Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 135

The Royal Dragon's Adventures
St Stephen's College Preparatory School, Ng, Rachel - 9
I, Ng Pak Yan, am the captain of the ship named the Royal Dragon and we are on an exploratory journey
to undiscovered lands around the world. Loaded on the boat are, rifles, bows and arrows, cannons, and gun
powder -these are to protect the ship’s treasures from pirates who want to steal our goods. We have riches
from the Chinese Emperor, things like silk, rice, jade, jewellery, gold earrings, necklaces, and china. The
emperor wants us to seek out new countries, where we can meet different groups of people and share our
wealth and knowledge. We hope to trade our goods and show off our power to the world.
But our journey up till now has been very difficult – two nights ago, a fight broke out when a pirate ship
attacked us and tried to steal our gold. They were armed with long swords. They killed some of our
comrades, my friends who I had chosen to join my quest had died. I felt extremely upset because they were
the people who had helped me a lot since the start of the journey.
I will never forget the time we landed in Arabia. This journey was particularly difficult for us because we
had to travel through desert land for weeks before we met the royal kings of Arabia. We had never
experienced anything like it before. We almost used up all of our food and water making our way through
the sand blazing desert. Many times, we wanted to give up and turn back. When we finally arrived at the
palace of the Arabian kings, we saw a huge palace made out of white stone and decorated with golden
statues. Gardens of lush trees were all over the palace grounds. Steps led up to the main entrance. As we
entered the hallway exhausted and famished from the trek, we were greeted by their prince and welcomed
into their palace to rest. We traded lots of our treasure for theirs. Our bags were filled with Arabian dresses
and robes. We spent two months learning from their scholars and teachers, trading knowledge of math and
science, while we taught them what we knew of sailing and the seas. We even spent some time learning the
language. They treated us like guests and at one point, I didn’t want to leave. But I knew we had to move
on to the other places and seek more. The prince gave us wonderful things to take home. He gave us these
sweet fruits that they had grown on bushes. They called them grapes and the meat of the fruit was delicious
and like nothing else we had tasted before. The prince said goodbye and we went back past the dessert and
back to our ship. But when we got there, we saw a group of pirates trying to steal our treasures. They were
holding a bomb and threw it to the bottom of the ship, taking our treasure with them. My friends ran and
carried the bomb to the top of the ship. We threw the bomb onto the other pirate’s ship, then hastily began
our travel back to China to show the Emperor our gifts from the kings and princes of Arabia. We found out
that we were lucky one of our friends had set a trap for them and they took our fake treasure. We cried for
joy when we saw that the bomb was exactly next to the captain of the pirate’s ship. But we knew our
mission wasn’t complete yet. We quickly sailed away as we watched the bomb explode in the distance.
Now we are on another mission. We are heading towards a new place called Africa. It feels very wild and
we are looking for a famous treasure. We had a treasure map, but unfortunately, while we were sailing in
the middle of the sea, there was a sudden thunderstorm and lightening. The sea was very unstable and there
was nothing that we could do. One of our friends fell into the sea because he slipped and the ship almost
flipped. We called everyone to our protective area, where we would be safe there for a while. No one could
sleep, and our map unluckily got lost. Fortunately, I had memorised the location of the riches and intend to
finally discover them. It has already been a while now, about four months, since my friends died. I know I
am the captain of this ship and I have to lead my team. One group of followers will stay on the ship, just in
case any other pirates come and attack us. Another two groups will follow me, and we will be digging for
the treasure. We want to get this treasure because it is really important to us and we have to give some
treasure to the people that helped us, as a gift. Lastly, the two groups left will wait for us to return, then help
us carry the precious cargo. I decided that we were going to take the treasure today. Our plan did not fail,
and we went back to the ship. I guess we were the first to land on Africa.
When we return, the emperor will be delighted with our achievements. They will give us a place in history
as some of the first great explorers on planet Earth, reaching Africa and Arabia. I think we have had lots of
good adventures even though it has been very tough and we have to worry about lots of things. I love the
time my friends and I spent when we didn’t have much to do; we would sit down on the third floor’s floor,
looking at the beautiful sights through the large window, talking about our happy memories and adventures.
I will never ever forget any part of this adventure. I promise I won’t.