Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction Group 3 - 2017 | Page 289

The three of them glanced at Alisha. She was having a mental debate with herself. If she forgave Agnes, who knew if she
would continue being a stupid, annoying brat? However, if she didn’t forgive her, all four of them would be stuck in this
dimension forever. For the sake of everyone, she smiled and said, ‘yes, it does. I’m sorry as well.’
As expected, a third cold breeze swept through the girls, and this time, a tiny object fell out of the wind. It was a square
with four metal bars sticking out of it. It had a piece of paper attached, saying, ‘hold on to metal bars.’
Alisha said, ‘wait. Before we go, we have to say goodbye to someone.’
The four girls ran to Pan Yuliang’s door and knocked until she opened up. ‘I told you to leave!’ she growled.
Allison said, ‘we’re sorry for troubling you.’
Alisha seconded, ‘we will be going back to where we came from now.’
Agnes added, ‘thank you for having us, even if it was just for a while.’
And quiet Avery said in a loud clear voice, ‘although we know you’re ann oyed with us, we will always remember how
you helped us when we were in need.’
Pan Yuliang was touched. She waved them away, ‘although you did mess up my house, I’ll miss you.’
The girls smiled and were soon sent flying in a tornado and back to their dimension. They woke up the next morning,
exhausted. Allison gasped, ‘I had the weirdest dream!’
Alisha smiled and said, ‘it wasn’t a dream. I still have Pan Yuliang’s bracelet. I thought that it had something to do with
the time-travel machine, so I took it and forgot to give it back.’
Agnes exclaimed, ‘this was the best experience that I ever had!’
Avery added, ‘going to Shanghai has made me feel so much more confident in myself!’
They all laughed and launched into a group hug. The time-machine was so proud...