The Planet of the Banished

How it all came to be

*Year 3691, January 23rd*

*It's been exactly 2360 years since we were banished from Earth. Well, from their point of view. From our point of view it has been 590 years. There are about 450 of us now. Compared to the original 24, that is a big difference. Don't know how many more this vessel will support though.*

*We are nearing the system Kepler-22b is in, so we'll be slowing down for the next ten years or so. You'd think that with all the time we've had, they'd have built a better brake system. Then again, it took us 10 years to get to the speed that we are at now: 299 Mm/s. Still.*

*Anyway, Admiral Idun had triplets. Unfortunately, one of them was a stillborn. She and Adgar named them Elsa, Anna, and the stillborn… admiral Idun insisted on naming her Lillian Melissa. She'll be cremated and her ashes will be used for the apple tree that we'll give to them. It's the highest honor we can grant her. She is a Winter after all.*

*Primrose announced her pregnancy today. She's three months in. Seems like the little Winters will have a cousin soon enough.*

(The date is set after the latter year amount, by the way.)

*Year 3691, July 16th*

*Primrose gave birth to a little girl. She and John named her Clara. Funny how close she and the Winter kids seem to be, despite the fact that Clara just came out of the womb.*

*Year 3696, January 23rd*

*The Winter triplets have become 5 years old. Those two are really close. At the party they turned to each-other and said at the same time: "I made you a present!" Then they looked at one-another, surprised and burst out laughing. They'd had the same idea. Then, they gave each-other the gifts. Elsa gave Anna a necklace, that had a snowflake hanging from it. She put the second snowflake necklace around her own neck. At the same time, Anna gave Elsa a necklace, that had a flower hanging from it. She too put a second necklace, that looked exactly like the one she gave her sister, around her neck. Then, they both pulled out another necklace. Seeing that, they both looked at each-other sadly, before Elsa said: "We'll be back soon." They left, holding hands. Everyone present realized who the third necklaces were for: their dead sister. It was heart breaking. Other than that, the party was nice.*

*Year 3696, July 16th*

*Clara became 5 years old. She wanted to sing at her birthday, saying it was a song she herself had made. But, as she started singing, her hair started glowing. The more astonishing thing was that Anna's paper-cut, that she had gotten a few minutes ago, healed, when it touched Clara's glowing hair. Not immediately, but within a few seconds. Everyone was stunned. Then, Anna began clapping, shouting happily: "Clara healed me, Clara healed me!" Slowly, everyone else began clapping, too. It was a happy event, one that will be remembered for years to come.*

***Mommy!***

*Yes sweetie?*

***Tell me how we were banished. Everyone talks about it, but no-one tells me what actually happened.***

*Well, about 610 years ago, our ancestors noticed, that the Sol system people were getting increasingly worse compared to the generations before. They weren't happy about it. When three years later a law basically saying that no-one was to do anything kind or generous to anyone who wasn't family in a pretty way, was passed with no-one against it but them, they knew they had to leave. The question was where and how. That's when Adam remembered an exoplanet called Kepler 22b, that was 587 light-years away and as such, no-one had wanted to settle there. That solved to where question.*