Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 -1 2019 | Page 207

New Journeys to the West
Li sing Tai Hang School, Leung, Tsz Hei Ryan - 9
One day, there was an old voyager named Jung Youn. He used to tell old stories of the Ming
voyages, from defeating black beard and giving away the jade jewel. This story begins when Jung first
boarded the ship.
He always dreamed of being a member of the crew. Then he saw a person named Jack go into the
ship. It was not ordinary, as only the crew members could go in. He did not care but stared at the door way,
waiting if he would come back out. Two minutes later, the guy ran out with a sack. He saw a bright
diamond and screamed “thief…”. The crew of the ship ran at him and was gone. Then a crew member said
to him. “Hey, I am Rick and thank you.” That diamond cost millions of chen. He asked what Jang most
desired and Jung said “I wish to be a member of the crew.” Rick thought for a moment and said “ Fine kid,
welcome to the crew.” That night, Jung became a member. The other crew member all greeted him. Soon
he knew everything about the ship and he was a caption after two months.
Jung sailed everywhere and gave riches to people as gifts. One day, he saw a cave of crystals, rich
and shiny. He told the crew to lower the anchor and then they went in. They found diamonds, gold and
rubies. Also, they found another pirate and he looked tired and sick. Then they mined until they saw a bag
of glittering jewels. When they boarded the ship, they sold all the things they found and brought the poor
man back to his home. Suddenly, the man jumped to his feet and got out a sharp cutlass and grabbed the
jewels. “Take the gold, take the money, just be careful, you will be victim” said the man.
That night, he spent three hours with his crew to think of one. It took three days to build the tools
they needed but finally they did it. Then they had to set it all up, thinking slowly about the thief. The plan
was to first do the same coincidence, meet an old man. When he got the bag, called the crew and we built a
fence, he could not jump off and they surround him and then tied him on a chair and tortured him until he
told the truth. This time, the old man stared at the ship and smiled. But he got a small knife and cut it free
and climbed the fence.
Then he tried to think of another plan. He finally thought of one. “I’ll use a tracker in a bag and
located him where he was.” said Jung. He found the man and let him tok the money after the sword fight
and the rope and everything else. They waited for him and then tracked him. After few days, they saw a big
cave with a door. They went in and saw the most shocking thing. The old man was not the old man
anymore. It was Jack with a capital J. He wore a mask and he escaped. “You know Hung, if you had let me
grab one little diamond, this would not have happened. But you just had too.” He grinned. “But now, it’s
time for you to die…” in a flash, Jack pressed a button. “Goodbye, Jung.” with a boom. The cave exploded.
Luckily, Jung and his friends were safe. They were not hurt but the others died. Jack had disappeared and
Jung said, “Thank you to serve the crews, you will never be forgotten.” He gave everyone some food and
water, just in case they could be alive. Then he left them and escaped successfully. Finally they sailed back to
mainland China.