Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 14

A Fairy-Tale Adventure
Regents Primary School of Shenzhen, Wei, Yu Fan Amy - 9
Zheng He’s voyages in the South Seas were adventurous, exciting and he went as far as to Africa...
I was one of the few privileged members of the crew of this fleet. As far as I remembered, it was one of the
most exhilarating and challenging experiences I had ever had.
The first place we visited was a remote but beautiful area called Jewel City. Jewel City certainly lived up to
its name, the place was filled with jewelries, and it made the city dazzle from the various gemstones littered
around it. They were so shiny that if you looked at them for more than a few seconds, you’d become
mesmerized from the way it glimmered under the light. It was such a unique sight that I did not think you
would experience anything like it anywhere else. Aside from the glitz and glamour of Jewel City, it was also
the people who made the city such a magical place. They were so friendly that you wouldn’t feel homesick
from travelling at all. At the end of the day, they were happy to share their riches and urged the crew to
bring gemstones back to our homeland as presents to our royal emperor.
The second place we journeyed to was a place called the Green Mountains. It was an enchanting yet an
enigmatic place. It was a magical place inhabited by fairies and other enchanting creatures. The fairies were
so tiny that they could fit into the palm of your hands. Upon entering the mountains, we congregated with
the Queen of the fairies and she bewitched us by helping us turn into the same size as the fairies and having
our own wings to fly with. In this way, we saw so many different kinds of birds with all kinds of colours
around the mountains. They always flew around this land. It was one of the most magical and out of this
world experiences I had ever had.
The third place we travelled to however, was the most frightening one. It was an area filled with pirates. We
were sailing on the quiet sea, enjoying the gentle music played by our lovely violinist, and dancing with
each other happily on board when we suddenly noticed five pirate boats surrounding us, menacingly circling
our ship. They appeared out of nowhere that we were all shocked and surprised. We were so scared that we
stood frozen in our place. They climbed up onto our boat and grabbed the jewelries from Jewel City. The
servants shouted loudly, ‘Your Majesty, be careful!’‘Protect our ship!’ I yelled to the crew members and
instructed them to take their stands to defend the ship. Somehow the memories of Neverland came flooding
to my mind. I remembered how brave Peter Pan was, and how he taught us to fight with pirates. I quickly
led our crew to battle and we all fought bravely against them. However, the pirates were successful in
looting the treasures from Jewel City. After this frightening and exciting moment, it was time to go back to
our motherland.
We sailed back to China. When we arrived, Ming Cheng Zu was there. He proudly welcomed us back
home. It was a big celebration. We had parties all night and drank a lot of special drinks that the fairies
taught us how to brew. However I did not drink them because my Mum said I was too young to drink.
The second morning, every one woke up feeling strange, they forgot everything that had happened on our
voyage. This is the reason why our adventures were not in any history books or records.
But the most curious thing is that why am I the only one that could remember the adventures?