered to her crew. ‘Be careful,’ Siu and Ting left
after saying it. The crew left with a worrying face. Pump, pump, pump… Siu and Ting’s footstep echoed
down the cave. ‘There it is the treasure!’ Ting screamed in a whispering voice. ‘This is a piece of cake!’
thought Siu. As they were leaving, a creepy voice glued their feet on the ground. ‘Won’t get out so easy,
ma’am,’ they turned around. It was their enemy, a guy called Marcus. ‘I thought our crew was taking care of
them!’ whispered Ting with anger and fear. ‘Never mind that now, we have to get this treasure out so as to
help those people in need,’ after a single moment, they pulled their swords out and dancing, yet fighting
with their elegant and cruel moves. Marcus started dancing with his big muscles and strong feet that weight
hundred pounds. Marcus pulled Siu with his mighty hands and hit her with his hundred pounds feet. Poor
Siu got flung out from the cave. ‘Ah!’ An ooze of red liquid spread out from Ting’s body…
‘Little Chiang, where are you?’ one of the crew cried. Chiang was the youngest crew among
them all. Poor little Chiang got home lost and got chopped off his hand by the bad guys so he got a shiny
hook to replace it. But now he was lost. ‘Hey, let’s go and save Siu and…’ A mighty person stepped out
from the shadow. ‘Your treasure meant us for a little Chiang and two nasty girls. Will you accept it?’ Marcus
put a sneaky smile on his face. ‘What have you done to them?!’ One of the crew screamed with tears
blinking. ‘Here’s a message they left to you all,’ Marcus threw them the treasure and a letter with it. ‘Be
brave and bring the treasure to the ones in need, Siu and Ting,’ The crew left the island with a broken heart
but they had to finish their last mission that Siu and Ting wanted them to do.
Water splashed towards the shore. The crew put a smile on their face and finished their very
last mission. A rainbow appeared from the dark clouds. A familiar coin washed out from the sea. An old
crew picked it up and smiled at the rainbow, ‘Your heart was filled with love and faith, even rainbow can
grow on clouds. Today we pirates finished your last mission, no regret we were in your crew.’ The crew
knew, no matter what, you need a kind heart. And they believed that little Chiang would come back one
day…