Fiction: Group 3
river there are multiple business buildings and malls with various people walking alongside the promenade.
On the other side of the river is a wall of green trees which slightly hide what looks like a flat grassland.
The man rowed the boat towards the lush green wall.
'Welcome to Guangzhou, we are currently travelling along the Pearl River. Remember no
questions.'
'Understood. What's your name?' I smirked.
'Keng. That was a question but I'll let that slide. What's yours?'
'Ho Man.'
I sat on the boat in silence while he rowed the boat towards land. We got off and I followed Keng
through the trees and unto the green grass. There were little stone slabs flat on the ground which had
writing on them. I realized this was a cemetery. He led me to a specific slab and stepped on it. The
ground shook a little and then grass started falling down beneath itself, which revealed a stairwell in the
ground. Keng walked down the stairwell and snapped his fingers which meant that I was to follow.
Apprehensive, I followed him down. There was no other source of light except for the hole up top. The
stairwell led to a pair of iron doors with traditional Chinese dragons carved into it.
He looked at me, nodded, and then opened the door. In a split second, fire was blown towards
Keng and me. I launched myself onto the right wall as he dashed to the left. The fire stopped after a
gruelling 10 seconds. Keng grabbed me by the scruff of my shirt and threw me into the room. I stumbled
and fell face down. When I looked up I nearly wet my pants.
I saw something I couldn't comprehend. It had a set of large, eyes with green irises and bulging
black pupils. It's snout about four feet long. Its body shared the shape of a giant snake's with the exception
of two pairs of legs and the catastrophic claws of a chicken. It had a tale which had an orange fan shaped in
a piece of skin. Its teeth were the size of my upper body. The whole creature was covered in golden scales.
The dragon was terrifically terrifying.
The dragon instinctively opened its mouth and I dove to my left. The flames missed me by an
inch. That was too close. I bolted for the iron door but it slammed itself shut. Great, I ran alongside the left
wall as red hot flames followed me. Of course Keng would not be here to help me out.
I ran behind the dragon where it cannot spit its fire at me. Its tail swung at me at a dangerous
speed and I ducked just quick enough to miss it. I need to find a way to kill this thing quick. It made an
attempt to bat me again. This time I waited for it to hit my body; I hugged it with my arms and climbed
onto the dragon's back. When I made it onto its neck I grabbed held on for dear life as the dragon tried to
shake me off. I reached into my bag and grasped my letter knife; I uncapped it with my mouth and then
drove the knife deep in its neck. The blade shattered.
The dragon arched its neck upwards and spewed fire at the ceiling, the fire was reflected back onto
me. The fired stroked my skin and I cried out in pain. In a fit of rage, I reached for the dragon's nostrils
with one hand then used my other to stab the dragon in the eye with my broken knife. The dragon
lowered its neck onto the ground, quickly making a huge thump. I rolled off the dragon and used my right
hand to stab its other eye with my blade. Crimson blood leaked out of the two holes made in its eyeballs.
It took four or five more deep breaths and then stopped breathing altogether.
'I'm surprised you survive Ho Man,' Kang said slyly.
I wanted to kill him. He thought that leaving me, alone, to kill a dragon was a good idea.
'Did you get the pearl then?'
'Yes.’ I clenched my jaw.
'Let's go then.'
As I walk through the now opened iron gates, I gripped the broken knife, using all my strength to
stop myself from stabbing Kang.
