Expedition Dipuma

Chapter 11: Stephanie Miller

Heather became smaller and smaller as the light practically blinded us, but once the light went away, in Heather's spot was a glorious, glowing phoenix. It seemed like the whole kingdom celebrated the new Queen, Rosie. The phoenix took off into the air ever so gracefully and everyone that could fly, followed, starting with Queen Rosie. They spiraled all the way up and around the planet, kind of like when doves take off at a wedding on Earth. My breath caught just watching them, glide along, raising higher and higher. Gosh it would be amazing to have the ability to fly.
Once the celebration died down, Rosie and Mike approached us. "Would you like to see your ship?" Rosie asked. "That would be amazing, your Majesty, but how are we getting to it?" Marie asked. "With teamwork. I'm going to have forty of my strongest friends to help carry the ship in through the top of the planet all while the captain, I'd she's up for it, drives the ship. We are going to find the thing that the guys were hanging out in and put your ship next to it. Now, who is ready and willing to help?" Marie, always being the team mate, puts her fist out and says "We all are in this together. I'm in." I put my hand on top of hers, "I'm in too." Then Emma and everyone else followed.
"OK, first we need all of you to gather your reflective suits to border the thing that the guys were staying in. Next we are going to take Emma up through the top with us to board and drive the ship. Then we will lift the ship up and inside the planet. Once the thing has been outlined by your suits, run to the castle, just in case we crush the tin can when we bring the ship in." Rosie said. "I can take you guys to the house to get your suits and then we will start borderlining the tin can. Who's ready?" We all cheered and got ready to go. "Is it alright if Stephanie boards with me so that she can get the utilities up and working? I don't know how to get it working otherwise." Emma asked. "Yes! Of course! Suit up, girls." Rosie responded.
We rode Jiānqiáng de yìzhì over to the house we were staying in and we grabbed everything we had that's reflective. Then we rode to the tin can and dropped everyone else off on our way to meet up with Rosie and the group. A pair of angles approached us and one asked "Do you mind if we carry you?" I looked over at Emma, we both silently made an agreement, and I spoke up "Yeah, we don't mind." We got ready and placed our helmets on, giving a thumbs up to show that we are ready to go. "Hold on tight, it's going to be a bumpy ride." And we were picked up and up in the air before we could comprehend what was happening. I would be lying if I told you that I didn't freak out. I made a screech noise and squirmed in the angel's arms. Emma spoke through our coms in our helmets, "Hey, Steph. You're okay. Take a deep breath. You're making it hard for your angel to fly." I am a little embarrassed, "Sorry, Emma." With the group of forty angels, we headed towards the top of the planet. I'm not crazy about highs, but oh wow is the view ever gorgeous. Once we reached the top, Emma and I were set down for a moment, our expressions had a look of awe.
The grass is so green and softer than earths. There were these small white things that were floating and crawling along the grass. I think that they might be some sort of species that nourish the plants. The flowers are ginormous! The flower head is big enough to eat me if it were that kind of plant. Heh. thank God it isn't. The stems are super long, and yet they are still strong enough to keep its head up. The stems are also stretchy, kind of like a rubberband. Although, if you stretch it far enough, the stem will break. Rosie assisted the other angels by opening the barrier in the force field on the top of the planet. I found the force field the most fascinating. It has a gel like texture but it's strong enough to keep the high winds and cold out. In the light, it shimmers a magenta, gold, and grass green colors. They opened up the force field with a crystal that created a laser with.Ofta, just don't look at it for too long.
We stepped out of the force field except, it was the strangest thing. We have our own force field around us. The Angels shook theirs off, Emma and I tried to figure out how to get ourselves out but they started to shake their heads no so we stayed inside the force field bubble. It appeared to be shielding us from the frosty frozen tundra that the surface is made of. The Angels lifted us up off the ground again and flew to find our ship. It took us a while to find it but luckily Emma had a tracking device and we found it. The ship was broken and buried in five feet of snow. Every Angel circled the ship and with one synchronized flap of their wings, they dusted the snow off. We rushed inside, out bubbles popping as we entered, and went right into assessing everything. "Fudge nuggets!" I said out of frustration.

Emma peeked out to see what happened. "What is it?" She asked worriedly. I sat on the back of my heels, sighed, and set my tools down as I said. "We have no electricity." That is the worst news to have at the moment because we cannot drive the ship if there's no electricity. Emma sighed and paced the floor. "Okay," she trailed off "Is there a way you can fix this?" She looked at me while biting her nails. I scratched the back of my neck while observing the mess in front of me and sighed. It will take me at least two or three days to fix this mess. She dropped her hand, letting it hit her leg, turned around, and brushed her fingers through her hair. She looked back at me and said "Well, it looks like we will have to steer this thing manually." I stood up out of shock. "What! How are we going to get the ship off the ground and inside the planet!" She walked over to the command center and fidgeted with the buttons as she said "Look, we have the Angel's outside, who are willing to help. What more do we need?" I pinched the bridge of my nose, let go, and said "Electricity!" She wiped herself over to face me and said "Yes, we do need electricity in order to make their lives easier but we don't have any. We are just going to have to let them lift us up and into the planet." I sighed "Okay, so how are we going to steer the ship?" I asked, walking over to stand next to her. The ship started to shimmy and shake, making us lose our balance. I tried to hold on but, instead, I fell backwards, springing into the counter behind mme. My vision blured, even though I have my glasses on, and just before I blacked out, I heard Emma say "Oh, no."