Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 2 - 2 | Page 172

Zheng He
Victoria Shanghai Academy, Kong, Matthew - 9
One day, I was playing football and my friend kicked it into a storage room. He asked me to get it. After
that I found something glorious and mysterious, glowing in the dark. I didn’t want to touch it but I touched
it accidentally. All of a sudden, it sent me right back to 1405s.
I felt dizzy and seasick until I could stand properly. Then I realized I was stuck on a ship that is full of
people. It was when I saw a man with a weird hat and a cape on him, in ancient Chinese clothing. He
introduced himself to me as Zheng He. Then I realized I was on his voyage ship. To my surprise, he asked
me if I want to go on an adventure with him and I agreed. All of a sudden, a storm was coming to us,
bringing dark clouds and heavy rains over straight to us. Zheng He called his crew to get the ship covered
and put down the anchor to stable the ship. After having a war with the storm for a few days, we were still
alive! Unfortunately, some crew members got flushed away by the storm so we only got 20 members left on
the ship…
We continued our adventure on hunting treasures all around the world. Not after long, we rested on a quiet
island and discovered an abandoned cave in a mountain. There was an old and locked treasure chest inside!
However, as it was locked, we have to find the key for it… While we are still figuring out how to find it,
someone saw a carved map showing the location of the key on top of the treasure chest. “Hurray!” I cried.
It was also inside the cave as well. Few hours later, Zheng He finally came across with the key, which was
buried under some mud. We opened it and see… A huge glowing ship model with a crown on it! We also
shared the gold found inside the chest.
Few years later, I said goodbye to him and his crew and started to seek my way back home. On my way, I
once encountered the glowing and mysterious thing I touched at the beginning. Then I touched it…
“Boom!” I was sent into a bright swirl and went back to the normal world. Everything seemed like a dream
to me. My friends are happy to see me again!