Saturday, July 17, 2010

New Planet

Sometime later, you wake up, and can tell the ship is now flying.
You decide to stay in bed, and let Blackfire sleep. You listen to the sound of her breathe in and out. You look at her beautiful face, so tranquil. She holds on to your arm, pressing herself against it. You can feel her heartbeat a constant rhythm. Bu-bump, bu-bump, bu-bump. Her exhaled breathes smell like the ice cream she had earlier, chocolate and cookies.

You pull her closer to you, and look up at the ceiling. You wonder where the Woburgins are headed with this ship and you two in it. But you're too tired to get up and check. You fall back to sleep.

*KSSH-OOOOM* From the sound of the engines, the ship is landing. You wake up again and look around. Blackfire's still sleeping on your arm.

"Blackfire, wake up," you say as you nudge her shoulder.

She mumbles a bit, and opens her eyes.

"Why...?"

"The ship took off from Frozin and landed somewhere, but I don't know where."

"What?!" she hisses. Blackfire gets out of bed and heads for the door. You rush after her. "Why didn't you tell me we had left?" she demands.

"I didn't want to wake you, and I was too tired to do anything anyway!"

Blackfire huffs, and heads for the exit.

The door is open, and you can see outside. There is a giant forest with giant trees not even 10 feet away from the ship. Lush, green grass covers the ground between the ship and forest. Blackfire gets out, and you follow.

You can see the Woburgins walking around outside. They're gathering wood and food.

"What're you two doing?" Blackfire asks. "Where is this? And why did we land here?"

"This is Arborio, a planet known for its rare plants and giant forests," one twin answers.

"We stopped here because our ship's batteries need to recharge."

You're a bit confused by this. "Don't batteries need electricity to charge? A forest planet won't help you there."

"Our ship can recharge its batteries using sunlight and moonlight!" one twin exclaims.

"So we'll be here for at least a whole day!" the other twin proclaims.

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