Chapter Five: The Talking Fish and the Dome City

The Team’s luck held fast. They landed and bounced 2 or 3 times before they stopped. Fred had forgotten that Saturn was mostly made up of gas. Fred giggled to himself. It’s always funny to think of something full of gas. Scientists on Earth had never known if Saturn had any hard surfaces, only gas (ha ha) – but it had a bouncy surface

With the excitement of the landing over, the team put on their space suits and jumped to the ground – bouncing uncontrollably and running right into a tall, purple alien. The alien was shocked and shivered with fear. To it, they all looked like they had no faces, because they wore special space helmets to help them breath. The alien was so scared, that when Fred tried to talk to it, it ran. It ran and screamed, waived its tentacles, ran some more and screamed even louder. The team watched, not knowing what to do, but decided to follow the alien until they came upon a huge clear, dome that sheltered a small city. They were amazed, and the adventurers in them could

When the team came to the entrance of the dome, they were met by thousands of curious, round, purple faces, with tentacles moving on the ground like grass that blows in the breeze on Earth. Fred decided to pull his face shield up to show them his smiling face and that he meant no harm. He asked the rest of the team to do the same. The crowd got quiet and the one that ran away earlier, walked towards them and extended a tentacle, which held a small fish. A fish!?! With his tentacle shaking (he was still scared), the purple Saturnite motioned to Fred to put the fish in his ear. Now, this was getting really weird. But Fred was determined to keep his team safe and to make new friends. So he did as they asked, and put the fish into his ear.

It was the weirdest feeling ever! Just imagine having a little fish moving around in your ear. Really gross! Slowly, like when you turn up the sound of a TV, he began to understand all the little murmurs coming from the crowd – the fish was a talking fish! The same alien introduced himself to Fred. “My name is T-bone, ” it said. “And we are the Super Duper Purple Aliens of Saturn Sector 512.” When Fred spoke, they all understood him – because they had talking fish in their ears too. Fred introduced himself and his team, telling them the story of his adventures. The team was given talking fish too, and soon the city was buzzing with excited chatter. The Saturnites were planning a great party to celebrate the arrival of the Earthlings.

Written by Jodi Pereira and Lucas Pereira