HKYWA 2015 Online Anthology (Fiction Group 1 & 2) - page 337

Fiction: Group 2
crops. However, when his new wife enchanted him, he completely neglected the humans. My brothers and
I couldn’t bear seeing innocent humans starve, so, without the emperor’s instruction, we scooped up water
from the sea and sprayed it across the earth. The people were over-joyed, but the emperor was furious and
ordered the mountain god to put us under his four biggest mountains. However, what the emperor didn’t
know was that the mountain god took pity on us and made an enchanted amulet. Whenever tears of true
desperation fall on the amulet, they would call out to us, and we would be awoken to offer our service.”
“Oh, everything makes sense now! Okay, my wish will be…” I whispered into Pearl’s ear. He
nodded his head, then the world turned black.
“Wake up Zara!” I was awoken by my mother’s call. ”Ah, what is it?” I looked out of the broken
window from my bed. It was raining non-stop! I smiled silently to myself, last night wasn’t a dream after all.
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