Fiction: Group 4
the government there is developing their heavy industries like petrochemical industry. I believe that there's
something to do with the Dark Lord's pollution."
According to the pictures, that my geography teacher showed me, Jiangmen should be a very
beautiful city lying on the Xijiang. But what I could see a few miles away, was dirty sewage and all the
people lying on pavements. Children were not laughing. Adults were not talking. Brown smog was
everywhere that me and Harold couldn't see things further, so he helped me landed in front of an old-
fashioned shop. It just shocked me. Was that all the Dark Lord had caused?!
In front of the shop, there was an old man sobbing. I approached him to see if I could help him.
“It’s the Dark Lord and her army. They hypnotized the government and made them to build the
factories of the heavy industries at the river mouth. Those factories dump the sewage to the Xijiang and
polluted the water. The crops died, fish tasted like chemicals. A few days ago, my granddaughter... she... she
was just 3-year-old, was poisoned by the water. It's all because of the Dark Lord! Poor us! We have
nothing to do with it, but watching her destroying our sweet home parts by parts!" The old man cried.
" No worries, Mister, I swear to help you, fight against the Dark Lord, get back your freedom, take
your grand-daughter's revenge on her!" I was raged by the things that the Dark Lord had done. There was
no more mercy for her. As the chosen one, I must fulfill my mission.
"No, you can't. He was too strong to be defeated." The old man said desperately.
"Why not? I am the..." Before the remaining words slipped out from my lips, Harold poked
slightly on my back, telling me not to continue. He whispered, "no one can be trusted. There may be the
Dark Lord's eye nearby. She's not as simple as you think. "I swallowed my words. Although I was supposed
to defeat the Dark Lord as the prophecy said, I was shivering and breathless as if I had just got out of the ice
water. I was just a normal 16-year-old Hong Kong girl. The Dark Lord's defeat was far beyond my reach.
Was I ready for that? Or maybe, I was not the girl the prophecy said, what if Harold had made a mistake?
"Okay, thank you so much, mister. Take care." Harold pulled me aside. I was still short of breath.
"Can you see the green triangle on the old man's forehead?" He asked. I eyed at the old man.
There was the eerie green triangle on his head like the one I had seen on the beach. I looked at Harold to
ask for why.
"People who got poisoned by the Dark Lord's power will get that symbol on their forehead. If that
person is poisoned, they will become her slaves. Like zombies."
"So, maybe some of the Dark Lord's power is leaked accidentally and released into the Pearl River.
When the old man drank the polluted water from the Pearl River, he got poisoned..." No... It shouldn't be
like this. The Dark Lord should be capable enough to withhold his power. " Or maybe... purposely." I said.
Harold suddenly looked at me surprisingly. " the factory!" We both shouted. Luckily, no one heard us.
Without hesitating, we headed directly to the Jiangmen Factory.
On the way to the factory, the environment was unbearable. The sky was grey, the air was stuffy,
the trees were dying. The closer we got to factory, the more people were being marked with that green
triangle. They were like the walking deads that I saw on TV. It was horrifying! Harold took my hand and
held me closer. He whispered into my ears, " Hakuna matata, no matter where you are, I'll always be there
for you."
Finally, we had arrived the Jiangmen factory. At first sight, I thought those were grey clouds
surrounding the top of the factory. But then, I realized those were the smoke emitted from the chimneys.
Every step we took was as heavy as if we had put on shoes made of metals. As we walked closer to the
factory, we saw the polluted sewage were being released to the Pearl River water! The sewage was of dark
green color with a choking odor which made me felt extremely nauseous. A snowy white pigeon intended
to land on the water, but by the moment it touched the water surface, it died. Suddenly, I felt sorry and
guilty to the old man, his grand-daughter and the poisoned people. And I was raged by the Dark Lord! My
heart was sunken to the bottom of the valley. I thought of how the Dark Lord destroyed all the gifts that our
Mother Nature gave us. Yet, I could only stand here and wept and did nothing.
"How dare you destroy the Mother Nature and the people's living environment! You! Dark Lord!
I know you are in there. I am here to tell you that, today I am here to stop you from getting what you
want!" All of theses are unacceptable. I shouted towards the factory.
"Oh, we have guests today, welcome to the cradle of the Dark Age! Grace, the legendary hero. " A
woman wearing a red cloak appeared in front of the gate of the factory. Her face was covered that I couldn't
see her clearly. However, one thing for sure, her voice was so familiar that I must know her.
