Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 - 2017 | Page 186

surprising? Mysteries. They were always my weakness, my forte and my passion. And this specific mysterious poem
read:
One reason, one task
To unveil the one behind the mask.
Away you shall go, travelling over the sea,
To discover a world and unlock with a key.
Someone will find you, it’s just destiny
But don’t underestimate the power that she will free.
Find this person unlock this secret.
Don’t leave the city before you have reached it.
What does that mean? I didn’t know either but what if. What if , this disappearing mystery, this little girl was my
mystery? My destiny . I had to find out.
So I ran. No, I sprinted towards the Shanghai tower; I placed my hand against the metallic structure and nothing.
No zapping feeling, no tingling sensation and most definitely no disappearing magic. Then I thought. Of course
there wasn’t an invisible six-year-old running around the city. It was just my imagination. My silly little mind
playing games. So I left, I sulked. But why would that be surprising? I was disappointed, I had high expectations and
as always I was disappointed and let down. Mysteries, it’s what they did to you.
I left the city center, and walked back home with a drooped head. I entered my battered down residence and
standing there waiting for me was a little six-year-old girl looking back at me with those eyes filled with
fascination.
“Wha-what are you doing here?” I stuttered.
“I have a mission, I am here to meet someone and by your reaction to my disappearing. I am quite convinced it is
you.”
My jaw had dropped and my pupils enlarged. The girl said nothing, she just grabbed my wrist and dragged me out
of the room. Much of the rest was a blur. But I do remember zapping across the city and being brought into some
sort of factory. It was dark. A gloomy atmosphere filled the space.
Then there was a click and bright lights shone. There were people standing on every side of the room, staring at me.
“Welcome.” They all said in unison.
“We are here to help you with your mystery. Solve it or fail it we are by your side, to win or lose with you we shall
abide.”
Then the light dimmed and they all started to shuffle. Not one whisper filled the air, after a while they were gone
and I was once again left with the girl whom had brought me here.