Fiction: Group 3
There were hard-boiled eggs, some biscuits with raisins, and a bowl of corns and nuts. It wasn’t that
delicious of course, to an English man who would rather prefer a nice cup of tea and some fries. But to
Felix, it was heaven. He has never tasted something like this in weeks, or even months.
After he had finished the food, and cleaning the bits of food with his tongue. He handed the basket back to
the man and thanked him again. The man made a sign to the little man to take it away and lead Felix to
another room (or cave) next to the one just now. In this room, it seemed like a garage or storage room to
Felix; it had ships and boats with tilted sides, and on them, they were flashy flags and some boxes of gold
shining like the light of the last full moon.
The man gestured him to sit down on a mat, so Felix did as he was told.
A few minutes later, a girl arrived.
“Good evening sir,” the girl said timidly, “I’m Yue Lin and this is my father, Ho Zun Lin. Please don’t be
afraid of my father, he acts cruel, but… he’s actually quite caring. Maybe you already noticed, but we have
mistaken you for another chemist, Jimmy Porttown. We um…”she stopped and suddenly looked red,
almost embarrassed.
“Please continue.” Felix encouraged her.
She looked down, and uttered, “We were going to kidnap him you know. But we’ve accidentally
kidnapped you, I’m very sorry. Uh-”
The chemist was confused and angry, but he tried to calm himself down.
“Why would you want to kidnap such a man like Jimmy Porttown? Just tell me why?”
“I… Because we want him to make us a special kind of formula, you know, the one when you can design
formidable weapons. And Dr Jimmy Porttown has just invented something like that. We are pirates on sea.
There are many families of pirates, and we always battle for the winner every year, we don’t want to lose
again.”
Felix nodded.
“So,” Yue Lin peered at him with hope, “Will you help us?”
“What? To make the secret formula?”
“Yes sir. My father promises to send you back when you’re finished. Please. It’s our only hope. If we lose
again this year, my father’s sea business won’t last very long.”
Felix pondered about the pros and cons, and if it was worth it. At last, he decided to do it, not only because
he felt sorry for the girl, but also because he was excited to discover this “wonderful” place himself.
“Yes, I will help you.”
Her face lit up. Like the beautiful candles people use as Christmas decorations back in England. She turned
around to her father, and told him excitedly.
“Dr Felix! Dr Felix! Here here!” shouted Yue Lin happily. She threw a freshly collected banana onto his
hands. He peeled it off, consuming it all in
one
bite.
It was luscious.
Felix has been with the Lins for three months now. During the three months, not counting the negative
sides (which was the time when he nearly got bitten by a cruel crocodile), he had experienced pretty
amazing things, totally the opposite from his time back in England. They trusted him greatly; even Yue
Lin’s father greeted him warmly in the mornings. They showed the chemist all their ancient treasures from
their ancestors: one was a pearl necklace that Yue Lin’s grandmother made for her on her 4
th
birthday, using
fresh white pearls collected from the river. One was a big bronze plate, with powerful Chinese dragons
printed onto its golden side. But Felix’s favourite one was a delicate piccolo with miniature holes on it. It
was silver with black strips, and an endearing parrot drawn on its bottom.
Then one day, when he finished making the formula, he was told to pack his stuff and get ready to go
home. He was lead out towards the gaping mouth of the cave.
In front of him, was a sea of green, decorated with red, pink, and amber sparkles. Trees were everywhere;
below the meadow, over the bridge, and beneath the mango bushes. Everywhere.
Over the trees, there was a path made out of pebbles and precious stones, leading to a vast lake that was
surrounded by fat moss and spiky leaves. The lake itself was gorgeous, and it sparkled like pretty little
diamonds.
