Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 194

Zheng He’s Fleet to Dragon Island
Kingston International School, Doo, Damian - 9
Once upon a time, in Ming Dynasty, Emperor Ming told Zheng He to form a relationship with Dragon
Island because the Dragons have a lot of rare potions and medicine. Zheng He told General Doo to order
his army to build strong ships. Two months later, they put food, gold, money and weapons in the ships.
Zheng He was so delighted. They set sail to the Dragon Island.
The fleet sailed for three weeks and the weather was getting warmer and warmer. But one night, it
became minus 4 degrees Celsius. It was freezing cold. Zheng He was asleep and he heard a loud “boooom!”
He quickly woke up and saw two gigantic pirate ships coming toward his fleet.
“Aye, aye! Give me your gold. If you don’t, I will kill y’all.” The pirates said greedily.
“General Doo, wake up! The pirate ships are attacking us! They are using arrows to shoot us. They
have powerful shields for defense!” Zheng He said anxiously.
When General Doo woke up, he yelled at the soldiers to bomb the pirate ships. “Hurry up yo slow
poke!” “Can’t you be stronger, dummy?” He ordered the soldiers furiously. The bomb didn’t work because
of the pirate ships’ shields.
“Nah, nah-nah nah-naah, you cannot beat us,” the pirates giggled.
General Doo was extremely annoyed. His whole face turned red like an apple. “You guys are very
impolite and dumb. We will find a way to defeat you, weirdos!” General Doo replied grumpily.
With his special binoculars, Zheng He saw that the pirates loved wine. He took out a bottle of
wine and put a tiny bomb inside, and then he threw the bottle in the sea.
“Wine, wiiiiiiinnnne!!” the pirates said crazily. They swam to it. Then, one pirate touched the
bottle and…. BOOM!! All other pirates were dead too because the mighty waves pushed them to the
dangerous bottom of the sea.
The sailors cheered for Zheng He. Suddenly, a monster rose up in the air from the sea. They all
were shocked. It was the legendary monster Sharkpedo.
“Catch the Sharkpedo, General Doo! Hurry up!” Zheng He cried out.
“Why?” General Doo asked.
“This monster is very rare. It can find the rare potion under the sea with its epic nose. We can
trade it with Dragon King.” Zheng He told General Doo.
General Doo shot a tremendous bullet to the monster. Then, the bullet transformed into a net and
trapped the monster. They caught the monster.
That night, Zheng He dreamed about Dragon Island: he arrived on Dragon Island and asked: can
we form a relationship with you? “Yes of c-“ ZAAAP!! Zheng He opened his eyes and saw enormous
lightning zigzagging in the sky and rain pouring fiercely. It was a violent storm. Some ships almost flipped,
like someone doing a cartwheel in the sea! General Doo was scared as a mouse. He ran dizzily around the
ship eleven times because he got seasick. The engine was about to break. Zheng He was still calm and told
General Doo to turn off the engine and simply follow the waves. General Doo told the other ships to do the
same. They tried and hoped it would work. Luckily it did! They finally left the storm. It was almost dawn.
Everyone gathered around the deck to see the charming and beautiful sunset. It was peace, quiet and
nothing in the sea except Zheng He’s fleet. At night, Zheng He saw thousands of stars in the sky. It
reminded him of when he was five years old. The stars formed a shape, it was meant for good luck! Nobody
knew, except Zheng He.
“Follow the stars!” Zheng He pointed to the stars and ordered General Doo.
One week later, they arrived at Dragon Island. The island looked like a Dragon’s head. There were
hundreds of hard-working dragons. They did not use metal or anything that was man-made. They used
wood, leaves, soil and bamboo trees to build. Very fascinating!
There was a temple guarded by some Dragon soldiers. Zheng He and General Doo stepped in the
temple.
“Who are you?” the soldiers asked.
“It would be my pleasure to meet the Dragon King.” Zheng He answered sincerely.
The soldiers took them to the Dragon King. The Dragon King was old and kind. There were
many dragons printed on his clothes.
“Why do you need to talk to me? Give me a good reason.” Dragon King asked slowly.
General Doo could not think of any good reason so he shouted, “Never, I will not give you a
reason!” Dragon King frowned.