Slight Detour

Hours later, the three of you still aren't at Earth yet. And it is when your stomachs growl that you remember you haven't eaten yet.

"Saffire, we should eat first," Blackfire says.

You look around, and find there are two planets very close to you. You're not familiar with either, though, so either one could be good.

"Alright, we can eat on that planet."

You lead the girls to the planet on the right. As you enter the planet's atmosphere, you see that it is a desert planet, with miles of sand in all directions.

"Great, we ended up choosing a desert," Blackfire states sarcastically. "There isn't going to be a whole lot to eat out here!"

"Relax," you tell her. "There's bound to be an oasis or a town somewhere out here."

You fly up high, and look all around. You see a glimmer in the distance. It's at the very least water at an oasis.

"Let's head that way!" you say as you fly in the direction of the glimmering object. The girls take off below you in the same direction. You cross your fingers and hope it is an oasis. You don't want anyone on this planet to see you and possibly try to report you.

As you get closer, the glimmering object gets bigger, and the smell of water fills your nose.

"It IS an oasis!" the girls shout happily.

You can see a body of water almost as big as Boit's pool shining in the sun, with patches of grass, bushes, and skinny trees that have all their leaves at the top surrounding it.

*SPLASH* Blackfire dives right at the edge, and dunks her head in. She takes several gulps, then brings her head up.

"Refreshing!"

Your sister joins her, but not so enthusiastically, and agrees with a smile and nod.

You kneel down beside Blackfire, and scoop out some water with your hands. You drink it slowly, and find that it is refreshing. It is clean and cool, despite being in the middle of a desert. You drink another handful, then get up and look around.

The skinny trees appear to have fruit at the top of them. You fly up and shake the tree, and a few fall down. Flashfire catches a few, but gets hit in the head by one.

"Ow!" she whines.

"Sorry," you say with a laugh as you fly down. You pick up the one that hit her, and study it. "For a fruit, it seems like it has dry, coarse hair on it."

"And it has a hard shell!" your sister says, rubbing the spot on her head where she got hit.

You give yours a shake, and you hear juice slosh around inside.

"These fruits are more like containers," you say.

*POK* You stab the fruit with your finger, and break through the shell. You tilt it back and pour the juice into your mouth.

"Not bad," you say, "but it is more like milk than juice."

*POK POK* The girls do the same as you, drinking the milk through the holes they stab into the shell.

"You're right," Blackfire says. "But then what do we eat?"

You look the fruit over again.

"Well, if it is like other fruits, you can eat it as well as drink it."

*CRAK* You bust your fruit into two halves using your knee, and study its insides. It is soft and white, unlike the brown, hairy outside. You scrape some out and eat it.

"Again, not bad. The inside is the edible part of the fruit." You scrape more out and eat it, enjoying how soft and moist it is. That is most likely thanks to the milk it contains inside.

*CRAK CRAK* Blackfire and Flashfire follow suit, and bust theirs open with their knees. Then they scrape at the inside and eat it. Their smiles show that they agree with you.

You and the girls drink the milk and eat the inner shells of quite a few of these fruits, getting your fill.